Bbc News App Reviews

Thank you.

A fine balance of news and sports.I look forward to my Daly news reports.

Can’t send email to bbc

Would have rated it 5 star only if I can read Africa news on the app, not on mobile web like it is now.

The grammar etc is okay but the reporting slants left by giving credence to those on the left and using tones of skepticism for those who simply want what is right/true.

Mostly objective, and opinionated only when requested. Video footage is excellent, on the spot, close-up viewing, and actual. For my money, BBC is the best, the most trusted source of news.

I love it but nothing is perfect. Content is great and it is easy to navigate. Five stars would have been apt but heck nothing is perfect so I give it a four stars. Keep up the good work

Much less one-sided than US media when covering US politics! Plus a wide variety of other items and issues of interest from around the world. I have given up on lamestream American media!

Great site for world news and good stories and commentary. Helps me round out my news gathering efforts.

The best way to describe BBC....virtually the only remaining reliable source for news

This is where I get my news. There are reporters everywhere. I think they are closest to the truth. They cover the globe so you stay informed.

This is my go-to news source every day. I often check it several times a day. BBC news is fact-checked and highly reliable to that extent. I don't live in the UK but in a country with very biased news reporting so I do count on the BBC for news about my own country. The BBC app is also the rare app that works 99% of the time. That having been said, the BBC has its historical biases, both with regard to the UK domestically and as well as to the areas of the world that the UK previously colonized. It may not be a mouthpiece of the government but it epitomizes the "establishment." So one does have to read news from several sources each day. With regard to the app itself, while I appreciate that it functions reliably, I don't like the limited scope of the news that it presents. It is highly Euro-centric in that there is no depth of coverage of events happening in the non-western world. Major events are reported but they don't stick with it for as long as it is needed. Moving on after one or two days is ignoring what is going on and that's a real disservice to the rest of the world.

This apt does these two things I was looking for to give context to the repetitive national news cycle. What else is happening in the world, and what are people elsewhere concerned about?

The BBC is my go-to source for world news and the North American stuff is good, too. Articles are well written without spelling errors. I would appreciate more breadth in news. The science and environmental reporting is top notch. A big annoyance is that I can see linked article titles in articles, but can't click on them. I don't like that.

I updated it yesterday, but it doesn’t work anymore!! It says “please check your internet connection and try it again !” My internet connection is good!

That’s the last straw. Good bye.

I don't get the focus of this app. It's narrow, it repeats itself, its superficial. Given that's what the state of news is today, I guess this app is not for me. I expected better from BBC.

What I like about BBC News is the information you get around the world. American news is primarily America centric for the most part. What could be improved are updates. My particular area of interest is Zimbabwe. The news tab is almost never updated. News is 2 and 3 weeks old.

Great news app, but I can’t see any videos or photos on my iPhone, iPads, or android devices

My app have not updated since Jun 10th

Seriously? You want people to read your articles and whom ever you have writing them can’t spell so many words!!! It’s ridiculous!!! this is seriously getting to be absolutely annoying. Fire the stupid person you have working for you and hire a smarter person. Or at least have a proofreader. You all look like fools.

And excellent news source that is very unbiased. It amazes me that all these people were claiming that the app is biased tend to also believe everything they hear out of the mouth of a certain president of the United States. Don’t believe them this is a great app.

Great news service. Puts American News Networks to shame. Gives the facts without bias; I wish other networks would learn from BBC. Outstanding!

This is by far one of the best news sites. BBC is always ahead on breaking news. Excellent reporting is fair and balanced. Get the BBC World Service app for excellent programming.

现在中国看不了BBC了，坑死了 而且你好不容易下了还要VPN才能用

This has become my favorite news app. It has significantly cut my cellular data usage over watching fluffed up video. And the articles are well written and interesting. The diversity of topics is amazing. I have found I like reading news again and its benefits: skip-over and reread. My only wish is for the ability for the BBC app to save more BBC news to read offline.

You will be informed of some small town hero in a little village of a small populated country... while at the same time be kept in the dark of huge news stories that should be developing and have hourly updates except that it would hurt a certain political side. Hey the app works good though.

It’s anti American Not journalism with a American perspective but with world socialist view!!! Nothing positive is ever mentioned in the last few months I’ve had the app about America America bashing and US government policy bashing seems to be the general norm I give it 👎👎👎

I thought CNN was the king of fake news. But since watching the BBC I’ve discovered they wipe the floor with CNN. Every story they run seems to has a leftist slant. With the exception of ‘hard talk’, every guest they bring on is a leftist puppet. I have never them say one positive thing about Trump. They relentlessly push the Nazi, racist, sexist, homophobic, Islamophobic narrative. You have to be blind to miss the fact that this is nothing more than a giant propaganda machine, pushing a globalist, left-wing agenda. They are the serpent in the garden or eden. Smiling assassins.

The BBC is funded by a mandatory £150 fee in the UK. So why does this app have ads?

Reading an article and the page keeps jumping to the top in the middle of my reading..... very frustrating.

Not a serious news source. Extremely far left.

It's really good to get news that's not biased by the US media. I enjoy reading news from this app every morning

As an American I enjoy reading and seeing news that is well produced and coming from outside the boundaries of our country. BBC is more left of center then I am , but they do a pretty good job of presenting events as they occurred rather than how they wished they occurred. I respect that.

BBC is generally great news. The app sometimes feels like a computer wrote their stories, occasionally some of the words are mixed up or omitted like it took a story from their website and somehow lost some of it putting it on the app. Categories are not well refined because there are topics categories (like Medicine, and Sports, and Military) and geographic categories, but they get too jumbled up. Like I’ve never been interested in soccer or cricket, so I don’t subscribe the the “Sports” section, but nearly half the stories in “Africa” section are related to soccer. But the real reason why they only get 2 stars is in the past few months or so you’ll click on a story and it will open up the story in web browser on the BBC site. It totally ruins the experience, is not as fast as the app (takes like 5-10 full seconds to load), and is completely random. I’ll clock on a story I want to read, it brings up the web browser and I just go for the “X” as fast as I can. Don’t even want to read any story on the web browser that’s why I got your app!

If you are looking for unbiased news content with a clear division between editorial and news content the BBC is not for you, that said it is hard to find in one source. All opinions and facts outside of the approved left wing identity politics fraud and hypocrisy culture is censored Politically BBC is "CNN-light" unfortunately with similar taints and bias and pandering the same kind of hypocrisy; look no further than the content produced by so-called BBC journalists such as Kim Ghattas as evidence.

ive enjoyed BBC for years, tries to minimize bias and almost always on point, my go to for national (im Texan) and international news.

I love BBC world news as a trusted news source. Please add an IOS news widget so I can give this app 5-stars, and get rid of all of my other news widgets

So appreciate having news without a political agenda woven into it. American news outlets are all about political gamesmanship, so now I go to BBC for actual world news.

unloaded app and installed again,but it doesn't work

With all the "fake news" sources these days, it's imperative to have a trustworthy news source. The BBC is one of a handful of news sources you can count on to report the facts day in and day out.

You’d think there would be more news in a news app. Its just clickbait and stories about kardasians and jenners

100 percent satisfied. Title says it all. Sooo grateful for BBC.

App works flawlessly on IPhone 6! New standard for apps.

I live in the US.... thankfully I have the BBC to listen to and read. Best news source as far as I am concerned..... and it's free! And, more importantly there are no ads.

The app is great. BBC write their stories such that if you know nothing whatsoever about the subject matter you're brought up to speed in no time. Brilliant. Absolutely Brilliant

The reporting is great and I live how easy it is to navigate the app. The only problem is that sometimes when I go to click on something or scroll down to see other news stories, it freezes! That is the only problem that I’ve had!

I live for the news. Best news source out there.

Excellent quality, and always reliable, just like the BBC

The application keeps force closing. Also, you can never play the video keeps stating there is an error.

Full screen pop ups, mid article spacers, so annoying.

As always the BBC is number one for quality but I’m having trouble seeing videos. The sound plays but the screen is black, hence the 4/5 rating.

Love getting the news from around the world. And the format is by far the best as far as news apps go! But I do occasionally wonder if what I’m reading about other countries are as leftist-slanted as the reports on Trump are. They don’t give him a break! As horrible as they make him sound, when he’s really been quite impressive, I wonder if the rest of the world is also happier than they’re sometime made out to be here. I guess take it all with a grain of salt and realize that people want drama and bad news. So news outlets deliver.

Love BBC news but App has issues. I constantly get an Error saying it could not play media when trying to play news videos. This happens with about half of the videos i try to play. At first I thought it could be my phone, but after upgrading from iPhone 6 to iPhone 8, the problem continued. The app is always running on the latest version. Its frustrating

It's the BBC! Good content, design and operation.

This is my first stop when I want REAL news.

This app is absolutely wonderful. I originally would use a news article aggregator but got tired of having so many repeat notifications of the same news. I set out on a quest to find an alternative; being an American, I checked the New York Times (4 articles a month? Come on!) and USA Today (ads are too intrusive) before being recommended the BBC app. I downloaded it and it works fantastically - ads are minimal, I can read all I want, and (this is a plus for sure) it's unbiased! I would absolutely recommend downloading the BBC app because it is an excellent product.

Huge array of what is happening in the world. US news is too Trump heavy! I feel like I can connect to the real world with BBC News, in seconds. The App itself has worked flawlessly for me.

Everything is working fine except pictures do not download, just grey squares. App support is also missing.

I use the BBC News app everyday, it’s a well designed app! I would love to see a “Like” or “Save” feature for articles. I often lose an article in an update and have a hard time going back to find it.

Least parochial and frivolous. The news and background that counts.

This is the slowest news app out of all the news apps. I mean slow to load and update. Unbearably slow. One star. Delete this trash app off your phone if you have it.

BBC has too many ads look elsewhere

Wow.. Something must have happened at the BBC. The general maintenance of the news stories has slipped - badly. The U.S. news category in the customisable “My News” section is now routinely over a day old. The so-called ”headlines” in the main “Home” section now includes a lot of rubbish that would be more at home in the tabloids. There seems to be an over emphasis on Indian news for some reason... I don't get it because it’s usually ad supported apps that go for this sort of inane junk. BBC is mostly British tax payer supported with a mandate to provide quality and should be above this... Prior review: This app has gone downhill fast lately, maybe they had a change of editorial management or something... First, the quality of the news stories has noticeably dropped. There’s a lot more “soft news” and rubbish about what someone said or tweeted that insulted someone else, followed by a cascade of screenshots of those tweets - waste of space and NOT important! Many news stories are now written in a short one sentence paragraph “staccato” like format that after a while becomes irritating to read.. “Hard news” gets mixed in with irrelevant social issue nonsense mentioned above.. Before there was better seperation/hierarchy.. Second, while it’s nice to have the ability to customise layout under “my news”, lately it’s been throwing up a mishmash of outdated stories - some from over 3 years previous! This USED to be a reliable place to go for the latest news, but now I’m not so sure I’m getting it all anymore... Third, It’s become unreliable. Lately it’s been freezing - that NEVER happened before... BBC, PLEASE return to the quality you had for so long. Fix the app crashes, the mis-placing of stories and the over simplified writing. There’s enough junk out there... Heading for the lowest common denominator is NOT the way to go! Portion of prior review: Probably the best content out there... If you want "real" news about almost ANY topic from ANY part of the world, you'll find it here. All that plus plenty of interesting features and other stories and articles that go well beyond just the standard "news and sports"..

This app is beneficial for all aspirant, who are willing to gain knowledge and tempting for more skills.

What’s to like? - I click “share” and it gives me everything except a simply “copy link” option. - Every story now just loads a web page now, making the app MUCH slower than before. - Bookmarking a story to read later requires a lengthy registration, asking for silly info like my age. You want demographics? 100% of your users want simplicity, anonymity, and a demonstration of some simple competence.

BBC is my choice for news. I find out more about home (U.S.) than US news apps. How cool is that? And they give better international news. Update: I have noticed that BBC is now partisan against non-liberals. Their bias shows too much and they need to reign it in. Report facts; let people decide. Minus 2 stars for bias.

I used to value this app but it has become so left-leaning that I am deleted it.

It is refreshing to have a news site that actually covers the news. You can find out what is going on both Domestically as well a Globally. Thank you BBC -

Thank you for news presented with a global perspective. In the US, where I live, most news sources are too local. The BBC website gives background really well, along with current events.

A great app for easily keeping abreast of world news and areas of special interest. Easy to use, to configure preferences, visually appealing, easy to read titles and copy, continually updated, reflective of both social trends and editorial preferences, a non USA point of view.

This is the only site you need to read the news covering all news in elegant fashion.

Good luck trying to find unbiased news out there. This app/news definitely leans left. It will be refreshing to find news that isn’t slanted right or left. Just give facts and keep your opinions to yourself. I have a brain and can think for myself. Later BBC

I like the BBC News. However this app takes so long to update I can read the latest news on several other apps before this updates.

Such a weird format. Some article pre-load within the app, and others drain your data loading in this weird Safari-esque format that then load a whole bunch of other articles. I used to LOVE this app — I’m on the verge of deleting it!

Great unbiased news, gives perspectives that US papers don’t have.

This app focuses mostly on the distressing news throughout the world. It repeats it ad nauseum. There is so much news out there, it would be good for this app to broaden its horizons. It gives a bit of news from the most "noisy" places (repeatedly), but fails miserably in wider coverage. If it's not bad news, this app doesn't cover it. Except of course for the little Royals. Now that's cute. The main problem that I have with it is that if you want to read one of the stories and you happen to be way down in the column on the story, when you finish reading it and go back to the column it puts you all the way back up to the top of the column instead of where you were. That is extremely frustrating have to go all the way back down to the bottom of the column where you were!!!

Perfect way to keep up with latest news !

What used to be an example of objective reporting has morphed into a propaganda tool for brexit. Totally bummed out to delete what used to be my favorite news app

Bbc used to be an unbiased media source but has begun pandering to the social justice movement and has turned the site into a really bad news source. A shame because it used to be so measured.

Easy to comprehend and locate subject matter. My constructive criticism is about content: WAY too much USA centric content. For goodness sake, every other news channel does US news, why not focus on non-US?

newspaper good..

The go to place for objective news and analysis.

Badly designed application. Full screen pop up adverts. Such a terrible design.

I think BBC News is a good one on the Apple App Store. It is useful.

In addition to Apple News, I wanted to read more world news. As I already followed BBC on Apple, I choose to download the app. I have been blown away by the scope of their stories and their broad range of topics; they also have an impressive collection of videos. By reading BBC I feel much more informed about the world. While other channels choose to only report on world news when it is relevant to the U.S. or U.K., BBC offers a more varied selection with many articles about Africa and Asia along with Europe and America. While another review complained about the font I find it easily readable.

A+ this is onestly my favorite app. great for checking the news on public transportation & sometimes i spend hours browsing the top stories & magazine articles on weekend mornings before getting out of bed.

Hats off to the worst site EVER

It is very convenient to read BBC News as each story is covered including a background synopsis. This makes it easy to put things in the proper context.

All ads - you have to watch a 1:00 minute advertisement to watch a clip that’s 20 seconds long? Then another for the next 20 second clip? Heaven forbid the video fails to load (it will) and then get ready for another advertisement! Oh you tried to click a news story? Sorry! That was an ad on the middle of the page! LOL! I bet you really feel good knowing you can get a great rate of return if you take out another mortgage on your house!

This app has a great format for presenting news. I like the customization of ‘My News’. It’s very gratifying and somewhat addictive to be able to get the gist of current events at a glance. I have two complaints: the ad network that it ties into can be intensely irritating with questionable content (skull face masks for hunting or something??) and popup ads that take over the entire display. I would be very interested in a paid, ad-free version. My second complaint is that under US news is an article that is ever present about “Obama’s hopeless push for gun control”. It was published in 2015 I think, and never goes away. I’ve read the article, robooted, reinstalled, but nothing ever causes it to go away. Nevertheless it’s only a minor curiosity, I’m much more interested in an ad free version. Every now and then, The intrusive nature of these ads is concerning enough to me to uninstall it. I miss the convenience so much I usually cave in again and reinstall it before long. Overall, good job BBC, this is a terrific app!

The app delivers BBC text and video news, and does so in a reliable way, but it has a few glitches. The most annoying one is that often, after you enter a story, when you exit it you are returned to the top of the news page. Perhaps the page is constantly refreshing, possibly at certain peak times of the day for story submissions, but that shouldn’t catapult the reader to the top of a long home page.

Good diversity of stories and perspectives.

Used to be my favorite app so much easier than the other big network apps and so neutral I still like all of that but this ad popping up in my face when I’m trying to read an article, taking over my screen and then moving me over to Safari browser and I have to shut the whole system down... I forget what I was even looking at..... So I guess I’ll see you later :((

Totally fell apart, news is not commercials that interrupt news is now making me delete your app. None stop repeating same commercials is not acceptable, maybe if they were good commercials but they are not.

Ridiculous. I get the revenue source but before every video is too much. Adios mate.

The news source I go to FIRST.

Taxpayer funded apps shouldn’t be loaded down with ads.

...every story is stuffed with Google ads for women's clothing, and no amount of reporting it as "not relevant" changes the ads. :-/

Error

Not just event news, also political, social, scientific, sports, and other stuff. Great variety. BUT! Too many articles are cut short. You get half-way through the story and it comes to a sudden stop. I assume the rest in on the website, but I want it all in the app so I can finish the story without changing device.

Great! In general like text/photos more than vids; saves Mb and Gb

The news stories themselves are good. This used to be my primary source of news. The problem is the animated advertisements which are distracting the reader from the story. Perhaps that is the intent but when ads get shoved down my throat like that I delete any apps that use them and look for something better.

Please add a Dark mode to the settings. Thanks.

The app fails to load articles making it nearly impossible to use or enjoy. I have deleted and reinstalled it several times to no avail. All other news apps load perfectly except BBC. Most unfortunate as I would prefer to use it for the quality of the articles but it is impossible when articles fail to load.

Excellent.

They seem to be turning into a primary left wing organization, not as fair and balanced as it used to be.

Balanced, unbiased and reassuring

Every time you watch a video you have to watch an ad and it’s the same ad over and over and over! Ridiculous!

Well written. Informative. Concise. My go to place for news

Terrific & timely look & listen @ happenings among our national & world neighbors! Many thanks!

Stop it with the AUTOPLAYING FULLSCRREN NOISY VIDEO ads. Awful.

Gave up on CNN, Fox and Al Jazeera, although if you read all three on the same subject and put them in a blender you may end up with something balanced. Refreshing coverage and good to see an Africa section

I can receive it when I cannot get henNYTimes.

Ads are about 1 minute long for every video you want to watch. That's harsh given that most videos are 2-3 minutes long. I close out of them every single time. I wish they would just not show videos in my feed any more. On top of it the BBC is apparently is turning into a tabloid. So what if Melanie Trump is planning to attend the Olympics? That is top news on the home screen? It's shameful. Get your act together and report on worthwhile issues.

Every other news source and their websites should be compared to this

Not the full page but navigatable.

Journalism! The real deal in world and regional news. We Americans have gotten used to thinking we are the world. Our news broadcasts and many local newspapers no longer cover news events from other continents. BBC News covers the world. I like the push notifications that contain just enough information for me to evaluate.

Padkayne 42 has summarized it most eloquently. Let's leave it at that!

Great app! News stories are constantly updated, always well written and the simple swipe controls makes it very easy to use. A must have for anyone interested in what is happening in our world.

While reading stories on my iPhone, the article will randomly reset to the top of the page forcing me to scroll down to find my place again. Makes it very hard to read an article. When browsing into a sub-topic and returning to the main window, the app resets the top of the page rather than the sub-topic location which means I have to scroll down again to where I left off.

I have used and loved this app for ages. But recently there have been increasing number of articles that start really interestingly - but then end suddenly. Like they only uploaded half of it. No link to read it elsewhere. Very annoying. Please fix!

What a fantasyland the "journalists" for BBC must live in as their fairy tales are so far divorced from reality its hard to stop laughing (if you've enough idle time on your hands) as you read them. Am glad the site is free for its not worth even a farthing.

I love knowing I can get a totally different view of the news that are important to me. Consider the BBC a friend and whether its on the tv, or social media I always check and verify what I'm hearing at home Ciao

One star due to useless update summary.

Video doesn't works if touched. First couple of seconds of video replays. Older news continue to show in app. Latest news are updated weeks later in categories such as health, tech, science, etc. Same content is repeated in many articles related to a news or event. Some times even old articles and videos are just resurfaced on first page. If a article is updated, by clicking new version is shown but there's no way to know what is really updated. Is it a line a word or what, leading to re reading the article. Hope you will fix these sometime... seeing the same for years.

Love this app! But, you can’t search and old articles. No feature to search previously read articles once they become “old”. Can’t go back and read articles from a few months ago, a year, or even two years ago! Very frustrating!!!

有中文网但app没中文，遗憾

Not as good as NPR but OK. It has more bias than than public radio but less than commercial news. Most articles are longer than they need to be, like they are trying too hard.

I love BBC and it’s my go to for news. The app is usually good, but the past week or so it’s not letting me share articles. Instead, all that is shared is the headline, with no link to the story. This isn’t happening to people I know with Androids. Maybe the next update will fix it?

Thank you

Ur app keeps breaking and won’t update news for days indicating no wireless data connection even though all my other apps don’t have any problems.

Gave the new format a chance. The old one was much much better. Change for the sake of change.

I love using this app for the content and the usability. It would be even more useful to have CarPlay support added to it so that I can easily listen to newscasts from my car!

For several days BBC News app loads to a red banner with no news loaded. Gray matter only :(

If you like to watch a heap of advertising you'll love this app.

Unbiased

Example: Brexit topic. Today is 12/05/2017. Lot happened today and the app still shows “3 DAYS OLD” news under Brexit topic.had enough of this sh***y app and deleting.

What more can I say. BBC is always negative on Trump coverage.

I am an English learning, and I used to use (Look Up) feature to know the meaning of some words. It was working online / offline internet. Now, I lose it when I am offline. So sad. It is very important, especially for us (English learning). I hope see this feature soon. Thanks.

Note that I am not reviewing the BBC’s content. The BBC is my #1 go to app for news; however, it is not just for the stories, the global coverage, or the fair and balanced coverage. It is because the app simply works right. Tap to read, swipe to return to the home screen. How difficult is that? Apparently it’s pretty tough, since the BBC is the only news app I have that I can use with one hand. For that alone, it’s worth five stars.

apparently there is very little news in the world- the same articles sit there for days. they must not staff the Middle East, as frequently they can find only 3 articles to post. won’t satisfy your world news needs. Reuters is a better bet.

The ads were fine before but now the app forces a video ad to go full screen.

Always interesting and informative reporting.

The app is great. Just a quick suggestion: please hide the home indicator on iPhone X when viewing video in full-screen. (As an example, the YouTube app does this very well).

Basic content and organization is first rate. Lately I’ve been getting loud music pop-up ads. No effin’ thank you! Deleting app NOW!

Pop up ads now take over the app experience. BBC News has always been my reliable source for unbiased reporting but now I can’t read it for the ads. Sent a comment but received no response. If this continues into the new year I will drop the app entirely.

Garbage app.. I can’t listen to music and read an article without a video ad taking over my audio.

I learned to live with this app and appreciate the good things while ignoring those I didn't care for. BUT now you have added a stridently loud ad that unexpectedly bursts into noise as I scroll down an article. No way to stop it except exiting app. This one may prove to be something I literally cannot live with. PLEASE remove this intrusive ad. Bring back the old app. This one is pedestrian -- in trying to look like everyone else, you have lost what made you unique: order. Why do I need another news app that looks like all the rest?

They need to remove ad that pops up with loud music.

I find most American based news outlets to be shallow and sensationalist and therefor rely on BBC both worldwide and in America for my news. I look to BBC to provide actual reporting of actual events, worldwide and in the United States and to report on more than rescuing cats out of trees and the daily shooting report that seems to come up every day in this country.

Great app until the latest version which now has ads that take over the screen and auto play obnoxious video in the middle of an article. Please revert to inline ads as previous before users start leaving.

Suddenly, ads pop up filling the whole screen and playing loud music. You can click them off, but it's very disrupting. I will give it one more try, but if another pop up happens, I will be deleting this app.

The ads start playing randomly. I don't want a commercial for Mexico blasting off as I read my news. Going to stop using BBC.

Annoying as hell that have to scroll back down the news list to last position, every time you finish an article. If you only take about 30 seconds to read article, then most of time you can have no problems. But this is ridiculous and makes a great app pretty awful to use. Shame on the developers for being so stupid and ignorant. Reflects badly on the BBC.

Brilliant job handling the iPhone X notch when reading in portrait mode. Other developers should take note. Excellent world news service from BBC as always.

The ads recently started playing video and annoying music without being touched. App is now removed from my devices.

Everything was great until recently. For the past week or two, an ad for Paradisus Los Cabos now appears constantly and just scrolling by it makes it pop up and take over the screen blasting it's music. It's on every page and I'm at a point of looking for alternatives to getting my news. You have one week to remove ads like those or I'm out of here.

The app used to be great, but recent changes have made it unusable. The app is now plagued by popup ads that take over, play music and are not quick to close. The pop up now an almost every news article. I get that ads are necessary, but the recent changes in frequency have made the app worthless.

Your gonna hate it now you will be reading a story and a pop up advertizment video starts playing iut loud in your face it startled me for the last time ill get my news elsewhere

I like how the BBC has such a worldly perspective. I learn about so much more of what’s happening in the world in their app than in most other news apps. Keep it up! (4 stars for (sometimes) obstructive ads. I understand you need to make money, but full-screen pop-ups are a bit much)

Some of the most interesting stories are in the BBC Capital section but due to some parsing errors with BBC Capital content, only the first paragraph shows up in the app. I am getting tired of the teaser and also of the workaround needed to continue reading. I have to try to share the article, then select just the URL portion, then click on Look-Up, then search the web to be able to launch it in the browser.

Latest updates plays loud annoying music for a lower placed advertisement. Can’t be shut off. Same music every time app is opened. Why antagonize your readers into becoming unwanted listeners?

The BBC represents the ego and arrogance of a fallen empire that still thinks it can sermonise India without question. Get rid of that stupid notion and your hatred for Indians and Hindus. Get rid of your bigotry and hypocrisy first. Let’s do a roll-call of the series of crimes that plagues the BBC.

Paradisus anyone? Wow... this ad literally blocks my entire screen when I scroll thru EVERY article. Not worth it, back to biased CNN

Ad videos are popping up automatically dominating the entire screen. It really is a huge turn off when a video ad is shoved in your face. I’ll be looking elsewhere to get my news

Easy reading and comprehensive coverage. But recently a video ad selling you a trip to Relax in Playa del Carmen, Mexico for $405 starts playing with the volume on max volume. I don’t play videos at night. Please BBC don’t wake up the whole family - many of your news readers just want to read at night.

If you open a story to read, within a moment or two and ad takes over the app complete with amped-up rock music. In the past, they had enough sense to make intrusive add silent. I guess they now feel they need to advertise to all millennial’s in proximity when pushing their ads at one user. One less user here.

Pros: 🔅 Unbiased News 🔅 Prompt Reporting 🔅 Great World News Coverage Cons: 🔅 Clunky Layout 🔅 Bad Editing (grammar/spelling) 🔅 POP UP ADS WITH AUDIO 🔅 POP UP ADS WITH AUDIO 🔅 POP UP ADS WITH AUDIO 🔅 POP UP ADS WITH AUDIO 🔅 POP UP ADS WITH AUDIO Pop up ads have rendered this app useless. Please find a way to monetize your app that doesn’t completely destroy the user experience. I will be looking forward to you making your app functional again.

I used this app for years and it was my go to news source. The ads have gradually gotten worse, first with the full screen pop ups over the past year and now this month it has begun auto pop up of video ads that play with a loud volume. The app is essentially unusable. Will delete soon if not fixed.

Be sure to remember to reduce your phone volume to 0 before you open the app. It automatically plays video ads in full screen and blasts your speakers even if you are reading a standard article that contains no videos.

There I am discreetly attempting to read a news story only to have a video ad open by itself, without being selected, all while blaring some obnoxiously loud music! What the heck are you thinking? I’m ok with viewing/looking at silent ads so that I can read my “free” news stories, but video ads should be restricted to videos only, right?

UPDATE: Sorry to say that I have to delete this app because of the raucous auto play ad that comes up. I have autoplay set to NEVER in Settings but it still assaults my ears and has no off/skip button . . . . . . I like the news, but the audio that starts soon after starting the app is driving me buggy - no way to turn them off!! Give us an off button, please.

This was until recently an excellent app. Recently though, it includes video ads that automatically play, suddenly blasting music while I’m trying to read the news. This is extremely obnoxious and distracting and I’ve has to stop using the app.

For the third time in the last week a loud ad popped up while I was checking the news. So I deleted the app!

Always pop up. Have to stop them, go back to where you were, and start to read article again. Toss this on top of bias d reporting and it’s only good reading in the WC.

While reading stories, an ad pops up playing loud music. Very annoying.

Everything was good until you recently made the ads pop up with audio. I understand it’s a free app, but I will stop using it if I can’t trust that it will be silent when I use it. I’m referring specifically to the ads that pop up while I scroll. If it were at the beginning of a video I clicked, then obviously I anticipate the ad. I can’t be the only one that is significantly annoyed by this update.

If you want your phone taken over by video ads this is now the Ap for you! You want loud obnoxious video on your phone when you just want to check up on news on your phone where it can disrupt your life and that of the people around you? This is it. You can’t even stop them or escape out. You have to quit the Ap! I’m brexiting this one after years of use. Trashed it today.

This was my favorite news app until ads started taking over, now every few minutes annoying audio ads will take over the screen and play annoying music, I’m so disappointed

Great app except for the awful auto play ads. Too bad

I like how the BBC has such a worldly perspective. I learn about so much more of what’s happening in the world in their app than in most other news apps. Keep it up!

Wish all news reports were unbiased! This is a must read site!

Stupid audio add just woke the baby up thanks!!!!

I’m not sure which update applied these adds, but there is constant full volume ads popping up. Use to enjoy this news app now it’s a frustration, delete.

Now with ads that pop open as you scroll and play video. Very annoying.

I used to really like using this app to check in on world news. Recently, audio ads started taking over forcing you to listen to them. They’re too loud, there’s no way to turn them off, and ultimately I just deleted this app. Sad. Whoever’s in charge of making that decision should be fired. Great way to chase off your readers.

Early one morning I’m quietly reading the news while others sleep. Suddenly an ad takes over the BBC news app and starts playing annoyingly loud music. No way to mute it other than killing the app. I’m very disappointed. I accept the fact that ads with audio will show up in video, but I find it unacceptable when I’m reading text. Update: This is happening regularly, so I am deleting the app.

Uninstalling because of the new obnoxious audio ads that automatically pop up every time you open a story to read.

Good news articles and reports but adds are very annoying. Pop ups are extremely annoying when touch the screen to look at at pop-ups apier and start playing

I’m not using your app now that you have loud, annoying ads.

After enjoying this app for 7 years, I have deleted it since they now force video ads for no touch or reason which you cannot close—ads that are completely irrelevant. Find another news source. 😟

With the addition of auto playing video ads that blast music whenever i try to read the news, its time to delete this app

I loved this app until the new update added ads that randomly pop up and enable sound. I was just hit by loud music in a quiet crowded place. Please disable the automatic playing ads with sound—it makes me not want to open your app. I will change my review if addressed.

Early one morning I’m quietly reading the news while others sleep. Suddenly an ad takes over the BBC news app and starts playing annoyingly loud music. No way to mute it other than killing the app. I’m very disappointed. I accept the fact that ads with audio will show up in video, but I find it unacceptable when I’m reading text. Update: This is happening regularly, so I am deleting the app.

I often read in quiet surroundings, so unexpected loud music on ads is an unwelcome addition to the US version of the app.

I only get the news from the bbc but I always take them with a grain of salt because the bbc is very liberal leftist. They should be more balanced and fair

Whenever I expand an article the app doesn't return me to where I left off, forcing me to scroll repeatedly. Why can't you have your programmers fix this? Otherwise you're doing a fine job.

UPDATE: After finally being forced off the old 32-bit app a few months ago, and suffering through this dreadful UI ever since... this is the last straw! This latest version auto-plays video ads full screen with audio, despite app settings to the contrary. The only way for this app to be more obnoxious is if it actually served up malware too. Original Review: Don't Be Fooled Into upgrading to this version. In addition to the bad layout others have mentioned, this version is designed to get more advertising in front of your face. I tried the compact layout + carousel trying to mimic the old app, but it's a poor substitute. Thankfully, I back up my phone often so I just restored the old app and BBC news reading life is good again.

The most recent bbc app now plays ads when looking at your news items listing. No way to disable them. I loved the app before, read it daily, but the autoplay ads are so disruptive because the cannot be disabled and the over play the audio news segments you actually want to hear. Removed app from my iPad.

Like the news, but the audio that starts soon after starting the app are driving me buggy - no way to turn them off!! Give us an off button, please.

Great app. And I like the news better than the news outlets in the US. I am giving it one star and deleting the app though. Now in the middle of reading the news adds pop up fill the screen and you can’t close them. Thanks laying at full volume. So annoying. Thanks for being yet another news provider to ruin your product with advertising

The app now automatically plays audio ads. Completely unacceptable.

BBC!!! What is happening? You're now loading loud video ads without my permission. Fix the ads. Imagine opening the app to catch up news in a quiet zone only to be shocked by loud video ads. This is too cheap for BBC.

Recently I've noticed increasingly annoying ads within the app. Today while browsing an auto-play ad blared out unprompted. Since the app represents the BBC of which I am a huge fan, this is a big disappointment. Auto play ads are the lowest of the low. Please fix this soon or I'll delete the app for sure.

Well I *used to* Use this app to check the headlines of the world but when they started pushing audio ads at you automatically, the app became obnoxious. Now, if you open a story to read, within a moment or two and ad takes over the app complete with amped-up rock music. in the past, you used to have to tap on an advertisement to view it. More recently, they had enough sense to make intrusive add silent. I guess they feel they need to advertise to all millennial’s in proximity when pushing their ads now. One less user here.

Previously the ads were on the app, but inline with articles. Now the ads keep popping up and taking over the app every couple of minutes. The same as has come up 5 times in less than 10 minutes and you have to view the full ad before you get a way to dismiss it. Can’t get back to the app until it runs its full course. The app is unusable at this stage, it’s too frustrating.

Early one morning I’m quietly reading the news while others sleep. Suddenly an ad takes over the BBC news app and starts playing annoyingly loud music. No way to mute it other than killing the app. I’m very disappointed. I accept the fact that ads with audio will show up in video, but I find it unacceptable when I’m reading text.

Pop up ads have ruined this app. Every article gets interrupted by a noisy, video pop up ad and sometimes the same ad pops up multiple times in the same article. I love the BBC for their news content but the ads have made this app unusable. It’s very disappointing.

Best coverage of Catalan issue. Also find excellent articles on health and science, not just political news.

Thanks for your app

What has happened to the real BBC? Who took it? Who replaced it with this ‘Click here. You won’t believe what happened next’ hoaxter?

I have always liked BBC News for their articles and documentaries.Always helps to get a different perspective.

A fantastic collection of auto run ads with the occasional tidbit of news in between. Good job guys!

Is an wonderful service I recommended

Love the BBC News App!

“The Pope uses the “R” word!! Really?! What in the world?! Just use your words folks. Stop the “politically correct/afraid to offend anyone gibberish. Stop. It.

BBC a real international news agency. It has best coverage.

Since all the usuals cnn and fox carry the same stories I have taken to BBC for my daily news overview- what a refreshing change!

I use bbc as my main news source and love their reporting. One suggestion, is that the functionality of the new app is still not as simple and easy to use as before. That said I’ll still be using it as my source for news.

Was great. Now I have to watch a 15 or 30 second advertisement to watch one minute of content. Is the BBC struggling that much?

Direct to the point and not one sided.

As an American I enjoy BBC’s reporting and broad analysis of political, social and economic events. Very balanced, comprehensive!!!

It’s nice to read broader views from around the world.

BBC News is the gold standard of news that is accurate. In a time when News organizations have become full of sensational headlines and inaccuracies and Full of Banner Ads. It is good to read the high standard of journalism that BBC News continues to report.

I can scarcely imagine life without the BBC. Thank you from across the Atlantic!

The Beeb delivers news that reminds me that America is not the center of the universe.

Just like the BBC World News “utter joke” TV programs such as “Outside Source” and “Beyond 100 days”; the BBC app is filled only with pro-democrats & anti-republicans biased articles & analysis. Definitely NOT balanced NOR fair reporting on US matters. Clearly going against their self-proclaimed so-called “BBC values”.

So much more informed and balanced than my usual US news outlets, and focused on the entire world rather than just any one country or area.

The most extensive world coverage and variety that it’s pretty much the only app I use every day, multiple times a day. If your news interests extend beyond your local area and the borders of whatever country you happen to be in, this is your must-have app. Thanks BBC and please keep up the good work!

Grateful for the greater spread of world news, after the national US news, which, frankly, since 2016, has been discouraging. The world is not centered on US events (we in the US are not aware of this.)

BBC News is one the favored world news network. Unbiased reporting from everyone corner of the globe on can stay informed of. Keep up the good work!

Too hard to decide which stories to read when headlines are as short as something like “Decisive day” with a small photo. Other news apps don’t have this issue and can show more descriptive headlines on small screens.

Bad things about this app: The news stories over weekends are all old, very little current news is reported {except for the UK news]. I’m forced to see US and Canada news, why are they put together? I would prefer to see US news alone. The BBC so hates Trump that it’s almost unbearable. Reading coverage of the midterm elections in the US has been painful. Seems the bbc has forgotten that mr trump won the presidential election two years ago with a majority of voters votes. How would you all feel if your beloved queen was bashed constantly? I’m sick and tired of the bbc spewing stories as facts. They know very little of American politics so lies and repeating the liberal lines from other outlets seems to constitute coverage of an election in America. This is the only outlet for feedback. I sure would like to go at it with someone at the bbc over their horrible America coverage. As it stands my only option is to delete this app and begin a search for another news app...the bbc is rubbish. I’ve lost all respect for their reporting.

Objective and universal, better than many.

The collapse of WTC7 20 minutes before it happened? They must be a great source of news!

On “top stories” under “around the bbc” the article titled “the most powerful punch” was posted on June 6. It is still pinned to this list on the main page. as all the other articles get updated, this one stands fast in its place. Keep waiting on updates to take it down and get new articles to replace it. Developers— please take a look and get this article moved out for others. Otherwise app is great— couldn’t find a good pathway to notify the app developer of this glitch.

As always, the BBC gives me reliable news.

The app is built well. I love being able to choose what topics are more important to me. I love that I hear more of the world news. World news can be depressing these days; but the stories and other topics can be up lifting. As an American, finding world news that covers the length that BBC America does is difficult. Thanks BBC for keeping me up to date and aware. You get five stars from me for your APP. I said APP because I am reviewing the APP and not the news itself...the world itself is depressing and BBC can not help that.

Click on a 41 second video and get a 30 second. The videos are shorter than most news apps but the ads are much longer and it happens every time unlike many apps with shorter videos which show one ad every few videos.

Your videos won’t play 80% of the time. Did you notice? Is it time to improve?

Fine, balanced reporting: check. Clear, grammatical, properly spelled & punctuated prose: check. (Getting hard to find in Leftpondia. Bless the Beeb.) Easy navigation: check. Customizable topics focus: check. Readable font: not so much. I don't know what the font is called, but it makes me squint. It looks very stylish and modern; 20 years ago I might have loved it. But the sans serif font is so fine-lined as to appear pale gray on the white background, a low-contrast combination that strains the eye. I searched in vain for controls to adjust the display. I followed the app support link, but was directed to use my iPad’s controls. Well, really. I already did that and I’m still having trouble. Besides, iPad’s “smart invert” option screws up photos. Ironically, when I read about a playground for kids with disabilities, the text display was in a nice bold white font on black ground—very high contrast and so easy to read! Now why not let me choose that all the time? In a perfect world, I would also get to choose specific fonts (Bookerly, anyone?), foregrounds, and backgrounds. (I am fond of yellow on navy blue, but your mileage may vary.) Someday.... So, developers, you lose two whole stars for making it hard for me to use your otherwise five-star app.

Aside from being completely biased, the pop up ads are extremely annoying.

Fluff fluff and more fluff. This used to be the best news service. Now fluff; little news.

REVISED REVIEW: THIS MORNING, MY VIDEOS HAD CAPTIONS! THANK YOU!!!! 5 STARS!! #ACCESSIBILITY I appreciate a better view of the news from all over the world. However, please add captioning to the videos to make them more accessible, not just for those with hearing loss, but it would benefit those who can't have the sound up and want to know what the video is about. Everyone wins!

Many articles come with a left slant, but not in the annoying style we get so often in America. A great app to get headlines from around the world. As for the reporting, it’s ok.

There are no less than three smear articles in their most popular section on everyone's favorite subject. Check right now, how many can you count? They have no interest in objective reporting they craft a narrative.

Well covered, in multiple locations, timely and thorough.

I am English learning, and I used to use (Look Up) feature to know the meaning of some words. It was working online / offline internet. Now, I lose it when I offline. Why? It is very important, especially for us (English learning). I hope see this feature soon. Thanks.

The forced scrolling mentioned by other reviewers is certainly an issue with the iOS version, but you are still left with the balanced, 'fake news'-free, exemplary reporting for which the BBC is justly famous, and one of the few news apps that reports on the vast swathe of sentient life *outside America's borders.

The BBC has a reputation as one of the most solid and reliable news sources in the world. It has always prided itself on being on the cutting edge of technology and eschewing any base commercial considerations. Until now with this app. You can do better than this.

Consistently very weak on Canadian news. It would appear that the BBC has somehow decided that Australia ( a country of remarkably similar size and history) warrants a separate section of coverage but the “other colonies” are often overlooked in favour of the sensation that is the Excited States.

All the news you need, straight up.

Best app for getting news and up-to-date information. Wish I could see more videos and more details. Through iPlayer or other search engine built into it but for what it offers and I get to listen to it's amazing. If I could just make one improvement is to improve the way I search for articles similar to the layout that and PR or KUOW has. I would honestly give it five stars but those few things I would like to change would make it the only app I would ever have to use for News. I always have to seem to find ways to get around not being able to see different videos and articles and getting to it from different websites or different sections of BBC through my web browser no the phone, A better search for articles would be really nice.

Coffee in one hand and the other is my IPad thumbing and tapping away at all the local and global news. A favorite is to customize my topics to read about what's most important to me. The BBC has been a trusted news wire for decades and it's the first app I install on my upgraded devices.

I am disappointed with the coverage and the leading headlines. When it comes to USA politics I feel it is slanted to one side. Unfortunately other news apps aren't any better. Give booths sides of the story, give the facts, and I will make up my mind.

All too frequently, one opens an article and it is unusually truncated. When opened via a browser, it there is quite a lot more. This has been the ongoing for the last several iterations and the app has no function to apprise the Beeb app developers. Aside from the incredible liberal bias, too often clicking on an article requires yet another click to read an article one has already shown interest in reading. Why? On the former, you expect the Beeb to be in the centre but may as well read the Guardian and all things Morrisey

I live in US. Could this be the cause of not being able to play videos? I was going to see one on Serena Williams, to name one subject and instead I got a black screen with a sad face saying video not available. No further explanation. I uninstalled the app until it gets that ironed out. I’d rather be told up front that US viewers will be unable to stream content than the present way videos are halted.

The best news for world events. The only news I can read about other countries other than America.

Among the better balanced news sources. Dislike the ads that pop up and seems to persist, and do I detect an increase in attention getting stories that do little to enhance human understanding of world events and world community.

The BBC has served me well for accurate international news for nearly 30 years of living abroad via radio, then website, and now app. I use American news apps, but the BBC continues to offer more balanced and informed reporting. During breaking news, I will get the frantic guesses from another news app, but will then wait for the BBC to put out a more considered and verified account of facts. I’m not unusual in being exhausted by news sensationalism. One star lost because I’d appreciate closed captioning for every word spoken on video if I’ve had to put up with 15 seconds of ads to watch it.

USA media has become far too biased to be believed. BBC viewpoint provides a look at what some of the rest of the world thinks about todays issues. Only time will reveal the truth in hindsight. Meanwhile I can at least get an idea of which version of the news is credible in your opinion.

BBC is my choice for news. I find out more about home (U.S.) than US news apps. How cool is that? And they give better international news. Update: I have noticed that BBC is now partisan against non-liberals. Their bias shows too much and they need to reign it in. Report facts; let people decide. Minus 2 stars for bias.

Better than American tripe though I get most of my news from select youtube sites, esp. lionelnation....

BBC News has been my go to app since many years. Of late, it doesn’t load properly. Don’t know whether it’s an issue with iOS 11. Please do whatever needs to be fixed. Thanks in advance. Even after updating to the latest iOS version and updating BBC News app, images aren’t loading when the app is opened.

Over the years, the BBC News site has provided this conservative American with a good respite from the biased liberal mainstream media outlets in the US. The reporting on American politics tended to be largely fair and untainted by any ideology or political agenda. Sadly, that has all changed quite radically over the past several years. The endless criticism of Republicans in general and Trump in particular is nauseating. The daily unchallenged "analysis" on reports from Washington by pundits like Anthony Zurcher are clear proof of the BBC's Leftist bias. We get it already, he hates Trump. Now just give us the unfiltered news.

I love watching the BBC to see what the world really thinks of of the United States with all that is going on here.Fair and neutral.

Super job!

Far too lefty liberal leaning.

I have been reading BBC News for years using the iPhone app. It is my “go to” news source.

I don't watch any videos, the repetition of adverts is unacceptable. I can take one per session, but before each video? That's way beyond reasonable

BBC News has been my go to app since many years. Of late, it doesn’t load properly. Don’t know whether it’s an issue with iOS 11. Please do whatever needs to be fixed. Thanks in advance.

Without a doubt, BBC app is best news out there. Human interest stories from around the world are factual with heart. I turn to BBC first!

Great way to start the day and stay informed

Great news coverage.

I live in New Jersey, USA, but we regularly listen to the radio broadcast of the BBC at 9 AM on public radio. It is even better to read it - I hope to find the link to BBC for the UK - so much if news here is prejudiced by corporate management. What is covered in the BBC news has different perspectives than American news (all — & I mean ALL news feeds covered the same news - fires in California, the latest mass shooting, last week in Thousand Oaks, not a new one!). I know the news covered in the UK is different from American news, first hand. When we visited England in 1985, I read news ABOUT the US policy that was never mentioned in our news here! Thank you fir being a source of fresh insight! Carol S

I rely on the BBC for accurate, up-to-date national and especially international news.

I depend on BBC, both written and spoken word, more and more for news, both foreign and domestic. (I am in the U.S.) I constantly recommend this app to people anytime they get a new device and are installing features. NPR, PBS, and CBS are vital to my daily efforts to be informed, but BBC gives a window of insight as to how the world beyond our borders, however vast, perceives events. Thank you for this invaluable service.

Title says it all, and I’m an American

Told do not have permission to view videos , tried all of them and all denied to do not have permission, your kidding

It is a great dismay that BBC News fails to provide access to its own news departments in other languages.

Good reporting and writing but the app crashes one to four times daily when I’m trying to read the 10 most read news stories. It seems to really not like you to use the back button (<). It does come up and ask if you want to report it and I’ve checked to always report but it has been doing this for over 9 months and no fix has come out yet.

Very precise in coverage International coverage is very well covered, please keep it up

BBC offers objectivity about the USA that, in this time of extreme divisiveness and negativity in this nation, is enormously appreciated. If anything, I wish reporting were in no way edited for USA consumption. I'd much prefer a candid British perspective. BBC is my first choice for news nowadays.

I want to like this app, really I do. I’m one of many who have enjoyed BBC World Service most of my life. But this app, this app. Changes over the past few years have caused me to delete it, try it again later, and sadly, to delete it yet again. Full page pop up ads, less content, and days-old content mean I’m deleting this app yet again and returning to the radio. No, not the BBC News web site, because that’s as much a mess as the app. World Service Radio is the only place I’ve found where the BBC retains its dignity.

Only rating the app here, not the news. - frequent freezes and crashes, particularly after closing an ad - one ad, over and over. I get the same ad about 90% of the time. I promise I am utterly uninterested in buying a Hyundai. - often feature stories (“Around the BBC”) are incomplete - like two or three introductory paragraphs then they end. No links, no indication of anything more, just an abrupt end, often without even reaching the headlined topic.

UPDATE: it’s gone! After four long months of slight annoyance it has been packed away! Thank you! On “top stories” under “around the bbc” the article titled “the most powerful punch” was posted on June 6. It is still pinned to this list on the main page. as all the other articles get updated, this one stands fast in its place. Keep waiting on updates to take it down and get new articles to replace it. Developers— please take a look and get this article moved out for others. Otherwise app is great— couldn’t find a good pathway to notify the app developer of this glitch.

Plain and simple; elegant!

Okay, 15 seconds is one thing, 30 seconds starts to get quite annoying (like in-game ads that give game credits). One freaking minute ads though is just non-acceptable. Seriously, stop them or add a skip button.

Watch Vtptv and on iPhone. Need BBC to keep informed

Love it, time tested and still exceptional

Professional, interesting, good photos, comprise the whole world. I love it!!!

It is incredible that the BBC is so biased! So left wing politically correct. Sad and very unprofessional.

Lovely tiny font, it's got. Which cannot be changed within the App itself. Nope, you gotta go to System Settings on your device and do it there. Which means of course that EVERYTHING will then present in large font which is not what I want to do AT ALL. And those intrusive ads that suddenly appear right in the middle of paragraphs as you're reading or scrolling, OMG, how annoying is that. Which is why when I want to catch the beeb nowadays, I typically use Safari instead - what with its zoom options, and ad-blockers, why even bother with the irksome app!

BBC news is the only really comprehensive news of the world. So many countries, politics and people who aren’t covered anywhere else.

Lovely tiny font, it's got. Which cannot be changed within the App itself. Nope, you gotta go to System Settings on your device and do it there. Which means of course that EVERYTHING will then present in large font which is not what I want to do AT ALL. And those intrusive ads that suddenly appear right in the middle of paragraphs as you're reading or scrolling, OMG, how annoying is that. Which is why when I watch to catch the beeb nowadays, I typically use Safari instead - what with its zoom options, and ad-blockers, why even bother with this irksome app!

I look for sources that are not so prejudiced and owned by those affiliated with U. S. politicians. This is one such.

I find it a valuable source of international news and events, plus adequate coverage of US news. It has fairly good coverage of social, cultural and sports news. There are good links with each news item to get related and/or relevant news stories from the past few months or years. The videos are sometimes a little slow to load or enlarge, but they are nonetheless a definite plus. I have used the app mostly on my Android phone and it works well. I’m using it recently on my iPad and it seems to work well, though I haven’t used it sufficiently on the iPad to give a definite opinion.

Hate the San serif font. Very hard to read.

but now its all stale commentary and opinion pieces. Not sure whats happened to the actual news but apparently you can’t view it

I absolutely love this app. It keeps me up to date with out opinionated articles. Love it!

Great informative articles without all of the ads! Thank you from a grateful American

Currently there are way too many filters in the US media and somehow BBC has the punch. Insight and the courage to tackle and bring forward stories by reporters unintimidated and risking themselves for truth and insight. Thank you

For anyone that needs general news this is a great source it’s so Autistic friendly

I enjoy the easy browsing and how quickly they report the day-to-day news . It seem an impartial reporting of mostly news and not opinions. Balance reporting of national and international news.

Used to be great but watching a minute add before being able to get to the content causes frustration and mars the experience...

Update: The main improvement seems to be facilitating more video and a larger proportion of dynamic ads. It's actually harder now to read more stories, possibly because there are fewer stories available but also restricted by apparently removing sideways scrolling by topic. The "why" pieces invariably don't provide much of an answer. Many stories are no longer actual reports (much less journalistic) but instead are teaser and puff pieces. Almost no updates to stories after first posted, and you might wonder if they are on a printed paper weekly publishing schedule (other than football and rugby, which are by contrast exhaustive, frequent and extensive) rather than 24 hours or as needed basis. Perhaps emaciated resources or increasing demand for ad revenues explains it. But it's no longer the serious substantive journalism that BBC used to be known for. One useful aspect is having a non-US perspective to stories about US current administration; likely Trump--self-limited "nationalist"--hasn't yet realized there is media coverage outside the US. Previous comments (still apply): Not only are there multiple animated ads that interrupt each story, and full screen ads that suddenly pop up to wholly block a story with close box placed so awkwardly that it's likely that trying to dismiss it will instead cause another, web-based ad, to open; there's also audio ads that more and more often start playing which cannot be dismissed or stopped (the only alternative is to silence sounds). Enough. Really. And why the continuing display of stories way past their time (Obama's frustration at gun control was more than a year old).

The BBC used to be a great escape from America’s unbiased news landscape. Was some of the best coverage from a foreign perspective. Now they have been bought out by left leaning owners and the slant has slowly increased as that happened. It used to be a thin veil and now they are full out writing slam pieces and articles that are dangerous, such as blaming a sitting president for mass shootings. That is a very poor precedent. Turning it off.

Whether I am in an article or the menu, it constantly returns to the top of the page!

I find it like ProPublica one of the news sources I rely on. Bravo!

There is no slant on the news from the BBC. Clear precise and to the point.

BBC is my choice for news. I find out more about home (U.S.) than US news apps. How cool is that? And they give better international news. Update: I have noticed that BBC is now partisan against non-liberals. Their bias shows too much and they need to reign it in. Report facts; let people decide. Minus 1 star for bias.

Full screen adverts popping up at random have spoilt my previously favourite news app. Now every video comes with a 1min Emirates advert. Who has time for that?

The BBC provides eclectic news and you can establish your app to have just the news you want to focus on. I have no complaints. I also use the Guardian from the U.K. and like the BBC it is free ~ which is tremendous ~ but it is so left wing and biased in its presentations it abandons any measure of objectivity. The BBC however does not thankfully suffer from such myopic limitations and that is very much appreciated and respected.

You actually have a great opportunity to be neutral but unfortunately many of your writers choose the far left side and never share the other side of the story. I have to find other news sources to get all of the facts. If the news is not about politics than you do a pretty good job.

Trapped here in the States, it is the best hope for getting reasonably unbiased news from around the world.

Luckily for us that are able to read and hear and see BBC news. It informs us every minute of the day about everything that is going on in this world, good or evil, giving us a balanced view of things. All of the other news outlets focus on one or two stories over and over, constantly focusing mostly on the sickening tweets from a very few tweeters who’s goal it is to distract us the truth. Were it not for the BBC and a small handful of newspapers we would be totally ignorant that there’s another world out there. Keep it going.

I appreciate a better view of the news from all over the world. However, please add captioning to the videos to make them more accessible, not just for those with hearing loss, but it would benefit those who can't have the sound up and want to know what the video is about. Everyone wins!

Given the overheated environment in the US, I rely on the BBC for the latest news

After the commercials, which run very smoothly, the news videos fail to start. Sometimes they run after a while but most don't.

App doesn’t consider LTE connection as WiFi so it will NOT update news

Great app, rock solid, functions smoothly and reliably. One of the few apps I'll always have

Tired of the Trump bashing.. They must be a sub news org of ABC... Deleted the app.

Still one of only two go-to news sources that are left to give you a fair and balanced view of the world around us.

A very trusted source of news

Good fast straight news with all that is happening around the world . With details that points out how when an where each story is reported. Keeps you inform an up to date on news you do not find with other news stations.great reporting that needs to be heard.

Great news source. Unbiased opinion on global affairs.

BBC goes nuts on their liberal agenda against TRUMP. They forgot their mission (news). Became a leftist opinion station. I enjoy reading news, not anymore from BBC. Every story comes with agenda. I’ll be happy when they go out of business. MAGA.

All the news from around the world in unbiased form. Keep up with what’s happening and sending alerts before anyone else. Honest and appropriate pictures.

This review is for the app, not the content of BBC news. The ads are getting ridiculous. Recently, there’s been a pop up with (“BBC wants to open Pandora”) that comes up just from scrolling through an article. This sort of stuff seriously degrades the apparent quality of the app. It makes it feel like a junk website, a spammy click-bait “news” site that you read very late at night because you’re too out-of-it to actually use your brain (and at that point, why not click through the endless pages of celebrity high school photos and “top 100” lists on just about any theme?). Please cut down on the more invasive sorts of ads; no pop ups or flashy animation and unwanted audio or video. That is, if you want to be taken seriously as a news source...

My go to app when I want to know what’s going on in the world. BBC news is always unbiased and sticks to the known facts about a story as it unfolds. Couldn’t ask for more! Well done and continue doing a great job. Don’t change anything.

BBC is my go to news source. Always count on unbiased news and accuracy! With grandkids in Europe I can keep track of what's happening!

I have a couple news apps but BBC is always first with breaking news. It beats CNN and it updates the app site frequently.

Getting news about things other than US politics and madman trump is welcome. Presents a wider perspective than domestic news.

News in the USA is so much opinion and biased. Not much presented about the rest of the world we live in.

What welcome isle of sanity in the news industry is the highly respected BBC! Thank you for covering parts of the world and the variety of topics that develops and enhances a broad world view. Well done!

This is for only an app that puts you to sleep within 10 minutes from picking it up. If you're an insomniac and cannot sleep I got this app, and structure and content Shirley wow have you dreaming, And counting sheep before you know it you'll soon be snoring.💤💤💤.

As an American, I like to see what some other people find newsworthy. Also, BBC is reliably excellent.

The BBC might have lost a little of its reputation for unbiased new reporting, but this app still provides easy access to accurate headlines and informative reporting.

Always. Excellence in the news, drama, comedy, and absence of fluff.

I don't read or watch anything else. Talking heads are empty heads. Get the news you need and excellent other stories. How does Zucher stay so beautifully analytical and understandable and above the fray?

I find the BBC much less biased than US news.

I love this app! I'm really impressed. Even better than NPR news. And it covers international news in good detail. I like the videos too. Who has time to read these days. The layout is pretty interesting, it makes me want to review everything. BBC news-fair balanced as always. I give it a 10/10. Too bad it has only 5 star I can rate.

Pure leftist propaganda

Great, unbiased news

Best news source available. Love the format. Never had an issue in 3 years. Covers international news that is often neglected here in the US.

Here in trumps America we do not believe the press thank god for BBC news

I love to go to BBC first thing in the morning for reliable and balanced news from the world over. Keep up the excellent work! jhr

I usually like the bbc website so i thought i would try their apps. After a few months, i have deleted it. At first i thought i was imagining it, headlines such as hundreds dead in bombing and when i tap on the article, that is not what the article says. That is just one example. Delete, because I am done with tapping on headlines to find an article that does not reflect the headline. Get some new editors! Jeez.

This app is unbiased, fast, and there aren’t any annoying adds that pop up everywhere. This is great because with every other news app I had to watch a 1 minute add before a video. Great quality and very professional.

I appreciate BBC’s perspective on US and world news. In my opinion, the format’s tabs at the top of the page offer a pleasant reading experience compared to other news channels. However, the ads are annoying, as are the “error” messages which act as censors to some articles. I prefer the double starts to the ads.

One stop with current events from around the globe

BBC News has become my first and best source for news. It has breaking news faster than any other source, it is more reliable, and provides links and sources for further verification. I do read the WaPo and the NYT daily and subscribe to their feeds, but I am more impressed with the BBC. In addition, their coverage of unusual and offbeat topics is a welcome respite from the American political docu-drama which engulfs American media. CheersBBC!

I decided to turn to BBC because USA journalism has become so sensationalized. Please don’t go in that direction!

BBC News app covers a very broad area of news events, appealing to my many different interests.

My favorite news source app!

US reader. I enjoy

BBC’ World News is the most far reaching and balanced in its coverage of global events and developments of all current on-line or print publications. Simply the best for the inquisitive mind.

BBC is great. The app never quits in mid reading. Wish I could say the same about CNN. So frustrating.

Great reporting. This is my goto source, but I have some qualms. The biggest is the annoying tendency of the app to refresh to the top of the page whenever it wants as I’m scrolling through and reading various stories. By the time I get to the end I’ve had to find my place again several times. 2nd issue is that sometimes I come across articles that are a couple sentences long with no real plot or story. No video or links either. Just strange and somewhat frustrating when I start to read it because it sounds like an interesting topic.

It would be great if let us have this app in persian language.

Like so many “NEWS” outlets, they have a paid for agenda. They obviously are owned by political propaganda machine. Not as bad as CNN, by a good bit. Even better than USA Today, sometimes. But that doesn’t put the bar very high. News is selective and emphasis are place on stories that support their agenda. Headlines like; “Trump, Like a Child...”. Unbiased reporting doesn’t produce headlines like that. Be prepared to drink their Kool-Aide, in between some select News briefs. Two stars is fair.

The best unchallenged app for international news.

It seems a little bias towards Trump. Not that I am a huge fan but I hear sarcasm when I read a lot of BBC articles and I think that should end. Report the news, not BBC's thoughts about the America president. Other than that, it's pretty good.

I love the world-wide coverage. Well-written articles. It is very annoying that when you read an article and close it, you are taken back to the top of the feed and have to scroll down to find where you left off.

Anytime a major breaking news event occurs, BBC is always the first to break the story and notify me with a push notification. Unlike many other news apps, the BBC saves notifications for the major events and breaking news headlines that matter. Considering how partisan many news sources are nowadays, it’s refreshing to see a news service that reports the facts and only the facts. If you must have one news app on your phone, the BBC News App is the one to have.

Great app!!!!

Wonderful app. I really enjoy the stories away from politics & movie/music egos. Few commercials, as opposed to US news. Opens quickly & doesn’t crash!

I use this app because most news organizations are so bias in the US you have to dig to actually find facts instead of opinions however BBC has started doing this especially on news about the US. It’s still a good app if you want to know what’s going on in the world but their opinions are taking over their articles about the US so they are just as useless as US news sources if you want actual facts. I understand that opinion is part of some articles but I don’t need the writers opinion on who is to blame for everything from the economy to natural disasters.

BBC Worldservice is clearly the best and most comprehensive App for international news and timely up to the minute reporting.

In the past year American news has become so focused on Donald Trump and celebrities that I just straight up gave up watching any news. Im so thankful I finally found this app to stay informed on news from all over the world. Of course a little Trump gets in but that's the world we live in. You can customize what areas of the world you want to see news from so you can stay informed on Africa, the middle East and Latin America. I also don't feel like there are hidden political opinions behind the stories. This is the first review I've ever actually taken the time to write I usually just hit ignore when it asks me to.

If you have any variant of Spectrum service that isn’t Charter/Spectrum. “We are one big happy Spectrum family” doesn’t apply here. Seems like the great BBC can’t keep a list of providers up to date in an app. Oh, by the way..the list is different if you try to authenticate the app on an Apple TV or a mobile device...

BBC and FRANCE24 are the only news apps where I keep the notifications enabled.

I don't think I would be able to consider myself informed without the BBC.

What can I say about the BBC? I don’t think there is a better news outfit on the planet. Only NPR comes close in reliability, neutrality, and journalistic excellence. But the user experience of this app has been going downhill over the last few years. A clear, simple and intuitive interface has given way to the demands of shameless monetization. You often have to watch a 30 second ad in order to watch a 15 second (or less) news clip. In-article visual ads are ubiquitous and a huge distraction and eyesore, not to mention trigger-happy and launch way too easily when all you’re trying to do is scroll down. Headlines have been drastically reduced to usually only 2 per region and the organization of topics and the number of news articles in general has suffered. Articles that are not “front page breaking news” have become harder to find. BBC live radio and 1-minute world news video round up are not easy to get to and you can’t set shortcuts for them. I wish they would add support for 3D Touch to be able to quickly launch BBC Live or 1-minuet World News like you can do with the NPR app. 3D Touch has been around for a long time; why does the BBC app still not support this technology after all this time? I hope they fix all this soon. It should not be this hard and unpleasant to get our news from an app in this day and age. No matter how good the quality of the journalism is.

Best news app. Not one sided. Not too liberal and i believe its more on the conservative side. Anyways, this gives you great news notifications and no celebrity nonsense. Nothing negative to say. Must have.

If you want to be kept completely brainwashed to cultural marxism and full bore globalism, this is the app for you.

I used to really like this news app until adds started getting blasted in my face every time I'm reading a story. Add pops up, starts playing music at the worst times. At school, at work and laying down I always have to turn my volume down just to READ THE NEWS. Bye BBC.

My favorite source for world news and for unbiased news reporting of USA situations. Thank you!

They only notify you about actual note worthy things. Very well written articles

Reading about a couple who allegedly murdered someone, the screen goes black and I’m shown a video advert for what appears to be a beach paradise holiday! What!? Otherwise excellent app, I’m proud to see reflecting the high standards of the BBC. Oh and I am on mobile data paying extra to watch the advert?

I know you have a minimum of 5 negative articles to be written every day about Donald Trump. Eventually he will leave and you must then write stories about 2 headed babies found in India. Congratulations, you have beaten the National Enquirer to the bottom.

Can’t anyone deliver the news without all the irrelevant ads? I’m a guy and I’ve been getting the same advertisement for women’s wear every time I pull up a story for months now. Guess I’ll be shutting down this app soon.