FNP ePages vs FredScanner One
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.
FredScanner One
Access real-time Frederick, Maryland Police and Fire Department communications. Listen to the main feed 24/7, view current transmissions, and see the latest incident details. Stay informed about emergency services in your area.
- Listen to Main Feed 24/7
- Channel display for current transmission
- Latest Fire/Rescue incident display
- Listener and feed status indicators
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FredScanner One is the basic Frederick, Maryland Police/Fire tool and includes the following: - Listen to our Main Feed 24x7 (an ad will play before stream starts) - Channel display shows what the current transmission is - Latest Fire/Rescue incident displayed - Listener and feed status
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: FredScanner One at none against FNP ePages's shown. FredScanner One also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). FNP ePages's advantage is ratings volume (236 vs 4) and update cadence (every 9 months vs every 34 months). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for FNP ePages against 4.8 for FredScanner One. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FNP ePages has 236 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
FNP ePages ships an update every 9 months, FredScanner One every 34 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | FNP ePages | FredScanner One |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (236 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 236 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months — better | Every 34 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 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | The Frederick News-Post | WaveJam Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
FNP ePages
FredScanner One
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)
FredScanner One
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FNP ePages
No in-app purchases
FredScanner One
No in-app purchases
Questions
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