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Google News

News 4.6 (226,196) Free 12+ 168.8 MB

Chart position — tracked daily by LaunchShots

#5 of 100
Top Free News · Argentina
best #5 · 9 days tracked · as of Sep 19
— / 7d
#6 of 100
Top Free News · Brazil
best #5 · 12 days tracked · as of Sep 20
▲ 3 / 7d
#7 of 100
Top Free News · Italy
best #6 · 19 days tracked · as of Sep 19
— / 7d
#7 of 100
Top Free News · Spain
best #5 · 12 days tracked · as of Sep 21
▲ 5 / 7d
#8 of 100
Top Free News · Philippines
best #5 · 15 days tracked · as of Sep 17
▲ 3 / 7d
+ 21 more charts

Screenshot style breakdown

Sampled from 6 of Google News's App Store screenshots — background, accent and theme, measured by LaunchShots (not something Apple publishes).

Use this style →
6 iPhone screenshots · 6 iPad Light theme One background colour across the set
#E4ECFC bg #C8CFDD #446C94 accent #111111 text
vs. News apps we've analysed (2891): 45% use a light theme — so does Google News; 31% put the caption above the phone — Google News puts it below; the average set has 5.6 screenshots — Google News ships 6. Full News benchmark →

Screenshots

#1 Google News iPhone screenshot 1
#2 Google News iPhone screenshot 2
#3 Google News iPhone screenshot 3
#4 Google News iPhone screenshot 4
#5 Google News iPhone screenshot 5
#6 Google News iPhone screenshot 6

iPad screenshots

#1 Google News iPad screenshot 1
#2 Google News iPad screenshot 2
#3 Google News iPad screenshot 3
#4 Google News iPad screenshot 4
#5 Google News iPad screenshot 5
#6 Google News iPad screenshot 6

Icon palette

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Dominant colors sampled from the icon — click any swatch to copy the hex.

About this app

Google News is a personalized news aggregator that organizes and highlights what’s happening in the world so you can quickly catch up and discover more about the stories that matter to you. With Google News, you’ll find: YOUR BRIEFING: It can be nearly impossible to keep up with every story you care about, Your Briefing makes it easy to stay in the know about what’s important and relevant in your world. It updates throughout the day to bring you the top local, national, and world headlines, plus personalized news tailored to your interests. LOCAL NEWS: Explore your community through stories and articles from news outlets in your local area. Customize and choose multiple locations so you can know what’s happening near you or wherever home is. FULL COVERAGE: Dive deeper into a story with multiple perspectives. The Full Coverage feature organizes everything online about a story, surfac…

App details

Bundle ID
com.google.GoogleDigitalEditions
Latest version
5.121
Released
Dec 8, 2011
Last updated
Aug 12, 2026
Languages
45 (AF, AR, BE, BG, CA…)
Genres
News

What you can learn from Google News

Every shipping app on the App Store has gone through the same decisions you're working through right now: which screenshot goes first, what caption sits over it, which device frame to show, what color the background should be. The 12 screenshots above are Google News's answers to those questions — they're public, they're real, and they made it through Apple's review.

What the numbers say: Google News runs a light set with one background colour (#E4ECFC) carried across every screenshot — the listing reads as a single poster when the shots sit side by side in search results. The accent colour we picked up, #446C94, is the one to reuse for badges, arrows and highlighted words if you borrow this look. Hit Use this style to open the editor with these exact colours and drop your own screenshot in.

Notice the first screenshot in particular. It's the one users see in search results and on the product page, and it's where most apps spend their best caption and tightest design. Look at the proportion of background to phone, where the text sits, what one thing the image is trying to communicate.

Want to see how other News apps approach the same problem? Browse more News apps in the showcase.

Take what works into your own screenshots

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