cleveland.com vs MyFOX8
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/
MyFOX8
Stay informed with local news and real-time updates. Access top stories from daily broadcasts, breaking news, and in-depth community reports. Plan your day with detailed weather forecasts and interactive radar.
- Top local news stories
- Real-time developing stories
- Video reports from reporters
- Detailed weather forecasts
- Interactive radar map
- Breaking news alerts
- Save stories for later
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News has never been more local than in the palm of your hand. The MyFOX8 mobile app brings you all the top stories from our daily broadcasts, as well as stories developing in real time. The MyFOX8 News app brings you all the top stories from our daily broadcasts, as well as stories developing in real time. MyFOX8 WGHP provides the latest news, breaking news, weather and traffic for the Piedmont Triad -- Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point and surrounding areas. FEATURES: • Watch video of your trusted reporters on the scene, and read revealing articles on what's going on in your community. • Plan your day and week with detailed weather reports, live alerts of severe conditions, and an interactive radar map. • Optional alerts on breaking news keep you in the know. • On the go? Save stories for later to access at your convenience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MyFOX8 at none against cleveland.com's 16. MyFOX8 also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and device support (4 vs 2). cleveland.com's advantage is chart position (#84 vs unranked) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, review sentiment 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. cleveland.com sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. MyFOX8 asks for nothing beyond the download.
MyFOX8 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11K and 2.6K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of cleveland.com's written reviews are positive against 31% of MyFOX8's.
cleveland.com ships an update every 3 weeks, MyFOX8 every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | cleveland.com | MyFOX8 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (11K ratings) | 4.7 (2.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.9% of reviews | 30.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 2.6K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #84 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | cleveland.com | Local TV LLC |
Customer experience
cleveland.com
MyFOX8
User reviews
cleveland.com
From 11K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐ Informative local news and sports coverage
- 🌐 Convenient way to stay connected to Cleveland from afar
Room to improve
- 🐌 Slow app performance and frequent crashes
- 🔒 Inconsistent access to subscriber-only content
- 📰 Biased or low-quality journalism
- 💰 Excessive paywalling of content
MyFOX8
From 2.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💯 Best news station
- 🔍 Up-to-date local news coverage
- 📱 Convenient and easy-to-use app
Room to improve
- 🔍 Slow to update news, especially on weekends
- 🔍 Repetitive content and stories
- 🔍 Excessive ads and pop-ups
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 🔍 Limited functionality after recent updates
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
MyFOX8
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes on launch
- Tapping on articles redirects to ads
- Share buttons not working
Requested features
3 requests- Separate tabs for local and national news
- Ability to adjust font size
- Improved video playback performance
In-app purchases
cleveland.com
- cleveland.com Football Insider$7.991 Month
- Digital Access$9.991 Month
- Digital Access1 Month trial$9.991 Month
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- Digital Access7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Subscriber Exclusive Content1 Month trial2 variants$9.991 Month
- All Access to cleveland.com1 Month trial$10.001 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
- Insider Digital$79.991 Year
- All access to cleveland.com1 Year trial$99.991 Year
- Subscriber Exclusive Content1 Year trial2 variants$99.991 Year
- All Access to cleveland.com1 Year trial$100.001 Year
- All access to cleveland.com$119.991 Year
MyFOX8
No in-app purchases
Questions
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