18 - News App Critique

 

Mozilla's Pocket App:

Technically the app Pocket is a news bookmarking tool but does have a discovery tab where news stories pull up. Users can actually link their personal Twitter accounts and even sync their IOS contacts to share their interests with friends/followers. The description of Pocket on the App Store is as follows "Use Pocket to capture the content that comes at you all day long, and curate your own space filled with only the topics you care about. Save the latest stories, articles, news, sports, and videos from any device, and any publisher or app." After looking at the their website they try to market their app to people who may find breaking news making them anxious which I can relate to on a personal level. I struggle from anxiety and news around the globe can fuel it which makes news a nightmare. The Pocket app can create a custom news source catered to your needs. 

The pocket app also makes sharing articles with friends and family simple. With a click of a button you can have the article link copied to your messages with a preview of the article. The best thing about this is you can save and find articles from multiple sources like Twitter and YouTube. Users can save them to read later and the app has a feature where you can listen to articles if you are an audio book junky this app is for you. 

The Pocket app has received stellar ratings with 4.8 of 5 stars on the app store. Over 19,000 users have rated the app and many more have downloaded it also. After downloading the app myself I can say with confidence that this app lives up to the hype. A lot of the time I find news overwhelming and hard to decipher the truth. With this app I can save articles and look up certain topics to educate myself. I downloaded this app thinking I would only use it for the review but now I am certain i'll be keeping it for my daily use!