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Updated October 2026
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Whether you want more options like ESN or a completely different take on the same concept, our curated list of 6+ similar apps has you covered. Updated for 2026 with the latest ratings and comparisons.

Top Alternatives to ESN

Volv - Curated 9-Second News#2

Volv - Curated 9-Second News by Benefactory Ventures INC

Latest Trending News Summaries
Strong Contender
📡 News
4.6😐(945 ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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Get essential global news and internet trends in concise 9-second summaries. This app delivers AI-curated and editor-refined content, focusing on clarity and relevance for busy individuals. Stay informed without the clutter, with options to dive deeper into original sources.

What We Love

  • 📰 Concise and informative news summaries
  • 🌐 Wide range of news topics covered
  • 💻 Clean and user-friendly interface
  • ⏱️ Quick way to stay up-to-date

Room to Improve

  • 🤔 Perceived political bias in news coverage
  • 🔄 Frequent app crashes or feed refresh issues
  • 🔒 Concerns about user privacy and data tracking
  • 🔗 Removal of direct links to original news sources
The Spectator Magazine#3

The Spectator Magazine by The Spectator (1828) Ltd

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📡 News
4.8😐(1.9K ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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Access exclusive news, commentary, and culture from a renowned magazine. Enjoy daily content, weekly issues, breaking news alerts, podcasts, and offline reading. Stay informed with Europe's fastest-growing current affairs publication.

What We Love

  • 👍 Best writing every week
  • 👍 Compulsory reading!
  • 👍 Fabulous
  • 👍 Great
  • 👍 Fantastic editorial.
  • 👍 Well designed app for a great publication
  • 👍 Love this magazine it's fantastic great writers
  • 👍 Spectator'Spectacular
  • 👍 Fantastic Content
  • 👍 Great when travelling
  • 👍 Simply put, the finest magazine in the world.
  • 👍 Worthy and sensible
  • 👍 Why The Spectator?
  • 👍 Outstanding Content
  • 👍 Being well dressed
  • 👍 Spot on analysis
  • 👍 Review good magazine
  • 👍 Best magazine!
  • 👍 No boundaries in this rag
  • 👍 Consistently Superb
  • 👍 Excellent reading materials
  • 👍 The only thing left to trust.
  • 👍 Finally a decent news app
  • 👍 Excellent magazine but app doesn't work on older phones
  • 👍 Give it a try
  • 👍 A classic read
  • 👍 Excellent

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Password Hell
  • 🐛 Overrepresentative of the Jewish standpoint.
  • 🐛 Outstanding content but poor navigation (UI/UX) and no author favourite option.
  • 🐛 Some bright spots in a mostly dark room
  • 🐛 Terrible for offline use
  • 🐛 Content okay, platform terrible
  • 🐛 What's this? Advertising on the app???
  • 🐛 SIGN IN IMPOSSIBLE
  • 🐛 Hopeless login
  • 🐛 Beware
  • 🐛 Terrible
  • 🐛 Desperately needs an audio player like substack
  • 🐛 Subscribed but cannot access online content.
  • 🐛 It just won't load!
  • 🐛 Significantly Degraded
  • 🐛 Unreliable
  • 🐛 No app support
  • 🐛 RAM management bug
  • 🐛 Logging In
  • 🐛 Seize
  • 🐛 App loses its place when phone locks
  • 🐛 Frustrating and near impossible to use
  • 🐛 The app is a disaster
  • 🐛 New version difficult to use
  • 🐛 Unutterably awful new app
  • 🐛 Problem trying to read offline
  • 🐛 Swiping to left to advance page is sometimes non responsive
  • 🐛 Keeps crashing
  • 🐛 Can't even get to the article to read it!
  • 🐛 Simply awful app
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