MLive.com vs UpNorthLive News
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/
UpNorthLive News
Access breaking local news, live weather forecasts, and traffic updates for Traverse City and surrounding Northern Michigan communities. Stay informed with real-time alerts, live newscasts, and personalized coverage of events, politics, and sports.
- Breaking local news and national headlines
- Live streaming newscasts
- Real-time weather forecasts and radar
- Traffic updates
- Instant push notifications
- Personalized news experience
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Stay connected with the latest local news, live weather updates, breaking stories, and sports coverage with the UpNorthLive News app. Watch live newscasts, get real-time breaking news alerts, track traffic conditions, and stay ahead with accurate hourly and daily weather forecasts from Traverse City, Michigan and nearby communities, including Suttons Bay, Frankfort, Manton, and Kalkaska. Features: Breaking local news and national headlines Live streaming newscasts and video coverage Real-time weather forecasts and live radar Traffic updates and road conditions Instant push notifications for breaking news Coverage of local events, politics, sports, and community stories Personalized news experience Whether you're at home or on the go, the UpNorthLive News app keeps you informed with fast, reliable, and up-to-the-minute coverage of news, local weather, traffic updates, and the stories that matter most across Traverse City and surrounding Northern Michigan communities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: UpNorthLive News at none against MLive.com's 10. UpNorthLive News also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (23% vs 12%). MLive.com's advantage is ratings volume (16K vs 208) and chart position (#65 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads 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. MLive.com sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. UpNorthLive News asks for nothing beyond the download.
UpNorthLive News holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MLive.com has 16K ratings behind it against 208, 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 23% of UpNorthLive News's.
MLive.com ships an update every 3 weeks, UpNorthLive News every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MLive.com | UpNorthLive News |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (16K ratings) | 4.8 (208 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.7% of reviews | 23.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16K — better | 208 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #65 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 152 MB |
| Age rating | +12 | 17+ |
| Developer | MLive.com | Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc |
Customer experience
MLive.com
UpNorthLive News
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
UpNorthLive News
From 208 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for local news
- 👍 Weather forecast is useful
- 👍 Deals are great
- 👍 Working fine after fixes
Room to improve
- 🐛 Freezing issues
- 🐛 News feed is delayed
- 🐛 App doesn't open after update
- 🐛 School closings won't load
- 🐛 Biased coverage
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
UpNorthLive News
Reported bugs
13 issues- App freezes after a few seconds of run time
- App hasn't worked since update
- School closings won't load
- Videos restart with commercial when rotating phone
- App is stuck on portrait mode
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- App doesn't load stories properly
- Stories have no text
- App redirects to App Store when reading articles
- App doesn't load station data
- App won't login or buy deals
- Notifications won't stop even after deleting app
- Article jumps to the top when a new ad loads
- App kicks user back to the top of the page before finishing reading
Requested features
12 requests- More weekend news and updates
- Ability to log in different ZIP Codes
- Radar loop feature
- Pause and rewind video functionality
- Fix app rotation for iPad
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- More local news on homepage
- Bring back old version
- Fix weather section for zip codes
- Add comments section
- Add pictures and YouTube links to stories
- Fix web link for detailed forecast
- More detailed forecast on app
In-app purchases
MLive.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 trial$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
- All access to MLive.com1 Year trial$99.991 Year
- All access to MLive.com$119.991 Year
UpNorthLive News
No in-app purchases
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