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Top free news apps in South Africa
The App Store top free chart for South Africa, captured 2026-10-28 (UTC).
- Top 98 · refreshed daily
- 25 new since 2026-10-27
- Biggest climber: deutschland.de ▲ 50
- 1
XX Corp.– - 2
SubstackSubstack, Inc.– - 3
RedditREDDIT, INC.– - 4
IEC South AfricaElectoral Commission of South Africa▲ 1 - 5
ESP - EskomSePushWELLWELLWELL▼ 1 - 6
News24: Trusted News. First24.com– - 7
Maroela MediaMaroela Media▲ 15 - 8
Home Affairs TodayApp Developer Studio Cc▲ 1 - 9
VideoElephant TVVideo Elephant Limited▼ 2 - 10
NYTimes: US and World NewsThe New York Times Company▼ 2 - 11
Daily MaverickDaily Maverick▲ 1 - 12
Netwerk24 – Alles op een plek24.com▼ 2 - 13
Google NewsGoogle▲ 3 - 14
Reuters - Breaking World NewsThomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH▲ 11 - 15
CNN: Live & Breaking NewsCNN Interactive Group, Inc.– - 16
SABC News appSouth African Broadcasting Corporation Ltd▲ 2 - 17
BBC: World News & StoriesBBC Studios Distribution Ltd.▼ 4 - 18
Medium: Read & Write StoriesA Medium Corporation▼ 4 - 19
49s ResultsPolus Ventures Limited▲ 2 - 20
Moneyweb NewsMoneyweb (Pty) Limited▲ 8 - 21
BusinessTechMyBroadband Online (Pty) Ltd▼ 10 - 22
Spotify for CreatorsSpotify▲ 15 - 23
Blue for TwitterKpaw, LLCnew - 24
Eyewitness NewsPrimedia Broadcasting– - 25
QuoraQuora, Inc.▲ 10 - 26
Bloomberg: Business News DailyBloomberg Finance LP▲ 5 - 27
FOX News: US & World HeadlinesFox News Network, LLC▲ 15 - 28
Podcast AppEvolve Global, Inc.▼ 11 - 29
Crime AlertSphephelo Mabena▼ 3 - 30
CNBC: Stock Market & BusinessVersant Media LLC▼ 1 - 31
Al Jazeera - الجزيرةAl Jazeera Network▼ 1 - 32
Podbean Podcast App & PlayerPodbean Incorporated▲ 14 - 33
Ground NewsSnapwise Inc.▼ 10 - 34
GB NewsGB News Limited▼ 15 - 35
Opera News: Breaking & LocalOpera Norway AS▲ 20 - 36
AfriForumTVLonely Viking (PTY) LTD▼ 9 - 37
Sky News: Breaking, UK & WorldSky UK Limited▼ 17 - 38
deutschland.deFazit Communication GmbH▲ 50 - 39
Al Jazeera EnglishAl Jazeera Network▼ 5 - 40
Pocket Casts: Podcast PlayerAutomattic▲ 11 - 41
The Economist: News & AnalysisThe Economist▼ 5 - 42
MSNMicrosoft Corporation▼ 1 - 43
PressReader: News & MagazinesPressReader Inc▼ 11 - 44
The Guardian - US & World NewsGuardian News and Media Limited– - 45
IOL NewsIOL▲ 15 - 46
ClubhouseAlpha Exploration Co.▼ 3 - 47
FRANCE 24 - Info et actualitésFrance Medias Mondenew - 48
Straight Arrow | SANStraight Arrow News, LLCnew - 49
Newsday: SA Breaking NewsMyBroadband Online (Pty) Ltd▲ 1 - 50
NBC News: Breaking & US NewsNBC News Digital, LLC▲ 6 - 51
中国领事Center for Consular Assistance & Protection, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China▲ 15 - 52
GoTrends for Google TrendsBrais Moure▲ 26 - 53
i24NEWSi24news SARL▼ 14 - 54
Drivetime ResultsHSSOnlineStatus.co.za▲ 39 - 55
InstapaperInstant Paper, Inc.new - 56
The Times of IsraelRGB Media Ltdnew - 57
C14 - החדשות של ישראלJewish-Israeli channelnew - 58
feeder.co - RSS Feed ReaderReally Simple ABnew - 59
Daily Sun Official24.com▼ 14 - 60
nine.com.auNINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA PTY LTD▼ 13 - 61
Fox News InternationalFox News Network, LLCnew - 62
Business Day SABDFM Publishers▼ 14 - 63
Local News & Weather: HaystackHaystack TV▼ 11 - 64
The Citizen NewsTHE CITIZEN LTD▼ 10 - 65
Mako appKeshet Broadcasting Ltd.▼ 7 - 66
Flipboard: The Social MagazineFlipboard Inc.▼ 7 - 67
The Times: UK & World NewsTimes Media Limited (Apps)▼ 6 - 68
Financial Times: Business NewsFinancial Times Ltd.▼ 6 - 69
ObjektivObjektiv▼ 36 - 70
Feedly - Smart News ReaderFeedly Inc.▼ 7 - 71
FARMSPACEFARMSPACE▼ 7 - 72
BBC World ServiceBBC Media Applications Technologies Limited▼ 7 - 73
ABC NewsAustralian Broadcasting Corporation▼ 3 - 74
Business Day E-EditionBDFM Publishers– - 75
אפליקציית החדשות של ישראל N12Channel 2 News▲ 1 - 76
Pretoria FMPretoria FM▼ 38 - 77
The Free PressRunaway Media Inc.▲ 5 - 78
The Herald E-EditionBDFM Publishers▲ 6 - 79
ANC-African National CongressEugene Silinda▲ 17 - 80
The Wall Street Journal NewsDow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.▼ 40 - 81
World Monitor — Live OSINTXiang Bainew - 82
FT Digital EditionFinancial Times Ltd.new - 83
Radio Francia InternacionalFrance Medias Mondenew - 84
AP NewsThe Associated Pressnew - 85
음성 리더 - 텍스트 읽어주는,리디북스,독서록,책읽기Emanuele Florisnew - 86
Zeteo NewsZeteonew - 87
The Information: Tech NewsThe Informationnew - 88
Podwise: Podcasts, Notes, AIPODWISE PTY LTDnew - 89
CBC News: Breaking & LocalCBCnew - 90
Haaretz - Israel NewsHaaretz Daily Newspaper Ltdnew - 91
Sunday Times E-EditionBDFM Publishersnew - 92
Fizz: Your Authentic CommunityFizz Social Corp.new - 93
Podcast App & Player - CastboxGuru Network Limitednew - 94
DanasSimplicity LLCnew - 95
phoenixZDF Digital Medienproduktion GmbH▼ 26 - 96
Air France PressSociete Air France S.A.new - 97
AllSides - Balanced NewsAllSides, LLCnew - 98
Vatican NewsSegreteria per la Comunicazionenew
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