# udn News

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id370132213](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id370132213)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id370132213`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** udn.com
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (2,387 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.41.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-01
- **First published:** 2010-05-05
- **Size:** 71 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/udn-news/id370132213)
- **Website:** [https://mobile.udn.com/udnnews/](https://mobile.udn.com/udnnews/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.udngroup.com/members/udn\_privacy](https://www.udngroup.com/members/udn_privacy)

## Description

udn News is a fast, flexible Chrome extension that brings udn.com’s latest articles and the daily picture directly to your browser. It covers breaking news, developing stories, politics, international headlines, business, finance, stocks, sports, technology, entertainment, and special reports, with real-time headlines, video news, and live updates. The extension also offers podcasts and push notifications for major stories, so you stay informed on the go.

Designed for personalization, you can reorder news categories, adjust text size, save articles for later across devices, and easily share content to social networks. Free to download; subscribers gain access to printed editions, trusted journalism, and multimedia storytelling.

## Rankings

- #38,199 — Overall

## Review summary

Most users praise the app for fast, accurate news and engaging content, with some long-time readers loyal to UDN. However, the app is plagued by major problems: intrusive ads (including auto-playing video/audio and full-screen overlays) that disrupt reading; instability with crashes, freezes, and unexpected logouts; frequent redirects to the website and warnings to switch to the web version; and dark mode/readability issues, with poor contrast or unreadable text on iOS devices.

### Pros

- Fast and accurate news
- Engaging content that keeps readers coming back
- Long-time trusted source for Taiwanese news with a loyal user base

### Cons

- Intrusive ads and aggressive ad behavior (video ads, overlays, pop-ups, auto-playing audio)
- Instability: frequent crashes, freezes, and unexpected logouts/closing of the app
- Redirects to the website or warnings to switch to the web version
- Dark mode/readability issues with poor contrast and unreadable text on iOS devices

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