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News app builder for newspapers and news sites
A reader who opens your app comes straight to you, not through a search engine. Native iOS and Android apps, a web version, alerts the moment news breaks and subscriptions sold in one tap.
They trust GoodBarber
Make your news app pay
Subscriptions, advertising, or both: two revenue models built for news media
Subscriptions inside the app
Leave part of your coverage open to all and put the rest behind a subscription. With Memberships, readers subscribe monthly or yearly in one tap, with the payment method already saved in their App Store or Google Play account. The stores take 15% to 30% depending on their programs; GoodBarber takes no commission. Ads can disappear for subscribers: This Is Anfield, independent Liverpool FC fan media since 2001, offers exactly that with the Premium subscription of its GoodBarber app.
More about Memberships
Ad networks or your own campaigns
Connect Google AdMob, Google Ad Manager or Meta Audience Network, or sell your own space with the internal ad server: banners and full-screen ads, campaigns with start and end dates, capped by impressions or clicks, with statistics to show your advertisers. In Europe, the Privacy Center collects consent under the IAB TCF v2 framework.
More about adsFound on the web, kept by the app
A web version for search engines and shared links, native apps for the readers who come back
The web version
Your app also exists as a Progressive Web App: the same articles open in any browser, on a phone, a tablet or a computer, with nothing to install. A link shared on social media or in a newsletter opens straight on the article.
Search engines index it: sitemap and Search Console, structured data, meta titles and descriptions, and the Google AMP extension if you use it. On your own domain name, the web version carries your brand in every shared link.
Native iOS and Android apps
Released in both stores under your own brand, your apps are compiled in Swift and Kotlin, not web pages in a wrapper. Your icon sits on the reader’s home screen, one tap away from your front page.
That is where readers stay: notifications, saved articles, offline reading, a subscription paid in one tap. Someone who found you through a search becomes a reader who comes back.
Your newsroom, organized
Access for each journalist, an editorial calendar and an assistant that can take instructions
Every journalist with their own access
As the owner of the app, you invite your team to the back office and decide what each person can do: write in the CMS, send notifications, update the app. The Premium plan includes 3 back-office collaborators; the Pro plan, as many as you need.
An editorial calendar, and an assistant
Every article is a draft, scheduled or published, and can unpublish itself on a set date, which is handy once an event is over. Connect your app to Claude or ChatGPT through MCP and your assistant files, schedules and updates articles on request: “Schedule the market report for 6 a.m. tomorrow.”
When news breaks, readers hear it from you first
Instant, scheduled or automatic notifications, sent from the back office
The alert in one click
Write your message, choose what opens on tap (the article, a section or a link) and send it. Push notifications reach every reader who has accepted them, on iOS and Android.
Scheduled for the right moment
Prepare the morning briefing or the evening digest in advance, and target readers by location, by how they use the app or by device. The history shows the click-through rate of every notification.
Automatic, section by section
With automatic push, each new article in a section triggers a notification, articles arriving from WordPress included, during the hours you allow: no alert at 3 a.m. Readers with an account choose in their profile which sections alert them.
Write here, or sync what you already publish
A CMS for every format, and connectors so you never publish twice
A CMS for every format
Articles, photo galleries, videos, podcasts, events and maps, laid out in your app’s design. The AI Assistant built into the editor helps you draft, summarize or translate a text, which you review before publishing.
Your site feeds the app
On WordPress? The GoodBarber plugin brings your posts into the app, with your categories as filters and comments open: see the WordPress app page. Other sources sync through RSS, YouTube, Vimeo, podcast feeds, Bluesky or Mastodon.
Also in your news app
Saved for later
Readers save an article for later, and the ones already loaded stay readable without a network.
Reader contributions
With a Submission section, readers send you a text, a photo or a video. Nothing goes online until you approve it.
Your design
Your logo, colors and fonts, with list and article layouts to choose from: the app looks like your title.
Publish from your phone
The back office works on a smartphone: a reporter on the scene writes, adds a photo and publishes without a computer.
Your domain name
The web version runs on your own domain, so every shared link carries your name.
Sharing
Readers share any article from the phone’s share menu, and the link opens in the web version for people who don’t have the app.
Ask your archive
The Chatbot answers readers’ questions from your own articles, including the ones synced from WordPress.
Why a news brand needs its own app in 2026
Apps hold up when search traffic drops
In September 2026, across 40 French news brands measured by the ACPM, websites lost 22.9% of their visits in a year and apps 9.4% (The Media Leader, October 8, 2026), two months after Google’s AI Overviews arrived in France. A reader who opens your app never goes through a results page.
Revenue you control
Subscriptions sold in one tap, your own ad campaigns or ad networks: you choose the mix, and GoodBarber takes no commission on your subscriptions.
A direct line to your readers
Your icon on their home screen, your alerts on their lock screen, their saved articles in your app: a relationship that does not depend on an algorithm.
What our customers say
GoodBarber is a powerful app builder.
Melissa Okta
GoodBarber is a powerful app builder. If you want to build your app using a pre-built template, GoodBarber is ideal for you. At Global Academy, we almost completed the 5th year using their easy-to-use pre-built platforms to build premium Apps for our customers. Also, Goodbarber's customer support is excellent. Highly recommended.
Great support and always very helpful answers.
Great support and always very helpful answers. Nothing is too trivial for the team to answer.
Responsive support and usually quick.
Responsive support and usually quick. Software is by far the best in the market, with tremendous capabilities for configurations.
I really like the system.
Gene Hieber
I have been a resller member for a month now. I've built several demo apps. I really like the system. Easy to navigate and I have sold a couple progressive web apps and am working on native apps as well. I highly recommend Good Barber.
The team at GoodBarber has been incredibly informative and helpful
W. Monahan
The team at GoodBarber has been incredibly informative and helpful during both the creation and maintenance of my app. I am not super tech savvy, and they always provide me with solid guidance on how to fix my issue or improve my app. I shopped around for different options when looking to build my app, and I am happy that I chose this company.
They helped me to create a beautiful, successful app
Mary Davis
I have been with GoodBarber since 2014 and I can not say enough good things about them and my experience within with them. They helped me to create a beautiful, successful app; they have been there for me every step of the way to solve customer issues and help with updates; and they have an easy to use, infinitely customizable dashboard to create the app of your dreams - which is what I did. Thank you GoodBarber. You are the best
Great tool, it has all features you need to build your own app or website.
Manuel Ventura
Great tool, it has all features you need to build your own app or website.
GoodBarber is a wonderful platform.
Mini Maestro
GoodBarber is a wonderful platform. Their support staff are helpful and the interface is easy to navigate! Thank you for enabling us to give extra support to our customers with our customer app.
The Best App Builder on the Market
Draculapp
The Best App Builder on the Market, PWA at ease, and Native iOS assistance for the publishing issues. Very good support and constant updates. Many features and beautiful design layouts and a high level of customization. Recommended for individual Businesses or Agencies with a very good solution for the reseller program. And last but not least, friendly staff! It worth a try...
One of the best providers in the space.
K. Linton
One of the best providers in the space. Easy to use, well documented and excellent customer service. If you’re looking to create a mobile app solution for your company or clients GoodBarber is definitely the way to go.
Newspapers
All the features you need to give your newspaper a new dimension and attract loyal readers
Memberships
Make money in your app with Memberships
WordPress Plugin
Automatically share your WordPress website content in your app with GoodBarber Wordpress plugin
RSS Feed
Synchronize your external online content to your app with GoodBarber's RSS feed integration.
Bluesky
Automatically publish the posts of your Bluesky account to your app with the Bluesky GoodBarber integration.
Keep reading
How to monetize a mobile news app?
Subscriptions, advertising, sponsorship: the revenue models of a news app and how to set them up.
How to display your own ads in your app?
Sell your own ad space: how the internal ad server works, from the campaign to the banner.
How to create a news app
The step-by-step guide to building your newspaper’s app, from the theme to publication on the stores.
Pricing
Standard $36/month $30/monthbilled yearlySave $72 yearly | Premium $70/month $55/monthbilled yearlySave $180 yearly | Pro $135/month $105/monthbilled yearlySave $360 yearly | Agency $280/month $215/monthbilled yearlySave $780 yearly | Pro $4600One-off paymentSave $11600 in one go | Agency $12000One-off paymentSave $21600 in one go | |
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Technology | ||||||
PWA technology |  | | | | | |
Native technology | Android + iOS (iPhone & iPad) | Android + iOS (iPhone & iPad) | Android + iOS (iPhone & iPad) | Android + iOS (iPhone & iPad) | Android + iOS (iPhone & iPad) | |
Available in Google Play Store | | | | | | |
Available on the App Store | | | | | | |
Capacities | ||||||
Storage  $2 for 10 GB | 2 GB | 10 GB | 50 GB | 100 GB | 50 GB | 100 GB |
Push notifications (per month)$10 for 100K extra push notifications | 10K | 30K | 250K | 500K | 250K | 500K |
Staff accounts | 1 | 3 | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
Number of projects | 1 | 1 | 1 | unlimited | 1 | unlimited |
Page views (bandwidth & traffic) | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
App downloads | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | |
Account manager | | | | | ||
Extensions storeLarge library 190+ extensions. New extensions every month Extend the features of your app with extensions : Automations (Zapier, Make), Analytics, Monetization, Sales optimization, Integration (Wordpress, Squarespace, RSS). | ||||||
Free extensions | Up to 5 | Up to 20 | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
Authentication | $12/month (billed $120/year. You save 2 months) | | | | | |
Chat The Chat extension requires the Authentication extension to be installed | $20/month (billed $200/year. You save 2 months) | | | | | |
Memberships Offer paid subscriptions to your users to access your content. Purchases are easily made from their Apple / Google account | $49/month (billed $490/year. You save 2 months). NO additional fee based on your revenue. | | | | | |
Core features | ||||||
NO CODE drag&drop app builder | | | | | | |
Fully customizable design | | | | | | |
Content Management System (article, video, podcast, event, map, photo, live) | | | | | | |
SEO friendly, AMP, ASO friendly | | | | | | |
Support (Real human support, by the GoodBarber team itself) | | | | | | |
Yearly plan subscription pricing | Standard$360/year | Premium$660/year | Pro$1260/year | Agency$2580/year | /year | /year |
Technology | |
PWA technology | |
Native technology | |
Available in Google Play Store | |
Available on the App Store | |
Capacities | |
Storage $2 for 10 GB | 2 GB |
Push notifications $10 for 100K extra push notifications | 10K |
Staff accounts | 1 |
Number of projects | 1 |
Page views (bandwidth & traffic) | unlimited |
App downloads | |
Account manager | |
Extensions store | |
Free extensions | Up to 5 |
Authentication | |
Chat The Chat extension requires the Authentication extension to be installed | |
Memberships Offer paid subscriptions to your users to access your content. Purchases are easily made from their Apple / Google account | |
Core features | |
NO CODE drag&drop app builder | |
Fully customizable design | |
Content Management System | |
SEO friendly, AMP, ASO friendly | |
Support (Real human support, by the GoodBarber team itself) | |
Technology | |
PWA technology | |
Native technology | Android + iOS (iPhone & iPad) |
Available in Google Play Store | |
Available on the App Store | |
Capacities | |
Storage $2 for 10 GB | 10 GB |
Push notifications $10 for 100K extra push notifications | 30K |
Staff accounts | 3 |
Number of projects | 1 |
Page views (bandwidth & traffic) | unlimited |
App downloads | unlimited |
Account manager | |
Extensions store | |
Free extensions | Up to 20 |
Authentication | $12/month (billed $120/year. You save 2 months) |
Chat The Chat extension requires the Authentication extension to be installed | $20/month (billed $200/year. You save 2 months) |
Memberships Offer paid subscriptions to your users to access your content. Purchases are easily made from their Apple / Google account | $49/month (billed $490/year. You save 2 months). NO additional fee based on your revenue. |
Core features | |
NO CODE drag&drop app builder | |
Fully customizable design | |
Content Management System | |
SEO friendly, AMP, ASO friendly | |
Support (Real human support, by the GoodBarber team itself) | |
Technology | |
PWA technology | |
Native technology | Android + iOS (iPhone & iPad) |
Available in Google Play Store | |
Available on the App Store | |
Capacities | |
Storage $2 for 10 GB | 50 GB |
Push notifications $10 for 100K extra push notifications | 250K |
Staff accounts | unlimited |
Number of projects | 1 |
Page views (bandwidth & traffic) | unlimited |
App downloads | unlimited |
Account manager | |
Extensions store | |
Free extensions | unlimited |
Authentication | |
Chat The Chat extension requires the Authentication extension to be installed | |
Memberships Offer paid subscriptions to your users to access your content. Purchases are easily made from their Apple / Google account | |
Core features | |
NO CODE drag&drop app builder | |
Fully customizable design | |
Content Management System | |
SEO friendly, AMP, ASO friendly | |
Support (Real human support, by the GoodBarber team itself) | |
Technology | |
PWA technology | |
Native technology | Android + iOS (iPhone & iPad) |
Available in Google Play Store | |
Available on the App Store | |
Capacities | |
Storage $2 for 10 GB | 100 GB |
Push notifications $10 for 100K extra push notifications | 500K |
Staff accounts | unlimited |
Number of projects | unlimited |
Page views (bandwidth & traffic) | unlimited |
App downloads | unlimited |
Account manager | |
Extensions store | |
Free extensions | unlimited |
Authentication | |
Chat The Chat extension requires the Authentication extension to be installed | |
Memberships Offer paid subscriptions to your users to access your content. Purchases are easily made from their Apple / Google account | |
Core features | |
NO CODE drag&drop app builder | |
Fully customizable design | |
Content Management System | |
SEO friendly, AMP, ASO friendly | |
Support (Real human support, by the GoodBarber team itself) | |
in one go
Technology | |
PWA technology | |
Native technology | Android + iOS (iPhone & iPad) |
Available in Google Play Store | |
Available on the App Store | |
Capacities | |
Storage $2 for 10 GB | 50 GB |
Push notifications $10 for 100K extra push notifications | 250K |
Staff accounts | unlimited |
Number of projects | 1 |
Page views (bandwidth & traffic) | unlimited |
App downloads | unlimited |
Account manager | |
Extensions store | |
Free extensions | unlimited |
Authentication | |
Chat The Chat extension requires the Authentication extension to be installed | |
Memberships Offer paid subscriptions to your users to access your content. Purchases are easily made from their Apple / Google account | |
Core features | |
NO CODE drag&drop app builder | |
Fully customizable design | |
Content Management System | |
SEO friendly, AMP, ASO friendly | |
Support (Real human support, by the GoodBarber team itself) | |
in one go
Technology | |
PWA technology | |
Native technology | Android + iOS (iPhone & iPad) |
Available in Google Play Store | |
Available on the App Store | |
Capacities | |
Storage $2 for 10 GB | 100 GB |
Push notifications $10 for 100K extra push notifications | 500K |
Staff accounts | unlimited |
Number of projects | unlimited |
Page views (bandwidth & traffic) | unlimited |
App downloads | unlimited |
Account manager | |
Extensions store | |
Free extensions | unlimited |
Authentication | |
Chat The Chat extension requires the Authentication extension to be installed | |
Memberships Offer paid subscriptions to your users to access your content. Purchases are easily made from their Apple / Google account | |
Core features | |
NO CODE drag&drop app builder | |
Fully customizable design | |
Content Management System | |
SEO friendly, AMP, ASO friendly | |
Support (Real human support, by the GoodBarber team itself) | |
Create your news app
Start for freeNews app: frequently asked questions
Is an app still useful when search engines send fewer readers?
Yes, and the latest audience figures show it. In September 2026, across 40 French news brands audited by the ACPM, websites lost 22.9% of their visits in a year while apps lost 9.4% (The Media Leader, October 8, 2026). A reader who opens your app comes straight to you, and a notification brings them back without a search engine in between. Keep the web version for search and shared links: the app keeps the readers they bring you.
How do I publish in the app without re-entering my site’s articles?
If your site runs on WordPress, install the GoodBarber plugin: your posts appear in the app with their images and categories, and an automatic notification can go out with each new article. Other sites sync through their RSS feed. Details on the WordPress app page.
Can I keep some articles free and reserve others for subscribers?
Yes. With Memberships, you decide which sections are open to everyone and which require a subscription, monthly or yearly. Subscribers can also read without ads.
How much do the stores and GoodBarber take on subscriptions?
Apple and Google take 15% to 30% of each in-app subscription, depending on their programs. GoodBarber takes no commission: the rest is yours.
How do I alert readers when news breaks?
From the back office, write a message of up to 130 characters and send it now, schedule it, or let each new article in a section send it automatically. Every recipient counts as one notification in your monthly allowance: 30,000 a month on Premium, 250,000 on Pro.
Can several journalists work on the app?
Yes. Each person gets their own back-office access, with the rights you choose. Premium includes 3 collaborators and Pro an unlimited number. An AI assistant connected through MCP can also file and schedule articles for you.
Can readers send in photos or tips?
Yes, through a Submission section: a text, a photo or a video, which you approve before anything appears in the app.
How much does a news app cost?
For a native app in both stores, the starting point is Premium, at $55/month billed yearly. To sell subscriptions, add Memberships for $49/month on Premium; Pro already includes it. The subscription covers hosting, notification sending and app updates, and developer accounts are bought directly from Apple and Google.
Who publishes the app on the stores, and who owns it?
The app is published under your own Apple and Google developer accounts: you are its publisher. Submit it yourself, or let the GoodBarber publishing service handle the submission for you.
Does it work for a local or regional newspaper?
Yes. Print subscribers, advertisers from your area, a section for each town: everything is on the local newspaper app page.
Native app from $55/month, billed yearly
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