PennLive
Local News, Sports & Weather
How much does PennLive cost?
Prices are current as of 1 Oct 2026.
5 subscriptions from $5.99
In the United States, PennLive has 5 subscriptions priced $5.99 – 119.99. It comes with a 7 days free trial.
| Subscription | Period | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Access to PennLive.com | MonthlyTrial: 7 days | $5.99 – 9.99 |
| All Access to PennLive.com | Monthly | $11.99 – 15.00 |
| All Access to PennLive.com | Annual | $99.99 |
| BasicAccess to PennLive.com | Annual | $99.99 |
| Basic Access to PennLive.com | Annual | $99.99 – 119.99 |
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| Rating / 5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| Reviews | 3.5K | 18K | 7.8K | 7.4K | 4.6K | 4.1K | 3.1K | 2.8K | 2.4K | 898 | 504 |
| Released | 2011 | 2012 | 2012 | 2010 | 2010 | 2009 | 2020 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2012 |
| Monthly price | $9.99 | $19.99 | — | — | — | — | — | $9.99 | — | — | $24.99 |
The going rate for each plan in United States, in its own currency, shaded from the cheapest price on the row to the dearest. Plans fewer than four in ten of the priced apps sell are left out.
PennLive reviews
4.5 out of 5, based on 3,537 reviews.
What people like
- Great local news for central PA
- Good coverage of PSU sports
- Free to use without subscription
What they complain about
- Forces subscription to read most articles
- App crashes and freezes frequently
- Too many annoying ads interrupt reading
- Subscription costs are too high
It’s a news app
It really doesn’t do anything special. It’s a news app and it works pretty well.
Why?
Why pay to read the news?!
Sports
Enjoy sports the especially PSU/football I like your writers Thanks 7/3/19 Sports and PSU recruiting very good. Thanks Leo
Poor redesign.
New website application is difficult to navigate and notify the same level of resources.
App freezes constantly
Great new coverage, however, the app freezes after about 10 minutes of being open. Seems like it’s trying to download too many ads when this happens. Very annoying though when you can only read 3 articles before it freezes.
Excellent Staff
Great local news focused on central Pa. We enjoy Nancy and her reporting. We need outspoken reporters on what’s going on in DC and around the world. The press must report the real truth and facts and restore democracy.
Subscription
My husband pays for a pennlive subscription and I’m unable to use it. If we subscribed to a paper we would both have access.
Can’t keep quite
Google adds override and play their sound track even when muted. Some articles have the same add multiple times and as you scroll to read it restarts at each instance. So if you don’t want Google noise you need to turn the volume down to zero. I understand the reason for advertising but let the sound mute mean no sound.
App keeps asking to subscribe
I have a valid subscription. I can’t view articles because it keeps asking me to subscribe. I have restored purchases and verified I have a subscription and still doesn’t work. Terrible app right now.
Liked it better when it was free....
Free
Don’t bother with Penn Live
You have gotten greedy! Waaaay too expensive to subscribe. Most articles are “subscriber only “. Major magazines and newspapers are a third of your costs !!
Not great
New app is not an improvement. They removed half the sections, such as ”politics”.
Well.....
This was a great app for local and world news if you could get passed the extremely biased views. I could take that but can’t wrap my head around the $14.99 a month subscription, once every article prompted me to subscribe before I could read...I deleted it....
News
Love it
This is worthless!
I’m originally from PA and like to keep up with news and info. Every article I try to read stops me saying I need to buy a subscription. I will. NEVER pay to read online articles, especially from a Harrisburg newspaper. So I now watch CBS 21, or WGAL 8 news broadcasts online.
Login in problem
I like the content. What I don’t like is having to login every time I want to read the entire story. Very frustrating.
Review
Do not like the fact that changes occurred and you now have to have a subscription to read an article
Garbage
Covered in ads and requires a subscription for 99% of the articles.
Stop trying to force paid subscriptions
Love getting local news. But after using the app eventually it won’t allow you to read anything without paying for a subscription. Very disappointing. Should get five stars but when forcing a paid subscription- 2 stars
Great app
After latest update the app has been working fine again. Like the news and local interest stories. Use it every day.
Not friendly app, especially for blind person using screen reader with voiceover
It’s only giving me a short most recent version of stories in all the categories News sports and so forth I can’t find stuff from two or three days ago like I can in most apps. No change by September I will probably cancel thank you.
Too many articles are subscriber only
If you charge user you loose users therefore you reduce how much advertisers are willing to pay. It’s a death spiral.
PA
Too expensive to pay for, not enough original content. Too much borrowed from other news outlets
Click bait app
Poor performing app that is riddled with click bait misroutes for apps. Very, very difficult to use this app without numerous misroutes for sales, apps, & more. I am going to delete the app and just use a browser. Shame on PennLive for shoving blatant and unwanted sales in our faces.
Sad
This is as good as it gets for the HARRISBURG area for news. Old dated news stories show up in various sections. Crashes. Very odd navigation that’s not intuitive. Renewing a subscription is a nightmare. Various pricing in Ap vs Web site. Ap and website don’t interact. Charged multiple times for subscription. Doesn’t keep you logged in. Tap on story in Tweeter (X) and you need to relight in or worse Penn Live asks you to subscribe but goes no no log in option!
Poor APP update again!!!
Again the App developers have failed to support older IPhones! Both the regular and football app no longer work on my IPhone 6 with the latest allowed IOS update. I don’t think they realize that not everyone upgrades their phones every couple of years. My IPhone works great except when trying to use the PennLive apps.
PennLive 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 | $119.00 |
| 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 | $9.99 | $99.99 |
| 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 | $9.99 | $99.99 |
| 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 96,900$100.17 |
| 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 | €110.99$125.84 |
| 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 | €9.99$11.33 | €99.99$113.37 |
| 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 | €110.99$125.84 |
| 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 | $99.99 |
| 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 | $9.99 | $99.99 |
| 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 | $9.99 | $99.99 |
| Zimbabwe | $12.00 | $119.99 |
PennLive FAQ
- Is PennLive free?
- Yes. The app and its basic features are free, in all 174 countries it sells in. Premium features are paid: they start from $5.99 (US), across 5 subscriptions.
- How much does PennLive cost per month?
- All Access to PennLive.com is $5.99 – 15.00 (US). The annual plan works out cheaper per month: $99.99 – 119.99 a year.
- Does PennLive have a free trial?
- Yes — a 7 days free trial (US).
- Where is PennLive 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 PennLive?
- The Philadelphia Inquirer (4.6 from 18,062 reviews, premium from $19.99), WGAL News 8 (4.5 from 7,774 reviews) and TribLIVE News & Sports (4.6 from 7,369 reviews).
PennLive download
Last updated 3 months ago.
PennLive sells in 174 countries. It was released 15 years and 7 months ago, on 1 Mar 2011. It holds a 4.5 rating from 3,537 reviews.
Supports 1 language: English.
How much does PennLive 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 85%
- Annual 15%
Revenue by country
- United States 100%
- Taiwan 0%
- Belgium 0%
- Brazil 0%