Windsor Star vs Canada Press
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Windsor Star
Access local and national news with a personalized feed. Enjoy in-depth articles, photos, and videos from top journalists. Customize your content by selecting topics, writers, and publications.
- Customizable news feed
- In-depth articles and longreads
- Photo and video coverage
- Access to Postmedia network publications
- Personalize by topic and journalist
- Discover trending Canadian stories
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The Windsor Star app connects you to the news you need to know. Create your custom feed so you don't miss the latest from your favourite writers. Features include: · Stay connected to news from your community and beyond. · Enjoy the wide variety of comprehensive explainers on issues shaping your community and compelling longreads from our top journalists — plus extensive photo and video coverage. · Navigate directly to individual publications from across the Postmedia network. · You can choose your preferred publications when you first open the new app, ensuring a curated news feed that aligns with your interests. · Use the Discover tab to explore trending stories from our newsrooms across Canada. · Personalize your news experience by selecting topics, journalists and columnists you want to see more of, so your feed will be filled with the content and perspectives you enjoy. · Online Access and Home Delivery subscribers receive unlimited access to content on the app, included with your subscription. · App readers can access one free article before being prompted to register to gain access to two more articles. If you are not an existing subscriber, you can easily sign up through the app marketplace. · Payment will be charged to your store account upon confirmation of purchase. · Subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. · The account will now be charged $14.99 for monthly renewal within the 24 hours before the current period ends. · You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal after purchase in the App settings. Select "My Subscription" then "Manage my Subscription" and you will be able to make changes. Privacy Policy: https://www.postmedia.com/privacy-statement/ Postmedia Terms and Conditions: https://www.postmedia.com/terms-and-conditions/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ We appreciate and value your feedback. Please send any comments, suggestions or questions to: appsupport@postmedia.com
Canada Press
Access over 500 news feeds from 110 Canadian newspapers and magazines in one place. Stay updated with daily, weekly, and monthly publications, and discover local news near you. Share articles, search by keywords, and receive push notifications for your favorite sources.
- Access 500+ news feeds
- Browse daily, weekly, monthly press
- Locate local newspapers
- Receive push notifications
- Search articles by keywords
- Share news with friends
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Explore more than 500 news feeds from 110 Canadian newspapers and magazines. *** ALL THE NEWS IN A SINGLE APP *** ► Daily press (National & local) ► Weekly press ► Monthly press ► Internet press Among the features : ▷ Locate local newspapers near your location. ▷ Receive by push the latest updates of your favorite newspapers. ▷ Share news with your friends ▷ Search articles by keywords *** FREE APP *** Enjoy this amazing app. *** PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION *** - Remove advertising in the app - Remove limit on the number of posts - Direct access to website reader (when available) END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ PRIVACY POLICY : http://www.babdreams.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Canada Press at 59% against Windsor Star's 5%. Canada Press also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.7) and ratings volume (55 vs 11). Windsor Star's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 12 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Windsor Star sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month and Canada Press sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Canada Press holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Canada Press has 55 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 5% of Windsor Star's written reviews are positive against 59% of Canada Press's.
Windsor Star ships an update monthly, Canada Press every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Windsor Star | Canada Press |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (11 ratings) | 4.6 (55 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.8% of reviews | 59.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 55 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Postmedia Network INC. | Studio BabDreams |
Customer experience
Windsor Star
Canada Press
User reviews
Windsor Star
From 11 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Enjoyed the app when it worked (historical)
- 👍 Glad comments were implemented (historical)
Room to improve
- 👎 App is now charging a subscription fee
- 👎 App is not user-friendly after update
- 👎 App frequently doesn't work or is broken
- 👎 App crashes the phone
- 👎 Obits not loading correctly
Canada Press
From 55 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great news coverage
- 👍 Informative content
- 👍 Quality fact-checking
- 👍 Dedication and integrity
- 👍 Valuable resource
Room to improve
- anúncios Intrusive ads
- 💰 Paywall articles
- 🚫 Very little free news
- 😩 Terribly boring
- 🚫 No news, only advertising
Bugs and requests
Windsor Star
Reported bugs
34 issues- App doesn't work, cannot sign in
- More locked content
- Display/navigation not user-friendly
- App doesn't work, keeps telling to reload
- Obits not loading correctly
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- Share button doesn't work
- Report a problem email is invalid
- Issues when reading news, lags and freezes
- App crashes phone
- Freezes constantly on iPhone
- App causes phone to shut down and restart
- Some content loads fine, others blank screen and locks up phone
- App crashes and shuts down phone completely
- App support leads to paid version, not support
- Feedback button leads to obsolete email address
- App won't load content properly, crashes phone
- App causes iPhone to restart when opening a story
- App is frozen most of the time
- Froze on news articles over 2 weeks old
- App freezes and doesn't update
- App continually freezes, won't refresh
- App has been freezing since new Apple OS
- App freezes for five minutes or five days
- Stories on home page don't have dates
- App is frozen and doesn't work
- App will not update, screen touches don't work
- Updated app now no work
- Freezing and not loading new content
- Won't work after latest iPhone update
- Freezes every daily, have to delete and re-download
- Freezes constantly, needs to be adapted to new updates
- Freezes after iOS 13
- Not working after iOS 13
- Issue after iOS 13.1
Requested features
4 requests- Go back to the old app version
- Fix the app update
- Implement a search function
- Allow review of obits
Canada Press
Reported bugs
2 issues- App will no longer display any articles, blank white screen
- Bug with alerts deleting all other alerts
Requested features
7 requests- Indicate paywall articles with a “$”
- Segregate free sources from paywall sources
- Delete papers that won’t let you into items after quota
- Include some dissident reporting
- Fix bug with alerts deleting other alerts
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- Adjust font size
- Include a few international sources
In-app purchases
Windsor Star
- The Windsor Star$9.991 Month
Canada Press
- 1 month$0.991 Month
- 3 months$1.993 Months
- 6 months$3.996 Months
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- 1 year$5.991 Year
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