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title: "Google News - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "Google News is a personalized news aggregator that organizes and highlights what’s happening in the world so you can quickly catch up and discover more about the stories that matter to you.  With Goog"
---

# Google News — United States
> Top world & local news stories

![Google News App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/75/bc/5a/75bc5a24-87ec-4c34-32d3-beeec5fbeb8e/logo_google_news_color-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-0-0-85-220.png/400x400bb.png)

**Developer:** [Google](https://apptail.io/developer/google-Ajf) (United States)
**Category:** News
**Rating:** 4.6/5 (226,166 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.google.GoogleDigitalEditions
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 5.122 (released 2026-09-23)
**Original Release:** 2012-04-11

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id459182288)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/united-states)

## Google News Description
Google News is a personalized news aggregator that organizes and highlights what’s happening in the world so you can quickly catch up and discover more about the stories that matter to you.

With Google News, you’ll find:

YOUR BRIEFING: It can be nearly impossible to keep up with every story you care about, Your Briefing makes it easy to stay in the know about what’s important and relevant in your world. It updates throughout the day to bring you the top local, national, and world headlines, plus personalized news tailored to your interests.

LOCAL NEWS: Explore your community through stories and articles from news outlets in your local area. Customize and choose multiple locations so you can know what’s happening near you or wherever home is.

FULL COVERAGE: Dive deeper into a story with multiple perspectives. The Full Coverage feature organizes everything online about a story, surfacing and highlighting coverage from different outlets and mediums. With just a tap, you’ll uncover how the story is unfolding and how everyone is reporting on it.

STORIES FOR YOU: The For You section delivers personalized news related to your interests. Take control and customize the articles you see by following the topics and sources you care about.

ACCESS FROM ANY DEVICE: Stay up to date on the news no matter where you are. Pair the Google News mobile app with our Desktop website, news.google.com, and enjoy your personalized content across all your devices.

## Google News Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource126/v4/fa/20/fb/fa20fb86-8a9c-d4f5-89bc-b3cd0b72b940/71edaf99-bdd1-44bf-9788-a5bc57ff67e4_1_iphone65_1.Screen1_-_Catch_up_-_iPhone_XS.jpg/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource126/v4/7e/b9/f7/7eb9f742-4ae2-3e0b-a605-1a78fb1a9d12/04add0db-c73b-4d8a-94a8-60fa134dcd6b_2_iphone65_2.Screen2_-_Local_news_-_iPhone_XS.jpg/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource126/v4/3c/26/b5/3c26b5f4-68c8-17ec-17a3-1804e319be25/39c1b68a-b92a-4659-bfcc-e39d38c753ef_3_iphone65_3.Screen3_-_Dive_deeper_-_iPhone_XS.jpg/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource116/v4/5f/04/da/5f04dae2-e5f2-e479-35b9-ee0faa341a89/6f88ce95-854a-46c4-8016-b4151adf2f7e_4_iphone65_4.Screen4_-_Stories_for_you_-_iPhone_XS.jpg/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource116/v4/47/94/f2/4794f278-944e-5c0c-a972-db5e7075ce7b/e433890b-f567-438f-aeb7-1ce29c4f3898_5_iphone65_5.Screen5_-_Choose_topics_and_sources_-_iPhone_XS.jpg/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource126/v4/a9/2c/7d/a92c7ded-3ad8-7650-55c4-1b8932dacfd0/549105ad-76d7-456b-862b-4efc9cb8ece8_6_iphone65_6.Screen6_-_Stay_updated_-_iPhone_XS.jpg/1242x2688.png)

## Google News Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 170,192 (75%)
- 4 stars: 33,838 (15%)
- 3 stars: 10,909 (5%)
- 2 stars: 3,752 (2%)
- 1 stars: 7,475 (3%)

## Google News Reviews in United States

### *---- "Bias, ads, and other spam."
This app is trash. Very bias and controlled news stories, every few post is spam and even worse now random ads. Pure trash.
-- Me-ness, 2026-09-05

### *---- "Crashes"
When reading an article the app crashes if an app is unable for news it’s unreliable deserving a zero.
-- IceColdMalik, 2026-09-01

### ***-- "Still good but"
Pretty nice way to see multiple news stories in one place but it seems Google has removed the option to hide/block sources
-- junior_787, 2026-08-19

### *---- "Paywalls"
Very frustrating when half the articles you select to read are paywalled. Do they really expect that I’m going to have 25 different subscriptions just to read the news?  They have turned this into a ridiculously useless app.
-- Jack72787, 2026-08-14

### *---- "Shoves right wing news down your throat"
Used to be able to filter away bad faith news sources like Fox News. Now Google’s algorithm shoves right wing fascist news down your throat.
-- Yeldm, 2026-08-06

### ***** "Why ?"
Why install news on peoples phone that wanna charge us to view it ? Keep this bs to yourselves then
-- JonD_B_Me, 2026-08-04

### **--- "There is no audio"
There needs to be audio on the apps so if you have a vision problem, you can hear it versus reading every It’s not a problem, but it should have audio built-in These app apps do not have audio built-in if someone can direct me to it I will be grateful
-- rfrazier062, 2026-08-02

### *---- "Locks up"
I had to delete this app. After clicking on a New York Times article it locked up and kept trying to force me to enter my email and sign in to Google which I didn’t want to do. No back arrow or way to close the window. I think their only goal is to collect meta-data from you. Which I understand but when they decide to force it on you, that’s where I draw the line. Do not instal this app.
-- kendvp, 2026-08-01

### *---- "No option to remove pay walled source"
When it comes to social media and news there is apparently no money in allowing users to choose their own content and instead they choose deliver a never-ending stream of curated content. Google News doubles down on this and no longer allows  me to remove pay walled sites or sources that I don’t like. The lack of control and choice is intentional and never going away.
-- Kfgvhhvffvbb, 2026-07-28

### *---- "Most articles require paid access."
Most articles require paid access. Such a waste.
-- hayrisdnet, 2026-07-24

### *---- "Crashes"
You get 1/3 of the way through an article, and it crashes. Almost every time. 
Do better!
-- GoogleNewsSucks, 2026-07-23

### ****- "Still leans too far left"
Still believe most of the news stories are leaning too far left. But it does have two good points that makes me use it every day. First, you can actually hide news stories from people you don’t want to see for whatever reason, that is a good thing. Second, the “follow” section makes it easy to follow topics that you want to see. I really like that section and use it a lot. Thank you for it. As far as the ads are concerned, they’re gonna be there. I really nothing you can do about it.
-- Barnnie1946, 2026-07-21

### **--- "Crashes"
Articles with lots of ads and pop-ups will crash the app over 50% of the time. This has been a long term problem that I’ve hoped they would improve but they never do. Otherwise I love the app.
-- tumorjuice, 2026-07-21

### *---- "now forces X to be in a news source"
No matter how you try. No matter how hard you look. No matter what you do. You can never get rid of X as a new source. It appears to be the only required new source for Google News and X gets to report, unverified, bogus, untruthful, rumors as legitimate news. Shame on Google. Shame on Google. Shame on Google.
-- JohnInBelmont , 2026-07-17

### *---- "Not current; not news"
Wikipedia is more current than Google News. I’m tired of a news feed that shows articles from days or weeks ago. C’mon Google!
-- ecbpdx, 2026-07-12

### *---- "Constant lockouts"
Been using google news for a long time.  It’s honestly a good source for headlines but the use stops there.  Yes some articles are free and others cost money which is understandable.  What isn’t understandable is why when you do hit a paywall your entire app is locked down.  You can’t go back.  You have to close the app.   I don’t believe an app should be allowed to lock your phone down like that into a pay trap - I won’t call it a paywall because you can turn back from a wall. 

Also the app is full of clickbait and advertising that hijacks your phone screen. 

It would be easy for Google to fix this but money is more important to them and they will never do anything.
-- Dale888, 2026-07-07

### *---- "Terrible App"
This app is horrible. Every time I click the thumbs down “fewer articles like this,” it puts an article in the down-rated article’s place that had the same headline, only from a different outlet.
-- MIKEY Gren, 2026-07-07

### *---- "Very Buggy"
The app seems to have some pretty major bugs. I regularly will have the article I’m reading disappear half way through due to an unexpected error.
-- Keo2221, 2026-07-06

### *---- "Spoilers Galore"
God forbid I google two things about f1, this app literally constantly spoils race after race and movie and show after moving and show. It's like there is literally no filter over what notifications are allowed to be sent. So now i have to disable having the entire concept of news notify my of anything from my phone because google can't just allow you to not spoil things.....there is no setting to turn that off. This app is trash and old.
-- liz.6661, 2026-07-05

### *---- "Far left ad filled crash-app"
I don’t mind left, right and center articles, but this app pushes the far left agenda. Go figure. 90% of the news stories require a subscription to each and every different news outlet. 
With all of the trackers on top of that, I’m deleting this app. Garbage.
-- Canebrake_, 2026-07-04

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## Google News Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Free | Portugal | News | #5 |
| Top Free | Chile | News | #5 |
| Top Free | Pakistan | News | #5 |
| Top Free | Italy | News | #6 |
| Top Free | Belarus | News | #7 |
| Top Free | Colombia | News | #7 |
| Top Free | Ecuador | News | #8 |
| Top Free | Argentina | News | #8 |
| Top Free | Philippines | News | #8 |
| Top Free | Peru | News | #8 |
| Top Free | Romania | News | #8 |
| Top Free | Thailand | News | #8 |
| Top Free | Malaysia | News | #9 |
| Top Free | India | News | #10 |
| Top Free | Poland | News | #10 |
| Top Free | South Africa | News | #10 |
| Top Free | Mexico | News | #11 |
| Top Free | Dominican Republic | News | #11 |
| Top Free | United Arab Emirates | News | #11 |
| Top Free | Czechia | News | #11 |
| Top Free | Spain | News | #12 |
| Top Free | Taiwan | News | #14 |
| Top Free | Hong Kong SAR China | News | #14 |
| Top Free | Brazil | News | #14 |
| Top Free | Türkiye | News | #15 |
| Top Free | Egypt | News | #16 |
| Top Free | Algeria | News | #16 |
| Top Free | Greece | News | #16 |
| Top Free | Germany | News | #17 |
| Top Free | Saudi Arabia | News | #17 |
| Top Free | Nigeria | News | #17 |
| Top Free | Singapore | News | #18 |
| Top Free | Lebanon | News | #18 |
| Top Free | Japan | News | #19 |
| Top Free | Ukraine | News | #19 |
| Top Free | Vietnam | News | #19 |
| Top Free | Indonesia | News | #20 |
| Top Free | United Kingdom | News | #21 |
| Top Free | New Zealand | News | #21 |
| Top Free | Ireland | News | #21 |
| Top Free | Austria | News | #21 |
| Top Free | Canada | News | #21 |
| Top Free | South Korea | News | #23 |
| Top Free | Kuwait | News | #23 |
| Top Free | Israel | News | #23 |
| Top Free | Australia | News | #24 |
| Top Free | France | News | #27 |
| Top Free | United States | News | #27 |
| Top Free | Kazakhstan | News | #27 |
| Top Free | Belgium | News | #27 |
| Top Free | Russia | News | #29 |
| Top Free | Azerbaijan | News | #34 |
| Top Free | Netherlands | News | #42 |
| Top Free | Switzerland | News | #44 |
| Top Free | Hungary | News | #45 |
| Top Free | Norway | News | #47 |
| Top Free | Finland | News | #59 |
| Top Free | Sweden | News | #67 |

## Google News Discovered Keywords
- cbs news
- live breaking news
- headline news
- news
- newspapers
- tin tuc
- newsstand
- newspaper
- india news
- stories

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## Google News Available In
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/united-states)
- [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/italy)
- [France](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/france)
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- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/united-kingdom)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/australia)
- [India](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/india)
- [Ireland](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/ireland)
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/japan)
- [Taiwan](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/taiwan)
- [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/vietnam)
- [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/colombia)
- [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/south-korea)
- [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/russia)
- [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/switzerland)
- [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/poland)
- [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/netherlands)
- [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/malaysia)
- [Portugal](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/portugal)
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- [Austria](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/austria)
- [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/egypt)
- [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/nigeria)
- [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/dominican-republic)
- [Peru](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/peru)
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- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/google-news-uCb/new-zealand)
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