MyChamplainValley vs Valley News
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyChamplainValley
Stay informed with local news and real-time updates from your community. Get breaking news alerts, detailed weather forecasts, and in-depth reports from trusted local journalists. Access saved stories and interactive weather maps for planning your day.
- Top local news stories
- Breaking news alerts
- Local weather warnings
- Regional forecast
- Interactive radar map
- Save stories for later
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News has never been more local than in the palm of your hand. The Local 22 Local 44 mobile app brings you all the top stories from our daily broadcasts, as well as stories developing in real time. Get breaking news alerts, local weather warnings, and your regional forecast from the SkyTracker Weather Team. From “This Day In History” to our cold case investigations, myChamplainValley.com is your source for local news that matters to Vermont, New York’s North Country, and the Upper Valley in New Hampshire. FEATURES: • Watch video of your trusted reporters on the scene, and read revealing articles on what's going on in your community. • Plan your day and week with detailed weather reports, live alerts of severe conditions, and an interactive radar map. • Optional alerts on breaking news keep you in the know. • On the go? Save stories for later to access at your convenience.
Valley News
Access live, continuously updated news and a digital replica of the print edition. Receive breaking news alerts and easily share stories with others. Enjoy intuitive navigation with multi-touch gestures for a paper-like reading experience.
- Live news updates
- Replica print edition
- Breaking news alerts
- Share stories
- Multi-touch gestures
- Paper-like reading experience
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The Valley News app allows readers to read live news as it's updated through the day and a replica of the print edition. Stories are automatically updated every few minutes all day long. You can receive breaking news alerts, share stories with friends and family - all on your phone or tablet. The app uses iOS Multi-touch gestures to provide fast and easy navigation and a natural paper-like reading experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MyChamplainValley at every 6 weeks against Valley News's every 8 months. MyChamplainValley also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.4) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
MyChamplainValley holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 377 and 567 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of MyChamplainValley's written reviews are positive against 83% of Valley News's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MyChamplainValley ships an update every 6 weeks, Valley News every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyChamplainValley | Valley News |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (377 ratings) — better | 4.4 (567 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 82.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 377 | 567 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Nexstar Broadcasting | Newspapers of New England, Inc. |
Customer experience
MyChamplainValley
Valley News
Bugs and requests
MyChamplainValley
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Valley News
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes during panning and zooming operations
- Inconsistent article tapping behavior
- Text-only layout not synced with newspaper layout
- Comic strips do not display in correct sequence
- Blank page when rotating device to landscape mode
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- Random pages appearing when swiping
- Swiping up goes to table of contents with no return option
- Articles spanning multiple pages separated in digital format
- Login password reset loop with account not found errors
- App title truncated on iPhone XS display
Requested features
7 requests- Dark mode option for evening reading
- New editions should open on page one instead of last read page
- Earlier online availability of next day's paper (after 10 PM EST)
- Better syncing between newspaper and text-only layouts
- Improved comic strip sequencing
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- Extended coverage further south of Upper Valley
- Ability to disable snap-to-grid feature
In-app purchases
MyChamplainValley
No in-app purchases
Valley News
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is MyChamplainValley free?
Is Valley News free?
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