Description
Particle is a news app that reads coverage of a story across multiple outlets and condenses it into a single card, rather than sending readers to one article at a time, with each card showing how many outlets covered a story alongside its article count and timestamp. Content is organized into topic feeds such as Technology, Sports, Entertainment, Science, Politics, Crime, Economics, and Video Games, with narrower subtopics like "AI Models," "Cryptocurrency," or "College Football" inside them. The app also surfaces featured collections around major ongoing stories, for example a "Top News" roundup and dedicated coverage of events such as an ongoing conflict or midterm elections broken out by state, so a reader can follow one running story without hunting for updates across separate outlets.
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The company has added a second product, Radar, which searches audio rather than text: it lets users "search 140,000+ podcasts for any topic, company, or person," extending Particle's summarization approach from written news into podcast content. Radar is presented as its own destination, at radar.particle.pro, alongside the main news app rather than as a hidden feature buried in a menu, and it is promoted directly from the Particle homepage and app.
Particle is available as an iOS and Android app, with web access through particle.news, and offers a newsletter signup for readers who want a periodic digest instead of the live app feed. It's aimed at people who want a fast, consolidated overview of a story instead of opening and comparing several outlets themselves, including readers following fast-moving or high-volume news events such as elections or a war, and separately, anyone trying to find out what podcasts are saying about a specific topic, company, or person without listening through hours of audio.
The site offers free app downloads and a newsletter signup but doesn't publish specific subscription tiers or prices, so it isn't clear from the site alone whether any part of Particle or Radar sits behind a paywall.
- CategoryAI News Readers & Aggregators
- Pricing ModelFreemium
- DeploymentCloud
- PlatformsiOS, Android
Particle's Core Features
Story cards that combine coverage from multiple outlets into one summary
Topic feeds for Technology, Sports, Entertainment, Science, Politics, Crime, Economics, and Video Games
Narrower subtopics inside each feed, such as AI Models or Cryptocurrency
Radar, a search tool covering more than 140,000 podcasts by topic, company, or person
Featured collections for major ongoing stories, such as elections broken out by state
iOS and Android apps plus web access at particle.news
A newsletter signup for a periodic digest
How to use Particle?
Get the app: Download Particle for iOS or Android, or open particle.news in a browser.
Pick your topics: Browse feeds like Technology, Politics, or Sports, or drill into a subtopic.
Read a summarized card: Open a story card to see coverage pulled together from multiple outlets instead of one article.
Search podcasts with Radar: Use Radar to search across 140,000+ podcasts for a topic, company, or person.
Subscribe to the newsletter: Sign up for a periodic digest instead of checking the app daily.
Particle's Use Cases
- Quick news catch-up
- Topic-based news feeds
- Election and event tracking
- Podcast topic search
