Best Magazine Apps
If you really only want updates from your regional newspaper, go ahead and download that dedicated app. But for news stories from around the world and across topics including entertainment, science, tech, politics, and beyond, find yourself the best magazine app for you that's customizable.
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All of these magazine apps are free to download on Android and Apple devices, although some have premium, paid versions available.
Dolphin EasyReader gives its users easy access to printed content, including newspapers, magazines and books. It is designed to make reading accessible to anybody who might find it challenging to access the printed word. The features support those who find reading difficult due to dyslexia, visual impairment, neurodivergence, etc. Dolphin EasyReader is compatible with many commonly used text formats. It can also link with many popular libraries and newspaper services worldwide. There is a Dolphin EasyReader app for PC, Mac, iOS, Android, and Kindle. Dolphin EasyReader is a free app with premium personal or education versions that offer extra features such as device synchronisation and extra features. The library services you use may also require a separate subscription.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad , Windows
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS app is a fact-filled, fast-paced magazine created especially for ages 6 and up. With an award-winning combination of photos, facts, and fun, Nat Geo Kids has captivated its more than one million readers for over 35 years. Articles and departments entertain and inspire readers to learn about their world with amazing information about animals, science, technology, archaeology, geography, and pop culture, plus jokes, games, activities in every issue. Your children can explore ancient civilizations on one page, come face-to-face with exotic wildlife on another, and turn the next page to a make and do project, which is often perfect for homework. There are always plenty of gross/interesting facts about animals that your children are certain to share with you, or they can turn to the page that gives them the low-down on their favorite star. Regular competitions are sure to keep your kids involved too.
Devices: iPhone, iPad
News‑2‑You is a weekly newspaper connecting students with special needs to the world around them, enabling them to expand their horizons and engage in relevant current events topics. A supplementary tool for literacy and learning, News‑2‑You gives students the opportunity to have conversations both in and out of the classroom about relevant topics of the day. It also forms a strong school-to-home connection through Class News—a feature that allows students to create their own newspapers. News-2-You is available as a website or an app for tablets.
Devices: iPhone, iPad
Apple News comes preloaded on every iOS device, and like most of Apple’s apps, it remains unavailable on Android platforms. The News app places a big focus on images and quick-loading videos, and publications such as The New York Times and National Geographic have partnered with the company to make their content readily available. You can also follow trends or individual topics, ranging from politics to niche topics.
Devices: iPhone, iPad
CNN for the iPad is a beautifully displayed and easy to navigate news app. With the CNN app, you get access to extensive news coverage from a news source that is widely known and trustworthy. The app gives you access to stories from a range of news areas, including international, national, political, opinion, science and technology news, as well as others. Users can read the latest articles, and also view video clips, including live coverage.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
The Anchor app lets you record, edit, and publish your podcast using your mobile device. Your show's analytics are also accessible, so you can keep track of how many people listen to which segments of your podcast. Anchor is free to use and available for both Android and iOS devices.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
Podbean is a user-friendly podcast app that offers all of the podcast tools and services that podcasters need, from starting a podcast to promoting and monetizing it. Podbean is available for free to download on iOS and Android devices.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
The BBC News app brings you the latest, breaking news from our trusted global network of journalists.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
Nerdish: Read For Knowledge app gives its users access to informative articles written with conciseness, accuracy, and convenience in mind. The articles’ presentation, brevity, and clarity are finely tuned to encourage app users to slot reading articles into spare minutes of their lives and so, almost without putting extra time in, grow their general knowledge. The ever-growing quantity of pieces are factual and diverse, covering science, history, politics, culture and much more. Nerdish: Read For Knowledge is available on iOS (and soon Android devices) for free. While you are appraising the app, you can read the articles in full, but they are interrupted by advertisements. You can get the pure Nerdish experience by subscribing. A yearly subscription also gives you a seven-day ad-free trial.
Devices: iPhone, iPad
Mysticland World Discovery wants to help kids become global citizens. Various activities and rich content, including a kid-friendly newspaper, help kids learn about history, geography, and current events from all around the world. The app feeds curiosity and entertains its users. The app is suitable for kids aged between 7 and 12. After a free trial, the app is available through a subscription on all iOS devices and Android.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
Google News is a free app to get the day's news at a glance. Google News is available in 127 countries on Android, iOS, and the web.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
Pocket is an article reader app which lets you save articles to read later, even offline and provides a distraction-free reading experience. Pocket app is available for free to download on Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Kobo eReaders, Kindle Fire, and even Web Browsers.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad