Boston.com vs Gloucester Daily Times
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Boston.com
Access curated news alerts, weather updates, and sports scores. Stay informed about local and national news, lifestyle, and entertainment from a team of journalists.
- Curated news alerts
- Weather updates
- Sports scores
- Local and national news
- Lifestyle and entertainment coverage
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Boston.com is the essential digital destination for quick, award-winning local coverage across news, sports, weather, lifestyle, and community. No one knows Boston like we do, and no one delivers what the city cares about right now in a format this fast. Stay up to date on what’s happening in Boston and beyond when you download the app today. And make sure to turn on push notifications so you're always first to know what the city's talking about.
Gloucester Daily Times
Stay informed with local news, commentary, and multimedia content. Download daily editions for offline reading and access breaking news, sports, and weather updates. Browse photos, watch videos, and share content with friends.
- Offline reading of downloaded editions
- Breaking news alerts
- Photo and video galleries
- Print edition layout view
- Local weather and events
- Social sharing of content
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Take Gloucester Times with you wherever and whenever you go. Your community resource for news, commentary, photos, video and special features is evolving. Access it now and take off with our award-winning breaking news, sports, weather and more. Features: - Download daily editions and content to read offline at your convenience. - Get breaking news and developing stories from the Gloucester Times newsroom. - Browse photos and watch videos of local and national events. - View articles as they were written and edited for the Traverse City Record Eagle print edition. - Access free local weather, events, classifieds and shopping information - See each page and article in a horizontal or vertical display. - Share articles, photos, coupons and local events with friends on your social network. - New enhanced Weather feature in Live News
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Verdict
Boston.com and Gloucester Daily Times both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of Gloucester Daily Times's written reviews are positive against 34% of Boston.com's. Gloucester Daily Times also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.4). Boston.com's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (7.5K vs 139). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Gloucester Daily Times sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Boston.com asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Boston.com against 4.6 for Gloucester Daily Times. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boston.com has 7.5K ratings behind it against 139, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 34% of Boston.com's written reviews are positive against 88% of Gloucester Daily Times's.
Boston.com ships an update every 3 months, Gloucester Daily Times every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Boston.com | Gloucester Daily Times |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7.5K ratings) | 4.6 (139 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.8% of reviews | 88.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.5K — better | 139 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | BOSTON GLOBE MEDIA PARTNERS, LLC | CNHI LLC |
Customer experience
Boston.com
Gloucester Daily Times
Bugs and requests
Boston.com
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
2 requests- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
Gloucester Daily Times
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Boston.com
No in-app purchases
Gloucester Daily Times
- Today's ePaper$2.99
Questions
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