Ground News

Snapwise Inc.(dba Ground News) · See every side of every story

Not determined News & Magazines Snapwise Inc.(dba Ground News)
Bundle ID com.checkitt
Version analyzed -
Build framework Not determined
SDKs detected 0
Analyzed 2026-08-29
Exploratory agent run

What Ground News does

Ground News is a news aggregation and media-analysis application designed to expose users to diverse political perspectives, identify potential coverage blind spots, and compare source bias and factuality. It supports guest access, personalized discovery, breaking-news alerts, geographic news exploration, saved and recently viewed stories, multilingual preferences, and optional premium subscriptions.

Observed on screen

  • Aggregated News Feed Presents news stories collected from multiple publishers in a centralized feed.
  • Bias and Factuality Analysis Displays political-bias classifications and, with supported plans, source and story factuality ratings.
  • Blindspot Discovery Highlights stories receiving uneven coverage across left-, center-, and right-leaning media.
  • Story Comparison Provides story summaries, source attribution, related coverage, sharing controls, and explanations of bias-rating methodology.
  • Discover and Search Enables users to search Ground News and follow additional topics for personalized content discovery.
  • Global News Map Supports map-based exploration of local and international reporting by geographic location.
  • Breaking-News Alerts Delivers notifications for developing events and provides an alerts inbox with timestamps and headlines.
  • Story Library Tracks recently viewed articles and allows stories to be saved for later reading.
  • Topic and Feed Management Lets users follow more topics and edit the content shown in their news feed.
  • Display and Bias-Color Settings Offers system, dark, or light appearance modes and configurable US or international bias-bar color schemes.
  • Translation Preferences Supports translation-language selection across English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Romanian, Portuguese, Hungarian, and Polish.
  • Account and Guest Access Allows guest usage or registration through email, Google, Facebook, and other sign-in options.
  • Premium Subscription Offers monthly or annual access to advanced capabilities such as dedicated blindspot feeds, factuality breakdowns, paywall filtering, and hiding read stories.
  • Offer Code Redemption Accepts promotional codes during onboarding, account management, or subscription purchase.
  • Account Management Provides registration, purchase restoration, subscription status, support access, and permanent account-data deletion controls.

Written from a FlyTrap agent exploring the app on a real device, not from the store listing. It covers only the screens that run reached, so anything behind a login, paywall or region lock is absent.

Static + runtime analysis

SDKs detected

0 SDKs found across 0 categories. Click any SDK to see every other app that uses it.

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Permissions requested

0 permissions requested at runtime. Colors reflect platform sensitivity tier.

Frequently asked questions

What FlyTrap detected inside Ground News.

What does Ground News do?

Ground News is a news aggregation and media-analysis application designed to expose users to diverse political perspectives, identify potential coverage blind spots, and compare source bias and factuality. It supports guest access, personalized discovery, breaking-news alerts, geographic news exploration, saved and recently viewed stories, multilingual preferences, and optional premium subscriptions. This comes from a FlyTrap agent exploring the app on a real device, so it covers only the screens that run reached.

What is Ground News built with?

Ground News by Snapwise Inc.(dba Ground News) is built with Not determined. FlyTrap determined this by analyzing the app's compiled binary, not from anything the developer published.

What permissions does Ground News request?

Ground News requests 0 permissions. None of them are flagged sensitive. Each is listed above with its platform sensitivity tier.

Is Ground News safe to use?

FlyTrap reports what an app contains, it does not issue a safety verdict. Ground News requests 0 permissions (0 sensitive) and bundles 0 third-party SDKs. Reviewing those alongside the developer helps you decide what you are comfortable granting.

What platforms is Ground News available on?

The version FlyTrap analyzed targets Android.