MassLive.com vs Sentinel and Enterprise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MassLive.com
Stay informed with local news, sports, and weather that directly impacts your community. Get timely and reliable reporting from journalists who live and work in your area, covering everything from politics to culture.
- Local news reporting
- Sports coverage
- Weather updates
- Community-focused journalism
- Premium content access
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Get trusted local news from across Massachusetts. Breaking news, in-depth reporting, and all the stories people are talking about. Stay connected to what's happening around you with timely coverage of news, weather, sports, and more, optimized for your phone. Free to download. Get breaking news, alerts, and top stories. Subscribers receive unlimited access to in-depth reporting, exclusive content, and additional features. Subscriptions are available in-app. Our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: http://www.advance.net/advancedigitalUserAgreementPP/
Sentinel and Enterprise
Access personalized news, save articles for later, and customize push notifications. Enjoy a streamlined reading experience with offline access and an in-app digital replica of the daily paper.
- Personalized news recommendations
- Save articles for later reading
- Customizable push notifications
- In-app digital newspaper replica
- Offline reading capability
- Follow and 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 given it a facelift! This faster 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" 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 monetization model: Sentinel and Enterprise at free with in-app purchases against MassLive.com's subscription. Sentinel and Enterprise also leads on review sentiment (36% vs 19%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). MassLive.com's advantage is ratings volume (6.1K vs 26) and rating (4.5 vs 4.2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. MassLive.com sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Sentinel and Enterprise sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MassLive.com holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MassLive.com has 6.1K ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 19% of MassLive.com's written reviews are positive against 36% of Sentinel and Enterprise's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MassLive.com ships an update every 3 weeks, Sentinel and Enterprise monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MassLive.com | Sentinel and Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (6.1K ratings) — better | 4.2 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 18.8% of reviews | 35.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6.1K — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #187 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 190 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | MassLive.com | MediaNews Group |
Customer experience
MassLive.com
Sentinel and Enterprise
Bugs and requests
MassLive.com
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login and account issues after updates
- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Broken comment and sharing functionality
Requested features
4 requests- Separate sports and news sections
- Improved search and filtering options
- Ability to customize content feed
- Offline reading mode
Sentinel and Enterprise
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MassLive.com
- Digital Access$9.991 Month
- Digital Access1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- Digital Access7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- Subscriber Exclusive Content1 Month trial2 variants$9.991 Month
- Monthly Access with Discount1 Month trial$10.001 Month
- Monthly Access$11.991 Month
- All Access to MassLive$15.001 Month
- All Access to MassLive.com6 Months trial$75.001 Year
- Annual Access1 Year trial$99.991 Year
- Digital Access$99.991 Year
- Subscriber Exclusive Content1 Year trial2 variants$99.991 Year
- Annual Access with Discount1 Year trial$100.001 Year
- Annual Access$119.991 Year
- All Access to MassLive$150.001 Year
Sentinel and Enterprise
- Sentinel & Enterprise Monthly1 Month trial$11.991 Month
- Sentinel & Enterprise Annual1 Year trial$139.991 Year
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