Comparison

Long Beach Press vs EditionYou

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Personalized news recommendations
  • Save articles for later
  • Customizable push notifications
  • Digital newspaper replica (E-News)
  • Offline reading
  • Swipe navigation between articles
  • Follow/unfollow topics
Features
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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”

About

EditionYou

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EditionYou brings back the joy of sharing and discussing news—just with your selected friends! Stay updated with real-time news channels and easily react and comment on news. Get the latest news updates directly from trusted sources, with no AI or algorithms interfering. Just you and your friends engaging in meaningful conversations and sharing news that matters.

Screenshots

Long Beach Press4 screens
EditionYou4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EditionYou at none against Long Beach Press's 2. EditionYou also leads on ads (none vs shown). Long Beach Press's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Long Beach Press sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. EditionYou asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Long Beach Press ships an update monthly, EditionYou every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Long Beach Press versus EditionYou: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLong Beach PressEditionYou
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (110 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews27.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings110 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB6 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMediaNews GroupNext news media Oy

Bugs and 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

EditionYou

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Long Beach Press

Subscriptions2
  • LBPT Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$14.991 Month
  • LBPT Annual Subscription1 Year trial$174.991 Year
None

EditionYou

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Long Beach Press free?
Long Beach Press is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EditionYou free?
EditionYou is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Long Beach Press or EditionYou have ads?
Long Beach Press shows ads; EditionYou does not.
Which is updated more often, Long Beach Press or EditionYou?
Long Beach Press ships an update monthly, and EditionYou every 5 months. Most recently, Long Beach Press was updated on November 10, 2026 and EditionYou on October 27, 2026.

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