NPR User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience66.8% of reviews
Neutral5.9% of reviews
Negative experience27.4% of reviews

~ Based on 990 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is NPR Safe?

NPR: National & Local News appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for NPR is 92/100.

This assessment is based on 70,229 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

90.9% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.0% of ratings suggest some concerns
7.1% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 70,229 App Store ratings for NPR.

Is NPR Legit?

NPR: National & Local News appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for NPR is 93/100.

Based on 93 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Real News

Honest and unemotional reporting.

The Best! Easy to navigate, reporting that matters and lifestyle help at a button.

Grateful for free radio and streaming. Music, news, sports, lifestyle…all given in a truthful

Please make local news page stay in app

Good app. Use it to listen to the radio and some pods which it does really well. All national stories are easy to read. I just wish the local stories were as well! I cannot stand how clicking a local news link opens a web browser page. So many apps have solved this by opening the browser in the app, not forcing me to leave the app. Please solve the functionality! Other that that pretty solid app
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Saturday morning is better with Scott Simon

Love love love Scott Simon. And his writers on the Mr. Roger’s Detroit Tiger’s catcher (once again!) story made me smile and laugh and cheer.

I want news not podcasts!

What has happened to NPR? Over the last two years, I listen less and less. Maybe it is because management has no backbone, or maybe your curated information bores me. I miss the wonderful reporting and stories of the old, liberal NPR!

Notyourdude

Crashes. Slow starting. Hangs on ads between stories. Gets worse with every update. Please simplify it and make it work and make it better!

Can’t find shows

I’m listening to something in my car. I want to continue listening to it, but I can’t find it in this application. It’s difficult to find different subjects that you might want to listen

Very calm presence.

Has been a very calm presence in my early life and now getting back to it.

NPR

I highly value NPR as a dependable source of unbiased news and information. I like is my primary source of news information.

Fast talkers

Too fast. Talking too fast. Cannot understand anything.

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Love NPR

App loses what you listen to repeatedly every time you navigate off of it.

I love NPR, and I listen every morning. I would think that if I listen to the same local station without fail every day, this app would “remember” so it’s easy to start without searching for it every single morning. Alas, I have to type in my local station every morning.
Also, if I pause the station at any point, 9 out of 10 times I have to reopen the app, find my station I was JUST listening to again in order to continue listening to it. This is despite it still being open with a “play” button on my locked Home Screen.
Not great, NPR app! It still love you though, and I’ll still be annoyed and listen to you religiously.
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Love npr

❤️

Trusted news site

Good content I really enjoy articles especially with option to also listen to article.
I HATE that you force your news onto MY PHONE immediately after finishing a podcast or article!!! Very annoying and rather obnoxious of you to “decide” to take over my feed and phone!!! Stop doing this!

Most reliable

NPR provides the best, most insightful and reliable news national and international news. I listen to my local station whenever I am in the car and find it brings me up to date on the most important events of the day. The reporters are deeply knowledgeable about their subjects and provide me with facts and analysis I know are honest and fair. The interviews are always fascinating!
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The absolute gold standard of broadcast journalism

Nothing comes close to npr’s investigative reports and reportage. As a dedicated listener to All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Weekend Edition I’m profoundly grateful to have this priceless resource so easily available.

Superb content, klunky interface

Great content. But the user interface is extremely awkward to use. Difficult to navigate, difficult to control, a nightmare to login.

NPR Podcasts

although there are too many to name, the NPR podcasts are professionally researched, solid and quite interesting every time. Hidden Brain is my favorite.

NPR: Trustworthy Reporting

When information elsewhere appears opaque, we can turn to NPR, because it’s essential that we utilize trustworthy data in order to make the best decisions for ourselves, our families, and our communities.

Trusted news source

NPR is the most trusted news source since Uncle Walter.