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24 alternatives to Quarzt

With Quartz’s App, You Don’t Read the News. You Chat With It

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Quarzt launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Quartz for iPhone▲536

   An ongoing conversation about the news

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Quartz Brief▲85

   News in a whole new way

   2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Quartz App▲124

   A new community-driven news platform and membership product

   2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Quartz for Android▲6

   The best conversational UI news app, now on Android

   2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Quartz for IOS▲8

   Receive news in a new way, in a chat interface

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Quartz V5▲142

   The new version of Quartz

   2018 · qz.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Dials 1.0▲96

   Clock based calendar app for iPhone

   2016 · dialsapp.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Circa▲77

   News app with high quality curated content

   2013 · gcd.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Tempo for Apple Watch▲117

   A new, intuitive way to see your day at a glance

   2015 · tempo.ai · its alternatives →

10. 10
    New York Times APIs▲247

    Why just read the news when you can hack it?

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Lark▲117

    1st crypto app that correlates news to price in real time.

    2017 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Timesify▲100

    Whatever TMZ and Buzzfeed you read disguise it with NYT look

    2015 · lego138new.yachts · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Qu 2.0▲111

    An app to geek out and get opinions on tech trends

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Thread News▲107

    News. Not noise.

    2020 · thread.news · its alternatives →

15. 15
    WeatherSignal▲60

    The barometer for iPhone

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Abstract News Digest▲71

    Read objective news summaries on a refreshing UI

    2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Lectal▲118

    A simple news app

    2017 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Buzzminer▲159

    Quickly read latest news from different sites in one place

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    SwipeNewz▲81

    News in a swipe

    2023 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Hours▲116

    Visual time tracking app

    2014 · hourstimelord.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    BuzzFeed News App▲151

    The most interesting stories from around the web

    2015 · buzzfeed.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Cheddar Tech News for Android▲75

    Content broadcast from the NYSE floor daily

    2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Clear for Apple Watch▲111

    Productivity reimagined for your wrist

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

24. 24TA
    Telescope, a news reader app▲90

    I got fed up with the news reader apps out there so I decided to make my own. Its a simple concept where it tracks all your favorite news sources for new posts and the social shares it received. Then it ranks it HN/Reddit style using social shares as upvotes. It's not meant to be alternative to HN, just a focused way to track your favorite sources. Please try it out and let me know what do you think, http://telescope.surf/ Note: you can do 'Add to Homescreen' on mobile to make it as an app. Please leave a feedback or any feature wishlist you may have. Thanks!

    2017 · its alternatives →

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