BBC: World News & Stories
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Description
THE BBC APP: News, stories, audio, videos and live coverage from our trusted global network of journalists. BBC STORIES: The latest, breaking news headlines, articles, podcasts and videos, including coverage of world News, UK News, elections, BBC Verify, BBC In-Depth and more. Stories and videos covering business, technology, health, culture, arts, travel, Earth, and more. LIVE COVERAGE: Follow live news and live global sport updates. BBC RADIO: Listen live to BBC World Service and Radio 4 while using the BBC app or background audio when switching to another app. BBC PODCASTS: Listen to, save and follow on-demand podcasts such as The Global Story and World of Secrets. For offline listening, download episodes to your mobile device. Find current and past episodes from news, politics, culture, true, crime, history, science and sport. BBC VIDEOS: Watch BBC News videos, BBC Sport videos and video stories about climate, sustainability, science, health, technology, entertainment and history. BREAKING NEWS ALERTS: Turn on breaking news notifications from BBC News. MORE FEATURES: - Save articles, podcasts, and videos for later in app and on BBC.com - Watch videos and listen to audio over cellular and wifi - Share articles, stories, podcasts, and videos to social platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp, and send via SMS and email - Audio playback controls with sleep timer and live rewind - Increase your font size for improved readability - Dark mode available for a dark-background reading experience - Opt-in or opt-out of breaking news alerts ADDITIONAL INFO: If you choose to receive breaking news alerts, a unique identifier relating to your device will be stored by Airship on behalf of the BBC to provide you with the service. You can choose to unsubscribe from breaking news alerts from BBC in your device’s ‘Notifications’ screen. Our data processor AppsFlyer collects information on behalf of the BBC for attribution and analysis purposes. You can opt out from AppsFlyer tracking by filling out their ‘Forget My Device’ form: https://www.appsflyer.com/optout The BBC will keep your information secure and not share it with anyone else in accordance with the BBC’s Privacy and Cookies Policy. To read BBC’s Privacy Policy go to https://www.bbc.com/pages/privacy-policy If you install this app you accept the BBC Terms of Use at https://www.bbc.com/pages/terms-of-use
What's New
Performance updates and bug fixes.
Details
- Developer
- BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.
- Main Category
- News
- Version
- 2026.5.0
- Version Release
- 2026-06-22
- Initial Release
- 2010-04-01
- Size
- 105 MB
- Age Rating
- 12+
- Price
- Free
- Languages
- EN
- Bundle ID
- uk.co.bbc.news
- Version Rating
- ★ 4.48 (85,909)
- First Seen
- 2026-05-28
Metadata updated 2026-07-19
Rank History
Free · Max 90 days · Top 5 categories shown (Y-axis: rank, lower is better)
Free Rankings
Paid Rankings
No rankings
Competitive Benchmark — News Top 10
What it takes to beat this app — comparison with the category's top apps. The orange row is the current app.
| # | App | Price | Rating | Ratings | Langs | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | X | Free | ★ 4.58 | 10,872,847 | 41 | 2026-07-15 |
| 2 | Free | ★ 4.76 | 3,457,156 | 32 | 2026-07-15 | |
| 3 | CrimeRadar Dispatch Audio | Free | ★ 4.89 | 28,518 | 2 | 2026-07-18 |
| 4 | Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods | Free | ★ 4.93 | 43,601 | 5 | 2026-07-14 |
| 5 | Substack | Free | ★ 4.87 | 492,369 | 15 | 2026-07-13 |
| 6 | NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts | Free | ★ 4.78 | 1,369,655 | 2 | 2026-07-17 |
| 7 | Nextdoor: Neighborhood Network | Free | ★ 4.71 | 2,109,860 | 9 | 2026-07-15 |
| 8 | The White House | Free | ★ 4.58 | 1,135 | 1 | 2026-07-14 |
| 9 | Ground News | Free | ★ 4.72 | 45,869 | 1 | 2026-07-06 |
| 10 | Citizen: Safety & Live Video | Free | ★ 4.72 | 509,335 | 0 | 2026-07-16 |
| 37 | BBC: World News & Stories | Free | ★ 4.48 | 85,909 | 1 | 2026-06-22 |
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User Reviews
I’m sorry but I’m finding the new BBC News app confusing and annoying! When you do click on an interesting new video you have to trawl through tedious ads. The app also freezes on these stupid video ads. Pretty shoddy! Not that I imagine the BBC Are that bothered. I’ll get me news elsewhere thanks!
너무좋아요
Not so difficult to read for me
Always update news thanks for new information
One star review for making me close the “do you want to review our app” message every single time I open the app.
Good layout
Crashes continuously every few min
Deleting immediately
Used to read BBC all the time, loved the articles but now that it’s all locked behind a subscription it’s time to find a different news source 😕
Just like the USA today and CNN app. The BBC app has been “subscribed” to the delete list.
The US needs reliable news at this time more than any. We are under siege from within, BBC is relief from the madness.
This used to be the best news app for years. Now it’s swarmed with ads and has a limit for how many free articles you can read. Worse yet, the subscription changes NOTHING! You will still see the same number of ads, if not more! Completely defeats the purpose of paying for a subscription.
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