Comparison

The Answer Honolulu vs BetterNews Reader

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

The Answer Honolulu

Listen live to conservative news and talk radio from Honolulu. Stay informed with breaking news, commentary, and discussions. Interact with the station through voice messages and contests, and enjoy hands-free listening with CarPlay and Android Auto support.

Highlights
  • Live radio streaming
  • Breaking news updates
  • Voice message to studio
  • Contests and promotions
  • Apple CarPlay and Android Auto support
  • Background audio playback
Features
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The Answer Honolulu is Honolulu’s home for conservative news and talk radio. Stay informed with live programming that delivers breaking news, insightful commentary, and thoughtful discussions on today’s most important issues—locally and nationally. With The Answer Honolulu app, you can listen live wherever you are, check recently aired programs, and stay connected to the station with ease. Enable notifications so you never miss breaking news or special programming and enjoy reliable streaming throughout the day. The app makes it easy to interact with the station and stay engaged. Send voice messages to the studio using the open mic feature, participate in contests and promotions, and access exclusive station updates—all from one convenient place. Download The Answer Honolulu app today and stay connected to conservative news and talk in Honolulu—anytime, anywhere.

About

BetterNews Reader

Features
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BetterNews is a quiet, fast news reader. Point it at the sites you already read, and it gathers their headlines into one list — no account, no algorithm deciding what you see, and no advertising. ADD ANY SITE Paste a site's address and BetterNews finds its feed for you. Point it at a section like supersport.com/rugby and you get that section, not the whole site. If a site publishes no feed at all, BetterNews reads the page itself and builds one. SORT IT YOUR WAY File each site under Tech, World, Sport, Finance or General, then tap a section to filter the list. Everything stays in the order it was published — newest first, always. READ THE ARTICLE, NOT THE PAGE Open a story and BetterNews shows the text and the full-resolution lead image, without the pop-ups, cookie banners and newsletter overlays. The original page is one tap away whenever you want it. BUILT FOR IPAD On iPad the list becomes a grid — two columns in portrait, four in landscape — with artwork shown at its own proportions rather than cropped to fit a box. YOUR SETTINGS FOLLOW YOU Your list of sites is stored in your own iCloud Drive, under Apps/BettrNews, as a plain readable file. Add a site on the iPad and it appears on the iPhone. It is your file: you can open it, back it up, or edit it yourself. LIGHT OR DARK, YOUR CHOICE Follow the system appearance or pin the app to light or dark. The setting is per device, so your iPhone and iPad can differ. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account to create. No analytics, no advertising identifiers, no third-party SDKs of any kind. BetterNews talks to the sites you have added and to your own iCloud Drive — nothing else. Headlines and summaries already fetched stay readable when you lose signal.

Screenshots

The Answer Honolulu4 screens
BetterNews Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: BetterNews Reader at none against The Answer Honolulu's shown. BetterNews Reader also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Answer Honolulu ships an update every 4 months, BetterNews Reader every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
The Answer Honolulu versus BetterNews Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Answer HonoluluBetterNews Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB1 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMalama Media Group, LLCKobus Marneweck

In-app purchases

None

The Answer Honolulu

No in-app purchases

None

BetterNews Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Answer Honolulu free?
The Answer Honolulu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BetterNews Reader free?
BetterNews Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do The Answer Honolulu or BetterNews Reader have ads?
The Answer Honolulu shows ads; BetterNews Reader does not.
Which is updated more often, The Answer Honolulu or BetterNews Reader?
The Answer Honolulu ships an update every 4 months, and BetterNews Reader every 3 weeks. Most recently, The Answer Honolulu was updated on October 20, 2026 and BetterNews Reader on October 24, 2026.

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