Ground News Downloads & RevenueGround News · App Store & Google Play
Ground News gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Ground News by Snapwise Inc. is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Full timeline · 54 events
- 🚀Ground News: now shown next to AllSides, Beehive News, Milo: Unbiased NewsAndroidthe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 🌟Ground News featured by AppleiOSapps · CA, DE, PL, RU, US
- 🌟Ground News featured by AppleiOSapps · CA, DE, PL, RU, US
- 🎉Ground News in-app event: The day’s news in minutesiOSMAJOR UPDATE · until 26 Nov
- 🌟Ground News featured by AppleiOSapps · CA, DE, PL, RU, US
- 🌟Ground News featured by AppleiOSapps · CA, DE, PL, RU, US
- 🌟Ground News featured by AppleiOSapps · CA, DE, PL, RU, US
- 🌟Ground News featured by AppleiOSapps · CA, DE, PL, RU, US
- 🌟Ground News featured by AppleiOSapps · CA, DE, PL, RU, US
- 📈Ground News entered the top 10AndroidTop Grossing · News & Magazines · TR
- 🌟Ground News featured by AppleiOSapps · CA, DE, PL, RU, US
- ✏️Ground News added hidden keywords: coverage, undergroundiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Ground News added hidden keywords: coverageiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Ground News entered the top 10iOSTop Free · Magazines & Newspapers · GB
- ✏️Ground News: new screenshotsAndroid12 screenshots (was 12) · US
- 📦Ground News updated to version 4.37.0iOSWhat's New
• See less of what you don't want. Tap the menu on any story to choose topics you'd like to see less of, or manage them anytime in Settings under News & Feed.
• A cleaner, more polished look across your feeds and Settings.
• Behind-the-scenes improvements for a faster, more reliable app.
Have ideas for what we should improve next? We'd love to hear from you at [email protected].… more - 📈Ground News entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · BR
- 📈Ground News entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · ID
- 📈Ground News entered the top 10AndroidTop Grossing · News & Magazines · VN
- 📈Ground News entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · News · AE
- 📈Ground News entered the top 10AndroidTop Grossing · News & Magazines · TH
- 📈Ground News entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · KR
- ✏️Ground News added hidden keywords: economistiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Ground News updated to version 4.36.0iOS• Fixed an issue where some screens could scroll sideways.
• Infrastructure and stability improvements.
Want to inform our next improvements? Share your feedback with us at [email protected] - 📈Ground News entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · SA
- 📈Ground News entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · TH
- 📈Ground News entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · NL · Top Grossing · News & Magazines · NL
- 📈Ground News charting in a new countryAndroidNetherlands
- 📈Ground News entered the top 100 in 6 chartsAndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · ES · Top Free · News & Magazines · MX · Top Grossing · News & Magazines · MX · Top Grossing · News & Magazines · TH · +2 more
- 📈Ground News charting in a new country in 5 chartsAndroidSpain · Mexico · Thailand · Turkey · +1 more
- 📦Ground News updated to version 4.35.0iOS• Tap the tab bar to jump back to the top of your feed.
• Infrastructure and stability improvements.
Want to inform our next improvements? Share your feedback with us at [email protected] - ✏️Ground News added hidden keywords: newspapersiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Ground News updated to version 5.0.0Android* Bug & Crash fixes
* Major UI, Infrastructure & Performance enhancements
Want to inform our next improvements? Share your feedback with us at [email protected] - 🎉Ground News in-app event: Follow the 2026 US MidtermsiOSSPECIAL EVENT · until 5 Nov
- ✏️Ground News added hidden keywords: reliableiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Ground News added hidden keywords: coverage, newschanneliOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Ground News hit #1iOSTop Free · Magazines & Newspapers · US
- ✏️Ground News added hidden keywords: substackiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Ground News added hidden keywords: nytiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Ground News featured by AppleiOSapps · CA, DE, US
- 🌟Ground News featured by AppleiOSapps · CA, DE, US
- 📈Ground News charting in a new countryAndroidBrazil
- 🌟Ground News featured by AppleiOSapps · CA, DE, US
- ✏️Ground News added hidden keywords: substack, politics, economist, telegraphiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Ground News featured by AppleiOSapps · CA, DE, US
- 🌟Ground News featured by AppleiOSapps · CA, DE, US
- 🌟Ground News featured by AppleiOSapps · CA, DE, US
- 🆕Ground News first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidUnited States
- 🆕Ground News first spotted by AppInsideriOS#6 in Top Grossing · News · United States
- 🌟Ground News featured by AppleiOSapps · CA, DE, US
- 📦Ground News version 4.34.0iOSNo release notes
- 📦Ground News version 4.32.2Android* Bug & Crash fixes
* UI, Infrastructure & Performance enhancements
Want to inform our next improvements? Share your feedback with us at [email protected] - 🆕Ground News released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕Ground News released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Magazines & Newspapers FreeGround News at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Ground News is a free news aggregator for readers seeking to identify media bias, source reliability, and ownership across over 50,000 global outlets. The app holds strong positions in US and international charts, notably ranking #2 in US Magazines & Newspapers Free and #3 in US Magazines & Newspapers Grossing, indicating high user engagement and effective monetization of its premium analysis features.
Similar apps: Flipboard, Feedly, Apple News
App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Ground News’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 2 linked to your identity and 2 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v5.0.0, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Ground News downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 1k+ | 1M+ |
| Google Play | 1k+ | 1M+ Measured |
| Total | 1k+ Confidence | 5M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Ground News's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: Subscription-led
How Ground News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Ground News Premium Yearly subscription | |
| 2 | Ground News Premium Yearly subscription | |
| 3 | Ground News Premium Monthly subscription | |
| 4 | Ground News Premium Yearly subscription | |
| 5 | Ground News Pro Monthly subscription | |
| 6 | Ground News Premium Yearly subscription | |
| 7 | Ground News Pro Yearly subscription | |
| 8 | Ground News Premium Yearly subscription | |
| 9 | Ground News Vantage Yearly subscription | |
| 10 | Ground News Vantage Monthly subscription |
Hidden keywords
Ground News shows up in App Store search (US) for 2 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #2 Magazines & Newspapers Free | 16 of 30 countries | #2 | #3 |
| Google Play | #8 News & Magazines Grossing | 18 of 23 countries | #12 | #8 |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings by country (6)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 159 | 88% | steady |
 Canada | 10 | 6% | ▲ +10% |
 United Kingdom | 4.8 | 3% | ▼ -50% |
 Germany | 3 | 2% | steady |
 Australia | 2.2 | 1% | ▼ -62% |
 Italy | 1 | 1% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.7 ★ | 49k |
| Google Play | 4.6 ★ | 33k 3.4k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.7 ★ weighted by ratings | 82k |
What users say about Ground News
From the 129 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly criticize a recent major update that degraded the UI/UX and introduced poor-quality AI summaries. Many long-time subscribers feel the app has become unusable due to aggressive paywalls and confusing navigation.
Mostly negative (22% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for good value, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and recent updates. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Price & subscription: “Cancelling my “center” subscriptions”
- Features & content: “Love the content, but am struggling to read it”
- Design: “Thank you for designing this for people like me”
- Ads: “SO MANY ads, especially for a paid subscription”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “They’ve gone full paywall”
- Updates: “Latest update is terrible”
- Design: “TD;DR: UI/UX update is very bad”
- Ads: “The ads take over the articles”
About Ground News
Ground News is the largest news aggregator in the world with over 50K news sources and 60K articles added daily. But we aren’t a typical news aggregator, throwing hundreds of headlines at you that barely skim the surface. Ground frees people from algorithmic restraints, illuminates blindspots and makes media bias explicit with our one-of-a-kind media analysis features.
AVOID MANIPULATIVE ALGORITHMS
SPOT MEDIA BIAS
DISCOVER BLINDSPOTS
CHECK THE RELIABILITY OF SOURCES
SEE WHO OWNS THE NEWS YOU CONSUME
Read daily breaking stories from sources around the world, in real time. Like a modern day newspaper, we show you diverse stories instead of algorithm-driven content that can limit your worldview. News coverage is rarely unbiased, so we give you as much context as possible so you can come to your own conclusions. Compare coverage on partisan topics like politics, and elections.
Enjoy our free features, or subscribe for in-depth analysis that will transform the way you look at news.
About Your Ground News Subscription:
Subscriptions renew monthly and can be managed through your App Store account
Payment will be charged to your App Store Account on confirmation of purchase
Renewal is automatic unless turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
Subscriptions can also be managed through Ground News by going to your Account Settings after purchase
See full terms and conditions here: https://ground.news/terms-and-conditions
Ground News App Store
Ground News gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Ground News is #2 in Magazines & Newspapers Free in United States and charting in 16 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026 Magazines & Newspapers FreeGround News at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Ground News is a free news aggregator for readers seeking to identify media bias, source reliability, and ownership across over 50,000 global outlets. The app holds strong positions in US and international charts, notably ranking #2 in US Magazines & Newspapers Free and #3 in US Magazines & Newspapers Grossing, indicating high user engagement and effective monetization of its premium analysis features.
Similar apps: Flipboard, Feedly, Apple News
Ground News on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Ground News’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 2 linked to your identity and 2 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Ground News downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Ground News's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Ground News before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How Ground News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Ground News Premium Yearly subscription | |
| 2 | Ground News Premium Yearly subscription | |
| 3 | Ground News Premium Monthly subscription | |
| 4 | Ground News Premium Yearly subscription | |
| 5 | Ground News Pro Monthly subscription | |
| 6 | Ground News Premium Yearly subscription | |
| 7 | Ground News Pro Yearly subscription | |
| 8 | Ground News Premium Yearly subscription | |
| 9 | Ground News Vantage Yearly subscription | |
| 10 | Ground News Vantage Monthly subscription |
Hidden keywords
Ground News shows up in App Store search (US) for 2 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
China
Japan
South Korea
RussiaApps near Ground News on the chart
Magazines & Newspapers Free, around #2.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings by country (6)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 159 | 88% | steady |
| Canada | 10 | 6% | ▲ +10% |
| United Kingdom | 4.8 | 3% | ▼ -50% |
| Germany | 3 | 2% | steady |
| Australia | 2.2 | 1% | ▼ -62% |
| Italy | 1 | 1% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Ground News
From the 129 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly criticize a recent major update that degraded the UI/UX and introduced poor-quality AI summaries. Many long-time subscribers feel the app has become unusable due to aggressive paywalls and confusing navigation.
Mostly negative (22% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for good value, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and recent updates. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Price & subscription: “Cancelling my “center” subscriptions”
- Features & content: “Love the content, but am struggling to read it”
- Design: “Thank you for designing this for people like me”
- Ads: “SO MANY ads, especially for a paid subscription”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “They’ve gone full paywall”
- Updates: “Latest update is terrible”
- Design: “TD;DR: UI/UX update is very bad”
- Ads: “The ads take over the articles”
About Ground News
Ground News is the largest news aggregator in the world with over 50K news sources and 60K articles added daily. But we aren’t a typical news aggregator, throwing hundreds of headlines at you that barely skim the surface. Ground frees people from algorithmic restraints, illuminates blindspots and makes media bias explicit with our one-of-a-kind media analysis features.
AVOID MANIPULATIVE ALGORITHMS
SPOT MEDIA BIAS
DISCOVER BLINDSPOTS
CHECK THE RELIABILITY OF SOURCES
SEE WHO OWNS THE NEWS YOU CONSUME
Read daily breaking stories from sources around the world, in real time. Like a modern day newspaper, we show you diverse stories instead of algorithm-driven content that can limit your worldview. News coverage is rarely unbiased, so we give you as much context as possible so you can come to your own conclusions. Compare coverage on partisan topics like politics, and elections.
Enjoy our free features, or subscribe for in-depth analysis that will transform the way you look at news.
About Your Ground News Subscription:
Subscriptions renew monthly and can be managed through your App Store account
Payment will be charged to your App Store Account on confirmation of purchase
Renewal is automatic unless turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
Subscriptions can also be managed through Ground News by going to your Account Settings after purchase
See full terms and conditions here: https://ground.news/terms-and-conditions
Latest updates
Ground News Android
Ground News gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Ground News is #8 in News & Magazines Grossing on Google Play in United States and charting in 18 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
News & Magazines GrossingGround News at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-09-28. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Ground News is a news aggregator that visualizes media bias, ownership, and reliability across over 50,000 sources to help users identify blind spots in their information diet. The app holds strong grossing positions in the US (#5), Canada (#7), and several international markets like India and UAE, indicating high monetization efficiency relative to its free chart rankings.
Similar apps: Flipboard, SmartNews, Feedly
Ground News on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v5.0.0, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Ground News downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Ground News's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Ground News before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How Ground News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Ground News Premium Yearly subscription | |
| 2 | Ground News Premium Yearly subscription | |
| 3 | Ground News Premium Monthly subscription | |
| 4 | Ground News Premium Yearly subscription | |
| 5 | Ground News Pro Monthly subscription | |
| 6 | Ground News Premium Yearly subscription | |
| 7 | Ground News Pro Yearly subscription | |
| 8 | Ground News Premium Yearly subscription | |
| 9 | Ground News Vantage Yearly subscription | |
| 10 | Ground News Vantage Monthly subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | News & MagazinesGrossing | #8 |
| United States | News & MagazinesFree | #12 |
| United Kingdom | News & MagazinesGrossing | #17 |
| Canada | News & MagazinesGrossing | #10 |
 India | News & MagazinesGrossing | #11 |
| Germany | News & MagazinesGrossing | #28 |
| United Kingdom | News & MagazinesFree | #29 |
 Saudi Arabia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #11 |
 Indonesia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #11 |
 Mexico | News & MagazinesGrossing | #13 |
 Netherlands | News & MagazinesGrossing | #11 |
 United Arab Emirates | News & MagazinesGrossing | #11 |
 Turkey | News & MagazinesGrossing | #11 |
| Canada | News & MagazinesFree | #28 |
| Australia | News & MagazinesFree | #31 |
 Thailand | News & MagazinesGrossing | #11 |
| Germany | News & MagazinesFree | #66 |
 Vietnam | News & MagazinesGrossing | #11 |
 France | News & MagazinesFree | #73 |
| Mexico | News & MagazinesFree | #48 |
 Spain | News & MagazinesFree | #54 |
| Italy | News & MagazinesFree | #66 |
| United Arab Emirates | News & MagazinesFree | #35 |
 Brazil | News & MagazinesFree | #101 |
| Netherlands | News & MagazinesFree | #42 |
| Thailand | News & MagazinesFree | #35 |
| India | News & MagazinesFree | #181 |
Apps near Ground News on the chart
News & Magazines Grossing, around #8.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Ground News
From the 176 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users appreciate the bias visualization and blind spot features but are frustrated by aggressive paywalls, billing errors, and technical bugs. The app is seen as valuable for media literacy yet criticized for misleading free trial terms and poor login functionality.
Mixed (50% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for good value, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and missing features or content.
What people like
- Price & subscription: “Well worth the subscription”
- Features & content: “Great for looking at a variety of takes”
- Ease of use: “Ground News is easy to navigate”
- Useful: “I have used this for over a year now and constantly recommend this to friends and family”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “need to pay, after 7 days!”
- Features & content: “give me an option to hide that stuff!!!”
- Crashes & bugs: “error logging in after latest update”
- Design: “The layout sucks, for one thing”
About Ground News
Ground News is the largest news aggregator in the world with over 50K news sources and 60K articles added daily. But we aren’t a typical news aggregator, throwing hundreds of headlines at you that barely skim the surface. Ground frees people from algorithmic restraints, illuminates blindspots and makes media bias explicit with our one-of-a-kind media analysis features.
> Avoid manipulative algorithms
> Spot media bias
> Discover news Blindspots
> Check the reliability of sources
> See who owns the news you consume
Read daily breaking stories from sources around the world, in real time. Like a modern day newspaper, we show you diverse stories instead of algorithm-driven content that can limit your worldview. News coverage is rarely unbiased, so we give you as much context as possible so you can come to your own conclusions. Compare coverage on partisan topics like politics, and elections.
Enjoy our free features, or subscribe for in-depth analysis that will transform the way you look at news.
About Your Ground News Subscription:
Subscriptions renew monthly and can be managed through your Play Store account
Payment will be charged to your Play Store Account on confirmation of purchase
Renewal is automatic unless turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
See full terms and conditions here: https://ground.news/terms-and-conditions
What's new in 5.0.0
* Major UI, Infrastructure & Performance enhancements
Want to inform our next improvements? Share your feedback with us at [email protected]
Store changes
What Ground News changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
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Apps people compare with Ground News: the same core purpose or gameplay, checked one by one.
