The Norman Transcript vs Lincoln Courier
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Norman Transcript
Access local news, commentary, photos, and videos from your community. Download daily editions for offline reading and stay updated with breaking news, sports, and weather.
- Offline reading of daily editions
- Breaking news alerts
- Local sports coverage
- Photo and video galleries
- Print edition layout view
- Local weather and events
- Social sharing of content
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Take Norman Transcript with you wherever and whenever you go. Your community resource for news, commentary, photos, video and special features is evolving. Access it now and take off with our award-winning breaking news, sports, weather and more. Features: - Download daily editions and content to read offline at your convenience. - Get breaking news and developing stories from the Norman Transcript newsroom. - Browse photos and watch videos of local and national events. - View articles as they were written and edited for the Norman Transcript print edition. - Access free local weather, events, classifieds and shopping information - See each page and article in a horizontal or vertical display. - Share articles, photos, coupons and local events with friends on your social network. - New enhanced Weather feature in Live News
Lincoln Courier
Access local news, in-depth journalism, and engaging multimedia content. Get real-time notifications for breaking news, sports, and weather. Customize your reading experience with offline access and adjustable text sizes.
- In-depth local journalism
- Streamlined, fast-loading experience
- Real-time notifications
- Customizable reading experience
- Offline reading
- eNewspaper access
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From critically acclaimed storytelling to powerful photography to engaging videos — The Courier app delivers the local news that matters most to your community. APP FEATURES: • Access all of our in-depth journalism, including things to do around town, sports coverage from high school to the pros, and much more. • Enjoy a streamlined, fast-loading experience that makes it easy to view the stories, photos, and videos that matter to you. • Get breaking news, sports scores, and weather alerts with real-time notifications tailored to your interests. • Customize your experience by saving your favorite stories, adjusting text size, using night mode, or reading offline. • eNewspaper: Just like our print edition but accessible on your mobile devices. And access to USA TODAY and 200+ local eNewspapers. MORE INFORMATION: • Privacy Policy: https://cm.lincolncourier.com/privacy/ • Terms of Service: https://cm.lincolncourier.com/terms/ • Help Center: https://help.lincolncourier.com • Subscriptions are charged to your account at confirmation of purchase and automatically renew each month or year, unless turned off in your account settings at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. See "Subscription Support" in the app's Settings for more details and customer service contact information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lincoln Courier at 5.0 against The Norman Transcript's 4.5. Lincoln Courier also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). The Norman Transcript's advantage is ratings volume (138 vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 18.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. The Norman Transcript sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Lincoln Courier sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lincoln Courier holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Norman Transcript has 138 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The Norman Transcript ships an update every 5 months, Lincoln Courier monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Norman Transcript | Lincoln Courier |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (138 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 138 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 184 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | CNHI LLC | USA TODAY Co., Inc. |
Customer experience
The Norman Transcript
Lincoln Courier
Bugs and requests
The Norman Transcript
Reported bugs
11 issues- Blank pages if not read in one sitting
- Downloads with errors
- Pages are fuzzy and unreadable
- Bank video pops up and interrupts app incessantly
- Will not keep me logged in
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- Navigating is infuriating
- Splash screen continually interrupts articles
- Paper view snaps to top or bottom when scrolling
- E-paper often doesn't load (white space)
- Turning pages gets a blank page
- Setting to start app in ePaper mode does not hold
Requested features
5 requests- Grocery ads needed
- Return to using more opinions from national news
- Wish for paper copy Monday and Tuesday
- Fix paper view snapping bug
- Fix setting not holding between app closes
Lincoln Courier
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Norman Transcript
- Today's ePaper$1.99
Lincoln Courier
- Monthly Digital Rate1 Month trial2 variants$9.991 Month
- Monthly Digital Subscription1 Month trial$16.991 Month
- Annual Digital Subscription1 Year trial$69.991 Year
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