NBC News User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience48.9% of reviews
Neutral8.6% of reviews
Negative experience42.5% of reviews

~ Based on 664 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is NBC News Safe?

NBC News: Breaking & US News appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for NBC News is 94/100.

This assessment is based on 150,693 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

95.5% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.8% of ratings suggest some concerns
1.7% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 150,693 App Store ratings for NBC News.

Is NBC News Legit?

NBC News: Breaking & US News appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for NBC News is 100/100.

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

Top reviews

Subs only

This app was great till earlier this year they made it pretty much subscribers only. NBC universal doesn’t make enough money to provide you with the news anymore 🙄

Just greedy

All the article are basically “ for subscribers only” … why would I pay for the same news /articles I watch on my tv stream apps

Deleted

What a clownshow. Requires registration and codes just to open now.

Just Deleted

It has been over run with subscription only articles. I deleted it after having used it for years.

Bad To Worse

The fact that NBC is forcing you to pay for their lowly news reporting is a real shame and disgusting. The Americans are so greedy…makes me thrilled to be British. Our news sources are much more worldly and advanced.

Paywalled, deleted.

Used to be ok.

Too much paywalled articles

I’m not going to subscribe to be able to read paywalled articles and I just deleted your app for good.

But why

Nope. I won’t be paying for what was free. Most articles are locked behind paywall now.

changes

since almost everything is now for subscribers, and I refuse to subscribe. I'm deleting the app goodbye NBC

“For Subscribers”

Deleted

Subscribers Only

If the idea is to have everyone get a subscription now, that should be a separate app. I don’t want to open the NBC News app I have used for years to now have to scroll past 8 articles that I can’t read before I get to one I can read. After having this app for years I’m ready to move elsewhere for news. Please work on the platform or I will be deleting it.
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Paywalls

For the past 10+ years, this has been my go-to app for national news. With 75% of articles now blocked by pay walls, an entire section of “editorial” product reviews linking exclusively to Amazon, and nearly 10% click bait ads poorly disguised as “articles”, I’m officially done. Capitalism is killing journalism.
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Never updates

It requires subscriptions and it never updates the news

Once was a good app

NBC News app used to be informative. Now you must be a Subscriber to read most content, sending me elsewhere to read the news

Most content is now only for paid subscribers

Had this app for years. I noticed a few months ago more stories had a subscriber only tag. Ok, no big deal, most stories were still free. Now the app is easily 85% subscriber only, with just a few free stories sprinkled in. I’m not paying to read content I can view on my TV. Epic fail NBC. Time for a new news app.
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No point in Australia

Now that they changed the news to only see most of it if you subscribe, there’s no point in it for Australia any more, not going to subscribe when I can get it free Elsewhere

Subscription

Used to like this, but now almost every article can only be read if you have a subscription. I’m not buying another subscription.

Cannot Subscribe

I am in no position to subscribe to NBC News and they have subscription only on on soooo many news stories that I can no longer have this app up.

Not what it used to be

I have been using this app for years and used to love it. Now my feed is 90% articles that I cannot read because they’re “for subscribers only”. Really bummed that I need to find a new news app.

Unusable

Probably 2/3 of articles are “for subscribers,” so unless you pay for their subscription, this app is useless.