Version history
TheJournal.ie News
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ASO score
Text
75/100
Reviews
50/100
Graphic
60/100
Other
0/100
App Rating
4.6
Votes
72.68K
App Age
15y 1m
Last Update
Jan 08, 2026
iAP
$4.99 - 49.99
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Current App
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Category Top Average
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Difference
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Rating
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4.63
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4.47
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+4%
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Number of Ratings (Voted)
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72.7K
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517K
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-86%
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App Age
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15y 1m
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8y 10m
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+70%
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In-app Purchases Price
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$27
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$47
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-42
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Update Frequency
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45d
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40d
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+12%
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Title Length
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18
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24
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-25%
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Subtitle Length
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28
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26
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+8%
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Description Length
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2 556
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2 538
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+1%
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Number of Screenshots
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858
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1079
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-20
%
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Size
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51MB
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293MB
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-83
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TheJournal.ie News
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Ireland's favourite news app
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#1 Free News App in Ireland
The Journal is Ireland’s most popular online news source. Our multi-award winning team delivers breaking news, hard-hitting investigations and smart commentary on the issues that matter to you. We explain, we factcheck, we listen through interactive and multimedia storytelling, all in a user-friendly format.
You can choose to use The Journal for free or you can support our independent journalism with a subscription. As a subscriber you also get The Journal ad-free. Check out our Terms of Use for all details on using The Journal (https://www.thejournal.ie/terms/).
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Awards for our journalism:
Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize 2024
The Mary Raftery Prize for outstanding social affairs journalism 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Media Literacy Ireland, Media Champion 2023
The Irish Red Cross Humanitarian Journalism Award 2022, 2021, 2020
New York Festival of Radio, Gold medallist, Best Documentary Podcast 2020
Celtic Media Festival, Best Radio Documentary 2020
Justice Media Awards, multiple, 2016-2025
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“Really impressed by The Journal …and its focus on citizen storytelling” - Mark Little, founder of Storyful, Kinzen
"Best Addition to Irish Media" - Ian Dempsey
“A valuable public service” - John FitzGerald, ESRI
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> Download now for Free
FEATURES:
- Trustworthy breaking news and opinion from Ireland and beyond
- Get only the most important news alerts straight to your phone
- Clear-sighted analysis and explainers to guide you through hot topics
- Submit photos, video and tips directly to our journalists from your device
- Listen to award-winning podcasts such as The Explainer, Stardust and The Candidate in-app
- Vote in our daily topical polls
- Send a question to Ireland’s only verified FactCheck team
- Submit story ideas to The Journal Investigates
- Hear the diverse stories of a modern Ireland in our Voices opinion section
- Contribute to and read our popular Money Diaries, Sitdown Sunday and other weekly features
- Test out our fun and informative news quizzes
- Join our comments community
- Share articles directly from the app to your social networks, to email and your messaging apps
- Sign up for our behind-the-scenes newsletters on the climate crisis, public health, misinformation and more
- Find brilliant sports storytelling from our sister publication The42
Follow us on instagram.com/thejournal_ie, facebook.com/thejournal.ie, tiktok.com/@thejournal_ie, X.com/thejournal_ie, for latest updates
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Version history
3.34.11
Jan 08, 2026
- Bug fixes and improvements
3.34.10
Jan 07, 2026
- Bug fixes and improvements