Get daily news alerts & updates on current events sent straight to your phone, because a small news reader makes a big difference to communities! Keep up to date with news that impacts you & your community! Read trending headlines on live local news updates, international news, weather alerts, & more!
Small news makes a big difference! NewsBreak is your #1 local news app for current events, free live news, local weather alerts for your community. Download today to stay up to date on all things local!
Local news is different from national US news, trending headlines or global news. NewsBreak believes that local news helps bring neighborhoods together around the unique stories they share in common. Only local, small news has the unique ability to meaningfully inform the decisions we make throughout the day.
Are there any weather alerts or winter storm updates for my area? What about traffic updates? What important events are happening nearby? Stay updated with a crime map for the neighborhood & check for local weather alerts. Join NewsBreak’s growing local news community & see why over 45M people across the United States have helped make us the nation’s #1 local news app!
Remember - we don’t just do small news! Local breaking news, sports news, trending national & international news – NewsBreak’s got it all. Get everything from sports updates to national news headlines & live stream news sent straight to your phone while coming together with your neighborhood to share interesting conversations related to local news in your area.
Join the 45M+ locals across the U.S. that trust NewsBreak as their #1 local news app!
NewsBreak Features:
Local News Highlights • Get local news, traffic, events near by, local weather alerts, news widget, & more in a curated daily briefing • Live stream news on local channels: follow local news, events, newspapers, & activities • Get local weather reports & traffic updates at a glance
Breaking News, National & Local • Both small news & breaking news, stay up to date with our current news coverage • Daily news aggregated right onto your device • Browse national news headlines & read comprehensive, in-depth stories • Use the discovery engine to discover stories from over 10,000 trusted sources
Personalized News Feed • Get the stories that matter to you with a highly personalized feed, relevant to your likes & dislikes • Get coverage on the tv news that matters most to you, including sports news, business news, tech news, health news, real estate news, science news, finance news, celebrity news, market news, & more! • Keep up with the latest coverage of headline news & events, nationally & locally! • Our news aggregator collects & delivers the news that matters to you • Get news alerts customized to your tastes to make NewsBreak your personalized news reader
Your Community News • Find local eats, small news updates, traffic alerts, deals, local shopping, & more ahead of time • Read personal & vivid stories from our local news writers & content creators • Treat us as your personal newsstand, magazine collector, news picker, blog reader, restaurant reviewer, & more • Stay updated with daily life, events near you, & neighborhood crime with the local safety map
Create Civic Value - Support the Cause • Use NewsBreak to revive the local news maker ecosystem & support small US news publishers • Increase local story volume & geographic coverage to stimulate local storytelling & community power
Follow or Block the Trend - It’s Up to You • It’s totally cool to stay on top of some topics, or totally hate them! • NewsBreak allows you to follow what is trending, or completely block some topics you don’t appreciate • You can laugh, share, think, cry, upvote, downvote, comment, reply... • NewsBreak is a free ground that welcomes you to express emotions & opinions
Download NewsBreak today to stay informed on local news, national headlines, & world news!
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Location, Personal info, and Device or other IDs
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Brian Savoir
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April 21, 2025
I have notifications turned off for this app and it has no permissions. But this app still shows notifications and unlike other apps that do show them, when allowed, they go away on their own or if you tap the screen they go away. Not Newsbreak, this app pops up and stays there until you click the "X". It shouldn't even be popping up at all with the options turned off. The app doesn't even have the push notification option turned on inside the app either. Seems to be a little too intrusive...
1,812 people found this review helpful
Chris Hettwer
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March 16, 2025
The notifications on this app are ridiculous! I turned them off through the app and through my phone's settings and they still come through with an image that takes up my whole screen, even when my phone is on "do not disturb". I wrote into customer support about it and never heard back. I've now deleted the app after being woken up by another notification early in the morning when not feeling well and very much needing the rest. Get it together! No one needs this kind of hassle.
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RR eesse
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March 1, 2025
Kind of like the quantity of local news but the notifications are overwhelming. I wish it would just send one notification and then let me scroll through all the updates after I click on it. Also,the read/unread function doesn't work well. If I read an article from a notification it does not update the list within the app. Very annoying and wastes my time clicking on articles I have already read.