Noa: Listen to audio articles

Noa: Listen to audio articles

By NOA News Ltd

  • Category: News
  • Release Date: 2016-07-16
  • Current Version: 6.3.6
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 105.14 MB
  • Developer: NOA News Ltd
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
Score: 4.6361
4.6361
From 349 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

  • Slow, no fast forward

    1
    By Joe Ammirato
    App is slow, you can’t fast forward, and overall the ui is very low quality. You’re better off going to publishers individually.
  • Impossible to create account

    1
    By Pierog13
    The account creation process is a tedious selection of topic preferences, and when you reach the end it says “welcome back” and has options to login with different services or username/password. Trying to create an account here just says “account doesn’t exist” and there’s no explicit “create account” button. Unfortunately I’m now totally stuck within this apps onboarding process and can’t use it in any way.
  • Couldn’t even figure out how to signup

    1
    By skierzp
    It’s rare in 2024 to encounter an app with such bad onboarding. After picking topics, which couldn’t be skipped, I was brought to a screen to log in but there was no button to sign up.
  • Not enough media

    2
    By JP Paz Soldan
    Great design, but not enough publications for my interests.
  • Setup process is annoying

    2
    By Frankie Tiger McGee
    I saw that they had stuff from pro publica so I am interested in trying the app. But I’m not interested in picking other sources or interests. It sounds like there is a way to sign up outside the app so I may try that later.
  • Do not download this app

    1
    By Donotbuythisproduct
    After I started using it, they emailed me and said they were giving me Premium for 7 days free and I wouldn’t be charged till after. I don’t even know who to complain to. I never said I wanted Premium. It is a bait and switch.
  • 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.

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