Comparison

Daily Echo vs AA Grapevine

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Daily Echo

Stay informed with local news, sports, and events from Southampton and surrounding areas. Enjoy ad-free reading, digital newspapers, interactive puzzles, and article audio playback.

Highlights
  • Live breaking news updates
  • Ad-free reading experience
  • Full digital newspaper editions
  • Daily interactive puzzles
  • Article audio player
Features
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The Daily Echo offers comprehensive coverage of the latest news, sport and events in Southampton, Winchester, Eastleigh, the New Forest and the surrounding areas in Hampshire. We’re committed to delivering quality journalism with a local focus and driving community engagement. The Daily Echo also celebrates the region's cultural vibrancy with features on arts, entertainment and leisure activities, alongside dedicated coverage of Southampton FC. The Daily Echo app is the best way to keep up to date with all the breaking news, sports and events in Hampshire and gives you the following great features… • Live Updates: Get the latest Southampton news, events and sport as it happens • Ad-Free Reading: No ads, no pop-ups, no distractions • Daily Digital Newspapers: Read the paper in full, cover to cover • Interactive Puzzles: Play new crosswords, sudoku and more every day • Article Audio Player: Listen to articles and create content playlists All subscriptions are auto-renewing. Payment for this subscription will be charged to your Apple account upon purchase. The subscription will auto-renew within 24 hours of the current subscription expiring, at the same rate as the initial purchase. Auto-renewing subscriptions can be managed via Account Settings allowing them to be turned off. No cancellations of the current subscription are allowed during the active subscription period. Privacy Policy - https://www.newsquest.co.uk/our-policies/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

AA Grapevine

Access the international journal of Alcoholics Anonymous, featuring articles, a podcast, and a daily quote. Enhance your sobriety journey with a calculator, events calendar, and exclusive spiritual maintenance tools. Share your experiences and connect with a supportive community.

Highlights
  • Monthly magazine access
  • Article archives
  • Podcast player
  • Daily quote
  • Sobriety calculator
  • AA events calendar
  • Spiritual maintenance checklist
Features
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The Grapevine app is all things Grapevine right on your smartphone. The monthly magazine, the articles archives, the podcast, the daily quote, an enhanced sobriety calculator, and the AA events calendar. App-exclusive features include a spiritual maintenance checklist and the ability to share articles, and your own experience, strength, and hope with other Grapevine app users. The app allows for more content each month too. Service-oriented members will find easy ways to be a part of the AA Grapevine Community in our Get Involved section. You’ll be able to read Grapevine anonymously wherever you go. You can also listen to each month’s articles on a playlist, and listen to the podcast playlist right on the app. Terms of Use / End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Daily Echo4 screens
AA Grapevine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: AA Grapevine at free with in-app purchases against Daily Echo's subscription. AA Grapevine also leads on review sentiment (31% vs 6%) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Daily Echo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.49 per month and AA Grapevine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daily Echo ships an update every 4 months, AA Grapevine every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on September 28, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Daily Echo versus AA Grapevine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaily EchoAA Grapevine
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.1 (84 ratings) — better
Positive reviews6.3% of reviews31.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—84 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank—#59 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB20 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperNewsquestAA Grapevine, Inc.

Customer experience

Daily Echo

Written reviews16 reviews
Positive6.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative87.5%

AA Grapevine

All ratings84 ratings
Positive73.8%
Neutral4.8%
Negative21.4%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive31.0%
Neutral13.8%
Negative55.2%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Daily Echo

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Subscription$5.491 Month
  • 6 Month Subscription$29.996 Months
  • Annual Subscription$59.991 Year
2 purchases

AA Grapevine

Subscriptions2
  • Grapevine Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Grapevine Annual Subscription$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Daily Echo free?
Daily Echo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AA Grapevine free?
AA Grapevine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Daily Echo or AA Grapevine have ads?
Neither Daily Echo nor AA Grapevine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Daily Echo or AA Grapevine?
Daily Echo ships an update every 4 months, and AA Grapevine every 4 weeks. Most recently, Daily Echo was updated on September 28, 2026 and AA Grapevine on September 28, 2026.

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