AP ENPS Mobile vs Clear
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AP ENPS Mobile
This app allows news professionals to manage assignments, write stories, and access breaking news on the go. It provides real-time updates and message notifications, enabling remote newsroom operations. A tablet viewer ensures anchors and reporters can review stories even without a connection.
- Remote assignment and rundown monitoring
- Message notifications from co-workers
- Write and edit stories on mobile
- Access breaking news and wires
- Tablet Story Viewer for anchors/reporters
- Offline story content caching
- Quick and persistent login
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News doesn’t happen in the newsroom. With AP ENPS Mobile you can take your newsroom with you wherever you go. Remotely monitor assignments and rundowns, receive message notifications from co-workers, write and edit stories, and access breaking news, wires, stories, planning and rundowns with a smartphone or tablet. The included Tablet Story Viewer (TSV) lets anchors and reporters read and review stories directly from their iPhone or iPad and stay in sync with story changes automatically. All TSV content is cached on your device in the event your connection to the server is interrupted. AP ENPS Mobile caches your user credentials letting you login quicker and stay logged in. Note: This is not the AP News application. It is part of the AP ENPS news production suite and requires your organization to have a properly licensed and configured AP ENPS system. Your AP ENPS System Administrator will provide your server settings and authorize your use of AP ENPS Mobile.
Clear
This app functions as a virtual intercom control panel, allowing users to communicate over IP networks. It offers features like point-to-point and group calling, partyline communication, and encrypted audio, replicating the experience of traditional intercom systems.
- Virtual intercom control panel
- Point-to-Point calling
- Point-to-Multipoint group calling
- Partyline and IFB communications
- Push-to-talk functionality
- Encrypted audio communication
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Clear-Com’s Agent-IC mobile app is designed for use with Clear-Com’s intercom systems such as the Eclipse HX Matrix Intercom, Encore Analog Partyline Intercom, and HelixNet Digital Network Partyline System. The virtual intercom control panel operates on all iPhone and iPads and connects from anywhere in the world over 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi/IP networks. Agent-IC delivers the same user experience as traditional intercom key panels. Even on the mobile device, the app is fully featured with Point-to-Point calling, Point-to-Multipoint group calling, Partyline, IFB communications with logic triggering, PTT (Push-to-talk), local cross-point audio level control, and notifications. All communication is encrypted to AES. AGENT-IC HOSTED BY ECLIPSE HX Agent-IC needs the Eclipse HX matrix intercom with virtual panel licenses enabled for operation. Accessing the app requires proper authorization and system pre-configuration from the organization’s system administrator using EHX. Once authentication is complete, authorized users can connect to their host Eclipse HX on iPhone or iPad as long as they are connected over any 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi/IP network. Agent-IC installation is simple. Download and install the app on the mobile device. Enter the passcode provided within EHX and authentication will begin. A unique and secure connection will be established between the device and the host Eclipse HX intercom system. Once verified, the user is ready to communicate with any traditional, IP and Agent-IC users on the host Eclipse HX network. AGENT-IC HOSTED BY LQ IP INTERFACES Alternatively, Agent-IC can directly connect to LQ IP interface devices in order to link to any one of Clear-Com’s partyline systems. By doing so, Partyline users can speak directly to a remote contributor user on Agent-IC. Accessing the app requires proper authorization and system pre-configuration via the LQ Core Configuration Manager (CCM). Once authentication is complete, authorized users can connect to their host Partyline system on an iPhone or iPad as long as they are connected over any 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi/IP network. Agent-IC installation is simple. Download and install the app on the mobile device. Enter the passcode provided within CCM and authentication will begin. A unique and secure connection will be established between the device and the host Partyline intercom system. Once verified, the user is ready to communicate with any traditional intercom user on the Clear-Com network.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Clear at 2.7 against AP ENPS Mobile's 1.9. Clear also leads on review sentiment (42% vs 15%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). AP ENPS Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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.
Clear holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of AP ENPS Mobile's written reviews are positive against 42% of Clear's.
AP ENPS Mobile ships an update every 5 months, Clear every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AP ENPS Mobile | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (14 ratings) | 2.7 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.4% of reviews | 42.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Associated Press | Clear-Com Research inc. |
Customer experience
AP ENPS Mobile
Clear
In-app purchases
AP ENPS Mobile
No in-app purchases
Clear
No in-app purchases








