“Too many pop up advertisements — RAV is better with much less pop up’s”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 502 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
4.8 ★176,239 ratings
—Downloads
12+Age rating
67 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Newsmax is a premier news platform that offers comprehensive news coverage, breaking news, and real-time updates on topics that matter to you.
Forbes calls Newsmax "a news powerhouse," and The New York Times describes it as a "potent force in U.S. politics".
It is America’s fastest-growing news channel.
From the corridors of the White House to the halls of Congress, our reporting covers every aspect of US political life. We provide trusted news on health, personal finance, faith, and freedom issues, reflecting our commitment to delivering 'Real News for Real People'.
The app includes easy access to Newsmax.com. Staying informed has never been so easy. Visit Newsmax today and step into the world of well-rounded news coverage.
JUST ANNOUNCED: You can now get access to our premium subscription service Newsmax+ within the app.…
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 5.1.10 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 5.1.10, updated 2026-02-26.
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
2 themes 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
80–89% 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 3
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 14 distinct reviewers (2.8% of 502 reviews scanned)
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 9 distinct reviewers (1.8% of 502 reviews scanned)
From the store listing: Usable without an account
The app's own screens offer a way past sign-up — guest access, skipping, or browsing before registering — rather than gating the product behind an account. The store's privacy disclosure is checked alongside it: that disclosure is self-reported, so it corroborates this credit rather than establishing it.
What we saw: The store privacy disclosure (5 entries) links no contact details or identifiers to the user — consistent with an app that does not require an account. Self-reported by the developer.
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Enough with the commercials already! — There are toooooo many commercials! Now, every time I open the app, it plays a commercial in the app before playing the commercials from the station! If we’re paying for access, we shouldn’t be…”
“Newsmax is Made for Octogenarians who fall asleep watching the constant Ads😡 — 😴😴😴😴😴😴😴”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 5.1.10.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.