Far from being just a social network Twitter has become my go-to source for news. The reason being nearly every website has a twitter account and thus a constantly updating feed. The best way to consume this feed is Tweetbot for iPhone and iPad. Tweetbot not only makes getting news updates convenient but fun at the same time. You can choose to get notifications from individual sites too. So when Rachael Ray posts a new recipe, you’ll be the first to know!

Tweetbot is just one of our favorite news apps for iPhone and iPad. We’ve collected all of our favorites here. And if you’d like to see more of our top app selections in different categories, just head on over to our Best Apps Series.

Here are a couple of our other picks of the best news apps for iPhone and iPad:

Paper – stories from Facebook – The best way to read Facebook news on iPhone

Facebook is a polarizing topic to put it lightly. Whether or not you choose to use it as a social media outlet, many people use it simply to follow their favorite websites and products. With that in mind, Facebook offers their Paper app as a new way to peruse the ...

Flipboard for iPhone and iPad – Read your news as a magazine

Released in 2013, Flipboard quickly became the one of best ways to read news on the iPad and now iPhone. You can subscribe to Flipboard's suggested sites or your own (like your RSS feeds). All your favorite news websites will be compiled into a visually breathtaking magazine. Apple News is ...