Short_Straw vs Northgate Alaska
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Short_Straw
This app helps resolve everyday disputes and make group decisions by randomly selecting one person from a group. It's useful for deciding chores, who pays for shared expenses, or what to eat.
- Randomly selects one person
- Resolves everyday disputes
- Helps with group decisions
- Simple and easy to use
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Sometimes you need help with a decision - Who should mow the lawn? - Who get to use the car? - Who should pay for the pizza? - Who is going to get that last piece of cake? - What shall we have for dinner? Short Straw will help you decide
Northgate Alaska
Engage with a church community by accessing media content, making donations, and learning about the organization's mission. This app aims to foster healing, wholeness, and transformation through love.
- Access media content
- Convenient donations
- Learn about the church
- Community engagement
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Connect and engage with our church family through the Northgate Alaska app! Download to discover our media content, give a donation conveniently, or learn more about us. Northgate Alaska exists to see: Every heart healed, Every family made whole, Every nation transformed - by the Love of the Father.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Northgate Alaska at 100% against Short_Straw's 0%. Northgate Alaska also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). Short_Straw's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 30 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Short_Straw holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Short_Straw's written reviews are positive against 100% of Northgate Alaska's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Short_Straw ships an update every 3 months, Northgate Alaska every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Short_Straw | Northgate Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Stefan Hjalmarsson | Northgate Alaska |
Customer experience
Short_Straw
Northgate Alaska
In-app purchases
Short_Straw
No in-app purchases
Northgate Alaska
No in-app purchases
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