The Mirror vs Daily Express Newspaper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Mirror
Stay updated with breaking news from the UK and around the world, including exclusive stories from award-winning journalists. Get the latest on sports, celebrity gossip, technology, and money-saving tips. Customize your news feed and read articles offline.
- Breaking UK and global news
- Sports news and reports
- Celebrity gossip
- Money saving tips
- Customizable news feeds
- Offline reading
- Topic and author following
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The Mirror App gives you the latest breaking stories and trending news from the UK and around the world, delivering big exclusive stories from award-winning journalists. Follow the latest news from your favourite football, rugby and cricket teams. Get the latest celebrity gossip. Stay informed with TV interviews and exclusive money saving tips, all from The Mirror App. With The Mirror App, get access to: • Breaking UK and global news stories • News and reports on your favourite sports teams • Political and government news • Money saving tips • Daily horoscopes • Celebrity gossip on all your favourite stars • TV and film reviews, interviews and videos • Weird News and bizarre stories • The latest trends and discoveries in technology and science The App also features: • Customised news feeds right on the home screen • The ability to read an article even when you are offline • The ability to follow topics that matter to you • Follow your favourite authors like you do any topic • Native iPad support for a better tablet experience Discover breaking news on the politics, sports, and money saving tips that matter to you. Stay connected with The Mirror newspaper app. You can also now subscribe to Mirror+, and benefit from exclusive columns, newsletters and expert analysis across news, celebs, football and more - all with far fewer ads and a cleaner reading experience. For more information, visit us online at http://www.mirror.co.uk For additional support, contact us at http://www.mirror.co.uk/contact-us/ Terms and Conditions https://www.mirror.co.uk/terms-conditions/ Privacy Notice https://www.mirror.co.uk/privacy-notice/
Daily Express Newspaper
Access an exact digital replica of the Sunday and Daily Express newspaper on your iPhone or iPad. Enjoy the latest news, features, and stories with an exceptional touch screen experience. Download and save pages for offline reading and easily navigate through content.
- Digital newspaper replica
- Touch screen navigation
- Offline page saving
- Search functionality
- Zoom function
- Social sharing integration
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Enjoy an exact replica of the “Sunday and Daily Express” on your iPhone or iPad everyday... Subscribe to the Daily and Sunday Express today and pay less for your favourite newspaper, not only do you save but you also get it delivered directly to your device every morning ! Daily and Sunday Express brings you the very best stories, news and features on your device, published in exceptional clarity, with an incredible touch screen experience allowing you to swipe through the paper Flip your device and read the newspaper as a double-page spread or full screen single page, tap the page selector to choose a specific page to fast-navigate to. You can also download and save individual pages to enjoy offline and when you are on the go. Your Daily and Sunday Express app features search functionality to find key-words relating to recent content, a zoom function to enable clearer reading of selected articles and social networking integration to keep your friends and social-circles up to date with all the latest shared news from the Daily and Sunday Express Payment for this subscription will be charged to your account upon purchase. The subscription will auto-renew within 24 hours of the current subscription expiring. Auto-renewing subscriptions can be managed via Account Settings allowing them to be turned off. No cancellations of the current subscription are allowed during the active subscription period. Please see our privacy policy at: https://www.express.co.uk/privacy-notice and terms of use at: https://www.express.co.uk/terms-conditions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: The Mirror at free with in-app purchases against Daily Express Newspaper's subscription. The Mirror also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 24) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). Daily Express Newspaper's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases 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. The Mirror sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Daily Express Newspaper sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
The Mirror holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Mirror has 1.5K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of The Mirror's written reviews are positive against 35% of Daily Express Newspaper's.
The Mirror ships an update monthly, Daily Express Newspaper every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | The Mirror | Daily Express Newspaper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better | 4.5 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 36.6% of reviews — better | 35.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 203 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Trinity Mirror Digital Media Limited | Reach Shared Services Limited |
Customer experience
The Mirror
Daily Express Newspaper
User reviews
The Mirror
From 1.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Up-to-date news
- 👍 Informative content
- 🇨🇦 Useful for international users
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 💤 Outdated and stale content
- 🤖 Excessive ads and redirects
- 🤔 Biased and low-quality journalism
- 🔒 Restrictive comment moderation
Daily Express Newspaper
From 24 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great value for money
- 👍 Good read and great value
- 👍 Concise and sensible opinions
- 👍 Accessible with VoiceOver
- 👍 Good columnists and letters page
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent glitches and bugs
- 🐛 App is slow and unresponsive
- 🐛 Navigation issues
- 🐛 Login problems
- 🐛 Content not downloading
Bugs and requests
The Mirror
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues
- Notifications not working
- Inconsistent app performance
Requested features
3 requests- Improved navigation and scrolling
- Customizable news feeds
- Better comment functionality
Daily Express Newspaper
Reported bugs
58 issues- App crashes frequently
- App freezes or becomes unresponsive
- Content fails to download or update
- Login credentials not accepted
- Subscription access issues
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- Technical difficulties reported
- App causes iPad to reset
- Links not working
- Not optimized for mobile devices
- Top of pages cut off
- Enlarging print only works partially
- App refreshes constantly
- No image or content displayed
- App exits back to index
- Cloud icon with down arrow not working
- Square with up arrow showing
- App support links to news articles
- App slow to update index page
- Cannot jump to specific sections (e.g., sports)
- Swiping pages takes time to change
- Zoom snaps back
- Difficulty swapping between editions
- Awkward page navigation
- Limited access to back issues
- White screen displayed
- App not reinstalling
- Option to print page removed
- Paper arriving late
- Weekend magazines inaccessible
- Clearing cache not working
- Last week's magazines shown as current
- App jumps to semi-text based view on magnification
- Subscription expired message despite active subscription
- Unable to access paper on iPad but available on iPhone
- Scottish version always available, English version not
- App not working on linked iPad
- New update without instructions
- Previous version was better
- Content only available to subscribed customers
- Account needs activation with no instructions
- App not working on any devices after update
- Restored purchases message but no access
- New app without notification and no instructions
- Cannot get paper to download
- Update stops app usage
- Unable to download subscribed paper
- App asking for username and password after upgrade
- No reply from customer service
- Family sharing not working
- Need to activate account
- Swiping pages takes seconds to change
- Zoom only goes so far and snaps back
- Not easy to swap from Scottish edition to national
- Navigating pages is awkward
- Used to get access to all back issues now only a few
- Emailing help did not address issues
- Print too small on iPad
- App jumps to semi-text based view when increasing magnification
Requested features
10 requests- Improve search function
- Better reading experience when expanding page
- More user-friendly interface
- Cut out puerile puns
- Add more letters page space
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- Make Sudoku less hard
- Improve navigation to specific pages
- Allow family sharing
- Improve text-based view options
- Make print size adjustable on iPad
In-app purchases
The Mirror
- Monthly$3.991 Month
- Yearly1 Year trial$39.991 Year
Daily Express Newspaper
- 7 Day Subscription1 Month trial$4.997 Days
- 1 Month Subscription1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- 3 Month Subscription1 Month trial$24.993 Months
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- 6 Month Subscription1 Month trial$49.996 Months
- 1 Year Subscription1 Month trial$89.991 Year
Questions
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