Hole Scroll vs WyoFile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hole Scroll
Get local news as it happens with daily updates and notifications. Browse top stories, breaking news, events, photos, and videos. Customize your feed by category and save articles for later.
- Breaking news alerts
- Customizable news categories
- Save articles for later
- Submit news tips and media
- Weather forecast
- Share stories
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The Hole Scroll is Jackson Hole’s local news app with daily updates and notifications of news as it happens. Top and most popular stories, breaking and developing news briefs, things to do, stuff to see, photos, video, and more. Features: - Breaking news reported as it happens - A scrolling list of the latest news and developing briefs - Notifications of local news to know now - Preselect news categories of particular interest and scroll those first - Scan the weather forecast - Save articles to read later - Share stories with social networks and contacts within the app - Submit news tips, photos and videos - Free download from the Apple Appstore The Hole Scroll is curated by journalists with names, edited for reliability and updated on the fly to give Hole Scroll readers the latest news in Jackson Hole.
WyoFile
Access in-depth news reporting from Wyoming, delivered in a mobile-friendly digest. Stay informed about local people, places, and policy with curated top stories.
- In-depth reporting
- Mobile-friendly digest format
- Daily top stories
- Focus on Wyoming
- Public interest journalism
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WyoFile's app delivers news from around Wyoming in an immersive digest format that’s ready-made for your phone. Our mission is to inform and engage Wyoming through in-depth reporting in the public interest. With so many news apps to choose from, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with an endless stream of information. Get our top stories in a quick daily dose so you can read about what matters most in our community and go about your day. We believe independent, member-supported, non-profit, non-partisan journalism of, by and for the people of Wyoming is the solution. Wyoming deserves the facts and a sustainable means of maintaining everyone’s access to them. WyoFile exists to provide both.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: WyoFile at none against Hole Scroll's shown. WyoFile also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 11 months) and rating (4.6 vs 4.2). Hole Scroll's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
WyoFile holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 36 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
Hole Scroll ships an update every 11 months, WyoFile fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hole Scroll | WyoFile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (15 ratings) | 4.6 (36 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 36 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jackson Hole News&Guide | WyoFile (WY) |
Customer experience
Hole Scroll
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In-app purchases
Hole Scroll
No in-app purchases
WyoFile
No in-app purchases
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