AA Grapevine vs Newston
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AA Grapevine
Access the international journal of Alcoholics Anonymous, featuring articles, a podcast, and a daily quote. Enhance your sobriety journey with a calculator, events calendar, and exclusive spiritual maintenance tools. Share your experiences and connect with a supportive community.
- Monthly magazine access
- Article archives
- Podcast player
- Daily quote
- Sobriety calculator
- AA events calendar
- Spiritual maintenance checklist
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The Grapevine app is all things Grapevine right on your smartphone. The monthly magazine, the articles archives, the podcast, the daily quote, an enhanced sobriety calculator, and the AA events calendar. App-exclusive features include a spiritual maintenance checklist and the ability to share articles, and your own experience, strength, and hope with other Grapevine app users. The app allows for more content each month too. Service-oriented members will find easy ways to be a part of the AA Grapevine Community in our Get Involved section. You’ll be able to read Grapevine anonymously wherever you go. You can also listen to each month’s articles on a playlist, and listen to the podcast playlist right on the app. Terms of Use / End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
Newston
This app consolidates all your favorite newsletters into a single, organized feed. It provides a custom email address for subscriptions, enhancing privacy and reducing inbox clutter for a streamlined reading experience.
- Centralized newsletter reading
- Custom @newston.email subscription address
- In-app newsletter discovery
- Seamless and intuitive interface
- Privacy and security focused
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Introducing Newston — the newsletter reader genius designed for comfort, simplicity, and security. With Newston, users can effortlessly view all their favorite newsletters in one place. It's never been easier to stay informed and organized. The app also offers the unique feature of creating custom subscription @newston.email address within the app, ensuring privacy and security for all subscriptions. Say goodbye to inbox clutter and hello to a seamless newsletter reading experience. Key Features: 1. Centralized newsletter reading: access and read all your newsletters in one place 2. Custom subscription address: create a custom @newston.email email to subscribe for new newsletters 3. Discover: browse categories that match your interests and subscribe right withing the app 4. Seamless interface: enjoy a user-friendly and intuitive app interface Terms and Conditions: https://www.newston.email/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.newston.email/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Newston at 5.0 against AA Grapevine's 4.1. AA Grapevine's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (84 vs 1). 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. AA Grapevine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Newston sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Newston holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AA Grapevine has 84 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
AA Grapevine ships an update every 4 weeks, Newston every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AA Grapevine | Newston |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (84 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 84 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #46 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AA Grapevine, Inc. | West East Labs LLC |
Customer experience
AA Grapevine
Newston
Bugs and requests
AA Grapevine
Reported bugs
16 issues- Subscription verification issues
- App is buggy
- Restore subscription option never works
- Cannot access current issue
- App repeatedly states user is not subscribed
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- Subscription sync issues
- App does not unlock all features after subscription
- Data not available message when restoring subscription
- Cannot download full issue
- Meeting place pictures not available
- Article playlist does not auto-advance
- Cannot read on e-ink devices
- Archive search is missing terms
- Cannot sign in with valid subscription
- No user ID/password created during subscription
- App does not recognize valid subscription
Requested features
7 requests- Native iPad version needed
- Improve iPad usability for visually impaired
- Fix app bugs
- Add a way to change password
- Improve archive search functionality
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- Add ability to report app bugs
- Allow specifying user ID/password during subscription
Newston
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AA Grapevine
- Grapevine Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Grapevine Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
Newston
- Newston Premium - Monthly$1.991 Month
