The Post vs NNY360
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
NNY360
Access comprehensive news, local sports, community updates, and weather for Northern New York. Stay informed about current events, arts, lifestyle, and obituaries. Share content with friends and family.
- Local news and current events
- Follow local sports
- Arts and lifestyle features
- Community announcements
- Weather updates
- Share content with friends
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NNY360 is the North Country’s most trusted local news network — delivering the stories, sports and community coverage that connect our region every day. Reaching more than 60,000 readers across Northern New York — nearly 6 in 10 households — NNY360 brings together the full strength of the Watertown Daily Times, Malone Telegram, Advance News, Journal & Republican, and the Jefferson County Pennysaver into one seamless experience. Stay informed with breaking news and in-depth local reporting across Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence and Franklin counties. Follow high school and regional sports, explore NNY Outdoors, and dive into arts, culture and lifestyle with NNY Living. Get business insights from NNY Business and health coverage from NNY Health — all in one place. From community announcements and obituaries to photo galleries, videos and weather updates, NNY360 keeps you connected to the people, places and stories that matter most. Local. Trusted. Everywhere you are. Free to download. Subscribers enjoy full access. https://www.nny360.com/site/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Post at 56% against NNY360's 0%. The Post also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.0) and ads (none vs shown). NNY360's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). 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. The Post sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $24.99 per month and NNY360 sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
The Post holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Post has 1.8K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of The Post's written reviews are positive against 0% of NNY360's.
The Post ships an update every 3 months, NNY360 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Post | NNY360 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (1.8K ratings) — better | 2.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | The Post-Standard | Johnson Newspaper Corp. |
Customer experience
The Post
NNY360
Bugs and 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
NNY360
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Post
- ePOST-STANDARD$24.991 Month
NNY360
- nny360 monthly subscription$9.991 Month
Questions
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