Last updated: October 16, 2026

App Store Ranking: The Top Free News Apps in Germany

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Rank			Rating
1	=	X by X Corp.	4.6
2	=	Reddit by REDDIT, INC.	4.8
3	=	Substack by Substack, Inc.	4.9
4	=	tagesschau - Nachrichten by Sudwestrundfunk, Anstalt des offentlichen Rechts	4.7
5	1	Deutschlandfunk by Deutschlandradio	4.8
6	1	DIE ZEIT – Nachrichten by ZEIT ONLINE	4.7
7	1	Google News by Google	4.6
8	2	Handelsblatt - Nachrichten by Handelsblatt GmbH	4.6
9	2	ntv Nachrichten by n-tv Der Nachrichtensender	4.6
10	2	DER SPIEGEL - Nachrichten by DER SPIEGEL GmbH und Co. KG	4.4
11	2	F.A.Z. - Nachrichten by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH	4.7
12	5	NYTimes: US and Global News by The New York Times Company	4.8
13	2	WELT News & Live-TV by Axel Springer SE	4.6
14	2	WDR by WDR	4.8
15	3	ZDFheute - Nachrichten by ZDF	4.7
16	4	KATWARN by CombiRisk - Riskmanagement GmbH	2.3
17	2	SZ Nachrichten by Sueddeutsche Zeitung Digitale Medien GmbH	4.7
18	3	PressReader: News & Magazines by PressReader Inc	4.7
19	4	Süddeutsche Zeitung by Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH	4.5
20	5	Financial Times: Business News by Financial Times Ltd.	4.8
21	8	The Economist: News & Analysis by The Economist	4.9
22	16	stern Nachrichten by G+J Medien GmbH	4.6
23	10	DIE ZEIT E-Paper by ZEIT ONLINE	4.8
24	10	NZZ News by Neue Zürcher Zeitung AG	4.7
25	3	BBC: World News & Stories by BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.	4.5
26	13	FOCUS online Nachrichten by BurdaForward GmbH	4.6
27	5	Повітряна тривога by Ajax Systems Inc	4.8
28	2	Tagesspiegel - Nachrichten by Verlag Der Tagesspiegel GmbH	4.8
29	14	meinOrt by WITTICH Medien KG	4.7
30	1	t-online Nachrichten by Stroeer Digital Publishing GmbH	4.6
31	11	Objektiv by Objektiv	3.0
33	3	BR24 – Nachrichten by Bayerischer Rundfunk	4.8
34	7	Spotify for Creators by Spotify	4.8
35	11	WirtschaftsWoche - Nachrichten by Handelsblatt GmbH	4.5
36	4	Dlf – Die Nachrichten by Deutschlandradio	4.0
37	=	Good News App by Goodimpact GmbH	4.7
38	9	Ground News by Snapwise Inc.	4.7
39	4	NDR Niedersachsen by Norddeutscher Rundfunk	4.7
40	8	Podcast App & Player - Castbox by Guru Network Limited	4.9
41	8	WAZ News by Funke Services GmbH	0.0
42	2	Rheinische Post by RP Digital GmbH	4.3
43	19	Türk TV - Turkish TV online HD by LOLITA YERSHOVA	3.3
44	11	Bloomberg: Business News Daily by Bloomberg Finance LP	4.6
45	23	WatchOut: Police Scanner・Radio by SILVER APPS	4.7
46	1	The Pioneer by Media Pioneer Publishing AG (DE)	4.8
47	44	Offenbach-Post ePaper by Mediengruppe Offenbach-Post	4.0
48	15	FOCUS+: Nachrichten by BurdaVerlag GmbH	0.0
49	32	Deutscher Bundestag by Deutscher Bundestag	4.5
50	1	DW - Breaking World News by Deutsche Welle	3.7
51	1	SWR Aktuell by Suedwestrundfunk Anstalt des oeffentlichen Rechts	0.0
52	6	The Guardian - US & World News by Guardian News and Media Limited	4.9
53	25	DBwV App by Deutscher BundeswehrVerband	5.0
54	38	hessenschau - Nachrichten by Hessischer Rundfunk	4.9
55	4	Clubhouse by Alpha Exploration Co.	4.8
56	4	CNN: Live & Breaking News by CNN Interactive Group, Inc.	4.8
57	1	rbb24 – regionale Nachrichten by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg	4.9
58	6	Pocket Casts: Podcast Player by Automattic	4.5
59	new	NetNewsWire: RSS Reader by Brent Simmons	4.7
60	6	heise online \| IT-News by Heise Medien GmbH & Co. KG	4.4
61	33	Hamburger Abendblatt News by Funke Services GmbH	4.5
62	5	NDR Hamburg by Norddeutscher Rundfunk	5.0
63	36	Articly by Wolf Innovation GmbH	5.0
64	2	Overcast Podcast App by Overcast Radio, LLC	4.5
65	new	MUNIPOLIS by MUNIPOLIS s.r.o.	3.0
66	13	Manager - Nachrichten by manager magazin Verlagsgesellschaft mbH	4.5
67	15	Legal Tribune Online by Wolters Kluwer Deutschland GmbH	0.0
68	=	Bw-Newsradar by Bundesministerium der Verteidigung	0.0
69	13	Euronews: World news & live TV by euronews	4.6
70	9	NDR Schleswig-Holstein by Norddeutscher Rundfunk	4.9
71	13	Live World Monitor: GlobeAlert by APPRICOTT DIJITAL TEKNOLOJI VE YAZILIM ANONIM SIRKETI	4.5
72	2	Medium: Read & Write Stories by A Medium Corporation	4.8
73	23	ORF ON by Oesterreichischer Rundfunk	4.0
74	new	Die Mein Gifhorn App by Denis Hannemann	0.0
75	new	MAZ E-Paper: News aus Potsdam by RND RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland GmbH	0.0
76	7	ZEIT AUDIO by ZEIT ONLINE	3.0
77	13	DIE RHEINPFALZ – Nachrichten by RHEINPFALZ Verlag und Druckerei GmbH & Co. KG	4.7
78	new	SN - Nachrichten und Podcast by RND RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland GmbH	0.0
79	13	fernsehserien.de by Imfernsehen GmbH	0.0
80	new	Nextdoor: Neighborhood Network by Nextdoor	4.7
81	10	中国领事 by Center for Consular Assistance & Protection, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China	1.8
82	new	WP News by Funke Services GmbH	0.0
83	13	Stiftung Warentest by Stiftung Warentest	2.5
84	17	Presseportal by news aktuell GmbH	4.3
85	4	WAZ E-Paper by Funke Services GmbH	5.0
86	13	The Wall Street Journal. News by Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.	4.7
87	12	HAZ - Nachrichten und Podcast by RND RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland GmbH	5.0
88	16	F.A.Z. Der Tag - Nachrichten by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH	4.7
89	6	NW News by Zeitungsverlag Neue Westfälische	0.0
90	new	der Freitag by der Freitag Mediengesellschaft mbH & Co. KG	0.0
91	new	WESER-KURIER - Nachrichten by Bremer Tageszeitungen AG	0.0
92	new	SZ - Nachrichten und Podcast by RND RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland GmbH	0.0
93	17	Willich erleben by Daniel Kamper	0.0

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