Outside vs AA Grapevine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Outside
Access content from 15 outdoor and wellness publications in one app. Discover articles, videos, training plans, recipes, and gear guides tailored to your interests. Share your favorite content with friends and stay inspired for your next adventure.
- Content from 15 publications
- Personalized content feed
- Trending articles and videos
- Gear reviews and buying guides
- Training plans and recipes
- Content sharing
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Fuel all your adventures with the latest from 15 brands across the Outside Network, including Outside, Velo, Yoga Journal, Vegetarian Times, and more. Plus, watch trending videos from the palm of your hand. Start using this free app by logging in with your Outside+ subscription. Your daily destination for content from: Outside • Outside Watch • Backpacker • Clean Eating • Climbing • National Park Trips • SKI • Trail Runner • Triathlete • Vegetarian Times • Velo • Women’s Running • Yoga Journal • And More Get inspired to get outside with these app features: - Explore content tailored to your interests, and fill your feed with what you love – choose from running, cycling, backpacking, climbing, nutrition, snow sports, triathlon, yoga, strength training, and more. - Get the latest new and greatest stories from across the Outside Network – long reads, breaking news, in-depth event coverage (Tour de France, IRONMAN, and more), gear reviews & buying guides, opinion pieces, training plans for all levels, yoga practices, recipes, meal plans, and more. - See which articles and videos are trending. - Spread the stoke, and share your favorite content with your favorite adventure buddies. Terms of Use: https://www.outsideinc.com/terms-of-use/
AA Grapevine
Access the international journal of Alcoholics Anonymous, featuring articles, a podcast, and a daily quote. Enhance your sobriety journey with a calculator, events calendar, and exclusive spiritual maintenance tools. Share your experiences and connect with a supportive community.
- Monthly magazine access
- Article archives
- Podcast player
- Daily quote
- Sobriety calculator
- AA events calendar
- Spiritual maintenance checklist
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The Grapevine app is all things Grapevine right on your smartphone. The monthly magazine, the articles archives, the podcast, the daily quote, an enhanced sobriety calculator, and the AA events calendar. App-exclusive features include a spiritual maintenance checklist and the ability to share articles, and your own experience, strength, and hope with other Grapevine app users. The app allows for more content each month too. Service-oriented members will find easy ways to be a part of the AA Grapevine Community in our Get Involved section. You’ll be able to read Grapevine anonymously wherever you go. You can also listen to each month’s articles on a playlist, and listen to the podcast playlist right on the app. Terms of Use / End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Outside at 4.6 against AA Grapevine's 4.1. Outside also leads on ratings volume (1.8K vs 84) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). AA Grapevine's advantage is review sentiment (31% vs 22%) and chart position (#46 vs #144). On price, update cadence, 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. Outside sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $89.99 per year and AA Grapevine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Outside holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Outside has 1.8K ratings behind it against 84, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 22% of Outside's written reviews are positive against 31% of AA Grapevine's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Outside ships an update every 3 weeks, AA Grapevine every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Outside | AA Grapevine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.8K ratings) — better | 4.1 (84 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 21.6% of reviews | 31.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 84 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #144 | #46 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Outside Television Inc | AA Grapevine, Inc. |
Customer experience
Outside
AA Grapevine
Bugs and requests
Outside
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login issues
- Incompatible with older devices
- Crashing on video playback
- Content not updating frequently
Requested features
4 requests- Apple Watch support for Trailforks
- Ability to save articles
- Better article organization and sorting
- Separate apps for each publication
AA Grapevine
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Outside
- Outside+ All Access$89.991 Year
AA Grapevine
- Grapevine Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Grapevine Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
