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Description

News Break believes that local news is different. Local news helps bring neighborhoods together around the unique stories they share in common. And only local news has the unique ability to meaningfully inform the decisions we make throughout the day.
What’s the weather like in my area? What about traffic? What important events are happening nearby? Join News Break’s growing local news community and see why over 45M people across the U.S. have helped make us the nation’s #1 local news app!
And remember - we don’t just do local! Local breaking news, trending national & international news – News Break’s got it all. Get sports updates and U.S. headlines sent straight to your phone while coming together with your neighborhood to share in interesting conversations related to local news in your area.
Join the 45M+ locals across the U.S. that trust News Break as their #1 local news app!
News Break Features:
Local News Highlights
• Get a curated daily briefing on local news, traffic, events, local weather, and more.
• Live stream news on local channels: follow local news, events, and activities.
• Get local weather reports and traffic updates at a glance.
Breaking News, National and Local
• Stay up to date with our coverage on breaking news
• Browse national news headlines and read comprehensive, in-depth stories.
• Use the discovery engine to discover stories from over 10,000 trusted sources.
Personalized News Feed
• Get the stories that matter to you with a highly personalized feed, relevant to your likes and dislikes.
• Keep up with business news, sports news, and more – whatever you’re interested in!
• Our news aggregator collects and delivers the news that matters to you.
• Get news alerts customized to your tastes.
Your Community News
• Find local eats, deals, shop openings, and more ahead of time.
• Read personal and vivid stories from our local news writers and content creators.
• Treat us as your personal newsstand, magazine collector, restaurant reviewer, and more.
Create Civic Value - Support the Cause
• Use News Break to revive the local news ecosystem and support small publishers
• Increase local story volume and geographic coverage to stimulate local storytelling and community power
Follow or Block the Trend - It’s Up to You
• It’s totally cool to stay on top of some topics, or totally hate them!
• News Break allows you to follow what is trending, or completely block some topics you don’t appreciate.
• You can laugh, share, think, cry, upvote, downvote, comment, reply...
• News Break is a free ground that welcomes you to express emotions & opinions.
Download News Break today and stay informed on local news!
Better informed, better life.

What's New in Version 15.5.0

Hello News Break readers!
We are working overtime to continually improve your favorite local-news app. Our goal is to help people around the country live safer, more vibrant, more connected lives through the power of local news and information.
- This release brings bug fixes and performance improvements
Do you have feedback for us on how we can improve News Break? Please email us at feedback@newsbreak.com

Seller

Name

Particle Media Inc.

Information

Categories

Version

15.5.0

Size

75.9 MB

Game Center

No

VPP Device Licensing

Yes

Rating

Rated 12+ for the following:
Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity
Infrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment Information
Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor

Compatibility

iOS 12.1 or later

Devices

iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad ProFifthGen, iPad ProFifthGenCellular, iPad ProThirdGen, iPad ProThirdGenCellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation), Apple Watch Series 4

Languages

English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish

App Store: Customer Ratings

All Versions

 4.7 (614,745 Ratings)

App Store: Customer Reviews

Ok

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phylo77
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2021-05-10
Version 15.5.0
Ok news

NEWS

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South Side Of Chicago
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2021-05-10
Version 15.5.0
Love the up to date information on the world. Keeps me informed.
Right On!

Loaded with adds.

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ATL Bob
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2021-05-10
Version 15.5.0
Freezes occasionally due to the shear volume of adds. Articles are a struggle to read because adds keep interrupting.

Debbie Anne

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kaffini
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2021-05-10
Version 15.5.0
Great reliable topics.very helpful and interesting

News app

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pmary5636
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2021-05-09
Version 15.5.0
I have decided that this App is not for me.

Up to date news

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Baramoni
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2021-05-09
Version 15.5.0
I’m getting more news than watching the regular channels like CNN, ABC, NBC and CBS.

Recent update

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Stephhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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2021-05-09
Version 15.5.0
I can no longer read any stories. Clicking on the links do not show the story.

Don’t get this app

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wardamama
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2021-05-09
Version 15.5.0
Although there are some good articles - the comments are always nasty -people threatening lives of others for comments or just racist comments - if they don’t have people to control or monitor that then they aren’t 5 stars - plus people see the city you live in - I deleted the app - Just read news on google or simply watch tv

Editor

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I love my animals/garden
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2021-05-09
Version 15.5.0
A small portion of news is great! I write for my small town newspaper. The COVNEWS in Newton County, Georgia. Thanks for the reports!

News

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dedeblass
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2021-05-09
Version 15.5.0
Great news local and beyond.. I report from news break.. Doreen Wilson

Can’t delete

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lorin57
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2021-05-09
Version 15.5.0
This is a good news app. However I couldn’t find how to turn off notifications within the app. I tried to delete the app. It’s off my home screen but not deleted.

Kills battery

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Illinoising
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2021-05-09
Version 15.5.0
Why does this app drain a full battery in 2 hours.

Noticias

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Enriquito.
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2021-05-08
Version 15.5.0
La información es poder pues el bien informado conoce y se prepara y este medio lo facilita muy bien

Problems with link

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Ladie Ele
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2021-05-08
Version 15.5.0
For some reason I’m not able to click the link provided to read the articles. It was working perfect up until the last week or so.

Newsbreak

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lath-daddy2
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2021-05-08
Version 15.5.0
Relevant and interesting - forget about tv news.

Great news app, bad community

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NightH
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2021-05-08
Version 15.5.0
I love the app as it offers breaking news articles including those that are local, but I absolutely hate the online community. Large population of racist comments. There needs to be some regulation, it’s ridiculous. I have deleted the app and will be looking elsewhere.

Not good

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DanBradford
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2021-05-08
Version 15.5.0
This site constantly detours to junk adas that are sometimes troublesome to get rid of. “News” articles are biased.

Search?

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JKC63
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2021-05-08
Version 15.5.0
Twice I’ve tried to find a search engine on here for a certain news story and there is none. Add an internal search engine for news stories we want to hear about and you will get 5 stars from me.

Just on

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bjn10
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2021-05-08
Version 15.5.0
Like their stories, but too often am u able to get through one because of all the ads cutting the stories off

No Search Option

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The Authentic Reviewer
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2021-05-08
Version 15.5.0
Cannot find specific articles or links. 0/5 stars

Quick local news

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JerryfromLebanon
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2021-05-08
Version 15.5.0
So far, the app has proven to set a new standard in accuracy and promptness A+++++

Wrong school

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cowboyneck
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2021-05-08
Version 15.5.0
They talk about Madison school but wrong Madison school

Can’t open

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Cfergie40
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2021-05-08
Version 15.5.0
I can’t open this app

Beware

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MADMAN187325203
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2021-05-08
Version 15.5.0
This company offers news intermixed
With advertisements. While not unlike commercials we see on TV or other websites, as a news site, we are reading the contents as truthful, unbiased and for the greater good of the comminities who read them. It is disgraceful when organizations such as this parade as truth tellers when there are ad traps for product purchases interspersed throughout the feed. This is akin to entrapment, baiting such as this should illegal. It’s bad enough the content printed on sites like this need to be further vetted for accuracy because of their political slant, to further contradict the purpose of journalism in its purest sense to add adds designed to trick folks, many of them seniors and not as technically or internet astute as our youth who has grown up with this technology is shameful. Remove it as an app on your phone, you’ll be better off for it!

No good

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2funxyz
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2021-05-08
Version 15.5.0
Slowly shows you have a story for a few seconds and the red bar goes back to the left on top and the article disappears and you see ads. This is loaded with ads so they are making money but then they still won’t show you the news. Garbage app

Comments are not desired

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RaceH2O
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2021-05-08
Version 15.5.0
Just came across the comments and it is appalling the kind of text that is present in terms of content and language. No thank you to such divisive, uneducated, and unfriendly rhetoric.

Charlee

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Cebu Charlee
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2021-05-07
Version 15.5.0
This morning in my push notifications was a hurricane warning, but it was for a storm that happened 4 years ago! I don’t care for sensationalism. I will seriously consider deleting the newsbreak app. My complaint has nothing to do with the stability of the platform or any of it’s features. It has everything to do with the fact that NewsBreak published a story as if it was a current threatening hurricane. In reality the hurricane happened in 2017. I guess that there weren’t enough other sensational headlines to publish.

No option to download w/ old ios

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FitbitDisappointed
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2021-05-07
Version 15.5.0
Cant use with older ios, other apps have options to get the previous version compatible

A conservative breeding ground

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ew a trumpie
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2021-05-07
Version 15.5.0
The articles recommended to me have been overwhelmingly negative and right leaning, two things I don’t like. Not even to mention the disgusting comments, they are filled with homophobia and racism. I don’t want an app on my phone that allows that kind of speech.

Aggressive advertising

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StandingOne
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2021-05-07
Version 15.5.0
This used to be a good app, now you have to deal with auto play videos and pop up ads. No longer enjoyable!

True liberal news

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Grrey2357
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2021-05-07
Version 15.5.0
Reads like something CNN would write. Don’t waste your time here. True left-wing propaganda!

Overloaded with ads

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Flip850
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2021-05-07
Version 15.5.0
Ridiculous.

Great site

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TDAgolfman
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2021-05-06
Version 15.5.0
Great current events and what is happening now!

To many

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Madguy2120
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2021-05-06
Version 15.5.0
To many dumb articles on people with no talent. Bad writing all around. Get away from Kardash losers. To many no talent rap articles. They should call this the dumb black app. It’s all blacks with no talent. And then the losers have to shove their dumb kids in our faces.

Newsbreak

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Lizzyjogert
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2021-05-06
Version 14.5.1
This site is poorly managed and the trolls that comment....information presented is misleading and often times inaccurate....I’m going to delete it now...good by

Politics

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genoa man
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2021-05-06
Version 14.5.1
Too much liberal crap on this site.

Mimi

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Mimi8646
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2021-05-05
Version 14.5.1
For me, there are too much paparazzi articles instead of real news articles. I’m not interested in Hollywood “news.”

Not so much

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Doogcentric
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2021-05-05
Version 14.5.1
So many pop up ads it’s hard to read the shoddy writing riddled with errors, grammatical, reporting, fact based, source based, etc. The surface drivel here is akin to supermarket trash mags.

Threats and racist comments

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_leyvaa
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2021-05-05
Version 14.5.1
It would be a great app if reporting racist comments and threats would work, I’ve been reading lots of political articles, I also read a lot of comments it’s hard to enjoy reading what people have to say when the second you add something they call you a racial slur and threaten you’re life. Great app it’s always updating me on what I like to keep up on but it does need to be monitored better.

Where the news is

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debsh2
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2021-05-05
Version 14.5.1
Easy to find facts on this news site there is always something being reported learn about this app!!!

The worst news app ever

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Kvnb561
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2021-05-05
Version 14.5.1
Every alert has something to do with a stimulus check, or an article from a few years back. Today I got an alert saying my area was going to get hit by a 185 hurricane Irma this storm passed in 2017. This app is completely useless I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a good or real article out of this app. Every notification is terrible clickbait and I want nothing to do with it anymore.

4 year old notifications

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Everythingmustgo!!
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2021-05-05
Version 14.5.1
This morning and all throughout the day I was getting notifications about Florida preparing for a cat5 hurricane and the keys are a ghost town. Only to find they were articles about hurricane Irma from 2017. Think it’s time to delete

Confused

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Jacey Man
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2021-05-05
Version 14.5.1
Today is 5/520201and this app keeps notifying me that there is a cat 5 hurricane headed towards Florida but the hurricane that it’s warning me about was in august of 2017.. Irma... very aggravating and confusing

Hurricane Irma?

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Bonnie Kaye
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2021-05-05
Version 14.5.1
You people need to get with the program! You’re scaring people unnecessarily by reporting on Hurricane Irma! There issssno hurricane out there. Think your news app is having some serious issues.

Trumper propaganda

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Loryn007
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2021-05-05
Version 14.5.1
Every single comment is some Trumpet saying how great he is and how the Dems are socialists ruining America. The news they promote leans heavily right-wing. If u wanna choke that down then maybe you’ll like this news app. They do promote local news which I appreciate, but basically it is only local crime stories to get people all whipped up.

🤙🏾

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1Mistha
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2021-05-04
Version 14.5.1
🤙🏾

Can’t Read the Articles

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MTS209
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2021-05-04
Version 14.5.1
Don’t know what happened to your App….but about two to three weeks ago I click on an article to read and it takes me directly to the comments. Not every time, but at least 2 to 3 times out of 4 or 5! WTH that doesn’t do me much good. I use to enjoy this App and would check it several times a day. Good for local, State and National News. But not anymore, too frustrating. Sorry to many competing Apps.

Many articles have ads blocking the news

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Kingoftarts
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2021-05-04
Version 14.5.1
Many articles have ads blocking every paragraph of an article. Not all articles, but many. These are not pop ups. So I exit the article, note who it is from so I will not make that mistake again and I notice who had the ad. I then give them a very poor rating.

Too much hatred

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lcbtcb
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2021-05-04
Version 14.5.1
There’s not enough policing of what people say. The hatred here is overwhelmingly at times and even though we report it, nothing gets done. Do something PLEASE!

News

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mobserrate
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2021-05-04
Version 14.5.1
5 stars

Local News cam be found elsewhere without the dubious articles

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Ekkthroi
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2021-04-29
Version 14.5.1
At first it seemed convenient. I live in NYC and sometimes just the sheer density of it all can drown out some truly local news. And it was sometimes handy that covid info was readily available in the app.
But whether it’s just by circumstance or design, the feed shows a pattern of peppering real news with dubious reports and some outright disinformation. I’m not talking about the NY Post that’s a highly opinionated, politically charged tabloid-it’s always been a part of NYC’s landscape and their inclusion in the local coverage is understandable.
I’m talking about truly blatant misinformation about covid, vaccines and politics, and from “news” sites no one’s ever heard of. It’s not clogging the feed, but their occasional appearances make it almost more insidious. It may be just their algorithms doing this, but as it’s already just another tech firm trying to capitalize on others’ content, I don’t like it and don’t trust it. Better off following a couple of local newspapers and TV stations in your area since that’s all they’re really doing.

Racist company

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gaige2
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2021-04-26
Version 14.5.1
Yes a lot of ppl of color now know for a fact this company is 100% racist. Ppl of color can mimic a white person racial comment Word for word And the comment FAILED TO POST BUT the white persons comment post like a sleeping new baby. SO WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? Many ppl of color has done this word for word a a white person racial nasty comment and guess what the little box comes up FAILED TO POST!!!
I’ll update my review when we ppl of color see that your trying to stop us from being called all racial names by your white posters A GOOD IDEA IS TO FORCE THEM TO USE A REAL NAME AND PIC JUST LIKE FACEBOOK DOES NOW AND IF THEY HAVE NO ACCT FORCE THEM TO HAVE ONE IN ORDER TO POST THEN YOU CAN REALLY KNOW WHO THE PERSON IS? We ppl of color are so tired of even a story of a infant turned and call black this or blk monkey baby that YES WE GET ANGRY BECAUSE YOUR COMPANY FAILS OR WORDS BACK TO THEM AND THEY CONTINUE TO CALL US INHUMAN NAMES EVEN GEORGE FLOYD DEATH THE WHITE PPL ARE ALLOWED TO SAY BLK DEAD AS N HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MURDERED OH AND THEY CALL ANY STORY ABOUT A MURDERED CHILD AND THE STORY YOU JUST WROTE ABOUT THE CHILD IN DETROIT THAT WAS TAKEN FROM THE PARENTS AT GUNPOINT THEY BELITTLED THAT BABY LIKE A ANIMAL SO YOU SEE UNTIL YOU HOLD THIS RACIAL ISSUES ACCOUNTABLE WE HAVE TO SAY TO ANYONE THAT WILL LISTEN ITS ALLOWED

UPDATE ON REVIEW!! LINKS ARE BROKEN/OPEN UP!!

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SMOKIE3914
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2021-02-18
Version 9.0.2
IF I COULD GIVE IT A “ZERO” NOW I WOULD!!
UPDATE: This program has gotten worse vs. better over the two weeks. It got to the point when I click on the notification area to read the news report that I wanted, the screen would come up blank!! But, when the article that I want to read does show, I still can’t finish reading the full article/news report I wanted, the links are still broken/won’t open up!!!
OLD REVIEW-WAS A 3 STAR
THE GREAT THING’S:
I love the news stories that is available to read, especially the verity that is there. I like the way the program remembers what type of news you like & updates you on these areas of news that a person likes to read. I especially like the categories on how the news areas is set up. I use the application a lot, since I have the notification’s on news areas that I like to read.
NOW THE BAD THINGS:
I would have given the program a “Five.”
But, I am getting annoyed that when I want to read the news notification that I set up “I am not able to do so!” The link at the bottom of each part of the news story won’t open up most of the time. You only get to read the “Teaser part of the news only & not the whole news story!!” I usually have to shut the program down & reload it, before the news extensions/links will work. But when I do that, I can’t find the story that I wanted to read in the 1st place, when I had to restart the program! Please fix this problem & I will update my review.

Nice to get news but...not the click bate and exploitation!

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M-Triple-M
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2021-02-15
Version 9.0.2
Pro: I like getting news without the garbage included in live broadcasts.
Cons: Click bate exploiting hot topics like a PANDEMIC. They deliberately leave out the most important words in headlines. Many times you get a headline but when you click on link to read the story it takes you to something else, either a different unrelated story or advertisements and frequently with no way to clear them to get to the actual news. Navigating to complete stories is frequently problematic. You get partial stories broken up by links to the rest of the story and irrelevant videos and ads. Often trying to retrace and start over after being mislead to other destinations leads to a different unrelated story but with the original headline. So you get to a page with the correct headline but an entirely unrelated story accompanying the headline.

Not real news! Just clickbait and adds!

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Drathstar
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2021-02-14
Version 9.0.2
I tried this app to get news articles for a few months but the vast majority of things I looked at were either vapor thin PARTS of POSSIBLE stories to serve as cover for a clickbait title which never actually gave the information about a topic or answer to a question, just a brief paragraph or so leading up to sounding like it was going to legitimately answer and inform them to end abruptly without even a link to continue the story! Often there would be another advert link below somewhere with the same or similar title and either the same paragraph or just enough change to be separate but still no real knowledge or facts to be had! Jimmy from South Park could have been a prophet about the creation of apps and services like this piece of clickbait trash!(Im only slightly joking about that, just a touch of hyperbole with humor to cover over some of the bitterness of the bile I feel crawling up my throat at the thought of the kind of human scum who take the time to make fecal matter so vile!)

Decent

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Mama HodgePodge
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2021-01-26
Version 8.0.0
I do like getting notifications throughout the day and that I can control how many notifications I get and when. I wish the comment sections weren’t so toxic, but free speech *is* good to have. It’d just be nice to see more respectful discord and less trolling happening, but alas. I thought there was a search function, but I can’t find it for the life of me. It’d also be nice to search for stories you are looking for especially when you open the app & it displays a story just to disappear a second later. That’s frustrating. It would be nice to see less depressing stories. I like keeping up with world, national, local and events, but don’t necessarily want to be inundated with depressing information all day long. I also like that it attempts to stay non-partisan. I prefer my news to be non-partisan so I can make my own decision, but also like seeing opinions from the left and right to better understand people’s positions. It is nice that there is a scale in your settings so the algorithms can try to give you want you want. All in all a good app.

good for news, bad for comments

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tatum.buckley
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2021-01-20
Version 7.0.0
i love the news break app and was introduced to it by a friend in march when covid was getting serious in the US, for more information. i love how you can have local news and national news alerts and covid stats in one place. however, there’s a few issues that need to be fixed. the comment sections on topics, specifically regarding trump and covid, there is insane radicalization and fake news being spread around in the comments and their replies. these comments spew hate and false information that is very dangerous. it is irresponsible for news break to not being filtering or disabling comments right now, especially since it is a literal news app. i have seen literal death threats to government officials, false information, and even more misinformation about the covid vaccine. it is so important that news break does something about this comment section because radicalization and misinformation about a vaccine that could save thousands of lives is very dangerous. i don’t want to go to check my news in the morning and see trump supporters spewing hate and threats and false information.

Great amount of news with strong liberal bias

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Surgikalstrike
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2021-01-03
Version 6.0.0
News Break has a great deal of strong liberal bias. I realize News Break uses outside sources for news, that said, please consider a conservative source such as the Daily Wire, etc. Fox News no longer qualifies as conservative.
I really like News Break other than the aforementioned bias. I also realize the presidential administration is changing. I think it’s important to point out that 49% of the country identifies as conservative. I know several people who have deleted this app due to the strong liberal bias but I hope my comment will be heard and I can avoid deleting this mostly useful app.
Also many states don’t have COVID lockdowns and many states including my own don’t require masks to be worn so getting hourly COVID updates is tantamount to getting the snow report when you live in Hawaii.
The bottom line is for every strong liberal talking point can you at least mention a strong conservative talking point?

Great when it works

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James880893
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2020-11-25
Version 4.0.0
I love the fact that I can see all the news stories in one place instead of trying to look all over the web for them. However, I also deleted this app due to the many glitches I have encountered which cause frustration when there’s a story your really interested in reading. I’ll receive a notification for a news story, and after clicking it, the app will open up. Then 9 times out of 10 I’ll click to open the story and nothing will happen. I have to close the app and then reopen it, then try and search through the articles to find the one I received a notification for. Since I tapped the notification, I’m not able to tap it again. I usually just give up and go search google. The same thing tends to happen with the stories I might be interested in that show when scrolling to the bottom. The first link might work, but the rest won’t work at all. Of course when I go online to use the news-break website, I always end up getting redirected to open the app for the article.

So, I have a friend I’d like you to meet...

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NikiD88
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2020-11-06
Version 3.8.5
In this day in age.. where all news is biased. A friend of mine shared one of your articles. So I do the natural thing. Download your app just so I can read it. Even allow the “push notifications.” Because, As rare as it is, I actually, genuinely, still want to hear what people have to say!!! I really enjoyed this channel for a few days. Fast. Direct. To the point. And then. As we are known to say in the south. “Welp?”. (Sarcasm inserted). I know I’m a nobody and I am just a little tiny review. And maybe I’m just fed up like everybody across the nation is for so many reasons. Ya know. I guess for what it’s worth. I’d just like to see a small news company be the change. The one that speaks all sides. Actually fact checks. All sides. Real is what people want in this digital driven age. People are afraid of the truth. They don’t always like it. But whether they know it or not.. people respect it. Thank you. Disclaimer. I do not troll the internet, nor am I some new self proclaimed activist or wannabe. I think I’ve written 3 reviews for anything in my life. Just felt the need to vent or whatever. Or at the very least. Maybe give someone a good laugh. Maybe I should like many people. Just get a diary. Welp!

Lies! Journalism at its worst!

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McFancyFeet
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2020-10-31
Version 3.8.5
I’ve been using this app for news throughout 2020. I liked the idea that it combined news outlets into one area. I received a notification of a new local story. The story was about a teacher who stapled her student’s mouth shut. Horrified, I looked more into it and this is where I found the truth. This particular story has been posted several times over several years. It was never true. I’m disgusted that it was sent to me as “news.” In a time in our lives where the news is being watched and read meticulously with both a pandemic and a presidential election, this is a really bad time to post not only incorrect information but to completely make up a story. Jeez, and they couldn’t even do that. They had to use somebody else’s made up story! I’m seriously disgusted about the filters they used to bring me news. Deleted and I urge anyone else to find a different source.

False and political driven news

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Lee Ron
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2020-10-30
Version 3.8.5
This app is used for propagandas and their editors trying to attract the readers with bombastic headlines in a very sneaky way for instance most recent headline which cause me to delete the app and write this review was:
Joe budden have COVID-19. I can understand it’s a news but publishing this headline few days before election it’s used to create stress and chaos Among the USA citizens. When the notification pops up for a second you don’t get it it’s related to someone else rather then president nominee, it drag lots of traffic over something that you may care for it but the timing is wrong.
We all get brainwashed everywhere in news and ads related to the election and our subconscious mind can easily get confused with one letter different spell or a name and make us think for a moment that joe Biden is sick.
Shame on you news break this awful way to confuse your readers. I’m out no more tricky headlines from you to me.

Has potential, but hostile comment sections are causing me to delete the app.

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WanderingGrace14
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2020-10-27
Version 3.8.5
This app has potential. I like being able to quickly get news without going to Twitter or somewhere else. It’s a quick click. For the most part articles sent to notifications have been relevant (although the frequent click bait stimulus articles have been annoying).
However, the comment sections are horrible. For some reason racist, anti-mask Trump supporters have flooded this app. They leave awful, aggressive comments and harass anyone who has a differing opinion. I have attempted to have civil conversations in the comment sections (and have seen others attempt to do the same) and we have only been met with aggressive hostility. These comment sections either need to be deleted or need to be heavily moderated. I haven’t seen an option to report comments either. So unfortunately, I will be deleting this app to protect my own mental health and caution others about downloading it. It’s draining. Keeping up with the news can be draining enough, but the hostility in the comments is disgusting. I will be checking out other news apps and am hoping to find one that hasn’t been overrun by hateful bigots.

Avoid the comments

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yungstud
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2020-10-09
Version 3.8.3
Update 2: It appears the devs have allowed the blocking of news sources soon after my first review. You earned a star! Still, those comments are terrible though...
Update 1: This app needs to disable the comments section completely or at least give people the option to disable it themselves. They are worse than Facebook. Probably equally as bad as Twitter. Though I admit I’m not on either anymore. People say the most vile, hateful things to each other and about the world in general. It really detracts from the purpose of staying up to date with current events.
Original: I love that I can just get the top news stories and local headlines. However, I’m tired of accidentally clicking on certain news sources. There are certain ones I want to block and never have my data affiliated with, yet there is no way to do that currently. Please fix that.

Allowance of Blatant Racism

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AlexaD192
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2020-09-24
Version 3.8.2
I love the News Break app, and found it convenient to use for local alerts in the last few months regarding COVID-19, wildfires, and local news.
However it hurts my heart not only to see the overflow of racist comments. It hasn’t been one or two comments but hundreds. I understand that people have political preferences. But the outright bigotry is unacceptable and unforgivable.
What hurts more is that News Break allows these comments to appear. One could say “well, maybe just don’t read the comments” “don’t be so sensitive to what others are saying” “it’s Free Speech” etc. I am often interested in seeing what other people have to say in response to the news. Unfortunately, most of these people shamelessly express so much hate. I’ve seen these comments since the day I downloaded the app back in March, and tried to forget about/ignore them for too long.
Every article about any person of color, especially those which discuss criminals of minority background, feature a comment section filled with racism, bigotry and hate on MOST of the comments.
This is what News Break ALLOWS.
Very good app for news notification, but I can no longer support an app that makes allowances for blatant hatred.
News Break, please do better.

Local News

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dzwsag
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2020-09-05
Version 3.8.0
I love reading local news when I am not at work. Bigger papers do not cover important news in my community and I need to be informed to feel comfortable living in Islip. I grew up in Islip at the time when the only local news was the Islip Bulletin which we had a subscription for at home. With the internet and great reporting, your “newspaper” has improved my quality of life because I feel less isolated from my community. This is very important during the COVID outbreak and for the aging population of Long Island who may not get out of the house as often as they did when younger.
I hope that you continue to inform people of news, jobs, and events. I also want to congratulate you on a job well done and give you my best wishes for the future! Thank you all for your excellent work which is greatly appreciated!

Needs work. Right now it’s aggravating.

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eggiecom1
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2020-08-26
Version 3.7.7
In general I like this app. It provides me with news that’s local and news that’s hard to find elsewhere. It does have some annoying problems.
I can’t share from the app to Facebook. I need to open the story in my browser first. If I forget and try to share from the app, it freezes and needs to be shut down and relaunched. Unfortunately, once you look at that story, it disappears from your feed, AND THERE’S NO WAY TO GET IT BACK. That’s soooooo annoying. It’s fine if you remembered, or even wanted, to save it, otherwise it’s gone forever. And there’s no way to look at a viewing history, because there isn’t one.
PLEASE.... at least give us a viewing history, or some way of getting back to an article if the app freezes. I’d give you five stars if that were possible. In the meantime, I’m just frustrated.

Serious problems hide good potential

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AnotherGrain OfSand
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2020-08-19
Version 3.7.7
This is a solidly written app that suffers from horrific editing. It’s all click-bait all the time. Nearly every headline is a variant of “Wait ’Till You See This!” Just tell us what “This” is and we’ll decide if it’s worth reading. Instead we’re treated like children who haven’t gotten past object permanence and must be fed passive-aggressive headlines to respond. I dread using it because there’s so much sewage to wade through and the leads are all buried in the clicks. The comments reveal their target audience. Very heavy on right-wing sources like Fox and Washington Examiner, etc. It’s the digital reincarnation of the National Enquirer. If you look at the advertising they attract it matches their editorial bias so they’re trapped and so are the users. If they had better story choices they’d attract better advertisers (maybe it’s ad sales force that keeps them in the gutter). But they sometimes post local news stories that are important to be aware of so I haven’t deleted the app.

Daily CORONAVIRUS information (State links to DPH) outdated

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BridgettLeah
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2020-08-12
Version 3.7.4
I can only speak for Georgia; the state's Department of Public Health (DPH) link has been outdated for over a month... the link takes you to a "Page Not Found" error. A little editorial work, or delegation thereof by the NewsBreak editors (or even allowing email feedback on the NewsBreak app - I tried that and they haven't even set up an email link for Support!!) and they would have known about the issue themselves without someone having to leave a shoddy review.
Additionally, if you live Local to a tired old newspaper - the kind that literally will not allow a single story to be seen/read online (beyond the first couple of sentences) without your purchasing a subscription - you won't ever get any actual Local news. NewsBreak shouldn't even post these stories! It's basically an offshoot of clickbait...." Here's a breaking news story in your area!! [Reader clicks] Oopsy. You'll have to pay if you want to know how the investigation into the unsolved murder of a beloved 83 year old woman in your community is or isn't progressing, though the flailing TimesGeorgian wrote a headline that makes it sound like the sheriff has leads... it's just clickbait to make you buy a subscription and find out the sheriff is still baffled."

Used to get vital info but now....

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JRN0824
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2020-07-30
Version 3.7.2
I really used to appreciate the NewsBreak notifs because they were new and informative. In past two months though I have gotten, literally, 3 notifs a day about the Second Stimulus that there has been no new info about especially while Congress is on break. Why do you keep torturing those of us who really need REAL info about the Stimulus because we cannot go back to work? It’s more than annoying, it almost feels like the app is rubbing it in our faces. If you read the comments under each of these articles I am not alone. Last article had 3,000 comments saying exactly what I’m saying. I am turning off notifs and will rely on local news app from now on.
UPDATE: I have deleted the app. Not only am I still getting 5 articles a day about this stimulus package still and there’s no new news..... on top of that the app is linked through Facebook so any political article has some of worst commenters who spew hate speech and threaten violence. I spent a few days reporting the comments but it doesn’t matter. The most sane thing to do just delete. I get my news from large political outlets who don’t have uneducated people threatening people who don’t support the president’s narrative. Take out the Facebook link for comments (IE make us make an account) and quit sending the same articles 5 times a day and I will return.

App needs a search and filter feature

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Foodhurtsme
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2020-07-25
Version 3.7.2
App is pretty good, but needs the ability to search the headlines for keywords. Also needs a filter so that certain sources may always be omitted from results, e.g. always exclude CNN, etc. Also, the ability to mark story categories that you don’t want to see anymore would be useful. Say a story pops up about sex or gender issues, and you just prefer not to see those type of stories anymore. Also, big ads which appear as if they are stories are repeating or often shown. It would be nice to mark or tag the ad and say “I’ve seen this, I’m not interested, please don’t show it to me anymore thank you”. The app is surprisingly fast and responsive. There are so many news apps out there, this one seems to distinguish itself by it’s responsiveness — its very fast. The big ads appearing as if they were stories is an interesting take on generating ad revenue, but they are not obtrusive (at least in 2 column landscape mode on an iPad since real stories appear on the left, while the ads feed appears on the right column with other real stories.) The app needs more features as I have mentioned to make it more appealing.

The truth about Parler

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Mama3worksAThome
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2020-07-21
Version 3.7.2
It’s this simple, Parler does not atop the truth from getting out, which SOO many people want to see happen. They don’t want people to know about what’s REALLY going on, just whatever suits there narrative, which is simple- FAKE NEWS! On Parler you are free to be yourself, have total control of your own posts and who comments. I have been using it for a little over a month and I’m so thankful to meet soo many other patriotic people who are awakened to the truth behind what’s happening and why. We want you to think for yourself, and in order to do that you must be given all the information. Even that which you don’t want to believe is true. The truth isn’t always pretty, but there is so much beauty and love that you can’t see also because some people don’t want you to! Here you can. Here you are welcome.

Repetitive posts

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Drew Mclean
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2020-07-15
Version 3.7.0
I like this app for the fact that I can can pretty current local news. The biggest down side is that there is a repetitive almost and onslaught to just make a news break about the stimulus check. The post are over and over saying when you will get your stimulus or how much you will receive them but when you pay attention there really is no update at all. It seems like it is just making people who have the app anxious or aggravated that we don’t have the stimulus check yet. If there is not a real actual and factual update then don’t post a news break stating the same speculation reworded. Your only making your users more and more impatient for the stimulus. I never see a repetitive post about anything else. I hope this is not politically motivated because this is not news if there is no actual updated news to report on the same subject. I don't want to delete this app because it is good for local news like is previously stated but I will if I keep getting flooded with the same non-news post about the stimulus.

I like this app but...

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DPHANTOMS97
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2020-07-13
Version 3.6.9
I like the news, I like being able to track the virus cases in my city and I like being able to track the protests. Of course there are some repetitive articles, but this app doesn’t report the news it compiles it in an easy place for us all to see. What I really hate about this app is the community, doesn’t matter what article you go to you’ll find terrible terrible bigots in the comment section. These comments really need to be moderated, and a lot of those people really should be put on a watch list. They think because they’re just sitting behind a phone screen they can say what they want, but that’s not how it is. Everyone needs to learn that the comments they leave effect people, it’s not what you meant to say it’s how other people perceive what you say that matters. Some of these comments are just so heinous and terrible skewed towards incredibly racist undertones and even sometimes it’s so blatant you’re just surprised. If we’re talking about the actual app though, it’s pretty great, but I think you should disable the comments seriously.

GRU Troll Alert

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Dogma169
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2020-07-08
Version 3.6.9
Inside this app is some very good news and articles. That being said be aware as in all forums and places we leave comments or thoughts, we will encounter Trolls. By now we all know what they are, however the game has changed and their are people who purposely incite just to cause division. That being said this app is great at getting very varied news sources. But Traveler beware....
*****Update******
So some sites in this app act more like honeypots then actual websites. What do I mean by that? Well let’s say you produce a website and act like a FRINGE news org....then capture all IP traffic as well as phone information. What they use it for one is left guessing. But based on most of the forums it’s just a GRU (Russian Government Sanctioned Hackers), Chinese Sanctioned Hackers, DPRK Sanctioned Hackers, The Foundation (The Family, The Patriot Movement, 3%ers, Doug Coo lunatics) sprinkled with the normal American Troll....so yeah I’m gonna have to give a big downgrade for this app.

Four stars but maybe five?

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jkfs23
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2020-06-28
Version 3.6.7
I love this app for having local news but some of the news outlets won’t let you read their articles without a subscription, namely the Minneapolis Star and Tribune and the Virginia, Minnesota news paper and the Hibbing Daily newspaper. I am asking you to check with the news outlets you use to see if they require a subscription or not. If they don’t I hope you will drop them because it is annoying to read a headline only to go in and find out you can’t read an article unless you pay for it. There are so many free news outlets online that I can’t imagine any news outlets not offering free reading of their news. Also, the app keeps sticking in place when I try to scroll to read the news. Sometimes this happens repeatedly and I cant do anything when it freezes up like that so I have to leave the app.

Great News fix but two things

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Thesis hilarity
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2020-06-07
Version 3.6.5
The addition of police scanner was a stroke of genius but please remove the opening audio ad I can’t stand it. I have other scanners I can use with visual ads. I don’t want to click on NYPD and immediately hear in detail some lady talking about her contraception issues.
The website has the founder’s face on the home page which I can’t stand any more, please put some useful headline rotation above the fold and not the news break founders face I don’t care to see him any more.
Other than that the user comments I find even better than the la times, don’t ever get rid of them. There is an immediacy about the user engagement that surpasses other news outlets.

I like it.

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Rchance57
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2020-06-06
Version 3.6.5
I like that I can get the news reported without bias. There are enough news agencies out there who slant the news. I like to make my own mind up, just give me the facts. One thing would be helpful, I often get stories about places that are not local. They don’t give you the name of the city or state in the article so you are left guessing. For example, a recent story stated that two local eateries were closing, but I had never heard of the eateries. I had to google them and they are not in our state. That’s not exactly local. I don’t mind reading the story but if it says “local” in the headline it really should be local. I shouldn’t have to google to find out the “where”. Thanks for your service.

Nothing but nonstop ads

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rissyaria28
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2020-05-26
Version 3.6.2
This new app used to be amazing, covers all the major Outlets and you can search what you want. But it changed and now it’s nothing but nonstop ads. You can not view a story without watching an ad, the minute you open the app and ad starts. Half way through reading and an add shows up. And you can’t X out until 15-30 seconds. Will be deleting today. Maybe they will change it seems like every review lately is about nonstop adds. However they only show you the good ones which is why I have this app 5 stars so you will see it. I really rate this app at 2stars if they remove all these crazy ads, I mean it’s nonstop, then I will give it 5 stars again, but for now I’m deleting it from my phone.

This is a fake review system

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debsweb
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2020-05-22
Version 3.6.2
No matter which star you push it becomes a five and submits it. This is a fixed or rigged rating system. My rating was actually a 4, so why did they feel they had to cheat, when that was actually a fair rating?
Nothing can be trusted anymore. Candidates and corporations think about that! You can’t even trust your own polling sources. They are lying just to keep you happy and feed you what you want to hear (and I’m talking about both the public and the data source)!! I just wrote a along Editorial piece supporting mainstream media and now you do this to me? What is wrong with this country is people are trusting computers when they have all been programmed by people!!! Wake up!

Good for a fast read.

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Gini D in Texas
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2020-05-20
Version 3.6.2
I started out loving this app. It was great for my local news. It gave stories sometimes first, sometimes those I couldn’t get elsewhere. I started using this app in February. By April it started having so many bugs it was barely useable. If you actually get linked to a story shown, and then want to follow on to another shown below, it won’t follow the link. So then you think ok, I’ll open it in Safari, but then you get the first story and can’t find the one you wanted to read on the homepage of that news outlet to which have been directed. It is terribly frustrating. This app has the potential to be one of the best news apps for local news and has done a great job of keeping readers up to date on the corona virus and its ramifications in my area. But it is not quite at being fully integrated. I end up loving and hating it at the same time. I admit to being a news junkie so I always want to read MORE. Developer, please, bring this to the next level. For those who want a fast read of generally what’s happinging in your area, give this a try.

AWESOME FREE APP!

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JACo_OLz™
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2020-04-28
Version 3.6.0
This is a beyond my expectation news app! I love how it feeds and notify my what is going on in my neighborhood, my county and other states! Not to mention “Classified Ads”, you can Like, Share and Comment! (No thumbs down though).
If you missed your notifications and want to be updated. Just go to your “inbox” and it will show the notifications you missed. So far the app has not crash yet and it’s fast!
GREAT JOB! Looking forward to a feature to be able to Listen on audio option instead of reading the text. This helps keep updated on the news if you are driving or taking a break. Adding videos would also be nice to have. Instead of just awesome pictures! :) Adding Stocks/Finance is another feature I would like to see and be able to import my broker to see my investments gains/loss.

Real journalism that brings the truth—- not just some boy readings screen selling PHYOPS

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triple D 9780
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2020-04-26
Version 3.6.0
Before the corporations got rid of TRUTH TELLING WRITERS and journalists who risk there life for truth. The last of them was like on the 80’s. Now corporations own every news station and pump SENSATIONALISM to make I scared, to make u consume to make ur kids want a bunch of stuff they don’t need Boy they really thought it breaking the union up for a corporate was good but only for a hand ful at the top. I always felt that in order to truly change or truly believe u must be giving the whole truth for and how u make a true choice. This app is like that if they ring truth they will grow bigger and it will go far faster. Happy to be a reader of new not a tv watcher of poo. Ohhh Incase u don’t know what sensationalism is our military call it PHYOPS. pretty scary.

Great idea but needs improvement

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Valerie Buchanan
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2020-04-21
Version 3.6.0
I’ve only recently downloaded this app and totally enjoyed being able to interact with other readers on different articles. Unfortunately it is too difficult if not impossible to return to a specific article and comment when someone replies to something you post on an article. I will probably end up deleting this app because it’s too much to deal with some of the harassing responses to my comments and not be able to go back to it and defend myself. I have tried sending the articles to myself vis messenger so I can keep track of them but the articles are not received even though it says the share was successful. I even tried sending one to a friend but the result was the same. When I go to my messages and tap on a reply to my comment, nothing happens.

The Best App Right Now

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Bwezag
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2020-04-16
Version 3.6.0
Everything about this app has been what I should have expected expect only one tiny thing. I’ve been using this application lately because of Coronavirus news, and to be honest, I don’t complain, but as I just noted earlier, if you guys can just add this one feature, it will be helpful for not only me, but maybe for many others out there. I think you should add a search field especially for countries and/or cities, so people can search for specific locations/country to get the news they want to know first. Many among us are separated from our families. Therefore, for those who are concerned, their first intentions when they open your application, they intend to look for news about the countries where they came from for their loved ones if covid-19 has worsened or not. This is before anything else. But again, I love you your application and I use on daily basis.

Overwhelmingly Negative

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devilmaycare210
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2020-04-05
Version 3.5.8
I downloaded this app almost a year ago. I’ve loved it because it does provide notifications on what’s happening in my local area. However lately with the current COVID-19 crisis, it’s all the app has become about. It’s great for staying up to date on what’s happening with the corona virus, however as someone who struggles with anxiety, I’m disappointed and frustrated that every 3 hours I’m getting a notification for something virus-related. I could understand if it was letting me know about business closures in my area or info on the ever-changing stay-at-home order, but it’s not. For example, the most recent one had to do with the surgeon general predicting a high death toll in the next week and “9/11-like moments.” Last night it was something to do with Trump’s statements about the rising death toll as well. I get that it’s a news app, but it used to give me more info than just the current world crisis. I don’t need to hear about all the bad stuff, I’d love some more wholesome content. However I’ve decided to delete the app as I can’t see that happening anytime soon. Again, great app for staying up to date, but not if you’re already overwhelmed by it all. I’d recommend not downloading until the pandemic starts to clear up. 2 stars would be my current rating, but before all of this I would’ve given it 4.

What you’re really getting

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Hev Dawg
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2020-04-02
Version 3.5.8
A feed of article headlines and pictures ranging from what Kim kardashian wore to bed (and you’re not gonna believe the reaction) to more serious presidential news. All taken from a diverse spectrum of prestigious news organizations to rinky-dink news outlets I am unfamiliar with that with the click of a story, you are instantly redirected to their news page. The reason for my rating, is that I wanted a more selective group of stories by which I mean I have no interest in knowing “Pregnant Katy Perry looks stunning in no-makeup selfie amid quarantine” or any “no cover” topics in my mind and have no way of weeding out of my feed. Nor do I enjoy when I (admittedly) don’t check first and am redirected from the app to the website of a news source most would find unsuitable for a work setting . Furthermore on the rare occasion I find a story I wish to look into, I click the link, the page nearly loads, crashes, automatically begins reloading, crashes a second time, when I am then left with a dimly lit, gray, blank page, and yet again no interesting story. With my options reduced to worthless page fillers and an eternity of refreshing only to never be able to read the article that made it worth the bandwidth used downloading this app in the first place, I fully intend on uninstalling the second I post this warning.

ads and irrelevant stories

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iohcnivek
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2020-03-23
Version 3.5.6
I checked out this news app after having refrained from using one for over two years because it is #1 in the news category in the app store. I deleted it after 2 minutes. It's littered with ads, and the built in browser is clunky. The amount of information you'll obtain in a few swipes is miniscule because news headline links take up an entire page. Terrible UI design. If you need news on your phone, do yourself a favor and buy an adblocking app like 1Blocker and add the safari bookmarks of reputable news sources like Reuters to your iPhone's home screens. You'll get no ads, you'll be able to CHOOSE the sources you want to read from and overall will be a more active digester of the news. Why anyone uses these ad infested hunks of UI garbage is beyond me. Don't download. They also sell your digital soul to the devil and God knows to whom such a small little company like this sells your data to. They also have no option to delete your account through their app. Sus.

Good news - Bad app

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Rhfunk2
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2020-03-19
Version 3.5.6
The news and localities are appropriate and interesting. I believe they are generally well written and informative.
I believe they could be enjoyable if it was possible to read them, but is a vexing trial to be able to read much more than a headline and lead paragraph. The insertation of the advertisements while the article is being read makes using the app a frustrating abomination. I think of it as the app from hell, possessed by demons whose ambition it is to drive readers to insanity.
Inserting the advertisements into the text while the text is being read causes the text to "jump" from the the screen requiring scrolling to relocate your reading position. There appears to me to be no logic in the direction the reader must swipe to find his/her last position. It is entirely possible to get so lost that the reader cannot even relocate article to finish it.
I believe that instead of the being an app of news articles interspersed with advertisements, it is an app of fast moving, barely readable advertisements with scraps of news articles hidden among them.
I had a similar app with a national news slant, and I deleted it. I will look for a new app for local news and probably trashcan this one.

Great app

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ecrispen1223
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2020-02-16
Version 3.5.3
This app is perfect to keep up with local news and other topics of interest. I love the push notifications and would give it a five star if it wasn’t for one frustrating glitch. Whenever a notification of a story pops up on my phone, and I click on it to read, the story opens for a brief second and before I can click on it to read, the app refreshes it’s stories and I can’t find it anymore. I’ve resorted to seeing if I can beat the refresh moment..so it’s part of the fun. But seriously can you make it so that the notification actually open the story directly? There have been times I wasn’t able to find it and had to resort to searching on safari or just not reading it.
This app is wonderful and that glitch doesn’t take away from its great features. There isn’t another app like it that I can find, so I will make it my go to. Thanks for developing it. Great work.

News break app: the strait dope and more

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bexearbck
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2019-11-03
Version 3.3.8
Great for keeping up to date with all the latest crime news and more. I haven’t found anything that even comes close to Newsbreak and a single news station app or even several local station apps leaves much to be desired especially covering multiple breaking national news stories in a single feed. Ability to add multiple locations makes Newsbreak even more enlightening and keeps me apprised of what’s happenings round me. The most annoying thing about it is is that in a single newsfeed there are multiple listings of the same story which is quite irritating. For example if I list my home city is San Antonio enter local it will bring me all the late breaking news stories and I might see the same story eight times. Just need to see the story once in a feed there is new info needed to be added to provide an occurrence unfolding and developing.

I Loved It At First, But.......

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CA Drema
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2019-11-02
Version 3.3.8
This was a terrific app at first. I particularly loved the ability to see local news stories. But the app gives the headlines, and a sentence or two, and then has a READ MORE, and you click that to read the entire article. The articles themselves open from a separate news source, a newspaper etc. The problem is that after 2 weeks of using this app, most of the time when I click the READ MORE link to read an article, most of the news sources it takes me to tell me I’ve maxed out on my number of free articles, and want me to subscribe to read anymore. And we’re not talking about free subscriptions, you have to pay to subscribe. So, though it’s not the fault of the app itself, the app is no longer useful to me since the news source they’re linking to for a given article will no longer let me read their articles. So sadly, I’ll have to delete this app, since all it’s capable of in my case now is teasing me with headlines from articles I can’t read.

This app rocks for local news

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Imoogi
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2019-09-15
Version 3.3.4
News break is the best app I’ve tried for getting local news. I’ve tried many, but for most of the others, that means news from the nearest large cities. I live in a rural town and finding truly small town local news news online is difficult. Yes, you can go to your newspaper’s site, but that’s just what they cover. News break grabs all three of the very small towns in my community and spoon feeds it to me. That includes special events!
There’s one large issue. If you share a story, people have to download the app to read it. Sight unseen, none of my friends has, so I no longer share because they resent being sent an article they have to download an app for. I wouldn’t download it either. Most news sites allow one to go to a link on the web rather than demanding a download. Seems like a much better way to get new subscribers.

Not sure yet

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Opinion02122
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2019-07-12
Version 3.2.6
I was pleased to see an app that would keep me informed about local news. And I liked getting notifications of what I thought would be breaking news. I've only had this for a short time, and just a few minutes ago, I got a message about an accident near here that harmed six people. I was about to pass the info on to people I thought might be effected by it when I noticed that it was dated 4 days ago! Definitely NOT breaking news. And I’m glad I didn't make my friends unnecessarily nervous about possible injuries to family or friends! It's fine to have older news articles about things that happened locally, but, please, don't send a notification unless it’s breaking news! I got a notification from another app that the Secretary of Labor just resigned! That IS breaking news!

Freezes

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Pinkjelybean
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2019-06-23
Version 3.2.3
I enjoy this app (when I’m able to read the story that I receive the alert for). When I tap on the alert an advertisement usually for a game comes up which I have to watch prior to viewing the story however 80% of the time at the end of the advertisement I am unable to tap the “X” to opp out of the advertisement it’s like it freezes so I tap on the icon to get the game which takes me to the App Store I then tap the arrow to take me back to the News App which takes me back to the game advertisement. After going back and forth several times between the advertisement and the App Store I realize that I’m stuck unable to view the story I then delete the app and add it again. I’ve done this 3 times already today is the 4th time so I’m just going to delete the app as It is very frustrating to have to delete and add constantly. Please fix the problem!

News Break

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Great Lakes fan
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2019-06-21
Version 3.2.3
News Break is my favorite news app!!..i’m so impressed w/news stories from around Mich...ie..the Upper Penninsula & northern part of Lower Penninsula..stories i wouldnt know about otherwise since i live in mid- Mich..for instance i learned that the West side of the state has a school to teach people to fly a plane..i never knew that!..just recently i read a lengthy article about a secret child pornogrophy ring illionairresmmwhich is native to Mich..membership is made up of multi-millionaires in the state..seemingly having law enforcement protection..??lots of money changing hands..a few discarded dead children’s bodies abandoned in a snow bank..once i started reading about this story i couldnt stop reading..i’m so disappointed that Mich has this for its underbelly..w/any perpetrators ever be arrested/prosecuted??..thank you!...

App

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Nosey Neighbor SKN
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2019-06-19
Version 3.2.2
Enjoy this app! I like that it provides local and global news,tracks what I read to curate a feed specific to my interests and updates to provide local content whenever I'm traveling! I have one tiny issue though, which is certain headlines will only allow you to read a few sentences before requiring a subscription to finish the article. Some do offer a limited number of free articles/free reads before requiring said subscription, while others ask right away. I don't see the point in having an app for ALL my "news needs" that also requires subscribing to several newspapers to finish reading articles. 🤔
but it's also just as easy to close the tab and find the story elsewhere (if I'm truly that intrigued) 🙄 as it is to complain about this issue. Hopefully that changes in the next update or two!

Amazing for local news

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Jaie
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2019-05-23
Version 3.1.7
I thought the last thing I needed was another news app with content from a lot of different sources. For some reason, at some point, I went ahead and installed News Break. I’m very glad I did. There’s good coverage of national, international, entertainment news, etc., all in a minimal, very easy to use interface. But what I’m most surprised by is how much local and regional news this app uncovers and pulls. There’s far more than I got from any other app, including from some of the original apps that News Break uses as sources. Not too many notifications either, which means I can actually pay attention to the ones I get. Overall I’m beyond pleased and have deleted the other news apps instead.

App for local and breaking news’ lovers

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Chrisz Duff
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2019-04-15
Version 3.1.5
In the past few months, my mom and I’ve switched to get my news through Newsbreak. Its entire news feed revolves around our personal interests. I like the way they present the “Following” tab as well as “For You” tab, both delivering personalized news feed. I am also impressed by the numerous good-quality sources they have, which seems to be the key metrics for a good news app right now. The full coverage of local news is the reason my mom love this app and choose it, as my family can get the latest news from our county and the news around the world.
I do not get swamped with push notifications that much. .. the notifications I do receive are nice and gentle reminders of good stories that are available to read, which also reminds me that I have the application (which is nice! ). The only glitch is that sometimes they get me the old news stories in the notification, which confused me a little bit. I am looking forward to a way to report this error to the team so that they can do something about it. General speaking, Newsbreak is my favorite news app among several for now!

Could have been great (read on)

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Whocares009
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2018-06-08
Version 2.8.0
So I, like so many in the world today, are looking for a reliable source for news without bias and nonsense, something that is not falling into this latest trend of “fake” news (and at least tries to be balanced).
Since the Apple news app has such limited options if you don’t want ridiculous alt-left sources I tried this app.
In 3 of the last 3 days I have been blasted with major story’s that seemed very serious & valid involving the government, and caused me to open the story, which ended up being 100% fake. It was almost like reading a supermarket tabloid that appeared legit and made you think something very serious happened, then once you read you find the headline absolutely was a bait and switch.
This app allows the crap information to come through and appears to allow politically biased and fake foolishness to be displayed.
I will give it a couple more days to ensure it’s not isolated, but the plan is to delete the app if it continues. I’m not interested in games and bs when I want news! (NOTE: I made it a few more hours and 2 more bull crap stories came through,..I deleted it then)
Another thing, I like to be notified when breaking news happens, sadly this app doesn’t allow for custom sounds on the notification, so whatever your txt alert sound is will belong to this app too. Bummer!