News app screenshots with a user review
A quoted line attributed to a person. A review in a user’s own words shows the app through someone like the reader.
From the top 98 free News apps on the US App Store, read on October 9, 2026. Screenshots are the developers’ own, shown from Apple’s servers with a link to each app.
The numbers
2 of the 517 News screenshots read (under 1%) do this, across 2 of the top 98 apps (2%). 0 of the top ten do it (0%), against 2 of the other 88 (2%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, News is 13th for this. It is most common in Reference (10% of apps) and least common in Medical (0%).
All 2 examples from the chart.
Every one of the News app screenshots with a user review on the chart, the highest app first.
“Find calm in the chaos”
“Loved By Readers”
Real headline examples, word for word.
The words on all 2 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“Find calm in the chaos”
“The Pour Over is the only news source I need to stay smart, but focus on Christ” || “Relieved to read simple and clean news with a Christian perspective” || “Trims down the endless information of news into bite-sized stories without trying to sell me on a polical agenda”The Pour Over · #20 · screenshot 2“Loved By Readers”
“My go-to first thing in the morning is SmartNews. Informative and always updated.”SmartNews: Breaking News · #24 · screenshot 4
Top ten News apps that do it.
None of the top ten do. The highest app on the chart that does is The Pour Over, at #20.
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reference | 10% 10 of 100 | 2% 10 of 566 | 3 of 10 |
| Education | 7% 7 of 100 | 1% 7 of 555 | 0 of 10 |
| Shopping | 5% 5 of 100 | 1% 5 of 562 | 1 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 4% 4 of 100 | 1% 5 of 556 | 0 of 10 |
| Music | 4% 4 of 100 | 1% 5 of 550 | 0 of 10 |
| Travel | 4% 4 of 100 | 1% 5 of 561 | 0 of 10 |
| Weather | 4% 4 of 100 | 1% 5 of 555 | 2 of 10 |
| Productivity | 3% 3 of 99 | 1% 3 of 551 | 0 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 3% 3 of 100 | 1% 4 of 507 | 0 of 10 |
| Finance | 3% 3 of 100 | 1% 3 of 581 | 0 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 3% 3 of 100 | 1% 3 of 574 | 0 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 3% 3 of 100 | 1% 3 of 554 | 0 of 10 |
| News | 2% 2 of 98 | under 1% 2 of 517 | 0 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 2% 2 of 99 | under 1% 2 of 564 | 1 of 10 |
| Navigation | 1% 1 of 99 | under 1% 1 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Business | 1% 1 of 100 | under 1% 1 of 554 | 0 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 1% 1 of 100 | under 1% 1 of 544 | 0 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 1% 1 of 100 | under 1% 1 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Sports | 1% 1 of 100 | under 1% 1 of 558 | 0 of 10 |
| Utilities | 1% 1 of 100 | under 1% 1 of 549 | 0 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 0% 0 of 100 | 0% 0 of 540 | 0 of 10 |
| Games | 0% 0 of 100 | 0% 0 of 567 | 0 of 10 |
| Medical | 0% 0 of 100 | 0% 0 of 548 | 0 of 10 |
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Questions, answered from the chart.
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