News Star

Gannett · iOS

News Star

Explore the ad evidence, study the storefront, and build your next acquisition hypothesis.

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01 / Creative research

Turn the unknowns into a research plan.

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Check the acquisition promise

Read the store headline, screenshots and description. What problem is the app promising to solve?

Study the storefront
02

Look for ad evidence

Explore apps with direct store-link matches. Compare their hooks and formats without assuming the same approach works here.

Browse observed advertisers
03

Separate demand from paid growth

Store rankings and revenue estimates describe market context. They do not establish ad spend, conversions or ROAS.

Review the market context

02 / Storefront & product

Where the click lands.

Study the product story and store experience behind the acquisition funnel.

Screenshots

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03 / Market context

The business behind the app.

Keep revenue, downloads and store rankings separate from advertising performance.

How Much Does News Star Make?

Monthly Revenue
$1.0K
Annualized estimate
$12.0K
Per Download
$1.00

Platform Performance

🍎iOS
Revenue
$1.0K
Downloads
1.0K
Rating
4.3 (266)

Rating Distribution

4.3
★★★★
266 reviews
5
7%
4
1%
3
9%
2
20%
1
63%

Top Countries

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Reviews (3)
☆☆☆☆BayouBillyBob3/23/2023
Double Charged for a year

When I realized they had been charging me twice a month, for same thing, I called and they said they’d take care of it. They couldn’t issue a refund, but they would not charge me for a year. However, they are still charging me.

★★★☆☆{marenw}9/26/2020
Working again after update

Revised review: the app is now working again since the latest update. Leaving the below because I still think it’s poor planning to have the only support option be within the app itself! Original review: [Like the title says, I upgraded to iOS 14 yesterday and now this app crashes when I try to open it. And when I tap on App Support here in the App Store, it tries to send me to...the app. Which crashes. So I’m leaving feedback in a review here because I don’t feel like waiting on hold just to talk to someone about this. ETA: I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app. I got through the screen where I told it I didn’t want notifications, then it crashed again before loading the main screen or having me log in.]

★★★★Mijdi3/21/2013
Convenient News

Easy to use. The local news is readily available. The photos are great. It's nice to have all this at one's fingertips, but there is no national or world news. One has to go go to other sources or to the pc version, which is excellent, to get all the rest of the news. It does include sports, but I could do without it. I'd give it five stars if it just added national and world news. Fat chance of any change, though, with only one other reviewer.

Version History (69)
8.10.25/27/2026
8.10.15/14/2026
8.9.03/10/2026
8.8.12/25/2026
8.8.02/12/2026
8.6.011/6/2025
8.5.49/30/2025
8.5.29/23/2025
8.5.09/12/2025
8.1.03/6/2025
Available In (91 Countries)
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Supported Languages (30)
ArabicHYCACzechDanishDutchEnglishFinnishFrenchGermanGreekHebrewHungarianIndonesianItalianJapaneseKoreanMalayNorwegianPolishPortugueseRomanianRussianChineseSlovakSpanishSwedishThaiTurkishVietnamese
App Details

From critically acclaimed storytelling to powerful photography to engaging videos — the News Star app delivers the local news that matters most to you...

iOS App ID
553302239
Content Rating
13+
Min OS
18.6
Size
182.0 MB
In-App Purchases
Yes
Publisher
Gannett
US

In-App Purchases (4)

NamePriceType
Monthly Digital Rate$9.99Monthly
Monthly Digital Rate$14.99Monthly
The News Star Digital Subscription (Monthly)$16.99Monthly
The News-Star Annual Digital Subscription$69.99Yearly