NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts 12+

MY OPINION

Hello
I will take a minute to share my opinion of NewsBreak. One of the primary things I enjoy about this site is that they allow you to write you opinions on articles and stories. Most of the other news sites could care less about their readers opinion which is obvious if they don’t allow comments. Other news sites will allow you to comment if you subscribe to their rag. I personally do not like to be coerced into paying for subscriptions to sites that are not good to begin with. There are a few sites that post articles with a significant amount of misspelled words and grammar errors. You start to wonder who are these people writing the articles, do they not have spell check or they just don’t care about what they write. It makes me think that what ever they are trying to write about isn’t reliable. So far NewsBreak meets all the criteria and seems to do a through job at reporting the significant events all around the world. Great Job

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your feedback! We are working hard to continue to improve the NewsBreak app to keep you connected to your local community.

Great app but not usable for senior citizens

My grandpa loves the NewsBreak app. I live in Virginia and he lives in Pennsylvania. Every week or so he calls me and tell me his phone isn’t working and I have to take a day off of work and drive the 6 hours to come help him. And every single time it’s because some weird Ad has popped up and he can’t figure out how to close the ad. It’s very disappointing that a news app has so many weird and unusual ads that my 90 Year Old grandpa cannot use the app for more than a few days without getting stuck on an Ad. You should add an option for senior citizens to verify their ID and disable ads if they are over a certain age. I’ve tried to teach him how to close the ad but every single ad is different. Some you close in the top right and some at the bottom. And some you have to wait 30 seconds to continue. It’s very disappointing that a News app does not cater to senior citizens and offer a one time purchase to disable ads or some way to disable ads for older people who can’t figure out how to close an ad. Other than that the app is great but it’s seriously disappointing how they try to take advantage of senior citizens. I have been with him when he has gotten some scam ads. Some ads telling him that he owes money or he has a virus. Do better NewsBreak. Cater to the people who mostly use the app. I bet over 50% of the apps users are older people and they have ads out the wazoo.

Developer Response ,

Hi there! We are thankful for your review and appreciate your grandfather's keen interest in our app. For giving us this valuable feedback, we would like to offer your grandfather a "no ads" package so that he can enjoy the " ad-free " app. To do so, could you or your grandfather write us an email and share your grandfather's email ID that is used to log in to the app? Our email is feedback@newsbreak.com. Thanks again for your patience! Enjoy NewsBreak.

Not a Real News Source

I downloaded this app because news stories from local sources often linked to articles here, usually articles by the local newspaper where they are not available to read online unless you have an subscription. At first I thought it was a pretty good source for a variety of news articles but have quickly seen that the entire app is like one big radio morning show with odd pieces of trivia and other off-beat news stories. Many of the articles come off as legit, but when you look closely, it’s clear that it’s all made up. Another issue is the rapid fire ads that are blasted in your face. One article I tried to read opened with some radio station’s banner across the top of page, a video ad adjacent to the banner and another on the lower part of the page. While trying to read the headline to see if I clicked on the right article, a screen filling ad for the same radio station that already had taken up almost half the page with banner and video ads shockingly popped up. I tried to close the pop up ad but it opened another full screen ad first so I had to close it then the other ad. Frankly, it’s just a constant visual assault that is frustrating. So if you like mostly fake (unverified) news, radio station morning show approach, and constant sensory assault from an app, this is the app for you.