Comparison

The Province vs Climateer

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

Head to head
About

The Province

Access local news, politics, sports, and entertainment with a personalized feed. Stay updated on breaking news from Vancouver and around the world, plus in-depth sports coverage. Browse multiple Postmedia brands seamlessly and discover trending stories across Canada.

Highlights
  • Personalized news feed
  • Breaking news updates
  • Comprehensive sports coverage
  • Seamless browsing of multiple brands
  • Trending stories discovery
  • Customizable topic selection
Features
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The Province is your trusted source for local news, politics, sports and entertainment. Create your custom feed so you don’t miss the latest from your favourite writers. Stay up to date throughout the day with breaking news in Vancouver, B.C. and around the world. Plus get the latest on the Vancouver Canucks, BC Lions, Vancouver Whitecaps and Vancouver Giants with the best sports coverage in Canada including scores, standings, highlights and commentary. Features include: • Stay connected to the best local news, sports, entertainment, commentary and beyond. • Browse the Toronto Sun, Ottawa Sun, Edmonton Sun, Calgary Sun, The Province and Canoe brands seamlessly. • You will be prompted to 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 Postmedia newsrooms across Canada • Personalize your news experience by selecting topics, journalists and columnists you care about, so your feed will be filled with the content and perspectives you enjoy. • As a registered user, you are recognized consistently across web and app platforms for a more cohesive experience. Register to sample the wide variety of breaking news and special features — plus extensive photo and video coverage. Home delivery print subscribers receive unlimited access, included as part of their print subscription and can gain access by simply signing in with their existing account when prompted. If you’re not an existing print subscriber, you can easily subscribe to the app through the App Store for iOS devices. Subscription details • Monthly subscription cost: $5.99 plus applicable taxes • Complete your subscription at the App Store for iOS devices. Payment will be charged to your account upon confirmation of purchase. • No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Account will be charged $5.99 each month within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. • Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy: https://www.postmedia.com/privacy-statement/ Terms of use: https://www.postmedia.com/terms-and-conditions/ We appreciate and value your feedback. Please send any comments, suggestions or questions to: appfeedback@postmedia.com

About

Climateer

Visualize climate change data with graphs and timelines. Track CO2 levels, sea levels, temperatures, and carbon budgets. Access climate news and make informed decisions.

Highlights
  • Track CO2 levels
  • Monitor sea level changes
  • View carbon budget status
  • Analyze average temperatures
  • Access climate news
  • Graph data evolution
  • Add personal notes
Features
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Are you concerned about the climate and wish you could see the data for yourself? Would you like to keep track of what is happening without depending on traditional news media to provide you with the broad strokes? Climateer tracks: - The CO₂ level - The sea level - Our carbon budget - Average temperatures - Overshoot days for all world countries - Climate news Climate change or climate crisis? Climateer pulls the scientific data related to the climate, directly from the source, and presents it in a familiar timeline, in a way that is easy to understand so you can make up your own mind. With Climateer you can: - View climate events and data presented as a familiar timeline. - Graph the evolution of scientific measurements over time. - See for yourself how much of our carbon budget is left. - Verify how the data is extracted and calculated. - Choose the data sources that you wish to see in your timeline. - Enter personal notes to make the timeline meaningful to you. - Search events and data reaching as far back as 1880. All the data displayed in Climateer is publicly available. It is attributed to their respective organizations and links are provided if you wish to view the raw data for yourself or verify how it's calculated for interpretation in Climateer. Are you a concerned individual? Are you an activist? Are you a scientist? If you live on planet Earth and you breathe, Climateer is for you.

Screenshots

The Province4 screens
Climateer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Climateer at 100% against The Province's 5%. Climateer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.2) and monetization model (free vs subscription). The Province's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. The Province sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Climateer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Climateer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Province has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 5% of The Province's written reviews are positive against 100% of Climateer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Province ships an update monthly, Climateer weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
The Province versus Climateer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe ProvinceClimateer
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews4.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB4 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPostmedia Network INC.Apt Apps

Customer experience

The Province

All ratings9 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive4.7%
Neutral1.6%
Negative93.8%

Climateer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

The Province

Reported bugs

80 issues
  • Jerky, gets stuck on a screen
  • Feedback tab in settings doesn’t work
  • Major difficulties loading stories
  • Constant ad pop-ups
  • Hard to easily read headlines
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  • Headline is much smaller than time released
  • Photo of the story is too small
  • Repeats of the same article
  • Double loads
  • Gets bogged down with time
  • Half the time you can’t share articles
  • Pages double loading
  • Not being able to go back to main page
  • App crashing
  • Articles double load or don't load
  • Share button doesn't work
  • Stops working after one article
  • Full of bugs
  • Freezing, crashing, double-loading articles
  • iOS 15 issues
  • Glitchy, slow, constant crashes
  • Double loads the first story and then freezes
  • Useless app
  • Unable to open or read articles
  • App won't work
  • Articles won't load
  • Crashes whenever I click on any story
  • Crashes any time one tries to open an article
  • Double loading screens
  • Only load one story before freezing
  • Crash upon trying to open any story
  • Continually freezes or now since the newest bug fix just quits
  • Crashes, double loading and some articles wouldn’t even load
  • Double loading
  • More bugs appear while old bugs remains
  • Blank page after clicking an article
  • Extreme choppiness when scrolling
  • Pages never load
  • Glitchy as heck
  • Double loads, freezes, unable to view articles
  • Double loads or doesn’t load at all
  • Articles not loading
  • App crashes
  • Stories don’t load
  • Lots of articles won’t open or open to black screen
  • Website continues to freeze
  • Can’t send a link to anyone
  • It’s just blank
  • So buggy and freezes constantly
  • Has become completely unusable
  • Nothing seems to load properly
  • Have to close app and reopen if I want to read a new article
  • All the pages seem to load, load again and then freeze
  • Can’t open news stories as it gets freeze each time
  • Half the articles won’t load
  • The ones that do almost always lag as you try to scroll and end up freezing and crashing the app
  • Doesn’t load etc and locks up
  • Let’s you read one or two stories, then it goes blank
  • Loads 2 of the same pages, freezes up and then quits
  • Support is non existent
  • Freezes constantly, won’t load stories
  • Bugs that don’t allow the reader to see the article
  • Whiz on by then a blank page
  • Double loads the page
  • Can’t swipe back
  • Freezes
  • While scrolling it will freeze
  • Articles don’t load
  • App freezes and drains battery
  • Constantly freezes making it completely unusable
  • Shows the same content in all sections
  • More bugs
  • Can’t see any sections other than the news
  • App won’t open after I recently updated
  • Screen goes black and it closes
  • Freezes all the time now
  • Even closing and reopening app doesn’t resolve issue
  • Lately it has been freezing and won’t do anything
  • Has been freezing and won’t do anything
  • It’s starting to be like the CNN news app

Requested features

16 requests
  • Fix the app
  • Get devs who know what they’re doing
  • Developer should just remove this from the App Store
  • Hire someone competent to make this app actually usable
  • Give the app some attention
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  • Roll back to old version
  • Fix it!
  • Better IT Department
  • Fix your app
  • Get it together already
  • Fix the app
  • Fix or lose it
  • Fix the app
  • Fix the app
  • Update it once in a while
  • Please fix !

Climateer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

The Province

Subscriptions2
  • The Province$5.991 Month
  • The Province$6.991 Month
3 purchases

Climateer

One-time3
  • Small donation$0.99
  • Medium donation$3.99
  • Large donation$7.99

Questions

Is The Province free?
The Province is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Climateer free?
Climateer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Province or Climateer?
Climateer is rated higher. The Province averages 2.2 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Climateer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do The Province or Climateer have ads?
The Province shows ads; Climateer does not.
Which is updated more often, The Province or Climateer?
The Province ships an update monthly, and Climateer weekly. Most recently, The Province was updated on November 8, 2026 and Climateer on November 3, 2026.

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