App Profile: Good News Network

Water Dej

Rating: 4/5

All the details below are completely true. But a major caveat is the screen take over pop up ads. I can understand all manner of ads but these are so aggressive and pop up every 10 secs. It’s truly aggravating. I suppose they make so bad so you either subscribe to 2.99 per month or you just never open it again. Seems like there could be a middle ground? Perhaps not. With the onslaught of never ending news cycles focused on all the negative things happening around is, GNN is a beacon. Good things happen everyday too, and we all have far more in common than we are constantly led to believe. I like that they list sources and the stories aren't fluff pieces. I think my stress level has been slashed in half after rotating this news in.

Partytymer

Rating: 5/5

I love news networks that only talk about positivity. I HATE NEGATIVITY. So it’s so relieving that there’s news networks out there that truly want to make the world a better and much more fun place to be. Something I’ve noticed is that bad news shows usually look for the biggest city to look like it’s dangerous, like Detroit Michigan. I now know that they’re just targeting them to make them look bad. They always look for the biggest local city because they know they’re gonna get more bad things out of that to make the city look dangerous. You guys are nice enough to make the world look good instead of bad, and you never target a specific location just because it’s bigger and has, as it seems, more bad things. I’ve now turned away from all the negativity and I’m now focused on letting the positives control my life. Part of that is because of people like you that truly make the world a better place to be. Thanks for all that you do, it means a lot to this world.

Phoebus00

Rating: 4/5

I really like everything about the app and the content being aggregated, it is a noble and kind deed the developer has done. I also understand that new subscriptions and retention are essential to run the organization and maintain a business. My gripe is the tactics, do the pop up ads have to completely overtake the entire screen as your reading every few minutes? A banner ad I understand, but the fullscreen pop up ad doesn’t entice me to subscribe as much as it irritate me into not using the app. It makes it feel more like browsing a spam filled random site than a legitimate news app.