Comparison

Kagi News vs Debunkr

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Kagi News

Receive a curated daily press review summarizing global news from diverse sources. This app uses AI to distill information, offering multiple perspectives and one-tap access to original articles. It prioritizes privacy with no ads or trackers.

Highlights
  • Daily comprehensive press review
  • Global news coverage
  • Multiple perspectives from diverse sources
  • AI-powered summarization
  • One-tap access to original articles
  • Community-curated RSS feeds
  • Privacy-focused, no ads or trackers
Read full description

Get a comprehensive daily press review with global news. Fully private, with sources openly curated by our community. What You Get: One thoughtful press review per day (updated 12:00 UTC) Coverage: Any and all topics usually covered in the press Multiple perspectives from global sources One-tap access to original articles Clean sections: Summary, Highlights, Key Quotes, Timeline, Context, Impact How It Works: Kagi News uses AI to read thousands of community-curated RSS feeds from publications worldwide and distills them into a single, thoughtful press review. Every review cites the sources it pulled from, so you can dive deeper with one tap. Community Contributions: Contribute sources to broaden perspectives Open source platform with community-curated feeds Privacy by Design: No ads. No trackers. Your attention belongs to you. https://kagi.com/privacy Download now for your daily dose of quality journalism without the noise. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to us via https://kagifeedback.org or email us at support[at]kagi.com. Join our vibrant member community on Discord for tips, advice, and feature suggestions: https://kagi.com/discord

About

Debunkr

Instantly assess the trustworthiness of online news articles. Paste a URL to receive an overall credibility score, a detailed breakdown of factors like publisher reputation and article tone, and even an AI-powered debate on the content. It provides a fact-checking pipeline for verifiable claims.

Highlights
  • Overall credibility score (0-100)
  • Credibility bucket (Highly credible to Low)
  • Rating strength indicator
  • Breakdown by publisher, quality, and tone
  • AI debate (Skeptic vs. Advocate)
  • Fact-check pipeline with Google API
  • No account required
Features
Read full description

Debunkr helps you read the news like a skeptic — without the homework. Paste any article link and Debunkr scores its credibility from 0 to 100 in seconds, then shows its work so you can judge for yourself. WHAT YOU GET INSTANTLY • A 0–100 credibility score with a plain-English rating: Highly credible, Mostly credible, Mixed, Questionable, or Low • A Rating Strength meter that tells you how much to trust the score • A breakdown across publisher reputation, article quality, and tone & balance • Devil's Advocate — the single strongest reason the score might be wrong GO DEEPER WITH DEEP ANALYSIS • A Skeptic and an Advocate AI debate the article point by point • A Judge weighs both sides into a final verdict • A fact-check pipeline pulls up to 3 checkable claims and runs them against the Google Fact Check Tools API (PolitiFact, Snopes, AFP, Reuters Fact Check, and more) • Named people, places, and organizations are cross-checked against Wikipedia • Every citation comes from a real search result — no invented sources HOW THE SCORE WORKS Debunkr blends three signals: • Publisher reputation (45%) — a hand-curated list built from Wikipedia's Perennial Sources consensus and the IFCN network of certified fact-checkers • Article quality (45%) — an AI model reads the piece and rates sourcing, hedging, and writing • Tone & balance (10%) — a small penalty for extreme political slant either way BUILT TO BE HONEST Debunkr rates credibility signals, not absolute truth. A polished hoax can still score Mixed, and breaking news often has no fact-checks yet — when that happens, Debunkr says so instead of guessing. AI can make mistakes; we add safeguards but errors are possible. The in-app Methodology and Limitations screens lay it all out. NO ACCOUNT, NO TRACKING No name, no email, no login. A random device ID enforces fair-use limits and nothing more. We don't sell or share your data. Debunkr is a media-literacy tool, not a verdict machine. Use it to ask better questions — then decide for yourself. Debunkr is in alpha. Ratings are estimates, not verified facts. Always check important claims independently.

Screenshots

Kagi News4 screens
Debunkr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Debunkr at 100% against Kagi News's 68%. Debunkr also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). Kagi News's advantage is ratings volume (96 vs 7) and chart position (#160 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Debunkr holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kagi News has 96 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Kagi News's written reviews are positive against 100% of Debunkr's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kagi News ships an update every 3 weeks, Debunkr every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Kagi News versus Debunkr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKagi NewsDebunkr
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (96 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings96 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#160 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB28 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperKagi Inc.Four-Color AI LLC

Customer experience

Kagi News

All ratings93 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral1.1%
Negative9.7%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive67.8%
Neutral13.8%
Negative18.4%

Debunkr

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Kagi News

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Setting Broken

Requested features

2 requests
  • Alerts please
  • Customizable lenses and source ranking/exclusion

Debunkr

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Kagi News

No in-app purchases

None

Debunkr

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kagi News free?
Kagi News is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Debunkr free?
Debunkr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kagi News or Debunkr?
Debunkr is rated higher. Kagi News averages 4.6 out of 5 from 96 ratings, while Debunkr averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Kagi News or Debunkr have ads?
Neither Kagi News nor Debunkr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kagi News or Debunkr?
Kagi News ships an update every 3 weeks, and Debunkr every 10 days. Most recently, Kagi News was updated on October 25, 2026 and Debunkr on October 24, 2026.

Other comparisons