Joplin Globe vs Inter Mountain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Joplin Globe
Access local news, commentary, photos, and videos from your community. Download daily editions for offline reading and stay updated with breaking news, sports, and weather. Enjoy enhanced features for real estate and weather, plus local classifieds and shopping information.
- Offline reading of daily editions
- Breaking news and developing stories
- Photo and video galleries
- Print edition layout view
- Local weather and events
- Social sharing of content
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Take the Joplin Globe with you wherever and whenever you go. Your community resource for news, commentary, photos, video and special features is evolving. Access it now and take off with our award-winning breaking news, sports, weather and more. Features: - Download daily editions and content to read offline at your convenience. - Get breaking news and developing stories from the Joplin Globe newsroom. - Browse photos and watch videos of local and national events. - View articles as they were written and edited for the Joplin Globe print edition. - Access free local weather, events, classifieds and shopping information - See each page and article in a horizontal or vertical display. - Share articles, photos, coupons and local events with friends on your social network. - New enhanced Real Estate and Weather features in Live News
Inter Mountain
Stay informed about local happenings in Elkins and Randolph County, West Virginia. Access breaking news, sports updates, opinion pieces, and community information. Features include article search and local event listings.
- Breaking News Alerts
- Local News Coverage
- Local Sports Updates
- Polls and Opinion
- Full Article Search
- Local Garage Sale Listings
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Local News from The Inter-Mountain, serving Elkins and the people of Randolph County, West Virginia, with news, sports, opinion and information. - Breaking News Alerts - Local News - Local Sports - Polls - Full Article Search - Local Garage Sales and Directions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Joplin Globe at 4.6 against Inter Mountain's 3.0. Joplin Globe also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 61 months) and ratings volume (93 vs 2). Inter Mountain's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment 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. Joplin Globe sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Inter Mountain asks for nothing beyond the download.
Joplin Globe holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Joplin Globe has 93 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 66% and 67% positive.
Joplin Globe ships an update every 4 months, Inter Mountain every 61 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Joplin Globe | Inter Mountain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (93 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.9% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 93 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 61 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | +12 | 4+ |
| Developer | CNHI LLC | Ogden Newspapers, Inc. |
Customer experience
Joplin Globe
Inter Mountain
In-app purchases
Joplin Globe
- Today's ePaper$1.99
Inter Mountain
No in-app purchases
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