660 AM The Answer vs Lubbock Lights
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
660 AM The Answer
Listen to breaking news and stimulating talk radio from your favorite station. This app provides on-demand access to the station's best content.
- Breaking news updates
- Stimulating talk radio
- On-demand content access
- Radio station streaming
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660 AM The Answer is your station for breaking news and stimulating talk. With the new 660 AM The Answer radio app you can feed your appetite for the best that 660 AM The Answer has to offer.
Lubbock Lights
This nonprofit news app delivers essential local stories, weather updates, and in-depth reporting for the Lubbock area. It features a clean, readable interface with offline access and customizable notifications, all without a paywall or ads.
- Daily top local story
- Searchable story archive
- Offline reading capability
- Local weather forecasts and alerts
- Coverage of city hall, schools, and business
- Adjustable text size
- Save stories for later
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Lubbock Lights is nonprofit local journalism for Lubbock and the South Plains. No paywall, no clickbait, and no national ad network deciding which stories you see. TODAY'S LEAD Open the app and the day's most important local story is already there. No scrolling to work out what mattered. THE LEDGER A running daily record of the stories we're tracking, each one linked straight to the original reporting behind it. If another newsroom broke it, we say so and we send you to them. You never have to take our word for it. LATEST Our full archive — more than 500 stories — searchable. Tap any story to read it in a fast, clean reader that keeps working after you've lost signal. WEATHER The forecast for wherever you actually are, not just downtown Lubbock, straight from the National Weather Service. Active alerts included. OUR STUFF Broadcasts, obituaries, and every beat we cover — city hall, the county, schools, Texas Tech, business, and more. BUILT FOR READING - Type that scales with your iOS text size setting - Save stories to finish later - Optional notifications when we publish - A confidential tip line straight to the newsroom - Our corrections policy and a plain-English explanation of how we work, one tap away HOW WE'RE FUNDED Lubbock Lights is a nonprofit newsroom supported by readers and local sponsors. The app is free. There's no subscription, and no account to create. Made in Lubbock, for Lubbock.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lubbock Lights at 5.0 against 660 AM The Answer's 2.4. Lubbock Lights also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). 660 AM The Answer's advantage is ratings volume (34 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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.
Lubbock Lights holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 660 AM The Answer has 34 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
660 AM The Answer ships an update every 3 weeks, Lubbock Lights every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 660 AM The Answer | Lubbock Lights |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (34 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Salem Radio Operations, LLC | Lubbock Stories, Inc. dba Lubbock Lights |
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In-app purchases
660 AM The Answer
No in-app purchases
Lubbock Lights
No in-app purchases
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