Ventura County Star
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Prices are current as of 1 Oct 2026.
4 subscriptions from $9.99
In the United States, Ventura County Star has 4 subscriptions priced $9.99 – 69.99.
| Subscription | Period | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly Digital Rate | Monthly | $9.99 |
| Monthly Digital Subscription | Monthly | $14.99 |
| Ventura County Star | Monthly | $19.99 |
| Ventura County Star Annual Digital Subscription | Annual | $69.99 |
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| Rating / 5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Reviews | 2.2K | 39K | 20K | 6.2K | 4.9K | 1.8K | 1.8K | 756 | 610 | 218 | 147 |
| Released | 2016 | 2010 | 2010 | 2012 | 2010 | 2011 | 2026 | 2013 | 2011 | 2019 | 2012 |
| Monthly price | $14.99 | — | $5.99 | — | $15.99 | $9.99 | — | — | — | — | $14.99 |
| Annual price | $69.99 | — | — | — | $99.99 | $99.99 | — | — | — | — | $174.99 |
The going rate for each plan in United States, in its own currency, shaded from the cheapest price on the row to the dearest.
Ventura County Star reviews
4.5 out of 5, based on 2,155 reviews.
What people like
- Great local news coverage
- Easy to use on tablets
- Nice blend of local and national news
What they complain about
- Support never actually helps
- Ads interrupt you constantly
- App crashes or freezes often
- Subscription charges are confusing and unfair
Local news
Infornmative
Rip off
Dont bother using this when the la times does a better job
Surprisingly Improved
Getting better!
No way to access account info
What good is your app if there is no way to update my subscription payment?
Saturday opine
Bring back the Saturday opine section.
Easy to Read
As someone who prefers a paper newspaper on her table, I am pleased with the ease of reading it on my tablet.
Terrible change
I want just the original VC star app. New version is terrible. Been a customer for 40 years and will quit this paper if original is no longer available!!
Thanks
Really appreciate you're taking off pop-up advertising for paid subscribers.
Liberal views
This paper like other tend to have articles against President Trump and positive views towards the left rarely citing any positive achievements made byTrump or his administration. Often many are one sided. I only read this for local news updates
Way too slanted left editorial theme!!!! Not fair and balanced journalism 🤨
Too unprofessional copy!!!
WHAT ADS? I don't see any ads!
*** update*** Update - I got a new phone and lost my subscription- not renewing. And why are important news items for subscribers only? Closed roads, state of emergency declared by the sheriff - ACTIVE SHOOTER on the Heuneme base? The news is supposed to be a public service FIRST, I’m disappointed to say the least! This is an update to my review since reading the other reviews on here...I don't see any ads on the new version. And even if I did, I don't mind. However, I do believe that if someone paid for a subscription based on "no ads" - then they should receive a refund. I, for one, am loving the idea of being able to read as much as I want for free, and I will tolerate the ads for that specific reason. This version is better for me since there doesn't appear to be a forced limit on free articles. The last version had a monthly limit of 10 **free** articles and then you had to pay for a subscription to read anything more that month. I was never going to pay for a subscription - I don't believe I should be required to pay for information when the paper makes money already on ads. But that's me. I'm willing to tolerate the ads so I can get my info for free. Old school "over the air" free TV paradigm. People under 30 won't understand that concept. ****The only thing I don't like about the new version is the real estate section part of the app. I can't get to my saved searches very easily or at all sometimes*******.
Unable to “send feedback”
Unable to “send feedback” as directed at the end of a news article. The send feedback page is just a blank white screen. Nothing better than an inaccessible shadow corp writing articles with AI. There’s little “local” control or accessibility for our community.
Easy to Understand Interface
The VC Star app is very easy to use on my iPad.
Limited highlighting
I am a senior with poor vision and relie on audio to read the paper. It is frustrating trying to highlight a page to be read when only one highlight of a sentence or paragraph is limited. Rather then a page being highlighted.
Mixed reaction
Not enough local news; too much of what there is sounds like barely rewritten (at best) press releases. On the other hand. I’ll subscribe as long as the paper exists. (The other papers I subscribe to - LAT, NYT, WaPo and AppleNews among them - contain even less Ventura County news, which it what I come here for).
On-line daily read
I am a newspaper man and have read one daily all my life. Having the Star on my iPad has only enhanced my reading experience. It is my go-to source for Ventura city, county and regional news and events. Keep up the great work.
Empty paper leans LEFT
Repeats article two days in a row. Poor writers.
Great source of news; local and beyond
The VCStar keeps me in touch with what’s happening in Ventura County. The national news is also well written.
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TheOldandTheNew
I Like the old version much better. It was easy to use and started up much easier. I downloaded the app as I was instructed to do and it started up ok but when I to go to puzzles it went to. A page that was blank, and stayed that way. I find that I now have to load VCSTAR through Google/Chrome. Then I have to choose the Sports section and go to the pages I want manualy. When I click on a puzzle they work but always has a section on the left which limits the size. I used to get it almost full page which made it a lot easier to read. The comics too. I can print out things okay but I don’t want to have to print out everything I have trouble reading on the screen. This is an AirPad II and the screen is only 7.5 inches wide and my eyes are 78 years old and need all the help they can get.
Ventura COUNTY Star
Nice blend of local and national news
Doesn’t look like local newspaper
… looks more like Google News
Long Time Subscriber
Best almost daily local news resource.
Unable to access newspaper
For the last two months I have been unable to read the newspaper in the app. I can only read it on a website. I have written in three times and have not heard a single thing. Please help or fix this.
Enewspaper
For the last two days I haven’t been able to open the enewspaper. This is on top of the latest format being more difficult to read than formerly, This is a heck of a way to maintain readership.
Local news source
Don’t like that the news is a day late. But, it’s the only source that we have so it’s better than nothing!
Pretty good.
Had a bit of a struggle getting linked to my account. Once I got in works fine. No problem finding my way through it. The app should mention that there is also a “Print Addition” app to download if readers prefer that format.
False advertising!
Don't believe the one dollar for one year thing!! I started getting $20 charges in my bank account for months now before I noticed . I guess they have a list of "special issue dates" that they decide to charge seven dollars and eight dollars for an issue that I never read online even... I hate when businesses try to disguise discounts !!
Subscriber access
I constantly being asked to subscribe to read a article when I am already a subscriber. Why can’t I just click on. Pain in the….
Great local news
I love having local events covered. The national section is good too. I also like the “Day in History Section”
Time to cancel
App stinks. Every time a change the page in the index mode, my iPad keyboard pops up. The advertisement pop up. I don’t think I can continue. I’m try to find the contact us tab.
Ok, but……
Difficult to navigate
Love the Star
I am old school as far getting my daily newspaper but I will say when it’s not available reading it on the app is okay. I’ve gotten use to it and it’s becoming more and more easy to maneuver.
Vcstar
Should be easier to change password .
Slow to load
The original app loaded much faster The app needs to reduce size of page turn arrows they block the stories I can’t turn the display to horizontal on my phone anyway Random blue or black line appears on page
VC Star
Whatever you did to the format is fantastic! When I zoom it stays on the same article or page instead of sending me out to another page. I look forward to reading the “paper” every evening and now I don’t have to fight with it and just relax! Thank you!!
Letter to editor
I want to write a letter to the editor but on the app I can’t find it anywhere. Can you please tell me how to do that?
obnoxious ads, decent local content
Downhill since Gannett acquisition; local news is a critical but unprofitable business, and corporate overlords are less interested in quality than margin. At least let subscribers read stories without ads taking up 70% of screen real estate all the time. ಠ_ಠ
Ventura County Star price by country
A monthly subscription costs $13.87 in Indonesia and $16.59 in Mexico — 1.2× more for the same thing. Below is the going rate for each plan in every country that sells it — the middle price of what the app charges there, in the country's own currency with the dollar equivalent beneath it.
| Country | Monthly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | CA$19.99$14.08 | CA$93.99$66.19 |
| Indonesia | IDR 249,000$13.87 | IDR 939,000$52.31 |
| Mexico | MX$299.00$16.59 | MX$1,449.00$80.41 |
| United States | $14.99 | $69.99 |
Ventura County Star FAQ
- Is Ventura County Star free?
- Yes. The app and its basic features are free, in all 4 countries it sells in. Premium features are paid: they start from $9.99 (US), across 4 subscriptions.
- How much does Ventura County Star cost per month?
- Monthly Digital Rate is $9.99 – 19.99 (US). The annual plan works out cheaper per month: $69.99 a year.
- Does Ventura County Star have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- Where is Ventura County Star cheapest?
- A monthly subscription costs IDR 249,000 (≈$13.87) in Indonesia and MX$299.00 (≈$16.59) in Mexico, its cheapest and dearest countries.
- What are the best alternatives to Ventura County Star?
- ABC7 Los Angeles (4.7 from 39,367 reviews), LA Times (4.6 from 20,048 reviews, premium from $4.99) and KTLA 5 News Los Angeles (4.5 from 6,205 reviews).
Ventura County Star download
Last updated 12 days ago.
Ventura County Star sells in 4 countries. It was released 10 years and 1 month ago, on 6 Sept 2016. It holds a 4.5 rating from 2,155 reviews.
Supports 30 languages: English, Arabic, Armenian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese.
How much does Ventura County Star make?
Third-party estimates for the last 30 days, worldwide — not the store's own figures, which Apple publishes for nobody.
Revenue by plan
- Monthly 90%
- Annual 10%
Revenue by country
- United States 100%