Oregonlive.com vs OPB News
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Oregonlive.com
Get timely and reliable local news, sports, and weather updates impacting your community. Stay informed about unfolding events in your backyard, from politics and business to culture and more. Access premium content and in-depth reporting with an All Access subscription.
- Local news reporting
- Sports coverage
- Weather updates
- Premium content access
- Timely and reliable information
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Get trusted local news from across Oregon. 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/
OPB News
Access in-depth reporting on politics, arts, culture, and more from Oregon and southern Washington. Stream live radio, explore multimedia content, and enjoy personalized features like saved stories and push notifications.
- In-depth news reporting
- Live radio streaming
- Image and video galleries
- Personalized story saving
- Push notifications
- Dark mode and adjustable text
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Stay up to date on the biggest and most important stories in the Northwest with the all-new OPB app. With a completely redesigned user experience, you can more seamlessly connect with OPB’s in-depth reporting, stream OPB Radio live 24/7, explore immersive image galleries and videos and enjoy new, more personalized app features. With the OPB app, you can: - Easily browse the news stories about politics, arts, culture, the environment, education, business and so much more from OPB’s team of journalists and producers in Oregon and southern Washington. - Live stream OPB Radio 24/7 and explore video and images of the people, places, events and issues shaping the Northwest. - Discover all that OPB has to offer – from podcasts and digital features to OPB’s original series “Oregon Field Guide,” “Oregon Art Beat,” “Oregon Experience” and “Think Out Loud,™” along with OPB Radio and TV schedules. - Enjoy a more personalized app experience: save stories for later, view your story history, and receive and manage push notifications on topics that interest you. - Experience enhanced accessibility options including dark mode, adjustable text size and screen reader support.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OPB News at none against Oregonlive.com's 18. OPB News also leads on review sentiment (46% vs 16%). Oregonlive.com's advantage is ratings volume (10K vs 91) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, 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. Oregonlive.com sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. OPB News asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Oregonlive.com against 4.3 for OPB News. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Oregonlive.com has 10K ratings behind it against 91, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 16% of Oregonlive.com's written reviews are positive against 46% of OPB News's.
Oregonlive.com ships an update every 3 weeks, OPB News every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Oregonlive.com | OPB News |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (10K ratings) | 4.3 (91 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.3% of reviews | 46.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 91 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #97 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | OregonLive.com | Oregon Public Broadcasting |
Customer experience
Oregonlive.com
OPB News
User reviews
Oregonlive.com
From 10K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐ Excellent news coverage
- 🗞️ Great local reporting
- 📰 Comprehensive news source
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
- 💰 Excessive ads and paywalls
- 🔍 Unreliable search functionality
- 🔒 Subscriber access issues
- 🔋 High battery consumption
OPB News
From 91 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to navigate
- 👍 Good for reading news
- 👍 Reliable news source
- 👍 Clear organization
- 👍 Informative content
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Audio frequently drops
- 🐛 Stream stops playing
- 🐛 Unreliable streaming
- 🐛 App quits playing
Bugs and requests
Oregonlive.com
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on launch
- Inability to access subscriber content
- Scrolling issues and content cutoffs
- Inconsistent login and sign-in behavior
Requested features
5 requests- Improved app stability and performance
- Streamlined user experience
- Better handling of subscriber content
- Enhanced search capabilities
- Dark mode option
OPB News
Reported bugs
19 issues- App crashes
- Audio drops
- Stream stops playing
- App quits playing
- Loads poorly
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- Stops after a minute
- Drains battery fast
- Glitchy operation
- Play/pause controls not working on lock screen/quick access
- Audio doesn't stop for calls or music
- Stream stops on WiFi change
- Stream stops on app switch
- Sponsor message replays on cut out
- App needs to be restarted
- Lost signal causes crash
- Stream hangs and resumes
- Connectivity issues
- App crashes repeatedly
- Support ad comes on every time it starts up again
Requested features
7 requests- Sleep mode/timer for audio
- Cross-platform synchronization for saved stories
- Search bar more prominent
- Ability to replay Morning Edition
- Fix stream integration on NPR app
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- Make 'Listen Live' mean live
- Add a 'front page' for top news stories
In-app purchases
Oregonlive.com
- Oregonian College Insider$7.991 Month
- Digital Access$9.991 Month
- Digital Access1 Month trial2 variants$9.991 Month
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- Digital Access7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Subscriber Exclusive Content1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- Monthly Access1 Month trial$10.001 Month
- All Access to OregonLive$11.991 Month
- All Access to Oregon$15.001 Month
- All Access to OregonLive6 Months trial$75.001 Year
- Oregonian College Insider$79.991 Year
- All Access to OregonLive1 Year trial$99.991 Year
- Digital Access$99.991 Year
- Subscriber Exclusive Content1 Year trial2 variants$99.991 Year
- Annual Access1 Year trial$100.001 Year
- Annual Subscription$100.001 Year
- All Access to OregonLive$119.991 Year
OPB News
No in-app purchases
Questions
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