San Antonio Express-News
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Prices are current as of 1 Oct 2026.
4 subscriptions from $9.99
In the United States, San Antonio Express-News has 4 subscriptions priced $9.99 – 59.99. Free trials run 14 days or 1 month.
| Subscription | Period | Price |
|---|---|---|
| SA Express-News Monthly | MonthlyTrial: 1 month | $14.99 |
| San Antonio Express-News | MonthlyTrial: 14 days | $9.99 – 14.99 |
| San Antonio Express-News for iPad | MonthlyTrial: 14 days | $14.99 |
| San Antonio Express-News for iPad | AnnualTrial: 14 days | $59.99 |
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| Rating / 5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| Reviews | 7.4K | 32K | 21K | 18K | 10K | 6.7K | 2.8K | 453 | 149 | 57 | 48 |
| Released | 2011 | 2011 | 2019 | 2010 | 2010 | 2012 | 2010 | 2013 | 2010 | 2016 | 2010 |
| Monthly price | $14.99 | — | — | $14.99 | $9.99 | $12.99 | $2.99 | — | — | — | — |
| Annual price | $59.99 | — | — | $149.99 | $119.00 | $89.99 | $29.99 | — | — | — | — |
| One-time price | — | — | — | $0.99 | — | $3.99 | $4.99 | — | — | — | — |
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San Antonio Express-News reviews
4.5 out of 5, based on 7,354 reviews.
What people like
- Best local San Antonio news
- Great for sports fans
- Includes fun games too
What they complain about
- App crashes and reloads constantly
- Ads interrupt reading experience
- Prices went up sharply
- Hard to cancel subscription
Needs to keep local news am not yesterday's !
It is an important part of our community and local news... since moving production to Houston, almost all news is a day old....
This subscriber can’t access online news
Why bother? Get the headlines and no context. I’m asked to sign up again
Appreciate
I enjoy the many local stories eventhough there are fewer. I’m glad that you print letters to editor and the wonderful Editorials. 🗽
Too one sided columnists
The EN has become too socialistic and too many commentators. This is not the same EN from 20 plus years ago. The real journalists have left or retired. Too one sided and too much to the left socialism policies. Cover everything. Bring new journalists who have open minds and report both sides!!
Love the Spurs coverage!
As the San Antonio Spurs continue their exciting 2026 playoff run, the San Antonio Express-News gives fans the best seats in the house! Get impressive up-to-the-minute game day updates, go into the locker room with unprecedented access, and enjoy the insightful perspectives from longtime, local journalists. If it’s the Spurs and if it’s San Antonio, the Express-News has it covered.
Customer
Great!
Expensive
Price increased. Cancelling subscription
NEWS
I know its a local news paper but it doesn’t cover a lot of national news which I also have a subscription to the the wall street journal
Too many ads
When you pay $35 per month you shouldn’t see many ads.
EXTREMELY PREDATORY SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE
I am very mad about the SA Express News charging me for a “past due balance.” They also refused to send me an email confirming the cancellation of my subscription. They have you call a specific number for cancellations and they do NOT send you any proof of the cancellation. Unlike a normal subscription service where you can cancel a subscription on the app or website and get a confirmation cancellation email. I begged the rep to send any sort of confirmation and she refused. The rep said “we don’t send emails ever.” I signed up using an offer for the month and didn’t make the second month’s payment. What normally happens is you don’t have access to the service anymore. However, they started calling me and said I had to pay the overdue $10 balance. They refused to cancel my subscription until the “past due” was paid.
Good journalism
As a San Antonio resident, the Express News is essential for keeping up with local, national, and world news. I can trust their coverage to be accurate and reliable.
E edition
The worst paper I have ever seen. It’s hit or miss on getting on, especially when you are out of town. It’s almost impossible to get them to answer the phone calls for help.
Good app but
Some of the games are broken :(
Good text
Helpful and informative
Not up to date.
I understand that now that the hard copies of the papers are printed in Houston that there would be a lag. However I would expect the online version to be more up to date than it is.
Read the news
Great app. Stories updated and convenient for readers
Spotty Coverage
I am often disappointed with the SA Express News limited coverage on local issues. Often thankful for alternative digital news coverage to learn all aspects of local news. What can be done to make it more dynamic and reflective of this vibrant city?
Intermittent problems
I have intermittent problems getting my e-edition to load. The content is fine, but the app is clunky.
Not the paper I remember
I subscribe to the Express to keep up with local news, but many times the stories are stale and remain the only stories for a week or more. A daily paper needs to print daily stories. San Antonio has a lot going on that’s not reported. I have to read The Report or the Business Journal to get the news in SA. Being run out of houston is not a good thing for us.
Terrible App
The new version of the Express-News is terrible. It constantly flips back to the page where it has to reload, again and again. The reader must constantly deal with an advertising pop-up every time a reload occurs. The pages themselves do not smoothly expand, sending you off to another page of advertisements, which again you must dismiss in order to get back to where you were. With this marked decline from the paper’s prior app, these features make this a newspaper not worth reading.
Best Four Dollars Spent
A digital newspaper for under $5 is crazy work! It has most local, state, national, and international news! Plus it has the games like crossword puzzles and even the funny papers
Terrible use of anything
The fact you are forcing your customers to this sorry designed site because you can’t get papers delivered on time if they are even delivered is undeniably wrong. If news happens later 6 PM. You won’t find it here. What dis appointment. Change your name to let’s see, “The Old News for S A”.
Local news
Great coverage of news
Online Edition connections
The Express-News newspaper and online editions provide news we want and need. However, it is increasingly frustrating how difficult it is to connect to the online subscription and having to repeatedly sun-in after clicking on your link. Please improve your system. That does not occur with other news sites.
Information
The only reason
Awful
Awful app and printed newspaper that never is delivered. Good way to waste money
Price increase
Just saw that my monthly billing went up 35% for my electronic subscription. I received no advanced warning of a price increase. A huge increase as the quality of the paper continues to decline. I know you are in a fight for your life against the internet but you are going to lose with increases like this. A Lifetime Subcriber
Can’t access digital edition and not sure where my nickname came from!
Don’t get what I paid for
Very good newspaper
Very good newspaper
Too Liberal
Trump hatred, not good for country, state, city or citizens. Just be fair and equal in your reporting.
Clarence Kahlig
Best source of News in San Antonio. “!
Totally biased liberal news rag
Paper leans so far left it hurts your arms trying to hold it straight enough to read!
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Mostly click bait little news
Mostly click bait little if any news virtually no investigative journalism
San Antonio Express-News FAQ
- Is San Antonio Express-News free?
- Yes. The app and its basic features are free, in all 1 country it sells in. Premium features are paid: they start from $9.99 (US), across 4 subscriptions.
- How much does San Antonio Express-News cost per month?
- SA Express-News Monthly is $9.99 – 14.99 (US). The annual plan works out cheaper per month: $59.99 a year.
- Does San Antonio Express-News have a free trial?
- Yes — free trials of 14 days or 1 month (US), depending on the plan.
- What are the best alternatives to San Antonio Express-News?
- KSAT 12 News (4.7 from 32,306 reviews), San Antonio News from KENS 5 (4.8 from 21,281 reviews) and Newsday (4.5 from 18,094 reviews, premium from $0.99).
San Antonio Express-News download
Last updated 1 month ago.
San Antonio Express-News sells in 1 country. It was released 14 years and 10 months ago, on 15 Nov 2011. It holds a 4.5 rating from 7,354 reviews.
Supports 1 language: English.
How much does San Antonio Express-News 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 99%
- Annual 1%
Revenue by country
- United States 100%