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Prices are current as of 19 Aug 2026.
Google News has no in-app products on record in the United States.
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 Google News |   SmartNews: Breaking News |   Flipboard: The Social Magazine |   The Guardian - US & World News |   The Economist: News & Analysis |   AP News |   BBC: World News & Stories |   Financial Times: Business News |   Feedly - Smart News Reader |   Yahoo News: Daily News For You |   Reuters - Breaking World News | |
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| Rating / 5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| Reviews | 514K | 2.9M | 721K | 633K | 470K | 404K | 227K | 115K | 81K | 68K | 12K |
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| Monthly price | — | $3.99 | — | $14.99 | $6.90 | — | $8.99 | $45.00 | $7.99 | — | $4.00 |
| Annual price | — | — | — | $129.99 | $249.00 | — | $89.99 | $429.00 | — | — | $45.00 |
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Google News reviews
4.5 out of 5, based on 513,739 reviews.
Google News FAQ
- Is Google News free?
- Yes. The app is free, in all 153 countries it sells in, and it sells nothing inside it.
- Does Google News have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- What are the best alternatives to Google News?
- SmartNews: Breaking News (4.4 from 2,907,143 reviews, premium from $3.99), Flipboard: The Social Magazine (4.6 from 720,819 reviews) and The Guardian - US & World News (4.8 from 633,102 reviews, premium from $6.99).
Google News download
Last updated 1 month ago.
Google News sells in 153 countries. It was released 14 years and 10 months ago, on 8 Dec 2011. It holds a 4.5 rating from 513,739 reviews.
Supports 44 languages: English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Chinese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Zulu.
How much does Google News make?
Third-party estimates for the last 30 days, worldwide — not the store's own figures, which Apple publishes for nobody.