Application record · ID 319740707
NBC News: Breaking & US News
by NBC News Digital, LLC · News · Free
- Average rating
- 4.7
- 150.7K ratings
- Ratings
- 150.7K
- On store since
- 2009
- 17 yrs 34 d
- Languages
- 1
Analyst summary
Last verified 7 Aug 2026NBC News: Breaking & US News is a News application published by NBC News Digital, LLC. It holds a 4.7-star average across 150,691 public ratings.
It is actively maintained: the most recent update we observed shipped 28 Jul 2026. The listing has been on the store for 17 yrs 34 d.
On the listing it is a 97.3 MB download, runs on iPhone 5s and newer · iPad.
Position in category
Each bar shows where NBC News: Breaking & US News sits in the distribution of News apps we track. Percentiles are computed over apps with the field observed, not the whole category.
Distribution computed with the category report · Full category report
Review intelligence
Medium confidenceUsers are frustrated by the shift to subscription-only content, leading many to uninstall the app.
When I installed the new app on my iPhone 12, every time I opened it the screen was blocked by demand for my "screentime code." I've never activated screentime, and that had never happened before. When I deleted the NBC News app, the problem disappeared.
I’ve used this app a long time and relied on it to keep me up to date on news. I understand the need to find journalism, but the heavy handed shift to a subscriber model, and how quickly they did it, is frustrating. I’ve uninstalled this app and switched to AP News.
Trajectory: declining · recomputed when new reviews arrive · limitations
Health timeline
A dated record of what has actually happened to this app — launch, updates, price moves and record-board milestones. Every point is a stored observation, never an estimate.
- 28 Jul 2026 Update Updated to v14.0.0 The most recent version we observed on the listing.
- 13 Jul 2026 Board Entered Oldest Survivor in News Best position observed: #17.
- 28 Jun 2009 Launch Launched on the App Store Original release date stated on the listing.
Dates are read from the listing and from our own daily observations; the rating curve accrues going forward. How we track.
Listing & advisories
Download size
97.3 MB
Minimum iOS
18.0
Devices supported
iPhone 5s and newer · iPad
Age rating
12+
Advisories
Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes · Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity · Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes · Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence · Infrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment Information · Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
Screenshots
6 on the listing
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Rankings this app appears on
Peer set
Peers are well-rated apps in News, selected by category and rating — not by similarity of description, so the comparison is like-for-like on scale.
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| NBC News: Breaking & US News | 4.7 | 150.7K | Free |
| Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods | 4.9 | 46.8K | Free |
| The Atlantic Magazine | 4.9 | 133.4K | Free |
| TrueShort - Stream True Crime | 4.9 | 16.9K | Free |
| The Bulwark | 4.9 | 1,966 | Free |
| Podcast App & Player - Castbox | 4.9 | 198.7K | Free |
| Church News | 4.9 | 85.2K | Free |
Questions this record can answer
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What can this page not tell you?
Downloads, revenue, active users, subscription pricing inside the app, and anything about security or data handling. None of those are visible in public store metadata, so we do not estimate them.
Provenance
- Source
- Public App Store listing metadata and public customer reviews.
- Collection window
- Last read 7 Aug 2026. Listing re-read daily; reviews re-read on a slower cadence.
- Derived figures
- Percentiles, update cadence, longevity and sentiment are computed by us, not supplied by the store.
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