Breefly: News Simplified

Breefly is a private news reader that shows how every side covers the story. Every source is rated for bias, so you know how a story is framed before you tap. No account, no tracking. The feed, search, breaking alerts, widgets, football scores and game pages, and the news games are free, with no subscription. Every install starts with 30 days of Breefly+ on us, no card required. When your trial ends, the app returns to free mode — you'll never hit a paywall. WHAT YOU GET FREE • The full news feed, with a Blindspot card for the story one side isn't covering • Up to 5 outlets per story, left to right (see who's covering it) • Discover: Trending, Blindspots, Football and Games • During election season, a Discover section with the races and how each side is covering them • Follow Live: a developing story on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island as outlets pick it up • Football game pages: the live score, win probability, leaders and team stats, plus the coverage of the game • Follow any game to get it in your feed on game day, every week's scores, the college Top 25 and a season-long pick'em • Four news games: Guess the Lean, Who Broke It?, Higher or Lower and the Weekly News Quiz • Text search with typo tolerance and Did-you-mean suggestions • Breaking news push notifications • Home screen widgets • Save stories and Breefs, with offline reading • The lead story of the Morning and Evening Breef • Category, source, and Video-only filters • Share stories with anyone • Anonymous — no account required BREEFLY+ Everything above, plus: Football • Follow your team: its score on your Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, Apple Watch and CarPlay • Watching mode hides the score and pauses your team's alerts while you watch on a delay • Weekend Football Breefs: a preview before the games and a recap after Daily Breefs • The full Morning and Evening Breef, not just the lead story • Breef narration with chapters — listen to your Breef anywhere • Saved Breef — a personal digest of what's new on your saved stories AI on every story • Article summaries — read the gist in seconds • Coverage synthesis — an AI card that pulls together how outlets cover a story • Catch-up card — see what's new on stories since you last read or saved them Audio & player • Article narration — a Listen button on every AI card • Full audio player and queue — Play Next, History, Continue Playing, read-along • Background listening Search & discovery • Semantic search — find stories by meaning, in your feed and your saves • Question answering — get answers synthesized from the coverage, not just links • Topic following — save a search and get push alerts on new matches • The full coverage list on every story, and How It Spread: who broke it and who followed • Reading Balance — a 30-day picture of your own news diet Personalization • Source following with per-source alerts and feed prominence • Feed filters — Summaries-only, Followed-only, Bias-rated-only • Bias filter — narrow your feed to Left, Center, Right, or the leans in between • Smart notifications — briefing alerts and story updates PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Anonymous. No account, no tracking, no profile of you. Supported by Breefly+ subscribers — not by selling your data. --- Breefly+ Subscription Breefly+ is an auto-renewing subscription that unlocks everything listed under BREEFLY+ above. Two auto-renewing options: • Monthly — $4.99 / month • Yearly — $29.99 / year (saves ~50% vs. monthly) • Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period • You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Apple Account settings Breefly is available to U.S. customers only. Terms of Use: https://breefly.news/terms Privacy Policy: https://breefly.news/privacy