Hometown Digital TV vs Stringer News
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hometown Digital TV
Access local television channels covering a variety of content including sports, food, and news. Stay updated with your community's programming.
- Local television coverage
- Sports programming
- Food content
- News updates
- Community programming
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Local television covering sports food news and more
Stringer News
Experience news directly from individuals on the ground, offering firsthand perspectives on unfolding events. This app combines personal narratives with aggregated headlines from major news outlets for comprehensive coverage. Witness events from every angle as they happen.
- Eyewitness accounts
- Firsthand event insights
- Aggregated major headlines
- Comprehensive news coverage
- Real-time unfolding events
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Stringer brings you news straight from the source—individuals on the ground, giving you firsthand insights into events as they unfold. Alongside these personal narratives, we aggregate headlines from major news outlets to provide comprehensive coverage. With Stringer, you're not just reading the news; you're witnessing it as it unfolds, from every angle.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Stringer News at 27 against Hometown Digital TV's 3. Hometown Digital TV's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.4). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 — 5.0 for Hometown Digital TV against 4.9 for Stringer News. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stringer News has 27 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hometown Digital TV ships an update every 9 days, Stringer News every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hometown Digital TV | Stringer News |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.9 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | TvStartup Inc. | Stringer News |
Customer experience
Hometown Digital TV
Stringer News
In-app purchases
Hometown Digital TV
No in-app purchases
Stringer News
No in-app purchases
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