AllSides - Balanced News
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AllSides - Balanced News reviews
4.4 out of 5, based on 330 reviews.
What people like
- Shows different political perspectives clearly
- Helps you think for yourself
- Completely free with no paywall
What they complain about
- No back button to go home
- Ads interrupt you constantly
- App crashes or freezes often
- Support never actually helps
Cannot speak highly enough
This app is for everyone. This app is: consistent, reliable, respectable, representative, accessible, approachable, and easily navigated. This app and the people behind it are the definition of 5/5 stars. Their website is an even more incredible platform and it further exemplifies the characteristics I listed at the top of this review. I also want to make a point to say that I've reached out to their customer service email and they DO respond and in a timely manner! These people are phenomenal at what they do and demonstrate the passion they have for their mission in everything they do. Thank you for all the work you guys do to bring us an app, free of cost, with no paywall, no adds, no subscriptions, just information for those who want to make the effort to go find it.
Not unbiased
Not unbiased. Has a liberal lean and doesn’t present breaking news either. Beware of their algorithm.
No way back
I like many others like the app but once your in an article that’s where you live. How hard is this to fix? Honest question.
Going down hill
When I first started using the app it was good there was some adds on some stories. Now I can’t even read a paragraph with out the same video add trying to hijack my screen . I can close the add time after time and it just pops right back up making reading impossible! I do like how they rate the sources a lot tho.
Functional issues
Apparently there’s no going back, u gotta just close out the app and start looking for another article, amazing app and idea tho
Love it
So easy to see the slimy media bias on both sides. :)
App stopped working
App has not worked for a while now with no fix or resolution in sight. Guess it’s back to cnn and fox news
Buggy app, but functional
good content, I agreed with their assessments on what leaned where. App is buggy, a few places I could click into off the main screen, but then no buttons or ability to navigate anywhere else (including back to the Home Screen).
Switched to Ground News
I have been over the all sides app for a while now but only recently found a better substitute. The app continually glitches out by highlighting certain text in white and blending other text in with the dark background, making it totally unreadable. The app will often go for days without updating, forcing me to rely on biased internet searches for news. I like the presentation of multiple biases, but the write-ups are inconsistent and oftentimes exclude one side or the other. The write-ups have started to become more biased in that they have begun to use some of the keywords they like to call out in sensationalized articles. Also, their AI write-ups are often full of typos, a sign of another company diving into AI “because it’s cool” rather than having a plan or the knowledge of how to use it. Really wish they could have moved forward and improved because I liked the app for years, but at this point Ground News has proven to be the better option.
Love the content, not the app
The content is great to get news from many sources and to know their bias. This is what I want but there needs to be a close button on the top right corner of an article. Also it could look a little cleaner but I can live with that if navigation is improved.
How do we get more people to use this??
I love this app. It is such a good tool for navigating the polarization we are ALL subject to. It gives me some hope. Thank you.
Down
Been down for 3 days, not sure what’s going on but the website says it’s backend stuff
Great perspective on news…app a little buggy
Love All-Sides summary of news and how the media is covering it. However, when I click on a story to read, I can no longer go back to the main screen without quitting and reopening the program. Hopefully they squash this bug soon!
Like the News Info, App is Meh
Not a bad source of news. I like how AllSides writes a simple narrative of how each leaning news org writes their piece and highlights the difference between left and right news reporting. I have two problems though hence the 2 star review. First is opening an article is done internally through the app browser. I wish it would open via your phone browser because there’s so many ads. Second, I’m not longer able to access the app or the website in a foreign country. It says I’ve been banned but gives no specific reason. I travel a lot for work and this is extremely unfortunate.
App functionality stinks, good idea and source
Navigation is awful, it never seems to want to let you go back after selecting a story. The only way I have found is to shut down the whole app and start over. How hard is it to have a back button in the upper left hand corner? I like the idea and the content. It should be five stars, but come on, no back button?
AllSides
A breath of fresh air
Bias checker is broken
Claims of balanced news is false… just because you post multiple articles doesn’t mean the app is balanced… especially when the apps own articles are biased claiming they are not….
Frustrating
I like the way the topics are posted and that I can select the Bias or centered articles I prefer. But it’s frustrating that with IOS18.1 I can’t get back to the home or previous page without closing and reopening the App. I submitted technical feedback about this already. 🫤
Only magnifies mainstream media bias
I’ve used this app for several years and become more and more disappointed by it, to the point where I’ve decided to delete it and switch to another news aggregator. Unfortunately, by surveying all the major news outlets and compiling and summarizing the most-covered stories, AllSides is only magnifying the biases of the mainstream media. Dramatic stories which the media tends to over-cover such as the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the minute dealings of Donald Trump’s life, the Epstein files etc. fill your newsfeed while those under-covered, such as the genocide in Gaza, the Big Beautiful Bill’s effect on SNAP and other social programs, and other political decisions that have a real impact on your life, are totally lacking. For example, at this moment AllSides has five different headlines up about Charlie Kirk, from “Suspected Kirk Killer Tyler Robinson Lived with Transgender Romantic Partner” to “Was Kirk Practicing Politics the Right Way?” Meanwhile Netanyahu’s announcement that Israel is planning to occupy all of Gaza wasn’t covered at all. At first I thought that at least the comparison of perspectives on these issues would be interesting and enlightening. But most of the time it falls into simple, predictable tropes and talking points we’re all too familiar with. I don’t think most Americans need AllSides to tell them that Republicans think immigrants are stealing their jobs and Democrats disagree. Lastly, AllSides was very quick to hop on the AI bandwagon, which noticeably affected the nuance and even veracity of their summaries. (There have been several summaries I’ve seen where information has been unequivocally incorrect.) If you’re somehow able to avoid all the content being shouted at you from TV screens, grocery store check-out lanes and social media the AllSides newsfeed might be new and interesting to you. But I’d hope that people come to this app looking for a place with truly balanced, real-world, life-affecting news, and unfortunately that is no longer what it is offering.
Great concept. App needs work
I love the concept of this app but the navigation is horrible. I can’t back out of articles to the page I was originally on.
Love the news
For some reason, the app is broken now on my iPhone. I rebooted my phone, I uninstalled and reinstalled the app, and it is still broken. Not sure how else to fix it.
i opted for ground news
It’s just a better app lol
Bad navigation
This is a review of the functionality, not the content of the app. Navigation is a problem. You click on some articles and there’s no back button so you can’t get back to the main housing of stories. You actually have to close the app and reopen it to go back. Navigation is a problem with this app.
I love this app but it stopped working :(
Hi! I love this app. I think it’s better than Ground News. But recently it’s had a bug where I don’t see the full stories anymore with the All Sides overview and the covering from different sources. All I see now are individual stories with their bias ratings. I think it happened with the last update. Please fix! I would give it five stars for sure if it was how it used to be!
Great Source. Bad design
Awesome news source that gives multiples views on news stories. However, the navigation inside the app is atrocious. Once you click on a news story there is no way to navigate back to the Home Screen. You have to close the app each time and re-open it to get back to the Home Screen. Seems like a simple fix…
Great News Source
Allsides is such a great idea, especially because ever since Covid I have no idea what new source is telling the truth, so this lays out every side based on their political bias and lets you make the choice. Also, I’m not having any issues navigating the app like others have claimed. Not saying they’re lying, just saying the app works great for me.
Great News, Awful App
The company and their info is wonderful. This app is a useless joke. I can only assume no one ever looks at the reviews or tested anything? Reports of the nav issues have gone unnoticed for at least 6 months with no change. The inability to go back or really navigate anything makes it completely worthless.
please make a home screen widget
please i want to see all sides on my home screen
Buggy
Used to love the app but it’s very buggy recently. The bias tab doesn’t work anymore, it crashes the whole app for weeks now.
Site itself is great but the app not so much
Site itself is great but the app not so much. Clicking on bias crashes the app and discuss and debate stays on a loading screen where nothing happens. Please fix.
U NEED THIS IN TODAY’S AMERICA
Cuts through all the purposeful distortion by left and right and gives you a clearer picture of what’s really being said and even what’s not being said. It will greatly increase your news IQ. This is an important service they provide. Thanks AllSides!
Sketchy
Love the idea, but I tried to use the search function on the app and it opened a webpage that immediately had a scam pop-up claiming my phone was being attacked by a virus and trying to get me to click a link. Very sketchy.
Country filters
Great concept. I wish the app allowed for news filtered by country so I could have my Canadian news as well!
Application does not present “all sides”
I use several news aggregation applications and I am always on the lookout for an application which does not skew the news or selectively display their own perspectives. This applications algorithm is the worst I have seen so far at presenting a broad perspective. They are clearly inserting their opinions by only showing some articles. Once this application gets to a point where they present “all sides”, I would enjoy using interface like this.
True, Unbiased News Gathering (Navigation Issues Fixed)
In an era dominated by opinion-driven reporting, this app stands out as a breath of fresh air. With its broad coverage, unbiased details and quotes, it provides the depth and context essential for anyone seeking to stay truly informed in today’s evolving news landscape.
Charged 2 yrs after unsubscribed
And there is no support or help with the service. They made a mistake, but no help correcting a $50 charge 2 years later.
Not so balanced
Most of the top, featured stories lean to the left. I want a neutral platform, not a platform that prioritizes topics that lean left.
Amazing
Amazing app to be well informed about current events, and to learn about how news outlets use specific wording to sway your opinion. I value that this app provides their unbiased general overview of the current event and then provides links to news outlets so we can generate our own opinion and attempt to learn without bias
Trash
No back button so you can’t return to main page upon clicking a story. Perfectly ridiculous.
Can’t Trust News - Mostly
Being able to cross reference different opinions of the same subject is highly useful. I don’t like reading news articles from singular sources due to the inherent introduction of biased information. This app helps you think for yourself.
Unusable navigation. Poor design
As others have stated, when clicking into an article, there is no way to navigate back to the Home Screen. User is forced to restart the app.
AllSides - Balanced News FAQ
- Is AllSides - Balanced News free?
- Yes. The app is free, in all 175 countries it sells in, and it sells nothing inside it.
- Does AllSides - Balanced News have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- What are the best alternatives to AllSides - Balanced News?
- The Guardian - US & World News (4.8 from 633,102 reviews, premium from $6.99), USA TODAY: US & Breaking News (4.5 from 252,940 reviews, premium from $4.99) and PressReader: News & Magazines (4.6 from 162,697 reviews, premium from $0.99).
AllSides - Balanced News download
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AllSides - Balanced News sells in 175 countries. It was released 5 years and 11 months ago, on 2 Nov 2020. It holds a 4.4 rating from 330 reviews.
Supports 1 language: English.
How much does AllSides - Balanced News make?
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