The Babylon Bee vs California Post
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Babylon Bee
Access satirical news content with this app. Browse headlines, share articles, and listen to a podcast. Members-only features are available for logged-in users.
- Browse headlines
- Share articles
- Bookmark articles
- Listen to podcast
- Members-only features
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This app was created ex nihilo on the eighth day of the creation week, exactly 6,000 years ago, with the purpose of making The Babylon Bee's divinely inspired content even more accessible. Here's what you can do with the power of our perfect app in your hands: - Browse recent and trending headlines. - Share and bookmark your favorite articles. - Click on ads to line our pockets with cash. - Customize and sync your preferences. - Listen to our critically-ignored podcast. - Log in for access to members-only features. About Us The Babylon Bee is the world's best satire site, totally inerrant in all its truth claims. We write satire about Christian stuff, political stuff, and everyday life. We have been the premier news source through every major world event, from the Tower of Babel and the Exodus to the Reformation and the War of 1812. We focus on just the facts, leaving spin and bias to other news sites like CNN and Fox News. Unlike other satire sites, everything we post is 100% verified by Snopes.com.
California Post
Stay informed with breaking news, politics, and entertainment from California. This app offers personalized news feeds, smart story recommendations, and quick summaries. Discover new stories and connect with topics that matter most to you.
- Breaking news and politics
- Personalized news feeds
- Smart story recommendations
- Fast story summaries
- Custom news digests
- AI-powered news assistant
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The California Post app just got a major upgrade. From breaking news and politics to Page Six Hollywood, sports, real estate and tech, the updated California Post app puts our newsroom in your pocket — faster and more personalized than ever before. The app now features Hamilton, a new way to ask questions about news, sports and culture, and to dig deeper into the stories Californians are talking about. Readers can also access smarter story recommendations, fast summaries and custom digests tailored to what they read. The updated app makes it easier to follow breaking news, discover new stories and stay connected to the topics you care about most.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: The Babylon Bee at none against California Post's shown. The Babylon Bee also leads on ratings volume (63K vs 1.8K) and review sentiment (95% vs 81%). California Post's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for The Babylon Bee against 4.9 for California Post. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Babylon Bee has 63K ratings behind it against 1.8K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of The Babylon Bee's written reviews are positive against 81% of California Post's.
The Babylon Bee ships an update every 3 weeks, California Post every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Babylon Bee | California Post |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (63K ratings) — better | 4.9 (1.8K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.8% of reviews — better | 81.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 63K — better | 1.8K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | The Babylon Bee, LLC | NYP Holdings, Inc. |
Customer experience
The Babylon Bee
California Post
Bugs and requests
The Babylon Bee
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login issues
- Compatibility problems with older devices
Requested features
3 requests- Expand content beyond politics and religion
- Improve app stability and reliability
- Add more sharing options and social integration
California Post
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Babylon Bee
No in-app purchases
California Post
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is The Babylon Bee free?
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