FNP ePages vs Inter Mountain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FNP ePages
Access The Frederick News-Post digitally on your iOS device, mirroring the print layout. Enjoy enhanced readability with adjustable text size, instant story navigation, and direct links to web content and email addresses mentioned in articles. Catch up on missed editions with the ability to download past issues.
- Read newspaper as it appears in print
- Adjustable text size
- Instant story navigation
- Link to websites
- Email links
- Download past editions
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The Frederick News-Post ePages lets you read The Frederick News-Post on your iOS device just as it appears in print. You can flip through pages and skim headlines as you would the printed edition. But better than that, the FNP ePages allows you to enlarge type with the tap of a finger, or jump instantly to the conclusion of a story on another page. You can link to websites mentioned in stories with a single touch, or fire off an e-mail to an address linked from the newspaper. And if you missed the paper one day, don't worry. The FNP ePages lets you download past editions, too.
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: FNP ePages at 4.7 against Inter Mountain's 3.0. FNP ePages also leads on update cadence (every 9 months vs every 61 months) and ratings volume (236 vs 2). Inter Mountain's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 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.
FNP ePages holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FNP ePages has 236 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of FNP ePages's written reviews are positive against 67% of Inter Mountain's.
FNP ePages ships an update every 9 months, Inter Mountain every 61 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FNP ePages | Inter Mountain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (236 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 236 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months — better | Every 61 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Frederick News-Post | Ogden Newspapers, Inc. |
Customer experience
FNP ePages
Inter Mountain
Bugs and requests
FNP ePages
Reported bugs
8 issues- Page stabilization issues
- Magnification not working
- Blanking screen on iPad
- Unable to recover article without restart
- Recipes garbled and unreadable
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- App crashes frequently
- App doesn't work half the time
- App doesn't render correctly on smartphone screen
Requested features
11 requests- Improve image presentation (graphs, maps)
- Improve magnification and stabilization
- Add more games (crosswords, Boggle, Jumble, Sudoku)
- Allow searching archives for past stories
- Make comics color daily
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- Improve subscription renewal process online
- Make app render correctly on smartphone screens
- Use a platform similar to The Herald Mail app
- Learn from WBAL and WGAL apps
- Remove subscription requirement
- Extend puzzle archive further back (3-4 months)
Inter Mountain
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FNP ePages
No in-app purchases
Inter Mountain
No in-app purchases
Questions
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