Liberation News vs The Intercept Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Liberation News
Access news from LiberationNews.org with this reader. It allows automatic or manual refreshing of articles and caches them for offline reading. Share stories easily via social media or email.
- Customizable news feed
- Automatic/manual article refresh
- Offline article reading
- Article caching
- Optimized display for iPhone/iPad
- Article sharing (Facebook, email, Twitter)
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Customized iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad newsreader for the LiberationNews.org. Features user-selectable automatic or manual refresh of article lists from Liberation News, and caching of downloaded articles to read while offline. Download all the latest articles at home or at a coffee shop, then read them on the train or bus, at the gym, or while walking to work (or, for that matter, at work!). Story display is optimized for the iPhone/iPod or iPad, as appropriate. Old articles are automatically purged from the cache when they disappear from the article list. Share articles with your friends via Facebook, email, and Twitter!
The Intercept Reader
Access articles from The Intercept in English and Brazilian Portuguese. This community-maintained app offers a convenient reading experience on your iPhone. Submit feedback directly through the app's settings.
- Read articles from The Intercept
- Supports English and Brazilian Portuguese
- Convenient mobile reading experience
- Community maintained
- In-app feedback submission
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Unofficial, community maintained app for The Intercept. Read articles in English and Brazilian Portuguese in a convenient app on your iPhone. Submit feedback/questions through the Settings menu!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Liberation News at 86% against The Intercept Reader's 50%. Liberation News also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.4). The Intercept Reader's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Liberation News holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Liberation News's written reviews are positive against 50% of The Intercept Reader's.
Liberation News ships an update every 2 months, The Intercept Reader every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Liberation News | The Intercept Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (24 ratings) — better | 4.2 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Stevens Creek Software LLC | Aaltan Ahmad |
Customer experience
Liberation News
The Intercept Reader
In-app purchases
Liberation News
No in-app purchases
The Intercept Reader
No in-app purchases
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