Description
Stay informed with breaking news, local news and trending world headlines directly from the world's definitive source for news. Available for free on the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, AP News by The Associated Press features a personalized experience containing: * A feed with developing stories from your followed topics. * Customized news alerts tailored to your interests. * Curated content hubs for deeper insights into major world news events and story lines. * Award-winning photos, videos and articles from around the world.
What's New
This update contains additional UI changes and some under-the-hood optimizations and improvements for stability and future features. To be the first to test out what we're cooking up, enroll to be a beta tester in the Settings menu. We are working hard to update the app to improve your experience. Please keep the feedback coming!
Details
- Developer
- The Associated Press
- Main Category
- News
- Version
- 4.25
- Version Release
- 2026-07-14
- Initial Release
- 2010-04-01
- Size
- 104 MB
- Age Rating
- 12+
- Price
- Free
- Languages
- EN
- Bundle ID
- com.apnews.ipad.mobilenewsdevel
- Version Rating
- ★ 4.63 (359,309)
- 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)
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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 |
| 23 | AP News | Free | ★ 4.63 | 359,309 | 1 | 2026-07-14 |
User Reviews
Why do you guys constantly push divisive conflicts between White and black people on your platform? There is more to the world than social justice issues.
No longer a reliable news source. We don t need personal bias in reporting. Very shameful editorializing with progressive left wing bias.
The only “local news” this app ever provides for Delaware is other states sports news. Lame AP. Can get that info in any sports section of any paper. Hate sports in general. How about you have actual local news - or stop saying you do.
The app itself is fine, and AP is one of the best sources for US breaking news and election results, however the recent integration of the comments section into the app has exposed serious censorship, which appears to be associated with certain viewpoints rather than moderating uncivil discussion. I have also noticed how AP’s reporting has more of an editorial bias these days. I’m a middle of the road type of person so I actually post things that run counter to the partisan viewpoints of other commenters, yet mine are routinely censored. AP is always begging for money to support journalistic freedom, yet can’t even moderate discussion on their website in a way that prioritizes free speech. In a way I’m glad to see their true colors and how radical most of their readers are, which is motivating me to look elsewhere.
They leave out context and give ridiculous one-sided opinions.
It’s become an anti American mouthpiece.
Push notifications on iOS are completely broken. I set them to Breaking only, and I get everything. I set them to nothing, and I get everything. Otherwise a good app.
Click sensitivity on ads, particularly for Expedia, is absolutely ridiculous. I’m constantly opening safari tabs while trying to scroll. App is borderline unusable because of this.
Reliably Unreliable
No longer a free speech platform. They opened up chat but if you express views on Israel THEY DEACTIVATE your account. boycott AP BoycottAP now
The app works well most of the time. Unfortunately the date on the “Today in History” image is stuck at February 25. Let’s see if the AP’s app developers read reviews as I can’t find any other way to feedback on a bug.
You can click anywhere but when you do, suddenly you’re being forced off the app and into your web browser to the ad that was shown 3/4 of the way down. I’m about to delete this trash. Used to read BBC before they did this. I’m on the cusp of deleting this app too. I’ll go straight to RT news online. At least then I’ll get a bias that’s not liberal leaning.
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