The latest news, every hour.
Open the app and the newest updates from the world's most trusted sources just play — back to back, no scrolling, no searching, no fuss.
One tap. That's the whole app.
Hourly News plays your sources in your order and advances to the next feed on its own. It skips what you've already heard and downloads upcoming updates ahead of time — instant, reliable playback, even on weak connections.
Enable, disable, and reorder 22 trusted feeds — NPR, BBC, CBC, ABC, CBS, ESPN, The New York Times, and more.
Want something else in the mix? Add any podcast as a custom source and it plays in the rotation.
Already caught the 9 o'clock update? Hourly News remembers and moves on — synced across your devices.
Sources, settings, and listening history stay in step on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac.
Play, pause, and skip from the Home Screen, Lock Screen, and watch faces. Or just ask Siri to play the news.
Hourly News inserts nothing between you and the news. Playback speed is yours to control, too.
Everywhere you listen.
Control your iPhone, or play directly from the watch — even when your phone isn't around.
Your sources on the dash, with big controls made for driving.
Hourly News lives in your Mac's menu bar. Included with your purchase — no separate app to buy.
Every regularly-updated news podcast. One app.
If it has a standard podcast feed, it plays in Hourly News. Paste the URL and your news source joins the rotation — right alongside NPR and the BBC.
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