NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts

Reconnect with your neighborhood! Daily news alerts for local news headlines!

NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts

App stats

Version: 24.48.0 (Last updated: 2024-12-03)
Creation date: 2016-06-17
Permissions
Contacts: read your contacts
Location: approximate location (network-based), precise location (GPS and network-based)
Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Camera: take pictures and videos
Microphone: record audio
Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections
Other:
  • receive data from Internet
  • view network connections
  • measure app storage space
  • full network access
  • close other apps
  • run at startup
  • control vibration
  • prevent device from sleeping
  • toggle sync on and off
  • read Google service configuration

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App summary

Get daily news alerts & updates on current events sent straight to your phone, because a small news reader makes a big difference to communities! Keep up to date with news that impacts you & your community! Read trending headlines on live local news updates, international news, weather alerts, & more!

Small news makes a big difference! NewsBreak is your #1 local news app for current events, free live news, local weather alerts for your community. Download today to stay up to date on all things local!

Local news is different from national US news, trending headlines or global news. NewsBreak believes that local news helps bring neighborhoods together around the unique stories they share in common. Only local, small news has the unique ability to meaningfully inform the decisions we make throughout the day.

Are there any weather alerts or winter storm updates for my area? What about traffic updates? What important events are happening nearby? Stay updated with a crime map for the neighborhood & check for local weather alerts. Join NewsBreak’s growing local news community & see why over 45M people across the United States have helped make us the nation’s #1 local news app!

Remember - we don’t just do small news! Local breaking news, sports news, trending national & international news – NewsBreak’s got it all. Get everything from sports updates to national news headlines & live stream news sent straight to your phone while coming together with your neighborhood to share interesting conversations related to local news in your area.

Join the 45M+ locals across the U.S. that trust NewsBreak as their #1 local news app!

NewsBreak Features:

Local News Highlights
• Get local news, traffic, events near by, local weather alerts, news widget, & more in a curated daily briefing
• Live stream news on local channels: follow local news, events, newspapers, & activities
• Get local weather reports & traffic updates at a glance

Breaking News, National & Local
• Both small news & breaking news, stay up to date with our current news coverage
• Daily news aggregated right onto your device
• Browse national news headlines & read comprehensive, in-depth stories
• Use the discovery engine to discover stories from over 10,000 trusted sources

Personalized News Feed
• Get the stories that matter to you with a highly personalized feed, relevant to your likes & dislikes
• Get coverage on the tv news that matters most to you, including sports news, business news, tech news, health news, real estate news, science news, finance news, celebrity news, market news, & more!
• Keep up with the latest coverage of headline news & events, nationally & locally!
• Our news aggregator collects & delivers the news that matters to you
• Get news alerts customized to your tastes to make NewsBreak your personalized news reader

Your Community News
• Find local eats, small news updates, traffic alerts, deals, local shopping, & more ahead of time
• Read personal & vivid stories from our local news writers & content creators
• Treat us as your personal newsstand, magazine collector, news picker, blog reader, restaurant reviewer, & more
• Stay updated with daily life, events near you, & neighborhood crime with the local safety map

Create Civic Value - Support the Cause
• Use NewsBreak to revive the local news maker ecosystem & support small US news publishers
• Increase local story volume & geographic coverage to stimulate local storytelling & community power

Follow or Block the Trend - It’s Up to You
• It’s totally cool to stay on top of some topics, or totally hate them!
• NewsBreak allows you to follow what is trending, or completely block some topics you don’t appreciate
• You can laugh, share, think, cry, upvote, downvote, comment, reply...
• NewsBreak is a free ground that welcomes you to express emotions & opinions

Download NewsBreak today to stay informed on local news, national headlines, & world news!

Better informed, better life.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Good source for local news
  • Breaking news notifications are quick
  • Good design and user interface
  • Content is generally interesting and diverse
  • Chat feature allows discussion about articles
Cons
  • Excessive ads that disrupt reading experience
  • Clickbait headlines that are misleading
  • Issues with notifications being sent despite preferences
  • Difficulty in finding and reading articles due to ads
  • Lack of a feature to edit or adjust content/news feed
Most mentioned
  • Too many ads
  • Notifications issues
  • Clickbait content
  • Good local news
  • App usability problems
User reviews
Sort of local... mostly national. Not really as described, though I could make it more local. It asks for login right away. It's like a weird mix of Facebook and Instagram under news stories. It prompts to share your life. A lot of scope creep here. Some things are useful. I'd rather just check local news with sites I already know.
by Dave Holls, 2024-11-24

I liked this app at first but now everytime you try to read one story, it jumps all over the place and when you get back to original page, the story is gone. If you do get a chance to read something, ads pop up constantly in the way and you try to x out and it takes you to the ad page. I am so frustrated with this app I am about to uninstall it. Fix your app!
by Sheryl, 2024-11-17

I am frustrated with two things in the Newsbreak app. First, the app doesn't have the capability to view articles on the web, unlike other news apps such as Google News and Flipboard. Second, I am concerned about the continued display of video ads, such as Temu ads and ads from other entities. I have repeatedly marked these ads as "inappropriate" through the feedback function, but they continue to appear. This is frustrating and disruptive, and it makes me less likely to use the Newsbreak app!
by Dave R., 2024-11-15
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