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title: "News24: Trusted News. First - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in South Africa | Apple App Store"
description: "TRUSTED NEWS. FIRST. Our award-winning team of journalists brings you quality breaking news as it happens. Whether you’re looking for in-depth analysis or the latest in entertainment, sport, politics "
---

# News24: Trusted News. First — South Africa
> SA’s leading news source.

![News24: Trusted News App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/d9/01/55/d9015550-cbc8-da34-607e-af145a7bc6e6/AppIcon-1x_U007emarketing-0-8-0-85-220-0.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [24.com Online Studios (pty)](https://apptail.io/developer/24com-online-studios-pty-qWg) (South Africa)
**Category:** News
**Rating:** 3.5/5 (5,419 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.24.News24
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** South Africa
**Version:** 7.93.2026052014 (released 2026-05-21)
**Original Release:** 2009-04-20
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/za/app/app/id310970460)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/news24-trusted-news-first-GqJ/south-africa](https://apptail.io/app/news24-trusted-news-first-GqJ/south-africa)

## News24: Trusted News Description
TRUSTED NEWS. FIRST. Our award-winning team of journalists brings you quality breaking news as it happens. Whether you’re looking for in-depth analysis or the latest in entertainment, sport, politics or business, you’ll find it in our News24 app!

Become a paid subscriber to access a world of in-depth analyses, investigative journalism, top opinions and a range of new features.

As a News24 subscriber, you get exclusive access to all News24’s journalism, including opinion and analysis, video documentaries, podcasts, investigative reporting, a range of daily games, and more.

In addition, subscribers can:


• Read and write comments on all articles.

• Listen to an article.

• Share 5 subscriber-only articles per month with friends.

• Read the e-editions of YOU, Fair Lady and more.

• Receive personalised and exclusive newsletters.


You can also sign up to News24 for free to bookmark content and receive special newsletters

We would love to hear from you. Please send us a message in the app under Profile/Support.

View our terms and conditions here: media24.com/privacy-policy/

EULA: 

## News24: Trusted News Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource116/v4/5d/53/5b/5d535bca-6dbe-7863-ec2f-b63095b5100a/f2bff224-cc30-4bcc-b64f-b826d96ca387_1_1284_x_2778_Apple6.5_1.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource116/v4/81/5d/4b/815d4b2e-3740-b91e-c1fd-041f8a7ac15d/3f38652b-6936-42a9-99ae-86a9ffb97df4_2_1284_x_2778_Apple6.5_2.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource116/v4/8d/81/67/8d8167a4-6122-6aeb-1241-94c23b55b87c/2e6c490c-113a-47ef-94c5-8a383f4a0388_3_1284_x_2778_Apple6.5_3.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource126/v4/e6/34/97/e63497db-b592-dd69-24b7-5b41f7381447/a4f984fe-e28d-4503-82dc-c50bad26edeb_4_1284_x_2778_Apple6.5_4.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource126/v4/6c/6d/f6/6c6df678-ff11-d2ea-2ea3-124b17193b9b/3d441561-0c76-46a2-8e84-61ca802be902_5_1284_x_2778_Apple6.5_5.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource126/v4/dc/ff/8f/dcff8fdb-75d5-6a67-aa9a-d88347e9f633/6c4e39d7-ac2d-48a0-ad9b-eae9dcb3cc04_6_1284_x_2778_Apple6.5_6.png/1284x2778.png)

## News24: Trusted News Rating Breakdown in South Africa
- 5 stars: 1,779 (33%)
- 4 stars: 1,509 (28%)
- 3 stars: 729 (13%)
- 2 stars: 467 (9%)
- 1 stars: 935 (17%)

## News24: Trusted News Reviews in South Africa

### *---- "Worst SA news app by far"
This is by far the worst news app in SA. Driven by click bait and BS adverts plus unsolicited information sharing. Can’t ever get hold of anyone relevant and zero feedback. Do not rely on this app for genuine news as they are purely driven by click bait and adverts.
-- Dthsonic123456, 2024-12-13

### ***-- "Valuable news source"
Can u make it user friendly please. As subscriber, if u signed once on same device, it should remember u..why must u sign onto the site everytime u wanna read locked articles ?
-- Oukay ke, 2024-12-10

### *---- "No Trustworty"
Mostly propoganda fake news
-- Stringfellahawk, 2024-11-10

### *---- "Okay, but biased."
The app is fine. This is not aimed at the hardworking devs! You will get news regarding SA, but as with all things MSM, they have tons and tons of implicit bias. They don't even try to hide it due to how big of a player in the space they are. If you live in SA, get your news from multiple different sources.
-- JanPapPiel, 2024-11-08

### *---- "Not Reading Friendly"
Why are you not making use of the IOS Reader feature? Twitter can do it. Why not you. I can’t subscribe
-- JDzaza, 2024-10-16

### *---- "Pathetic Opinionated Drivel"
Used to be a good app until they started force feeding the highly biased and self proclaimed terrorist loving Mondli Makhanya’s opinion pieces (That no-one ever asked for by the way) down our throats. I went to news24 for unbiased journalism, not Mondli’s factually incorrect, personal thoughts and opinion. Definitely will not be paying monthly to be spewed lies! Won’t be back!
-- CharlesGlass, 2024-09-26

### **--- "Content good, but iOs app 👎🏼"
Note that you cannot use your Apple subscription to access News24 in your internet browser, even though there is a button to sign in with Apple. I was told to just use the app. Also tried to reinstate my subscription now through the app, am subscribed but cannot access articles 🙃😝
-- karienvanderwesthuizen, 2024-09-14

### **--- "Sign out"
Please for the love of earth stop signing me out of the app every time its updated! Please improve loading of conte. Lately the app is blank when i open it, have to close it and reopen it!
-- Musicmate1981, 2024-09-10

### *---- "Even with subscription, still infested with ads!"
Think the title says it all.

I have paid for a subscription and this app is still completely infested with ads everywhere. 

Between stories, ad!
Top of the screen, ad!
Inside a story between paragraphs, ad!
-- ArsenicJds, 2024-09-06

### *---- "Useless App"
It’s useless to use News24 to follow up with what is happening in the World, reason being for you to know the whole story you need to subscribe 1st on top of that it needs you to have data.

I would advice you not to bother and Try it
-- Mmjhhjjj, 2024-08-27

### *---- "Impossible to re subscribe"
It is impossible to actually re subscribe using Apple ! 
Even when you email for assistance the response is useless and doesn’t help at all!!
-- RyBak17, 2024-08-22

### *---- "Permanently logged out"
I am a subscriber and I subscribed through Apple. Every - single - time I open the app I am logged out. Sometimes I can log back in but often the login fails. The proposed solution? Delete and reinstall the app. Not good enough!
-- African_Rover, 2024-08-07

### *---- "News24 - Cancelled"
As a long time supporter of both the web and app, time has come to cancel my subscription. The app has become an add market, with the adds taking more screen space than the actual news. I understand the need for multiple revenues, but running add campaigns are better left for non-subscribers and not your paying base. Today was the last time for me to click on an annoying add while trying to scroll, sub cancelled and back to free news on the web for me.
-- ZdBeer, 2024-07-30

### **--- "Mark O’Malley"
Articles won’t open even though I have an active Apple subscription.
-- Tigereye 21, 2024-07-15

### *---- "News articles don’t open when subscribing"
After subscribing, the article still does not open.
-- PCfifa202073, 2024-07-13

### *---- "Everything blocked"
Can’t read anything. Everything has a paywall. Useless.
-- siyabonga_v, 2024-07-13

### *---- "Lacks professionalism."
Too one sided, too compromised.
-- Akinsano93, 2024-07-08

### *---- "News24 pay to read nightmare"
I have cancelled my News24 subscription simply for its poor & factional coverage and reporting. 

News 24 has reared its head for being a politically aligned news source, as such, they provide biased coverage & reporting reminiscent of the apartheid days. 

The have entered the political arena and chose which faction they support. 

Poor editorial content. It should be referred to as a propaganda news source.
-- @MolalaLes, 2024-07-01

### **--- "Ads are Incredibly Frustrating"
I was very happy to take out a subscription are support journalism and News24 which I’ve been reading for free for years. However, I completely understand that ads are needed to support view viewing. But I would have thought that paying subscribing would be freed from the relentless ads in articles. I find myself inadvertently touching ads which then take me to their website, that I end up just giving up and stopping reading. I’m at the point where I may just give up my subscription. The ads in articles are way over the top; there is a huge ad almost every paragraph. I would quite honestly rather pay slightly more each month to have all ads removed, although this shouldn’t be necessary with a paying subscription. The ads do absolutely nothing for me except to detract from the experience.

Incredibly buggy too - have to force close and reopen the app multiple times per day.
-- BenSheard, 2024-07-01

### *---- "App missing basic functionality/Technical incompetence"
The content of News24 and the journalism is unquestionably good. Unfortunately, the tech does not follow suit. This is probably the ONLY app where you cannot swipe right to go back to the Home Screen. It’s a simple fix but when I logged the issue I was told „click on the arrow“ to go back 🤦🏽 I would unsubscribe and delete the app in a heart beat if the journalism and content wasn’t as good as it is.
—//—//—
I then then followed the advise as posted in response to my initial review, and below is the comms thread. You can decide if it’s worth engaging with News24 further, for yourself. 
Dear News24 

I am going to try this again because the quality of your journalism is unquestionable.

Your App need some help though.

 Please bring back the functionality to, depending on „where“ or „how“ you swipe, you could either go to the story before or to the HomePage/LandingPage.

I do not want to click on the arrow on the top left corner!

Their response…

Dear Mr. Jacobs

Thank you for your query received.

We apologise for any inconvenience and confirm that currently you can move to the next article, when in a current article by swiping to the left.

We trust that the above feedback is in order and please inform us if any of your contact details have changed or are no longer valid.

NB: Sign up for yourself or a loved one for the following magazines, with free delivery and save big on subscription prices:

YOU/Huisgenoot magazine delivery and pay only R140.83 per month – 4 issues. (The normal price is R50 per issue)
For any further enquiries please feel free to contact us.
-- Kneel31, 2024-06-21

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## News24: Trusted News In-App Purchases
| Item | Price |
|------|-------|
| News24 | 849.99 R |
| News24 Subscription | 449.99 R |

## News24: Trusted News Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Grossing | South Africa | News | #1 |
| Top Free | South Africa | News | #7 |
| Top Grossing | South Africa | Overall | #16 |
| Top Grossing | Vietnam | News | #18 |
| Top Grossing | Hungary | News | #33 |
| Top Grossing | Netherlands | News | #45 |
| Top Grossing | New Zealand | News | #56 |
| Top Grossing | United Kingdom | News | #60 |
| Top Grossing | United Arab Emirates | News | #63 |
| Top Grossing | Singapore | News | #68 |
| Top Grossing | Saudi Arabia | News | #71 |
| Top Grossing | Australia | News | #78 |
| Top Grossing | Egypt | News | #95 |
| Top Free | Belarus | News | #231 |
| Top Free | Azerbaijan | News | #240 |
| Top Free | New Zealand | News | #240 |
| Top Free | Algeria | News | #252 |
| Top Free | Pakistan | News | #253 |
| Top Free | Greece | News | #271 |
| Top Free | Nigeria | News | #288 |
| Top Free | Kazakhstan | News | #301 |
| Top Free | United Kingdom | News | #322 |
| Top Free | Ukraine | News | #337 |
| Top Free | India | News | #375 |
| Top Free | Kuwait | News | #381 |
| Top Free | Ireland | News | #401 |
| Top Free | Vietnam | News | #425 |
| Top Free | Lebanon | News | #486 |
| Top Free | Germany | News | #489 |
| Top Free | Israel | News | #491 |

## News24: Trusted News Discovered Keywords
- news
- world news
- new
- daily maverick
- google news
- businesstech
- metro
- first
- bbc news
- netwerk24

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## News24: Trusted News Available In
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