---
title: "Philstar - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in Philippines | Apple App Store"
description: "Over a decade, the Philstar Global app has provided free access to trusted news from the Philippines and around the world.  Light, fast and easy to use, the latest version of the Philstar app connects"
---

# Philstar — Philippines

![Philstar App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/77/f1/61/77f1619b-6ea5-403f-7f04-f8236b003e4d/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-1-0-85-220.jpeg/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Philstar Global](https://apptail.io/developer/philstar-global-PDOb)
**Category:** News
**Rating:** 3.2/5 (77 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** net.forthmedia.Philstar
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** Philippines
**Version:** 5.4.0 (released 2026-04-22)
**Original Release:** 2012-06-11
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ph/app/app/id532930273)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/philippines](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/philippines)

## Philstar Description
Over a decade, the Philstar Global app has provided free access to trusted news from the Philippines and around the world.

Light, fast and easy to use, the latest version of the Philstar app connects you to the most timely and relevant stories — from breaking news and politics to sports, entertainment, lifestyle and business.

Access original reporting, in-depth explainers, opinion pieces and multimedia features from Philstar.com, Interaksyon, The Philippine STAR, Pilipino Star Ngayon, The Freeman, Pang-Masa and Banat — all in one place.

Stay informed with credible journalism that empowers you to make sense of what’s happening — wherever you are, whenever you need it.

## Philstar Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/f1/8d/68/f18d688a-dcf5-1a09-a7cc-34fe1e8c02af/iOS_640x920-21.jpg/640x920.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/b2/be/29/b2be29a1-25c9-f096-5ff2-6f6da7240cb0/iOS_640x920-22.jpg/640x920.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/c4/c7/99/c4c79988-9e5c-8fc4-1b85-038953dc82c2/iOS_640x920-23.jpg/640x920.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/d3/b0/52/d3b05241-7602-4dfe-f69a-bb3c608a7f85/iOS_640x920-28.jpg/640x920.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/79/de/6a/79de6afc-d9e1-fe85-2325-07578741c4ee/iOS_640x920-24.jpg/640x920.png)
- [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/1d/77/86/1d778657-5e6f-b155-66be-a661b8d98675/iOS_640x920-26.jpg/640x920.png)
- [Screenshot 7](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/33/c7/9e/33c79ee6-96cf-f6ca-b01e-33c427a8a797/iOS_640x920-25.jpg/640x920.png)
- [Screenshot 8](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/ee/0f/69/ee0f6962-a0d0-704b-466a-972af9435b87/iOS_640x920-27.jpg/640x920.png)
- [Screenshot 9](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/ad/be/72/adbe7278-720d-b9fa-6082-5ba3e9e61caf/iOS_640x920-29.jpg/640x920.png)
- [Screenshot 10](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/73/87/1d/73871d5a-263f-c088-b6fa-b05958af74e2/iOS_640x920-30.jpg/640x920.png)

## Philstar Rating Breakdown in Philippines
- 5 stars: 31 (40%)
- 4 stars: 9 (12%)
- 3 stars: 7 (9%)
- 2 stars: 5 (6%)
- 1 stars: 25 (32%)

## Philstar Reviews in Philippines

### *---- "World News Crash App"
App crashes when clicking the World News section. Plz Fix This
-- PapiRy69, 2023-11-23

### ***** "Very nice!"
Easy to read, easy to navigate.
-- Rommel Discipulo, 2022-09-30

### *---- "NEWS BLACKOUT!!!"
No content anymore! Its been a while this problem goes on
-- Mar10n, 2020-03-27

### *---- "Blinking"
When you open app, it keeps blinking. I think it’s trying to refresh itself too often, like every second. Problem is you cannot scroll down to choose the next article to read as it resets back to top page of a portion, e.g. business. This is true from iOS version 11 until 13.3.
-- sc888ph, 2019-12-25

### ****- "Please add settings"
Please add settings to make the fonts larger and to have a dark mode, thank you for this app...
-- jamesjullien, 2018-04-17

### **--- "The old one is better"
Bring back the old one! This new version is working so slow and it keeps loading everytime you open a news article.
-- Capcomfan, 2018-04-01

### ****- "Help"
I would uninstall then reinstall to be updated with the news but for two days now nothing happened. Please help I like this app thanks.
It’s a never-ending downloading- please help.
Again hindi nag update 3 days na. Please do something. Thank you
-- marge i s, 2018-02-11

### *---- "Crashing after latest update"
When opening the app, prompts downloading latest stories, crashes. Please fix.
-- Carlman427, 2017-10-27

### *---- "App closing itself automatically"
When you download for the latest update, the app is closing itself automatically. Im using an iPhone 6 with the latest IOS version, 

I reinistalled it but the problem is still the same. 

Hoping this can be fixed soonest.
-- Ed_Dimiao, 2017-10-24

### *---- "Love philstar but hate your app"
Just some of philstar app downside:
1. Everyday the screen goes blank
2. News is not updated. You have news that is more than 1 day old in the app.  This if the screen does bot go blank 
3. When you tap on the news that you want to read it goes pfft blank screen then goes back to the headline.

Sayang I prefer PhilStar than all the other broadsheets and tabloids but their app is such a  turn off.  Hope they will update and fix all their bugs
-- Jose Marie, 2017-10-08

### *---- "Not updating for 2-days now"
What happened? I hope this app is not dead already... I love Phil Star... but by the looks of it, the admin of this app don't care at all.
-- Egay B., 2017-01-24

### *---- "WARNING: BIAS NEWS and REPORTS !!!!!!"
NEVER EVER DOWNLOAD THIS APPS. All you will about to be read a bias News
-- Brianne12po, 2016-08-17

### *---- "Editorials"
Dear Sir / Madam,

How come the OP ED writer's name is no longer displayed?  Are we to guess who wrote the article?

Also why have a political opinion piece in your Lifestyle section (4 June 2016).  If your writer wants to do such then have that person in your OP ED roster.

Thank you.
-- kubelwagen, 2016-06-03

### *---- "NOT UPDATING ANYMORE"
Its not updating anymore. Kindly fix
-- T0bey, 2016-05-30

### *---- "It Crashes"
When I am opening this app lately it crashes when it downloads for latest news. This helps me a lot before to keep me up to date with the latest news. 

When are you fixing this?!
-- Troinkitstakits, 2016-05-29

### **--- "Push notifications"
Push notifications not working on breaking news
-- Pacargo, 2016-03-17

### *---- "Doesn't work anymore"
There is no image appearing at all. All i can see is a white screen. Please fix this one!
-- Bri onglo, 2015-09-04

### ***-- "It's not working anymore"
Why this application not working anymore.... It helps me coz I'm updated with the events happening here and abroad. Hoping that you fix this problem. Thank you.
-- dc_mendoza, 2015-07-05

### *---- "Stopped working"
Last update 18days ago on iPhone. iPad still works.
-- Rattuple, 2015-03-28

### ***-- "Won't update."
It says uodated just now but the headline I'm seeing was 5days ago, or is that actually the latest news? Please fix this.
-- Lymprest, 2015-03-16

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## Philstar Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Free | Philippines | News | #21 |
| Top Free | Finland | News | #216 |
| Top Free | Taiwan | News | #346 |
| Top Free | Singapore | News | #435 |

## Philstar Discovered Keywords
- the philippine star
- bulletins
- philstar


## Philstar Available In
- [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/philippines)
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/united-states)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/australia)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/saudi-arabia)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/canada)
- [Singapore](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/singapore)
- [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/turkey)
- [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/south-korea)
- [Kuwait](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/kuwait)
- [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/south-africa)
- [China](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/china)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/united-kingdom)
- [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/italy)
- [Spain](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/spain)
- [Thailand](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/thailand)
- [Algeria](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/algeria)
- [Ecuador](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/ecuador)
- [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/egypt)
- [Finland](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/finland)
- [France](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/france)
- [Greece](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/greece)
- [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/hong-kong)
- [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/indonesia)
- [Ireland](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/ireland)
- [Israel](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/israel)
- [India](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/india)
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/japan)
- [Lebanon](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/lebanon)
- [Argentina](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/argentina)
- [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/malaysia)
- [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/nigeria)
- [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/netherlands)
- [Norway](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/norway)
- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/new-zealand)
- [Peru](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/peru)
- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/pakistan)
- [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/poland)
- [Portugal](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/portugal)
- [Romania](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/romania)
- [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/russia)
- [Sweden](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/sweden)
- [Taiwan](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/taiwan)
- [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/vietnam)
- [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/mexico)
- [Austria](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/austria)
- [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/azerbaijan)
- [Bulgaria](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/bulgaria)
- [Bahrain](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/bahrain)
- [Brunei](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/brunei)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/brazil)
- [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/belarus)
- [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/switzerland)
- [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/chile)
- [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/colombia)
- [Czechia](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/czechia)
- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/germany)
- [Denmark](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/denmark)
- [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/philstar-ZqNe/dominican-republic)

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