SmartNews AlternativesNews Readers and other similar apps like SmartNews

SmartNews is described as 'Addictively simple news app that analyzes 13+ million articles a day to give you the most relevant news' and is a News Reader in the news & books category. There are more than 50 alternatives to SmartNews for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, iPhone, Android, iPad and Android Tablet apps. The best SmartNews alternative is Kagi News, which is free. Other great apps like SmartNews are Flipboard, Google News, Bulletin AI News and Wiseone.

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  1. Kagi News icon

    Kagi News

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    Presents a single daily press review in about five minutes, focusing on fact-based summaries, highlights, and quotes from global sources. Features clean sections, original article links, and is privacy-focused with no ads or trackers, welcoming community-contributed sources.

    31 Kagi News alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    • Kagi News is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to SmartNews.

    • Kagi News is the most popular free alternative to SmartNews.

    • Kagi News is Free and ProprietarySmartNews is also Free and Proprietary
    • Kagi News is Privacy focusedSmartNews is not according to our users
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    Flipboard

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    Flipboard is a fast, beautiful way to flip through the news, photos and updates your friends are sharing on Facebook and Twitter.

    258 Flipboard alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
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    • Flipboard is the most popular Windows alternative to SmartNews.

    • Flipboard is Free and ProprietarySmartNews is also Free and Proprietary
  4. Google News icon

    Google News

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    Google News organizes what’s happening in the world to help you learn more about the stories that matter to you.

    85 Google News alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  5. Bulletin AI News icon

    Bulletin AI News

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    Bulletin is a beautiful RSS news reader app built with macOS design guidelines in mind, and supercharged with powerful AI capabilities.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • visionOS
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    • Bulletin AI News is the most popular Mac alternative to SmartNews.

    • Bulletin AI News is Freemium and ProprietarySmartNews is Free and Proprietary
  6. Wiseone icon

    Wiseone

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    Wiseone is a new AI-powered browser extension that enriches your online reading experience by helping you simplify information, effortlessly master any subject you're reading and have easier access to factual information.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
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  7. Ground News icon

    Ground News

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    Aggregates and analyzes stories from over 50,000 worldwide news sources, providing bias identification, coverage breakdowns, and real-time browser tools for cross-referencing political viewpoints and spotting underreported stories across mainstream and independent media.

    18 Ground News alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Thud

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    If you're tired of having to check a dozen websites and RSS feeds for your daily dose of news, then Thud is the app for you. Using a sleek, mosaic-like interface, Thud organizes all your news and feeds in one place so you can easily stay informed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
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    • Thud is the most popular Open Source alternative to SmartNews.

    • Thud is Free and Open SourceSmartNews is Free and Proprietary
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    News as Facts

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    Read the most important global news in minutes presented as quick and unbiased facts. Forever ad-free and privacy respecting.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  11. Drooid icon

    Drooid

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    Drooid is community-based news app, which shows you all sides of a news story (Left, Right, and Centre) with short summaries from reliable sources.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
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    Digg

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    Digg delivers the most interesting and talked-about stories on the Web right now.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  13. Apple News icon

    Apple News

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    News is a mobile app and news aggregator developed by Apple Inc., for its operating system iOS, and launched with the release of iOS 9. It is the successor to the Newsstand app included in previous versions of iOS.

    245 Apple News alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
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  14. Meta-Press.es icon

    Meta-Press.es

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    Decentralized search engine & automatized press reviews. Explore the press from your computer, with no middlemen between the newspapers and you. Discover millions of results within seconds, and explore the last ones in Firefox via this addon.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Tor Browser Bundle
    • Firefox
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    • Meta-Press.es is the most popular Linux alternative to SmartNews.

    • Meta-Press.es is Free and Open SourceSmartNews is Free and Proprietary
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