# Anchored: Daily Briefing

Anchored reads you a short daily news briefing every morning. You pick your topics and a delivery time, and a natural voice plays that day's news while you commute, walk or make coffee.

Publisher: HBKL Labs LLC.

## At a glance

- What it does: Turns the day's news from public sources into one audio briefing built from your topics and read to you by a natural American voice.
- Works on: iPhone with iOS 26 or later.
- Price: Free to download. Anchored requires a subscription: Monthly $4.99 or Yearly $39.99.
- Free listening: Your first 3 days of listening are free, with no card needed.
- Free trial: New subscribers get a 1-month free trial. One free trial per Apple ID; if you have used it, the regular price applies.
- Listening: Audio keeps playing in the background, with controls on the lock screen, in Control Center and on your AirPods.

## Free month

### Free month with code ANCHOREDFRIEND

Redeem the code ANCHOREDFRIEND in the App Store to get 1 free month of Briefing Monthly. It is open to new, existing and lapsed subscribers. It can be combined with the introductory free trial. After the free month the plan renews at its regular price, shown in the App Store, unless you cancel. The App Store confirms the terms before you accept.

[Redeem in the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6791283136&code=ANCHOREDFRIEND)


## Common questions

### Is there an app that reads me the news every morning?

Yes. Anchored prepares a spoken news briefing overnight and has it waiting at the time you choose, with a notification when it is ready. Open the app, press play and listen. You choose topics such as breaking news, technology, markets, climate, geopolitics, health, culture and science, and go deeper with subtopics such as AI competition, the Fed and rates, energy transition or space. Sports is its own segment: the day after games, each league starts with every final score, then the stories behind them.

### What's a good daily audio news briefing app for iPhone?

Anchored is built for exactly that. It assembles one briefing from your selected topics instead of a feed, and a natural American voice reads it. Playback runs in the background and works from the lock screen, Control Center and AirPods. History keeps past briefings in a finite list with no streaks, badges or infinite scroll. Briefings are written by automated language models from public news sources and can contain errors, so treat Anchored as one source among several.

### Can an app turn the day's news into a short podcast?

Anchored does something close. Each morning it turns the day's news from public sources into an audio briefing made for you, read by a natural voice, and the app shows about how long your briefing runs as you pick topics. It is a personal briefing rather than a show with hosts, and past briefings stay available in History.

### Is there a news app I can listen to while driving?

Anchored is made for listening with your eyes off the screen. Audio keeps playing in the background, and you can control it from the lock screen, Control Center or your AirPods. Start your briefing before you set off, and keep your attention on the road.

## Links

- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anchored-daily-briefing/id6791283136
- App page: https://apppage.hbkllabs.com/anchored
- Guide: Anchored vs Sift and Hourly News: audio news on iPhone: https://apppage.hbkllabs.com/anchored/guides/anchored-vs-sift-and-hourly-news