Medium vs 24liveblog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Medium
Access a vast collection of human stories, expert advice, and inspiring insights. Discover new topics, follow your interests, and connect with a global community of readers and writers. Publish your own work and reach a wide audience.
- Distraction-free reading
- Curated content on tech, culture, news
- Unlimited story access with membership
- Personalized reading library
- Community engagement (claps, comments)
- Publishing platform for writers
- Audio versions of stories (Member feature)
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Welcome to Medium, your home for human stories, useful advice, and inspiring insights. Immerse yourself in a world of wisdom with writing from renowned figures, passionate experts, and fresh voices. Make reading and writing a daily ritual by following your fascinations, discovering new rabbit holes, and reaching readers of your own. Medium is simple social publishing for everyone. + Find your focus with distraction-free reading about everything from taking better pictures to what it’s like to scale a startup. + Stay current with stories about emerging technology, culture, and firsthand accounts of front-page news. + Become a member for unlimited access to millions of stories from our global community of the curious. + Assemble your own personal library by highlighting passages, bookmarking stories, and following writers who share your passions. + Join a community of readers, writers, and thinkers who clap for what they love, respond with insightful comments on thought-provoking stories, and collaborate to create popular publications. + Reach a wider audience by publishing your stories on a platform that serves more than 100M idea-loving people. + Establish a professional presence on a trusted platform, alongside academics, leaders, and experts. + Join the Medium Partner Program to earn money from your writing. + Enjoy a continuous reading experience across your iPhone, iPad, and desktop. + Listen to audio versions of any story on Medium (Member feature). __ Medium Terms of Service: https://policy.medium.com/medium-terms-of-service-9db0094a1e0f Privacy Policy: https://policy.medium.com/medium-privacy-policy-f03bf92035c9 Support: https://help.medium.com
24liveblog
This platform enables real-time live blogging for events, supporting over 100,000 concurrent users. It integrates with any website and offers unlimited content, page views, and live blogs with multi-editor support and live comments.
- Real-time Live Blogging
- Unlimited Events & Page Views
- Content Sharing/Syndication
- Multi-editor Support
- Live Comments
- Video, Audio, Picture, Text Support
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Cloud-base technology handling 100K+ concurrent users traffic for each event. Easily integrates with Any type of website. Mobile device supported. Starting from free user experience, No Page view/Image/Text Live Event Limits. - Real-time Live Blogging - Unlimited Events - Unlimited Page Views - Unlimited live blogs - Real-time statistics - Content Sharing/ Syndication - Mobile friendly - Multi-editor supported - Live Comments - Video, audio, picture, text supported
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Medium at 62% against 24liveblog's 0%. Medium also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (157K vs 6). 24liveblog's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). 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. Medium sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and 24liveblog sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Medium holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Medium has 157K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Medium's written reviews are positive against 0% of 24liveblog's.
Medium ships an update weekly, 24liveblog every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Medium | 24liveblog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (157K ratings) — better | 3.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 157K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #19 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | A Medium Corporation | 24liveblog, Inc. |
Customer experience
Medium
24liveblog
Bugs and requests
Medium
Reported bugs
5 issues- Frequent app crashes and freezes
- Login and authentication issues
- Syncing and data loss problems
- Compatibility problems with newer OS versions
- Unreliable push notifications
Requested features
5 requests- Offline reading mode
- Better organization and navigation of content
- Improved personalization and recommendation system
- Integration with other platforms and services
- Enhanced writing and publishing tools
24liveblog
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Medium
- Medium Membership2 variants$4.991 Month
- Friend Membership$14.991 Month
- Medium Membership$49.991 Year
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- Medium Membership1 Year trial$49.991 Year
- Friend Membership1 Year trial$149.991 Year
24liveblog
- Premium Membership$48.99
