The Final Call vs Black
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Final Call
Access the weekly newspaper edition digitally on your devices. Enjoy interactive features like offline downloads, easy page navigation, text searches, and personal notes.
- Digital newspaper editions
- Offline reading downloads
- Interactive features
- Easy swipe browsing
- Text search functionality
- Add personal notes
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The Final Call Digital Edition! Read each week's edition of The Final Call anytime, anywhere on your computer, tablet or smartphone. The Final Call Digital Edition contains the all the articles of the print edition with additional interactive features including downloads of Final Call editions for offline reading, easy swipe browsing of pages, text searches, adding your own notes and more. Privacy Policy: http://finalcall.com/artman/publish/privacy/privacy.shtml Terms of Service: http://finalcall.com/artman/publish/tos/tos.shtml
Black
Discover news and stories from influential voices in Black culture. Curate your personal feed, share content with friends, and receive timely updates. Explore content tailored to your interests from top publications.
- Personalized news feed
- Story recommendations
- Share stories with friends
- Push notifications
- Explore by interest
- Curated publications
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Black® collects the news & stories from the world’s greatest influencers of black culture. With all of your black news in one place, it has never been easier to discover the stories that keep you informed, engaged, and inspired. JOIN US ON OUR MISSION TO CHANGE THE GAME. - Create your own feed of stories from the publications you know and trust. - Read, recommend, and share stories with your friends using Facebook, Twitter, iMessage, and Email. - Explore stories that are just for you and based on your interests. - Receive timely push notifications that will keep you in the know. Featured Publications: - The Root - Atlanta Black Star - OkayAfrica - News One - Blavity - BET - Black Enterprise - Ebony - Essence - HuffPost Black Voices - Hello Beautiful - and more! We'd love to hear any feedback you have about Black®. Reach out to our team at team@black.news. Oh, did we mention that we're 100% Black Owned?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Black at fortnightly against The Final Call's every 12 months. Black also leads on ratings volume (675 vs 33). The Final Call's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 67%). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for The Final Call against 4.7 for Black. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Black has 675 ratings behind it against 33, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of The Final Call's written reviews are positive against 67% of Black's.
The Final Call ships an update every 12 months, Black fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on July 9, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Final Call | Black |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (33 ratings) | 4.7 (675 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 67.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 33 | 675 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Final Call, Inc. | Langston, LLC |
Customer experience
The Final Call
Black
Bugs and requests
The Final Call
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Black
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login screen not functioning properly
- Inconsistent article loading and display
- Notifications not always triggering as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Customizable notification settings
- Reader mode for easier article reading
- Social sharing and discussion features
- Dedicated sections for specific topics (e.g., finance, entertainment)
In-app purchases
The Final Call
No in-app purchases
Black
No in-app purchases
