Outside vs PHS Tower
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/
PHS Tower
Access news and student reporting from Princeton High School's student newspaper. Features interactive content, opinion pieces, and tools to enhance student life, including schedule organization.
- Student reporting
- Interactive content
- Student opinions
- Schedule organization
- Student quality-of-life features
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Princeton High School's award-winning student newspaper, The Tower, serves as an important medium of news, student discourse, and reporting within Princeton High School's student body. The Tower's new app shares student reporting, features interactive content, and further outreach to better represent the opinions of the student body. The app also includes schedule organization and additional features to improve student quality-of-life at PHS.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PHS Tower at 100% against Outside's 22%. PHS Tower also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Outside's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 14) and chart position (#158 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Outside sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $89.99 per year. PHS Tower asks for nothing beyond the download.
PHS Tower holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Outside has 1.9K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Outside's written reviews are positive against 100% of PHS Tower's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Outside | PHS Tower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.9K ratings) | 5.0 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #158 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +9 |
| Developer | Outside Television Inc | Aritra Ray |
Customer experience
Outside
PHS Tower
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
PHS Tower
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Outside
- Outside+ All Access$89.991 Year
PHS Tower
No in-app purchases
