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Best 10 Apps for Listening to the News
Headlines you need to hear! Find articles, podcasts, and radio stations, and listen to the latest world and national news on the go.
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Online news radio stations allow people to listen to the news any time and from any location.
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1 Radio News - Hourly, Podcasts, Live News
Hourly news radio headlines. Daily news podcasts. World's top live news stations4.2 Ratings 1K+ Reviews 100K+ DownloadsFree Fresh In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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NPR News
NPR News: The NPR and public radio station player for your Android.3.6 Ratings 93K+ Reviews 1M+ DownloadsFreeFree![Google Play]()
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BBC News
Download the official BBC News app for international audiences.4.5 Ratings 500K+ Reviews 10M+ DownloadsFree Feature RichFree![Google Play]()
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English News in Levels
World news for students of English written in 3 levels.4.8 Ratings 5K+ Reviews 500K+ DownloadsFree Fresh In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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NPR One
NPR One is public radio made personal.3.5 Ratings 21K+ Reviews 1M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich FreshFree![Google Play]()
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Google Podcasts
A podcast player, from Google. Listen and subscribe to the world’s podcasts.4.6 Ratings 499K+ Reviews 100M+ DownloadsFreeFree![Google Play]()
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TuneIn Radio: News, Sports & AM FM Music Stations
Listen to live sports, news & stream free music on local AM FM radio & podcasts4.6 Ratings 3M+ Reviews 100M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich Fresh In App Purchases 1M+ ReviewsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Audible: audiobooks, podcasts & audio stories
Listen to original content & novels. Enjoy stories, audio books and podcasts.4.8 Ratings 5M+ Reviews 100M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich Fresh 1M+ Reviews -
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CNN Breaking US & World News
When you want to know what’s happening, tap into the global news power of CNN.4.6 Ratings 2M+ Reviews 50M+ DownloadsFree Feature Rich Fresh 1M+ ReviewsFree![Google Play]()
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How We Choose The Best Apps
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Broad Search
Our unique algorithm scoured the App Store and Google Play Store by searching listening to news. From there, we retrieved a total of 500 unique apps (355 Android apps and 145 iOS apps) as potential candidates. -
Additional Review by Editorial Team
Finally, our editorial team checks all apps in our best 10 list one by one to make sure these apps are of the highest quality. -
Filter only high-quality apps
We then selected the highest quality apps from the 500 apps listed. We compared the number of stars, downloads, and reviews along with the velocity of these apps to create a list of the Best Apps for Listening to the News for both Android & iOS.
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