Greater LI vs LI Wave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Greater LI
Stay informed with professionally written news from across Long Island. Receive push notifications from multiple community news websites directly to your iPhone.
- Daily news stories
- Long Island focus
- Customizable push notifications
- Multiple community news sources
- iPhone support
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Greater LI is delivering professionally written news stories from across Long Island daily. This version allows users to receive iPhone push notifications from any one, or two, or all of our community news websites. Please rate the Greater LI News app, and share any feedback, comment or issue with mike@greaterlongisland.com.
LI Wave
This app delivers local news and lifestyle content for Nassau and Suffolk counties. Discover dining options, new developments, and weekend activities. It focuses on health, wealth, and lifestyle for residents.
- Local news updates
- Dining recommendations
- New development information
- Weekend activity suggestions
- Health and wealth news
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Long Island Wave is a digital news and lifestyle publication for Nassau and Suffolk: where to eat, what is opening, who is building what, and how to spend the weekend. Health, Wealth & Lifestyle News for Long Islanders.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: LI Wave at daily against Greater LI's every 3 months. LI Wave also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Greater LI's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
LI Wave holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Greater LI has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Greater LI ships an update every 3 months, LI Wave daily. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Greater LI | LI Wave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | K-Optional Software, LLC | Wave Agency |
Customer experience
Greater LI
LI Wave
In-app purchases
Greater LI
No in-app purchases
LI Wave
No in-app purchases
