Shropshire Star Newspaper vs FIPP Insight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shropshire Star Newspaper
Access the daily digital edition of a leading regional newspaper directly on your phone or tablet. Stay updated with local news, sports, entertainment, and more, all within an easy-to-navigate interface.
- Daily digital newspaper editions
- Local news and breaking updates
- Sports coverage
- Entertainment and lifestyle content
- Easy navigation
- Subscription management
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The Shropshire Star newspaper - your daily edition of the county’s biggest selling regional newspaper, direct to your phone or tablet. The Shropshire Star is your trusted source of local news, bringing you breaking news, sport, and entertainment. Founded in 1964 and based in Ketley, Telford, the Shropshire Star circulates throughout the county and into Mid Wales. As one of the biggest regional newspapers in the UK, the Shropshire Star has been at the heart of communities across the county for more than 55 years. Enjoy the latest edition of the paper wherever you are by downloading the Shropshire Star newspaper app. What’s included in the Shropshire Star newspaper app? • The latest edition of the newspaper delivered straight to your device • The latest sporting action from the Shropshire Star sports team • Stories from your favourite columnists • All the latest entertainment, fashion and things to do in your area • Plus much more! This latest update of the app is designed to be easy to use, with simple navigation so you can read the latest edition of the Shropshire Star wherever you are. Subscribing in the app: • If you subscribe through the app store your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account upon purchase. • The subscription will automatically renew within 24 hours of the current subscription expiring. • Auto-renewal can be deactivated via your Apple account in the App Store. • To manage your subscription, open the App Store, and select the Apple ID button in the lower-left corner. (If you are not signed in, you will need to do that first.) In your Apple account page, select 'Subscriptions' then 'Manage' to see available options. Terms of use • All content in the Shropshire Star newspaper is copyright Midland News Association Limited. All rights reserved. • Terms of use and privacy policy apply when accessing content via the Shropshire Star newspaper app • Privacy policy https://www.mnamedia.co.uk/privacy-policy/ • Terms and conditions https://www.shropshirestar.com/terms-of-website-use/ • This is a subscription to the digital editions only
FIPP Insight
Access a research and knowledge hub for the magazine industry. Discover paid annual publications, free reports, toolkits, webcasts, and more. Stay updated on industry trends and insights.
- Research and knowledge hub
- Paid annual publications
- Free reports (coming soon)
- Toolkits and webcasts
- Videos and infographics
- Help-yourself charts and tables
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FIPP Insight is the research and knowledge hub of FIPP – the worldwide magazine association. The FIPP Insight app offers paid annual publications including Innovations in Magazine Media World Report, World Magazine Trends and the Digital Media Factbook. Free reports will be added soon. Further FIPP Insight resources include toolkits, webcasts, videos, infographics, slides, help-yourself charts, tables and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FIPP Insight at none against Shropshire Star Newspaper's 1. Shropshire Star Newspaper's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Shropshire Star Newspaper sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $11.49 per month. FIPP Insight asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Shropshire Star Newspaper against 5.0 for FIPP Insight. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Shropshire Star Newspaper ships an update every 3 months, FIPP Insight every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shropshire Star Newspaper | FIPP Insight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 29.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Iconic Media Group Limited | PressReader Inc |
Customer experience
Shropshire Star Newspaper
FIPP Insight
Bugs and requests
Shropshire Star Newspaper
Reported bugs
56 issues- Cannot log in after paying subscription
- Takes so long to download
- New format very difficult to use
- Really slow to load pages
- Can't download any additions
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- Broken by the latest update
- Cannot download latest edition
- Only see yesterday's paper
- Single stories per page
- Front cover unavailable
- Restore purchases needed
- Editions not available until late
- Only pages 1,2,3,15,31,58 available
- Cannot see last 2 days paper
- App stops and logs itself out
- New version clunky, doesn't open
- App doesn't work after phone upgrade
- App not working as a result of Apple Upgrade
- App doesn't load
- App has stopped working since last IOS update
- App dies and reboots every time you change story
- App not working
- Problems logging in
- App was last updated 4 years ago
- Crashes since update to iOS 13.4
- Does not update since 22 Sept
- Stories never update
- Digital app not working
- Cannot log into digital account
- Slow and doesn't always update
- Images statically sized, stretched/elongated
- Never updates for over a week
- Doesn't update news daily
- Stopped working after iOS 11 update
- Stories direct to webpage
- Unusable since IOS 11, keeps crashing
- Asks to subscribe every time you log-in
- Electronic version only shows p1
- Kept asking for restore subscriptions
- Wouldn't accept login details
- Stuck on page one
- Cannot select a page
- Nothing happens when trying to download from archive
- Problems getting Shropshire Star to read
- Won't let me get through all pages
- Taking long time to restore
- Stopped working completely after updating to iOS7
- Regularly freezes up and needs restarting
- Pages sometimes take forever to display
- Problems receiving Shropshire Star
- White screen after update
- Blank White screen
- Upgrade to newsstand not working
- Plain white screen
- App not working on iOS 4.3.5
- Charged for first week trial
Requested features
6 requests- Revert to old format while new one is sorted
- Fix the app ASAP
- Update to run on latest IOS
- Print facility for crossword
- Links from job pages
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- More editions available (e.g., North)
FIPP Insight
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shropshire Star Newspaper
- 1 month subscription1 Month trial$11.491 Month
FIPP Insight
No in-app purchases
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