Snopes vs The Rapid City Post
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Snopes
Verify the truthfulness of information with this app. Search extensive archives, read the latest fact checks, and play games to test your ability to spot misinformation. Save articles and customize your reading experience.
- Search archives
- FactBot for topic inquiries
- Read latest fact checks
- Save articles to reading list
- Fact-checking games
- NightVision mode
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After more than 30 years of fact checking misinformation, Snopes finally has an app. When you aren't sure if something is true or false, launch our app and Snopes it. - Search our massive archives or use FactBot to ask about a topic - Read latest fact checks and investigations - Save articles in your reading list - Solve the new Snopes' Crossword puzzle - Try your hand at our true/false game to see if you can spot misinformation - Option to show fact check ratings next to articles when browsing - Use NightVision to make it easier on your eyes (option to automatically enable at night) Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
The Rapid City Post
Stay informed with local and national news from Rapid City, South Dakota. This app provides comprehensive coverage across various categories including sports, business, politics, and obituaries, delivered by journalists based in the Black Hills.
- Local Rapid City news
- National news coverage
- Sports news
- Business news
- Politics news
- Obituaries
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The Rapid City Post covers Rapid City, South Dakota, and national news. Owned and operated in Rapid City with journalists living in the Black Hills. The app features news on local, sports, business, politics, agriculture, regional, national, and obituaries.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Rapid City Post at none against Snopes's 10. The Rapid City Post also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 72%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Snopes's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (897 vs 2). On price, 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. Snopes sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. The Rapid City Post asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Rapid City Post holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snopes has 897 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Snopes's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Rapid City Post's.
Snopes ships an update every 5 days, The Rapid City Post every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Snopes | The Rapid City Post |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (897 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 897 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #47 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Snopes, Inc. | HomeSlice Media Group, LLC |
Customer experience
Snopes
The Rapid City Post
In-app purchases
Snopes
- Monthly Ad-Free Subscription$4.991 Month
- Monthly Ad-Free Subscription$9.991 Month
- Monthly Ad-Free Subscription$11.991 Month
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- Monthly Ad-Free Subscription$14.991 Month
- Monthly Ad-Free Subscription$24.991 Month
- Yearly Ad-Free Subscription$49.991 Year
- Yearly Ad-Free Subscription$59.991 Year
- Yearly Ad-Free Subscription$79.991 Year
- Yearly Ad-Free Subscription$99.991 Year
- Yearly Ad-Free Subscription$199.991 Year
The Rapid City Post
No in-app purchases
