Best apps like GBH News

Whether you want more options like GBH News or a completely different take on the same concept, our curated list of 10+ similar apps has you covered. Updated for 2026 with the latest ratings and comparisons.

Top Alternatives to GBH News

NBC10 Boston: News & Weather by NBCUniversal Media, LLC

Local Radar, Traffic & Live TV

Editor's Choice

4.5😐(551 ratings)

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Stay informed with local news, accurate weather forecasts, and investigative journalism. Receive breaking news and weather alerts for your area, and access a free 24/7 streaming news channel.

What We Love

📰 Reliable details
🔍 Easy to navigate
🌤️ Very Accurate Weather
🔔 Informative, Innovated, and Appreciated
⚡ To the point and on point and immediate
🗞️ Excellent news source
🚨 Great features
📢 Well Sorted
📱 Great app and great station
🌇 Best Boston local news
🔄 Updated weather
🔍 News is current compared to other apps enjoy the modernization of the station

Room to Improve

💰 Charged $1 for app??
🔍 Stories never load
🤖 Can't get past setup
🔧 Where's Settings Gone To?
🔊 Too many alerts
📺 Wonky weather videos
📱 Doesn't open 9 out of 10 times
🆕 New UI is Horrible
🔄 News app change mid-July, too bad!!
💥 Crashes and burns
🔔 Thumbnail alerts
🔍 Articles stop scrolling
📺 Fix the full screen bug
💥 Keeps crashing
🎧 Kicked off
🗞️ I'm not a fan of their political news

KRON4 News by LIN Television Corporation

Strong Contender

4.7😞(17K ratings)

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Stay informed with local news, weather, sports, and traffic updates for the San Francisco Bay Area. Access breaking news, live streams, video, photos, and interactive weather radar. Get optional alerts to never miss important information.

What We Love

👍 Good local news coverage
🚀 Fast to cover breaking news
💡 Useful traffic updates

Room to Improve

🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing
🔇 Inability to control video/audio volume
📢 Intrusive and unskippable ads
🔄 Automatic video playback without consent
🔙 Difficulty navigating back to previous article

NJ 101.5 - News Radio (WKXW) by Townsquare Media, LLC

Proud to be New Jersey

Worth Considering

4.5😞(1.7K ratings)

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Stay informed with real-time news, weather, and traffic updates for the Trenton area. Listen live to the station, interact with hosts, and receive instant alerts for breaking stories and contests. Save articles for later and share content easily.

What We Love

⭐ Amazing radio
⭐ Greatest
⭐ Simply the Best!
⭐ Good show
⭐ Non stop listening!
⭐ Tell lady to get a dog from The Seeing Eye Institute
⭐ Enjoy
⭐ Bill Spadea should be fired

Room to Improve

🚨 Difficult to use + All Ads
🚨 Too many ads and bugs
🚨 Ads ads ads
🚨 Blink out after start
🚨 Commercials
🚨 Ads to listen to the radio with ads?
🚨 Stupidity at its highest
🚨 Right Wing Propaganda
🚨 Nothing but ads
🚨 Way too many ads make it hard to read articles on the tablet
🚨 Pop ups when reading
🚨 Garbage App
🚨 Forget Scrolling
🚨 long time listener
🚨 Proud to be NJ…Ad central!
🚨 App blows
🚨 Rather poke out my eyes with dull needle dipped in acid.
🚨 Good variety of news but the advertising has become too much
🚨 Volume all over the place
🚨 Terrible App
🚨 Heavy Battery Drain
🚨 too many of the same ads
🚨 Number off adds r unbearable.
🚨 Use to work all the time
🚨 Just stops playing
🚨 Needs to integrate with the built in iOS media player
🚨 Fix the problem so you can listen live
🚨 Broken streaming
🚨 Broken
🚨 Too many issues
🚨 Ruining a good thing
🚨 Too many issues
🚨 Very poorly designed
🚨 Totally Republican station, I want a station that sees both sides
🚨 Has done a major tailspin
🚨 Adds are horrendous! Stay Away!
🚨 Commercials and adds!!
🚨 Good app, but....
🚨 Disappointing
🚨 Love 101.5, but app is having serious issues.
🚨 Used to love it
🚨 Love it but hate it right now
🚨 Buffering
🚨 Worked fine until latest update
🚨 Have mercy

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