Vermont Standard eEdition vs Wanderer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vermont Standard eEdition
Read The Vermont Standard newspaper on your iOS device exactly as it appears in print. Navigate easily with multi-touch gestures for a natural, paper-like experience. Access current and past issues using your existing account login.
- Print edition replica
- Multi-touch navigation
- Access current issues
- Access back issues
- Existing account login
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Our electronic edition app lets users easily read The Vermont Standard on iOS Devices with all the stories, ads, and photos shown exactly as it appears in print. The app uses iOS Multi-touch gestures to provide fast and easy navigation and a natural paper-like reading experience. Readers use their current account login to access current and back issues.
Wanderer
Access the complete weekly newspaper for Mattapoisett, Marion, and Rochester, Massachusetts, directly on your iOS device. Download individual issues or subscribe for automatic delivery of new content.
- Full weekly newspaper access
- Local news for Mattapoisett, Marion, Rochester
- On-demand issue downloads
- Automatic new issue downloads
- Supports iPhone and iPad
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The Wanderer app brings you the The Wanderer weekly newspaper, in its entirety, direct to your iOS device. The Wanderer publishes news for the Southeastern Massachusetts towns of Mattapoisett, Marion and Rochester. Serving the communities of Marion, Mattpoisett and Rochester since 1992. Download issues on demand, or subscribe for free to have new issues automatically downloaded and ready to read. Supports all iPhone and iPad models.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Vermont Standard eEdition at 100% against Wanderer's 33%. Vermont Standard eEdition also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (20 vs 4). Wanderer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, 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.
Vermont Standard eEdition holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vermont Standard eEdition has 20 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Vermont Standard eEdition's written reviews are positive against 33% of Wanderer's.
Vermont Standard eEdition ships an update every 9 months, Wanderer every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on August 2, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vermont Standard eEdition | Wanderer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (20 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 8 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | The Vermont Standard | Wanderer Com Inc. |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Vermont Standard eEdition
No in-app purchases
Wanderer
No in-app purchases
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