NewsFlash™

Name: NewsFlash™
Rating: 3.4 (39 reviews)
Author: Sollico Software

by Sollico Software

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 6 Aug 2026

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What it is: Store information collected; independent summary not yet available.
At a glance: Free to download
In-app purchases

Categories and search queries

Official categories

News
Lifestyle

AppCorpus categories

Key functions

Function	Availability	Access	Scope	Evidence
Free app	Yes	Free	—	Store published
In-app purchases	Yes	Limited free	—	Store published

Screens

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11 store screenshots

Pricing & paywalls

App Store

Free to download
In-app purchases

Last verified 6 Aug 2026

Ratings & reviews

App Store

3.4 39 ratings · App Store

3/5No Push Notification? Not the perfect app then!
The app is great, very simple interphase and I love you can select the news by countries. BUT: No-push-notifications??? What good is a news compilation app if I won't get the headlines on lock screen? I mean... C'mon! Fix that and you'll get 5 stars and 2 million users for sure.

Hector2683 · 6 Aug 2026
4/5News Stories From Multiple Sources
Just downloaded this app as a replacement to the discontinued Breaking News app that I really loved. The app displays the title and the first few sentences of the larger article that you can read after clicking the link. I like that it displays links to multiple sources so you can pick which source you want to read. No heavy graphics on the home page so the headlines load quicker than other apps. Among other options, it has a toolbar to jump to more specific articles like health, sports, travel, science, and many others. So far this seems to be a good alternative for getting news from multiple sources in one place. Gave it 4 stars but reserving the last star (5 star) rating until I see how timely they are in reporting breaking news.

NewsFreak2020 · 6 Aug 2026
4/5BreakingNews App Replacement
This is the best app i've found to replace NBC's breakingnews app. It gets the job done. The one thing I wish it did have was some sort of push notifications for major news. Until it has that, it won't truly be a 100% replacement.

jtwoodhouse · 6 Aug 2026
5/5Icon
I’ve been using this app for years. It’s fantastic ! Please change icon to be able to have dark mode also

Yptcn · 6 Aug 2026
4/5De-facto leader
With the death of NBC's BreakingNews app NewsFlash has become the de-facto leading breaking news app... not because NewsFlash has improved, but because it was the second best. I hope the vacuum left behind by BreakingNews will spur them on to improving NewsFlash to be what BreakingNews had become. They should consider hiring anyone they can get who were let go by NBC in their stupid decision to dismantle BreakingNews. Make NewsFlash what BreakingNews was! Get BreakingNews' 9.5 million users!!! We need a replacement badly. Best of luck, with my fingers crossed for luck. -UnkaMunka

UnkaMunka · 6 Aug 2026

Privacy & accessibility

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Data Not Collected Developer declared

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Versions

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1.3
Version 1.3: - Added Australian feeds Version 1.2: - Fixed problem hiding feeds - Updated some graphics - Added new German feeds Version 1.1: - Added new U.S. feeds
1.4
Version 1.4: - Improved graphics - Added feeds from China - Added new Japanese feeds Version 1.3: - Added Australian feeds Version 1.2: - Fixed problem hiding feeds - Updated some graphics - Added new German feeds
1.5
- New: Bookmark for later reading in: - Instapaper - Readability - Read It Later - New: Set inactivity refresh interval - New: Automatically delete cookies - Updated feeds for Italy, France and Germany - Fixed crash in U.S. Science feed
1.51
Version 1.5.1: - Fixed problem updating the inactivity refresh setting. Version 1.5: - New: Bookmark for later reading in: - Instapaper - Readability - Read It Later - New: Set inactivity refresh interval - New: Automatically delete cookies - Updated feeds for Italy, France and Germany - Fixed crash in U.S. Science feed
1.6
Similar articles are now grouped together. To adjust grouping sensitivity or turn off articles grouping altogether refer to Settings > Similar Articles.
1.7
Faster loading of web pages
1.8
Optimized for iPhone 5 and iOS 6
2.0
Refined interface for iOS 6. Optimized for iPhone 5.
2.1
New: Canadian feeds. New: Spanish feeds. New: Localization for Italian (Italiano), French (Française), German (Deutsch), Spanish (Español), Japanese (日本語) and Hebrew (עברית).
2.2
Added news from Mexico Added some new sources Fixed some broken links
3.0
- Redesigned for iOS 7 - New icon - Save articles to Safari reading list (iOS 7 only) - Swipe articles to quickly share and save to reading lists - Share articles with AirDrop (iOS 7 only) - Open articles in Safari - Improved readability - Improved performance
3.1
Optimized for iOS 7 Images for popular headlines can be shown across the top. Enable from Settings > Similar Articles. The default is off for iPhone, on for iPad. On iOS 7 the Status bar transparency can be turned on and off from Settings > Theme > Status bar. The default is no transparency.
3.2
- Optimized for iOS 7.1 - Updated some broken links
3.3
Support for future iOS versions.
3.4
Optimized for iPhone 6 and iOS 8
3.5
Improvements for iOS 8, including a fix for Sharing on iPad.
3.6
Fixes crash introduced with iOS 8.4.1 Added news from India and Switzerland
4.0
Safari Reader is now the default browser Requires iOS 9.2 or later The old browser can be selected from Settings > Web Browser > Classic
4.1
Version 4.1: Fixed issue with Daily Mail links. Version 4.0: Safari Reader is now the default browser Requires iOS 9.2 or later. The old browser can be selected from Settings > Web Browser > Classic
4.2
iPhone X and iOS 11 support Photo Slideshow for similar articles Fixed broken links Various improvements and fixes
4.3
Added news sources. Various improvements.
4.4
Support for iOS 13 and iPad Pro
4.5
Minor fixes
4.6
Support for iOS 17 and iPhone 15 Various fixes
4.7 · 24 Sep 2024
Minor fixes

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Last verified: 6 Aug 2026
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