WCBI vs Smalltalk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WCBI
Stay informed with real-time breaking news and weather alerts delivered directly to your smart device. Receive instant push notifications the moment important events occur.
- Breaking news notifications
- Weather alerts
- Push notifications
- Smart phone and tablet compatible
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Download the WCBI News App on your smart phone or tablet device to receive breaking news and weather push notifications the minute it happens.
Smalltalk
Stay informed with concise news summaries on diverse topics. Engage with other users by adding and reading comments on articles. Listen to audio versions of summaries for a hands-free experience.
- Concise news summaries
- Comment section
- Audio playback for articles
- Multiple topics covered
- User engagement
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Get short and sweet summaries of news across a variety of topics and always be up to date with what's happening in the world. Add and read comments on all summaries. Play audio on articles to listen to a summary when you just want to sit back and listen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Smalltalk at none against WCBI's shown. Smalltalk also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). WCBI's advantage is ratings volume (2.5K vs 2). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Smalltalk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WCBI has 2.5K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | WCBI | Smalltalk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.5K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.5K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | WCBI-TV, LLC | Kevin Carbone |
Customer experience
WCBI
Smalltalk
Bugs and requests
WCBI
Reported bugs
3 issues- News not up-to-date
- App not working during bad weather
- Difficulty logging in/joining
Requested features
3 requests- Weather radar integration
- Improved live stream functionality
- Modernized UI design
Smalltalk
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WCBI
No in-app purchases
Smalltalk
No in-app purchases
