Lancaster Farming vs FarmWeek
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lancaster Farming
Stay informed about the latest agricultural news, market reports, and agribusiness updates. This app also connects you to rural life with articles on gardening, food, antiques, and outdoor activities.
- Agricultural news
- Market reports
- Agribusiness information
- Gardening articles
- Food and recipes
- Antiques and auctions
- Outdoor activities
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Lancaster Farming is the leading Northeast and Mid-Atlantic farm newspaper. The Lancaster Farming app brings the latest agricultural news, market reports and agribusiness information right to your phone. It also keeps you connected to rural life through articles about gardening, food and recipes, antiques, auctions, hunting, the great outdoors, fairs and shows, and so much more. “The Farmer’s Choice” since 1955, Lancaster Farming combines progress and tradition better than any other agricultural news source.
FarmWeek
This app delivers timely news, weather, and price updates specifically for Illinois farmers. Access audio programming and video releases to stay informed and competitive in agriculture.
- Latest Illinois agriculture news
- Weather forecasts
- Price information
- RFD Radio Network audio programming
- Illinois Farm Bureau video releases
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FarmWeekNow provides farmers with the latest information about Illinois agriculture from the staffs of FarmWeek, RFD Radio Network and Illinois Farm Bureau’s News and Communications division. App users will be able to receive the latest news, weather and price information tailored for Illinois farmers, plus the latest audio programming from the RFD Radio Network. In addition, ILFB (Illinois Farm Bureau) video releases can be viewed on the app, thanks to our affiliation with Brightcove and the American Farm Bureau Federation. FarmWeekNow provides the information that Illinois farmers need to be competitive in today’s agriculture.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FarmWeek at 5.0 against Lancaster Farming's 4.7. FarmWeek also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). Lancaster Farming's advantage is ratings volume (88 vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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.
FarmWeek holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lancaster Farming has 88 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Lancaster Farming ships an update every 4 months, FarmWeek every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lancaster Farming | FarmWeek |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (88 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 88 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | LNP Media Group, Inc. | Illinois Farm |
Customer experience
Lancaster Farming
FarmWeek
In-app purchases
Lancaster Farming
No in-app purchases
FarmWeek
No in-app purchases
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