MassLive.com vs Gloucester Daily Times
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/
Gloucester Daily Times
Stay informed with local news, commentary, and multimedia content. Download daily editions for offline reading and access breaking news, sports, and weather updates. Browse photos, watch videos, and share content with friends.
- Offline reading of downloaded editions
- Breaking news alerts
- Photo and video galleries
- Print edition layout view
- Local weather and events
- Social sharing of content
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Take Gloucester Times with you wherever and whenever you go. Your community resource for news, commentary, photos, video and special features is evolving. Access it now and take off with our award-winning breaking news, sports, weather and more. Features: - Download daily editions and content to read offline at your convenience. - Get breaking news and developing stories from the Gloucester Times newsroom. - Browse photos and watch videos of local and national events. - View articles as they were written and edited for the Traverse City Record Eagle print edition. - Access free local weather, events, classifieds and shopping information - See each page and article in a horizontal or vertical display. - Share articles, photos, coupons and local events with friends on your social network. - New enhanced Weather feature in Live News
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Verdict
MassLive.com and Gloucester Daily Times both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of Gloucester Daily Times's written reviews are positive against 19% of MassLive.com's. Gloucester Daily Times also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 17.0). MassLive.com's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (6.1K vs 139). On price, rating, 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 Gloucester Daily Times sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for MassLive.com against 4.6 for Gloucester Daily Times. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MassLive.com has 6.1K ratings behind it against 139, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 19% of MassLive.com's written reviews are positive against 88% of Gloucester Daily Times's.
MassLive.com ships an update every 3 weeks, Gloucester Daily Times every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MassLive.com | Gloucester Daily Times |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (6.1K ratings) | 4.6 (139 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.8% of reviews | 88.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6.1K — better | 139 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #197 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | MassLive.com | CNHI LLC |
Customer experience
MassLive.com
Gloucester Daily Times
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
Gloucester Daily Times
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
Gloucester Daily Times
- Today's ePaper$2.99
Questions
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