Volv User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience60.8% of reviews
Neutral10.8% of reviews
Negative experience28.5% of reviews

~ Based on 130 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Volv Safe?

Volv - Curated 9-Second News appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Volv is 92/100.

This assessment is based on 942 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

89.9% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.0% of ratings suggest some concerns
7.1% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 942 App Store ratings for Volv.

Is Volv Legit?

Volv - Curated 9-Second News appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Volv is 88/100.

Based on 88 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Schade …

… leider gibt es die App nicht auf deutsch. Genauso eine App suche ich nämlich.

My kind of doomscroll

I honestly wanted more direction on viewing the news while not just gluing myself to TikTok or the television. Having it at hand is great and quite literally my form Instagram (since I don’t have one). It’s filled with new news everyday and so broad where it’s not too taxing of one specific topic too much. 10/10
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Bum app developers

Bum developers begging for money every other swipe. Uninstalled.

Still broken pretty broken.

Send feedback feature doesn’t work so I’ll paste this here:

1. Can’t change my profile picture at all even after the latest update.

2. India is still in the list of topics even though India and Pakistan aren’t fighting anymore.

3. You still mess with people’s keyboards. When I type in the app, everything is forced lowercase. The app also doesn’t respect my auto correct or auto punctuation settings.

4. The app heats up my iPhone after prolonged use. I’m on a 17 Pro Max on iOS 26.4 beta 2. However, this has occurred even when i wasn’t on any beta.

Please look into these issues ASAP. Thanks.
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Still broken.

Can’t change my profile picture at all even after the latest update. Also why is India still in the list of topics? India and Pakistan aren’t fighting anymore.

Used to be great now just verrrrrry buggy

This app used to be my go to for quick bite sized news. Lately though, not so much. It’s constantly crashing, will stop scrolling, and for some reason will go on and on and on about the same topic just different article like Trump/Epstein (big losers) or anything happening in India. I’m not sure why it favors soooooo much content from India lately. So this app has fallen in the gutter and needs to be rescued.
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Response from developer

Hi! We’re really sorry to hear this. That’s not the experience we want you to have. The crashing and scrolling issues are especially concerning, and we’d love to look into this right away. Please email us at connect@volvmedia.com with your device details or if possible, a screen-recording so we can look into it and get this fixed. We’ve also recently updated our feed algorithm to improve content balance. Please let us know if you’re seeing improvements. Thanks again for the honest feedback – we truly appreciate it.

Extremely Biased

App looks and feels great, but it shows news on certain topics with extreme bias and pushes a certain narrative about them instead of impartial facts.

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback! We’re glad you like the look and feel of the app. However, we don’t aim to push any narrative. Our stories are curated by a human editorial team from a wide range of sources, and we’re constantly working to improve balance and context. We appreciate you flagging this and will keep refining the experience. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to get in touch with us at connect@volvmedia.com.

Very Biased News

I wrote a message asking if there was a way to turn off comments on news stories after I noticed almost all comments were from a single user who was clearly a right-winger. It made me realize that almost all headlines and stories on this app were also right leaning. Very little unbiased news. After sending in my message it asking to turn off comments it appears I’ve been blocked from using the app because the feed just times out and doesn’t load. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling. Seems like this is just a snowflake propaganda machine.
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Response from developer

Hey! We're sorry to hear this. We’re actively considering a report option for comments to address misuse. We'll also forward your request to turn off the comments to the team. To clarify, we do not block users from accessing the app – there’s no such system in place. The feed loading issue you experienced was a technical one, and we’ve made improvements since. Please update the app and let us know if it’s resolved. We value diverse viewpoints and appreciate the feedback. If you have any suggestions, please reach out to us on connect@volvmedia.com.

Love this app! ❤️

Great given the limited time I have each day to catch up with news and entertainment. Highly recommended if you are looking for an AI news app! A+

worth it.

able to feel more informed and less overwhelmed catching up with the world

Everyone needs this news app

It’s quick, mix of important breaking and trending content, beautiful ui, well written summaries. Covers a whole lot of topics. Very global. Love it!

Quick Accurate News

Brings me up to speed of current events in most efficient way. Been a fan since it began in 2020!

Happy

Very good application love from japan 🇯🇵🇯🇵

Top app through the Israel-Iran war

First app to notify me through the caos.

Could you please add a translation feature?

I would like to have a translation feature so that I can read English articles in Japanese.
Alternatively, I would like all curated articles to be displayed in Japanese translation if I set Japanese in the language settings.
I want to read world news articles, so it’s not a problem if the sources are not in Japanese.
Thank you for your consideration.
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Notifications, bias

I like the idea for this app and I would like to get notifications for breaking stories, but the notifications seem to come for many stories regardless of importance. Also, the app seems to have a bit of a political bias in one direction but not always.

Short and sweet

Short and sweet news in 9 seconds Volv is my favourite news app

Can’t open links in browser

Why does this app not let me open news stories in the browser? And the share button doesn’t work, it just buffers endlessly.

I don’t want to use your embedded browser. Fix this and it’s four stars, that’s how much this means to me.

It would be five stars if, having fixed that issue, you also made the news come in faster, as soon as the story breaks. Volv lags significantly behind primary source news feeds.
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Worked fine until this morning

I still get notifications yet when I open the app it says it can’t refresh the feed and to try again later. I have used a VPN before but I tried to open/relaunch the app with my VPN disabled and it still shows the same message. What gives? Also you guys need to fix the comments. It forces everyone to type in lowercase. I don’t want to have to manually capitalize every new sentence. Please stop messing with our keyboards.
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Poorly summarized and lots of spam

This app prominently features a plethora of spam articles that are exceptionally easy for its users to spot. It urgently requires an improved reporting mechanism to address this issue.