Needle - News on a map

See the news where it's actually happening. Needle pins today's headlines to a live map — pan, zoom, and tap to read. Filter by topic, time, and country.

Needle puts the news back on the map.

Most news apps hand you an endless feed stripped of place. Needle does the opposite: it pins real stories to the spot on the map where they're happening. Pan across a city, a country, or the whole world and watch the headlines appear exactly where the events are unfolding. Tap a pin to read — it's news with a sense of place.

Explore the world, one story at a time Stories cluster when you're zoomed out and spread into individual headlines as you move in close. Drag the map anywhere and Needle loads what's happening there, so following a developing story is as natural as exploring a map.

Read without leaving the app Tap any story to open it in a fast, built-in reader. No bouncing out to a browser, no losing your place on the map.

Filter down to exactly what matters • Time — last 12 hours, 24h, 36h, 3 days, or a full week • Source country — choose which countries' publications appear • Categories — Politics, Business & Economy, Technology, Environment & Climate, Health, Science, Crime & Justice, Sports, Entertainment, Conflict, and more

Save your places Keep a tap-to-jump list of the spots you care about — your hometown, a region you're watching, anywhere a story is breaking. Snap back to any of them instantly.

Built to feel at home on iOS A clean, native SwiftUI interface with full light and dark mode support. Fast, focused, and free of clutter.

Stop scrolling a feed. Start exploring the map.

Needle — News on a map.