PCN Select vs Sun
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PCN Select
Access Pennsylvania's non-profit television network for unbiased politics, policy, history, culture, and sports programming. Stream live TV, watch on-demand videos, and explore a multi-week schedule with predictive search.
- Multiple Live TV Streams
- Video On Demand
- Multi-week Schedule
- Predictive Search
- Politics & Policy Programs
- History & Culture Programs
- Sports Programs
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PCN (Pennsylvania Cable Network) is a statewide, non-profit television network responsive to Pennsylvania through complete, unbiased politics and policy programming and unique programs showcasing the diverse range of Pennsylvania’s people in history and culture, sports, and more. Watch PCN on cable in Pennsylvania or stream on the PCN app. PCN App Featured and Enhancements: · Multiple Live TV Streams · Video On Demand · Multi-week Schedule · Predictive Search · Easy Navigation PCN Programs: Politics & Policy · Candidate Debates & Interviews - FREE · Election Coverage · LIVE PA House Feed - FREE · LIVE PA Senate Feed - FREE · LIVE Call-In Program · PA Court Sessions · On The Issues · This Week: PA · Journalists Roundtable · Civics 101 - FREE Online Educational Resource · Capital BlueCross Public Affairs Forum - FREE History & Culture · Gettysburg Battlewalks · Gettysburg Collection · PCN Tours · PA Books · Voices of Veterans · Exploring Pennsylvania Boroughs · Keystone Cuisine · Battlefield Pennsylvania · It's History! · PCN Profiles · Pennsylvania's Historic Courthouses · Pennsylvania Farm Show · Ag Progress Days Sports · PIAA High School Championships · High School Football Game of the Week · High School Wrestling Match of the Week We appreciate your feedback! Please rate our app so we can continue to improve it. Additional program details can be found at pcntv.com. For program suggestions or bugs, please reach us at info@pcntv.com.
Sun
Access the full print edition of the Williamsport Sun-Gazette on your mobile device. Read local and national news, sports, and features, with options to view pages, read stories, or listen to audio versions. Offline reading is available after content download.
- View full print newspaper pages
- Read headlines, stories, and view photos
- Listen to stories read by a virtual newscaster
- Offline reading via Wi-Fi or cellular download
- Search for keywords within stories
- Email stories to others
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Stay on top of news from Williamsport and surrounding areas by receiving the full print version of the Williamsport Sun-Gazette on your iPhone or iPad. Every page of every edition is delivered to your device. The Williamsport Sun-Gazette is the best source for local and national news, sports, weather and features in the Williamsport and Lycoming County area. Download the app to view the printed pages of the newspaper or read headlines and stories along with related photos in a built-in story viewer. Features: - Intuitive navigation. - View headlines, stories, related photos. - Read and listen to stories. - Weather provided by Weather Bug. - Download and sync content to device via Wi-Fi or cellular network so you can read offline. - Stories Tab displays the top news stories by section so you can read the full text or listen to it being read by a virtual newscaster. - Email a story. - Flip through, read and look at pictures within the actual newspaper pages of the printed publication. - Publications Tab lets you read the previous edition of your downloaded publication or download the most recent edition. - Search Tab lets you search for keywords within a headline or text of the stories. The Sun-Gazette provides the latest local and national news and sports to residents in Williamsport and the entire Susquehanna River Valley including the communities of Williamsport, South Williamsport, Loyalsock, Montoursville, Muncy, Hughesville, Jersey Shore, Montgomery, Salladasburg, Warrensville, Farragut, Hillsgrove, Wellsboro, Liberty, DuBoistown and Nisbet. Williamsport is in Lycoming County and hosts the Little League World Series each year. The Sun-Gazette is your number one source of information on the Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling industry in central Pennsylvania.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sun at 5.0 against PCN Select's 2.0. Sun also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 13%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). PCN Select's advantage is ratings volume (50 vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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.
Sun holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PCN Select has 50 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of PCN Select's written reviews are positive against 33% of Sun's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | PCN Select | Sun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (50 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.3% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pennsylvania Educational Communications Systems | Presteligence |
Customer experience
PCN Select
Sun
In-app purchases
PCN Select
No in-app purchases
Sun
No in-app purchases
