Hourly News

Name: Hourly News
Rating: 4.4836 (366 reviews)

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User Reviews for Hourly News

Handy News Digest.

A convenient way to start the day with your preference of news sources. My only criticism: Updates slow in coming. My version started slipping from one podcast to another, before each was complete(while my Iphone warned that the app version needed to be updated). Eventually, the app must have been updated, because it stopped skipping through the podcasts.

Chilling-Blue-Boy, Aug 22, 2017

Essential app to my morning commute

Great app if you want to really know the real story and SES how others see us! Needs a 64bit update to run on iOS 11 or it's gonna be toast! Hear us Urban?? You have thousands of dedicated users who would gladly 'buy it again'. Update please!!2 Oct 2020 Update: 14.2 Dev beta 2 breaks the app will not execute.

Cluigi, Oct 03, 2020

Hands Free Listening to Multiple Newscasts

Great to use when doing lengthy tasks around the house. One newscast folds into another, with cast order rearrangeable.The app does need a way of replaying the last 10 seconds and a way of moving the newscast ahead by dragging the playhead. Also the list of radio sources is skimpy. A much larger list should be available with the paid custom source option.

EdTake2, Aug 13, 2017

Big Fan

This app is so customizable and comes with a good collection of news sources to draw news report audio from. And if you have a specific source you would like to add to your collection, you can! Albeit, for a buck but hey, it stays with the app once and for all! Thank you people who made this, you help me keep up to date with global matters and local matters in a fantastic format! I only review apps that I find nearly indispensable, this is one of them.

Gizmo Ghost, Aug 30, 2018

Crashes every single time

The app crashes every single time on iOS 11 with an iPhone X. It also hasn’t been optimized but the crashing has been happening for months.Update: I contacted the developer, who was very responsive. The issue is a bug relating to a popover about custom sources, he says, and I expect a fix will be out soon. I’ve changed my review to 5 stars from 2.

hessianmercenary, Dec 20, 2017

Wonderful will pay regularly for feaatures

This is a wonderful app. That. Makes my mornings a lot bettor! It would be great if I could have it start automatically at a certain time and support for feeds that require authentication soo I can get everything I need all at. Once. For both features I would be happy to subscribe to pay for the app continually.

JohnK31415926535, Apr 17, 2019

Crappy ads

I love getting the news this way — until it goes over to CBS News. Two-thirds of the way through, several extremely irritating ads start blaring away. They’re always the same ads! Ads don’t belong on this app!That said, I’m told that CBS has itself added the ads. But I have been given no instructions on how to contact CBS News!

Michael1946, Mar 20, 2018

My go-to news app

At the gym in the mornings it just plays through all my favorite stations and I get the news I need with no fuss. I can add podcasts easily and this app makes it very easy for you to access the news you need. Simple and intuitive. I would add another star if the interface were somewhat slicker and not just black with a play button.

nickhartmann, Aug 07, 2017

Part of My Morning Routine for 8 years!

I’ve been using this app almost every day since 2012 to get caught up on the news from all parts of the political spectrum and continents. The included news reports are great in their variety, and the ability to add additional radio news feeds makes it possible to listen to news from around the world like 🇺🇦, 🇭🇰, 🇿🇦 and 🇳🇿.App is easy to use, though can be a little finicky. For anyone that has the issue of the app starting to play in the background, it is because it just received a new hourly update. Force close the app to avoid it. Otherwise, I love this app and am so happy the developer continues to support this invaluable and unique app!Thank you!

Sensibly Existant, Feb 17, 2020

Crashes with custom feeds

I have been using this app for almost 2 years now. Works great with default feeds. I have added 2 custom feeds 1. Numbers by Barrons2. Readback by BarronsStrangely, playing through all the feeds, as soon as it reaches the custom feed, it crashes. If I go manually directly to the custom feed, it works fine for that feed. I think the developer needs to fix these bugs. Wish it would work flawlessly. It is still my go to app every morning when commuting.

sg6789, Mar 22, 2019

Description

Hourly News is a simple app that plays the most recent news updates from multiple sources automatically when opened. As a podcast app, Hourly News lets to you listen to any/all of the most recent NPR , BBC, CBC, ABC, CBS, ESPN, VOA, SRN, RTHK, DW, Marketplace, New York Times, and/or FOX news updates and more. You can also add your own custom podcasts sources to Hourly News!

FEATURES —————————————————— • Plays the most recent news summaries • Automatically plays when opened • Plays in background • Responds to remote control buttons • Automatically advances to the next news feed. • Dead simple, easy to use • Works every time • Reorder, enable and disable news feeds • Skip the podcast if already heard • Sync your settings and sources over iCloud • Add your own custom feeds No Ads! —————————————————— Hourly News inserts no ads into the app, but some of the sources place them in their news streams. Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do to remove those ads. Download Speeds: —————————————————— Like every app, download speeds are greatly affected by your connection (edge, 3G, 4G, LTE or WiFi). Edge downloads might take a little longer, 3G and 4G are faster, LTE is even faster still and WiFi is blazing fast to download the news updates in Hourly News. Questions, Comments or Support? —————————————————— We are dedicated to bringing you the best support! Visit http://community.urbanapps.com or contact us via email at [email protected] Sources —————————————————— If there is another National or Worldwide source you would like to see added to Hourly News, please contact support. At this time, only sources which are broadcast in English and have a radio or internet podcast can be added. Legal —————————————————— Hourly News® is not affiliated with, or endorsed by any of the included sources. All rights are reserved by the respective owners. Hourly News is a podcast app, giving you access to free publicly available news podcasts. These feeds are for personal use only and are subject to the terms and conditions provide by the news network providing the feed.