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Description

SmartNews is the award-winning news app downloaded by 35+ million readers in 100+ countries!

SmartNews analyzes millions of articles every day to deliver the top trending news stories influencing the world right now.

News From All Sides! SmartNews delivers high-quality news headlines and breaking news from top news publishers: NBC News, MSNBC, USA Today, TIME, The Huffington Post, Bleacher Report, Quartz, The Verge, VICE, VOX, AP, Reuters, Buzzfeed, Fast Company and more.

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Reviews:
“Better than Feedly or Flipboard. Love it!” Jack C.
“Much better than the new version of Apple News.” - Polidoc
“Been using Google News but this is better. Much easier to share.” Eddie H.
“Literally one of the best news apps… It ranks with the likes of BBC News.” -lightspeed12

“Browse headlines quickly, customize your channels and read the news offline. SmartNews is an excellent free alternative to other popular news apps.”
- CNET

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Features:
Breaking News
Notifications for breaking news stories.

Trusted News
300+ top US & World news publications.

Offline News
Fetch trending news and read news offline.

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Awards:
- Best of 2013 (Japan) - Apple
- Best App of the Year, 2013 (Japan) - Google

What’s New

Version 6.0.14

- General improvements to make sure we provide the news that matters to you.
- New channels include iHeartRadio, PoliticusUSA, Cannabis, and survivornet.

Ratings and Reviews

4.5 out of 5
69.3K Ratings
69.3K Ratings
ediemillerangelo ,

Smart News is really smart

I was apparently one of the first regular user of the app and shared articles on Twitter constantly. 3 or 4 of the developers asked me for an interview via Skype and what Interested ME, was that they were all very young and what interested THEM was WHY I was so interested in the news. An earlier reviewer cited being fed too much liberal news and she should be happy with the addition of NEWSMAX which is definitely right leaning. Early on the developers said the algorithms choose the articles in your feed by the articles you actually read and your interest profile is just algorithms doing what they do but you have the option to choose a tab and read any article from any of the magazine you have added. I asked them to please keep it that was and not to start choosing ( as Facebook does ) articles to put forth an agenda, especially not a political agenda. So far I don’t see it happening. I have pretty eclectic interests and really enjoy the variety I have to choose from. This app also gives you the ability to swipe over to Reader View and read the articles without the annoying advertisements. All in all I hardly use any of my other news apps. I am afraid to count how many tabs I have on my home page! Love it!!

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the praise and feel free to recommend us to your friends and family members if they enjoy seeing news from both sides. - Imee for SmartNews

GiveItARestAlready ,

App should be named MSNBC2

Being fed up with pretty much all media outlets having a noticeable political bias and wanting to JUST k ow what happened, not someone’s analysis of it, I’ve been looking for an app that just gives the news. Let me figure out what it means. an app that I can open up, see what happened in the world today and close it. I gave this app about 4 months. Every time I opened it it seemed to get worse. If there was a Trump/Republican bashing article anywhere on the net, you’ll find it on the front page here. You don’t even have to read the articles to see that everything on this site is for liberals. The titles are hilariously liberal. Don’t think I’ve seen a single article pertaining to the US government or the White House or republican that wasn’t a negative liberal opinion piece. I scrolled through about 5 minutes ago and it was ridiculous. Finally decided to delete it. This isn’t a news site. If you really just want to know what happened in the world today, this is not the site for you.

Update: Based on the developers feedback, it’s obvious that anyone who points out that this is a liberal leaning site is told to try Fox News for your conservative views. I’m not even a conservative. Just someone looking for unbiased news and this poser is telling everyone that points out their obvious bias that they’re a conservative and need to look elsewhere for their conservative views. This won’t be around long.

Developer Response ,

SmartNews is optimized to provide news from both sides. If you'd like a conservative perspective on the news, you can add Fox News or Washington Examiner tabs on our Discover page. The ""For You"" section on the Top channel will also change to better reflect your interests & help you discover stories based on your reading preferences.

- Imee

dvstinjames ,

Promotes as “ ”, first Political channel is Fox News

I’m always interested in news sources that are going to give facts with no bias, particularly sources that are legitimate journalism, that hold a standard of integrity. This app was advertised as no fake news, and the very first handle of articles that come up in the Politics tab come from Fox News, a blatant propaganda outlet that continually pushes stories that are fake and outright lies with propaganda driven narratives, not to mention often times racist. Unlike the Apple News app, I can’t block specific outlets from my feed - which is why I’m giving this a 1-star and not just a 2 or 3. Huge oversight there. I’ll pass. — Nate’s response to my review addresses nothing that I critiqued the app over. It’s a little embarrassing to hear that this app features Fox News as an automatic feed, but you have to go out of your way to add Reuter, arguably one of the largest bias-free journals? That’s trash. Not to mention that you also don’t automatically include CNN? On the app that was advertised as avoiding fake news feeds. When an news feed app advertises as “all-side” “no fake news”, and then keeps CNN out as an automatically subscribed outlet, while keeping in propaganda network Fox News, that’s almost telling of the developers it feels like. More trash. In no universe is this app better than what Apple News already offers users. Thanks for the copy/paste reply though, Nate.

Developer Response ,

Hello,

Our machine learning provides news from all sides, away from the filter bubble of social media. It's not for everyone, but we like to encourage exposure to diverse perspectives. If you'd prefer a more specific point of view (e.g. CNN or Fox News), you can go to Discover and add the source as an individual channel.

- Nate

Information

Seller
SmartNews, Inc.
Size
27.5 MB
Category
News
Compatibility

Requires iOS 9.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Languages

English, Japanese

Age Rating
You must be at least 17 years old to download this app.
Frequent/Intense Mature/Suggestive Themes
Frequent/Intense Horror/Fear Themes
Frequent/Intense Profanity or Crude Humor
Unrestricted Web Access
Infrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment Information
Frequent/Intense Realistic Violence
Frequent/Intense Sexual Content or Nudity
Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Copyright
© 2012-2019 SmartNews, Inc.
Price
Free

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app.

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