Loksatta vs LawBeat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Loksatta
Access comprehensive Marathi news coverage, including regional, international, sports, business, and political updates. Enjoy offline reading of the ePaper for the Mumbai edition.
- Marathi news coverage
- Regional and international news
- Sports and business updates
- Political coverage
- Offline ePaper reading
- Award-winning reportage
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Loksatta is one of India's most widely read Marathi newspapers, published by The Indian Express Group. Launched on January 14, 1948, Loksatta has always stood by its mission of being a forum for and voice of democracy in Maharashtra. Loksatta is known globally for its impartial coverage and nonconformist, liberal viewpoint; its award-winning reportage and internationally recognised columnists make it India's most respected national Marathi publication. The Loksatta iPad application - a first in the Marathi news industry - brings you regional and international news, sports, business and the some of the finest political coverage in Marathi. The iPad app also permits offline reading of the ePaper (Mumbai edition).
LawBeat
Access comprehensive legal news and updates from India. Stay informed about court judgments, new laws, amendments, significant deals, and legal analyses. This gateway makes legal information accessible to the public, professionals, and students.
- Latest legal news and updates
- Court judgments and amendments
- Deals and transaction analysis
- Interviews and reports
- International legal significance
- Content for legal professionals and students
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LawBeat is a comprehensive legal news and updates gateway for making law accessible to the general public in India. LawBeat strives to provide the latest in news, information, interviews and reports covering various aspects of the legal industry such as updates on judgements delivered by the apex to the district courts, laws enacted and amendments to the laws in force in India, significant deals and transactions, comprehensive analysis of reportable and other relevant judgments and other updates and events concerning the legal fraternity of national and international significance. LawBeat reports news and information relevant to law firms, the legal professionals, law students, and international law firms and lawyers doing business in India. Team of legal experts, engineers and writers at LawBeat aim to cover the Indian legal tidings in a consistent, impartial and timely manner, and its mission is to ultimately become is a market leader in the field by creating and disseminating the most comprehensive and impactful content based on facts and legal analysis.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LawBeat at 5.0 against Loksatta's 3.2. LawBeat also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 53%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Loksatta's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LawBeat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loksatta has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Loksatta's written reviews are positive against 75% of LawBeat's.
Loksatta ships an update every 2 months, LawBeat monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Loksatta | LawBeat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.6% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Indian Express Group | Dusane Infotech (I) Pvt. Ltd. |
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Loksatta
No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases
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