Five stories, three minutes, twice a day — read them or listen. Plus Markets: your watchlist, your portfolio, and a spoken market brief at open and close.
You're busy. The news isn't.
Briefly turns today's top stories into fast, balanced AI summaries you can swipe through in minutes—not hours. No doom-scrolling, no echo chamber, no 47 open tabs. Just what happened, why it matters, and every side of it.
THE SAME BALANCED FEED FOR EVERYONE
No personalized rabbit holes, no algorithm quietly feeding your own opinions back to you. Briefly reads the news from across the spectrum—left, right, and center—and gives everyone one neutral summary of what actually happened.
SWIPE. EXPAND. KNOW.
Swipe vertically through the day's top stories. Each story is a clear headline plus three AI bullets and a "Why This Matters" note. Tap to expand the full summary, and every story links straight to the original sources.
200+ SOURCES, EVERY PERSPECTIVE
We pull from 200+ outlets—wire services, national papers, local outlets, and opinion magazines—tagged left, right, and center so balance is built in, not bolted on.
MORNING & EVENING BRIEFS
Curated AI digests land at 6 AM and 6 PM, so you're caught up at the start and end of every day.
YOUR STOCKS, BRIEFED
Markets brings the Briefly treatment to your money. Build a watchlist, check delayed quotes and charts, and read the news behind every move—summarized with the same neutrality as your feed. Add your positions with Briefly+ and hear a spoken market brief about your portfolio before the open and after the close—plus price alerts when a stock crosses your line.
IN THE FREE APP
- Swipeable feed of today's top stories
- Neutral summaries with "Why This Matters"
- Markets tab: watchlist, delayed quotes, charts & company news
- Read-aloud (free device voice) for any story
- Morning & evening text briefs
- Home screen widget
- Explore & search
- Reading streaks and breaking alerts
- Siri shortcuts, save stories, dark mode
- No account required
BRIEFLY+ (PREMIUM)
- Audio Briefs: your own ~3-minute morning & evening AI news podcast, narrated and ready when you wake up or wind down
- Market Briefs: your watchlist and portfolio, narrated before the open and after the close
- Portfolio tracking: shares, cost, daily and all-time gains
- Price alerts: a push the moment a stock crosses your line
- Ask Briefly: AI Q&A about any story
- Premium Shareables: beautiful story cards
- Offline access: read and listen anywhere
Briefly+ is offered as an auto-renewing subscription:
- Briefly+ Monthly: $4.99 per month
- Briefly+ Yearly: $29.99 per year ($2.49/month — save 50%)
Each comes with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://trdventures.net/apps/briefly/privacy
Terms of Service: https://trdventures.net/apps/briefly/terms
Briefly uses AI to aggregate and summarize third-party content; every summary links to its original source. Market data is provided by third parties and is delayed; Briefly is not a financial adviser and nothing in the app is investment advice.
Ratings & Reviews
5.0
out of 5
2 Ratings
• Notification reliability: your brief alerts and preferences now save correctly during setup, and you can enable notifications any time from Profile
• Audio fixes: your daily free listen is never wasted on a failed playback, and playback errors now show a clear message
• Faster, smoother subscription flow with a 7-day free trial
• Bug fixes and performance improvements
Version 2.1.4
The developer, TRD Ventures LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Financial Info
Contact Info
Identifiers
Usage Data
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
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Information
Seller
TRD Ventures LLC
Size
76 MB
Category
News
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
