🇩🇪Worst News Apps in Germany

The most complained-about news apps in Germany on App Store and Google Play, ranked by total negative reviews (1-3 stars) from real users. Updated monthly.

#	App	Platform	Rating	Negative Reviews
1	ntv Nachrichtenn-tv Der Nachrichtensender How to cancel →	iOS	4.4	466
2	tagesschau - NachrichtenSudwestrundfunk, Anstalt des offentlichen Rechts How to cancel →	iOS	4.5	456
3	Readly: Magazine & ZeitungenCafeyn How to cancel →	Android	3.4	447
4	KATWARNCombiRisk - Riskmanagement GmbH How to cancel →	iOS	2.8	436
5	RTL.de: News, Stories & VideosRTL interactive How to cancel →	iOS	4.5	392
6	BIWAPPMarktplatz GmbH - Agentur fuer Web & App How to cancel →	iOS	2.0	391
7	RedditREDDIT, INC. How to cancel →	iOS	4.6	390
8	DER SPIEGEL - NachrichtenDER SPIEGEL GmbH und Co. KG How to cancel →	iOS	4.2	380
9	Google NewsGoogle How to cancel →	iOS	4.4	379
10	WELT News & Live-TVAxel Springer SE How to cancel →	iOS	4.5	377
11	ZDFheute - NachrichtenZDF How to cancel →	iOS	4.4	377
12	DIE ZEIT – NachrichtenZEIT ONLINE How to cancel →	iOS	4.6	364
13	SZ NachrichtenSueddeutsche Zeitung Digitale Medien GmbH How to cancel →	iOS	4.6	350
14	LiveuamapAltwork How to cancel →	Android	3.3	347
15	Süddeutsche ZeitungSüddeutsche Zeitung GmbH How to cancel →	iOS	4.6	346
16	F.A.Z. - NachrichtenFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH How to cancel →	iOS	4.5	336
17	Handelsblatt - NachrichtenHandelsblatt GmbH How to cancel →	iOS	4.6	323
18	XX Corp. How to cancel →	iOS	4.4	320
19	tagesschau - NachrichtenARD Online How to cancel →	Android	4.3	320
20	BILD News - Live NachrichtenBILD How to cancel →	iOS	4.2	318
21	DeutschlandfunkDeutschlandradio How to cancel →	iOS	0.0	304
22	DER SPIEGEL - NachrichtenDER SPIEGEL GmbH & Co. KG How to cancel →	Android	4.2	285
23	Dlf – Die NachrichtenDeutschlandradio How to cancel →	iOS	3.2	271
24	NINA - Die Warn-App des BBKBundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz (Deutschland) How to cancel →	Android	2.7	265
25	ntv Nachrichtenn-tv Nachrichtenfernsehen GmbH How to cancel →	Android	3.7	245
26	Upday \| Lokal & Welt-Newsupday GmbH & Co. KG How to cancel →	Android	3.9	225
27	Tagesspiegel - NachrichtenVerlag Der Tagesspiegel GmbH How to cancel →	iOS	4.4	218
28	CNN: Live & Breaking NewsCNN Interactive Group, Inc. How to cancel →	iOS	4.7	218
29	F.A.Z. - NachrichtenFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH How to cancel →	Android	4.0	210
30	Lokale News - EilmeldungOpera How to cancel →	Android	4.5	205
31	Ground NewsSnapwise Inc.(dba Ground News) How to cancel →	Android	4.7	192
32	DIE ZEIT E-PaperZEIT ONLINE How to cancel →	iOS	4.6	170
33	WDRWDR How to cancel →	iOS	4.2	161
34	Lokale Nachrichten - AktuelleEASE Group How to cancel →	Android	4.1	154
35	Readly - VeraltetReadly International How to cancel →	Android	4.1	149
36	X (ehemals Twitter)X Corp. How to cancel →	Android	4.3	147
37	TV SPIELFILM - TV-ProgrammTV SPIELFILM \| BurdaForward GmbH How to cancel →	Android	4.0	147
38	rbb24 – regionale NachrichtenRundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg How to cancel →	iOS	4.6	145
39	FOCUS online - NachrichtenBurdaForward GmbH How to cancel →	Android	4.5	144
40	DIE ZEIT – NachrichtenDIE ZEIT How to cancel →	Android	4.5	141
41	Intl+ اینتل پلاسVolant Media UK How to cancel →	Android	4.5	126
42	NDR NiedersachsenNorddeutscher Rundfunk How to cancel →	iOS	4.5	124
43	WELT News & Live-TVAxel Springer Deutschland GmbH \| WELT Digital How to cancel →	Android	4.3	120
44	SZ NachrichtenSüddeutsche Zeitung Digitale Medien GmbH How to cancel →	Android	4.1	119
45	Lokales Wetter & NachrichtenEASE Group How to cancel →	Android	4.4	111
46	ZDFheute - NachrichtenZDFonline How to cancel →	Android	4.4	93
47	ORF ONOesterreichischer Rundfunk How to cancel →	iOS	0.0	87
48	BILD News - Live NachrichtenAxel Springer Deutschland GmbH How to cancel →	Android	3.8	87
49	KATWARNCombiRisk Risk-Management GmbH How to cancel →	Android	3.1	81
50	Digi Sport-Știri&meciuri LIVEDigi.Mobil How to cancel →	Android	3.1	80

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Why News Apps Fail in Germany

News apps that earn the most complaints in Germany usually share the same failure patterns: missing local payment methods, broken integrations with country-specific services, slow servers, missing language support, or feature parity gaps with the global version. Reviews concentrate around the moment a news feature works in the US or UK but breaks in Germany.

This page ranks news apps in Germany by total number of negative reviews (1-3 stars). Whether you are researching competitors before launching a news app in Germany, benchmarking your own app against local pain points, or just curious which news apps users in Germany complain about most: this data shows you what is actually happening on the ground, not what marketing pages claim.

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