OPB News vs ASSC2025
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OPB News
Access in-depth reporting on politics, arts, culture, and more from Oregon and southern Washington. Stream live radio, explore multimedia content, and enjoy personalized features like saved stories and push notifications.
- In-depth news reporting
- Live radio streaming
- Image and video galleries
- Personalized story saving
- Push notifications
- Dark mode and adjustable text
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Stay up to date with the biggest and most important stories in the Northwest with the OPB News app. Connect with OPB's in-depth reporting, stream OPB Radio live 24/7, explore immersive image galleries and videos and enjoy personalized app features. With the OPB News app, you can: - Easily browse news about politics, arts, culture, the environment, education, business and so much more from OPB’s team of journalists and producers in Oregon and Washington. - Listen and explore. Live stream OPB Radio 24/7, discover OPB podcasts and explore the people, places, events and issues shaping the Northwest. - Make the app your own. Save stories for later, view your story history and receive and manage push notifications on topics that interest you. - Enjoy enhanced accessibility. Use dark mode, adjust text size and access screen reader support.
ASSC2025
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The 28th annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness is being held at the Cultural Conference Center of Heraklion, Crete! The conference themes include the neural correlates of consciousness, the nature of subjective experience and the implications of consciousness research for our understanding of mind-brain-body relationships. This application provides following features: * Access to up to date agenda (sessions, speeches, speakers) * Easy access to conference's key information (venue, accommodation, sponsors etc.) * Conference's venue maps * Offline functionality. Application does not required active Internet connection * Conference news (delivered via Twitter) This application provides following features: * Access to up to date agenda (sessions, speeches, speakers) * Easy access to conference's key information (venue, accommodation, sponsors etc.) * Conference's venue maps * Offline functionality. Application does not required active Internet connection * Conference news (delivered via Twitter)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: OPB News at 2 against ASSC2025's —. ASSC2025's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price and in-app purchases 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.
| Parameter | OPB News | ASSC2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (94 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 46.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 94 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oregon Public Broadcasting | Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center |
Bugs and requests
OPB News
Reported bugs
19 issues- App crashes
- Audio drops
- Stream stops playing
- App quits playing
- Loads poorly
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- Stops after a minute
- Drains battery fast
- Glitchy operation
- Play/pause controls not working on lock screen/quick access
- Audio doesn't stop for calls or music
- Stream stops on WiFi change
- Stream stops on app switch
- Sponsor message replays on cut out
- App needs to be restarted
- Lost signal causes crash
- Stream hangs and resumes
- Connectivity issues
- App crashes repeatedly
- Support ad comes on every time it starts up again
Requested features
7 requests- Sleep mode/timer for audio
- Cross-platform synchronization for saved stories
- Search bar more prominent
- Ability to replay Morning Edition
- Fix stream integration on NPR app
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- Make 'Listen Live' mean live
- Add a 'front page' for top news stories
ASSC2025
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
OPB News
No in-app purchases
ASSC2025
No in-app purchases









