Last updated: October 31, 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	=	Deutschlandfunk by Deutschlandradio	4.8
6	=	DIE ZEIT – Nachrichten by ZEIT ONLINE	4.7
7	1	DER SPIEGEL - Nachrichten by DER SPIEGEL GmbH und Co. KG	4.4
8	1	Google News by Google	4.6
9	2	Handelsblatt - Nachrichten by Handelsblatt GmbH	4.6
10	6	NYTimes: US and World News by The New York Times Company	4.8
11	1	ntv Nachrichten by n-tv Der Nachrichtensender	4.6
12	=	WELT News & Live-TV by Axel Springer SE	4.6
13	=	F.A.Z. - Nachrichten by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH	4.7
14	7	SZ Nachrichten by Sueddeutsche Zeitung Digitale Medien GmbH	4.7
15	=	KATWARN by CombiRisk - Riskmanagement GmbH	2.3
16	4	WDR by WDR	4.8
17	6	Süddeutsche Zeitung by Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH	4.5
18	1	ZDFheute - Nachrichten by ZDF	4.7
19	3	BBC: World News & Stories by BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.	4.5
20	2	t-online Nachrichten by Stroeer Digital Publishing GmbH	4.6
21	3	PressReader: News & Magazines by PressReader Inc	4.7
22	21	BR24 – Nachrichten by Bayerischer Rundfunk	4.8
23	27	Bloomberg: Business News Daily by Bloomberg Finance LP	4.6
24	2	NDR Niedersachsen by Norddeutscher Rundfunk	4.7
26	4	Tagesspiegel - Nachrichten by Verlag Der Tagesspiegel GmbH	4.8
27	10	Financial Times: Business News by Financial Times Ltd.	4.8
28	7	stern Nachrichten by G+J Medien GmbH	4.6
29	=	CNN: Live & Breaking News by CNN Interactive Group, Inc.	4.8
30	3	The Economist: News & Analysis by The Economist	4.9
31	13	meinOrt by WITTICH Medien KG	4.7
32	new	Gaylan Media by FARAH MOHAMED	0.0
33	26	Lage der Nation Podcasts by Lage der Nation Media GmbH & Co. KG	0.0
34	6	NZZ News by Neue Zürcher Zeitung AG	4.7
35	3	FOCUS online Nachrichten by BurdaForward GmbH	4.6
36	6	DIE ZEIT E-Paper by ZEIT ONLINE	4.8
37	3	Ground News by Snapwise Inc.	4.7
38	6	Objektiv by Objektiv	3.0
39	=	Spotify for Creators by Spotify	4.8
40	9	Good News App by Goodimpact GmbH	4.7
41	5	Повітряна тривога by Ajax Systems Inc	4.7
42	3	heise online \| IT-News by Heise Medien GmbH & Co. KG	4.4
43	43	Hamburger Abendblatt E-Paper by Funke Services GmbH	3.7
44	26	DW - Breaking World News by Deutsche Welle	3.7
45	31	DBwV App by Deutscher BundeswehrVerband	5.0
46	=	Podcast App & Player - Castbox by Guru Network Limited	4.9
47	11	NDR Schleswig-Holstein by Norddeutscher Rundfunk	4.9
48	1	WirtschaftsWoche - Nachrichten by Handelsblatt GmbH	4.6
49	new	Behörden Spiegel online by ProPress Verlagsgesellschaft mbH	0.0
50	19	NDR Hamburg by Norddeutscher Rundfunk	5.0
51	26	POLITICO by POLITICO, LLC	4.7
52	12	rbb24 – regionale Nachrichten by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg	4.9
53	10	FOCUS+: Nachrichten by BurdaVerlag GmbH	0.0
54	26	NetNewsWire: RSS Reader by Brent Simmons	4.7
55	21	WA ePaper by Westfälischer Anzeiger Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG	5.0
56	8	The Wall Street Journal News by Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.	4.7
57	new	Conflictly: Live Conflict Map by Marek Slavata	4.9
58	7	Stiftung Warentest by Stiftung Warentest	2.5
59	2	hessenschau - Nachrichten by Hessischer Rundfunk	4.9
60	2	Rheinische Post by RP Digital GmbH	4.3
61	9	The Pioneer by Media Pioneer Publishing AG (DE)	4.8
62	8	Pocket Casts: Podcast Player by Automattic	4.5
63	30	ORF ON by Oesterreichischer Rundfunk	4.0
64	2	Dlf – Die Nachrichten by Deutschlandradio	4.0
65	10	Die Mein Gifhorn App by Denis Hannemann	0.0
66	8	WAZ News by Funke Services GmbH	0.0
67	10	Manager - Nachrichten by manager magazin Verlagsgesellschaft mbH	4.5
68	13	der Freitag by der Freitag Mediengesellschaft mbH & Co. KG	0.0
69	4	SWR Aktuell by Suedwestrundfunk Anstalt des oeffentlichen Rechts	0.0
70	15	fernsehserien.de by Imfernsehen GmbH	0.0
71	1	Clubhouse by Alpha Exploration Co.	4.8
72	1	The Guardian - US & World News by Guardian News and Media Limited	4.9
73	20	Apfeltalk by Apfeltalk Community	0.0
74	27	Schwäbische Zeitung & E-Paper by Schwaebischer Verlag GmbH & Co. KG Drexler, Gessler	4.8
75	19	Neboskhyl: Air Raid Alert Map by Artem Kutukov	4.9
76	new	Euronews: World news & live TV by euronews	4.6
77	new	World Monitor: GlobeAlert by APPRICOTT DIJITAL TEKNOLOJI VE YAZILIM ANONIM SIRKETI	4.6
78	18	Legal Tribune Online by Wolters Kluwer Deutschland GmbH	0.0
79	10	中国领事 by Center for Consular Assistance & Protection, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China	1.8
80	new	BreisgauLIVE by Marcel Ramon Hiller	0.0
81	9	World Monitor App by Hypecent	4.7
82	new	The Postillon by Steckenpferd Enterprises UG (haftungsbeschrankt)	2.0
83	18	Medium: Read & Write Stories by A Medium Corporation	4.8
84	new	DIE RHEINPFALZ – Nachrichten by RHEINPFALZ Verlag und Druckerei GmbH & Co. KG	4.7
85	17	Bw-Newsradar by Bundesministerium der Verteidigung	0.0
86	8	Overcast Podcast App by Overcast Radio, LLC	4.5
87	new	Buzzard by The Buzzard UG (haftungsbeschränkt)	5.0
88	5	Nextdoor: Neighborhood Network by Nextdoor	4.7
89	new	MyMosq by MyMosq	5.0
90	1	PNP News by Medien-Digital Bayern GmbH	0.0
91	new	Badische Zeitung by Badischer Verlag GmbH & Co. KG	4.0
92	new	Israel Home Front Command by Israel Home Front Command	4.2

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