# Appy Geek - Tech News Reader

> 🚀 Tech & science news in seconds. Personalized, no account needed.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.AppyTech.appytech](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.AppyTech.appytech)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.AppyTech.appytech`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Symphony Ltd.
- **Category:** NEWS\_AND\_MAGAZINES
- **Downloads:** 41,352
- **Rating:** 3.72 / 5 (1,292 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.76
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-07
- **First published:** 2020-05-14
- **Publisher country:** FR
- **Size:** 32 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.AppyTech.appytech)
- **Website:** [https://appygeek.netlify.app/](https://appygeek.netlify.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://sites.google.com/view/appygeek-privacy-policy](https://sites.google.com/view/appygeek-privacy-policy)

## Description

**Appy Geek** is a fast, personalized tech and science news reader that keeps you informed without requiring an account. Follow topics including smartphones, PCs, AI, programming, gaming, electric vehicles, space, science, crypto, financial markets, and technology deals.

Customize your feed, discover news from trusted sources such as The Verge, Ars Technica, Android Authority, and Phys.org, then save or share articles with ease. Appy Geek also includes a news widget, adjustable text and layouts, fullscreen media, and tablet and landscape support for a comfortable reading experience.

## Rankings

- #323,508 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.AppyTech.appytech.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`

## Review summary

Users appreciate the app's clean and minimal interface, variety of tech news, ad-free environment, and developer responsiveness. However, multiple reviews highlight frequent issues with articles not loading fully within the app, requiring external browser access, navigation difficulties, and occasional slow loading times. Source filtering sometimes fails, showing unwanted content. Overall, while the app serves as a solid tech news reader, users desire better article loading reliability and smoother navigation.

### Pros

- Provides a good variety of tech news from multiple sources.
- Clean, minimal, and simple user interface with dark mode.
- No ads, offering an uninterrupted reading experience.
- Developer actively reads reviews and fixes issues promptly.
- Allows choosing preferred news sources.

### Cons

- Many articles fail to load fully within the app, forcing users to open them in a browser.
- Some news sources repeatedly show blank or incomplete articles.
- Occasional issues with navigation, such as inability to easily back out of articles.
- Loading times can be slow despite good internet connections.
- Problems with filtering sources properly, showing undesired content.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.AppyTech.appytech)