Traverse City Record Eagle vs The Mining Journal All Access
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
The Mining Journal All Access
Access the full print edition of a local newspaper on your iPhone or iPad. Read headlines, stories, and view photos, with options to listen to articles. Download content for offline reading.
- View full print edition pages
- Read headlines and stories
- Listen to articles
- Offline reading
- Searchable content
- Weather updates
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Stay on top of news from Marquette and surrounding areas by receiving the full print version of the The Mining Journal on your iPhone or iPad. Every page of every edition is delivered to your device. The Mining Journal is the best source for local and national news, sports, weather and features in the Marquette and North-Central Upper Peninsula area of Michigan. Download the app to view the printed pages of the newspaper or read headlines and stories along with related photos in a built-in story viewer. Features: - Intuitive navigation. - View headlines, stories, related photos. - Read and listen to stories. - Weather provided by Weather Bug. - Download and sync content to device via Wi-Fi or cellular network so you can read offline. - Stories Tab displays the top news stories by section so you can read the full text or listen to it being read by a virtual newscaster. - Email a story. - Flip through, read and look at pictures within the actual newspaper pages of the printed publication. - Publications Tab lets you read the previous edition of your downloaded publication or download the most recent edition. - Search Tab lets you search for keywords within a headline or text of the stories. The Mining Journal provides the latest local and national news and sports to residents of Marquette and North-Central Upper Peninsula area of Michigan. The Mining Journal covers the communities of Naubinway, AuTrain, Big Bay, Champion, Chatham, Limestone, Curtis, Deerton, Eben Junction, Rumley, Engadine, Little Lake, Germfask, Gould City, Grand Marais, Gwinn, Ishpeming, McMillan, Manistique, Marquette, Michigamme, Christmas, Munising, Negaunee, Newberry, Palmer, Republic, Seney, Shingleton, Skandia, Trenary, Wetmore, Baraga, Bruce Crossing, Covington, L’Anse and Watton.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Traverse City Record Eagle at 87% against The Mining Journal All Access's 0%. Traverse City Record Eagle also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.8) and ratings volume (325 vs 4). The Mining Journal All Access's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Traverse City Record Eagle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Mining Journal All Access asks for nothing beyond the download.
Traverse City Record Eagle holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Traverse City Record Eagle has 325 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Traverse City Record Eagle's written reviews are positive against 0% of The Mining Journal All Access's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Traverse City Record Eagle | The Mining Journal All Access |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (325 ratings) — better | 1.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 325 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CNHI LLC | Presteligence |
Customer experience
Traverse City Record Eagle
The Mining Journal All Access
Bugs and requests
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
The Mining Journal All Access
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Traverse City Record Eagle
- Today's ePaper$1.99
The Mining Journal All Access
No in-app purchases
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