TODAY Show vs Saratogian
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
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.
- 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
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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/
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
TODAY Show ships an update every 2 months, Saratogian monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TODAY Show | Saratogian |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (29K ratings) — better | 4.6 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.5% of reviews — better | 34.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29K — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #113 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 187 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | NBC News Digital, LLC | Journal Register Company |
Customer experience
TODAY Show
Saratogian
User reviews
TODAY Show
From 29K App Store ratingsWhat 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 ratingsWhat 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
TODAY Show
No in-app purchases
Saratogian
- Saratogian Monthly Sub1 Month trial$11.991 Month
- Saratogian Annual Subscription1 Year trial$139.991 Year









