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As of 30 August 2026, SmartNews is free to use. SmartNews is a news app that uses machine learning to analyze millions of articles and deliver the most relevant trending news. Softwr lists it under News. SmartNews is made by SmartNews Inc, launched in 2012, available on iOS, Android.
Overview
What SmartNews does
SmartNews is a news app that uses machine learning to analyze millions of articles and deliver the most relevant trending news. The app is known for its speed, clean design, and Smart Mode that optimizes articles for fast loading. It aggregates content from thousands of publishers and presents balanced news coverage across political perspectives.
What people use it for
- Daily news
- Local news
- Breaking news
- Quick reading
Related searches
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about SmartNews.
- No specific pricing published for SmartNews+ subscription
- Requires visiting separate product page for pricing details
- Subscription service model described but not detailed with costs
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Pricing
What SmartNews costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Free
Free
- Trending news
- Local news
- Smart Mode reading
- Category channels
- Breaking news alerts
Capabilities
Features
Machine learning curation
Smart Mode
Local news
Breaking alerts
Offline reading
Social sharing
Integration with Social sharing
News publishers
Integration with News publishers
Ios support
Available on ios
Android support
Available on android
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
How much does SmartNews cost?
SmartNews does not publish specific subscription pricing on its main website. The vendor offers SmartNews+, described as a subscription service aggregating paid business news and coupons, but cost details must be found on the dedicated SmartNews+ product page.
SourceDoes SmartNews offer a free tier?
SmartNews provides free access to curated news content. For additional business news and coupons, the vendor offers SmartNews+ as a paid subscription service. Pricing and trial details for SmartNews+ are available on the dedicated subscription product page.
SourceBehind it
Who makes SmartNews
- Company
- SmartNews Inc
- Based in
- Tokyo, Japan & San Francisco, CA
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Pricing on request6 researched notes
Softwr does not host reviews and shows no star rating for SmartNews, because a rating we did not collect is not ours to publish. What is here is the pricing and platform detail from the vendor’s own pages, limitations we could state concretely, and alternatives a reviewer confirmed people weigh against it. Tell us if any of it is wrong.
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