# Free Beacon

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1047859882](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1047859882)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1047859882`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Free Beacon, LLC
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 3.10 / 5 (55 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.27
- **Last updated:** 2023-01-17
- **First published:** 2015-10-16
- **Size:** 8.15 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-beacon/id1047859882)
- **Website:** [https://wfb-store.myshopify.com/](https://wfb-store.myshopify.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://freebeacon.com/privacy-policy/](http://freebeacon.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

The Washington Free Beacon app delivers breaking news, in-depth investigations, and sharp political analysis to your mobile device, including access to the Editor's Blog and satirical commentary.

This mobile-friendly Chrome extension provides easy access to Free Beacon content for fast reading, sharing, and watching videos on smartphones and tablets, all in one convenient interface.

## Rankings

- #196,219 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise the Free Beacon for strong, trustworthy reporting, but the iOS app is plagued by instability and usability problems. Recurrent blank screens and crashes, intrusive ads with auto-playing videos, slow loading and freezing, and readability issues (small fonts, no size option, dark mode problems) significantly hinder use. Some device-specific reliability issues worsen the experience. Overall, content quality is high, but the app experience is severely undermined by technical and UI problems.

### Pros

- High-quality, trustworthy reporting and strong news content
- Content is valuable and seen as unique compared to other outlets
- When it works, the app provides a solid, reliable news source

### Cons

- The app frequently won’t load and often shows a blank screen or crashes on launch
- Intrusive ads and auto-playing pop-up videos disrupt reading
- Performance problems such as slow loading and freezing, especially when switching apps
- Accessibility/readability issues like very small font and no font size controls (and some dark mode readability problems)
- Inconsistent behavior across devices (issues on iPhone/iPad/mac iOS)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1047859882)