Press vs MyChamplainValley
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Press
Access local news, commentary, photos, and videos from your community. Download daily editions for offline reading and stay updated with breaking news, sports, and weather. Enjoy enhanced features like local events and classifieds.
- Offline reading of daily 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 Press Republican 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 Press Republican newsroom. - Browse photos and watch videos of local and national events. - View articles as they were written and edited for the Press Republican 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
MyChamplainValley
Stay informed with local news and real-time updates from your community. Get breaking news alerts, detailed weather forecasts, and in-depth reports from trusted local journalists. Access saved stories and interactive weather maps for planning your day.
- Top local news stories
- Breaking news alerts
- Local weather warnings
- Regional forecast
- Interactive radar map
- Save stories for later
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News has never been more local than in the palm of your hand. The Local 22 Local 44 mobile app brings you all the top stories from our daily broadcasts, as well as stories developing in real time. Get breaking news alerts, local weather warnings, and your regional forecast from the SkyTracker Weather Team. From “This Day In History” to our cold case investigations, myChamplainValley.com is your source for local news that matters to Vermont, New York’s North Country, and the Upper Valley in New Hampshire. FEATURES: • Watch video of your trusted reporters on the scene, and read revealing articles on what's going on in your community. • Plan your day and week with detailed weather reports, live alerts of severe conditions, and an interactive radar map. • Optional alerts on breaking news keep you in the know. • On the go? Save stories for later to access at your convenience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MyChamplainValley at none against Press's 1. MyChamplainValley also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 51%) and rating (4.6 vs 4.2). Press's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.1). On price, 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. Press sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MyChamplainValley asks for nothing beyond the download.
MyChamplainValley holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 111 and 377 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Press's written reviews are positive against 80% of MyChamplainValley's.
Press ships an update every 5 months, MyChamplainValley every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Press | MyChamplainValley |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (111 ratings) | 4.6 (377 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.9% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 111 | 377 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | CNHI LLC | Nexstar Broadcasting |
Customer experience
Press
MyChamplainValley
Bugs and requests
Press
Reported bugs
10 issues- App stops working, requires re-adding
- App crashes constantly
- App closes when clicking on an article
- Epaper won't load
- Latest update prevents reading entire articles
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- Formatting changes from day to day
- Shadows on pages make reading difficult
- Doesn't always download the full paper
- Requires frequent re-login
- Crossword prints too small
Requested features
6 requests- Go fully digital and use newsprint money for more reporters
- Improve article flow without manual page flipping
- Develop an iPad version
- Fix crossword print size
- Improve app consistency and formatting
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- Provide better customer support
MyChamplainValley
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Press
- Today's ePaper$1.99
MyChamplainValley
No in-app purchases
Questions
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