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Name: Breaking News: Local & Alerts
Author: Safe Apps

Breaking News: Local & Alerts gets 5k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).

Breaking News: Local & Alerts by Safe Apps is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.

App Store details Google Play details

Breaking News: Local & Alerts update history & changes

Last change 11 Nov 2026 · 54 events since 21 Jul 2017Full timeline ↓

✏️11 NoviOSDescription updated ✏️11 NoviOSNew iPad screenshots ⭐11 NovAndroidRatings pace up +100%📦10 NoviOSUpdated to version 3.0.0 📈10 NovAndroidEntered the top 10 📦10 NoviOSFirst update in 971 days 📈9 NovAndroidEntered the top 10 in 2 charts 📈6 NoviOSCharting in a new country 🚀4 NovAndroidNow shown next to Snap News: Local & Alerts, Local News - Latest & Smart, Google News - Daily Headlines +5 more 📈4 NoviOSCharting in a new country ⭐1 NoviOSPassed 1K ratings ⭐31 OctiOSPassed 100 ratings 🆕26 SepiOSFirst spotted by AppInsider 🆕24 SepAndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider 🆕19 MariOSReleased on the App Store 🆕21 JulAndroidReleased on Google Play

Full timeline · 52 events in the last 12 months

11 Nov 2026
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Breaking News: Local & Alerts: description updatediOS
· SA
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Breaking News: Local & Alerts: new iPad screenshotsiOS
· SA
✏️
Breaking News: Local & Alerts: new screenshotsiOS
8 screenshots (was 7) · SA
⭐
Breaking News: Local & Alerts: ratings pace up +100%Android
336 new ratings a week, the last 2 weeks against the 2 before
10 Nov 2026
📦
Breaking News: Local & Alerts updated to version 3.0.0iOS
Breaking News is completely new: rebuilt from the ground up, faster and easier to read.
• Your town first, then the towns around you.
• Breaking: the big news and the urgent reports in one timeline.
• Smarter alerts, wit… more
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts entered the top 10Android
Top Free · News & Magazines · AE
📦
Breaking News: Local & Alerts: first update in 971 daysiOS
9 Nov 2026
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts entered the top 10 in 2 chartsAndroid
Top Free · All Apps · NL · Top Free · News & Magazines · TH
6 Nov 2026
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts entered the top 100Android
Top Free · News & Magazines · ID
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts charting in a new countryAndroid
Indonesia
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts charting in a new countryiOS
Brazil
5 Nov 2026
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts hit #1 in 2 chartsAndroid
Top Free · News & Magazines · NL · Top Free · All Apps · SE
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroid
Top Free · News & Magazines · FR · Top Free · All Apps · NL
4 Nov 2026
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts entered the top 10Android
Top Free · All Apps · SE
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts new best rank in the overall chart: #8Android
Top Free · All Apps · SE
🚀
Breaking News: Local & Alerts: now shown next to Snap News: Local & Alerts, Local News - Latest & Smart, Google News - Daily Headlines +5 moreAndroid
the store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts charting in a new countryiOS
Canada
3 Nov 2026
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts entered the top 100Android
Top Free · All Apps · SE
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts new best rank in the overall chart: #75Android
Top Free · All Apps · SE
2 Nov 2026
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts hit #1Android
Top Free · News & Magazines · SE
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts new best rank in the overall chart: #157Android
Top Free · All Apps · SE
1 Nov 2026
⭐
Breaking News: Local & Alerts passed 1K ratingsiOS
across the App Store countries we track
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts charting in a new country in 2 chartsiOS
United Kingdom · Italy
31 Oct 2026
⭐
Breaking News: Local & Alerts passed 100 ratingsiOS
across the App Store countries we track
30 Oct 2026
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts entered the top 10Android
Top Free · News & Magazines · NL
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts entered the top 100Android
Top Free · News & Magazines · DE
29 Oct 2026
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts entered the top 100Android
Top Free · News & Magazines · ES
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts charting in a new countryAndroid
Spain
28 Oct 2026
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts entered the top 10Android
Top Free · News & Magazines · SE
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts entered the top 100Android
Top Free · News & Magazines · NL
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts charting in a new country in 2 chartsAndroid
Netherlands · Sweden
23 Oct 2026
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts entered the top 100iOS
Top Free · News · AE
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts charting in a new countryiOS
United Arab Emirates
21 Oct 2026
⭐
Breaking News: Local & Alerts passed 100 ratingsiOS
across the App Store countries we track
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts entered the top 100iOS
Top Free · News · ID
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts charting in a new countryiOS
Indonesia
18 Oct 2026
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts entered the top 100Android
Top Free · News & Magazines · TH
⭐
Breaking News: Local & Alerts passed 100 ratingsiOS
across the App Store countries we track
17 Oct 2026
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts charting in a new countryAndroid
Thailand
11 Oct 2026
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts entered the top 100Android
Top Free · News & Magazines · TR
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts charting in a new countryAndroid
Turkey
10 Oct 2026
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts entered the top 10Android
Top Free · News & Magazines · KR
4 Oct 2026
⭐
Breaking News: Local & Alerts passed 100 ratingsiOS
across the App Store countries we track
3 Oct 2026
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts charting in a new countryAndroid
France
30 Sep 2026
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts entered the top 100iOS
Top Free · News · FR
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts charting in a new countryiOS
France
29 Sep 2026
⭐
Breaking News: Local & Alerts passed 100 ratingsiOS
across the App Store countries we track
26 Sep 2026
🆕
Breaking News: Local & Alerts first spotted by AppInsideriOS
#87 in Top Free · News · Saudi Arabia
25 Sep 2026
📈
Breaking News: Local & Alerts entered the top 10Android
Top Free · News & Magazines · IT
24 Sep 2026
🆕
Breaking News: Local & Alerts first spotted by AppInsiderAndroid
South Korea
19 Mar 2020
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Breaking News: Local & Alerts released on the App StoreiOS
21 Jul 2017
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Breaking News: Local & Alerts released on Google PlayAndroid

Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.

Downloads / month

100k+

all stores, worldwide · 5k+ a day

Exact

Confidence

Monthly users

all platforms

Free with an account

Confidence

Rating

4.7 ★

571k ratings, both stores

Measured

Best rank now

Android ·

News & Magazines Free

Measured

New ratings a week

341

▲ +100% vs the 2 weeks before (Google Play)

Measured

Exact figures, their ranges and how sure we are, free with an account.Sign up free Sign in

Breaking News: Local & Alerts at a glance

AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-10. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.

A free news aggregator app that delivers personalized local, national, and international breaking news alerts from multiple sources for users seeking customized topic-based updates. The app holds the #1 position in News & Magazines Free charts in both the Netherlands and Sweden, with additional top-10 rankings in Italy, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, and Russia.

Similar apps: Flipboard, Feedly, SmartNews

Breaking News: Local & Alerts downloads & installs

Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.

Store	Downloads / day	Lifetime installs
App Store	100+ Exact	1M+ Exact
Google Play	5k+ Exact	10M+ Measured
Total	5k+ Confidence Exact	10M+ Confidence Exact

How this is calculated

App Store: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.

Where Breaking News: Local & Alerts's downloads come from Modelled

Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.

Organic search

38%

Per day

Organic browse

47%

Per day

Paid (ads)

15%

Per day

How this is calculated

Modelled from signals we measure: ads naming the app (Google Ads Transparency), App Store features and the rank lift they caused, and how much keyword search traffic the app ranks for.

Where it ranks now

Both stores, across every country we track.

Store	Best rank	Charting in	US Top Free	US Top Grossing
App Store	#57 News Free	3 of 30 countries	–	–
Google Play	#1 News & Magazines Free	15 of 23 countries	#177	–

Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.

Review momentum

ⓘ How we measure this

App Store

New ratings a week

4.8

4-week average

Lifetime rating

4.5★

recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total

Review momentum

70/100

faster than 84% of News apps

New ratings by country (2)

Country	New ratings a week	Share	Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before
Canada	3.5	74%	–
France	1.2	26%	–

App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.

Google Play

New ratings a week

336

▲ +100% vs the 2 weeks before

Written reviews a week

under 1

Google Play

Lifetime rating

4.5★

recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total

Review momentum

90/100

faster than 96% of News and magazines apps

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	4.4 ★	691
Google Play	4.7 ★	570k 3.5k written reviews
Both stores	4.7 ★ weighted by ratings	571k

What users say about Breaking News: Local & Alerts

From the 70 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.

Users appreciate the app's ability to provide timely local and global news updates. However, significant frustration exists regarding excessive ads, technical glitches like black screens, and concerns about content accuracy or blocking.

Mixed but leaning positive (63% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful. The main complaints are about ads, and privacy and spam.

What people like

Useful: “I found this app really fantastic .I recommend”

Common complaints

Ads: “too many annoying ads and scammers”
Privacy & data: “too many annoying ads and scammers”

Breaking News: Local & Alerts App Store

Breaking News: Local & Alerts gets 5k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).

Breaking News: Local & Alerts is #57 in News Free in United Kingdom and charting in 3 of 30 countries we track.

Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day

DeveloperSafe Apps

CategoryNews

PriceFree

Released19 Mar 2020

Rating★ 4.4 (691)

Version2.1.3

Age rating17+

First seen by us 26 Sep 2026

Installs (est.)1M+ worldwide

View on the App Store ↗

Downloads / month

5k+

App Store, worldwide · 100+ a day

Exact

Confidence

Monthly users

all platforms

Free with an account

Confidence

Rating

4.4 ★

691 ratings

Measured

Best rank now

#57

News Free

Measured

New ratings a week

4.8

App Store, 4-week average

Measured

Exact figures, their ranges and how sure we are, free with an account.Sign up free Sign in

Breaking News: Local & Alerts on the App Store

App details

App ID

1438846303

Publisher

SAFE APPS

Publisher country

United States

On the store since

Mar 2020

6 years on the store

Minimum OS

iOS 14.0+

iPhone 6s and later

Devices

iPhone · iPad

Universal purchase

Content rating

17+

1 content note below

Languages

AR NL EN FR DE HI ID IT JA KO PL PT …

Size

27 MB

Also listed in

Social Networking

Content notesUnrestricted Web Access

Where it ranks now

Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.

Country	Charts	Rank
United Kingdom	NewsFree	#57
Saudi Arabia	NewsFree	#78
Australia	NewsFree	#150

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#61

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Ratings

App Store, worldwide.

Rating

4.4 ★

691 ratings

Measured

Ratings

691

Measured

Review momentum

ⓘ How we measure this

New ratings a week

4.8

4-week average

Lifetime rating

4.5★

recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total

Review momentum

70/100

faster than 84% of News apps

New ratings by country (2)

Country	New ratings a week	Share	Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before
Canada	3.5	74%	–
France	1.2	26%	–

App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.

About Breaking News: Local & Alerts

Get daily news alerts and relevant news updates delivered to your phone, so that even a small news reader can make a significant difference in communities! Stay informed about news stories that affect you and your neighborhood! Read the latest Uk news, local news , international headlines, weather warnings, and more!

LOCAL NEWS:
Remember, we don't only cover small news! Our App has it all: local breaking news, sports news, and current national and international news. Get everything from sports updates to national news headlines and live stream news sent to your phone while socializing with your neighbors and participating in engaging debates about local news.

A LOT OF SOURCES IN ONE PLACE :
Breaking News is a news app that combines hundreds of trusted sources to provide the best content as fast as possible! You can even follow news through your favorite topics. Our artificial intelligence algorithm helps to filter out thousands of articles every day in order to find the ones that are most relevant and fun to read. You are what you read, that's why we have to be selective.

STORIES FOR YOU:
Our app is a smartnews app since it gives a personalized news feed based on your preferences.

EASY TO USE :
The app is simple to use, and you can configure as many options as you like; give it a try, and you'll see why it's one of the finest news applications for your phone.

Finally, we appreciate you for using our app and encourage you to leave a review in the App Store.

Latest updates

3.0.010 Nov 2026

Breaking News is completely new: rebuilt from the ground up, faster and easier to read. • Your town first, then the towns around you. • Breaking: the big news and the urgent reports in one timeline. • Smarter alerts, with no repeats of the same story. • A weather page for your town with the official warnings. • Comments, replies and the debate of the day. • Follow towns, topics and news sources. • Sign in with Apple or Google. Thank you for reading Breaking News. Questions or ideas? [email protected]

2.1.314 Mar 2024

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Store changes

What Breaking News: Local & Alerts changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.

Description updated11 Nov 2026

New iPad screenshots11 Nov 2026

New screenshots11 Nov 2026

8 screenshots (was 7)

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Breaking News: Local & Alerts gets 5k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).

Breaking News: Local & Alerts is #1 in News & Magazines Free on Google Play in Netherlands and charting in 15 of 23 countries we track.

Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day

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CategoryNews & Magazines

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Installs10M+

Rating★ 4.7 (570k)

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View on Google Play ↗

Downloads / month

100k+

Google Play, worldwide · 5k+ a day

Exact

Confidence

Monthly users

all platforms

Free with an account

Confidence

Rating

4.7 ★

570k ratings

Measured

Best rank now

News & Magazines Free

Measured

New ratings a week

336

▲ +100% vs the 2 weeks before

Measured

Exact figures, their ranges and how sure we are, free with an account.Sign up free Sign in

Breaking News: Local & Alerts at a glance

AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-10. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.

Similar apps: Flipboard, Feedly, SmartNews

Where it ranks on Google Play

Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.

Country	Charts	Rank
Netherlands	News & MagazinesFree	#1
Sweden	All AppsFree	#2
Sweden	News & MagazinesFree	#1
Italy	News & MagazinesFree	#4
Russia	News & MagazinesFree	#13
South Korea	News & MagazinesFree	#26
Netherlands	All AppsFree	#18
United Arab Emirates	News & MagazinesFree	#8
Saudi Arabia	News & MagazinesFree	#17
United States	News & MagazinesFree	#177
United Kingdom	News & MagazinesFree	#70
Germany	News & MagazinesFree	#68
Thailand	News & MagazinesFree	#12
Spain	News & MagazinesFree	#53
France	News & MagazinesFree	#117
Brazil	News & MagazinesFree	#97
Turkey	News & MagazinesFree	#71

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About Breaking News: Local & Alerts

Get Local news and Breaking news from your city or town, national and international news instantly using Breaking news app.

Breaking News is a personalized news aggregator and social network where you can follow and get all local news and breaking news you are interested in and join conversations about hot local, breaking and national topics.

We believe, in Breaking News, freedom should be guaranteed to everyone to express his opinion without limits or borders. But with respect and no insults or racism.

To ensure we cover all points of view, the app combines hundreds of trusted sources and provides the best content as fast as possible! You can even follow the news through your favorite topics. Our algorithm helps to filter out thousands of articles every day in order to find the ones that are most relevant and fun to read. You are what you read, that's why we have to be selective.

Features
Available Topics in the app are (We add new topics permanently) :

- Local News : Find breaking news, local news and analysis.
- National News : Most important and breaking news in your country.
- World News : The latest international news, featuring top stories from around the world and breaking news, as it happens.
- Weather News : Find the most current and reliable weather forecasts, storm alerts, reports and information.
- Business News : News from the world of finance and business. Top stories, news bulletin, Features and analysis.
- Technology News : The most important technology news, developments and trends with insightful analysis and commentary. Coverage includes hardware, software, networking, ...
- Sports News : Breaking Sports News and Results including Football, Tennis.

We have other non-English countries too.
Your country is not supported and you would like it added? please contact us.

That's not all
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You can also follow your favorite topics and get daily articles about what you love from the most trusted news sources and hundreds of newspapers and TV Channels.

The app is very easy to use and you can customize many settings as you want, just give it a try and you will see that it deserves to be one of the best news apps for android.

In the end, we thank you for using Breaking News app and don't forget to rate it on Google play.

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