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Best news apps in 🇮🇪 Ireland, September 2026

Four lists from Apple's own charts, read every morning: the most downloaded free news apps, the best rated among the hundred most downloaded, the top paid and the top grossing. Ratings are the store's, positions are today's, and movement is against yesterday. Nothing here is estimated.

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Most downloaded free news apps

Apple's top free chart, IE, today.

  1. 1 RedditREDDIT, INC. 4.7★ ▲1
  2. 2 XX Corp. 4.5★ ▼1
  3. 3 SubstackSubstack, Inc. 4.8★ ·
  4. 4 RTÉ NewsRTÉ 4.0★ ·
  5. 5 Irish Independent NewsMediahuis Ireland Ltd 4.6★ ·
  6. 6 Financial Times: Business NewsFinancial Times Ltd. 4.8★ ▲1
  7. 7 NYTimes: Breaking World NewsThe New York Times Company 4.7★ ▼1
  8. 8 BBC: World News & StoriesBBC Studios Distribution Ltd. 4.5★ ·
  9. 9 The Irish TimesThe Irish Times Ltd 2.7★ ▲1
  10. 10 Irish Independent ePapersMediahuis Ireland Ltd 4.6★ ▲4
  11. 11 TheJournal.ie NewsJournal Media 4.6★ ▼2
  12. 12 The Business PostPost Publications Limited 4.6★ ·
  13. 13 Podcast AppEvolve Global, Inc. 4.6★ ▼2
  14. 14 Ground NewsSnapwise Inc. 4.6★ ▲1
  15. 15 The Times: UK & World NewsTimes Media Limited (Apps) 4.5★ ▲2
All 100, with movers and drop-outs →

Best rated of the top 100

Highest star rating among the hundred most downloaded, at least 500 ratings.

  1. 1 The Guardian - UK & World News#23 free · 16,379 ratings 4.80
  2. 2 The Economist: News & Analysis#21 free · 3,498 ratings 4.80
  3. 3 Substack#3 free · 3,439 ratings 4.80
  4. 4 Financial Times: Business News#6 free · 2,725 ratings 4.80
  5. 5 Podcast Player App - Castbox#67 free · 1,436 ratings 4.80
  6. 6 Crime World#38 free · 1,392 ratings 4.80
  7. 7 Medium: Read & Write Stories#59 free · 1,381 ratings 4.80
  8. 8 Reddit#1 free · 27,758 ratings 4.70
  9. 9 CNN: Live & Breaking News#26 free · 10,075 ratings 4.70
  10. 10 NYTimes: Breaking World News#7 free · 3,188 ratings 4.70

Top paid news apps

  1. 1 Election Explorer: 2026 Map —
  2. 2 Downcast 4.5★
  3. 3 Teletext - TextTV 2.0★
  4. 4 Reeder Classic 5.0★
  5. 5 Outcast for Watch 4.3★
  6. 6 iCatcher! Podcast App 4.9★
  7. 7 The Aviation Herald —
  8. 8 GoodLinks 5.0★
All 100 →

Top grossing news apps

  1. 1 The Irish Times 2.7★
  2. 2 Irish Independent News 4.6★
  3. 3 The Guardian - UK & World News 4.8★
  4. 4 X 4.5★
  5. 5 Financial Times: Business News 4.8★
  6. 6 NYTimes: Breaking World News 4.7★
  7. 7 Substack 4.8★
  8. 8 The Economist: News & Analysis 4.8★
All 100 →

Most downloaded on Google Play

IE, today
  1. 1X 4.4★
  2. 2Substack 4.8★
  3. 3Hindi News by Dainik Bhaskar 3.2★
  4. 4Local Weather News - Radar 4.5★
  5. 5Shuru App: Local News & Videos —
  6. 6Opera News: breaking & local 4.6★
  7. 7AI news for devs: DevBytes —
  8. 8Breaking News - Live Headlines 4.5★
  9. 9Way2News Daily News App 4.8★
  10. 10Hindustan Times: Live News App —
Google Play chart, all rows →

How "best" is decided

Downloads decide the first list: Apple's top free chart for Ireland, which ranks by installs over the last days. The second list takes those hundred apps and sorts them by the star rating Ireland users gave them, ignoring apps with fewer than 500 ratings so a handful of five-star reviews cannot win. Paid and grossing come straight from Apple's charts. We add no score of our own and take no placement fees.

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