Comparison

The Spectrum vs St. George News

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

The Spectrum

Access in-depth local journalism, including community events, sports, and photography. Enjoy a fast, customizable reading experience with real-time notifications and offline access. Includes a digital replica of the print edition and access to other eNewspapers.

Highlights
  • In-depth local journalism
  • Streamlined, fast-loading experience
  • Real-time notifications
  • Customizable reading experience
  • Offline reading
  • eNewspaper replica
  • Access to USA TODAY and other eNewspapers
Features
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From critically acclaimed storytelling to powerful photography to engaging videos — The Spectrum app delivers the local news that matters most to your community. APP FEATURES: • Access all of our in-depth journalism, including things to do around town, sports coverage from high school to the pros, and much more. • Enjoy a streamlined, fast-loading experience that makes it easy to view the stories, photos, and videos that matter to you. • Get breaking news, sports scores, and weather alerts with real-time notifications tailored to your interests. • Customize your experience by saving your favorite stories, adjusting text size, using night mode, or reading offline. • eNewspaper: Just like our print edition but accessible on your mobile devices. And access to USA TODAY and 200+ local eNewspapers. MORE INFORMATION: • Privacy Policy: https://cm.thespectrum.com/privacy/ • Terms of Service: https://cm.thespectrum.com/terms/ • Help Center: https://help.thespectrum.com • Subscriptions are charged to your account at confirmation of purchase and automatically renew each month or year, unless turned off in your account settings 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. You can manage your subscriptions and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. See "Subscription Support" in the app's Settings for more details and customer service contact information.

About

St. George News

Access fast, reliable local news for Southern Utah. Stay informed with breaking alerts, community events, sports, and opinion pieces. Engage with your community through comments and submissions.

Highlights
  • Local news updates
  • Breaking alerts
  • Sports coverage
  • Community events
  • Opinion and lifestyle articles
  • Reader interaction forums
Features
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St. George News is your #1 source for local news in Southern Utah. The App's goal is to get everyone in southern Utah fast and reliable news that include alerts and information more readily in your hand via the iPhone and iPad apps. St. George News, including STGnews.com, StGeorgeUtah.com, Cedar City News and CedarCityUtah.com, a Canyon Media company, provides comprehensive and interactive news services focusing on matters of relevance to the communities of Southern Utah. Our coverage includes news, sports, community and civic events, opinion, lifestyle, business and other matters of concern and interest to the community that our readers can trust and enjoy. St. George News offers provocative and engaging opinion and advice columns, feature series and shows. We engage the opinions and interaction of our community of readers through letters to the editor, comment forums and submitted feature material as well as sponsored content. RELEVANCE • RELIABILITY • REPRESENTATION • INTERACTION Our mission is (1) to provide the community with relevant, unrestricted, unbiased, fair, uplifting and accurate news, truths and greater issues in a reliable and timely fashion, (2) to serve our local communities in facilitating the exchange of information between leaders, businesses, charities and residents for the best interests of the St. George area communities, and (3) to welcome online interaction among our community of readers. Avenues of interaction include comments to articles online, Facebook, Twitter, letters to the editor and submissions. Private email, Facebook and text messaging and other conversations with the editors are always welcome as well. St. George News & Cedar City News.

Screenshots

The Spectrum4 screens
St. George News4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: St. George News at none against The Spectrum's 4. St. George News also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). The Spectrum's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (65% vs 50%). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. The Spectrum sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. St. George News asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Spectrum holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Spectrum has 160 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of The Spectrum's written reviews are positive against 50% of St. George News's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Spectrum ships an update monthly, St. George News every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
The Spectrum versus St. George News: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe SpectrumSt. George News
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (160 ratings) — better3.9 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews65.2% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings160 — better14
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size184 MB64 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperUSA TODAY Co., Inc.Frandsen Media

Customer experience

The Spectrum

All ratings160 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral8.8%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive65.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative30.4%

St. George News

All ratings14 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

The Spectrum

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Digital Rate1 Month trial2 variants$9.991 Month
  • The Spectrum Digital Subscription1 Month trial$16.991 Month
  • The Spectrum Digital Subscription1 Year trial$69.991 Year
None

St. George News

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Spectrum free?
The Spectrum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is St. George News free?
St. George News is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Spectrum or St. George News?
The Spectrum is rated higher. The Spectrum averages 4.2 out of 5 from 160 ratings, while St. George News averages 3.9 from 14 ratings.
Do The Spectrum or St. George News have ads?
Both The Spectrum and St. George News show ads.
Which is updated more often, The Spectrum or St. George News?
The Spectrum ships an update monthly, and St. George News every 3 months. Most recently, The Spectrum was updated on October 29, 2026 and St. George News on October 24, 2026.

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