“Way too many ads and too much local and UK news. No tech news or ability to select topics.”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 404 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-07.
4.5 ★575,601 ratings
10M+Downloads
17+Age rating
27 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Get daily news alerts and relevant news updates delivered to your phone, so that even a small news reader can make a significant difference in communities! Stay informed about news stories that affect you and your neighborhood! Read the latest US news, local news , international headlines, weather warnings, and more!
LOCAL NEWS: Remember, we don't only cover small news! Our App has it all: local breaking news, sports news, and current national and international news. Get everything from sports updates to national news headlines and live stream news sent to your phone while socializing with your neighbors and participating in engaging debates about local news.
A LOT OF SOURCES IN ONE PLACE : Breaking News is a news app that combines hundreds of trusted sources to provide the best content as fast as possible! You can even follow news through your favorite topics.…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 11.1.22 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-07 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 11.1.22, updated 2025-07-11.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
From the package we downloaded and read — version 11.1.22, scanned 2026-09-14.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
3–5 requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 9 distinct reviewers (2.2% of 404 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“I get ads in app. but fullscreen ads are too much”
“Too many ad's.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2.1.3.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.