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24 alternatives to Bird News Now

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Bird News Now launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
The News (iOS)▲232
Product Hunt, Designer News, & Hacker News on iOS
2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
2
Pigeon News▲174
Discover, upvote, and share your favorite newsletters
2020 · pigeonnewsletters.com · its alternatives →
3
Google News▲516
An all-new Google News powered by AI
2018 · news.google.com · its alternatives →
4
BirdTab▲181
Find zen with birds in every new Chrome tab
2025 · birdtab.app · its alternatives →
5
Pigeon▲81
The 'new tab' that shows you headlines from the web
2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
6
The New Paper▲134
Facts-only news in 30 seconds. No clickbait. No bias.
2019 · thenewpaper.co · its alternatives →
7
TheNews▲339
The latest designer, developer, and tech news in one place.
2020 · thenews.im · its alternatives →
8
Birdie for Twitter▲80
The best of Twitter and news in one simple, beautiful app.
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
9
Record Bird 2.0▲180
Get notified whenever your favorite artists drop new music
2017 · messenger.com · its alternatives →
10
Breaking▲164
Short news in your Today tab for Mac and iOS
2015 · its alternatives →
11
Informed▲287
Your daily news, narrated by the voice you love most.
2025 · its alternatives →
12
NewsBang▲240
Your First AI News & Insights APP
2025 · zetik.com · its alternatives →
13
Brut ▲88
The Worlds news delivered through video
2019 · brut.media · its alternatives →
14
One Minute News▲171
This is a minimalist news digest site that helps readers understand the biggest news happening around the world in one minute. We work on this as a side project. So why are we doing this? Welp, I myself am a clickbait hater. Sometimes I click into a news story on Facebook just to find out the content is nothing as the title suggests. Born from pure hatred, we have created One Minute News to make sure every headline literally says what the content is about. This helps readers save tons of time filtering out unimportant news just by scanning through the honest headlines. So far, here are the…
Feb 2026 · oneminutenews.org · its alternatives →
15
Ahoy News▲82
A new and better way to read news on the Mac
2016 · ahoynews.com · its alternatives →
16
Newsreels▲95
Imagine TikTok, but for news
2021 · newsreels.app · its alternatives →
17
NewsGIF▲176
The news summarized in GIFs
2015 · newsgif.com · its alternatives →
18
BuzzFeed News App▲151
The most interesting stories from around the web
2015 · buzzfeed.com · its alternatives →
19
Bluenews▲74
All the best emerging tech news, ranked by popularity
2022 · its alternatives →
20
The Green Bird by Peck▲164
Get the information you want...fast
2016 · peck.me · its alternatives →
21
Avian: Twitter Map▲142
See what the world is talking about on your Apple TV
2016 · avian.tv · its alternatives →
22
Winno▲86
Most efficient way to follow what's happening in the world
2019 · winno.app · its alternatives →
23
Rowe▲112
News in your Chrome tab that learns your preferences
2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
24
Sloth News▲88
All your favourite news sources in one simple & elegant app
2017 · its alternatives →

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