Breitbart vs Western Journal
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.
Western Journal
Access news, commentary, and analysis focused on topics relevant to Heartland Americans. This app provides a trusted source of information for stories often untold by mainstream media, offering a seamless reading experience.
- News, commentary, and analysis
- Focus on Heartland American topics
- Trusted source of information
- Stories untold by establishment news
- Seamless and optimized reading experience
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Truth. Respect. Excellence. Courage. Creativity. The Western Journal is an online publication consisting of news, commentary and analysis. The Western Journal focuses on topics that Heartland Americans care about. As many Americans continue to lose trust in the purportedly unbiased nature of older newspapers and networks, The Western Journal fills the gap as a trusted source of news and information for the stories and views that remain untold by establishment news sources. The Western Journal App provides users a seamless and optimized way to read the stories they care about. The Western Journal App is a premiere product of Superfeed Technologies, Inc. WESTERN JOURNAL APP IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANY GOVERNMENT ENTITY. [:mav: 1.2.3]
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Breitbart at fortnightly against Western Journal's every 3 months. Breitbart also leads on ratings volume (1.8K vs 83). Western Journal's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.9). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Western Journal holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Breitbart has 1.8K ratings behind it against 83, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 35% of Breitbart's written reviews are positive against 30% of Western Journal's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Breitbart ships an update fortnightly, Western Journal every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Breitbart | Western Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (1.8K ratings) | 4.2 (83 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.4% of reviews — better | 29.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 83 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Breitbart News Network | Superfeed Technologies, Inc |
Customer experience
Breitbart
Western Journal
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
Western Journal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Breitbart
No in-app purchases
Western Journal
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Breitbart free?
Is Western Journal free?
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Do Breitbart or Western Journal have ads?
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