Variety vs comScore News
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Breaking news reports
- Award-season coverage
- Feature spotlights
- Industry analysis
- Global perspective
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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/
comScore News
Access global digital market intelligence and analytics on the go. Understand evolving web and mobile trends with behavioral and survey insights. Stay informed about emerging markets and converging media.
- Digital market intelligence
- Behavioral insights
- Survey insights
- Mobile analytics
- Web trend analysis
- Emerging market data
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Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a global leader in measuring the digital world and preferred source of digital business analytics. Through a powerful combination of behavioural and survey insights, Comscore enables clients to better understand, leverage and profit from the rapidly evolving worldwide web and mobile arena. With the iOS app, get the latest Comscore insights on the go. From emerging markets to converging media, Comscore is the one global source of digital market intelligence that truly measures the digital world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: comScore News at 100% against Variety's 15%. comScore News also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Variety's advantage is ratings volume (1.7K vs 1) and chart position (#159 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, 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. Variety sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $13.99 per month. comScore News asks for nothing beyond the download.
comScore News 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 1, 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 comScore News's.
Variety ships an update every 4 months, comScore News every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Variety | comScore News |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.7K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #159 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | +4 |
| Developer | PMC | comScore, Inc. |
Customer experience
Variety
comScore News
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
comScore News
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Variety
- Variety Magazine$13.991 Month
- Variety VIP$39.991 Month
- Variety Magazine$139.991 Year
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- Variety VIP$399.991 Year
comScore News
No in-app purchases
