# The Atlas News — user reviews > 95 indexed App Store user reviews of The Atlas News by Atlas News, LLC, rated 4.90/5 from 1,313 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-atlas-news/id1602835137/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-atlas-news/id1602835137.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,229 · 4★ 40 · 3★ 11 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 28 ## What do users think of The Atlas News? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and reliable updates - 🔍 Unbiased and objective reporting - 👍 Simple and easy-to-use app - 🌍 Comprehensive global news coverage - 💡 Innovative approach to journalism **Cons** - 🔒 Content locked behind paywall - 🐛 Bugs and technical issues - 📉 Declining content quality and frequency - 💰 Subscription-only model - 🔀 Concerns about bias creeping in **Commonly reported bugs** - Push notifications not working properly - App crashes and freezes - Compatibility issues with older devices - Login and subscription management problems **Most requested features** - Multilingual support - Background audio playback - Offline reading mode - Customizable news feed - Integration with other news sources ## Newest reviews (10 of 95) ### 3/5 — Great when updated *2026-07-20, version 3.5* Outstanding in every way as a source. Well written articles, consistent, and concise. However, app regularly hits blockages and will not update beyond a given date. Support is questionable - received help once and then never heard back again after a few attempts to follow up as the issue has persisted. - paid subscriber ### 2/5 — Disappointing *2026-04-08, version 3.5* I’ve been keeping up with Atlas on Instagram for a long time and they’re good about keeping up with what’s breaking. However, with the app, website as a whole, articles are wildly inconsistent. For example, with a lot of important news going on right now, their last article was published a month ago. They have potential. Maybe hire more writers because this ain’t it. ### 3/5 — No news updates since 4 Dec—over a month. *2025-01-04, version 3.1* Genuinely wondering what is going on. Used to be a quality news app and I hope it returns. ### 3/5 — App is deteriorating. *2024-12-20* Before the current update, atlas provided “the brief,” which was very informative, objective, and topically diverse. The brief no longer exists and Atlas publishes much less content on a routine basis. It is December 19th and their last article published to their app was the December 4th Total article production was much higher than now. Curious to know what is going on, hopefully just an interim adjustment. Atlas has been the leader in objective international reporting over the last 4 years. ### 3/5 — Great App with Great News *2024-11-29, version 3.1* Been following for a while on Instagram. Made the switch to the app. Always insightful and well researched analysis. Happy to subscribe. The best there is! ### 3/5 — Great, but has audio issues *2024-04-01, version 2.3* Long time Atlas follower and more recently a subscriber. Great content, but the audio on the app doesn’t play in the background or from your Lock Screen. I’m hoping that changes are implemented so the audio plays in the background/from the Home Screen like Spotify or audible. ### 4/5 — Good content, a little funky user interface. *2024-01-16, version 2.2* I am fond of the brief feature for breaking news, very fact-based reporting. Although it’s near impossible to have unbiased perspectives, they tend to keep their own personal opinions out of current events, and play things as how they happen. The user interface of the app itself leaves much to be desired, and if you’re a free user you are limited to the amount of articles you’re allowed to view per month. I believe in this group, and I support them. — Also I notice a lack of content in the early American AM. It may be good, with future expansions to hire a few more reputable European journalists. So that we can get a full picture. It would be good for the app to get some quality of life visual touch ups. ### 5/5 — Best News App Out There *2023-04-01, version 2.1* Just the facts and in a timely manner ### 1/5 — Used to be good *2023-01-18, version 2.1* The new update makes the app so bad, it’s like pay to win, but News. I get that they need to make money. If you had this app before the update then you know that it was amazing, now it’s just not good, deleting the app. ### 5/5 — unbiased, accurate, brilliant source of news *2023-01-01, version 2.1* The Atlas News Team should be so proud of creating this source of news that manages to be so unbiased, engaging, so easy to consume and understand and always factually correct. I just found out about this app, but their instagram page is my go to source for news about world events, particularly things such as the Russian-Ukrainian War. To everyone involved, thank you for finally creating what is, in my eyes, one of the very first or perhaps the very first source of completely unbiased news. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Misinfo *2026-04-19, version 3.5* Used to be actual news, still mostly that but tends to spread misinfo with their own spin on it to suit their agenda. Quite disappointing considering they were going down a really good path. Another “OSINT News” network that’s more like CNN or Fox News than actual News ### 1/5 — Atlas is dead *2025-02-24, version 3.1* Atlas News used to be my primary source for news. now this app does not work at all and does not provide any of the information I downloaded it for initially. Do not download this app. ### 1/5 — App Doesn’t Work Anymore *2025-01-20, version 3.1* The app literally won’t load anymore. Garbage. ### 1/5 — App is deteriorating pt. 2 *2025-01-07, version 3.1* Update - Altas is transitioning from an objective news platform to an OSINT and OSINT data aggregation firm. Cool, but Atlas news will no longer exist. Original founder “Atlas” posted on the social media account “the war blog” about this on Dec 3, 2024. So long Atlas news, you will be dearly missed. Before the current update, atlas provided “the brief,” which was very informative, objective, and topically diverse. The brief no longer exists and Atlas publishes much less content on a routine basis. It is December 19th and their last article published to their app was the December 4th Total article production was much higher than now. Curious to know what is going on, hopefully just an interim adjustment. Atlas has been the leader in objective international reporting over the last 4 years. ### 1/5 — App is Dead *2025-01-04, version 3.1* The app itself hasn’t been updated in months, and there hasn’t been a news article posted in over a month at this point. Don’t waste your time downloading it unless you just want archived information. ### 1/5 — Not the same. Something is up *2024-12-14, version 3.1* Things aren’t the same. Quality of content has gone down since the early days. ### 1/5 — Sept 2024 - Reduced content, not worth it *2024-09-27, version 3.1* Since the latest update the frequency and quality of the content has dropped off significantly and it is not worth the price anymore. I had this app since Day 1 and now the last update has gotten rid of the live X-style newsfeed Brief altogether, so updates to world events are no longer in real time. The number of articles has also decreased significantly and some big names are no longer visibly contributing like they were before. Coincidentally, with the new changes they've also made it harder to cancel your subscription. You can no longer manage it yourself by the website and now you have to email them and discuss it with them. ### 1/5 — Full of Opinion *2024-02-26, version 2.3* I haven’t looked at Atlas is a long while and won’t be using the app much. For a group claiming to report unbiased news there are a lot of opinions written into the stories- making them just another story and not news. ### 1/5 — Content behind paywall *2024-02-07, version 2.3* Atlas was cool back when it was mainly on Instagram but now they charge money to read the articles they post, which isn’t really worth it to me. I keep the app since they send notifications for updates and then just try to research the topics that seem interesting on google or telegram (which is annoying to have to do) ### 1/5 — Rip off *2024-01-25, version 2.2* Signed up for a free trail…soon sent an email to cancel as the content was disappointing (you have to sign up via a website and cancel by email) and a week later they still haven’t responded. I’ll have to contact my bank to prevent them from taking a payment once the trial ends. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Finally *2025-10-17, version 3.5* Finally they are back. New app looks sick but I’m glad I can read atlas again off social media. I hate social media and I really like Atlas reporting ### 5/5 — Best news company ever *2024-07-18, version 2.4* Super fast and reliable atlas is a new example of how a new agency should act ### 5/5 — Amazing *2024-06-26, version 2.4* I’ve been following Atlas news since the original instagram account Sub 5k followers. Atlas has always gave its customers a non-biased well written account of what is going on in the world. If you liked “Vice” before they turned into trash then you’ll love Atlas. ### 5/5 — Love it *2024-03-04, version 2.3* Straight news no brakes ### 5/5 — Loyal reader for 10+ Years *2023-12-09, version 2.2* Loyal reader for 10+ years. Before Atlas had their on platform. Best/Most informative and non biased conflict news you will find. ### 5/5 — Highly recommend *2023-11-20, version 2.2* Non-biased news with very in-depth articles ### 5/5 — ??? *2023-11-07, version 2.1* So how do you subscribe? ### 5/5 — Great news source *2023-05-16, version 2.1* Love the interface and the fact that the news is relevant. If you want to use a news outlet that focuses on important updates, you can’t go wrong with Atlas! ### 5/5 — Independent news for life! *2023-05-08, version 2.1* Cross check everything and always verify. Atlas is the bees knees doggy! Get on it! ### 5/5 — One of the best news sources available. *2023-04-25, version 2.1* Really top notch reporting! --- *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 2026-09-04.*