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.

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.

To me, Noa feels fresh. I find it to be fair in its aggregation of daily news, and I think the “Series” section is the most comprehensive and balanced digest of complex topics in the world of news. I love it. I find it very useful.

Overall this is a great app. It’s easy to navigate, the selection of publications is wonderful, and the readers have easy-to-understand but interesting voices. The main issue comes down to technical challenges. There are often data streaming issues and some days I can’t get anything to load. Currently I’m listening to something from a publication page, but not all publications are available right now and neither is the for you section, which claims I’m offline even though I’m streaming Bloomberg and I can use other apps… These issues are pretty frequent and I’ve noticed them several times a week. It seems like it’s a relatively young company though so hopefully it’s just part of their growing pains and they’ll be able to scale out they’re streaming capabilities soon.

This is a clean, smart app with good articles. Especially good for commuting. I like it.

Not willing to pay for it though.

Crashes when i click the 'Articles' tab

I would this app. Excellent collections and easier to consume the information

Phenomenal idea and content - but hard to navigate. I hope future versions have better instructions.

Noa is easy to use, has a reasonable beginning library of publications, features excellent readers (English only?!), and has some new stories every work day. This is a hopeful alternative when Audible is too bookish and Audm’s articles are just too long and involved. Noa offers healthy audio snacks! Pain points: —Don’t hassle listeners every time they open up the Noa app to “Allow Notifications Now!”. That’s unkind! —Allow listeners to hide articles with 1 click (Create an UNHEARD list?) —No SHUFFLE mode yet.