The Vidette vs NewsData
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Vidette
Access late-breaking campus news, sports, weather, and entertainment from the student newspaper. Submit your own news, calendar items, and classified ads. Receive timely push notifications for breaking ISU-related updates.
- Campus news updates
- Local sports coverage
- Weather forecasts
- Student-submitted content
- Push notifications
- Merchant promotions
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The Vidette is the official app for the student newspaper of Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. It is a location-based mobile app platform that delivers late-breaking campus news, sports, weather, features, photos, videos, fun entertainment and valuable promotions from merchants in Normal and Bloomington, Illinois, area. The app features quick access to the local content of interest to the ISU community. Users can submit news, calendar items and classified ads directly to us. Stay connected with breaking ISU-related news, sports and weather by using timely push notifications. The app is free and requires no registration to use.
NewsData
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Founded in 1982, NewsData provides a common frame of reference for thousands of energy professionals, keeping them well-informed on Western energy policy, markets, resources and other topics essential to their work. NewsData's team of skilled, experienced journalists have a long-earned reputation for reliable, accurate, balanced and insightful reporting, founded on their deep understanding of energy matters.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: The Vidette at every 2 months against NewsData's every 7 months. The Vidette also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Vidette ships an update every 2 months, NewsData every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Vidette | NewsData |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Illinois State University | News Data, LLC |
In-app purchases
The Vidette
No in-app purchases
NewsData
No in-app purchases
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