SILive.com vs The Patriot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SILive.com
Stay informed with local news, sports, and weather impacting your community. Get timely and reliable reporting from journalists who live and work in your area, covering everything from local events to politics and culture.
- Local news reporting
- Sports coverage
- Weather updates
- Community events
- Politics and business news
- Dining and culture
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Get trusted local news across Staten Island. 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/
The Patriot
Access award-winning local news, sports, entertainment, and more from your favorite newspaper. Enjoy an enhanced reading experience with online-only content, puzzles, and easy sharing. Subscribers get full access.
- Award-winning local news
- Daily features and sports updates
- Entertainment highlights
- Online-only perks
- Interactive puzzles and games
- Easy article sharing
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Welcome to the Patriot News new Online Newspaper app! Dive into the newspaper anytime, anywhere. Keep up with award-winning local news, daily features, sports updates, entertainment highlights, special sections, and more—all at your fingertips! Enjoy online-only perks with an enhanced reading experience, including bonus magazines, supplements, interactive puzzles and games, and easy article sharing with friends and family. Patriot News subscribers receive full access to each edition without any extra cost. Just log in with your existing email and password to explore everything we offer! Terms of Use: https://www.advancelocal.com/advancelocalUserAgreement/user-agreement.html Privacy Policy: https://www.advancelocal.com/advancelocalUserAgreement/privacy-policy.html ====== SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION ====== If you are not a current Patriot News subscriber, we offer the following App-only subscription option: 1 Month Auto-renewing Subscription: $24.99 Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Your subscriptions may be managed (and auto-renewal can be turned off) by going to your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: The Patriot at free with in-app purchases against SILive.com's subscription. The Patriot also leads on ads (none vs shown). SILive.com's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (44% vs 27%). On price, rating, in-app purchases and chart position 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. SILive.com sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and The Patriot sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $24.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for SILive.com against 4.5 for The Patriot. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SILive.com has 6.9K ratings behind it against 510, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 44% of SILive.com's written reviews are positive against 27% of The Patriot's.
SILive.com ships an update every 3 weeks, The Patriot every 6 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | SILive.com | The Patriot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (6.9K ratings) — better | 4.5 (510 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 44.1% of reviews — better | 26.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6.9K — better | 510 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #158 — better | #190 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | SILive.com | The Patriot-News Co |
Customer experience
SILive.com
The Patriot
User reviews
SILive.com
From 6.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Excellent source of local news and information
- 🚀 Timely updates and notifications
- 💡 Good coverage of Staten Island community
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and crashes frequently
- 💰 Excessive ads and paywalls
- 🤔 Perceived political bias in reporting
- 🔍 Poor search functionality
The Patriot
From 510 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Quality journalism
- 👍 Outstanding local sports coverage
- 👍 Easy to navigate (for some)
- 👍 Love the e-paper format
- 👍 Good Ravens coverage
Room to improve
- 🐛 Online version missing content
- 🐛 Login and password problems
- 🐛 Difficult to navigate
- 🐛 Confusing new format
- 🐛 Hard to use on iPhone
Bugs and requests
SILive.com
Reported bugs
3 issues- App freezes when opening certain articles
- Notification links often lead to wrong stories
- Inconsistent performance across devices
Requested features
3 requests- Improved article navigation and scrolling
- Ability to customize font size and layout
- Restore classic app version with better functionality
The Patriot
Reported bugs
24 issues- Online version missing parts of sentences and paragraphs
- Cannot log in to tablet version
- Password not accepted
- App updates are poorly applied
- Cannot get into app directly
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- Font and page reduced, requires expansion
- Crossword puzzle font too small when printed
- On-line customer service is non-responsive
- App fails to save favorite articles
- App does not open cleanly
- Digital paper is often partial
- App downloads wrong newspaper
- App would not load any version of Harrisburg Patriot-News after iOS update
- App opens to Omaha World Herald home page on iPad
- App consumes gigabytes of space
- App performance is sluggish
- Electronic edition is a scanned version not sized for iPad
- Page reloading causes app to crash
- Tapping next page does not go to top of page
- Thumbnail setting displays pages too small
- App is slow, sometimes will not load
- App is very slow to resolve
- Subscription purchased through app store worked for one day, now prompts to buy again
- App redirects to subscription page after signing up
Requested features
7 requests- Include coupons and weekly store flyers
- More impartial view in political articles
- Include something nice about republican endeavors
- Design a layout built for tablets
- Add dark mode option
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- Improve font readability for older users
- Add a readily available section listing for specific topics
In-app purchases
SILive.com
- Subscriber Exclusive Content1 Month trial$1.991 Month
- Digital Access1 Month trial2 variants$9.991 Month
- Subscriber Exclusive Content$9.991 Month
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- Subscriber Exclusive Content1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- All Access to SILive.com$11.991 Month
- All Access to Staten Island Live$15.001 Month
- All Access to SILive.com6 Months trial$75.001 Year
- All Access to SILive.com1 Year trial$99.991 Year
- All Access to SILive.com$119.991 Year
The Patriot
- The Patriot-News Subscription$24.991 Month
