Appworthy
App Store
Version 1.39.4 · 2026-09-22
- Adding formatting fixes for long form stories
App Store rating4.9★5.6K ratings
PriceFreeIn-app $4.99–$69.99
Age12+Store age rating
Size76 MBiPhone download
CategoryLifestyle
DeveloperRocaNews
What we found
Full reportToo little checked to say Store information only. We haven’t analysed this app or read its reviews yet.
Money
- Free to download · in-app purchases $4.99–$69.99 (8 listed; the App Store shows at most 10). Monthly plans $4.99 (about $60 a year), $5.99 (about $72 a year) and $6.99 (about $84 a year); yearly plans $35.90, $59.90, $59.99 and $69.99.
- If you subscribe through the store, cancel in iPhone Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Deleting the app doesn’t cancel a subscription.
Not yet tested.
The store currently lists version 1.39.4, updated 2026-09-22.
Preview
Store screenshots supplied by the developer.
About this app
UNBIASED AND INFORMATIVE
• Roca gives you unbiased, daily news, history, and games that make staying informed actually fun
• Unbiased and nonpartisan: We give you just facts, so you can form your own opinions
• Completable and once-daily: We won’t bombard you with endless notifications that the sky is falling or "breaking" news. We drop one set of stories per day so you can stay informed and then get on with your day
• It’s fun: Built by young people who love video games but hate(d) reading the news
• It works: Our engaging stories, quizzes, polls, and game design help you actually remember the information you learn
• Roca Nation: 3M+ readers trust Roca to give them the news they need to know each day, without spin or bias
NEED-TO-KNOWS
Some news you want to know because it’s important; other news you want because it’s interesting.…
From the developer’s store description.
For developers and the curious
The full report
The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.
Findings and evidence
Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app. A missing label is not a clean bill of health.
What reviewers report
No review analysis published for this app.
Measurements
“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.
From store data and reviews
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
The store description doesn’t list prices (most don’t)
Cancelling, in the store description
The store description doesn’t say how to cancel (most don’t)
Themes reported by reviewers
Not assessed
This app's reviews have not been assessed yet
Five-star share of ratings
90% or more five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the app 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, not a finding.
Sensitive permissions
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
How we know
Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured
Versions and dates analysed
Not yet tested. No analysis has been run for this app, so there is no version or date to report.
Store update history
Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.
Assessment record
- Status
- Not yet tested
- App identifier
rocanews- Sources used
- None recorded
- Reviews read
- None recorded
- Package examined
- No package scan
- Human inspection
- Not completed
How we know
- Measurement vocabulary
- 1.4
Store facts
What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.
App Store
- Store rating
- 4.88 ★ · 5,575 ratings
- Version
- 1.39.4
- Updated
- 22 Sep 2026
- Price
- Free · In-app purchases
- Age rating
- 12+
- Size
- 76 MB
- Developer
- RocaNews
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Listing price
- Free · In-app purchases
Purchases the store lists
What this app sells
From the store listing. Billing terms are read from each purchase’s name — the stores don’t publish them — so treat them as a strong hint, not a disclosure.
Subscriptions8
Epic Roca - MonthlyMonthly$6.99
Epic Roca - MonthlyMonthly$5.99
Mega Roca - MonthlyMonthly$6.99
Mega Roca - MonthlyMonthly$4.99
Epic Roca - AnnualYearly$59.99
Epic Roca - AnnualYearly$69.99
Mega Roca - AnnualYearly$35.90
Mega Roca - AnnualYearly$59.90
This list is cut off. Apple shows at most 10 in-app purchases, and this app is at the limit — so it very likely sells more than we can see.
Method and limits
What a missing label means
Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app, so there is no method to describe for it yet. A missing label is not a clean bill of health: it means nothing has been read, not that nothing is wrong.
Limits of this report
- A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
- Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
- Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
- A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
Not yet human-reviewed. A human review gives an app hands-on, recorded measurements. None has been run for this app. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.
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