🇬🇧Worst News Apps in United Kingdom

The most complained-about news apps in United Kingdom on App Store and Google Play, ranked by total negative reviews (1-2 stars) from real users. Updated weekly.

#	App	Platform	Rating	Negative Reviews
1	Daily Mail: Breaking NewsDaily Mail Online	Android	3.6	414
2	The Guardian - US & World NewsGuardian News & Media Ltd	Android	4.5	359
3	Reuters - Breaking World NewsThomson Reuters	Android	4.2	329
4	GB NewsGB News	Android	3.0	328
5	Sky News: Breaking, UK & WorldSky UK Limited	Android	3.4	324
6	BBC NewsBritish Broadcasting Corporation	Android	4.4	276
7	Podcast PlayerCastbox.FM - Radio & Podcast & AudioBooks	Android	4.7	263
8	LBC: UK, World & Breaking NewsGlobal Media & Entertainment	Android	4.5	250
9	Good Food: Recipe FinderImmediate Media Co	Android	3.9	240
10	PressReader: News & MagazinesPressReader Inc.	Android	4.5	238
11	XX Corp.	Android	3.4	234
12	NYTimes: US and Global NewsThe New York Times Company	Android	4.7	214
13	The Sun Mobile - Daily NewsNews Group Newspapers Limited	Android	4.0	209
14	Medium: Read & Write StoriesA Medium Corporation	iOS	4.8	201
15	Quora: the knowledge platformQuora, Inc.	Android	4.2	200
16	Ground NewsSnapwise Inc.(dba Ground News)	Android	4.5	191
17	Pocket Casts - Podcast AppAutomattic, Inc	Android	4.8	179
18	The Telegraph UK Latest NewsTelegraph Media Group Holdings Limited	Android	4.2	167
19	Google News - Daily HeadlinesGoogle LLC	Android	3.9	158
20	CNN: Live & Breaking NewsCNN Interactive Group, Inc.	iOS	4.7	151
21	UK Breaking News: Local & NewsSafe Apps Inc	Android	4.5	149
22	Local News - Latest & SmartEASE Group	Android	3.9	148
23	Breaking News: Local & AlertsBeloud.com	Android	4.5	137
24	Readly Magazines & NewspapersReadly International	Android	4.4	132
25	SubstackSubstack Inc.	Android	4.8	119
26	Financial Times: Business NewsThe Financial Times Limited	Android	4.6	118
27	Al Jazeera EnglishAl Jazeera Network	iOS	4.1	113
28	InYourArea - Local News & InfoTrinity Mirror Digital Media Limited	iOS	4.7	91
29	Breaking News - Live HeadlinesYING LIANG HK LIMITED	Android	4.3	89
30	Radio Times - What to watchImmediate Media Co	Android	3.3	80
31	InYourArea - Local News & InfoReach plc.	Android	4.7	65
32	Next SpaceflightNASASpaceflight LLC	Android	4.9	64
33	Take a Break: Women's MagazineBauer Consumer Media Ltd	Android	4.0	56
34	shapes.inc - AI with friendsShapes Inc	Android	4.0	51
35	The White HouseExecutive Office of the President	Android	4.4	46
36	UnHerdUnHerd Limited	Android	4.5	42
37	Al Jazeera - الجزيرةAl Jazeera Network	Android	4.8	39
38	Global News - Breaking & LocalApps Skyline	Android	4.2	24
39	ChamonixCOMPAGNIE DU MONT BLANC	iOS	4.7	17
40	L'appli Grand MassifGRAND MASSIF DOMAINES SKIABLES	iOS	4.6	16
41	Red Alert : IsraelKobi Snir	iOS	4.1	8
42	RedAlert - Alerts in IsraelElad Nava	iOS	5.0	1
43	Israel Home Front CommandIsrael Home Front Command	iOS	4.6	0
44	Tzofar - Red AlertHoshen Kadosh	iOS	4.5	0
45	The Sun Mobile - Daily NewsNews UK & Ireland Limited	iOS	4.7	0
46	XX Corp.	iOS	4.6	0
47	VicEmergencyState of Victoria - Department of Justice	iOS	4.8	0
48	The White HouseThe Official White House	iOS	0.0	0
49	DiggDigg	iOS	4.8	0
50	Financial Times: Business NewsFinancial Times Ltd.	iOS	4.8	0

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Why News Apps Fail in United Kingdom

News apps that earn the most complaints in United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom.

This page ranks news apps in United Kingdom by total number of negative reviews (1-2 stars). Whether you are researching competitors before launching a news app in United Kingdom, benchmarking your own app against local pain points, or just curious which news apps users in United Kingdom complain about most: this data shows you what is actually happening on the ground, not what marketing pages claim.

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