🇩🇪Worst News Apps in Germany

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

#	App	Platform	Rating	Negative Reviews
1	Readly: Magazine & ZeitungenCafeyn	Android	2.9	467
2	tagesschau - NachrichtenSudwestrundfunk, Anstalt des offentlichen Rechts	iOS	4.5	464
3	ntv Nachrichtenn-tv Der Nachrichtensender	iOS	4.4	462
4	KATWARNCombiRisk - Riskmanagement GmbH	iOS	2.8	436
5	BIWAPPMarktplatz GmbH - Agentur fuer Web & App	iOS	2.0	391
6	RedditREDDIT, INC.	iOS	4.6	385
7	Google NewsGoogle	iOS	4.4	379
8	ZDFheute - NachrichtenZDF	iOS	4.4	377
9	WELT News & Live-TVAxel Springer SE	iOS	4.5	376
10	DER SPIEGEL - NachrichtenDER SPIEGEL GmbH und Co. KG	iOS	4.2	373
11	DIE ZEIT – NachrichtenZEIT ONLINE	iOS	4.6	360
12	SZ NachrichtenSueddeutsche Zeitung Digitale Medien GmbH	iOS	4.6	350
13	LiveuamapAltwork	Android	3.3	347
14	Süddeutsche ZeitungSüddeutsche Zeitung GmbH	iOS	4.6	346
15	F.A.Z. - NachrichtenFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH	iOS	4.5	334
16	XX Corp.	iOS	4.4	324
17	Handelsblatt - NachrichtenHandelsblatt GmbH	iOS	4.6	321
18	tagesschau - NachrichtenARD Online	Android	4.3	319
19	BILD News - Live NachrichtenBILD	iOS	4.2	318
20	DeutschlandfunkDeutschlandradio	iOS	4.7	294
21	DER SPIEGEL - NachrichtenDER SPIEGEL GmbH & Co. KG	Android	4.2	288
22	Dlf – Die NachrichtenDeutschlandradio	iOS	3.2	271
23	NINA - Die Warn-App des BBKBundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz (Deutschland)	Android	2.6	262
24	ntv Nachrichtenn-tv Nachrichtenfernsehen GmbH	Android	3.7	244
25	X (ehemals Twitter)X Corp.	Android	3.6	238
26	Upday \| Lokal & Welt-Newsupday GmbH & Co. KG	Android	3.9	223
27	CNN: Live & Breaking NewsCNN Interactive Group, Inc.	iOS	4.7	218
28	F.A.Z. - NachrichtenFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH	Android	4.0	210
29	Tagesspiegel - NachrichtenVerlag Der Tagesspiegel GmbH	iOS	4.4	209
30	Lokale News - EilmeldungOpera	Android	4.5	193
31	Ground NewsSnapwise Inc.(dba Ground News)	Android	4.7	192
32	DIE ZEIT E-PaperZEIT ONLINE	iOS	4.6	170
33	WDRWDR	iOS	4.2	152
34	Readly - VeraltetReadly International	Android	4.1	149
35	TV SPIELFILM - TV-ProgrammTV SPIELFILM \| BurdaForward GmbH	Android	4.0	148
36	rbb24 – regionale NachrichtenRundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg	iOS	4.6	145
37	FOCUS online - NachrichtenBurdaForward GmbH	Android	4.5	145
38	DIE ZEIT – NachrichtenDIE ZEIT	Android	4.5	139
39	Intl+ اینتل پلاسVolant Media UK	Android	4.5	126
40	Lokales Wetter & NachrichtenEASE Group	Android	4.3	122
41	NDR NiedersachsenNorddeutscher Rundfunk	iOS	4.5	121
42	WELT News & Live-TVAxel Springer Deutschland GmbH \| WELT Digital	Android	4.2	120
43	SZ NachrichtenSüddeutsche Zeitung Digitale Medien GmbH	Android	4.1	119
44	SubstackSubstack Inc.	Android	4.8	112
45	ZDFheute - NachrichtenZDFonline	Android	4.4	92
46	ORF ONOesterreichischer Rundfunk	iOS	3.8	87
47	BILD News - Live NachrichtenAxel Springer Deutschland GmbH	Android	3.8	86
48	KATWARNCombiRisk Risk-Management GmbH	Android	3.0	81
49	Digi Sport-Știri&meciuri LIVEDigi.Mobil	Android	3.1	80
50	shapes.inc - AI with friendsShapes Inc	Android	4.3	65

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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 (1-2 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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