Bossip vs The Final Call
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bossip
Stay updated with the latest African-American and Black celebrity gossip, entertainment news, and Black Hollywood rumors. This app delivers exclusive insights for dedicated fans of Black entertainment.
- African-American celebrity gossip
- Black entertainment news
- Black Hollywood rumors
- Exclusive gossip
- Hardcore entertainment updates
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Premier destination for African-American and Black Celebrity Gossip, Entertainment News, and Black Hollywood Rumors. Gossip for the hardcore.
The Final Call
Access the weekly newspaper edition digitally on your devices. Enjoy interactive features like offline downloads, easy page navigation, text searches, and personal notes.
- Digital newspaper editions
- Offline reading downloads
- Interactive features
- Easy swipe browsing
- Text search functionality
- Add personal notes
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The Final Call Digital Edition! Read each week's edition of The Final Call anytime, anywhere on your computer, tablet or smartphone. The Final Call Digital Edition contains the all the articles of the print edition with additional interactive features including downloads of Final Call editions for offline reading, easy swipe browsing of pages, text searches, adding your own notes and more. Privacy Policy: http://finalcall.com/artman/publish/privacy/privacy.shtml Terms of Service: http://finalcall.com/artman/publish/tos/tos.shtml
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Final Call at 4.6 against Bossip's 4.0. The Final Call also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 42%). Bossip's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 12 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.2). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Final Call holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Bossip's written reviews are positive against 83% of The Final Call's.
Bossip ships an update every 3 months, The Final Call every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on June 8, 2026 and July 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bossip | The Final Call |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (45 ratings) | 4.6 (33 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.9% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 33 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 12.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Urban One, Inc. | Final Call, Inc. |
Customer experience
Bossip
The Final Call
In-app purchases
Bossip
No in-app purchases
The Final Call
No in-app purchases
