Guides
News app guides
Honest comparisons of news apps and briefings for UK readers, from the people who make one.
Updated 30 August 2026
Full disclosure: BriefTea makes a news app, and it appears in these guides. We name the rivals worth your time, we say what they do better than us, and we link to every one of them. That is the deal.
Round-up
The best short news apps in the UK
Apps that respect your time, compared honestly: what each one does well, and who it suits.
Round-up
News apps without adverts, tested
Which news apps are genuinely advert-free in the UK, which only look it, and what each costs.
Honest guide
Unbiased news app UK: an honest guide
No app is free of bias. Here is what "unbiased" can actually mean, and the apps that get closest.
Alternatives
Inshorts alternatives for UK readers
Inshorts perfected the 60-word brief for India. Here is what does the same job for British news.
Alternatives
Ground News alternatives
Bias-checking, blindspots and what else shows you the full picture, free and paid.
Gap in the market
The UK equivalent of Morning Brew
America's favourite business briefing has no exact British twin. These come closest.
Gap in the market
theSkimm, but for UK news
What British readers can use in place of the US morning newsletter, and where each option falls short.