Last updated: October 29, 2026

App Store Ranking: The Top Free News Apps in the United States

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Rank			Rating
1	=	X by X Corp.	4.6
2	=	Reddit by REDDIT, INC.	4.8
3	=	CrimeRadar Dispatch Audio by Scoopz Inc.	4.9
4	=	Substack by Substack, Inc.	4.9
5	=	Nextdoor: Neighborhood Network by Nextdoor	4.7
6	2	NYTimes: US and World News by The New York Times Company	4.8
7	=	NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts by Particle Media Inc.	4.8
8	2	Ground News by Snapwise Inc.	4.7
9	=	Citizen: Safety & Live Video by sp0n, Inc.	4.7
10	=	Police Scanner Radio & Fire by GordonEdwards.net LLC	4.6
11	=	The Pour Over by The Pour Over	4.9
12	=	Fizz: Your Authentic Community by Fizz Social Corp.	4.7
13	1	CNN: Live & Breaking News by CNN Interactive Group, Inc.	4.8
14	1	Police Scanner: Fire Radio by Guru Network Limited Inc.	4.7
15	=	The Wall Street Journal News by Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.	4.7
16	5	Crime Radar by Muhtadi Muhammad	4.3
17	17	The White House by The Official White House	4.9
18	6	FOX LOCAL: Live News & Weather by Fox Television Stations, Inc.	4.7
19	1	Squawster - Police Scanner by RadioReference.com LLC	4.4
20	4	Local 10 + Platinum by WPLG, Inc	4.7
21	4	5-0 Radio Pro Police Scanner by Smartest Apps LLC	4.6
22	6	FOX News: US & World Headlines by Fox News Network, LLC	4.5
23	3	Google News by Google	4.6
24	5	NPR: National & Local News by NPR	4.7
25	6	SmartNews: Breaking News by SmartNews, Inc.	4.6
26	3	AP News by The Associated Press	4.6
27	5	Neighbors by Ring by Ring.com	4.8
28	4	BBC: World News & Stories by BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.	4.5
29	3	MS NOW: Live & Breaking News by Versant Media LLC	4.3
30	3	Podcast App by Evolve Global, Inc.	4.8
32	9	Podcast App & Player - Castbox by Guru Network Limited	4.9
33	2	Clubhouse by Alpha Exploration Co.	4.8
34	1	The Atlantic Magazine by The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC	4.9
35	5	620 WTMJ Radio by Good Karma Brands	4.7
36	3	MobilePatrol: Public Safety by Equifax	2.0
37	1	Quora by Quora, Inc.	4.7
38	13	ABC News: Live & Breaking by Disney	4.0
39	2	Newsmax by Newsmax Media, Inc.	4.8
40	14	CNBC: Stock Market & Business by Versant Media LLC	4.7
41	3	NBC News: Breaking & US News by NBC News Digital, LLC	4.7
42	5	Daily Wire by Daily Wire LLC	4.5
43	1	Police Scanner: Crime Radar by Sepia Software LLC	4.6
44	3	TrueShort - Stream True Crime by Humans Anonymous, Inc	4.9
45	1	Bloomberg: Business News Daily by Bloomberg Finance LP	4.6
46	3	The New Yorker by Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.	3.9
47	3	The Economist: News & Analysis by The Economist	4.9
48	=	Thanh niên Việt Nam by Trung uong Doan TNCS Ho Chi Minh	1.3
49	4	Washington Post: Breaking News by The Washington Post	4.7
50	1	Medium: Read & Write Stories by A Medium Corporation	4.8
51	7	Financial Times: Business News by Financial Times Ltd.	4.8
52	1	Podbean Podcast App & Player by Podbean Incorporated	4.8
53	3	Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods by Sherwood Forestry Service, Inc.	4.9
54	5	FEED Mobile by The Kroger Co.	4.5
55	3	Blind: Anonymous Work Network by Teamblind inc	4.6
56	=	Narwhal for Reddit by robot swingset, llc.	4.5
57	8	WIRED by Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.	4.6
58	3	Spotify for Creators by Spotify	4.8
59	10	Stocks.News－Market Alerts by IR Agency LLC	4.7
60	=	Fox Nation by Fox News Network, LLC	4.7
61	=	中国领事 by Center for Consular Assistance & Protection, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China	1.8
62	9	Al Jazeera - الجزيرة by Al Jazeera Network	4.8
63	=	DarkShort:Dark&Mystery Stories by Mobile entertainment srl	4.3
64	2	Enigma: What’s that in the Sky by Enigma Labs, LLC	4.8
65	12	Police Scanner + by Rego Apps	4.5
66	2	The Guardian - US & World News by Guardian News and Media Limited	4.9
67	19	TPACTION by Superfeed Technologies, Inc	4.8
68	3	Pocket Casts: Podcast Player by Automattic	4.5
69	3	Snopes by Snopes, Inc.	4.8
70	2	Overcast Podcast App by Overcast Radio, LLC	4.5
71	1	World Monitor: GlobeAlert by APPRICOTT DIJITAL TEKNOLOJI VE YAZILIM ANONIM SIRKETI	4.6
72	4	OpenMHz by Luke Berndt	4.0
73	7	Barron’s - Investing Insights by Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.	4.6
74	1	PressReader: News & Magazines by PressReader Inc	4.7
75	3	TV Club: Movies & Show Tracker by TV Show Tracker, LLC	4.5
76	19	C14 - החדשות של ישראל by Jewish-Israeli channel	4.2
77	2	Spectrum News: Local Stories by Charter Communications	4.7
78	4	CBS News: Live Breaking News by CBS Interactive	3.7
79	new	Blue for Twitter by Kpaw, LLC	4.7
80	1	Prensa Abierta by Acta Diurna	5.0
81	=	FREECABLE TV: News & TV Shows by MixerBox Inc.	4.7
82	new	Space Coast Launches by Brevard County Board of County Commissioners	2.3
83	26	WFAA - News from North Texas by Tegna Inc.	4.8
84	new	KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul by Tegna Inc.	4.7
85	3	MSN by Microsoft Corporation	4.6
86	5	Very Local: News & Weather by Hearst Television	4.6
87	new	POLITICO by POLITICO, LLC	4.7
88	2	Mortgage News Daily by Mortgage News Daily	4.2
89	5	The Free Press by Runaway Media Inc.	4.9
90	new	Aungbarlay & Stock two digit by Wijuk Pruksuriya	4.6
91	5	Epoch Times: Live & Breaking by Epoch Usa Inc	4.9
92	12	FidiKetabi by Ali Hassan Samiei	4.0
93	new	Al Jazeera English by Al Jazeera Network	3.9
94	new	i24NEWS by i24news SARL	3.4
95	12	C-SPAN Now by C-SPAN	3.9
96	new	NewsNation: Unbiased News by Nexstar Broadcasting	3.8
97	4	Flipboard: The Social Magazine by Flipboard Inc.	4.7
98	24	Chronicle of Higher Education by The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inc.	5.0

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