Best 5 Things alternatives: apps like 5 Things

5 Things is great, but it's not the only option. Explore 10+ similar apps for iPhone and iPad, each reviewed and rated by real users. Find free alternatives, premium upgrades, and hidden gems.

Top Alternatives to 5 Things

The Swarthmorean by The Swarthmorean Inc

Editor's Choice

4.9(73 ratings)

FreeAds

This community newspaper, published since 1893, delivers local news for Swarthmore, Pennsylvania and its surrounding areas. Stay informed about your community with the latest updates.

WNIJ Public Radio App by Northern Illinois University

Strong Contender

4.2😐(38 ratings)

Free

Listen to live public radio streams, pause and rewind live audio, and access on-demand programs. Explore schedules, search for content across stations, bookmark favorite segments, and set alarms to wake up to your preferred station.

What We Love

👍 Handy and convenient
🎧 Ability to hear shows as podcasts
📰 Provides morning updates and world news
👍 Non-biased news and features
👍 Works great on iPhone and iPad
🎧 Great for listening on the elliptical
🎧 Great access to podcasts
🎶 Good for shower/work music
🌍 Hear about news, books, TV shows, interviews
👍 Good stuff, always fantastic
👍 Good and handy for local info
👍 Allows catching up on favorite shows
👍 Good for listening when traveling
👍 Great app, always works great
👍 Easy to use and always ready
👍 Great tool to access news
👍 Nifty thing, serves well
👍 Great way to enjoy public radio
🎧 Can listen out of radio range
👍 Most useful, effortless access
🎧 Love listening from anywhere
👍 Interface looks professional
👍 Convenience of NPR anywhere
🎧 Glad to listen on phone
👍 Works fantastic, used daily
👍 Many improvements over old versions
👍 Obeys system audio controls
👍 Nicer interface
👍 Excellent for remote listening
👍 Better than satellite radio

Room to Improve

🐛 Unstable stream, suddenly stops
🐛 Stream restarts with intro blurb
🐛 Cycle repeats again and again
🐛 Cannot listen by streaming
🐛 Very frustrating
🐛 Never reliable
🐛 Constantly cuts out randomly
🐛 Replays 15-second loop
🐛 Awful experience
🐛 Consistently unreliable
🐛 Glitchiest, least reliable app
🐛 Consistently inconsistent
🐛 Glitching out, stalling
🐛 Repeating same 15-second audio loop
🐛 Intermittent at best
🐛 Disconnecting, repeating loop
🐛 Always same frustrating results
🐛 Glitching again and again
🐛 Disconnect/repeat loop glitches return
🐛 Wish app delivered news effectively
🐛 Too much lag, cuts out
🐛 Won't connect or stay connected
🐛 Repeats sound bites on loop
🐛 Frustratingly unreliable
🐛 Tends to glitch out
🐛 Signal cuts out for minutes
🐛 Stuck in repeating content loop
🐛 Wish app worked more consistently
🐛 Limited podcasts
🐛 Live streaming starts immediately on opening
🐛 Streaming should be an option
🐛 Feed just stops daily
🐛 Gets aggravating
🐛 Keeps rebooting
🐛 Plays for 30 seconds then restarts with ad
🐛 Problem with update
🐛 Alarm function a bit awkward
🐛 Crashing at launch
🐛 Refused to load properly since update
🐛 Still crashes when trying to open

Helm: Clear World News by Helm News Inc.

Tap any sentence to translate

Worth Considering

Your Community, Your News

4.8(9 ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

Get daily news summaries from global sources, translated instantly into 10 languages. Follow topics that matter to you and improve your language skills with integrated translation and listening features. Verify facts with links to original reporting.

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