Herald Sun: Victoria News: iPhone vs Android
Herald Sun: Victoria News by News Digital Media is on both the App Store and Google Play. Here are both versions together: downloads, users, revenue, ratings and chart positions, store by store with totals.
Rating
2.4 ★
1.6k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#6
iPhone · 
Magazines & Newspapers Grossing
Magazines & Newspapers GrossingMeasured
App Store
App details
App ID
392582225
Publisher
News Digital Media
Content rating
17+
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.newscorp.heraldsun
Publisher
News Digital Media.
Content rating
Everyone 10+
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v8.8.1, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Trackers
8
Permissions
14
Trackers
Full permission listProSee plans
Herald Sun: Victoria News downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone | – | – |
| Google Play | – | 100k+ Measured |
| Total | – | 100k+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
iPhone: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.
Where Herald Sun: Victoria News's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Herald Sun: Victoria News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchasesAds · 9 ad networks
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 2.1 ★ | 338 |
| Google Play | 2.5 ★ | 1.3k 3 written reviews |
| Both stores | 2.4 ★ weighted by ratings | 1.6k |
About Herald Sun: Victoria News
Stay ahead of Melbourne and Victoria with the Herald Sun app. Every day, our reporters are in the suburbs, courtrooms, schools and on the sidelines, bringing you the stories that actually affect your life. From the MCG to Spring Street, from your mortgage to your morning commute - if it matters to Victorians, we're on it.
Wake up to what's happening in your neighbourhood. Follow live coverage of state politics, crime and courts, transport and tolls, schools and education, health, housing and the cost-of-living pressures hitting Victorian households.
And for sport fans, enjoy unrivalled AFL and SuperCoach news and analysis, plus racing, cricket, basketball, F1, US sports, NRL and grassroots local sport - all in one place.
For sport fans, enjoy unrivalled AFL and SuperCoach news and analysis, plus racing, cricket, basketball, F1, US sports, NRL and grassroots local sport - all in one place.
WHAT YOU'LL GET AS A SUBSCRIBER
(Available to Herald Sun subscribers other than Today’s Paper digital replica-only subscribers.)
• AWARD-WINNING NEWS, ANALYSIS AND MORE
Read the latest from the Herald Sun's trusted journalists, experts and opinion-makers.
• CUSTOMISED NOTIFICATIONS
Get real-time alerts for breaking news that affects Victoria - breaking news, major incidents, traffic chaos, severe weather, and health updates, as well as AFL breaking stories, match results, business and entertainment news.
• TODAY'S PAPER ON YOUR DEVICE
Read the full digital replica of today’s Herald Sun anywhere, anytime. Turn every page exactly as it’s printed, including liftouts, weekend magazines, form guides and special features.
• VIDEO AND PODCASTS FROM OUR NEWSROOM
Watch video and listen to podcasts - from crime and investigations to footy, politics and Melbourne culture - hosted by the journalists who know this city best.
• NEW PUZZLES EXPERIENCE - Your puzzles experience has been refreshed, bringing your favourites together in one place with more to play. New puzzles include our new daily word challenge Wordrow and our new Jigsaw puzzle, allowing you to piece together powerful photography.
• EXTRAS YOU'LL LOVE
Enjoy special investigations, long-form features, photo galleries, Kommunity TV live streams and interactive coverage you won’t find anywhere else.
The Herald Sun app is free to download. To unlock all content and features you’ll need Subscriber-only access, which gives you full digital access to thousands of subscriber-only stories, the digital replica of the paper, puzzles and more.
HOW TO GAIN FULL ACCESS
Existing Subscribers of the Herald Sun (other than subscribers to Today’s Paper digital replica) can log in to the app when prompted using their subscription details; or
Become a subscriber by subscribing through the app using your Apple ID.
SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
• Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase.
• Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end
Wake up to what's happening in your neighbourhood. Follow live coverage of state politics, crime and courts, transport and tolls, schools and education, health, housing and the cost-of-living pressures hitting Victorian households.
And for sport fans, enjoy unrivalled AFL and SuperCoach news and analysis, plus racing, cricket, basketball, F1, US sports, NRL and grassroots local sport - all in one place.
For sport fans, enjoy unrivalled AFL and SuperCoach news and analysis, plus racing, cricket, basketball, F1, US sports, NRL and grassroots local sport - all in one place.
WHAT YOU'LL GET AS A SUBSCRIBER
(Available to Herald Sun subscribers other than Today’s Paper digital replica-only subscribers.)
• AWARD-WINNING NEWS, ANALYSIS AND MORE
Read the latest from the Herald Sun's trusted journalists, experts and opinion-makers.
• CUSTOMISED NOTIFICATIONS
Get real-time alerts for breaking news that affects Victoria - breaking news, major incidents, traffic chaos, severe weather, and health updates, as well as AFL breaking stories, match results, business and entertainment news.
• TODAY'S PAPER ON YOUR DEVICE
Read the full digital replica of today’s Herald Sun anywhere, anytime. Turn every page exactly as it’s printed, including liftouts, weekend magazines, form guides and special features.
• VIDEO AND PODCASTS FROM OUR NEWSROOM
Watch video and listen to podcasts - from crime and investigations to footy, politics and Melbourne culture - hosted by the journalists who know this city best.
• NEW PUZZLES EXPERIENCE - Your puzzles experience has been refreshed, bringing your favourites together in one place with more to play. New puzzles include our new daily word challenge Wordrow and our new Jigsaw puzzle, allowing you to piece together powerful photography.
• EXTRAS YOU'LL LOVE
Enjoy special investigations, long-form features, photo galleries, Kommunity TV live streams and interactive coverage you won’t find anywhere else.
The Herald Sun app is free to download. To unlock all content and features you’ll need Subscriber-only access, which gives you full digital access to thousands of subscriber-only stories, the digital replica of the paper, puzzles and more.
HOW TO GAIN FULL ACCESS
Existing Subscribers of the Herald Sun (other than subscribers to Today’s Paper digital replica) can log in to the app when prompted using their subscription details; or
Become a subscriber by subscribing through the app using your Apple ID.
SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
• Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase.
• Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end