Oneida Dispatch vs The Post
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
The Post
Access local news, sports, and entertainment from your favorite newspaper. Enjoy an enhanced reading experience with online-only content, puzzles, and games. Subscribers get full access, while others can opt for an app-only subscription.
- Award-winning local news
- Daily features and sports updates
- Entertainment highlights
- Online-only perks
- Interactive puzzles and games
- Article sharing
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Welcome to the Post Standard's new Online Newspaper app! Dive into the newspaper anytime, anywhere. Keep up with award-winning local news, daily features, sports updates, entertainment highlights, special sections, and more—all at your fingertips! Enjoy online-only perks with an enhanced reading experience, including bonus magazines, supplements, interactive puzzles and games, and easy article sharing with friends and family. Post Standard subscribers receive full access to each edition without any extra cost. Just log in with your existing email and password to explore everything we offer! Terms of Use: https://www.advancelocal.com/advancelocalUserAgreement/user-agreement.html Privacy Policy: https://www.advancelocal.com/advancelocalUserAgreement/privacy-policy.html ====== SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION ====== If you are not a current Post Standard subscriber, we offer the following App-only subscription option: 1 Month Auto-renewing Subscription: $24.99 Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Your subscriptions may be managed (and auto-renewal can be turned off) by going to your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Post at 56% against Oneida Dispatch's 17%. The Post also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 31). Oneida Dispatch's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Oneida Dispatch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month and The Post sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $24.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Oneida Dispatch holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Post has 1.6K ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 17% of Oneida Dispatch's written reviews are positive against 56% of The Post's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Oneida Dispatch ships an update monthly, The Post every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Oneida Dispatch | The Post |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (31 ratings) — better | 4.3 (1.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 55.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 1.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 187 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Journal Register Company | The Post-Standard |
Customer experience
Oneida Dispatch
The Post
Bugs and requests
Oneida Dispatch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
The Post
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login and authentication problems
- Automatic page redirects and loss of progress
- Inability to print or save content
- Frequent crashes and freezes
Requested features
4 requests- Bring back daily crosswords and puzzles
- Improve page navigation and section browsing
- Allow for font size and page scaling adjustments
- Restore 'Live News' feature
In-app purchases
Oneida Dispatch
- Oneida Dispatch Monthly Sub1 Month trial$11.991 Month
- Oneida Dispatch Annual1 Year trial$139.991 Year
The Post
- ePOST-STANDARD$24.991 Month
Questions
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