The tech industry has well infiltrated into the publication era.
Google has developed an open source channel for publishers together with Twitter, Facebook has launched the Instant Articles, and Apple owns News app for iPhone.
At the same time Yahoo, AOL, LinkedIn and Flipboard have proceeded to update their news applications for iphone, also showing huge interest worldwide news feed app.
So, below you can find the best news apps regardless of if you are a hard iPhone news applications junkie or only a casual lover of world affairs.
That said, below are our top picks for the best news apps, whether you’re a die-hard news junkie or merely a casual purveyor of world affairs.
BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed took the world by storm with its viral listicals and other fun content. The app consolidates everything in one place, while allowing to customize the types of articles you see to suit your tastes.
You can also browse the menu to view quizzes, what’s trending, or news if you want to further hone your search.
SmartNews
SmartNews brings you trending stories and categorizes them based on the subject. It’s clutter-free, easy to browse through, and good at digging up fresh content that you’ll actually want to read.
Partners include NBC News, Medium, USA Today, TIME, Bleacher Report, Quartz, VICE, Reuters, AP, Perez Hilton, and more.
Google News and Weather
It isn’t Google Reader, but Google News & Weather offers a wide variation of news stories from multiple publishers. Alongside the headlines and local weather, users can browse “Suggested for you,” an area for news stories catered to your most recent searches.
Users are also able to highlight an individual topic, such as technology, for all of the current news.
Feedly
The death of Google Reader was a tragedy for a lot of avid users, but for Feedly, it was a blessing. The news aggregator noticed a huge wave of new users within weeks, and has since improved its mobile service to make it easier to save, read, and bookmark articles.
You can select multiple publications from Feedly’s search board, sort them into topics, and save articles for later viewing with bookmarks.
Flipboard created a new type of reading experience on mobile, one focused on engaging the reader with the most exciting stories of the day and a magazine-style aesthetic.
Hundreds of publications are now available on the news reader, and Flipboard offers a generous amount of topics, whether you’re into technology as a whole or the Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Yahoo News Digest
Yahoo’s $30 million acquisition of Summly was all about redesigning News Digest, and the finished product is a marvel. It offers 10 of the top stories in your region, capitalizing on Summly’s artificial intelligence technology as it does to present the information in a tidy package.
The news changes every few hours, too, giving you important updates throughout the day.
Reddit finally launched an official Reddit app last year, and the app quickly became one of the best ways to experience Reddit on Android and iOS.
Reddit is a great way to keep up with the latest news through the various subreddits — Android news would be submitted to /r/Android, for instance — and users upvote popular content and comment on it.
Apple News
Apple News comes pre-loaded on every iOS device, and sadly, like most of Apple’s apps, it remains unavailable on Android platforms. The News app places a big focus on images and quick loading videos, and publications such as The New York Times and National Geographic have partnered with the company to make their content readily available.
Users are also able to follow trends or individual topics, ranging from vague areas like politics to niche topics such as HTML5.
AOL Mail, News and Video
AOL is still kicking, even if it is now a small segment in Verizon’s media empire. Thankfully, since the acquisition, there have been regular updates to its Mail, Weather, and News app.
The app even offers a dedicated news feed lined with local weather, topical news, and video sections.
News Republic
News Republic offers a collection of articles based on trends and personal preferences, letting you see what everyone else is reading and what you’re interested in.
For users with limited time, the service also offers a digest, so you can casually check the headlines without having to delve into the full article.
Ever read an interesting headline, but don’t have time to dive into the story? Pocket is the perfect app for you. The popular app lets you store news for later reading, and offers a simple user interface that lets find the articles you saved, bookmark them, and archive others you want to come back to.
Pocket recently launched a Recommended feature, too, which lets you check what friends and other users have saved.
AP Mobile
Associated Press covers news from all around the world, with a huge team of dedicated reporters that focus on all manners of topics and trends.
The service’s companion app comes free of the usual glist and glam that other news services offer, but for people who enjoy getting the facts and little else, it’s a useful resource.
BBC News
The BBC is another worldwide news organization dedicated to keeping you up to date on the latest topics and news stories.
Unlike AP Mobile, however, the BBC News app offers a bit more fun with its articles, along with a live-streaming news channel that’s baked directly into its app.
CNN App
CNN was the first 24-hour cable news channel, and its official app essentially functions as a condensed version of the site. It offers a wide variety of articles, primarily with a on U.S. audiences.
Video also plays a larger part on CNN than it does on the BBC, so for fans of video news, this is the app for you.
Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera was the first 24-hour news channel to cover the Middle East, and has become one of the most popular and established publications in the region.
Thankfully, it also reports on news from around the globe, whether talking the effects of El NiƱo in California or the education rate of kids in rural Sudan.
Inoreader
This app is another news aggregator that brings all the news to you, instead of you having to check every news site individually. It allows you to save web pages for later viewing and search for content you’ve liked in the past.
You can subscribe to news feeds covering technology, business, politics, and more.
You can even subscribe to your favorite YouTube channels. It’s compatible with Android or iOS, and there’s a version designed especially for iPads.
InstaPaper
If you want to save news for later, Instapaper is for you. You can have news with you wherever you go, even if you’re offline. One of the best features is that it gives you an uncluttered version of the news article, just like when you switch your browser to reader mode.
With one tap, you can save your news and read it later, in an uncluttered format, and without having to be connected to the internet.
theScore
If you’re into sports — whether it’s the NFL, NBA, NHL, Premier League Soccer, you name it — it’s in this app. It offers rich information, including detailed stats that you don’t get on many apps. If you want real time scores with an app that specializes in sports, then this app is a must.
If you’re an iOS user, the best part is that there’s an Apple Watch app, too.
Univision
For Spanish speakers, the Univision app is a great way to get news in your native language. It not only offers news, but also TV shows, entertainment, a TV guide, and horoscopes.
From celebrity news to TV shows, this is a great news app for Spanish speakers.
NPR News Radio
If you would rather listen to your news on the go, instead of reading, then the NPR News Radio app is a consistently good performer when it comes to user ratings.
Follow, and listen, to local and national news on your smartphone. You can create a playlist of your favorites, or listen to public radio podcasts.
The app also lets you find stations based on your current location using your smartphone’s GPS.
News360
This app is one of the most well-known news aggregation apps for a reason. The app looks great, it’s very straightforward, and offers rich content. It’s similar to Flipboard, in that you search for your favorite topics, or specific news sites, and make a list.
Not only does it offer an iMessage app, but also an Apple Watch app for iOS users. You can also connect the app to your Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus to share the news, and it supports Pocket, Instapaper, and Evernote integration. It also allows you to save stories, so you can read them later. This is definitely a must-have app when it comes to news.
Digg
Zite’s unique selling point is that over time, it learns more about your interests and starts to recommend news stories to you based on what it thinks you’ll want to read. While recommending content, the app aims to help you discover new sources and fresh opinions.
The app is well designed and in theory, it takes away some of the work you have to do while searching for the best sources of news online.
Zinio
Magazines and newspapers still play a pivotal role in news reporting. They operate on a different news cycle to the Web and often facilitate investigate reporting and long-form journalism that then sets the agenda online.
Many readers still enjoy the nuances of magazine design too; the slim columns of copy, eye-catching headlines and stunning photography. Zinio brings a digital version of these well-loved publications, including The Economist, New Scientist and The New Yorker under one roof.
Reeder 2
The first question I always get asked after doing a roundup like this is which app I personally use. I’ve been using Reeder 2 almost as long as I can remember using an iPhone.
What I love about Reeder 2 is that I can choose how and what I want to read. It also integrates with all the major RSS services such as Feedly, Feed Wrangler (which is what I use, for those wondering), Feedbin and more. If you don’t use an RSS service, you can also add feeds manually by just entering the website.
Reeder 2 provides a clean, streamlined, standard feed that’s easy to use and understand. If you want all your news in straight chronological order with zero frills, Reeder 2 is the quickest way to work through and triage tons of RSS feeds.
NetNewsWire
The very first RSS app I ever used on my iPhone was NetNewsWire. I was overjoyed when it recently received a complete overhaul. What makes it unique from other news and RSS apps are the unique ways to sort and view your content.
For example, the favorites view is a great way to filter out sites that post a lot of noise so your feed isn’t congested by stories you don’t particularly care as much about. I love using NetNewsWire when I only have a few minutes to catch up and only want to see content from my favorite sites.
Enabling the Smart Site Refresh feature in settings makes the experience even better. This way, only your favorite sites auto-refresh on their own. Everything else is only updated when you manually pull to refresh.
Newsify
Simple text feeds for news aren’t for everyone and if you fit in that category, Newsify is a much more visual way to browse and read news. I like to think of it as a happy medium between Flipboard and standard RSS apps.
Anyone who enjoys the idea of viewing news as a collection of magazine clippings will love Newsify. It’s much more media-centric than many other standard news and RSS apps. When I have time to sit and randomly browse news feeds, I’ve found Newsify to be a great way to do it.
Unread
If I sit down with my iPad, I probably want to do some long-form reading or some serious catch up. For these kinds of reading sessions, I almost always turn to Unread.
I just can’t help but love the way every little detail of Unread is well-thought-out. There are seven gorgeous themes to choose from and the entire interface can be navigated with nothing but gestures. In a single swipe and tap, I can change how articles are grouped or sorted, or I can mark everything in that category as read.
USA Today
The recently-updated USA Today app seems designed to replicate the feeling, if not the exact experience, of reading the paper newspaper. The app opens with a scrollable list of top stories, but all the familiar sections from the paper are easily accessible (and color coded!) via a button in the corner.
To make reading on the iPhone’s smaller screen easier, the sections are subdivided multiple times, which insures that you will see the content you want most. The one glaring omission is support for the landscape orientation, which is something they will hopefully correct in the next update.
The app could also be speedier, but its subtle lag is explained by the fact that it formats all the articles for easy reading before displaying them.
NYTimes
The New York Times is widely considered one of the most prestigious names in news, which makes its iPhone app a must-have. Non-subscribers are limited to viewing “top news,” but that covers a wide range and the rest of the app’s functionality, including push notifications, is intact.
Articles are well-formatted and load quickly, but the use of an animated banner ad in the bottom of the screen (even for subscribers and occasionally in full screen mode) detracts from the reading experience.
The Guardian
The Guardian offers more functionality than others in its class, with no hidden costs! Users can view all sections of the paper, select sections for offline use, send articles to Twitter, Facebook, or email, and even search articles.
The Guardian app has a unique tagging feature that puts a tag icon on articles that, when pushed, displays related subjects.
Newstream
Newstream allows users to add feeds from the web, Twitter, and/or Tumblr and then formats each one to resemble a traditional newspaper. The app’s presentation is nearly flawless and makes browsing feeds more attractive.
Newstream, however, does not include any preloaded content or even suggested content and does not support the landscape orientation.
NewsMix
NewsMix is another news aggregation app that provides some sections upon launch but requires users to create an account or connect an existing account to add more content. Much of the content seems to come from Twitter; in fact, a few sources are Twitter lists.
Flud News
Flud is essentially a social RSS reader. Unlike other news aggregators, Flud doesn’t offer curated content categories in its list of sources, although it does support adding sources from Google Reader, Twitter, or Facebook in addition to listed sources or searched-for websites.
Flud’s real draw is its ability to connect with other users and “flud” (or share) content you like. If that is something that appeals to you, Flud will be your new favorite; if not, you’re better off with other apps.
Press Reader
Press Reader is an app designed for anyone who misses reading their news in print. The app provide users is a portal for access to over 2,100 newspapers from all over the world via a per-issue or monthly subscription model (after a seven issue free tryout).
Although PressReader includes top stories formatted for the iPhone, it is really only likely to be useful for those willing to pay.
SkyGrid
SkyGrid’s falls somewhere between the traditional news app and a content aggregator like Flipboard. The app includes top news from multiple categories and sections with categories like those you would find in a newspaper, but also allows users to add their own content. The photo-heavy grid interface is attractive, but slow to load.
Reuters
The Reuters app is full of unbiased information from around the world. If you’re looking for great news coverage that many other news organizations use as their source – look no further than this fantastically laid out app.
Discover stories that explore a wide range of topics, including Politics, Opinion, and Oddly Enough.Create and edit your personal watchlist of news tickers. Read online or save stories and read them later offline.
Fox News
For a conservative take on the news, the free Fox News app is a great choice. Not only does the app include articles from the Fox News website, it’s also packed with video from both Fox News and Fox Business. Watch either channel live in the app, along with exclusive content that can only be seen inside the app.
As with many of these apps, you’ll also get breaking news alerts and be able to share articles via social media.
LA Times
This free app from one of the West Coast’s leading newspapers delivers the flavor of Los Angeles, Hollywood, and the Times’ coverage right to your iPhone.
You’ll find common news-app features here, like breaking news alerts, sharing using social media, photo galleries.
MSNBC
The MSNBC news app does one of the best jobs of sending out breaking news alerts using push notifications.The alerts are timely and relevant, but you can turn them off if they bother you.
This free app is a good choice if you regularly watch MSNBC shows like Rachel Maddow or Hardball since it includes lots of video segments from those shows. You’ll find exclusive video clips and news articles, as well.
Newsbeat
Newsbeat takes the articles you’re interested in from leading news sources and then translates them into audio stories that you can listen to. By doing this, you can create your own, custom news broadcast featuring the topics you’re most interested in.
Use the app to explore news outlets, discover new stories, and even get a daily email news digest. During your commute, weather, and traffic for your region is included, too.
Washington Post
The Washington Post’s official app (free to download; $14.99/month for unlimited access) brings the content from one of the nation’s leading websites to your iPhone. In addition to the Post’s full coverage, you’ll be able to save articles for offline reading, customize your homepage to show the news you’re most interested in, and more.
The free version of the app includes a limited number of free articles each month.
Timeline
Placing news into context, thanks to a comprehensive insight into just how each story came to be, Timeline is an ideal way of being refreshed on both past and current events.
From now on, you will know more than just the basic details of all the big stories.
Longform
Encouraging you to follow writers rather than outlets, Longform focuses on longer articles from independent blogs as well as major magazines.
There is a catalog of over 1,000 publishers, meaning there should be something of interest for all tastes, and plenty of opportunity to learn something new.
Wall Street Journal
Just like the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal successfully made the transition from being solely a print operation to having a strong digital presence.
The Wall Street Journal is one of the most excellent investigative journalistic institutions, but its bread and butter is covering the business world, especially the financial sector.
Its app requires a subscription, but offers free access to a wide range of articles. The WSJ is essentially the bible of business, and its app gives you on-the-go access to in-the-know content in a great digital experience.
Metro
Each day, you can download a new issue of the Metro through the Metro Phone Edition or Metro Tablet Edition to your iPad or iPhone. You’ll then be able to read and interact with the newspaper, even if you’re on the underground without any internet connection, for example.
We prefer the iPad version of the app thanks to the big images and enticing layouts, but the iPhone version is still enjoyable to use.
Summary:
We all want to keep informed and on top of the latest developments from around the world. In the space of a minute or two, everything can change, both locally and internationally, and it’s likely you want to know all about it. The ideal way of doing this is, of course, by keeping track of things through your iPhone or iPad.
While there are plenty of perfectly adequate mobile sites you can browse for such knowledge, apps that are built entirely around iOS are sure to be more attractive, especially if you’ve just picked up a new iPhone or iPad and want to see just what it can do.
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