NewsFlash: Swipe the News
JUSTIN WEI SUN News iPhoneiPadiPod touch
NewsFlash: Swipe the News is a free News app for iPhone and iPad by JUSTIN WEI SUN. Requires iOS 18.0. Updated June 3, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 5 MB
- Age 12+
- Updated
- Jun 3
- 2026 · v1.0
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About NewsFlash: Swipe the News
Most news apps are built to keep you scrolling. NewsFlash isn't. It takes the day's stories, checks each one against several outlets, and writes a short, plain summary you can read in about five seconds. Swipe right to save it, left to skip it. Once you've gone through the deck, you're caught up and the app stops. That's the whole idea. WHY NEWSFLASH We check stories first. Nothing reaches your deck until at least two independent newsrooms have reported it, so you're not reacting to a single outlet's hot take or a rumor that falls apart by morning. The summaries stick to facts. Each card is about five sentences, written by an AI model that's told to leave out the adjectives and the motive-guessing. When outlets describe something differently, we show you their actual wording instead of picking a side. You can see where it's coming from. Every card has a bias bar showing whether its sources lean left, center, or right, and you can tap any source to read the original in full. It learns on your phone. NewsFlash figures out what you're interested in from how you swipe, and that happens on your device. We don't upload it, and we couldn't sell it if we wanted to. No ads, no tracking. It's a paid app, which means we make money when the app is useful to you, not when you're angry and still scrolling. And it ends. When you've seen the day's news, the app says so. There's no bottomless feed. HOW IT WORKS 1. Swipe right to save a card. 2. Swipe left to skip it. 3. Swipe up if you've already seen the story — it hides without affecting what you get shown next. 4. Tap a source to open the original article. Pick three topics when you start and the feed fills up right away. Give it about ten swipes and it'll have a feel for what you want. PREMIUM NewsFlash is free to read. Premium adds: • Unlimited daily cards • Custom topic filters • Custom source priority • An ad-free guarantee, in writing • Early access to new features Both plans come with a 3-day free trial. PRIVACY • No ads, no ad networks, no tracking pixels. • Your reading history stays on your device. • You don't need an account — the app works fully without one. • If you do sign in with Apple or Google, we store your email and nothing else, just to sync your preferences. • We don't sell or share your data. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS NewsFlash Premium is offered as: • Weekly: $2.99/week (includes 3-day free trial) • Yearly: $29.99/year (includes 3-day free trial) Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew 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. Manage and cancel subscriptions in Settings → [Your Name] → Subscriptions. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. For full terms, see: https://getnewsflash.app/terms. Privacy policy: https://getnewsflash.app/privacy
App privacy
The developer, JUSTIN WEI SUN, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- Identifiers: User ID
Used for: Product Personalization, App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Diagnostics: Crash Data
Used for: App Functionality
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