SmartNews: Breaking News

Name: SmartNews: Breaking News
Rating: 4.6 (928822 reviews)
Author: SmartNews, Inc.

By: SmartNews, Inc. App

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Overview

Version:

26.9.10

Last updated: 2026-09-07

Features & Capabilities

SmartNews brings trusted journalism from thousands of publishers into one personalized news app. Read breaking local, national, and global stories from sources including Reuters, AP, Bloomberg, TIME, USA Today, and more. Follow politics, sports, entertainment, health, weather, traffic, and travel news in one convenient feed.

Translate articles into Spanish, Chinese, and other languages with one tap, customize your news channels, and catch up wherever you are. SmartNews also offers rewards for reading articles and completing daily missions, with eligible users able to redeem points for gift cards or charitable donations. Rewards availability is limited to qualifying residents and regions in the United States.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

SmartNews, Inc.

Rating:

4.60

(928,822) 37 new ratings

Version:

26.9.10 Last updated: 2026-09-07

Version code:

890713470

Creation date:

2014-10-01

Compatible devices:

Size:

231.21MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-09-14

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 457 ▼ 1

Other rankings

#8 in news keyword 32 #27 in break keyword 10 ▲ #52 in smart keyword 40 ▼ 4#77 in reddit keyword 47 ▼ 8

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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

Please delete my ACC! I don’t care about the points. I just want to be rid of this news source forever! It’s not news, it’s liberal opinions and a lot of untruths! Worst decision I ever made was to sign up for this UNSmartNews!

by Gw*****, 2026-09-10

These new pop up commercials while scrolling the headlines is making using this app unbearable. Please stop this nonsense. Now it’s even worse than it was last week.