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Best news apps in 🇳🇿 New Zealand, 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, NZ, today.

  1. 1 XX Corp. 4.5★ ·
  2. 2 RedditREDDIT, INC. 4.7★ ·
  3. 3 SubstackSubstack, Inc. 4.8★ ·
  4. 4 RNZRadio New Zealand 3.6★ ·
  5. 5 nine.com.auNINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA PTY LTD 4.6★ ·
  6. 6 Stuff.co.nzStuff Limited 2.8★ ·
  7. 7 NZ Herald NewsNZME Holdings Ltd 4.4★ ·
  8. 8 NYTimes: Breaking World NewsThe New York Times Company 4.8★ ·
  9. 9 中国领事Center for Consular Assistance & Protection, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China 1.7★ ·
  10. 10 BBC: World News & StoriesBBC Studios Distribution Ltd. 4.5★ ·
  11. 11 Podcast AppEvolve Global, Inc. 4.7★ ·
  12. 12 PressReader: News & MagazinesPressReader Inc 4.6★ ·
  13. 13 Ground NewsSnapwise Inc. 4.5★ ·
  14. 14 Google NewsGoogle 4.2★ ·
  15. 15 HailHail 5.0★ ·
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 - AU & World News#21 free · 14,060 ratings 4.80
  2. 2 Substack#3 free · 4,503 ratings 4.80
  3. 3 The Economist: News & Analysis#22 free · 3,160 ratings 4.80
  4. 4 NYTimes: Breaking World News#8 free · 2,635 ratings 4.80
  5. 5 Medium: Read & Write Stories#36 free · 1,689 ratings 4.80
  6. 6 Podcast Player App - Castbox#30 free · 820 ratings 4.80
  7. 7 Podbean Podcast App & Player#31 free · 574 ratings 4.80
  8. 8 Financial Times: Business News#73 free · 508 ratings 4.80
  9. 9 Reddit#2 free · 26,764 ratings 4.70
  10. 10 Al Jazeera - الجزيرة#24 free · 5,002 ratings 4.70

Top paid news apps

  1. 1 GoodLinks 5.0★
  2. 2 QuakeWatch 3.5★
  3. 3 Downcast 4.7★
  4. 4 Reeder Classic 4.4★
  5. 5 Outcast for Watch 3.1★
  6. 6 NSW Fires 4.8★
  7. 7 iCatcher! Podcast App 4.8★
  8. 8 VIC Fires 4.9★
All 100 →

Top grossing news apps

  1. 1 NZ Herald News 4.4★
  2. 2 X 4.5★
  3. 3 The Guardian - AU & World News 4.8★
  4. 4 Substack 4.8★
  5. 5 NYTimes: Breaking World News 4.8★
  6. 6 The Telegraph: UK & World News 4.7★
  7. 7 Podcast App 4.7★
  8. 8 BusinessDesk 1.9★
All 100 →

Most downloaded on Google Play

NZ, today
  1. 1X 4.7★
  2. 2Substack 4.8★
  3. 3Hindi News by Dainik Bhaskar 3.6★
  4. 4NINA - Die Warn-App des BBK —
  5. 5Google News - Daily Headlines 4.1★
  6. 6Inshorts - News in 60 words 4.7★
  7. 7Local Weather News - Radar 4.5★
  8. 8Повітряна тривога 4.9★
  9. 9Shuru App: Local News & Videos —
  10. 10Breaking News - Live Headlines 4.4★
Google Play chart, all rows →

How "best" is decided

Downloads decide the first list: Apple's top free chart for New Zealand, which ranks by installs over the last days. The second list takes those hundred apps and sorts them by the star rating New Zealand 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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