AL.com
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8 subscriptions from $9.99
In the United States, AL.com has 8 subscriptions priced $9.99 – 200.00.
| Subscription | Period | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Digital Access | Monthly | $9.99 |
| Basic Access to Al.com | Monthly | $10.00 |
| All Access to Al.com | Monthly | $15.00 |
| Premium Access to Al.com | Monthly | $20.00 |
| Digital Access | Annual | $99.99 |
| Basic Access to Al.com | Annual | $100.00 |
| All Access to Al.com | Annual | $150.00 |
| Premium Access to Al.com | Annual | $200.00 |
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| Rating / 5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| Reviews | 16K | 6.7K | 6.6K | 6.3K | 4K | 3K | 2.4K | 1.4K | 1.1K | 756 | 479 |
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| Monthly price | $10.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Annual price | $100.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
The going rate for each plan in United States, in its own currency, shaded from the cheapest price on the row to the dearest.
AL.com reviews
4.5 out of 5, based on 15,985 reviews.
What people like
- Great local news and community coverage
- Content from writers is generally good
- News updates are timely and relevant
What they complain about
- Most articles are locked behind a paywall
- Ads interrupt reading and are hard to close
- App freezes up and crashes frequently
- Subscription costs feel too high for the value
Boo!
I used to enjoy reading everything but now that you are charging to read most articles I’ve almost decided to delete my app. Plus football season is here and it will be nothing but football from start to finish. Block those articles!
Content
AL.com is so Left Leaning there is no way I would ever pay for the content that blurred. My friends have expressed the same views. Balance your coverage and you may get more subscribers. Not everyone hates Trump and Republicans and I’m not a huge Trump fan either. Carol Robinson is basically the only person that I read on AL.com that seems normal. Thank you for listening.
Starting to charge
I’m not gonna pay to use this service
What have you done now?
Here we go again. Today is July 24, 2026. The app last updated about a month ago, and was working amazingly well at that time, as it has for the last couple of years. But, a few days ago, new issues—some of them similar to issues we had some years ago—popped up. Now, when I bring up an article, the material jumps around, making it difficult if not impossible to read the content straight through. Not only this, but totally unwanted ads intrude themselves into the material. Most annoying of all is the appeal to subscribe to a rather pricey subscription. I subscribed years ago to what was then the free account; and, if the app began misbehaving, all I needed to do was to sign in again to that account. Now, when I attempt to sign in, it doesn’t even recognize me, and keeps throwing the subscription message at me. If we are now at a point that one can no longer use the app without a paid subscription, I will be forced to delete one of my favorite apps for state and local news. As if to add insult to injury, when I open the app now (as of the last two or three days), there is no longer a menu, and no “Contact Us” feature. Shame on you for messing up, without an update, what was a perfectly good and useful app which, at least for the past few years, worked well with screen readers. I wish I could offer a screenshot of how it looked before this latest mess-up, as opposed to how it looks now. My previous reviews will probably still appear below, after I submit this one. Old issue resurfaced. Today is June 5, 2022. With the most recent update—about two weeks ago—ads are again intruding into articles, making reading them difficult. Rarely, one can get through an article uninterrupted , which is wonderful. With the latest update, there is a Close button—which, at least now, usually works— next to the popup ad, but that button evades VoiceOver. Therefore, when an ad pops up, VoiceOver users must go through a rather clunky process to find the Close button and close the ad. Vut, as soon as _that ad is closed, _another one pops up, and one must repeat the process. This can happen numerous times during a given article. And, don’t even get me started on when that sort of thing happens if one is in Around The Web, assuming that one was able to read the entire article. Please fix this issue. There have been brief periods when the app worked like a charm, and received 5 stars from me. I do not want to have to delete the app, as I get much out of the material presented therein. There are still issues with the Search feature (see my previous reviews, which follow. Reinstalling the app, of course, didn’t alleviate these issues. New update; bug fixed quickly; back to 5 stars for now. Previous reviews below. There have always been ups and downs with this app; but, for the last little while, it was working quite well. However, with the most recent update, as of around April 8, 2022, the app is again almost unusable. The most frustrating issue is that, when a notification arrives and one clicks it, the _article that initiated the notification generally doesn’t come up, but you are taken to the most recent top stories. If that notification is from several days ago—and you are just now getting to it—you will not find that article in the latest news. So, you bring up Search; but, if you don’t enter the exact wording of the article’s title, or the exact keyword, you won’t find it anywhere. Finally, if one is scrolling through “Around the Web” after reading an article, and choose to read something, the Back button no longer takes you back into Around the Web, but takes you back to the original article—and Around the Web disappears. Again, as of three days ago, ads again pop up, sometimes with no way to close them (because the Close button doesn’t work), thus preventing reading the rest of the article or making reading it difficult. I don’t want to have to delete the ad again—as I was forced to do at one point several years ago when it wasn’t working well—but it may come to that again. This would be a shame, because I like the app overall. An earlier review may still appear below. I have always liked the diversity of content which this app offers, and have used it for a long time; however, there have always been a few issues with it. For some time, adds have tended to pop up in the midst of articles, with no foolproof way to close them, thus making it difficult to finish reading the articles. Also, an article will occasionally disappear before I can finish reading it. I had hoped that the latest app update would alleviate these issues, but it did not; and, a new—and annoying bug has crept in. Now, when reading an article that was recommended as a notification, when there is a “Done” button for backing out of an article, that button no longer works, and the only recourse is to close down the app. A similar thing happens when I look up a word directly from an article, and must hit “Done” in order to get back to the article (which doesn’t happen now, because “Done” doesn’t work)! When an article takes me directly to the website, and a “Back” tab is used to back out of an article, that tab _does work. Please fix the “Done” button, even if this is an issue for VoiceOver users only.
Great local news
Great writers and articles with AL.com and good local news on our community. I suggest everyone with any interest in our community subscribe
Waste now
Use to be a good app to stay up on local news but now charge for almost every story not worth it, I guess they are not getting enough ad sponsors
News is great…app could use some work
News articles provided are great and timely. App could use some work…freezes up regularly after only a few minutes of use, assuming due to large number of ads. Not disputing the need for ads for a free app, just that the performance of the app could be improved.
App Issues
App freezes up constantly. Scrolling stories is difficult due to freezing up issues.
Excellent
Read every day
Subscription Etc
I have no interest in paying for a subscription. I don’t know why you can’t just use ads like most everyone else. Also I really don’t like now having all the sports related articles all grouped under “Sports”. This needs to be broken out into smaller groups. I continue to look for other ways to get sports information.
App freezes
App often freezes then crashes after scrolling about 2/3 through.
Ads cover content
The issue for me is that the ads often cover the content of the articles I’m trying to read.... extremely bothersome.
The absolute worst website!
The absolute worst website!
New Version a Step Back
This app has been my “Go-To” source for Alabama news for a long time. Unfortunately the new version has made it difficult to use for that purpose. Seems like too much emphasis has been placed on graphics which takes up much of the headline pages. It is also irritating that the screen constantly jumps back to the top making it almost impossible to read more than just the top few articles. Please resolve these issues and go back to providing easy access to the articles. I appreciate the content, just cannot get to it easily.
OSU basketball
Why is the title of the app OSU Basketball?
Useless website
You are a useless website. You only allow about 1% of the articles submitted to be read by people who don’t see any value in an overpriced subscription.
My connection to Alabama
I use Al.com to stay current on Alabama events. The newest version is not as user friendly as the prior version. I wish I could back level to the prior version it was much more user friendly
Al
Why does the app say OSU basketball
Horrific
Not reader friendly. The rapid decline in the journalist on this is disturbing. Biased and racially divisive journalism . What has happened to journalism?
Garbage. Everything is behind a paywall now
Unable to view any articles or stories. They either have a bug that needs to be fixed or they are putting everything behind a paywall for an outrageous amount of money.
Buggy and paywalled
This app has been buggy for a very long time. It crashes a lot. It needs to be redesigned from the ground up. Most of the articles are behind an outrageously overpriced paywall.
Not worth it!
AL.com tries to bait you into subscribing by giving just a little bit of an article without giving up your personal information and agreeing to pay. This is not an honest way of doing business.
Every other story locked
I deleted the app because every other story you click it’s locked and says sign up to Al.com to read story. I have enough of my information sold to spammers without you having my email address to send more. I have 3 other news apps where you can read every story they show.
AL.com price by country
A monthly subscription costs $9.42 in Indonesia and $14.82 in Colombia — 1.6× more for the same thing. Below is the going rate for each plan in every country that sells it — the middle price of what the app charges there, in the country's own currency with the dollar equivalent beneath it.
| Country | Monthly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Albania | $12.00 | $119.99 |
| Algeria | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Angola | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Anguilla | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Antigua And Barbuda | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Argentina | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Armenia | $12.00 | $119.99 |
| Australia | A$15.00$10.49 | A$150.00$104.90 |
| Austria | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Azerbaijan | $12.00 | $119.99 |
| Bahamas | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Bahrain | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Barbados | $12.00 | $119.99 |
| Belarus | $12.00 | $119.99 |
| Belgium | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Belize | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Benin | $12.00 | $119.99 |
| Bermuda | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Bhutan | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Bolivia | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Botswana | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Brazil | R$59.90$11.48 | R$599.90$114.92 |
| British Virgin Islands | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Brunei Darussalam | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Bulgaria | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Burkina Faso | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Cambodia | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Cameroon | $12.00 | $119.99 |
| Canada | CA$14.00$9.86 | CA$129.99$91.54 |
| Cape Verde | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Cayman Islands | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Chad | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Chile | CLP 9,990$10.33 | CLP 99,990$103.36 |
| Colombia | COP 49,900$14.82 | COP 499,900$148.47 |
| Congo | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Costa Rica | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Cote Divoire | $12.00 | $119.99 |
| Croatia | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Cyprus | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Czech Republic | CZK 249.00$11.57 | CZK 2,790.00$129.59 |
| Denmark | DKK 89.00$13.51 | DKK 899.00$136.42 |
| Dominica | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Dominican Republic | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Ecuador | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Egypt | EGP 499.99$9.60 | EGP 4,999.99$95.99 |
| El Salvador | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Estonia | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Fiji | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Finland | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| France | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Gabon | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Gambia | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Georgia | $12.00 | $119.99 |
| Germany | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Ghana | $12.00 | $119.99 |
| Greece | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Grenada | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Guatemala | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Guinea-bissau | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Guyana | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Honduras | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Hong Kong | HK$88.00$11.21 | HK$788.00$100.38 |
| Hungary | HUF 4,490$13.88 | HUF 44,990$139.06 |
| Iceland | $12.00 | $119.99 |
| India | ₹999.00$10.40 | ₹9,900.00$103.06 |
| Indonesia | IDR 169,000$9.42 | IDR 1,699,000$94.66 |
| Iraq | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Ireland | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Israel | ₪34.90$11.37 | ₪349.90$113.97 |
| Italy | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Jamaica | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Japan | ¥1,500$9.53 | ¥15,000$95.30 |
| Jordan | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Kazakhstan | KZT 5,990.00$13.63 | KZT 59,990.00$136.49 |
| Kenya | $12.00 | $119.99 |
| Kosovo | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Kuwait | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Kyrgyzstan | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Lao Peoples Democratic Republic | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Latvia | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Lebanon | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Liberia | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Libya | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Lithuania | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Luxembourg | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Macao | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Macedonia | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Madagascar | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Malawi | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Malaysia | MYR 49.90$12.23 | MYR 499.90$122.52 |
| Maldives | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Mali | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Malta | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Mauritania | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Mauritius | $12.00 | $119.00 |
| Mexico | MX$199.00$11.04 | MX$1,999.00$110.93 |
| Micronesia | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Moldova | $12.00 | $119.99 |
| Mongolia | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Montenegro | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Montserrat | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Morocco | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Mozambique | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Myanmar | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Namibia | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Nauru | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Nepal | $12.00 | $119.99 |
| Netherlands | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| New Zealand | NZ$20.00$11.30 | NZ$199.99$112.99 |
| Nicaragua | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Niger | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Nigeria | NGN 14,900.00$11.23 | NGN 149,900.00$112.94 |
| Norway | NOK 129.00$13.44 | NOK 1,290.00$134.38 |
| Oman | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Pakistan | PKR 2,900$10.47 | PKR 24,900$89.93 |
| Palau | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Panama | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Papua New Guinea | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Paraguay | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Peru | PEN 44.90$13.05 | PEN 449.90$130.78 |
| Philippines | ₱599.00$9.57 | ₱5,990.00$95.69 |
| Poland | PLN 49.99$12.98 | PLN 499.99$129.87 |
| Portugal | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Qatar | QAR 39.99$10.99 | QAR 399.99$109.89 |
| Romania | RON 49.99$10.75 | RON 499.99$107.52 |
| Russia | RUB 899.00$10.69 | RUB 8,990.00$106.95 |
| Rwanda | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Sao Tome & Principe | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAR 39.99$10.66 | SAR 399.99$106.66 |
| Senegal | $12.00 | $119.99 |
| Serbia | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Seychelles | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Sierra Leone | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Singapore | SGD 14.98$11.70 | SGD 149.98$117.17 |
| Slovakia | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Slovenia | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Solomon Islands | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| South Africa | ZAR 199.99$12.19 | ZAR 1,999.99$121.88 |
| South Korea | ₩17,000$12.56 | ₩149,000$110.07 |
| Spain | €10.00$11.34 | €100.00$113.38 |
| Sri Lanka | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| St. Lucia | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| St. Vincent & The Grenadines | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Suriname | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Swaziland | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Sweden | SEK 129.00$12.91 | SEK 1,295.00$129.63 |
| Switzerland | CHF 10.00$11.99 | CHF 100.00$119.90 |
| Taiwan | NT$320.00$10.05 | NT$2,990.00$93.91 |
| Tajikistan | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Tanzania | TZS 29,900.00$11.43 | TZS 299,900.00$114.68 |
| Thailand | THB 399.00$11.89 | THB 3,990.00$118.86 |
| Tonga | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Tunisia | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Turkey | TRY 499.99$10.20 | TRY 4,999.99$102.00 |
| Turkmenistan | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Turks and Caicos | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Uganda | $12.00 | $119.99 |
| Ukraine | $12.00 | $119.99 |
| United Arab Emirates | AED 39.99$10.90 | AED 399.99$108.99 |
| United Kingdom | £10.00$13.23 | £100.00$132.28 |
| United States | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Uruguay | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Uzbekistan | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Vanuatu | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Venezuela | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Vietnam | ₫299,000$11.53 | ₫2,999,000$115.64 |
| Yemen | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| Zambia | $12.00 | $119.99 |
| Zimbabwe | $12.00 | $119.99 |
AL.com FAQ
- Is AL.com free?
- Yes. The app and its basic features are free, in all 174 countries it sells in. Premium features are paid: they start from $9.99 (US), across 8 subscriptions.
- How much does AL.com cost per month?
- All Access to Al.com is $9.99 – 20.00 (US). The annual plan works out cheaper per month: $99.99 – 200.00 a year.
- Does AL.com have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- Where is AL.com cheapest?
- A monthly subscription costs IDR 169,000 (≈$9.42) in Indonesia and COP 49,900 (≈$14.82) in Colombia, its cheapest and dearest countries.
- What are the best alternatives to AL.com?
- WBRC 6 News (4.6 from 6,738 reviews), WSFA 12 News (4.5 from 6,550 reviews) and WKRG News 5 - Mobile, AL News (4.7 from 6,310 reviews).
AL.com download
Last updated 2 months ago.
AL.com sells in 174 countries. It was released 15 years and 7 months ago, on 18 Feb 2011. It holds a 4.5 rating from 15,985 reviews.
Supports 1 language: English.
How much does AL.com make?
Third-party estimates for the last 30 days, worldwide — not the store's own figures, which Apple publishes for nobody.
Revenue by plan
- Monthly 61%
- Annual 39%
Revenue by country
- United States 100%
- Germany 0%
- Canada 0%
- Australia 0%