Longmont Times vs Oneida Dispatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Longmont Times
Access personalized news recommendations, save articles for later, and receive custom push notifications. Enjoy a streamlined reading experience with offline access and an in-app digital replica of the daily newspaper.
- Personalized news recommendations
- Save articles for later reading
- Custom push notifications
- Digital newspaper replica (Enews)
- Offline reading
- Follow/unfollow topics
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To continue enjoying our app, we kindly request that you log in again after this update. If you're a subscriber, please take a moment to restore your account to ensure uninterrupted access. You can find the "Restore Subscriptions" button in Settings under Subscriptions. Welcome to a new app experience, we have optimized our app and given it a facelift! This faster native app now has the following new features: Your News: Provide personalized recommendations for content based on user preferences. Users will be allowed to customize the content they want to engage with by selecting the topics they are truly interested in. By going to the "Your News" tab the user can bypass the noise of all that is published and home in on the content they want Saved Articles: Save feature that allows users to save articles or other content they are interested in for later reading or reference.Push notifications will remind users to read their saved articles or suggest related content Custom Push Notifications: The user can select what topics they want to be notified about which makes for a much less intrusive experience. Top Navigation Bar: A top navigation bar lets the user switch between sections by swiping or tapping. Enews in-app: Desire the newspaper experience? No need to open a separate app! By simply going to Settings and selecting E-News the user can browse the Digital Replica of the day's paper. Offline Reading: This feature allows users to enable offline reading from Settings. Offline "Reading Preferences" can also be customized for Settings. Swipe Left: Instead of going back to the main section to find more articles, users have the option to simply swipe, immediately opening other articles in the Section. Follow Topics: A user will be shown articles on topics they are following. To follow select "follow" at the article level and related articles will gain relevancy and be shown more frequently. Just as easily "Unfollow" Terms of Use: https://www.medianewsgroup.com/terms-of-use/ https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Oneida Dispatch
Access personalized news, save articles for later, and customize push notifications. Enjoy an in-app digital newspaper replica and offline reading. Play included games like Sudoku and Crosswords.
- Personalized news recommendations
- Save articles for later
- Customizable push notifications
- In-app digital newspaper replica
- Offline reading mode
- Included games (Sudoku, Crossword, etc.)
- Swipe navigation between articles
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To continue enjoying our app, we kindly request that you log in again after this update. If you're a subscriber, please take a moment to restore your account to ensure uninterrupted access. You can find the “Restore Subscriptions“ button in Settings under Subscriptions. Welcome to a new app experience, we have optimized our app and giving it a facelift! This faster iOS native app now has the following new features: Your News: Provide personalized recommendations for content based on user preferences. Users will be allowed to customize the content they want to engage with by selecting the topics they are truly interested in. By going to the “Your News” tab the user can bypass the noise of all that is published and home in on the content they want Saved Articles: Save feature that allows users to save articles or other content they are interested in for later reading or reference.Push notifications will remind users to read their saved articles or suggest related content Custom Push Notifications: The user can select what topics they want to be notified about which makes for a much less intrusive experience. Top Navigation Bar: A top navigation bar lets the user switch between sections by swiping or tapping. Enews in-app: Desire the newspaper experience? No need to open a separate app! By simply going to Settings and selecting E-News the user can browse the Digital Replica of the day’s paper. Offline Reading: This feature allows users to enable offline reading from Settings. Offline “Reading Preferences” can also be customized for Settings. Swipe Left: Instead of going back to the main section to find more articles, users have the option to simply swipe, immediately opening other articles in the Section. Follow Topics: A user will be shown articles on topics they are following. To follow select “follow” at the article level and related articles will gain relevancy and be shown more frequently. Just as easily “Unfollow” Games: Users can enjoy a variety of games served in app. Games include: Sudoku, Solitaire, Jumble, Crossword, and Puzzles Terms of Use: https://www.medianewsgroup.com/terms-of-use/ https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Oneida Dispatch at 4.5 against Longmont Times's 3.6. Longmont Times's advantage is chart position (#196 vs unranked). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Longmont Times sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Oneida Dispatch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Oneida Dispatch holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 34 and 32 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of Longmont Times's written reviews are positive against 16% of Oneida Dispatch's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Longmont Times | Oneida Dispatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (34 ratings) | 4.5 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.1% of reviews | 15.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #196 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 192 MB | 187 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Prairie Mountain Publishing | Journal Register Company |
Customer experience
Longmont Times
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In-app purchases
Longmont Times
- Longmont Times-Call MonthlySub1 Month trial$14.991 Month
- Longmont Times-Call AnnualSub1 Year trial$174.991 Year
Oneida Dispatch
- Oneida Dispatch Monthly Sub1 Month trial$11.991 Month
- Oneida Dispatch Annual1 Year trial$139.991 Year
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