Israel News vs The Times of Israel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Israel News
Stay informed with comprehensive and unbiased news coverage of Israel and the Middle East. Customize your feed with key topics and receive push notifications for prominent stories. Engage with a community of supporters and save articles for later reading.
- Balanced coverage from leading sources
- Customizable news feed
- Push notifications for breaking stories
- Community features for supporters
- Save articles for later reading
- Video news from popular channels
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Keep up with the latest events in Israel and the Middle East with unbiased, comprehensive news coverage of Israel and the Jewish community in one place! Full coverage of news & videos about Israel and the Middle East. All the news brought to you in English from leading global sources. Stay up to date on what you want - customize your feed to follow all the key topics of the day - politics, national policy, the local markets, and more. Features include: - Balanced coverage from the leading sources covering Israel and the middle east. - Clean feed with no repeated stories. See all of the sources that covered a story with a simple tap. - Opt in to push notifications for prominent stories so you can stay up to date. - An awesome new widget! - Your very own news feed - choose the topics you want to follow and block the topics you don’t want in your feed. - You can now block any source you don't like! Simply long-tap the article and block it! - Various videos of Israel news, politics, science, tech, entertainment and much more brought to you from the popular Youtube channels. - A community for Israel supporters! Post stories or polls, comment on stories, and tag articles! - Read Later - found an article you want to read and didn't have time? Save it free and inside the app for further reading! Need Help? Contact us: https://loyalfoundry.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/1 Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: https://www.loyal.app/privacy-policy
The Times of Israel
Get breaking news, in-depth features, and live coverage on Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world. Follow bloggers and receive push notifications for important updates. This app provides fair-minded news and a range of analysis and opinion pieces.
- Breaking news alerts
- In-depth quality features
- Live coverage
- Blogger content
- Analysis and opinion pieces
- Push notifications
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The Times of Israel is your one-stop app for news, features, live coverage and more - on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Stay up to date with events and analyses, follow our bloggers and read our in-depth quality features. Push notifications will keep you abreast of breaking news and important updates. About The Times of Israel The Times of Israel is a Jerusalem-based online newspaper founded in 2012 to document developments in Israel, the Middle East and around the Jewish world. It was established by veteran UK-born, Israeli journalist David Horovitz and his US-based capital partner Seth Klarman. Horovitz is the founding editor, responsible for the site’s editorial content. The Times of Israel has no partisan political affiliation. It seeks to present the news fair-mindedly and offers a wide range of analysis and opinion pieces.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Israel News at 85% against The Times of Israel's 17%. Israel News also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.9) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). The Times of Israel's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On price, ads, device support 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
Both are free to download. Israel News sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. The Times of Israel asks for nothing beyond the download.
Israel News holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 420 and 134 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Israel News's written reviews are positive against 17% of The Times of Israel's.
Israel News ships an update every 3 weeks, The Times of Israel every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Israel News | The Times of Israel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (420 ratings) — better | 2.9 (134 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.7% of reviews — better | 17.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 420 — better | 134 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Loyal Foundry, Inc. | RGB Media Ltd |
Customer experience
Israel News
The Times of Israel
User reviews
Israel News
From 420 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📰 Comprehensive news coverage
- 🗣️ Ability to comment and rate stories
- 🌐 Wide range of news sources
- 🔍 Informative and unbiased reporting
Room to improve
- 🔍 Slightly biased towards right-wing perspectives
- 🔍 Inconsistent quality of reporting across sources
- 🚧 Frequent issues with ads disrupting readability
- 🔌 High ad frequency and intrusive ad formats
The Times of Israel
From 134 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📰 High-quality, excellent journalism and reporting
- 🌍 Comprehensive coverage of Israel and Middle East news
- ⚡ Fast and intuitive interface when functioning properly
- 💰 Affordable paid subscription removes ads ($6/month)
- 📱 Good content depth and breadth of coverage
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constant app crashes and freezing issues
- 📢 Excessive and intrusive pop-up advertisements
- 🔄 App frequently logs users out requiring repeated login
- 🔗 Unwanted redirects to Safari for ads without user interaction
- 📄 Page refreshes lose user's reading position
Bugs and requests
Israel News
Reported bugs
2 issues- Ads causing text to jump and scroll while reading
- Full-page ads blocking content with no way to dismiss
Requested features
3 requests- Customizable user profiles and following features
- Improved ad management and less disruptive ad formats
- Expanded coverage of diverse perspectives and news sources
The Times of Israel
Reported bugs
14 issues- App crashes when opening articles
- Blank gray screen appears while reading
- Cloudflare captcha verification loops repeatedly
- Automatic redirects to Safari for advertisements
- Login session not persisting after app restart
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- Page scrolling resets to top unexpectedly
- Videos auto-play without user interaction
- Full-screen ads with difficult-to-click close buttons
- App freezes on initial load or when accessing articles
- Storage cache causes freezing after 60MB
- Access denied errors blocking users
- Blank white screen on page load
- Articles fail to load completely
- Spinning loading indicator that never completes
Requested features
6 requests- iPad-compatible version of the app
- Notification preferences with category options (breaking news, headlines, etc.)
- Improved back button functionality to return to previous position
- Dark mode option
- Better credential saving for logged-in users
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- Ability to disable auto-playing videos
In-app purchases
Israel News
- Remove advertising$0.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Remove Ads Annual2 variants$3.991 Year
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- Yearly Subscription$5.991 Year
The Times of Israel
No in-app purchases
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