Today's Front Pages vs FastBack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Today's Front Pages
Access hundreds of daily newspapers from around the globe. Discover front pages through search or an interactive map. New widgets allow favorite front pages to be displayed directly on your iOS home screen.
- Hundreds of daily newspapers worldwide
- Search newspapers by name
- Find newspapers by location on a map
- iOS 14 Widgets for homepage display
- Access to current front pages
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The Freedom Forum’s Today’s Front Pages app brings hundreds of daily newspapers from around the world. It now even includes new iOS14 Widgets so your favorite front pages also appear on your homepage! Search a newspaper by name or use the map to find it by location. U.S. copyright laws apply.
FastBack
This browser offers a unique "back" function that instantly displays the previous page without reloading. It's designed for a smoother news browsing experience, allowing users to navigate between articles and main pages seamlessly.
- Instant page recall on back
- No reloads when navigating back
- Smooth news browsing experience
- Remembers frequently visited sites
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"FastBack - the browser that doesn't reload when you go back." The name says it all. Amazingly, this is in contrast to all other iOS browsers. - When tapping "back", the previous page displays instantly. It does NOT reload, scroll, jump, redraw or update in any annoying way (as every other browser does), making the back step fast. - This is great for browsing news sites: You scroll down a long main page, tap a link, read, tap back, tap another link, tap back etc – and everything is just smooth. News browsing the way it was meant to be. - There are almost NO other features. OK, your frequently visited sites are remembered but that's it. Less is more. - I wrote this app so I could browse my morning news sites without going crazy. Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Today's Front Pages at 4.7 against FastBack's 3.0. Today's Front Pages also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 16 months). FastBack's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, monetization model 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. FastBack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Today's Front Pages asks for nothing beyond the download.
Today's Front Pages holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Today's Front Pages has 2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Today's Front Pages ships an update every 2 weeks, FastBack every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Today's Front Pages | FastBack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2K ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 147 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Newseum | Studio Mee |
Customer experience
Today's Front Pages
FastBack
Bugs and requests
Today's Front Pages
Reported bugs
4 issues- Favorites/preferences not saving properly after updates
- Widget feature not functioning correctly
- Inconsistent display of newspaper front pages
- Broken links to newspaper websites
Requested features
4 requests- Restore ability to save front pages to camera roll
- Improve search and filtering to easily find specific newspapers
- Add option to customize which newspapers are displayed
- Provide more reliable and timely updates to front page content
FastBack
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Today's Front Pages
No in-app purchases
FastBack
- Unlock$1.99
