Noa: Listen to audio articles

Noa: Listen to audio articles

By NOA News Ltd

  • Category: News
  • Release Date: 2016-07-16
  • Current Version: 6.3.3
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 105.29 MB
  • Developer: NOA News Ltd
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
Score: 4.6959
4.6959
From 342 Ratings

Description

Get up to speed faster by listening to interesting and insightful audio articles from top-tier publications on the Noa app. Human read. One low monthly price. Listen while exercising, driving, cooking, or walking. What publications can I listen to on Noa? • The Economist • Harvard Business Review • The Washington Post • The Telegraph • Bloomberg • The New York Times • Fast Company • Insider • MIT Technology Review • Foreign Affairs • The Independent • The Conversation • And more. What features are available on Noa? Along with the usual audio features, you’ll find: • CarPlay, • AirPlay, • Offline Listening/Downloads, • Sleep Timer, • Playback Speed Adjustment, • An editable Article Queue, and • Rewind 15 seconds. How much does Noa cost? To get the most value from Noa you need to become a Premium member. By choosing to support Noa with a monthly or annual Premium membership you’ll get unlimited, ad-free access to over 25k audio articles (and counting) from the world’s best publishers, including our Premium-only publications. We would love to welcome you as a member of Noa’s growing community. What are Noa's editorial principles? 1. Multiple Perspectives: Offer multiple perspectives from trusted sources and empower listeners to make up their own minds on where they stand on a topic. 2. Thought-provoking: Present audio articles that inform, inspire, and offer fresh insights, through both a global and a national lens. Focus on opinion, feature, and analysis articles. 3. Storytellers: Be storytellers and educators. Help our listeners understand global topics, and perspectives, while also telling the stories of the people behind the headlines. 4. Global Impact: Ensure coverage and raise awareness of important topics, regardless of a topics popularity or ability to drive “clicks”. 5. Fourth Estate: Uphold journalism’s values as a democratic check on power. And always celebrate great journalism. 6. Embrace Complexity: Encourage thought and avoid black and white explanations that aren't followed with depth. The world is complicated and can seldom be explained in minutes. Our goal is to help listeners navigate it. Who reads the articles on Noa? Listening to the best journalism is a great way to stay informed, especially when you don’t have time to read. Audio articles are produced and recorded daily by Noa’s talented voice actors – Sam Scholl, Adrienne Walker, Peter Hanly, Martin Buchanan, Les Smith and more. They’re probably in the booth recording as you read this! What are 'Series' on Noa? Each week, Noa’s editors select the very best audio articles and add them to topic-specific playlists. Every Series begins with a short explainer – written by a Noa editor – that provides valuable context on the subject at hand before you dive in. Within 20-30 minutes, you’ll walk away fully informed. Are there any additional features? We know you expect more. That’s why the Noa app also offers: • In-app chat (we respond quickly) • My Stats to view your daily streak and listening stats • Save, Download, and Follow • Share – articles and Series • Read Along Noa's commitment to privacy: We’re real people and we take great care to protect your data. Noa does not share your data with others or allow advertisers to track you. Your data is used solely for the purpose of providing you with the best news and listening experience possible. Privacy: https://www.newsoveraudio.com/privacy Terms: https://www.newsoveraudio.com/terms

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Reviews

  • Best of the audio news apps, with one significant tech issue.

    4
    By TextExpander fan
    I’ve used a lot of news/magazine reading apps over the years. I find Noa to be the best of the bunch: broad selection of source material, excellent readers (even the AI ones), easy to use app. The one technical issue I haven’t figured out how to overcome is the app stops reading whenever it’s playing and either the phone auto-lock kicks in or I switch to another app while I’m listening. I’ll subscribe for a year and see if I can figure out how to bypass that glitch.
  • Bloodroot

    5
    By bloodrootartisan
    Time saving concise information with out fluff.
  • Decent idea, needs tweaks

    3
    By Adp21580
    I loved this app when I first discovered it, however after some brief time using it, I have lots of feedback on how it could be improved. If these issues could be resolved, I would love this app and use it all the time: 1) Queue issues: when I try to resume listening to a series after stopping mid-way, I cannot resume listening to the series again. I have to manually select each individual article and intro/conclusion. Otherwise the audio automatically stays to an unrelated article I never queued. This is a repeated issue. 2) Annoying “ding” sound at the start of each article: I listen to articles both informationally, as well as to fall asleep. After just 2 weeks of listening, I grew very annoyed with the intro sound for each article. It disrupted the rhythmic narrator when I was falling asleep, and it was just irritating when I was listening to multiple articles in a row. If it only ding when I first open the app, that would be fine. However as it is, it’s way too often.
  • A good app with lacking support

    3
    By Eudiphon
    This is a great app as far as high-quality narration goes. The stories are engaging and great picks amongst the current news and are read clearly. The focus is primarily on economic news, which is what I wanted. Unfortunately, I've had issues where I paid for the service yearly and had to repay for it, and I still have yet to receive a refund for the double payment. Contacting their support takes a long time, and they aren't very responsive, and I'm honestly frustrated with them despite the excellent app.
  • Noa is great.

    5
    By Uhagaze
    To me, Noa feels fresh. I find it to be fair in its aggregation of daily news, and I think the “Series” section is the most comprehensive and balanced digest of complex topics in the world of news. I love it. I find it very useful.
  • Great up with some technical difficulties

    4
    By Majorr90
    Overall this is a great app. It’s easy to navigate, the selection of publications is wonderful, and the readers have easy-to-understand but interesting voices. The main issue comes down to technical challenges. There are often data streaming issues and some days I can’t get anything to load. Currently I’m listening to something from a publication page, but not all publications are available right now and neither is the for you section, which claims I’m offline even though I’m streaming Bloomberg and I can use other apps… These issues are pretty frequent and I’ve noticed them several times a week. It seems like it’s a relatively young company though so hopefully it’s just part of their growing pains and they’ll be able to scale out they’re streaming capabilities soon.
  • A Nice Touch

    5
    By NewYorkTom73
    This is a clean, smart app with good articles. Especially good for commuting. I like it.
  • Good app

    5
    By Jimmy Howarth
    Not willing to pay for it though.
  • Crashes

    2
    By jahsb xjaiwjebbdjxs
    Crashes when i click the 'Articles' tab
  • Excellent News App

    5
    By BharaniP
    I would this app. Excellent collections and easier to consume the information

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