“at one time, this was THE best app to get one's news. but now, most stories and features are locked behind pay walls. Truly disappointing, since there's already tons of ads. in this day and age, the average American deserves to be…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 452 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
NBC News: Breaking News & Live
NBC News Digital LLCStay informed with trusted journalism from NBC News — your source for breakin…
4.4 ★109,668 ratings
5M+Downloads
9+Age rating
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Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Stay informed with trusted journalism from NBC News — your source for breaking news, latest news updates, live video, and in-depth reporting, all in one powerful app. Whether you’re tracking election results, following political news from Washington, catching up on world headlines, or watching live breaking news, the NBC News app keeps you informed wherever you are.
Get real-time breaking news alerts, top headlines, and live updates across U.S. news, world news, politics, business, technology, science, health, and entertainment.
Follow the latest politics news, updates, and results of the 2026 midterm elections, including live election results, congressional races, and in-depth coverage of House and Senate candidates across the country. Track key battleground states, major campaign developments, and real-time vote counts with expert analysis from award-winning journalists.…
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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.
We cannot tell which version of the app this analysis describes. It was run 2026-10-04 , and the app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version VARY, updated 2026-09-02.
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
Says 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.
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: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 20 distinct reviewers (4.4% of 452 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Most articles now behind a paywall. Not worth the cost. Sorry, uninstalling”
“This for subscribers only stuff is b.s. More and more stories are behind a paywall. I've been spending a lot more time on other websites. I'm probably going to delete the NBC app if they don't reverse this.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version VARY.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.