Ground News from Snapwise Inc. is a leading NEWS_MAGAZINES app that aims to reveal bias and ownership behind news sources, helping readers see multiple angles. With 1,000,000+ total downloads and 93K in the last 30 days, it aggregates 50K+ sources and 60K articles daily, offering bias awareness and source reliability insights, plus strong regional rankings in Ireland (#2), Denmark (#4), and the United States (#5).
Pros & Cons
Massive source network: 50K+ sources and 60K daily articles
Transparency on bias and source ownership
Global, real-time coverage with diverse viewpoints
Free access with optional in-depth paid analysis
In-depth analysis is subscription-based, requiring a Play Store purchase
No explicit AI-generated summaries or topic-based feeds in the provided data
Broad permissions and ad-related identifiers may affect privacy preferences
About Ground News
Ground News is a news & magazines app developed by Snapwise Inc.(dba Ground News).
How many times has Ground News been downloaded?
Ground News has been downloaded 2.6 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 93 thousand times. It is ranked #3 in news & magazines.
What is the rating of Ground News?
Ground News is rated 4.64 out of 5 stars, based on 30 thousand ratings.
Is Ground News free?
Ground News is free to download. The APK download size is 55.50 MB. The latest version available is 4.32.0. The last update was on June 30, 2026.
What are the requirements for Ground News?
Ground News requires Android 7.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Medium Maturity. The app has been available on Google Play April 2018.
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Get all your news in one place on an eye-opening platform that shows you the bias, reliability and ownership of every source you read.
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As news sources become more suspect, Ground News applies an analytical approach that allows you to better determine what the truth is. It does this by sharing side by side stories on a common topic and adding the bias factor of the sources.
★★★★★Kathy Batesel· Jul 12, 2026
Started my trial this morning and will happily pay for a subscription. I love that I can choose the scope of news I receive, see how balanced the various reporting stories have been, get a concise summary of them, and drill down into those that I wish to learn more about. Best way to quickly stay on top of current events that are local, regional, or worldwide. Plus, it's not tracking my data and reselling it.
★★★★★Noah Holland· Jun 18, 2026
Best news app to cut through the echo chamber and get unfiltered no bs news
★☆☆☆☆Finn Williams· Jun 20, 2026
The listing for the app here on Google Play explicitly says they do not share, keyword SHARE, your data/activity with third parties. (1) their privacy policy states that they don't sell or rent, but they DO share your data with third parties (2) when I use developer tools to inspect the application they share a lot of your data very actively with third parties. If you Google it, look for the keyword share in the FAQ, they don't use it they only say sell or rent. They are sharing your data.
★★☆☆☆Jesse Christensen· Jul 19, 2026
Still not great at getting me interesting news stories. Bias breakdowns are confusing: "this story has 0% left and center bias", is a weird way of saying, "this story has 100% right bias". Also rates bias and factuality based on the media source, not the actual article's bias and factuality. I'd expect better functionality and clarity from a paid subscription service. Also, you can "cancel anytime" but you're not getting a refund in your remaining year.
★★☆☆☆Jeff Lindsey· Jul 5, 2026
Very mediocre and unclear UI, and it's annoying that I have to commit to paying before a free trial. They do a poor job of explaining things like categorizing bias, or what the real differences are between "Low" and "Very Low" factuality. And personally, as someone who manually does what this app does already (reading from 4–5 sources across the bias spectrum), for this app to be worth my money, it needs to show objective, source-specific differences for individual articles.
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