Comparison

TODAY Show vs Saratogian

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

Head to head
About

TODAY Show

Access America's #1 morning show content anytime, anywhere. Watch segments, view original videos, shop deals, and listen to a 24/7 stream. Find recipes, interviews, news, and more.

Highlights
  • Watch TODAY show segments
  • Original videos and trending stories
  • Shop Steals & Deals
  • 24/7 TODAY All Day TuneIn Stream
  • In-app search for content
  • Recipes and celebrity interviews
Currently charting
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Download the new TODAY app for the best of America’s #1 morning show! All day. Anytime. Anywhere. * Catch up with your favorite TODAY hosts, including Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker, Craig Melvin, Carson Daly, Willie Geist, and the rest of the TODAY team! * Watch segments from NBC's TODAY, and the latest original videos and trending stories from TODAY.com * Shop our latest Steals & Deals, trending gift ideas, editors’ favorites and recommended products in health, beauty, style, fashion, and more! * Listen to the TODAY All Day TuneIn Stream on the move! Our 24/7 stream is now available in the app so you can bring TODAY with you, wherever you go! * Search for TODAY content including articles, videos, slideshows and more as part of our new in app search feature! * Find your favorite recipes, celebrity interviews, parenting tips, uplifting stories, healthy living, pop culture, and national news. ---- This app features Nielsen proprietary measurement software which will allow you to contribute to market research, like Nielsen’s TV Ratings. To learn more about our digital measurement products and your choices in regard to them, please visit http://www.nielsen.com/digitalprivacy for more information. Your Privacy Choices: https://www.nbcuniversal.com/privacy/notrtoo?brandA=NBC_News&intake=NBC_News CA Notice: https://www.nbcuniversal.com/privacy/california-consumer-privacy-act?intake=TODAY_show

About

Saratogian

Access personalized news, save articles for later, and receive custom notifications. Enjoy a digital replica of the newspaper, play games, and read offline. This optimized app offers a streamlined news experience.

Highlights
  • Personalized news recommendations
  • Save articles for later reading
  • Customizable push notifications
  • Digital newspaper replica (Enews)
  • Offline reading capability
  • In-app games (Sudoku, Crossword, etc.)
  • Follow/Unfollow topics
Features
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To continue enjoying our app, we kindly request that you log in again after this update. If you're a subscriber, please take a moment to restore your account to ensure uninterrupted access. You can find the “Restore Subscriptions“ button in Settings under Subscriptions. Welcome to a new app experience, we have optimized our app and giving it a facelift! This faster iOS native app now has the following new features: Your News: Provide personalized recommendations for content based on user preferences. Users will be allowed to customize the content they want to engage with by selecting the topics they are truly interested in. By going to the “Your News” tab the user can bypass the noise of all that is published and home in on the content they want Saved Articles: Save feature that allows users to save articles or other content they are interested in for later reading or reference.Push notifications will remind users to read their saved articles or suggest related content Custom Push Notifications: The user can select what topics they want to be notified about which makes for a much less intrusive experience. Top Navigation Bar: A top navigation bar lets the user switch between sections by swiping or tapping. Enews in-app: Desire the newspaper experience? No need to open a separate app! By simply going to Settings and selecting E-News the user can browse the Digital Replica of the day’s paper. Offline Reading: This feature allows users to enable offline reading from Settings. Offline “Reading Preferences” can also be customized for Settings. Swipe Left: Instead of going back to the main section to find more articles, users have the option to simply swipe, immediately opening other articles in the Section. Follow Topics: A user will be shown articles on topics they are following. To follow select “follow” at the article level and related articles will gain relevancy and be shown more frequently. Just as easily “Unfollow” Games: Users can enjoy a variety of games served in app. Games include: Sudoku, Solitaire, Jumble, Crossword, and Puzzles Terms of Use: https://www.medianewsgroup.com/terms-of-use/ https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

TODAY Show4 screens
Saratogian4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TODAY Show at none against Saratogian's 2. TODAY Show also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 34%) and ratings volume (29K vs 36). Saratogian's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, 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. Saratogian sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. TODAY Show asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TODAY Show holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TODAY Show has 29K ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of TODAY Show's written reviews are positive against 34% of Saratogian's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TODAY Show ships an update every 2 months, Saratogian monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
TODAY Show versus Saratogian: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTODAY ShowSaratogian
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (29K ratings) — better4.6 (36 ratings)
Positive reviews67.5% of reviews — better34.0% of reviews
Number of ratings29K — better36
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#113 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB187 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperNBC News Digital, LLCJournal Register Company

Customer experience

TODAY Show

All ratings29,440 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral1.6%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews120 reviews
Positive67.5%
Neutral9.2%
Negative23.3%

Saratogian

All ratings35 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral2.9%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive34.0%
Neutral2.1%
Negative63.8%

User reviews

TODAY Show

From 29K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💕 Enjoyable hosts and content
  • 🕰️ Great way to start the day
  • 🌟 Uplifting and informative
  • 🔍 Comprehensive news coverage

Room to improve

  • 🤔 Too much personal banter
  • 🔍 Biased news reporting
  • 🤯 Frustrating login requirements
  • 🕰️ Outdated or slow to update content

Saratogian

From 36 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to navigate
  • 👍 Good for local news
  • 👍 Keeps me up to date
  • 👍 Covers local youth sports well
  • 👍 Stable app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App freezes and closes
  • 🐛 App often goes days without refreshing
  • 🐛 Ads are distracting and get in the way
  • 🐛 Interface sometimes freezes
  • 🐛 Limited content

Bugs and requests

TODAY Show

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes or freezes
  • Navigation issues and content not loading properly
  • Syncing problems between app and TV viewing

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to save or bookmark favorite videos
  • Improved search functionality
  • Option to disable or reduce ads/commercials
  • Live streaming capability

Saratogian

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Subscription not found
  • Never updates the news day to day
  • App freezes every time I open it and then closes
  • App becomes a front to sell a subscription
  • Can't refresh content
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  • Always server issues
  • Glitchy
  • Can't connect to the server warning all the time
  • Not recent news updates for days
  • App has been down for an extended period of time
  • App hasn't updated news stories
  • Does not update news data
  • App works great but paper is not delivered
  • App needs a search menu to look up things
  • Takes forever to load
  • Info it does have is mostly wrong and inaccurate

Requested features

3 requests
  • Search menu to look up things
  • More news articles
  • Update the app more

In-app purchases

None

TODAY Show

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Saratogian

Subscriptions2
  • Saratogian Monthly Sub1 Month trial$11.991 Month
  • Saratogian Annual Subscription1 Year trial$139.991 Year

Questions

Is TODAY Show free?
TODAY Show is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Saratogian free?
Saratogian is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TODAY Show or Saratogian?
TODAY Show is rated higher. TODAY Show averages 4.8 out of 5 from 29K ratings, while Saratogian averages 4.6 from 36 ratings.
Do TODAY Show or Saratogian have ads?
Both TODAY Show and Saratogian show ads.
Which is updated more often, TODAY Show or Saratogian?
TODAY Show ships an update every 2 months, and Saratogian monthly. Most recently, TODAY Show was updated on November 11, 2026 and Saratogian on November 1, 2026.

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