cleveland.com vs Norwalk Reflector
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
cleveland.com
Stay informed with local news, sports, and weather updates impacting your community. Get timely and reliable reporting from trusted local journalists covering news, politics, business, and culture.
- Local news reporting
- Sports coverage
- Weather updates
- Politics and business news
- Cultural event coverage
- Premium content access
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Get trusted local news from across Northeast Ohio. Breaking news, in-depth reporting, and all the stories people are talking about. Stay connected to what's happening around you with timely coverage of news, weather, sports, and more, optimized for your phone. Free to download. Get breaking news, alerts, and top stories. Subscribers receive unlimited access to in-depth reporting, exclusive content, and additional features. Subscriptions are available in-app. Our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: http://www.advance.net/advancedigitalUserAgreementPP/
Norwalk Reflector
This daily publication delivers essential news, sports, business, and entertainment for Huron County, Ohio. It covers local issues, government spending, elections, and provides comprehensive local sports coverage. The app offers consistently updated content from local, state, and national sources.
- Local news coverage
- Sports reporting
- Business updates
- Entertainment news
- Government and election coverage
- Daily publication
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The Norwalk Reflector is the newspaper of record for Huron County, Ohio. The daily publication provides must-read news, sports, business, entertainment and more for a region surrounded by rich farmland just 20 miles south of Lake Erie. The Reflector's devoted readership resides in several Ohio communities including Norwalk, Willard, New London, Monroeville, Wakeman and beyond. The staff takes on the high-stakes issues, including government spending and elections, and consistently gives its readers the best local sports coverage for Huron County. The newspaper's website, norwalkreflector.com, garners millions of readers annually and is consistently updated with fresh content, including local, state and national news and sports. The Reflector issued its first edition on Feb. 2, 1830. And over the years, the Maple City's homegrown newspaper has consistently produced powerful and award-winning content. The Norwalk Reflector is owned by Ogden Newspapers and is located at 34 Main St., Norwalk, Ohio.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: cleveland.com at 4.5 against Norwalk Reflector's 3.0. cleveland.com also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 67 months) and ratings volume (12K vs 4). Norwalk Reflector's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. cleveland.com sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Norwalk Reflector asks for nothing beyond the download.
cleveland.com holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: cleveland.com has 12K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
cleveland.com ships an update every 3 weeks, Norwalk Reflector every 67 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | cleveland.com | Norwalk Reflector |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (12K ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 29.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 67 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #71 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | cleveland.com | Ogden Newspapers, Inc. |
Customer experience
cleveland.com
Norwalk Reflector
Bugs and requests
cleveland.com
Reported bugs
2 issues- Saved articles frequently deleted
- Inability to access specific sports sections
Requested features
3 requests- Improved search and navigation
- Restore high school sports coverage
- Bring back user comments and community features
Norwalk Reflector
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
cleveland.com
- cleveland.com Football Insider$7.991 Month
- Digital Access1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- Digital Access7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- Subscriber Exclusive Content1 Month trial2 variants$9.991 Month
- All Access to cleveland.com$11.991 Month
- All Access to Cleveland$15.001 Month
- All access to cleveland.com6 Months trial$75.001 Year
- All access to cleveland.com1 Year trial$99.991 Year
- All access to cleveland.com$119.991 Year
Norwalk Reflector
No in-app purchases
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