Haaretz is a digital news application for iOS providing real-time reporting, expert political analysis, and cultural commentary to an Israeli audience.
Product velocity
Maintenance
Daily rank 🇺🇸
#93
News · grossing
Sentiment
4.2
598 reviews
Nemesis
Washington Post
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire Haaretz for deep-dive journalism and cultural insights that generalist aggregators lack, relying on the app as a daily source for critical domestic perspectives.
For Israeli news consumers seeking high-quality journalism, political analysis, and cultural commentary.
Key features
Push notifications for breaking news and updates delivered directly to the device
Access to deep-dive analysis, expert commentary, and magazine-style features behind a subscription gate
Daily puzzles and word games including '5 Letters' and 'What's the Connection'
How much does it cost?
Subscription-only model managed via iTunes account, with full access granted to existing print newspaper subscribers.
Velocity
Maintenance developmentopaqueperformanceShow more...
The app ships approximately 0.12 releases per week, placing it firmly in the maintenance tier. Development is currently limited to minor bug fixes and stability improvements, with no evidence of new features or live operations. The release notes are consistently opaque, providing no insight into the development roadmap. The cadence has remained stable but minimal over the analyzed period.
Who built it?
Haaretz Daily Newspaper
6 apps tracked · News
TheMarker - דה מרקר
Haaretz - Israel News
Haaretz English Edition
Haaretz Tablet Edition
הארץ - HaaretzUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Fresh user feedback skews mixed. Users appreciate high-quality journalistic reporting provides a reliable and courageous perspective on current israeli political events and diverse content coverage ranging from politics to arts and culture keeps readers engaged daily.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- High-quality journalistic reporting provides a reliable and courageous perspective on current Israeli political events
- Diverse content coverage ranging from politics to arts and culture keeps readers engaged daily
- Intrusive full-screen banner advertisements upon app launch hinder immediate access to news content
49 of 49 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Mixed overall
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Competitive landscape for הארץ - חדשות | Haaretz
How's the News market?
Haaretz holds the #1 Grossing position in the Israeli news category, though its #78 overall rank suggests a niche, high-intent user base. The disparity between its category dominance and overall market reach highlights a reliance on a loyal, domestic core rather than broad-market acquisition.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By The Washington Post
With over 625,000 ratings and a high release cadence of 21 updates in six months, it represents the gold standard for a premium, high-frequency digital newspaper experience.
- Maintains a high-frequency release cadence of 21 updates in six months, ensuring rapid bug fixes and feature iteration.
- Offers a deeply integrated subscription-based model that prioritizes exclusive long-form journalism over general news aggregation.
- Provides a highly polished, consistent cross-platform reading experience that sets the benchmark for legacy media digital transformation.
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Key takeaways for הארץ - חדשות | Haaretz
Where is it heading?
The domestic news market is consolidating around high-velocity, stable platforms, leaving Haaretz exposed to churn from its most loyal subscribers. Unless the team shifts focus from general maintenance to resolving core authentication and UI friction, the current #1 Grossing position will erode as users seek more reliable, premium-feeling alternatives.
- Persistent authentication failures in the latest version erode the daily active habit, which compounds the rating drag already visible on the platform.
- Recent updates focused on stability, but the primary complaints regarding ad placement and interface design remain unaddressed in the current build.
The SWOT
- High-quality journalistic reporting provides a reliable and courageous perspective on current Israeli political events
- Diverse content coverage ranging from politics to arts and culture keeps readers engaged daily
- Education partnerships untapped as B2B distribution
- Embedded translation tools would allow non-Hebrew speakers to access the full range of journalistic content
Next best moves
Audit authentication logic because recurring login prompts are a top-cited friction point → improve daily active habit
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's #1 Grossing rank in Israel is a vulnerability, not a strength…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Dedicated tablet interface (available in Washington Post but missing here) +1
Since the last report: The app's competitive position is currently pressured by technical instability and intrusive monetization, which are actively eroding the user experience for paid subscribers.
Bottom line
Haaretz maintains a strong domestic moat through high-quality journalism, but technical instability and intrusive ads degrade the premium experience, so the PM must prioritize authentication fixes and ad-free tiers to protect the subscriber base.
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Is Haaretz app free to use?
Does Haaretz have an ad-free experience?
Can I read Haaretz on my iPad?
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