Comparison

Variety vs Opinion8

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

Head to head
About

Variety

Access authoritative and trusted entertainment business news from a global perspective. Stay informed with breaking news, award-season coverage, and insightful analysis of the film, television, theater, and tech industries.

Highlights
  • Breaking news reports
  • Award-season coverage
  • Feature spotlights
  • Industry analysis
  • Global perspective
Features
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Variety is the most authoritative and trusted source of entertainment business news, recognized and respected throughout the world. Since 1905, influential producers, executives and talent in entertainment and beyond have turned to Variety for award-winning daily breaking news reports, insightful award-season coverage, must-read feature spotlights and intelligent analysis of the industry’s most prominent players. As the leading publication covering film, television, theater and tech with a global perspective, Variety is the vital read in every entertainment capital in over 84 countries. Privacy - https://pmc.com/privacy-policy/ EULA - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Opinion8

Share your opinions on daily news topics through simple agree/disagree/undecided responses. See real-time demographic insights without personal identification. Enjoy a hate-free environment with curated video content.

Highlights
  • Daily news opinion polls
  • Real-time demographic insights
  • Anonymous user profiles
  • Hate and troll-free environment
  • Curated video library
  • Easy opinion submission
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The world is an ever-changing place. It’s full of news and stories that affect us all. These create opinions in everyone. 
 Opinions matter. But being able to share them safely is not easy. In today’s news or traditional social media platforms, confidence in your opinion being counted is practically non-existent. 

Welcome to Opinion8, where people like you “opinion-ate” on major news issues and stories. Eight questions are presented every day. Some are different, some stay the same for a few days.  Opinion8 is there to help your voice be counted. In real-time, 24/7, and without hate and trolls.   HOW DOES OPINION8 WORK? 
 Opinion8 makes it easy to share your opinion. Each story is summarized in a brief description and related question. There is no bias. There are no fancy word tricks that may confuse. There is no voting age limitation. You either agree, disagree or are undecided. 
 REAL-TIME DEMOGRAPHICS 

Are you curious how others feel about the same stories? Opinion8 offers real-time demographics for everything on the platform. See your opinion and those of others be counted together on the same issues.  This is based on total data that cannot be linked to any individual Opinion8er. Your privacy is always protected. 

LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT PRIVACY 

Opinion8 takes your privacy extremely seriously.  

First, none of the information shared on Opinion8 can be used to identify you.  Second, you are never asked to link your existing social media profiles to Opinion8.  Third, you are asked to create a very simple and totally anonymous profile, so that basic demographics can be calculated and shown to all, with full transparency of how it’s done.  If you want, you can delete your anonymous profile with just one tap, directly from the Home Screen.  Most social media apps send you searching through various screens and buttons.  Not Opinion8. Simply tap the “Security” button. That’s it. One button. Right on the Home Screen. 
 WHAT ABOUT HATE AND TROLLS?

 Opinion8’s design and interactive capabilities stop free-text hate and trolls from showing up. It’s a simple idea that works well to remove trolls and hateful backlash, which are the main reasons people are put off by “comments” in most news or social media apps. 
 MORE

 Opinion8 also serves as a library of short videos for you to enjoy. Videos on interesting stories from across media are continually linked.  Maybe you like them, maybe you don’t, but they will always be relevant to our world, thought-provoking, and hopefully sometimes even inspiring.

Screenshots

Variety4 screens
Opinion84 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Opinion8 at 100% against Variety's 15%. Opinion8 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). Variety's advantage is ratings volume (1.7K vs 7) and chart position (#166 vs unranked). On price, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Variety sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $13.99 per month. Opinion8 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Opinion8 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Variety has 1.7K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of Variety's written reviews are positive against 100% of Opinion8's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Variety ships an update every 4 months, Opinion8 every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Variety versus Opinion8: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVarietyOpinion8
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.7K ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.7K — better7
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#166 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB62 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperPMCGrid News Bureau, LLC

Customer experience

Variety

All ratings1,717 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral3.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews81 reviews
Positive14.8%
Neutral9.9%
Negative75.3%

Opinion8

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Variety

Reported bugs

21 issues
  • Articles don't open
  • Can't read entire articles
  • Only the first paragraph/sentence loads
  • Articles Wont Load
  • Only the first sentence of every article is displayed
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  • Can't use app without notifications on
  • VIP+ Membership is useless on iPad
  • Navbar too tight on iPhone 13 mini
  • Freezes at start on iPad
  • Doesn't have OneTrust data to show Banner user interface
  • Impossible to Use
  • Site keeps crashing
  • Awfull app crashes constantly
  • 50% of the time, this app just shuts down, out of the blue
  • Incredibly slow and glitchy
  • Crashes and stutters
  • Very unstable on my iPad
  • Keeps crashing
  • Soooo slow. Problems loading pages
  • Unstable
  • Article disappears right after you open it in the app

Requested features

4 requests
  • Real Time Alerts Feature
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
  • Ability to access magazine issues for direct subscribers

Opinion8

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Variety

Subscriptions4
  • Variety Magazine$13.991 Month
  • Variety VIP$39.991 Month
  • Variety Magazine$139.991 Year
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  • Variety VIP$399.991 Year
None

Opinion8

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Variety free?
Variety is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Opinion8 free?
Opinion8 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Variety or Opinion8?
Opinion8 is rated higher. Variety averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while Opinion8 averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Variety or Opinion8 have ads?
Variety shows ads; Opinion8 does not.
Which is updated more often, Variety or Opinion8?
Variety ships an update every 4 months, and Opinion8 every 6 months. Most recently, Variety was updated on November 6, 2026 and Opinion8 on November 3, 2026.

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