NewsBlur - News reader is an open-source (MIT) Android app by Samuel Clay. The APK we host is 8.6 MB, it needs Android 8.0 or newer, and it declares 8 permissions.
The file on this page is NewsBlur - News reader 16.0.6, 8.63 MB, and it installs on Android 8.0 and newer.
We compared the signing certificate of this build with the certificate recorded the first time com.newsblur entered the site, and published both the file's SHA-256 and the certificate's fingerprint above so you can check the download yourself. That comparison says the file was not repackaged by someone else; it is not a review of what the app does.
The manifest inside the APK declares 8 permissions, including access to the microphone. Android asks you to approve those the first time the app needs them.
Its licence is MIT. We took this build from F-Droid, and the source for this exact version is linked below.
We do not show a star rating or an install count for this page: we have no measured figure for either, and a number we cannot source is worth less than an empty field.
- Version
- 16.0.6
- Size
- 8.63 MB
- Requires Android
- API 26
- Package
- com.newsblur
- Signature checked on
- Oct 31, 2026
- Where this file came from
- F-Droid
- Licence
- MIT
- Source code
- Source for this version
File SHA-256: 8d60cc706c9d1155c564e279c1c3e6af332abd07a8bc46b7127b8ea50ed4ee62
Signing certificate (SHA-256): af3e76e90dbdf407f471217cd4805746bec2e19ec510500e6df075acc8fbb902
We check that this file carries the same signing certificate as earlier releases of the same package. That shows the APK was not repackaged by someone else — it is not a security review of the app.
Declared permissions
- INTERNET
- ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
- RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
- WAKE_LOCK
- POST_NOTIFICATIONS
- RECORD_AUDIO
- WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
- com.newsblur.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
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