# Briefd: Smart News Reader — Daily Digest & Headlines

> Daily Digest & Headlines (iPhone/iPad app by Siddharth Arora.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/briefd-smart-news-reader/id6761033847 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Siddharth Arora](https://appshunter.io/developer/1887425957)
- Category: News, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 36 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-04-02
- Data updated: 2026-08-20
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/briefd-smart-news-reader/id6761033847/reviews.md

## What is Briefd?

You've been reading the news for years. You still can't explain most of what's happening in the world. You skim 40 headlines before breakfast. By lunch you couldn't name three. You nod along in conversations about trade wars and interest rates and AI regulation because you read something about it once. Somewhere. You think.

That's not being informed. That's being busy.

Briefd gives you 20 stories every morning. Picked for you. Written to be understood, not just consumed. And when you need the full picture — the history, the context, the why — tap 

Explain This. One tap. Real understanding.

Ten minutes. No infinite scroll. No clickbait. No pretending you'll come back to that saved article. You read it. You finish it. You walk into your day knowing more than you did ten minutes ago.

That's the difference. Not more news. More learning.

Open it once. Read what matters. Get on with your day.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.2 — 2026-04-20

A bunch of stuff got better.

• Your notifications learned some new tricks. They'll tell you actual news instead of just saying "something happened, tap us."
• Want more stories on tech? Sports? Politics? There's a one-tap "more like this" now
• A smoother first-time setup so you know exactly what you're getting into
• Our AI explanations are snappier.

Still the same deal: a daily briefing that leaves you feeling like the most well-informed person in the room.

### 1.1 — 2026-04-12

• Explain This is significantly faster. Our AI went on a word diet. Lost the filler, kept the substance. Looking great.
• Performance improvements that we'd love to brag about in detail, but ironically that would slow you down from reading the news.
• Story sharing now works via links. Your group chat isn't going to enlighten itself.
• Entertainment category just dropped. You were reading about GDP at 11 PM. We staged an intervention.

### 1.0 — 2026-04-03

No release notes.

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