Good News App vs Current Debate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Good News App
Discover positive and solution-oriented news stories that often get overlooked by mainstream media. This app curates uplifting developments and innovations worldwide, offering a daily dose of optimism and fresh perspectives.
- Solution-oriented news
- Stories of success
- Constructive developments
- Global innovations
- Daily curated content
- Optimism and new perspectives
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Throughout the media, only negative news are making the headlines. Solution-oriented news and stories of success are rare. In order to find them, you would have to toil through numerous bad news first. This app will change this. The Good News team does the research for you and picks out the best constructive and solution-oriented stories for you to easily retrieve on your phone every day. The app will inform you of all positive developments and innovations around the world, which otherwise would be difficult to find. It offers you access to a news network that not only gives you optimism but also new perspectives. The app is free of charge and non profit-based. All profits will be reinvested.
Current Debate
Engage in discussions, manage your knowledge base, and build a community around trending topics. Become a thought leader and activist by converting prospects at scale through viral engagement.
- Knowledge management
- Community building
- Thought leadership
- Viral engagement
- Prospect conversion
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Manager your knowledge, win battles in the current debate, build your viral community, be a viral thought leader and viral activist, convert prospects at scale
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Good News App at 332 against Current Debate's 1. Good News App also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 14.0). Current Debate's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Current Debate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Good News App has 332 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Good News App ships an update every 3 months, Current Debate every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Good News App | Current Debate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (332 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 332 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Goodimpact GmbH | Brandon Rogers |
Customer experience
Good News App
Current Debate
Bugs and requests
Good News App
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional app crashes or freezes
- Inconsistent behavior when opening external links
Requested features
4 requests- More frequent content updates
- Ability to customize news categories
- Offline reading mode
- Improved search and browsing functionality
Current Debate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Good News App
No in-app purchases
Current Debate
No in-app purchases
Questions
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