Breitbart vs Heavy.com
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Breitbart
Access breaking news, insightful commentary, and original reporting from a conservative perspective. Stay updated on news, politics, culture, and sports with this curated content source.
- Breaking news access
- Insightful commentary
- Original reporting
- Curated content
- Politics updates
- Culture and sports news
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Breitbart News Network's iPhone app delivers quick and easy access to the largest source of breaking news and analysis, insightful commentary and original reporting, curated and written specifically for the new generation of independent and conservative thinkers. News, politics, culture or sports, the Breitbart News iPhone app will keep you updated, informed and entertained. You deserve the truth…no matter where you are.
Heavy.com
Stay informed with breaking news and current events from the US and around the world. Get essential updates on crime and other important topics, all in one convenient place.
- Breaking news updates
- US news coverage
- World news coverage
- Crime news
- On-the-go information
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Today’s top breaking news and current events. US news, world news, crime news. What you need to know when you’re on the go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Heavy.com at 100% against Breitbart's 35%. Heavy.com also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and ads (none vs shown). Breitbart's advantage is ratings volume (1.8K vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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.
Heavy.com holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Breitbart has 1.8K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Breitbart's written reviews are positive against 100% of Heavy.com's.
Breitbart ships an update every 3 weeks, Heavy.com every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and August 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Breitbart | Heavy.com |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (1.8K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Breitbart News Network | Heavy Inc |
Customer experience
Breitbart
Heavy.com
Bugs and requests
Breitbart
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezes when loading articles
- Unable to login to comment section
- Landscape mode not working on iPad
- App not refreshing with new content
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved article search and navigation
- Reduce ads and pop-ups
- Faster content updates
Heavy.com
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Breitbart
No in-app purchases
Heavy.com
No in-app purchases
