MLive.com vs Traverse City Record Eagle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MLive.com
Stay informed with local news, sports, and weather that directly impacts your community. Access timely and reliable reporting from trusted journalists who live and work in your area. Coverage spans news, politics, business, culture, and more, ensuring you're always aware of what's happening in your backyard.
- Local news reporting
- Sports coverage
- Weather updates
- Politics and business news
- Culture and community events
- Unlimited premium content access
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Get trusted local news from across Michigan. 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/
Traverse City Record Eagle
Access local news, commentary, photos, and videos on the go. Download daily editions for offline reading and stay updated with breaking news, sports, and weather. Enjoy features like interactive content and social sharing.
- Offline reading of daily editions
- Breaking news alerts
- Photo and video galleries
- Print edition layout view
- Free local weather and events
- Social sharing of content
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Take Traverse City Record Eagle 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 Traverse City Record Eagle 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
MLive.com and Traverse City Record Eagle both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 87% of Traverse City Record Eagle's written reviews are positive against 12% of MLive.com's. Traverse City Record Eagle also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 17.0). MLive.com's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (16K vs 317). 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. MLive.com sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Traverse City Record Eagle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Traverse City Record Eagle holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MLive.com has 16K ratings behind it against 317, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of MLive.com's written reviews are positive against 87% of Traverse City Record Eagle's.
MLive.com ships an update every 3 weeks, Traverse City Record Eagle every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MLive.com | Traverse City Record Eagle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (16K ratings) | 4.6 (317 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.8% of reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16K — better | 317 |
| 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 | #63 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | MLive.com | CNHI LLC |
Customer experience
MLive.com
Traverse City Record Eagle
User reviews
MLive.com
From 16K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Quick, accurate, and well-written news
- 👍 Good coverage of Michigan news
- 🌐 Broad spectrum news coverage
Room to improve
- 🔒 Paywalled content, too many articles behind subscription
- 🐛 Buggy, crashes, freezes, and loading issues
- 💤 Outdated, repetitive, and lacking in real reporting
- 🔍 Poor search functionality and content organization
- 📢 Excessive ads and intrusive advertising
Traverse City Record Eagle
From 317 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Intuitive and easy-to-navigate interface
- 📰 Newspaper-style layout mimics print edition
- 📱 Convenient access from anywhere, anytime
- 🔍 Excellent local journalism and reporting
- ⚡ Smooth app performance and quick loading
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional articles fail to load
- 🐛 App crashes and instability issues
- 🐛 Blurry pages that take time to load clearly
- 🔐 Frequent re-login requirements for articles
- ❌ Poor search functionality
Bugs and requests
MLive.com
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues and inconsistent subscription handling
- Notifications not working as expected
- Scrolling and navigation problems
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to filter and customize content
- Improved local news coverage and focus
- Removal of paywall for breaking news and essential content
Traverse City Record Eagle
Reported bugs
9 issues- Articles frequently do not appear in reading pane when tapped
- App reverts to page 1A unexpectedly
- Split-screen feature fails approximately 50% of the time
- App crashes and closes unexpectedly
- Obituary links malfunction when highlighted
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- Font ligatures omitted from articles
- Blurry page rendering before clarity loads
- Search function returns outdated articles
- Login sessions expire requiring re-authentication per article
Requested features
8 requests- Color comics
- Expanded letters to editor section
- Improved search functionality
- Clearer navigation menus and edition selection
- Better article sharing capabilities
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- Persistent login sessions
- Dark mode option
- Spelling and grammar editing improvements
In-app purchases
MLive.com
- Wolverine Confidential.$7.991 Month
- Digital Access$9.991 Month
- Digital Access1 Month trial$9.991 Month
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- Digital Access7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Subscriber Exclusive Content1 Month trial2 variants$9.991 Month
- Monthly Access1 Month trial$10.001 Month
- All Access to MLive.com$11.991 Month
- All Access to MLive$15.001 Month
- All Access to MLive.com6 Months trial$75.001 Year
- Wolverine Confidential.$79.991 Year
- All access to MLive.com1 Year trial$99.991 Year
- Digital Access$99.991 Year
- Subscriber Exclusive Content1 Year trial$99.991 Year
- Subscriber Exclusive Content$99.991 Year
- Annual Access1 Year trial$100.001 Year
- All access to MLive.com$119.991 Year
- All Access to MLive$150.001 Year
Traverse City Record Eagle
- Today's ePaper$1.99
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