Review: Catholic News Live App

I came across this app by way of an email from app designer, Jeff Geerling, introducing it.  I jumped at the chance to purchase it.

Like a lot of people, I scan the Internet daily looking for news from many different sites hoping to see what is not only going on in the world, but also in the Catholic world.  Most of the stories in the major newspapers tend to be biased and downright discriminatory against Catholics reporting more of what they want to say than the actual news.  Unless you have a favorite site to go to or just get plain old lucky, your missing a lot of great news in Catholic media, reported by Catholic media.

Jeff solved my problem and hopefully yours too.  In his own words: ”I’ve spent many nights and weekends on this app, trying to make it the best and simplest Catholic news app on the App Store, and it aggregates data from all over the Catholic web—hand-picked sources (yours included!) that are checked hourly for the latest information.”

He delivers on his word.  In a matter of seconds I can scan the major headlines and Catholic sites from all over the world: Zenit – The world seen from Rome, Catholic Culture, Catholic News Agency, Ignatius Press and even the Badger Catholic from Wisconsin.  No story escapes this application and no more surfing google at work to see what is going on in Catholic News.  It really is that simple to use.

The best aspect of the App is the “News Map” function.  Displaying a map of the world Jeff has pin marked the stories coming out of: Japan, India, Libya, USA, Rome and so on. Tapping the pin mark on the map you can go directly to the story.  This brings your news to you in the area you live at the tap of a finger.  The latest news updates constantly too; in the last hour 7 more stories have been added.

Did I mention this app costs only 0.99 cents?  That’s 0.26 cents cheaper than a soda from the vending machine at work, and though it does not quite deliver the sugar rush, it is definitely much more satisfying, lasts a lot longer and is better for your teeth.

Do you have the app? Go get this App, and if you did, let me know what you think of it here.

App’s description here:

http://catholicnewslive.com/about/mobile-app

You can download the app directly on your iPhone or iPod touch here:
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