# Briefly: Minimalist News — user reviews > 25 indexed App Store user reviews of Briefly by Maxwell Andrew, rated 4.60/5 from 29 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/briefly-minimalist-news/id1317499402/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/briefly-minimalist-news/id1317499402.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 24 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 2 ## Newest reviews (5 of 25) ### 5/5 — Been looking for an app like this for years. Excited to see the future of this app. *2018-12-29, version 1.0.8* Great for on the go reading 👌🏻 ### 5/5 — amazing app! *2018-09-16* an efficient way to find all the news you need to know everyday ### 5/5 — Wish I could give six stars *2018-05-27* Hands down best way to consume news. Best app in the App Store. ### 5/5 — Great News App *2018-05-20* Changed the way I read news. ### 5/5 — Easy to use. Simple. *2018-01-16* Been looking for an app like this for quite awhile. Much better than the apple news app!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Democrat news *2025-09-09* Liberal news only ### 1/5 — only works 50% of the time *2024-09-17, version 1.2* tapping on articles only works 50% of the time, app regularly is unresponsive ### 1/5 — Broken? *2021-02-09* You can scroll but no taps work. Not even the settings option. Hoping this is just a glitch? Restarted my iPhone but still can’t interact with this app. **Developer response:** Can you reach out to max@ndrew.co with a list of the outlets you’re following? Would love to help fix this for you! ### 2/5 — Huge potential, but… *2022-02-02, version 1.2* Has massive amounts of potential but is limited to only a handful of news outlets, and the app is broken for me as I seem not to be able to select stories or enter the app’s settings ### 2/5 — Awesome idea, but buttons don't work. *2021-06-22* I read another review claiming the same thing. Please fix, because this is the best way to digest news in our contemporary distraction-ridden world. **Developer response:** Could you send an email to max@ndrew.co with the outlets you’re following and a screenshot of the problem? Would love to fix this for you. Thanks for reading. ### 3/5 — Seems buggy *2022-01-22, version 1.2* I like the look of the app but it doesn’t open the articles or the cog button for settings. So atm unusable for me. On iPad Pro 12 inch ### 3/5 — Great design, missing features *2021-10-28, version 1.2* This the most user friendly news app I have seen, my problem with this app though is that the outlet selection, you are very limited to just major outlets and there is no way to add your own feeds. Since I don’t like getting my news from these places unfortunately the app doesn’t have much use. ### 3/5 — Canadian sources *2018-06-04, version 1.0.7* Add more Canadian sources to allow for a local feed ### 4/5 — Awesome app - needs darkMode though *2022-02-06, version 1.2* Beautiful simple app enjoy it. Buy my eyes are burning!!! ### 4/5 — Great Looking News App *2022-01-04, version 1.2* I read a lot of news via apps, this app distinguishes itself by looking very clean. As an aside, the developer is very responsive to feedback. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Amazing App *2026-08-02* Perfectly delivered app. More outlets such as Bloomberg, NHK World-Japan, and DW would be awesome. ### 5/5 — PERFECT for ADHD girlys! *2026-05-10* Usually I feel so overwhelmed by everything that’s going on in the world. I want to stay informed, but not sure where or how to sift through the important stuff. This app allows me to do that seamlessly. ### 5/5 — News On The Go *2026-05-10* So glad I found Briefly! Great to catch up on news when I only have a few minutes to spare. Highly recommend to anyone looking for a personalized platform. ### 5/5 — Perfect *2021-05-30, version 1.2* Can you add TSN or Sportsnet? ### 5/5 — Well done Briefly ! *2020-10-12, version 1.2* also recommend ‘Succinct’ app for proprietary content (no aggregation) in financial markets and business. 👍 ### 5/5 — Exactly what i need *2020-07-16* Only one way to start my day, and its scrolling through this app. ### 5/5 — Great app *2020-03-07* Way better than Feedly. Really easy to use interface and great articles every day to get me moving with my day in the morning every day every time I go to work ### 5/5 — Pretty epic By Patrick epppppppppiccccc. *2019-11-28* Everything I was looking for ### 5/5 — Good 👍🏼 *2019-11-08* That's the best news app I've ever seen! ### 5/5 — News *2019-07-22* This is cool --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-15.*