Yazoo Herald vs eType Services
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yazoo Herald
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The Yazoo Herald is a locally owned and operated news outlet that serves Yazoo City, Mississippi (and the surrounding area). For over 100 years, The Yazoo Herald has been covering the news, events, and people important to the various Yazoo county communities. Free to download, the Yazoo Herald app allows users to continue supporting local journalism. They receive a mobile browsing/reading experience, complete with the following features: • Relevant, local news from the community • Various categorized sections, including Crime, Obituaries, Politics, Sports, and more. • Social posting features, allowing for Friends, Groups, Neighborhoods, and more to add user content (Photos, Videos, etc). • State, National, and International news coverage. • Daily Comic Strips and Political Cartoons. • Emailed newsletters and toggled notifications, to keep up to date with the latest stories. • New features and experimental updates, building the app into a powerful source of information for the local community. The Yazoo Herald app provides various digital subscription options, user content tools, and numerous advertising opportunities. BY DOWNLOADING THE YAZOO HERALD APP, users agree to: • The Yazoo Herald’s Terms of Service: https://www.yazooherald.net/terms-of-service • The Yazoo Herald’s Privacy Policy: https://www.yazooherald.net/privacy-policy-2
eType Services
Read exact replicas of print publications on your iOS device. Navigate easily with gestures, zoom into pages, or switch to article mode for preferred font sizes. Access the latest editions, back issues, and search content.
- Print replica reading experience
- Multi-gesture navigation
- Zoom and article mode
- Full text search
- Access to latest and back issues
- Offline reading
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The eType services app is offered by participating publications to let users read an exact replica of the print edition on an iOS phone or tablet. Readers can quickly navigate the entire publication using iOS multi-gestures. Swipe to browse pages or sections or tap a live headline or page number to reach your favorite article. A thumbnail view lets you scan all the pages at once. To read a story, just tap to zoom the page image, or tap to article mode and read the whole story, including jumps, in the text window at the font size you prefer. The eEdition will also let you easily find topics using the section and story index, or find any ad or story via a full text search of words contained in the copy. The eEdition is published on the same schedule as the print edition. Just open the app to get the latest edition for on-line or off-line reading. You can also access back issues that you might have missed. To use, just download the app and select your publication. Access typically requires an account login and password that is provided to active readers. Check with your publication for details. The app provides free access to a demo edition so you can try out the eEdition. If you have access to several participating papers, the app will let you switch among them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Yazoo Herald at none against eType Services's shown. eType Services's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 42 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Yazoo Herald ships an update every 42 months, eType Services every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Yazoo Herald | eType Services |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.9 (12 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 42 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Emmerich Newspapers, Inc | Etype services, LLC |
In-app purchases
Yazoo Herald
No in-app purchases
eType Services
No in-app purchases
Questions
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