Stay Briefed.
Calm, personalized audio news. Your topics, your length, your morning — without the doomscroll.
News that plays like a podcast, built like a paper
Twice a day, theBrief reads the world's headlines, picks what matters for your topics, writes each story in a calm, newsroom voice, and produces it as audio. Open the app, hit play, and your brief flows — one story into the next, with a host to open and close the show.
Your Daily Brief
5, 10, or 15 minutes — you choose. Stories across the 13 topics you follow, assembled fresh every morning and evening.
Calm by design
No sirens, no all-caps BREAKING, no outrage bait. Measured writing, warm voices, and a hard editorial rule against sensationalism.
Made for the car
Full CarPlay support: your brief on the dashboard with real artwork and one-tap play. Driveway to desk, fully briefed.
It learns what you love
Likes, listens, and skips quietly tune tomorrow's brief. Your streaks and listening stats live in your profile.
Trending & Live Pulse
Beyond your topics: what the world is talking about right now, and the fastest-moving stories from around the social web.
Designed for focus
Dark-mode first. Serif headlines. No infinite feed, no autoplay video shouting at you. Just the news, briefly.
Simple pricing
theBrief is free — genuinely useful, forever. Premium goes deeper.
| What you get | Free | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Daily audio brief | Short & Standard | All lengths, incl. Long |
| Topics you can follow | All 13 | All 13 |
| Trending & Live Pulse | ✓ | ✓ |
| Long brief (15 stories) | — | ✓ |
| Instant audio for any story | When pre-generated | Always, on demand |
| Listening stats & streaks | ✓ | ✓ |
| CarPlay | ✓ | ✓ |
| New features first | — | ✓ |
$3.99 / month · cancel anytime · billed through the App Store
Questions, answered
Where does the news come from?
Licensed headline feeds and public wire coverage across 13 topics, refreshed twice daily. Every story links back to its original source — tap Learn More to read the full article.
Is it really AI-narrated?
Yes. Stories are summarized and voiced with AI, under strict editorial rules that keep the tone calm and factual. If a story can't be verified from its source, it doesn't ship.
Do I need an account?
No. Pick your topics and start listening. Sign in with Apple or Google only if you want your preferences backed up.
How do I cancel Premium?
Through your Apple ID subscriptions, any time. Your free brief keeps working exactly as before.