Supported Features
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VoiceOver
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Voice Control
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Larger Text
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Dark Interface
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Differentiate Without Color Alone
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Sufficient Contrast
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Reduced Motion
Lucid News
News for critical thinkers
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
News for critical thinkers. Lucid News thinks through the news with you.
Lucid News helps you understand what's happening, not just scroll past it. For every story, Lucid News brings together coverage from many sources, tells you what's true, what's spin, and what actually matters, and thinks it through with you.
Tap any story for six fast perspectives:
• Why It Matters: Why this story is relevant to you, right now
• The Opportunity: The optimist's case for the upside others are missing
• The Risk: The pessimist's case for what could go wrong
• Spin Check: Loaded language, convenient omissions, slanted framing
• Fact Check: Which claims hold up, and where the sourcing is thin
• Counterview: The angle the mainstream is quietly ignoring
Chat with any article. Ask follow-up questions and get clear answers grounded in the actual reporting.
See the bias. For every story, Lucid pulls together coverage from multiple sources, writes one clear summary, and shows you exactly where the reporting agrees and where it diverges.
A feed that respects your attention. Lucid learns what you care about, but deliberately mixes in important stories outside your usual reads so your feed never becomes an echo chamber. A Breaking view surfaces fast-moving events the moment coverage accelerates.
Breaking alerts on your terms. Choose how important a story must be before Lucid notifies you, and follow any developing story to get updates as new sources weigh in.
Your Daily Brief. A short, personalized rundown arrives once a day, around the time you usually read.
In your language. Lucid translates summaries, analysis, and chat into your device's language automatically, and can read any story aloud.
Free to use, with 10 analyses a month. Upgrade to Lucid News Plus for 100 analyses every month, or buy a one-time credit pack when you need more.
Lucid News Plus: $5.99/month, auto-renewing, 100 analyses and chats every cycle. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ratings & Reviews
• Major accessibility improvements: full VoiceOver and Voice Control support, Reduce Motion, higher contrast, and clearer bias indicators that no longer rely on color alone.
• Better support for larger text sizes throughout the app.
• More polished translations across all supported languages.
• New privacy control: choose whether to share anonymous usage data, right from Settings.
The developer, Michael Ahrens, 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 Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Usage Data
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Michael Ahrens
- Size
- 16.5 MB
- Category
- News
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 19 more
- English, Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
16+
- 16+
- Contains
Unrestricted Web Access
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Lucid News Plus $5.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Lucid News