SmartNews: Breaking News

Name: SmartNews: Breaking News
Rating: 4.6 (925226 reviews)
Author: SmartNews, Inc.

By: SmartNews, Inc.

Global News to Local Updates

Features & Capabilities

SmartNews: Breaking News combines premium journalism with expert curation to help you stay informed—and feel good about your reading. Build your feed around your passions and access quality articles from trusted publishers across global, local, travel, politics, entertainment, sports, and health topics.

Features include location-based local coverage, travel updates, and balanced reporting from Bloomberg, TIME, Reuters, The Atlantic, The Verge, Vox, USA Today, AP, and more. Read offline, customize channels, and enjoy award-winning journalism designed for busy, curious readers.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App News & Magazines

By:

SmartNews, Inc.

Rating:

4.60

(925,226) 850 new ratings

Version:

26.6.30 Last updated: 2026-06-16

Version code:

886784561

Creation date:

2014-10-01

Compatible devices:

Size:

232.74MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-21

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 447 ▲ 1

Other rankings

#9 in news keyword 44 #24 in smart keyword 28 ▼ 1#95 in reddit keyword 49 ▲ 4

For Developers

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Developed by:

SmartNews, Inc.

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/smartnews-breaking-news/id579581125

Website:

https://www.smartnews.com/

User Reviews

Users praise SmartNews for a clean, diverse, usable news experience but complain repeatedly about intrusive ads and performance slowdowns. They dislike the new gamification of reading, reduced filtering options, and occasional mis-targeting of content by location. Overall sentiment is positive when it works, but the ad-heavy model and feature changes harm the experience.

Pros

Clean, direct news experience without engagement-driven tactics.
Diverse topics and high-quality content across sources.
Good layout and strong overall usability.
Long-time reliability and trust; regarded by many as a top news app.

Cons

Ad-heavy experience with intrusive ads and larger placements.
Ads cause performance problems, leading to freezes, slowdowns, and device overheating.
Gamification of reading with incentive points; no opt-out and undermines the reading experience.
Filtering and customization degraded: cannot block biased sources and 'see less' is ineffective.
Localization mis-targeting: US settings sometimes deliver UK news.

Recent reviews

Why run stories that refer to photos or film clips and then not show them

by Jf*****, 2026-06-18

This app drains my battery faster than any other app on my phone. Like the different sources of news and information. However any time there is a big story, end up seeing 15 different news outlets with the same story.

by sm*****, 2026-06-18

One of the regular ads is for a hose attachment from Syn Gas. They don’t tell you about the “extra” charges that will end up on your credit card. They added a warranty and shipping without telling me. And they made impossible to cancel the order. They lied that it was shipped 10 minutes after the order was placed and don’t respond to me.