Hourly News App Reviews

This has long been one of my favorite apps, as it allows me to catch up on the world news each day as I walk my dog. Suddenly yesterday it stopped working completely, and, despite deleting and re-downloading the app it is still dead. Very sad…

Hourly news is probably the only app I use everyday. For some reason it has stopped working on my iPhone. I wish I could solve the problem!

My most used app!

All seems to be well again. Thank You!

The app stopped working three days ago and I posted about it… working again within two days. 👍🏻 I lost sources I had added myself even though I backed it up to iCloud; also when I added the app to my MacBook Pro prior to that, it did not sync the sources I added on my iPhone. But glad it’s working again nonetheless.

This news app is exactly what I want! Just real news US and global news with very little advertising and without garbage “news”. You can pick your news sources or add your own and play them back to back. They are recorded, so you can skip segments. It’s perfectly designed. Kudos. ❤️

Listen to a wide selection of radio news sources for summaries of the day's news. You choose which ones to play and how much to play. Listen to one source or many. Most sources are updated hourly; a few - like New York Times in depth feature - are updated daily. Great for news junkies. Over a dozen news sources including: NPR, VOA, BBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, and more. It always works well.

For many years, I enjoyed this app. Simple but still the best.

This thing is so buggy it won’t even play. Used to play fine but it’s worthless now. I have kept expecting it would get fixed, but no. It just gets worse and worse. It’s a waste of a dollar.

A recent update to the app introduced a change that may disappoint longtime users. A key feature — adding custom news sources — now costs $1 per custom source you want to add. This feature had been free until the update. If you don’t want to have to start paying for previously free features, disable automatic app updates in App Store settings.

If you want to be in the know from many sources which are spread across the political spectrum, this app is it.

DW news crashes app starting January 16, 2024. Have to uninstall and reinstall and leave DW unselected. App flashes something about a problem with the source but immediately crashes.