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24 alternatives to The Factual News App

The most objective stories on critical topics

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Factual News App launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Google News▲516
An all-new Google News powered by AI
2018 · news.google.com · its alternatives →
2
The Factual (newsletter)▲88
Top 5 news topics, most credible stories
2019 · yahoo.com · its alternatives →
3
Abstract News Digest▲71
Read objective news summaries on a refreshing UI
2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
4
Quartz for iPhone▲536
An ongoing conversation about the news
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
5
BuzzFeed News App▲151
The most interesting stories from around the web
2015 · buzzfeed.com · its alternatives →
6
The Factual (Chrome extension)▲122
Facts, not fear
2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
7
Fake News: The Game▲123
A game of facts & falsehoods
2017 · its alternatives →
8
Dailycast▲82
Unbiased, trustworthy & uncluttered news 🗞️
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
9
News360: Personalized News▲66
An app that finds stories you’ll like around the web
2015 · its alternatives →
10
The News (iOS)▲232
Product Hunt, Designer News, & Hacker News on iOS
2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
11
News Search by The Factual▲96
Politically diverse and highly credible search results
2022 · yahoo.com · its alternatives →
12
GoodNews▲70
A simple and minimal content focused news app.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
13
Moodboost News▲114
Positive news app for grumpy people
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
14
Blazing News▲64
A real time summarised news feed app
2021 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
15
Blendle for iOS▲196
One app to discover the world’s best journalism
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
16
Melee App▲64
Vote on a daily question based on today's top news story
2017 · its alternatives →
17
Flash▲97
A news app that doesn't waste your time
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
18RM
Ranking mainstream News on Twitter in real-time, an experiment.▲10
http://newspo.st/dev-preview.html I'd like to hear some feedback about this App I've been working on lately. It's exactly what everyone tells you not to do: a "news app", but I strongly believe this one is different: News are ranked by real-time Twitter popularity, you can see what people says on Twitter about a specific topic and you can download full articles as well. I think personalization narrows the scope of articles you can come across, while sometimes it's good to read about stuff that matters to everyone. The first raw version of the app is now available on iTunes. If…
2013 · its alternatives →
19
Balanced News▲115
Track your political reading from all sides.
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
20
Vanilla News▲102
The news, but without all the opinions
2023 · its alternatives →
21
Newsdrop▲152
Digital newspaper with minimalist news summaries
2020 · its alternatives →
22
NewsPeek App▲89
Read the Top Headlines at a Glance!
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
23
Microsoft News▲112
AI and human-curated news for mobile
2018 · start.microsoftapp.net · its alternatives →
24
Right Relevance▲125
Search for topical articles, influencers and conversations.
2016 · rightrelevance.com · its alternatives →

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