# Breaking News Network

> Real-time local news alerts

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id506968697](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id506968697)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id506968697`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Breaking News Network
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 3.30 / 5 (41 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.3.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-08-19
- **First published:** 2012-03-10
- **Size:** 55 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-03
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/breaking-news-network/id506968697)
- **Website:** [https://breakingnewsnetwork.com](https://breakingnewsnetwork.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://breakingnewsnetwork.com/privacy-policy/](https://breakingnewsnetwork.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Free application for members of Breaking News Network (BNN). Real-time fire and news notification with proximity alerting, navigation, mapping, images, and videos. View and submit local news as it occurs.

## Rankings

- #213,421 — Overall
- #83 — network

## Review summary

Users praise the app's notification system—customizable and faster in recent updates—and say it’s better than SMS for alerts. However, recurrent issues dominate: frequent crashes and slow performance; long periods without updates and an aging UI; pricing and subscription value concerns; inconsistent incident sharing/data reliability; and notification overload with chat/media clutter and hard-to-filter alerts.

### Pros

- Highly customizable and timely notifications
- Recent updates improved performance and responsiveness
- Alerts are more reliable than SMS/text messages
- Rich options for alert customization and settings

### Cons

- Frequent crashes and slow performance
- App is outdated with long update gaps and aging UI
- Overpriced with questionable subscription value
- Data sharing reliability is inconsistent (misattribution, missed events)
- Notification overload with chat/media clutter and hard-to-filter alerts

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