NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts

com.particlenews.newsbreak
FreeContains adsIn-app purchasesTeen

Scraped record

GET /api/v1/app?id=com.particlenews.newsbreak, shortened.

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    "ok": true,
    "app": {
        "id": "com.particlenews.newsbreak",
        "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.particlenews.newsbreak",
        "title": "NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts",
        "title_lang": "en",
        "summary": "Reconnect with your neighborhood! Daily news alerts for local news headlines!",
        "description": "Get daily news alerts & updates on current events sent straight to your phone, because a small news reader makes a big difference to co…",
        "recent_changes": null,
        "status": {
            "removed": false,
            "removed_seen_at": null,
            "source": "play",
            "storefront": "US",
            "archived_at": null,
            "fetched_at": "2026-10-28T05:11:39Z"
        },
        "installs": {
            "label": "50,000,000+",
            "min": 50000000,
            "real": 94398959
        },
        "rating": {
            "score": 4.617,
            "ratings": 641366,
            "reviews": 150147,
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        },
        "pricing": {
            "free": true,
            "price": 0,
            "currency": "USD",
            "offers_iap": true,
            "iap_range": "$0.10 - $59.99 per item",
            "contains_ads": true
        },
        "category": {
            "id": "NEWS_AND_MAGAZINES",
            "name": "News & Magazines",
            "all": []
        },
        "content_rating": {
            "rating": "Teen",
            "description": "Diverse Content: Discretion Advised"
        },
        "developer": {
            "id": "8665898397344814536",
            "name": "Particle Media Inc.",
            "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=8665898397344814536",
            "website": "https://www.newsbreak.com",
            "site_domain": "newsbreak.com",
            "site_domain_available": false,
            "privacy_policy": "https://www.newsbreak.com/privacy",
            "contacts": "available on the Business plan"
        },
        "released": "2016-06-18T06:38:34Z",
        "updated": "2026-10-27T09:50:11Z",
        "version": "26.43.1",
        "android_min": "8.0",
        "media": {
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            ],
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        }
    }
}

Fetch it from your code

import requests

r = requests.get('https://apiplay.cc/api/v1/app', params={'id': 'com.particlenews.newsbreak'},
                 headers={'X-API-Key': API_KEY}, timeout=30)
data = r.json()
const res = await fetch('https://apiplay.cc/api/v1/app?id=com.particlenews.newsbreak', {
  headers: { 'X-API-Key': process.env.API_KEY },
});
const data = await res.json();
curl -H "X-API-Key: $API_KEY" \
  "https://apiplay.cc/api/v1/app?id=com.particlenews.newsbreak"
$ch = curl_init('https://apiplay.cc/api/v1/app?id=com.particlenews.newsbreak');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['X-API-Key: ' . getenv('API_KEY')]]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

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5M+Installs
4.6 / 641KRating
Jun 18, 2016Released
Oct 27, 2026Updated

Rating breakdown

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