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Journal Media · News · Germany store
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Revenue a month, worldwide EST
$16.3K
Likely $5.4K to $48.9K
▲ 362.5% in 11 days
New ratings
+0
in 1 days, 8.2K in total
Rating
4.6 of 5
123 ratings in this store
Countries it ranks in
2
was 2 on Oct 16, 2026

Revenue

Estimated from the grossing charts of Oct 21, 2026 in the 53 countries we track, and ratings growth on the App Store.

EST. REVENUE / YEAR · WORLDWIDE
$195.6K
Both stores combined. Small app estimate, so no split per store
EST. LIFETIME DOWNLOADS
4.3K to 12.3K
Estimated from ratings count
WHERE IT EARNS · EST. / MONTH
  • Ireland #8 News (iOS), #99 apps (Play)$16.3K · 100%
HOW SURE ARE WE
Small app: combines its grossing ranks with ratings growth (43 new ratings a month on average since launch). Tested on 418 apps with verified revenue: typically off by about 2.6 times, so the range is wide. Countries we don't track (and Google Play in China, which doesn't exist) aren't included, and neither are ads or web payments. Gross revenue before store fees.
RATINGS
123
AVG RATING
4.59
PRICE
Gratis
AGE
15.9y
LAST UPDATE
9d ago
VERSION
3.52.0
SIZE
57 MB
AGE RATING
12+

Last 30 days

From our daily snapshots of every grossing chart and daily ratings counts.

DAYS IN A GROSSING CHART
19 / 30
COUNTRIES NOW
2 (was 0)
NEW RATINGS, LAST 1 DAYS
+0
EST. REVENUE A MONTH, DAILY · BOTH STORES EST
Show daily values
Sep 24, 2026not in a grossing chart
Sep 25, 2026not in a grossing chart
Sep 26, 2026not in a grossing chart
Sep 27, 2026not in a grossing chart
Sep 28, 2026not in a grossing chart
Sep 29, 2026$7.2K a month
Sep 30, 2026$7.2K a month
Oct 1, 2026not in a grossing chart
Oct 2, 2026not in a grossing chart
Oct 3, 2026$5K a month
Oct 4, 2026$6.3K a month
Oct 5, 2026not in a grossing chart
Oct 6, 2026$6.3K a month
Oct 7, 2026not in a grossing chart
Oct 8, 2026not in a grossing chart
Oct 9, 2026not in a grossing chart
Oct 10, 2026$7.1K a month
Oct 11, 2026$7.1K a month
Oct 12, 2026$7.8K a month
Oct 13, 2026$115.6K a month
Oct 14, 2026$26.8K a month
Oct 15, 2026$57.8K a month
Oct 16, 2026$24.4K a month
Oct 17, 2026$22.9K a month
Oct 18, 2026$42.5K a month
Oct 19, 2026$31.2K a month
Oct 20, 2026$24.9K a month
Oct 21, 2026$33.1K a month
Oct 22, 2026not in a grossing chart
Oct 23, 2026not in a grossing chart
The same estimate as the headline, saved every day. Best rank Sep 24, 2026: not ranked. Now: #16 News · IE.
RATINGS IN THE CORE COUNTRIES, DAILY
Show daily values
Oct 22, 20268.2K ratings
Oct 23, 20268.2K ratings
8.2K on Oct 22, 2026, 8.2K on Oct 23, 2026. New ratings track new downloads, even outside the charts.

Money and momentum

Measured from the store, not estimated.

WHAT IT CHARGES
No in-app purchases
Earns from its upfront price, ads or payments outside the store.
REVIEW MOMENTUM
0.1 reviews / week
  • Trendfalling
  • Recent reviews average4.1 stars
  • Recent 1 and 2 star share19%
From the latest 97 written reviews, covering 5727 days.
RELEASE CADENCE
5 updates in 90 days
  • Typical gap between releases10 days
From the last 25 versions listed on the App Store.
RATING BREAKDOWN
123 ratings
5★72%
4★20%
3★5%
2★1%
1★2%

What users want

From the latest 97 reviews on the Germany App Store, Feb 17, 2011 to Mar 3, 2026: 19% are 1 or 2 stars. Open a theme to read what people wrote.

WHAT THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT · SHARE OF BAD REVIEWS
Crashes and freezes11%

2 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ The app frequently crashes, resets to the first article if the user multitasks and goes to another app for a minute, constantly loses its place, goes back to the top of the list while reading farther down the list,…
★★★★★ Doesn't work anymore on 3.2.2. Please fix it.
Missing features11%

2 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ The news aggregators lack perspective on the needs of the readers for context and clarity, by delivering content which is vague and obtuse.
★★★★★ I kept clicking to read article instead of redirect and it still kept redirecting me here! I don't want to download a junk app just to use one time.
WHAT THEY ASK FOR
  • Thus, the app and servers need a serious overhaul, to improve the speed of content access. 2★, May 21, 2014
  • The ui needs a few tweaks with buttons and interactions but overall a great app. 5★, Oct 25, 2011
WORDS THAT KEEP COMING UP IN BAD REVIEWS

Nothing stands out.

WHAT THEY LOVE · SHARE OF GOOD REVIEWS
Fun, addictive17%

13 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.

★★★★★ I enjoy reading about what's happening in Ireland as well as to hear what the Irish news media is saying about what's happening around the world.
★★★★★ I have used app for more than a year and enjoy it!
★★★★★ Just signed in and have enjoyed the news...good and bad.
Easy to use13%

10 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.

★★★★★ This app is intuitive, easy to use.
★★★★★ I'm very very much liking this app, it's one of the best I've downloaded.
★★★★★ Nice, clean, easy to use interface.
Looks great5%

4 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.

★★★★★ The app works consistently well, the content is just as pertinent, and the format of the app is very easily useable, clean, and clear.
★★★★★ Nice, clean, easy to use interface.
★★★★★ Excellent navigation and presentation. I use it as first source of daily news. Center to center left content. With apps like daft.ie, done deal.ie and journal.ie, the iPad experience in Ireland is noticeably better…
Fast4%

3 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.

★★★★★ Great news source for giving you a quick informative news of Home and abroad.
★★★★★ This is a news aggregator that's quick and fun to peruse.
★★★★★ This app great for quick catch up on news.

Found by matching words and phrases in the reviews, not read by a person. A review can count toward more than one theme.

What users say

Latest reviews, Germany App Store.

★★★★★Mar 3, 2026
Far left propaganda

So unfairly bias. Country crying out for middle ground

★★★★★Nov 1, 2023
Martin

I find your reporting very pro- British. If someone mentions ‘the north of Ireland’ you will change it to Northern Ireland, why? What you are doing is what the Brit’s want - portray the 6 counties as a different country oblivious to the thousands of Irish people who see it as much a part of Ireland as cork or Kerry. If you want to be viewed as an independent and honest news app then quote people in what and how they say things not as you would want them to say it. Actually, I’d love to know the answer to this question - are you instructed/told you MUST revere to the north of Ireland as Northern Ireland and change people’s reference to NI using any other term????

★★★★★Oct 8, 2023
Concise news

Just the right amount for my interest level.

★★★★★Jul 5, 2023
Great news

Well written

★★★★★Oct 29, 2022
News from an Irish perspective

I enjoy reading about what’s happening in Ireland as well as to hear what the Irish news media is saying about what’s happening around the world.

★★★★★Oct 22, 2022
Good app

I have used app for more than a year and enjoy it!

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Store screenshots

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App Store ads

Apple Search Ads this app ran in the last 90 days, from Apple's public ad repository.

No App Store ads in the EU
None in the last 90 days.

Apple only publishes ads shown in the EU (EU Digital Services Act), with a 7 day delay. An app that advertises only outside the EU shows nothing here.

Growth research

Where this app is buying and earning its users. Each link opens pre filtered.

Meta Ad Library ↗Active Facebook and Instagram adsTikTok Creative Center ↗Top performing TikTok adsTikTok creators ↗Organic videos mentioning the appInstagram ↗Reels and posts under its hashtagYouTube ↗Reviews, tutorials and ShortsDeveloper site ↗Landing page and pricing

ASO keywords

Most repeated terms in the listing. Highlighted ones also appear in the title.

news6ireland6journal6thejournal5media5journalism4award winning3breaking news3award3storytelling3best3popular2winning2team2breaking2factcheck2listen2through2awards2prize2social2irish2festival2radio2

What's new in 3.52.0

- Bug fixes and improvements

Released Dec 17, 2010. Current version shipped Oct 14, 2026.

Store description

#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/). ********************************************************* 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 *********** “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 ********** > 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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