AP News User Reviews

AP News
AP News
The Associated Press

Customer Experience

Positive experience44.3% of reviews
Neutral10.7% of reviews
Negative experience44.9% of reviews

~ Based on 1,838 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is AP News Safe?

AP News appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for AP News is 92/100.

This assessment is based on 359,295 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

92.0% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.9% of ratings suggest some concerns
4.1% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 359,295 App Store ratings for AP News.

Is AP News Legit?

AP News appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for AP News is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Meh

Push notifications on iOS are completely broken. I set them to Breaking only, and I get everything. I set them to nothing, and I get everything. Otherwise a good app. Still broken 8/2026.

Excellent & Free

This app provides the latest news, written in a professional and unbiased manner. And, unlike apps such as Reuters and CNN, it’s totally free. It’s now my primary source for U.S. and world news.

Racial tensions

Why do you guys constantly push divisive conflicts between White and black people on your platform? There is more to the world than social justice issues.

Buggy

This app is consistently buggy no matter how often it’s updated. *Sigh*

Ads cover content, but it’s free

AP News is one of the rare free news apps available, and is fairly comprehensive. Ads are to be expected as a trade off. However, the ads often render such that they cover content. This is especially noticeable on the homepage, when they cover titles of articles. This is why I am rating it 4/5 stars.
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Good content… except the ads

The ads have long been a problem, sometimes blocking content and at other times preventing page scrolling by opening the ad any time it is pressed, I.e., when trying to scroll past it. The app loses a lot of appeal when you’re trying to view more content but are forcefully directed to an advertiser website.
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Lots of photos

Hard to read the news with so much flooooooof. Options to reduce images do not reduce number of images. Cr/app.

Spyware that ignores your notification preferences

I turned off notifications for sports, but I still get notifications for sports. Also, why does a news app need to track your activity across platforms? It’s sad how just about every single app is spyware now, even news apps.

Stop the ads!

Content is average but the ads are terribly repetitive and poorly executed. A real detractor from the news. Ap runs poorly…probably due to all the awful ads.

Racial tensions

Why do you guys constantly push divisive conflicts between White and black people on your platform? There is more to the world than social justice issues.

Heavy bias less facts

No longer a reliable news source. We don t need personal bias in reporting. Very shameful editorializing with progressive left wing bias.

Not good on local news at all

The only “local news” this app ever provides for Delaware is other states sports news. Lame AP. Can get that info in any sports section of any paper. Hate sports in general. How about you have actual local news - or stop saying you do.

Heavy censorship in comments section

The app itself is fine, and AP is one of the best sources for US breaking news and election results, however the recent integration of the comments section into the app has exposed serious censorship, which appears to be associated with certain viewpoints rather than moderating uncivil discussion.

I have also noticed how AP’s reporting has more of an editorial bias these days. I’m a middle of the road type of person so I actually post things that run counter to the partisan viewpoints of other commenters, yet mine are routinely censored.

AP is always begging for money to support journalistic freedom, yet can’t even moderate discussion on their website in a way that prioritizes free speech. In a way I’m glad to see their true colors and how radical most of their readers are, which is motivating me to look elsewhere.
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AP is Now Proudly Biased

They leave out context and give ridiculous one-sided opinions.

Absolutely biased as

It’s become an anti American mouthpiece.

Meh

Push notifications on iOS are completely broken. I set them to Breaking only, and I get everything. I set them to nothing, and I get everything. Otherwise a good app.

Click sensitivity on ads

Click sensitivity on ads, particularly for Expedia, is absolutely ridiculous. I’m constantly opening safari tabs while trying to scroll. App is borderline unusable because of this.

Broken ‘Turn on location based news’ feature

The location based news feature has been broken for months/years. Without it, you’ll just get new biased toward the US rather than more local to you.

I and others have flagged this bug with the development team many times. No sign of a fix.

App Always Broken

Reliably Unreliable

Not a free speech platform

No longer a free speech platform. They opened up chat but if you express views on Israel THEY DEACTIVATE your account. boycott AP BoycottAP now