Verity

Name: Verity
Rating: 4.28 (165 reviews)
Author: ImproveTheNews

By: ImproveTheNews

The whole truth behind every major news story. All angles covered.

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Features & Capabilities

Verity is a free news app developed by the Improve the News Foundation (ITN), a non-profit organization dedicated to combating bias and misinformation. It separates facts from narratives to present the complete truth behind major news stories. Verity aggregates news from multiple perspectives, including insights from the Metaculus forecasting community, providing users with a nuanced and apolitical view of current events.

Designed to counteract political pressure and click-driven AI biases, Verity empowers users to explore comprehensive, factual reporting. Its aggregation tools facilitate understanding by showcasing diverse viewpoints, making it an essential resource for anyone seeking clarity and depth in today's news environment.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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Version:

8.2.0.208 Last updated: 2026-06-08

Version code:

208

Creation date:

2021-05-12

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Permissions:

android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE Very high risk
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE Low risk
android.permission.INTERNET Low risk
android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS Low risk
android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE Low risk
android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED Low risk
android.permission.REORDER_TASKS Low risk
android.permission.WAKE_LOCK Low risk
com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT Low risk
com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE Low risk

Size:

8.16MB

Email:

im*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-14

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Ranking

# 352,582 ▲ 2,551

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Developed by:

ImproveTheNews

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.improvethenews.projecta

Email:

im*****@gmail.com

Website:

http://www.improvethenews.org/

User Reviews

Users appreciate Verity for delivering unbiased, multi-perspective news with adjustable bias sliders, helping them break filter bubbles and access fact-based reporting. Key strengths include organized categories, sharing tools, and multiple viewpoints on stories. However, common complaints focus on app stability issues like frequent crashes and persistent pop-ups, slow news updates with U.S.-centric coverage, lack of accessibility features, perceived ineffectiveness of bias sliders, and stale content due to infrequent updates. Despite these drawbacks, many find it a valuable tool for balanced news consumption.

Pros

App provides fact-based, unbiased news with multiple viewpoints allowing users to see left, right, center, or combined perspectives.
Ability to adjust news bias using sliders to explore various narratives and break filter bubbles is highly praised.
Clean and well-organized news categorization helps users focus on topics they care about.
Contains sharing options for articles and provides original source links for further exploration.
Helpful for understanding different perspectives and forming informed opinions.

Cons

App frequently crashes or exhibits buggy behavior, including persistent unwanted pop-ups such as repeated tutorial prompts.
News updates can be slow and often focus predominantly on U.S. news, lacking sufficient international coverage.
Lack of modern accessibility features such as font size adjustment and screen rotation limit usability for some users.
Some users report that adjusting bias sliders has little to no effect on news displayed, causing distrust in the app's effectiveness.
App has not been updated recently, resulting in repeated news stories and stale content.

Recent reviews

This app frequently crashes. I move the sliders from one axis to another (the left axes has critical establishment and whereas the right axes has pro establishment. Some articles appear for both critical and pro establishment)