“Why is this app always so terrible — I keep trying it, but with all of the flashing ads and autoplay videos in every single article, it’s almost impossible to use. Slowing to a crawl after 2 articles, to the point where I have to close…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 376 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.6 ★26,620 ratings
—Downloads
12+Age rating
68 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
HuffPost is a Pulitzer Prize-winning digital source of news. We report with empathy and put people at the heart of every story, whether it's about news, politics, lifestyle or entertainment. We believe news is personal and real life is news. If something matters to our readers, it matters to us.
• Stay informed with breaking news alerts and top story digests. • Browse articles, videos, podcasts and interactive content about a diverse range of topics and perspectives • Hear from voices that are not always part of the conversation • Enjoy all of HuffPost's editions in one app. (HuffPost is truly both global and local, with locally staffed newsrooms and editions around the world.)
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 2026.7.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2026.7.1, updated 2026-08-12.
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
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
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.
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 22 distinct reviewers (5.9% of 376 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Why the constant Pop Up ads? — With each update the banner and pop-up Ads get worse, why HuffPost?”
“Once very good - no more — what the h**l happened to this site. Pop-up ads block the article with no way to exit. I tried to login, but got a warning that my information will be shared. If not resolved, i will no longer use huffington post.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2026.7.1.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown1
Lowest$13.00
Highest$13.00
Gold HuffPoster (1 Month)$13.00