AP News: World & Local

6.24 PROD

The Associated Press

4.23

131,231 reviews

1,000,000+
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Free

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About AP News: World & Local

AP News: World & Local is a news & magazines app developed by The Associated Press.

Download Statistics

AP News: World & Local has been downloaded 3.5 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 12 times. It is ranked in the top 100 news & magazines apps.

User Ratings

AP News: World & Local is rated 4.23 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 130 thousand ratings.

App Information

AP News: World & Local is FREE to download. The APK download size is 21.13 MB. The latest version available is 6.24 PROD. The last update was on June 17, 2026.

Technical Requirements

AP News: World & Local requires Android 5.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Low Maturity. The app has been available on Google Play before 2010.

Description

Bringing you breaking news from the Associated Press and hundreds of trusted local and international sources, AP News is your trusted source for real-time world news coverage anytime and anywhere.

More data about AP News: World & Local

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	3.5 million
Recent downloads	12
Rating	4.23 based on 130 thousand ratings
Ranking	Highly ranked
Version	6.24 PROD
APK size	21.1 MB
Number of libraries	60
Designed for Android	5.0+
Maturity	Low Maturity
Ads	Contains ads

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Downloads over time

AP News: World & Local has been downloaded 3.5 million times. Over the past 30 days, it has been downloaded 12 times.

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Comments on AP News: World & Local for Android

★★★★★ Stephanie johnson · Jun 16, 2026

Good, unbiased news for the most part. There's a lot the AP sees and touches that most news agencies have trouble reaching, so I really enjoy this app. There's also games and other things if you create an account, but you don't need anything to just read news

★★★★☆ Jaiden Miller · Jun 27, 2026

AP News is my primary source for reliable, unbiased reporting. I appreciate the real-time updates on global and local events, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism is consistently high-quality. The app is well-organized, making it easy to find news that matters to me. I also like the inclusion of both English and Spanish articles. While the ads can be a bit frequent, the content more than makes up for it. A must-have for anyone who wants to stay informed with facts.

★★★★☆ Mick Willdo · Jan 31, 2026

After a month's use I'm pretty pleased. Reporting seems balanced and gives me another perspective to my other News apps. I've not experienced any annoyance from ads. Everything seems to work fine, with one exception. I've put two favorites in Bookmarks. When I click Soccer I get European News and when I click European News I get Soccer!

★☆☆☆☆ Michael Cr · Dec 21, 2025

Love the AP, but hate that they are now forcing agreement to cross-app data sharing with no opt-out. You can only Agree or uninstall, and I'm uninstalling.

★★☆☆☆ Jay Lockyer · Apr 28, 2026

The ads are ridiculously touchy and make it almost impossible to scroll through the news feed without opening them.

★☆☆☆☆ Brian Pankey · Feb 15, 2026

Unable to share news articles after the latest update. Seriously?!? All the news apps I have on my phone have a share feature, but AP does not. Disappointing 😞 1-star UPDATE: After all the issues with the app, I continued to use it to get a different perspective on current events. But now the app is unusable unless you ACCEPT data collection by the app. There is no option to DENY data collection 🤬 I'll give AP a week to fix the option to DENY data collection. Many other news apps available.

Google Play Rankings for AP News: World & Local

Top rankings

Rank	Country	Category	List
49	United States	News & Magazines	Top Free
37	Canada	News & Magazines	Top Free
64	United Kingdom	News & Magazines	Top Free
145	Denmark	News & Magazines	Top Free
146	Slovakia	News & Magazines	Top Free
147	Finland	News & Magazines	Top Free
147	Portugal	News & Magazines	Top Free
148	Czech Republic	News & Magazines	Top Free
150	Norway	News & Magazines	Top Free
196	India	News & Magazines	Top Free

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Technologies used by AP News: World & Local

AP News: World & Local is requesting 38 permissions and is using 60 libraries.

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Your location

approximate (network-based) location, precise (GPS) location

Network communication

view network connections, view Wi-Fi connections, full network access, receive data from Internet

Hardware controls

control vibration

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run at startup, prevent phone from sleeping

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