AA Grapevine vs Johnson County Post
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
Johnson County Post
Stay informed with local community news delivered directly to your devices. Access all the latest coverage as a subscriber to this dedicated news source.
- Local community news
- Subscriber access
- Multi-device support
- Latest coverage
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The Johnson County Post app makes it easy to keep up on the latest news about your community, giving subscribers access to all our latest coverage on all their devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Johnson County Post at none against AA Grapevine's 2. Johnson County Post also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 31%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). AA Grapevine's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, rating 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. Johnson County Post asks for nothing beyond the download.
AA Grapevine holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AA Grapevine has 84 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 31% of AA Grapevine's written reviews are positive against 50% of Johnson County Post's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
AA Grapevine ships an update every 4 weeks, Johnson County Post every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AA Grapevine | Johnson County Post |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (84 ratings) — better | 3.9 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 31.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 84 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #52 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | AA Grapevine, Inc. | Johnson County Post |
Customer experience
AA Grapevine
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In-app purchases
AA Grapevine
- Grapevine Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Grapevine Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
Johnson County Post
No in-app purchases
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