Version history
BBC World Service
30
ASO score
Text
25/100
Reviews
60/100
Graphic
28/100
Other
0/100
App Rating
4.5
Votes
2.08M
App Age
6y 11m
Last Update
Aug 24, 2025
Compare with Category Top Apps
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Metrics
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Current App
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Category Top Average
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Difference
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|---|---|---|---|
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Installs
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1.6M
|
41.2M
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-96%
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Rating
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4.47
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4.22
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+6%
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Number of Ratings (Voted)
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1.8M
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46.9M
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-96%
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App Age
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6y 10m
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12y 2m
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-43%
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In-app Purchases Price
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$0
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$103
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Update Frequency
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133d
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188d
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-29%
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Title Length
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17
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24
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-29%
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Short Description Length
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77
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54
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+43%
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Description Length
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1 632
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2 046
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-20%
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Number of Screenshots
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440
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1480
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-70
%
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Has Video?
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No
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0% has videos
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Size
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0MB
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2MB
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Category Ranking in United States
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Downloads
Downloads Graph
Total
1.6M
Last month
9.3K
Text ASO
Title
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BBC World Service
Short Description
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Listen to the latest programmes and news headlines on the official BBC WS app
Description
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The official BBC World Service news app by Zeno Media LLC offers the latest programmes and news headlines from the BBC World Service. You can to listen to the latest radio programmes using the free audio player or by using the telephone dial-up option (standard geographic mobile charges will apply. Please check with your provider for exact costs before calling).
- Read the latest news headlines from the BBC World Service website
- Listen to your favorite radio programmes free with the audio player, or by using the standard-rate telephone dial-up service.
- You can listen to the most recent editions of:
- The Global News Podcast
- Newshour
- HARDtalk
- Sport Today
- Business Daily
- Focus on Africa, and many more
For EU users only: If you choose to receive customized ads, a unique identifier (Google Advertising ID or Apple’s ID for Advertising) relating to your device will be stored by Zeno Media to provide you with the service and allow customized advertising to be served within the app.
No other Personal Data relating to you (such as a username or email address) is processed. Such information will only be processed in line with Zeno Media’s Privacy Policy, available at https://www.zenomedia.com/wp-content/themes/zeno/privacy_policy.pdf
Find out about your privacy rights and the BBC’s Privacy and Cookies Policy at http://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy
Notifications may include alerts, sounds and icon badges. These can be reconfigured in Settings (notifications). Details of data this app collects, including the unique identifier relating to your device and your location data, is also found under Settings.}
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Other
Additional Information
| Rating: | |
| Voted: | 2.08M |
| Google Play Link: | |
| Website: | |
| Email: | |
| Privacy Policy: | |
| Categories: | News & Magazines |
| Size: | - |
| Installs: | 1.64M |
| App Age: | 6 years 11 months |
| Release Date: | Feb 13, 2019 |
| Last Update: | Aug 24, 2025 |
| Version: | 4.9.5 |
Version history
4.9.5
Aug 24, 2025
4.8.9
Jun 19, 2025