Punch News

Name: Punch News
Rating: 4.14 (2704 reviews)
Author: Punch Newspaper

LivePunch Newspaper1 app · 480.7K installsNews & MagazinesFree · contains adspunchmobile.punchng

Official Punch News App

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Total installs: 480,718
Installs / day: +29
Rating: 4.1★
Released: 29 Sept 2017
Last update: 27 Jul 2025
Countries: —

Installs per day

gain of the exact counter

Lifetime avg ≈ 146/day (all installs ÷ days since release)

Daily tracking since 10 Oct 2026 · history grows every day

Install history

exact counter from Google Play

3dAll

Dashed: estimate from the release date (no daily data before 10 Oct 2026) · time axis compressed before that day

Daily tracking since 10 Oct 2026 · history grows every day

Change timeline

Full history

No changes recorded yet. We compare every crawl with the previous one and list title, icon, screenshots, description, version, price and availability changes here.

Country availability

Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.

Top countries

estimate · charts of 14 Oct

Most downloads likely come from 🇳🇬 Nigeria (~100%).

Nigeria100%#43 Top free · News & magazines

Estimated from top-chart positions weighted by each country’s Google Play market size. Countries where the app is not in a chart are not shown, so small markets may be missing.

Top chart positions

as of 14 Oct

Chart	Country	Rank	Change
Top free · News & magazines	NG	#43	▼ 2

App manifest

Read this app's manifest from Google Play: permissions, declared SDKs, components and AdMob app ID. Saved analysis appears here automatically.

Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play

Shares data with third parties Personal info, Messages, and Device or other IDs
No data collected
Data is encrypted in transit
You can ask for your data to be deleted

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

7 in 2 groups

1 Sensitive2 Notable4 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networks

LocationSensitive1

Access to where your device is, using GPS or network signals

Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networksapproximate location (network-based) · ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION

OtherNotable6

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

Start itself automatically as soon as your phone finishes turning onrun at startup · RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
Make your phone vibratecontrol vibration · VIBRATE
Receive push messages sent from the app's servers over the internetreceive data from Internet · com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

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Full description

Welcome to the new PUNCH mobile app. We are happy you are here. The new PUNCH Mobile app puts at your fingertips, Breaking News, Personalised News, Politics, Entertainment, Business, Special Features, and many more. The overhauled mobile app lets you follow the news, with its unique notification settings. It is highly customisable, giving you the freedom to make it truly yours. It is ultra light and friendly with device memory. The official app of the most widely read newspaper in Nigeria allows you to be social with your favorite News items, Opinion pieces, videos, photos, feature stories and many more. The fully integrated social media platforms ensure that you are not just a news reader but an active participant in the conversation. It also provides you the opportunity to submit your scoops, stories, and videos. We appreciate your feedback and comments in a bid to make your experience most rewarding. Contact us on [email protected]

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