Top Free News Apps in United States

Top 198 on the App Store · updated 08 Nov 2026 18:53 · changes vs 08 Nov 2026 00:38

#	Change	App	Released	Price	Rating
1	–	X X Corp.	9 Oct 2009	Free	★ 4.6
2	–	CrimeRadar Dispatch Audio Scoopz Inc.	27 May 2025	Free	★ 4.9
3	–	Reddit REDDIT, INC.	17 May 2016	Free	★ 4.8
4	▲ 1	Substack Substack, Inc.	8 Mar 2022	Free	★ 4.9
5	▼ 1	NYTimes: US and World News The New York Times Company	31 Jan 2019	Free	★ 4.8
6	–	Ground News Snapwise Inc.	22 Apr 2018	Free	★ 4.7
7	–	NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts Particle Media Inc.	14 Jul 2016	Free	★ 4.8
8	–	Nextdoor: Neighborhood Network Nextdoor	23 May 2013	Free	★ 4.7
9	–	Citizen: Safety & Live Video sp0n, Inc.	24 Feb 2016	Free	★ 4.7
10	–	Police Scanner Radio & Fire GordonEdwards.net LLC	5 Feb 2012	Free	★ 4.7
11	–	SmartNews: Breaking News SmartNews, Inc.	1 Oct 2014	Free	★ 4.6
12	–	The Pour Over The Pour Over	16 Nov 2025	Free	★ 4.9
13	▲ 2	Police Scanner: Fire Radio Guru Network Limited Inc.	12 Sep 2019	Free	★ 4.7
14	▲ 2	Fizz: Your Authentic Community Fizz Social Corp.	25 Jan 2021	Free	★ 4.7
15	▲ 6	5-0 Radio Pro Police Scanner Smartest Apps LLC	4 Dec 2009	Free	★ 4.6
16	▲ 6	The White House The Official White House	27 Mar 2026	Free	★ 4.9
17	▼ 3	AP News The Associated Press	1 Apr 2010	Free	★ 4.6
18	▼ 5	MS NOW: Live & Breaking News Versant Media LLC	11 Jan 2011	Free	★ 4.5
19	▲ 6	Squawster - Police Scanner RadioReference.com LLC	17 Sep 2026	Free	★ 4.6
20	▲ 10	Crime Radar Muhtadi Muhammad	13 Sep 2026	Free	★ 4.2
21	▲ 8	Neighbors by Ring Ring.com	10 May 2018	Free	★ 4.8
22	▼ 5	CNN: Live & Breaking News CNN Interactive Group, Inc.	29 Sep 2009	Free	★ 4.8
23	▼ 4	The Wall Street Journal News Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.	1 Apr 2010	Free	★ 4.7
24	▲ 3	Daily Wire Daily Wire LLC	2 Oct 2019	Free	★ 4.6
25	▼ 7	NPR: National & Local News NPR	15 Aug 2009	Free	★ 4.7
26	▲ 2	ABC News: Live & Breaking Disney	23 Dec 2008	Free	★ 4.0
27	▼ 7	FOX News: US & World Headlines Fox News Network, LLC	26 Apr 2010	Free	★ 4.5
28	▲ 3	BBC: World News & Stories BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.	1 Apr 2010	Free	★ 4.5
29	▲ 8	FOX LOCAL: Live News & Weather Fox Television Stations, Inc.	2 May 2023	Free	★ 4.7
30	▼ 4	NBC News: Breaking & US News NBC News Digital, LLC	27 Jun 2009	Free	★ 4.7
31	▼ 7	Google News Google	8 Dec 2011	Free	★ 4.6
32	▲ 11	Police Scanner: Crime Radar Sepia Software LLC	26 Jan 2016	Free	★ 4.6
33	▲ 2	Stocks.News－Market Alerts IR Agency LLC	26 Jan 2024	Free	★ 4.7
34	▼ 2	Reuters - Breaking World News Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH	19 Mar 2013	Free	★ 4.8
35	▲ 1	Clubhouse Alpha Exploration Co.	14 Sep 2020	Free	★ 4.8
36	▲ 3	Podcast App & Player - Castbox Guru Network Limited	14 Jun 2017	Free	★ 4.9
37	▼ 4	Podcast App Evolve Global, Inc.	10 Mar 2017	Free	★ 4.8
38	▼ 4	The Atlantic Magazine The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC	22 Oct 2010	Free	★ 4.9
39	NEW	People's Daily 人民日报社	9 Oct 2017	Free	★ 4.7
40	▲ 1	Quora Quora, Inc.	29 Sep 2011	Free	★ 4.7
41	▼ 18	Spectrum News: Local Stories Charter Communications	9 Dec 2013	Free	★ 4.7
42	▼ 2	MobilePatrol: Public Safety Equifax	5 Apr 2013	Free	★ 2.0
43	▲ 4	USA News Updates: Crime Alerts MONETIZEGO LTD	1 Apr 2025	Free	★ 4.7
44	▼ 6	Newsmax Newsmax Media, Inc.	16 May 2014	Free	★ 4.8
45	–	The Economist: News & Analysis The Economist	2 May 2018	Free	★ 4.9
46	▲ 4	The New Yorker Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.	11 Apr 2016	Free	★ 3.9
47	▲ 5	Medium: Read & Write Stories A Medium Corporation	20 Mar 2014	Free	★ 4.8
48	–	Washington Post: Breaking News The Washington Post	3 Mar 2010	Free	★ 4.7
49	▲ 6	Spotify for Creators Spotify	21 Dec 2015	Free	★ 4.8
50	▲ 4	Narwhal for Reddit robot swingset, llc.	10 Apr 2014	Free	★ 4.5
51	▲ 17	Enigma: What’s that in the Sky Enigma Labs, LLC	9 Jan 2023	Free	★ 4.8
52	▼ 3	FEED Mobile The Kroger Co.	18 Mar 2021	Free	★ 4.5
53	▼ 7	Bloomberg: Business News Daily Bloomberg Finance LP	1 Feb 2019	Free	★ 4.6
54	▼ 1	Alrabiaa - الرابعة DAQAT AL-FIKRA FOR TECHNICAL PRODUCTION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD	24 May 2022	Free	★ 3.7
55	▲ 3	Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods Sherwood Forestry Service, Inc.	10 Aug 2021	Free	★ 4.9
56	▲ 9	Police Scanner + Rego Apps	1 Feb 2012	Free	★ 4.5
57	–	Fox Nation Fox News Network, LLC	27 Nov 2018	Free	★ 4.7
58	▼ 14	Biblio Times: RSS Newspaper groov creator limited	15 Oct 2026	Free	★ 0.0
59	▼ 8	CNBC: Stock Market & Business Versant Media LLC	6 Dec 2010	Free	★ 4.7
60	▲ 6	Israel Home Front Command Israel Home Front Command	13 May 2021	Free	★ 4.2
61	▲ 10	DarkShort:Dark&Mystery Stories Mobile entertainment srl	19 Jan 2026	Free	★ 4.4
62	▼ 20	Local 10 + Platinum WPLG, Inc	7 May 2026	Free	★ 4.7
63	▼ 3	The Guardian - US & World News Guardian News and Media Limited	1 Nov 2011	Free	★ 4.9
64	▲ 9	Al Jazeera - الجزيرة Al Jazeera Network	1 Feb 2021	Free	★ 4.8
65	▼ 6	Financial Times: Business News Financial Times Ltd.	27 Jun 2017	Free	★ 4.8
66	▲ 1	Blue for Twitter Kpaw, LLC	2 Jan 2024	Free	★ 4.7
67	▼ 11	WIRED Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.	15 Sep 2026	Free	★ 4.4
68	▼ 6	Podbean Podcast App & Player Podbean Incorporated	1 Apr 2015	Free	★ 4.8
69	▼ 5	The Bulwark Center Enterprises, Inc.	2 Mar 2026	Free	★ 4.9
70	▲ 4	PressReader: News & Magazines PressReader Inc	20 Oct 2009	Free	★ 4.7
71	▲ 1	Pocket Casts: Podcast Player Automattic	26 Jan 2011	Free	★ 4.5
72	▼ 3	CBS News: Live Breaking News CBS Interactive	13 Oct 2009	Free	★ 3.7
73	▲ 23	27 News NOW - WKOW Allen Media Broadcasting, LLC	22 Sep 2021	Free	★ 4.5
74	▲ 8	FidiKetabi Ali Hassan Samiei	9 Nov 2021	Free	★ 4.0
75	▲ 2	Barron’s - Investing Insights Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.	22 Dec 2010	Free	★ 4.6
76	▲ 19	FREECABLE TV: News & TV Shows MixerBox Inc.	21 Sep 2016	Free	★ 4.7
77	▼ 16	ABC4 Utah Nexstar Broadcasting	14 Dec 2012	Free	★ 4.6
78	▼ 3	POLITICO POLITICO, LLC	25 Feb 2010	Free	★ 4.7
79	▲ 11	Prensa Abierta Acta Diurna	12 Aug 2026	Free	★ 5.0
80	▲ 100	SWX Local Sports KHQ Incorporated	2 Apr 2024	Free	★ 5.0
81	▲ 2	Very Local: News & Weather Hearst Television	5 Dec 2019	Free	★ 4.7
82	▼ 6	NewsNation: Unbiased News Nexstar Broadcasting	31 Aug 2020	Free	★ 3.8
83	▼ 2	The Free Press Runaway Media Inc.	10 Jul 2025	Free	★ 4.9
84	▲ 1	Blind: Anonymous Work Network Teamblind inc	27 Nov 2013	Free	★ 4.6
85	▲ 3	Overcast Podcast App Overcast Radio, LLC	16 Jul 2014	Free	★ 4.5
86	▼ 8	Local News & Weather: Haystack Haystack TV	8 Apr 2014	Free	★ 4.7
87	▲ 15	Flipboard: The Social Magazine Flipboard Inc.	20 Jul 2010	Free	★ 4.7
88	▼ 8	Epoch Times: Live & Breaking Epoch Usa Inc	15 Jul 2013	Free	★ 4.9
89	▲ 5	MSN Microsoft Corporation	11 Dec 2014	Free	★ 4.6
90	▼ 27	AwareCA Intterra, LLC	18 Aug 2026	Free	★ 4.6
91	▲ 24	Садовод – агрегатор Teimur Gavrilov	10 Feb 2021	Free	★ 0.0
92	▼ 3	The Boston Globe BOSTON GLOBE MEDIA PARTNERS, LLC	13 Jun 2013	Free	★ 4.6
93	▲ 18	NHK WORLD-JAPAN NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)	4 Feb 2010	Free	★ 3.8
94	NEW	Programación TV Nicaragua • Guía Televisión (NI) Thomas Gesland	14 Nov 2015	Free	★ 1.0
95	▲ 22	Police Scanner + Fire Radio Rego Apps	1 Dec 2011	Free	★ 4.6
96	▼ 4	Truth+ T Media Tech LLC	17 Oct 2024	Free	★ 4.7
97	▼ 4	Integrity Index Political Integrity Project	21 Mar 2026	Free	★ 4.9
98	▼ 12	Yahoo News: Daily News For You Yahoo	31 Mar 2009	Free	★ 4.4
101	▲ 9	NetNewsWire: RSS Reader Brent Simmons	8 Mar 2020	Free	★ 4.8
102	▼ 1	Next Spaceflight NASASpaceflight LLC	1 Mar 2019	Free	★ 4.9
103	▲ 24	Geode Mods NATHAN BAILEY	29 Sep 2026	Free	★ 3.7
104	▼ 1	Tadry YOUSEF ALMASSAEED	18 Aug 2026	Free	★ 0.0
105	▲ 20	Zeteo News Zeteo	8 Sep 2026	Free	★ 4.9
106	NEW	Kokomo Scanner Kokomo Scanner, LLC	5 Oct 2026	Free	★ 3.0
107	▲ 7	AVA Media AVA Media Group	15 Jun 2025	Free	★ 0.0
108	▼ 38	WDAY+ Forum Communications Company	21 Sep 2020	Free	★ 2.0
109	▲ 68	Tijuana Good News Axel Ramirez	7 Mar 2026	Free	★ 4.9
110	▼ 4	USA TODAY: US & Breaking News USA TODAY	1 Mar 2012	Free	★ 4.5
111	▲ 60	WLUK FOX 11 News Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc	16 Dec 2011	Free	★ 4.8
112	▲ 20	1440: Quill Newsletter Tyler Schultz	26 Apr 2023	Free	★ 4.7
113	▼ 8	WSJ Print Edition Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.	28 May 2020	Free	★ 5.0
114	▼ 2	WDRB+WAVE Gray Television Group, Inc.	30 Sep 2011	Free	★ 4.7
115	▼ 7	C-SPAN Now C-SPAN	27 Sep 2021	Free	★ 3.9
116	▼ 7	Farsi TV Info Jimoo Devi	14 Apr 2021	Free	★ 4.7
117	▼ 19	KSL NewsRadio Bonneville International	31 May 2016	Free	★ 4.1
118	▲ 19	ABC7 Your Local Station Gray Television Group, Inc.	11 Oct 2017	Free	★ 4.2
119	–	Newsrael - Israel News Newsrael communication ltd	30 Dec 2019	Free	★ 4.8
120	▼ 13	KING 5 News for Seattle/Tacoma Tegna Inc.	23 Jul 2019	Free	★ 4.7
121	▲ 9	Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera Network	20 Mar 2012	Free	★ 3.9
122	▼ 9	AllSides - Balanced News AllSides, LLC	2 Nov 2020	Free	★ 4.3
123	▲ 69	NBC 6 South Florida: News NBCUniversal Media, LLC	5 Oct 2009	Free	★ 4.7
124	NEW	95.5 WSB Cox Media Group	8 Apr 2009	Free	★ 4.6
125	▼ 46	Columbia Spectator Columbia Daily Spectator	3 Oct 2024	Free	★ 4.9
126	▲ 9	BuzzFeed - Quiz, Trivia & News BuzzFeed	8 Mar 2010	Free	★ 4.6
127	▼ 11	New York Post for iPhone NYP Holdings, Inc.	19 Dec 2010	Free	★ 4.1
128	NEW	Tide 100.9 FM 1230 AM Townsquare Media, LLC	29 Aug 2017	Free	★ 4.6
129	▼ 9	LA Times Los Angeles Times Communications LLC	21 Jun 2010	Free	★ 4.6
130	▼ 46	LAIT911 - Fire, Police, Safety Southern California Wildfire Response	6 Apr 2023	Free	★ 4.8
131	▲ 15	Flit - Easy Feed Edoardo Galati	15 Oct 2026	Free	★ 4.4
132	NEW	大连云移动客户端 Dalian Radio and Television,China	15 Jun 2016	Free	★ 4.3
133	▼ 46	Objektiv Objektiv	15 Feb 2020	Free	★ 2.0
134	▲ 30	Tzofar - Red Alert Hoshen Kadosh	3 Oct 2019	Free	★ 4.4
135	▲ 21	GodsView AI: Flight Tracker JIJO JOHN	2 Nov 2026	Free	★ 0.0
136	▼ 2	Карта БПЛА — радар онлайн Kirill Konishchev	22 Oct 2026	Free	★ 4.8
137	▼ 9	Feedly - Smart News Reader Feedly Inc.	19 Nov 2010	Free	★ 4.6
138	▼ 9	The San Francisco Chronicle Hearst Newspapers	31 May 2011	Free	★ 4.5
139	▲ 10	腾讯新闻 Tencent News Tencent Technology (Beijing) Company Limited	23 Oct 2010	Free	★ 3.9
140	▲ 22	Game Informer Magazine Gameinformer	27 Aug 2026	Free	★ 4.9
141	▲ 24	Police Scanner - Live Globe Cinnamon Mobile LLC	7 Aug 2026	Free	★ 3.6
142	▲ 52	نبض Nabd - اخبار العالم ، عاجل Nabd Ltd.	23 Oct 2012	Free	★ 4.4
143	▲ 9	STĐV Thanh Hóa VIETTEL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS CORPORATION – BRANCH OF VIETTEL GROUP	20 May 2022	Free	★ 0.0
144	▲ 19	NewsON - Local News & Weather Syncbak, Inc.	4 Nov 2015	Free	★ 3.3
145	▲ 48	10TV WBNS Columbus, Ohio Tegna Inc.	8 Jun 2020	Free	★ 4.7
146	▲ 54	MO Conservationist Magazine Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC)	22 Apr 2016	Free	★ 4.9
147	▼ 43	KSTP 5 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.	6 Aug 2012	Free	★ 4.6
148	▲ 12	华人资讯 zhenyu song	25 Jan 2016	Free	★ 3.3
149	▼ 16	LindellTV Mike Lindell Media Corp.	13 Feb 2022	Free	★ 4.5
150	▼ 53	WFAA - News from North Texas Tegna Inc.	18 Sep 2019	Free	★ 4.8
151	▲ 17	Instapaper Instant Paper, Inc.	12 Feb 2019	Free	★ 4.6
152	▼ 14	Space Coast Launches Brevard County Board of County Commissioners	15 Jul 2023	Free	★ 2.3
153	▼ 8	Le Monde, Live News Societe Editrice du Monde	14 Nov 2008	Free	★ 4.8
154	▼ 18	Law & Crime Plus LawNewz Inc.	2 Mar 2018	Free	★ 4.1
155	▼ 29	Mortgage News Daily Mortgage News Daily	2 Nov 2021	Free	★ 4.2
156	NEW	Local Now: News, TV & Movies Weather Group, LLC	9 Jun 2016	Free	★ 4.3
157	▲ 26	NBC Bay Area: News & Weather NBCUniversal Media, LLC	5 Oct 2009	Free	★ 4.6
158	▼ 11	ABC 7 New York Disney	1 Dec 2010	Free	★ 4.8
159	▼ 20	myAlerts Konexus, Inc	10 May 2016	Free	★ 2.4
160	NEW	Police Scanner Live Radio Codenhagen.IO ApS	4 Jul 2023	Free	★ 4.3
161	▼ 21	Indianapolis News from 13 WTHR Tegna Inc.	10 Jun 2020	Free	★ 4.8
162	▼ 19	爱山东 Shandong Provincial Big Data Center	29 Jan 2016	Free	★ 1.0
163	▼ 13	Inoreader: News & RSS reader Innologica	5 Jul 2014	Free	★ 4.5
164	▼ 11	TMZ Ehm Productions, Inc.	15 Jan 2009	Free	★ 4.8
165	▼ 23	Forbes Forbes Media LLC	18 Sep 2023	Free	★ 4.8
166	▼ 5	Spreaker Podcasts Spreaker Inc.	22 Sep 2010	Free	★ 4.7
167	▼ 36	Just The Network Just The Network	25 Mar 2026	Free	★ 5.0
168	NEW	Idaho News from KTVB Tegna Inc.	21 Jul 2019	Free	★ 4.7
169	▼ 18	Podcast & Radio - iVoox iVoox Global Podcasting Service	23 Jul 2012	Free	★ 4.6
170	▼ 15	Straight Arrow \| SAN Straight Arrow News, LLC	4 Aug 2023	Free	★ 4.7
171	▼ 23	The Babylon Bee The Babylon Bee, LLC	13 Aug 2019	Free	★ 4.9
172	▲ 4	Air France Press Societe Air France S.A.	11 Apr 2013	Free	★ 4.5
173	NEW	World Monitor - Real-Time News Sermin Demirbas	4 Mar 2026	Free	★ 4.7
174	▼ 15	Thanh niên Việt Nam Trung uong Doan TNCS Ho Chi Minh	27 Nov 2020	Free	★ 1.2
175	▼ 34	Arizona's Family News Gray Television Group, Inc.	5 Nov 2010	Free	★ 4.5
176	NEW	二手车之家:汽车之家旗下二手车交易平台 Beijing Sequel Hongyuan Information Technology Ltd	10 Aug 2011	Free	★ 0.0
177	NEW	WJR-AM Cumulus Media	12 Dec 2009	Free	★ 3.1
178	▼ 20	Sky News: Breaking, UK & World Sky UK Limited	14 Oct 2016	Free	★ 4.6
179	▼ 56	NBC10 Philadelphia: Local News NBCUniversal Media, LLC	5 Oct 2009	Free	★ 4.5
180	▼ 11	Days Until VI Moritz Knapp	2 May 2026	Free	★ 5.0
181	NEW	Police Scanner Australia: Fire Mobixoft LLC	28 Jan 2023	Free	★ 1.0
182	NEW	Unbiased Headlines: News Chaillan Publications LLC	7 Aug 2026	Free	★ 5.0
183	▲ 1	Reeder. Silvio Rizzi	5 Sep 2024	Free	★ 4.3
184	▼ 93	WDAY Radio - AM 970 / FM 93.1 BAKKEN BEACON MEDIA LLC	28 Feb 2014	Free	★ 5.0
185	▼ 41	KSL.com News Utah Deseret Digital Media, Inc	23 Mar 2010	Free	★ 4.7
186	▼ 65	Denver News from 9News Tegna Inc.	18 Dec 2012	Free	★ 4.7
187	▼ 15	VoteMapper Election Simulator Scattered Labs	7 Feb 2025	Free	★ 5.0
188	NEW	France 24 - World News 24/7 France Medias Monde	1 Apr 2010	Free	★ 2.9
189	▼ 32	Patch - Everything Local Patch Media	14 Apr 2011	Free	★ 4.7
190	NEW	Flipster – Digital Magazines EBSCO Publishing	30 Jan 2014	Free	★ 2.0
191	▼ 24	ProPublica ProPublica	11 Feb 2010	Free	★ 4.5
192	▼ 6	CRIMEWATCH Mobile CRIMEWATCH Technologies	11 May 2014	Free	★ 2.8
193	NEW	Police live radio scanners - Listen to the best police scanner feeds from all over the world Nina Maibach	13 May 2014	Free	★ 2.8
194	▼ 70	KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul Tegna Inc.	18 Dec 2012	Free	★ 4.7
195	NEW	WatchOut: Police Scanner・Radio SILVER APPS	25 Aug 2026	Free	★ 4.7
196	–	News 12 Mobile NEWS 12 INTERACTIVE, INC.	1 Jul 2011	Free	★ 4.8
197	▼ 15	ThinLine Radio Scanner Thinline Dynamic Solutions	24 Mar 2025	Free	★ 4.5
198	NEW	KOAA News 5 E.W. Scripps Company	15 Jul 2019	Free	★ 4.2
199	▼ 25	Real America’s Voice News Performance One Media, LLC	15 Aug 2018	Free	★ 4.4
200	▼ 11	KQED: Bay Area Culture & News KQED Inc.	30 Sep 2011	Free	★ 4.9

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