Name: SmartNews: Local Breaking News
Rating: 4.63672 (816230 reviews)
Author: SmartNews, Inc.

87.7LEGITIMACY SCORE
90.2SAFETY SCORE
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SmartNews helps you discover balanced, unbiased stories—for free. Connect with the world around you through editor curation and state-of-the-art algorithms. Whether it's politics, local coverage, sports, or entertainment, feeling good about being informed has never been easier.

Stay in the loop with news from top publishers: NBC News, MSNBC, USA Today, TIME, The Huffington Post, Bleacher Report, Quartz, The Verge, VICE, VOX, AP, Reuters, Buzzfeed, Fast Company.

SmartNews has 50 million downloads, 2+ million 5-star ratings, thousands of trusted publishers, and was the "Best Local News App" of 2022 according to BestApp.com.

INTRODUCING SMARTTAKE
Skip the misinformation, sensationalism, and biased news with SmartTake. A free comprehensive daily digest of balanced information focused on helping you feel good about being informed. Thoughtfully curated by our team of award-winning editors, SmartTake is here to feed your brain—not your bias—with local, entertainment, sports, politics, and science. Say goodbye to endless doomscrolling, and say hello to enriching your understanding of the world around you.

Balanced News
- Get access to stories that are free of bias—no paywalls ever.
- See coverage from every angle and all sides.
-Discover balanced, non-partisan information you can trust.

Political News
- Get prepared for the polls today with top stories from across the political spectrum.
- See trusted political news for free with up-to-the-minute insights.
- Understand political candidates and elections in your local area.

Trusted Sources
-We partner with thousands of credible publishers to bring you unbiased news from all sides.
-Our team of award-winning journalists validates content to ensure it meets our high-quality requirements.
- Read reliable breaking news coverage for your area for free.

Entertainment News
-Get an inside look at entertainment in Hollywood with updates about all things celebrity from movie stars to reality TV
-Discover news about upcoming movies or TV shows featuring your favorite actors.
-Set notifications and follow entertainment topics so you never miss a breaking celebrity story.
-Read news about the Oscars, Hollywood, Movie Stars, Fashion Week, and more.

Local News
-Get relevant local stories from top trusted publishers based on your location.
-Easily learn about the latest coverage and information for your hometown with the Local tab.
-Discover local updates, traffic, events, local weather, new restaurants, family activities, and so much more.

Sports News
-Welcome to your spot for sports stories.
-Get daily articles highlighting the latest games, teams, players, and sporting events.
-Set custom notifications for your favorite teams.
-See news about football, basketball, golf, tennis, soccer, and more.

SmartTake
-Stay informed while prioritizing mental health and advancing overall well-being.
-Get the balanced news in the form of three trending articles delivered straight to the top of your feed for free.
-Easily discover featured uplifting, informative, and important news stories alongside easy-to-digest summaries.

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SmartNews in the News

"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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SmartNews Awards

Best News Aggregator, 2023 (US)
Lifewire

Best Free News App, 2023 (US)
MakeUseOf

Best News App, 2023 (US)
AndroidCentral

Best Local News App, 2022 (US)
Bestapp

Best App of the Year, 2013 (Japan)
Google

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Reviews

"Better than Feedly or Flipboard. Love it!" Joe C.

"Much better than the new version of Apple News." - Donald B.

"Been using Google News but this is better. Much easier to share." Nikki H.

"Literally, one of the best news apps… It ranks with the likes of BBC News." -Lorraine C.

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https://www.smartnews.com/terms/

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✓ Close to perfect, I’m sure they can get there though...So let’s address the complainants about bias - out of the box, the app may appear to have a slant - but that’s also because the majority of the news outlets have a slant - can’t help that if you are a new aggregator - that being said, the devs have provided a library of sources that spans the spectrum of ideology and you can easily tweak the app to your own bias or neutrality or whatever you want to call it. In other words, customize the app, do not expect the app to read your thoughts. The single item of improvement - I get everyone needs to have a revenue source and SmartNews is no different - in their case, ad revenue is their source. Give us the option to opt out of ads by purchasing an ad-free subscription - monthly/annually/one-time - give us the option to either deal with the ads or remove them. Keep producing a solid product - doing great overall..TravelingFootballDadVersion: 8.21.0

✓ NoisyI have really enjoyed this app. It gives a multitude of perspectives that I appreciate. But, since the last update, it has developed a very annoying problem. Noise. I use this app all over the place, including libraries and hospital waiting areas. The ads, for the most part, are tolerable. But now there are ads with loud audio content. This is unacceptable in certain areas and very embarrassing as well. This might end up causing me to remove this app, which I am not all that keen to do. So far, this is the only news app to have adopted this unfortunate feature. Please find a solution. The ads have taken over the app. I am scrolling down and then the news articles are pushed down by pop up ads. I go to hit an article that I want to read only to be sent to an advertising page because a pop up ad took the place of the article at the last moment. It is making the reading of news articles almost impossible. Disgusting..Aresbe1Version: 23.1.10

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✗ Used to be a great appNow it’s just another ad clogged, trendy people magazine style “news” app. I deleted it today after it hung up on another ad. Was great, is junk!.Beagle2003Version: 23.3.30

✗ Not a bad app but!!!I read a lot of the reviews on here and every one is I thought you said this app is “balanced” news. But everybody is complaining it’s not balanced because all there looking for is one side of the story. There either for Trump or against him. They don’t want to hear the other side. To Trump supporters of its not Fox News it’s Fake news. So why are you looking to find “balanced” news when you really don’t want to hear it??? The same goes the other way. The second thing. The reason I gave this app a low score is because I understand you have a free app and you need revenue but the pop up adds and all the advertising is absolutely ridiculous. There are news sources that don’t even let you see the news because there advertising for you to buy something from them. CNN has at least 4-5 pop ups in the first 10-15 seconds. I couldn’t even go into a comments section because it just kept popping up to the same exact spot even if I tried to scroll up or down. It is ridiculous. I think I’ve had enough of this app. I’ll find my news (on both sides) somewhere else..NeogambitVersion: 6.0.10

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✅ Yes. SmartNews: Local Breaking News is 100% legit to us. This conclusion was arrived at by running over 816,230 SmartNews: Local Breaking News user reviews through our NLP machine learning process to determine if users believe the app is legitimate or not. Based on this, AppSupports Legitimacy Score for SmartNews: Local Breaking News is 87.7/100.

Is SmartNews: Local Breaking News safe?

✅ Yes. SmartNews: Local Breaking News is quiet safe to use. This is based on our NLP analysis of over 816,230 user reviews sourced from the IOS appstore and the appstore cumulative rating of 4.6/5. AppSupports Safety Score for SmartNews: Local Breaking News is 90.2/100.