Last updated: October 18, 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	2	tagesschau - Nachrichten by Sudwestrundfunk, Anstalt des offentlichen Rechts	4.7
5	=	Deutschlandfunk by Deutschlandradio	4.8
6	1	DIE ZEIT – Nachrichten by ZEIT ONLINE	4.7
7	3	Google News by Google	4.6
8	11	WDR by WDR	4.8
9	17	Повітряна тривога by Ajax Systems Inc	4.8
10	2	DER SPIEGEL - Nachrichten by DER SPIEGEL GmbH und Co. KG	4.4
11	6	KATWARN by CombiRisk - Riskmanagement GmbH	2.3
12	1	ntv Nachrichten by n-tv Der Nachrichtensender	4.6
13	2	F.A.Z. - Nachrichten by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH	4.7
14	5	Handelsblatt - Nachrichten by Handelsblatt GmbH	4.6
15	1	WELT News & Live-TV by Axel Springer SE	4.6
16	2	The Economist: News & Analysis by The Economist	4.9
17	3	ZDFheute - Nachrichten by ZDF	4.7
18	3	SZ Nachrichten by Sueddeutsche Zeitung Digitale Medien GmbH	4.7
19	3	NYTimes: US and World News by The New York Times Company	4.8
20	5	Süddeutsche Zeitung by Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH	4.5
21	3	BBC: World News & Stories by BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.	4.5
22	1	meinOrt by WITTICH Medien KG	4.7
23	1	PressReader: News & Magazines by PressReader Inc	4.7
24	6	t-online Nachrichten by Stroeer Digital Publishing GmbH	4.6
25	24	Objektiv by Objektiv	3.0
26	7	NDR Niedersachsen by Norddeutscher Rundfunk	4.7
28	3	Spotify for Creators by Spotify	4.8
29	11	BR24 – Nachrichten by Bayerischer Rundfunk	4.8
30	15	rbb24 – regionale Nachrichten by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg	4.9
31	4	DIE ZEIT E-Paper by ZEIT ONLINE	4.8
32	3	Tagesspiegel - Nachrichten by Verlag Der Tagesspiegel GmbH	4.8
33	2	FOCUS online Nachrichten by BurdaForward GmbH	4.6
34	=	stern Nachrichten by G+J Medien GmbH	4.6
35	3	NZZ News by Neue Zürcher Zeitung AG	4.7
36	1	Good News App by Goodimpact GmbH	4.7
37	2	WirtschaftsWoche - Nachrichten by Handelsblatt GmbH	4.5
38	=	Financial Times: Business News by Financial Times Ltd.	4.8
39	14	NDR Schleswig-Holstein by Norddeutscher Rundfunk	4.9
40	6	Dlf – Die Nachrichten by Deutschlandradio	4.0
41	2	Ground News by Snapwise Inc.	4.7
42	5	Bamberg-App by SWCode GmbH	0.0
43	9	FOCUS+: Nachrichten by BurdaVerlag GmbH	0.0
44	24	NDR Mecklenburg-Vorpommern by Norddeutscher Rundfunk	4.5
45	3	DW - Breaking World News by Deutsche Welle	3.7
46	5	Podcast App & Player - Castbox by Guru Network Limited	4.9
47	13	NDR Hamburg by Norddeutscher Rundfunk	5.0
48	33	fernsehserien.de by Imfernsehen GmbH	0.0
49	7	SWR Aktuell by Suedwestrundfunk Anstalt des oeffentlichen Rechts	0.0
50	2	NetNewsWire: RSS Reader by Brent Simmons	4.7
51	3	Bloomberg: Business News Daily by Bloomberg Finance LP	4.6
52	24	vorwärts.de by Berliner vorwärts Verlagsgesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung	0.0
53	6	heise online \| IT-News by Heise Medien GmbH & Co. KG	4.4
54	10	DBwV App by Deutscher BundeswehrVerband	5.0
55	11	Rheinische Post by RP Digital GmbH	4.3
56	7	Pocket Casts: Podcast Player by Automattic	4.5
57	=	The Guardian - US & World News by Guardian News and Media Limited	4.9
58	14	Stiftung Warentest by Stiftung Warentest	2.5
59	2	CNN: Live & Breaking News by CNN Interactive Group, Inc.	4.8
60	10	Clubhouse by Alpha Exploration Co.	4.8
61	10	WAZ News by Funke Services GmbH	0.0
62	7	The Wall Street Journal News by Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.	4.7
63	12	ORF ON by Oesterreichischer Rundfunk	4.0
64	14	The Pioneer by Media Pioneer Publishing AG (DE)	4.8
65	2	F.A.Z. Der Tag - Nachrichten by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH	4.7
66	3	Manager - Nachrichten by manager magazin Verlagsgesellschaft mbH	4.5
67	new	Le Monde, Live News by Societe Editrice du Monde	4.8
68	new	der Freitag by der Freitag Mediengesellschaft mbH & Co. KG	0.0
69	new	Feedly - Smart News Reader by Feedly Inc.	4.6
70	3	MeinJena ... meine App. by Stadtwerke Jena GmbH	4.3
71	5	hessenschau - Nachrichten by Hessischer Rundfunk	4.9
72	16	NDR Info by Norddeutscher Rundfunk	4.6
73	new	SZ - Nachrichten und Podcast by RND RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland GmbH	0.0
74	22	NHK WORLD-JAPAN by NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)	3.8
75	9	DIE RHEINPFALZ – Nachrichten by RHEINPFALZ Verlag und Druckerei GmbH & Co. KG	4.7
76	2	WAZ E-Paper by Funke Services GmbH	5.0
77	13	NW News by Zeitungsverlag Neue Westfälische	0.0
78	new	Al Jazeera - الجزيرة by Al Jazeera Network	4.8
79	new	Flipboard: The Social Magazine by Flipboard Inc.	4.7
80	18	Hamburger Abendblatt News by Funke Services GmbH	4.5
81	new	Police Scanner Radio & Fire by GordonEdwards.net LLC	4.6
82	16	Medium: Read & Write Stories by A Medium Corporation	4.8
83	new	Overcast Podcast App by Overcast Radio, LLC	4.5
84	new	Badische Zeitung by Badischer Verlag GmbH & Co. KG	4.0
85	4	中国领事 by Center for Consular Assistance & Protection, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China	1.8
86	13	Schwäbische Zeitung & E-Paper by Schwaebischer Verlag GmbH & Co. KG Drexler, Gessler	4.8
87	29	Deutscher Bundestag by Deutscher Bundestag	4.5
88	new	HAZ - Nachrichten und Podcast by RND RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland GmbH	5.0
89	18	Live World Monitor: GlobeAlert by APPRICOTT DIJITAL TEKNOLOJI VE YAZILIM ANONIM SIRKETI	4.5
90	new	Merkur: Aktuelle Nachrichten by Ippen Digital GmbH & Co. KG	4.6
91	new	World Monitor — Live OSINT by Xiang Bai	0.0
92	new	NiUS Radio by Uniwersytet Szczecinski	0.0

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