LVPM PBS vs Late Return
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LVPM PBS
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Stream the best of public media, free, with the LVPM app. Watch PBS 39, PBS 39 Extra and PBS Kids live, or dive into on-demand favorites like Masterpiece and Community Conversations, anytime and anywhere you go. Want more? Passport membership unlocks over 4,000 episodes, films and premium collections: Ken Burns documentaries, Masterpiece dramas, Great Performances specials, Nature and NOVA, and more, all on demand and ready when you are. Download the app today and bring Lehigh Valley Public Media and PBS with you everywhere.
Late Return
Discover new films based on your preferences with a personalized recommendation system. Rate movies to refine suggestions and build curated lists. Connect with other users who share similar tastes and share your film discoveries.
- Personalized film recommendations
- Rate films to improve suggestions
- Create and share custom film lists
- Discover users with similar tastes
- Watch trailers within the app
- Connect with friends and other members
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Late Return is a film finder with the feel of an old independent video store. Tell us one film you loved and we find three more. No endless scrolling, no wall of pointless rows. You get a short list and you pick tonight's film. HOW IT WORKS Search for a mood, a genre, or 'what's that film where kids shoot marshmallows out of machine guns?'. Not sure what you are in the mood for? Pick a feeling and get nine films for tonight. Mark each film Worth It, Serviceable, Not for me, or Saved for Later. The more you rate, the better your picks get. YOUR SHELF AND STACKS Keep a shelf of everything you have rated. Build Stacks, your own lists of films, private by default and shareable when you want. See other members with similar taste and what they thought was worth watching. CONNECT WITH OTHERS Browse member shelves and find people whose taste matches yours. Follow their stacks to see what they add next, and send a film to a friend when you know it is their kind of movie. You decide how visible you are: share your shelf, keep it private, or stay out of member discovery entirely. Turn on notifications to hear when someone follows one of your Stacks, sends you a film, or adds to a Stack you follow. You choose which ones you get. TRAILERS Watch trailers without leaving the app.
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Verdict
LVPM PBS and Late Return are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
LVPM PBS ships an update weekly, Late Return every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | LVPM PBS | Late Return |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | LEHIGH VALLEY PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION | Andrew Jacob |
In-app purchases
LVPM PBS
No in-app purchases
Late Return
No in-app purchases









