UN News vs Current Debate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UN News
Stay informed with daily multimedia news from the United Nations. Access text, photos, infographics, audio, and video updates in nine languages. Follow global events, human rights, and UN priorities.
- Multimedia news updates
- Multilingual support (9 languages)
- Global peace and security news
- Sustainable development and human rights coverage
- Live broadcasts of UN meetings
- Customizable newsfeed
- Text to audio function
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This is your destination for daily multimedia updates on UN’s breaking news and events through text, photos, infographics, audio and video in 9 languages. Use this fully multilingual app in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Kiswahili, Portuguese and Hindi. The app’s updated features include: • Global updates on peace and security, sustainable development, human rights, climate change and other UN priorities • News, Videos and Audio Programmes, including Podcasts • In-depth stories, photo features, field reports and interviews with top UN officials and envoys • Live broadcasts of the Security Council and General Assembly meetings • Customizable newsfeed in My News • Bookmarks • Easy search • Text to audio function • Social media feeds on multiple platforms • Access to the UN.org website • Automatic translation and more… UN News app is your gateway to the world of verified information from the United Nations.
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 rating: Current Debate at 5.0 against UN News's 4.5. UN News's advantage is ratings volume (41 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UN News has 41 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
UN News ships an update every 3 months, Current Debate every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UN News | Current Debate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (41 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | United Nations | Brandon Rogers |
Customer experience
UN News
Current Debate
In-app purchases
UN News
No in-app purchases
Current Debate
No in-app purchases
