Columbus Telegram vs Long Beach Press
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Columbus Telegram
Stay informed with local news, sports, and community updates. Access in-depth stories, exclusive commentary, photography, and podcasts. Personalize your news feed and receive breaking alerts.
- Personalized news topics
- Breaking news alerts
- Exclusive commentary and podcasts
- Customizable text size
- Hourly and 10-day forecasts
- Bookmark stories for later
- Listen to articles
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Your story lives in Columbus. From reporting on all of your favorite teams to the news that matters most in the community, we cover it all. Get in-depth stories from Columbus and beyond – including news, sports, opinion, obituaries, entertainment, and politics. Easily access the very latest news in an app built for you. Read, see, and hear exclusive commentary, stunning photography, video updates, and binge-worthy podcasts. Plus, subscribers have the ability to upgrade to News+, our premium ad-free experience! That means faster-loading pages and an uninterrupted reading experience. Our app features: * Your Stories – personalize your experience by selecting the local news topics that matter most to you * Get notified – stay in the loop by selecting alerts for news, sports, weather, and more * Easy navigation – see all the latest local stories by simply swiping up/down, and left/right. * Read stories your way – either in the News Feed or via the E-edition * Breaking news updates – top banners let you know what’s happening right now * Follow author – get notifications whenever your favorite writers post a story * Bookmark for later – save stories to enjoy at your leisure * Listen to articles – press the play button to listen instead * Customize your text size – make the content bigger or smaller in your profile settings * Weather where you are – hourly, 10-day forecasts, and frequent video updates Free to download. Subscribers enjoy unlimited access. https://columbustelegram.com/terms
Long Beach Press
Access personalized news recommendations and save articles for later. Customize notifications and enjoy offline reading. The app offers a digital replica of the daily newspaper and intuitive navigation.
- Personalized news recommendations
- Save articles for later
- Customizable push notifications
- Digital newspaper replica (E-News)
- Offline reading
- Swipe navigation between articles
- Follow/unfollow topics
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To continue enjoying our app, we kindly request that you log in again after this update. If you're a subscriber, please take a moment to restore your account to ensure uninterrupted access. You can find the “Restore Subscriptions“ button in Settings under Subscriptions. Welcome to a new app experience, we have optimized our app and giving it a facelift! This faster iOS native app now has the following new features: Your News: Provide personalized recommendations for content based on user preferences. Users will be allowed to customize the content they want to engage with by selecting the topics they are truly interested in. By going to the “Your News” tab the user can bypass the noise of all that is published and home in on the content they want Saved Articles: Save feature that allows users to save articles or other content they are interested in for later reading or reference.Push notifications will remind users to read their saved articles or suggest related content Custom Push Notifications: The user can select what topics they want to be notified about which makes for a much less intrusive experience. Top Navigation Bar: A top navigation bar lets the user switch between sections by swiping or tapping. Enews in-app: Desire the newspaper experience? No need to open a separate app! By simply going to Settings and selecting E-News the user can browse the Digital Replica of the day’s paper. Offline Reading: This feature allows users to enable offline reading from Settings. Offline “Reading Preferences” can also be customized for Settings. Swipe Left: Instead of going back to the main section to find more articles, users have the option to simply swipe, immediately opening other articles in the Section. Follow Topics: A user will be shown articles on topics they are following. To follow select “follow” at the article level and related articles will gain relevancy and be shown more frequently. Just as easily “Unfollow”
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Long Beach Press at 4.7 against Columbus Telegram's 3.0. Long Beach Press also leads on ratings volume (105 vs 18). Columbus Telegram's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 28%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Columbus Telegram sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $25.99 per month and Long Beach Press sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Long Beach Press holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Long Beach Press has 105 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Columbus Telegram's written reviews are positive against 28% of Long Beach Press's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Columbus Telegram ships an update every 2 months, Long Beach Press monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Columbus Telegram | Long Beach Press |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (18 ratings) | 4.7 (105 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 27.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 105 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 188 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Lee Enterprises | MediaNews Group |
Customer experience
Columbus Telegram
Long Beach Press
Bugs and requests
Columbus Telegram
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Long Beach Press
Reported bugs
11 issues- Takes too long to load
- Crashes a lot
- Keeps closing
- Can't read articles since update
- Kicks out of article after sign-in attempt
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- Constantly crashes
- Updates slow
- App is bad
- Does not update like it should
- Login screen freezes (implied by crashes and inability to read articles)
- Incompatible with older devices (implied by iOS version issues)
Requested features
11 requests- Bring back landscape view
- Add LBSU sports section
- Improve search functionality
- Include lottery results
- Allow choice of Facebook page for sharing
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- Fix reverse type (white on black)
- Improve layout and user-friendliness
- Move obituaries down the list
- More frequent updates
- More local news and focus
- Backwards compatibility for older iOS versions
In-app purchases
Columbus Telegram
- Subscriptions$25.991 Month
- Subscriptions$38.991 Month
- Subscriptions$42.991 Month
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- Subscriptions$50.001 Year
- Subscriptions$249.991 Year
- Subscriptions$314.991 Year
- Subscriptions$349.991 Year
Long Beach Press
- LBPT Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$14.991 Month
- LBPT Annual Subscription1 Year trial$174.991 Year
Questions
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