Monadnock Ledger vs My Keene Now
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Monadnock Ledger
Access live news updates and a digital replica of the print edition. Receive breaking news alerts and share stories easily on your phone or tablet. Features intuitive multi-touch gestures for a paper-like reading experience.
- Live news updates
- Print edition replica
- Breaking news alerts
- Story sharing
- Multi-touch gestures
- Paper-like reading experience
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The Monadnock Ledger-Transcript app allows readers to read live news as it's updated through the day and a replica of the print edition. Stories are automatically updated every few minutes all day long. You can receive breaking news alerts, share stories with friends and family - all on your phone or tablet. The app uses iOS Multi-touch gestures to provide fast and easy navigation and a natural paper-like reading experience-- and with all the information readers want and need to actively engage in life in New Hampshire's Monadnock region.
My Keene Now
Stay informed with local news, community updates, and investigative journalism from the Keene area. Receive breaking news alerts and weather updates specific to the region, and tune into live streams of local radio stations.
- Breaking news alerts
- Push notifications
- Local weather forecasts
- Livestreams of local radio stations
- Community information
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The My Keene Now app delivers the latest breaking news, community information and investigative journalism from mykeenenow.com, the primary source of local news in the greater Keene area. Key features: • Breaking news alerts for local news • Push notifications for breaking news and weather • Weather specific to the greater Keene area
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: My Keene Now at none against Monadnock Ledger's shown. My Keene Now also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months). Monadnock Ledger's advantage is ratings volume (62 vs 8). On price, rating, review sentiment 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 — 4.9 for Monadnock Ledger against 5.0 for My Keene Now. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Monadnock Ledger has 62 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Monadnock Ledger ships an update every 8 months, My Keene Now every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monadnock Ledger | My Keene Now |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (62 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Newspapers of New England, Inc. | Saga Communications |
Customer experience
Monadnock Ledger
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In-app purchases
Monadnock Ledger
No in-app purchases
My Keene Now
No in-app purchases
Questions
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