The Final Call vs BLK ALERTS
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
BLK ALERTS
A news app delivering micronews for Black, Brown, and urban communities. It provides breaking alerts, trending stories in Black culture and politics, and local news tailored to your city. Users can also share their own stories and footage.
- Breaking news alerts
- Trending cultural stories
- Local news feeds
- Community reporting
- Crime and police brutality updates
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BLKALERTS: News That Speaks to Us Stay informed and empowered with BLKALERTS, the micronews app built for Black, Brown, and urban communities. From breaking stories to cultural wins, BLKALERTS puts the headlines that matter most directly in your hands. Why BLKALERTS? Because our communities deserve news that reflects our voices, our issues, and our victories. Whether it’s global movements or what’s happening on your block, we deliver it first, fast, and factual. Key Features: Breaking Alerts – Instant updates on major events, including crime reports and police brutality incidents. Trending Now – Stay on top of Black culture, celebrity news, politics, education, and tech. Local Feeds – Get alerts tailored to your city so you’re always in the know. Community Reporting – Share your stories, news, and footage directly with the BLKALERTS newsroom. Powered by The Urban Newsroom, the trusted voice in Black and urban news, BLKALERTS keeps you connected to the stories that matter most. Download BLKALERTS today and join a movement where being informed means being empowered. Privacy Policy: https://blkalerts.com/privacy EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Final Call at none against BLK ALERTS's 1. The Final Call also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.0). BLK ALERTS's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. BLK ALERTS sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. The Final Call asks for nothing beyond the download.
BLK ALERTS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of The Final Call's written reviews are positive against 100% of BLK ALERTS's.
The Final Call ships an update every 12 months, BLK ALERTS every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Final Call | BLK ALERTS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (35 ratings) | 5.0 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 10 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Final Call, Inc. | UNMUTEDCO, LLC |
Customer experience
The Final Call
BLK ALERTS
In-app purchases
The Final Call
No in-app purchases
BLK ALERTS
- BLKALERTS+3 Days trial$2.991 Month
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