The Daily Caller vs darktechmeme
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Daily Caller
Access national news, politics, and opinion content with a fresh perspective. This app offers a revamped interface, fewer ads, and smoother navigation for an improved reading experience on your mobile device.
- Revamped user interface
- Fewer ads
- Smoother page transitions
- Save articles for offline reading
- National news and politics updates
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This is a completely new app. It's the first ever completely custom built Daily Caller app. Our apps have had a lot of problems over the years. We apologize and hope you give this new one a chance. We don't think you will be disappointed. It works great and includes: - A completely revamped user interface! - Fewer ads! - Smoother transitions between pages! - An option to save articles for offline reading! - And much more! The Daily Caller delivers our fresh take on national news for your iPhone and iPad. The Daily Caller offers the latest from politics to opinion in a sleek on the go app. Get this free app today and take The Daily Caller with you wherever you go. We hope you like it. Please send us feedback or suggestions to info@dailycaller.com.
darktechmeme
Enhances techmeme.com with a dark theme for comfortable reading on mobile and desktop. It also adds a color bar to headlines, providing a quick visual cue for sentiment based on keywords.
- Dark theme for easier reading
- Color bar for sentiment cues
- Keyword-based sentiment analysis
- Faster feed scanning
- Optimized for mobile and desktop Safari
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DarkTechmeme applies a focused dark theme to techmeme.com so reading is easier on your eyes on both desktop Safari and mobile Safari. DarkTechmeme also adds a small color bar before each headline as a quick sentiment cue. The signal is generated from headline keywords directly in the extension so you can scan the feed faster.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: darktechmeme at 5.0 against The Daily Caller's 4.5. darktechmeme also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). The Daily Caller's advantage is ratings volume (5.1K vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
darktechmeme holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Daily Caller has 5.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The Daily Caller ships an update monthly, darktechmeme every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Daily Caller | darktechmeme |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (5.1K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Daily Caller | Pascal Jaillon |
Bugs and requests
The Daily Caller
Reported bugs
4 issues- Broken 'read more' links
- Frequent app crashes
- Inconsistent login functionality
- Scrolling issues causing content loss
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved article scrolling
- Better ad management
- Enhanced accessibility features
darktechmeme
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Daily Caller
No in-app purchases
darktechmeme
No in-app purchases
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