Last updated: October 11, 2026

App Store Ranking: The Top Free News Apps in Canada

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Rank			Rating
1	=	Reddit by REDDIT, INC.	4.8
2	=	X by X Corp.	4.6
3	=	Substack by Substack, Inc.	4.9
4	=	NYTimes: US and Global News by The New York Times Company	4.8
5	=	Nextdoor: Neighborhood Network by Nextdoor	4.7
6	1	Ground News by Snapwise Inc.	4.7
7	1	CBC News: Breaking & Local by CBC	4.6
8	=	CTV News: Canada, Local, World by Bell Media Inc.	4.6
9	2	Police Scanner Radio & Fire by GordonEdwards.net LLC	4.6
10	1	La Presse by La Presse inc.	4.8
11	3	Citizen: Safety & Live Video by sp0n, Inc.	4.7
12	4	Google News by Google	4.6
13	3	The Globe and Mail by The Globe and Mail Inc.	4.7
14	2	Radio-Canada Info by Radio-Canada	4.7
15	=	Podcast App by Evolve Global, Inc.	4.8
16	2	BBC: World News & Stories by BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.	4.5
17	2	PressReader: News & Magazines by PressReader Inc	4.7
19	1	Squawster - Police Scanner by RadioReference.com LLC	3.6
20	4	CNN: Live & Breaking News by CNN Interactive Group, Inc.	4.8
21	=	The Atlantic Magazine by The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC	4.9
22	9	中国领事 by Center for Consular Assistance & Protection, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China	1.8
23	=	The New Yorker by Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.	3.9
24	3	Bloomberg: Business News Daily by Bloomberg Finance LP	4.6
25	7	The Economist: News & Analysis by The Economist	4.9
26	12	Clubhouse by Alpha Exploration Co.	4.8
27	4	Medium: Read & Write Stories by A Medium Corporation	4.8
28	2	Podcast App & Player - Castbox by Guru Network Limited	4.9
29	12	Epoch Times: Live & Breaking by Epoch Usa Inc	4.9
30	4	The Wall Street Journal. News by Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.	4.7
31	2	Quora by Quora, Inc.	4.7
32	4	WatchOut: Police Scanner・Radio by SILVER APPS	4.7
33	7	The Guardian - US & World News by Guardian News and Media Limited	4.9
34	1	Le Devoir pour iPhone by Le Devoir Inc	4.8
35	7	Al Jazeera - الجزيرة by Al Jazeera Network	4.8
36	=	5-0 Radio Pro Police Scanner by Smartest Apps LLC	4.6
37	11	Pocket Casts: Podcast Player by Automattic	4.5
38	29	Geode Mods by NATHAN BAILEY	0.0
39	8	AP News by The Associated Press	4.6
40	5	CP24: Toronto's Breaking News by Bell Media Inc.	4.7
41	new	Club iGen by MacGeneration	0.0
42	8	Spotify for Creators by Spotify	4.8
43	1	BNN Bloomberg: Finance, Stocks by Bell Media Inc.	4.5
44	5	MSN by Microsoft Corporation	4.6
45	5	Financial Times: Business News by Financial Times Ltd.	4.8
46	8	FOX News: US & World Headlines by Fox News Network, LLC	4.5
47	6	Hindi News by Dainik Bhaskar by D. B. Corp. Ltd	4.3
48	8	Voyent Alert! by ICEsoft Technologies Inc.	4.6
49	11	Washington Post by The Washington Post	4.7
50	new	TF1 INFO - LCI : Actualités by La Chaine Info	4.7
51	23	Objektiv by Objektiv	3.0
52	10	Instapaper by Instant Paper, Inc.	4.6
53	8	The White House by The Official White House	4.9
54	27	Al Jazeera English by Al Jazeera Network	3.9
55	=	The Free Press by Runaway Media Inc.	4.9
56	13	CNBC: Stock Market & Business by Versant Media LLC	4.7
57	18	SmartNews: Breaking News by SmartNews, Inc.	4.6
58	1	Live World Monitor: GlobeAlert by APPRICOTT DIJITAL TEKNOLOJI VE YAZILIM ANONIM SIRKETI	4.5
59	18	Повітряна тривога by Ajax Systems Inc	4.8
60	new	WorldPulse: World War Monitor by Orvin Studio	0.0
61	5	NBC News: Breaking & US News by NBC News Digital, LLC	4.7
62	3	Air France Press by Societe Air France S.A.	4.6
63	19	Le Monde, Live News by Societe Editrice du Monde	4.7
64	new	ICL Notícias by Instituto Conhecimento Liberta	0.0
65	new	CCFR App by CCFR	0.0
66	5	Overcast Podcast App by Overcast Radio, LLC	4.5
67	16	NHK WORLD-JAPAN by NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)	3.8
68	3	Feedly - Smart News Reader by Feedly Inc.	4.6
69	11	Track CoPR Canada by TrackCoPR Technologies Ltd	5.0
70	18	Radio France Internationale by France Medias Monde	3.3
71	15	Flipboard: The Social Magazine by Flipboard Inc.	4.7
72	12	Blind: Anonymous Work Network by Teamblind inc	4.6
73	19	WIRED by Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.	4.8
74	4	Narwhal for Reddit by robot swingset, llc.	4.5
75	new	Podcast & Radio - iVoox by iVoox Global Podcasting Service	4.8
76	4	Castanet by Castanet Media Ltd.	5.0
77	14	Fizz: Your Authentic Community by Fizz Social Corp.	4.7
78	15	Sirius Stars by We Are Sirius	5.0
79	1	The Hamilton Spectator by thestar.com	4.5
80	new	WPGCardHub by John Quiogue	0.0
81	6	Root News: Smart Daily Brief by ROOT LABS OÜ	4.7
82	14	Fairchild Radio by eSeeLYNX Communication Ltd.	3.7
83	new	Kiki: Local Chat & People Near by Kikihub	4.5
84	new	BuzzFeed - Quiz, Trivia & News by BuzzFeed	4.7
85	new	World Monitor — Live OSINT by Xiang Bai	0.0
86	new	Idaho News from KTVB by Tegna Inc.	4.7
87	7	NetNewsWire: RSS Reader by Brent Simmons	4.7
88	new	Indian Express News + Epaper by The Indian Express Group	4.6
89	10	National Post by Postmedia Network INC.	4.3
90	new	CHEK Mobile by CHEK News	5.0

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