Factal News

4.6
17 reviews
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Content rating
Mature 17+
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About this app

When your safety is at risk, facts matter more than ever. Trusted by the world’s largest disaster response teams, Factal delivers the fastest verified alerts of breaking news and critical events on a global scale.

From severe weather and wildfires to crime and conflict, get proximity alerts the moment a breaking news event happens near places that matter to you – including your own location as you travel. Factal’s alerts are written and verified by experienced journalists around the clock, so you can act on facts, not AI noise or misinformation.

Whether you’re keeping your family safe, traveling the world or protecting a global workforce, Factal gives you the clarity and speed to act when it matters most.

Features include:

- Get lightning-fast alerts verified by journalists
- See breaking news near your location
- Keep tabs of global locations that matter to you
- Travel safety with English-language alerts on global scale
- Visit the local news sources behind each update
- Help others nearby by tipping breaking news you see
- See the latest alerts on a map

The Factal app is now available in two editions:

- Use the Personal Edition for free to protect yourself and your family.
- If your organization is a Factal member, log in with your Enterprise account to access the full suite of tools designed to protect your global workforce.

Questions, problems or ideas? Please contact us at hello@factal.com.

Factal does not share or sell any location data with anyone.

Code of ethics: https://www.factal.com/code/
Privacy policy: https://www.factal.com/privacy/
Terms of use: https://www.factal.com/terms/
Updated on
Oct 10, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Personal info, App activity, and App info and performance
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.8
16 reviews
Bamboo MRCC
October 19, 2021
Some issues with Updates but hoping this APP works more reliably in the Future, like the CHAT feature for News Tips.
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T Monson
February 23, 2022
My Topics won't load on phone / tablet but works well on laptop. Other than that I use this app constantly.
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ES A
April 18, 2022
I know I can trust the information on this app. Brought to us by the people that brought us BN (breaking news) 2012ish To 12/31/19 Just the facts, verified news.
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What’s new

Use the Personal Edition for free to protect yourself and your family.

If your organization is a Factal member, log in with your Enterprise account to access the full suite of tools designed to protect your global workforce.

App support

About the developer
Factal Inc.
support@factal.com
815 1st Ave Seattle, WA 98104 United States
+1 503-866-8237