Particle review
8.7/10★★★★★AI news app that summarises each story from many sources, with audio and podcast clips
- Best for
- Keeping up with the news in a few minutes without missing other perspectives
- Price
- Freemium · from $2.99/month
Free: Personalised feed, multi-source summaries, audio and story Q&A - Platforms
- Web, iOS, Android, Desktop app
- Made by
- Mina Labs, Inc.
- App store ratings
- iOS 4.8★ (1.2K) · Android 4.3★ (92)
What it is
Particle groups coverage of the same story from many outlets into one AI summary, with a spectrum showing how left- and right-leaning sites report it. You can read summaries in different styles, listen to them, ask questions about a story and get a daily digest notification. Podcast Clips drops relevant moments from podcasts alongside the news.
Latest: February 2026: launched on Android and added Podcast Clips.
What the AI does
- Multi-source story summaries
- Summary styles such as 'Explain Like I'm 5' and 'The 5Ws'
- Political spectrum and 'Opposite Sides' views
- Ask questions about any story
- Text-to-speech listening
- Podcast Clips matched to stories
Pros and cons
- Summaries draw on many sources, not one outlet
- Shows how coverage differs across the political spectrum
- Apple Editors' Choice with a 4.8 App Store rating
- Cheap upgrade at $2.99 a month
- A news digest only: it doesn't look at your inbox or calendar
- Android app is newer and less polished (4.3 on Google Play)
- Personalisation is by followed topics, not a deep profile of you
How it scores
The most complete AI news briefing app we tested, with genuinely multi-source summaries and audio; it covers the news only, not your own day.
Feature checklist · 7 of 9
- You choose the topics it covers (yes)
- Uses your email, calendar or tasks (no)
- Spoken audio briefing (yes)
- Choice of voices or narrator personalities (yes)
- Control over length, style or depth (yes)
- Combines many sources, with citations (yes)
- Ask follow-ups or act on items (yes)
- Multiple languages or translation (no)
- Delivery options: scheduled push, widget, email or smart speaker (yes)
Alternatives
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- Gemini Daily Brief 8.2/10Gmail and Google Calendar users who want their day organised before they open the inbox
- Kagi News 8.2/10Anyone who wants a calm, five-minute daily news catch-up without tracking
- Perplexity Discover 7.8/10People who want to dig into a story with cited follow-up questions
- Alexa+ Briefing 7.5/10Prime members who want a hands-free spoken news update at home
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