The Daily Dispatch vs Reason
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Daily Dispatch
Stay informed with local news, weather, and sports from the Tri-County area. Access breaking news notifications, articles, photos, and videos. Includes a digital version of the daily newspaper.
- Breaking news notifications
- Local news, weather, sports
- View headlines, stories, photos, video
- Share stories via email/social media
- Access e-edition
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Keep up-to-date with the local news, weather and sports in the Tri-County area of Vance, Granville and Warren on your phone or tablet. Our app includes access to The Daily Dispatch e-edition. A subscription is required to view the content within this app. Features include: - Breaking news notifications - View headlines, stories, photos and video from The Daily Dispatch - Share stories through email or on Facebook and Twitter - Read e-edition of The Daily Dispatch
Reason
Access accurate and honest news, ideas, videos, and podcasts from a libertarian perspective. Personalize notifications and stream exclusive content, including documentaries and newsletters.
- Libertarian news and ideas
- Exclusive videos and documentaries
- Podcast streaming
- Personalized news notifications
- Newsletter access
- Reason Plus subscription for early magazine access
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The Reason app helps you stay on top of the news and better understand your world without all the tired left-wing or right-wing spin. You won’t find a better source for accurate and honest news, ideas, videos, and podcasts from a libertarian perspective. Turn on notifications and personalize your settings to get alerts about issues you care about. Stream new episodes of Reason podcasts: The Reason Roundtable, The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie, and The Soho Forum Debates. Click to listen to every article and build your own content playlist. Access Reason’s latest vertical videos. Watch Reason’s documentaries, video essays, and comedy videos, including Remy and Andrew Heaton. Browse Reason’s newsletters: Reason Roundup by Liz Wolfe, The Rattler by J.D. Tuccille, Free Media by Robby Soave, and more. Play Reason’s weekly crossword plus special puzzles when magazine issues publish online. Subscribe to Reason Plus for exclusive early access to new issues of Reason magazine on your phone, tablet, or computer. To join, visit reason.com/subscribe on any browser.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Reason at free against The Daily Dispatch's subscription. Reason also leads on ratings volume (380 vs 1) and chart position (#121 vs unranked). The Daily Dispatch's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for The Daily Dispatch against 4.9 for Reason. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reason has 380 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The Daily Dispatch ships an update every 8 months, Reason every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Daily Dispatch | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (380 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 380 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #121 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Presteligence | Reason |
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The Daily Dispatch
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In-app purchases
The Daily Dispatch
No in-app purchases
Reason
No in-app purchases
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