AllSides

AllSides

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About this app

Don’t be fooled by media bias, fake news and misinformation. AllSides provides balanced news and media bias ratings.

Get news from The New York Times, Fox News, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, The Daily Caller and hundreds more, all in one place. Instantly see the best political news coverage from the left, center and right.

Compare headlines side-by-side to get the full story. It’s the best and fastest way to avoid being misled by partisan media.
800+ Media Bias Ratings reveal the political leaning of any outlet.
Quickly find news and information on 100+ different topics.

We make the political bias of hundreds of news sources transparent, so you can easily identify different perspectives and avoid being manipulated by partisan media.

The AllSides app features:

Balanced News and Headline Roundups. Compare stories from the left, center, and right, side-by-side so you can get diverse perspectives, spot media bias, and think for yourself.
Media Bias Ratings. 800+ media bias ratings reveal the political leaning of any news outlet. Add your voice to the ratings.
Topics and Issues. Quickly find news and information on 100+ different topics.
Perspectives Blog. Media Bias Alerts, commentary and analysis to help you explore media literacy, political polarization, bias, filter bubbles, and more.

Bias is natural, but hidden media bias misleads and divides us. By providing a balanced newsfeed informed by hundreds of media bias ratings, AllSides frees people from one-sided information bubbles so they can better understand the world — and each other.

Ratings and reviews

I like the concept, but find the app hard to use. It is far too sensitive to touch. Everytime I'm reading an article & scrolling, I have to go very slowly, or it switches me to another page right or left. The ads also pop up far to frequently; I can't even get a couple of paragraphs read. 1/2/2022, Update: changed star rating from 3 to 1. I am uninstalling app. Easy too much of a hassle for my news.

I really like getting the meta info on the news, and it tends to focus on the major stories of the week rather than flooding you with a 24/7 news blast. My only quibble is a functional one- the articles only open in the app's built-in browser, which doesn't let you browse anywhere from the article you are looking at. It would be nice to have an option to open any news links in your phone's default browser. Otherwise, this is my favorite news app!

App presents good articles, but the ability to swipe left and right to view a different article makes it so you can't effectively scroll vertically. The side swiping is super sensitive. I try to scroll down to the next paragraph in the article and end up switching articles 3 times and loading several ads. It's made the app almost unusable.