Comparison

MPR News vs PressAudit

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MPR News

Stay informed with comprehensive news coverage from Minnesota. Access breaking stories, photos, and videos on politics, education, health, weather, and environmental issues.

Highlights
  • In-depth Minnesota news coverage
  • Politics and government updates
  • Education and health news
  • Local weather forecasts
  • Environmental stories
  • Photos and videos
Features
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MPR News provides up-to-the-minute, in-depth coverage of important developments in Minnesota, including stories, photos and videos on politics, education, health, local weather, the environment and much more.

About

PressAudit

Gain a comprehensive overview of the news landscape, identifying trending and overlooked stories. Analyze media coverage for partisan lean, source quality, and public interest. Offers tools to track regulations, predictions, and engage with a community.

Highlights
  • News heatmap and filtering
  • Article scoring for lean and quality
  • Side-by-side polarizing story comparison
  • Tracking of media blindspots
  • Regulation tracking and filing assistance
  • News prediction analysis
  • Community discussion feeds
Features
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Get all the news at a glance: what's getting attention or being ignored, and how a story shifts across the media by partisan lean and other factors. We analyze thousands of articles from the world's top news outlets every day, scoring them for political lean, source quality, public-interest value and coverage patterns. Get the most important news, not just the loudest distractions. FEATURES Heatmap See the entire news day as one readable map. Search and filter by attention, outlet, topic, geography, partisan lean, quality and time. Start here For every story, the best article to read first, including the top article you can read without a paywall. Faceoffs See the same polarizing story from opposing outlets, with excerpts from the articles themselves side by side. Blindspots Track stories dominating one side of the media while barely appearing on the other. Regulations Follow news on federal rules, dockets and proposals open for public comment, then build your own comment step by step and file it yourself on the official regulations.gov docket. Predictions Follow predictions on the major events driving the news, see the related coverage, and make your own call. Article Scores Article-level analysis of partisan lean (article and outlet), editorial quality and public-interest substance. Outlet Rankings Compare news outlets by partisan lean, quality, coverage volume and the stories they choose to elevate or ignore. Alerts and notifications Follow rules, predictions and interests and see what changed on your Alerts page. Optional push notifications for breaking news, prediction results, regulation updates and the weekly quiz. Breaking pushes between 10 pm and 7 am your time arrive silently. Community Post, discuss and submit articles in the community feeds. Games The weekly News Quiz, Who said it?, Call It and Bubble Buster. Safari extension While you read any news site, see how the rest of the press covered the same story. WHY WE EXIST The news has a firehose problem. More is published every day than anyone can possibly process. PressAudit helps you see the big picture: what is getting attention, what is being ignored, who is covering it, and how coverage of the same subject changes across the media. No ads. No account required to start; sign in with Apple, Google or email to follow, get alerts and post. Built to be data-driven and non-partisan.

Screenshots

MPR News4 screens
PressAudit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PressAudit at 100% against MPR News's 10%. PressAudit also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and ads (none vs shown). MPR News's advantage is ratings volume (58 vs 13) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PressAudit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 58 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of MPR News's written reviews are positive against 100% of PressAudit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MPR News ships an update monthly, PressAudit every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
MPR News versus PressAudit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMPR NewsPressAudit
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (58 ratings)5.0 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews10.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings58 — better13
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB37 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMinnesota Public RadioPaul Renshaw

Customer experience

MPR News

All ratings58 ratings
Positive62.1%
Neutral8.6%
Negative29.3%
Written reviews125 reviews
Positive10.4%
Neutral8.8%
Negative80.8%

PressAudit

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

MPR News

Reported bugs

25 issues
  • Audio doesn't pause when phone calls arrive
  • Audio continues playing when switching to other apps
  • App crashes on iOS 14 and iOS 18
  • Black screen on app launch
  • App requires constant reinstallation to function
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  • Audio freezes displaying outdated data
  • Streaming stops randomly without reason
  • App crashes when moving between WiFi and cellular
  • Forced ad playback when switching networks
  • Article text cuts off on edges of screen
  • Jerky and unresponsive scrolling
  • Overly sensitive touch detection causes accidental story opens
  • App doesn't rotate to landscape on iPad
  • Blank screen on startup requiring navigation to home
  • Audio plays both streams simultaneously from multiple apps
  • App auto-starts when other music apps launch
  • AirPods trigger auto-play through phone speaker
  • Siri functionality blocked when app is running
  • Stop/pause button unchecks itself
  • App shuts down at top of every hour
  • Incompatible with original iPad mini
  • Text doesn't fit on iPhone 12 mini screen
  • No inertial scrolling in article reader
  • Weather tab relocated to confusing location
  • Stories don't continue automatically to next show

Requested features

16 requests
  • Search bar for finding stories and shows
  • Dark mode option
  • Landscape mode support on iPad
  • Ability to skip within audio clips
  • Background listening while using other apps
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  • Auto-shutoff timer feature
  • Mark stories as read functionality
  • Sort news by date
  • Continuous playback between shows
  • Weather information in dedicated section
  • Landscape rotation support
  • Pinch-to-zoom for graphics and maps
  • Scroll bar or column for easier navigation
  • Next/previous story navigation without returning to main screen
  • Restore Updraft section
  • Bluetooth device audio output selection

PressAudit

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MPR News

No in-app purchases

None

PressAudit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MPR News free?
MPR News is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PressAudit free?
PressAudit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MPR News or PressAudit?
PressAudit is rated higher. MPR News averages 3.6 out of 5 from 58 ratings, while PressAudit averages 5.0 from 13 ratings.
Do MPR News or PressAudit have ads?
MPR News shows ads; PressAudit does not.
Which is updated more often, MPR News or PressAudit?
MPR News ships an update monthly, and PressAudit every 6 days. Most recently, MPR News was updated on October 29, 2026 and PressAudit on October 28, 2026.

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