Most of the apps on this list pull from the same news sources, but you'll notice that certain apps, like NewsBreak and Google News, prioritize free stories over subscription-only sources. I tested each app on an iPhone 12 running on iOS 15.2.1. I know most folks don't look at their news on a desktop, so I also focused on mobile apps. And while I might get some flak for it, Reddit and other social media apps also weren't up for consideration. I also left out any apps that are owned by companies that do their own journalism-like CNN, Fox News, and Reuters. Read-it-later apps and RSS readers can aggregate news for you, but they're more hands-on, and really a different category of app. For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog.įor this roundup, I was looking primarily at news aggregator apps.

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