Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Apple
The 20 closest news aggregation alternatives to Apple, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 1 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Apple? The closest matches are 9to5Mac, MacRumors and ABC News. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About Apple
Summary by Claude
Apple News is Apple's news aggregation service; the apple.news domain serves short links that open articles in the Apple News app, with a paid Apple News+ subscription for magazines and premium newspapers.
- Who it’s for
- Apple device users
- Business model
- Subscriptions and advertising
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Apple’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Apple
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Apple, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
9to5Mac - Apple News & Mac Rumors Breaking All Day
Apple News & Mac Rumors Breaking All Day
- Adobe Fonts
- Amazon Publisher Services
- Google Ad Manager
- Google AdSense
- Google Search Console
- Google Tag Manager
Very close cos 0.924 - 02
MacRumors: Apple News and Rumors
Apple News and Rumors
Very close cos 0.913 - 03
ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
Your trusted source for breaking news, analysis, exclusive interviews, headlines, and videos at ABCNews.com
Very close cos 0.906 - 04
Newsweek - Latest Breaking News, US, World, Politics, Business, Tech and Videos.
Newsweek provides in-depth analysis on news, world events, politics, business, tech, entertainment, healthcare, & trending videos. Subscribe for breaking news alerts!
Very close cos 0.904 - 05
News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com
Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.
Very close cos 0.899 - 06
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.900 - 07
NBC News - Breaking Headlines and Video Reports on World, U.S. and Local Angles | NBC News
Go to NBCNews.com for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in world news, business, politics, health and pop culture.
Very close cos 0.900 - 08
TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates
Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news.
Very close cos 0.897 - 09
Flipboard: Your Social Magazine
One place for all the stories you care about. Join the Flipboard community to discover and share what inspires you.
Close cos 0.893 - 10
Báo Mới - Tin tức 24H, đọc báo mới nhanh nhất hôm nay
Tin nhanh Việt Nam và thế giới hôm nay, liên tục cập nhật tin tức online 24h từ các báo và trang tin điện tử hàng đầu
Very close cos 0.895 - 11
American not-for-profit news agency
Close cos 0.893 - 12
Bleacher Report | Sports. Highlights. News. Now.
Fan easier, fan faster and fan better with Bleacher Report. Keep up with the latest storylines, expert analysis, highlights and scores for all your favorite sports.
Very close cos 0.895 - 13
Vox
Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.
Close cos 0.893 - 14
Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters, & software
Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters. Timely news source for technology related news and B2B software reviews & comparisons.
Close cos 0.891 - 15
The Verge
The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.
Close cos 0.892 - 16
thestreet.com
US financial news and financial literacy website
Close cos 0.890 - 17
Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | CNN
View the latest news and breaking news today for U.S., world, weather, entertainment, politics and health at CNN.com.
Close cos 0.890 - 18
American news publication
Close cos 0.891 - 19
English-language computer magazine
Close cos 0.890 - 20
Aftonbladet
Aftonbladet är Sveriges primära och mest engagerande nyhetskälla. Genom journalistiken värnar vi sanningen och granskar makten.
Close cos 0.889
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to apple.news’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Apple uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Apple is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- DNS hosting
- Akamai Edge DNS NS eur5.akam.net
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Apple adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console · not on apple.news 20/20
- Google Workspace · not on apple.news 14/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on apple.news 14/20
- GlobalSign · not on apple.news 11/20
- React · not on apple.news 10/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on apple.news 10/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on apple.news 10/20
- Amazon SES · not on apple.news 8/20
- Next.js · not on apple.news 8/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on apple.news 7/20
- Zendesk · not on apple.news 7/20
- Atlassian · not on apple.news 7/20
- Adobe · not on apple.news 7/20
- Fastly · not on apple.news 7/20
- Apple Business · not on apple.news 6/20
- OneTrust · not on apple.news 6/20