4.3
122 reviews
10K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Squirrel News is a free constructive news app. Our team of independent journalists collect the most important solutions-based stories from across the international media landscape, and curate them into compact, digestible issues.

PUSH NOTIFICATIONS

We currently publish our issues three times per week: on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. As soon as an issue is ready, weโ€™ll inform you about it via push notification.

BACKGROUND

Are you irked by the fact that most mainstream news consists of conflicts, scandals, wars and disasters? Then you've come to the right place. We collect solution-oriented news stories for you, which otherwise might be tricky to find: for example, reports on innovative ideas and solutions to social challenges, examples of best practice, and stories of success, to name but a few.

A NON-PROFIT PROJECT

Our app is 100% free of charge, and weโ€™d like to avoid advertising as much as possible. To cover our costs, we rely on regular voluntary donations. Squirrel News is a project of the newly founded non-profit Constructive News e.V. โ€“ meaning that all revenues are reinvested into the project โ€“ and we wonโ€™t keep any profits for ourselves.
Updated on
Sep 9, 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.
No data shared with third parties
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This app may collect these data types
Device or other IDs
Data is encrypted in transit
Data canโ€™t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.3
119 reviews
A. Schier
September 6, 2020
Just flicking through the stories summaries in the app, I like the information - it's just what I've been looking for. However, what I don't like is that it absolutely insists on me using Chrome to read the full story. I've deliberately deactivated Chrome on my phone, and there's no URL shown anywhere to allow me to copy/paste into the browser of my choice. Please make the browser choice an option to make your app usable for people who don't want Google snooping on every aspect their lives.
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Constructive News e.V.
September 7, 2020
Hi, thanks for your feedback! In fact, there is already an option to use another browser or to copy the URL from the teaser screens: You get there by clicking on the sharing icon in the menu bar on the bottom (the second from the left). This should solve your problem, right? Best, Jonathan
Luke Sellars
January 12, 2024
Great app, they pull a wide variety of articles together. If you're a bit of an idiot like myself, you access the articles by swiping left and right, not up and down (Hah).
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Alex W
September 10, 2023
Great design, nice and catchy format without much clickbaity rubbish. Interesting articles from all over the world and across all sectors, and generally makes my day brightwr after every read! Thoroughly recommend to those who want to keep in touch with the good in the world.
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Constructive News e.V.
March 29, 2022
Thank you! We're already working on new functions :)

Whatโ€™s new

Improvements in stability and user experience

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About the developer
Constructive News e.V.
oliver@squirrel-news.net
Soldiner Str. 19 13359 Berlin Germany
+49 1517 0893963