Gazeta
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Built by one person.
Top 3 in two weeks.
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Updated October 8, 2026.
From launch to the top 3.
In under two weeks, driven by TikTok videos.
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- The beginningAn app built by one person.
Natã Monteiro Reis, an independent developer, built Gazeta alone. No media company behind it, no investors and no data sales.
- September 17, 2026Gazeta arrives on the App Store.
Free, with no account, no ads and no tracking: a short feed that ends, with headlines from the papers each person chooses.
- Right afterThe videos take off on TikTok.
Natã shows the app in short videos on TikTok. One passes 500,000 views. Together, the videos about Gazeta pass 2 million views and 300,000 likes, and the profile reaches 40,000 followers.
- Less than two weeks laterTop 3 in News on the App Store.
The app passes 10,000 downloads and reaches the top 3 in News on the Brazilian App Store, where it stays for more than a week, behind only X and Reddit.
- TodayMore than 12,000 downloads.
1,236 sources and 129 topics to choose from, local papers highlighted by ZIP code, and an Android version in testing. Every tap on a headline opens the story on the outlet’s site.
The numbers.
Updated October 2026.
- Launch
- September 17, 2026
- Downloads
- 10,000+ in under two weeks; 12,000+ today
- Ranking
- Top 3 in News on the Brazilian App Store for more than a week, behind only X and Reddit
- TikTok
- 2M+ views, 300,000 likes and 40,000 followers
- Most viewed video
- 500,000+ views
- Rating
- 4.98 out of 5 on the Brazilian App Store (62 ratings)
- Sources and topics
- 1,236 sources and 129 topics
- Price
- Free, no ads and no in-app purchases
- Privacy
- No account and no tracking; what people read stays on the iPhone
- Platform
- iPhone with iOS 16 or later. Android in testing.
- Made by
- Natã Monteiro Reis, independent developer
- Contact
- contato@appgazeta.com
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One-person news app goes viral on TikTok and reaches the top 3 in News on the App Store
Gazeta is a free news app for iPhone, built by an independent developer, that gathers headlines from the papers each person chooses into a short feed, with no account, ads or tracking.
Gazeta was created by Natã Monteiro Reis, an independent developer who built the app alone, with no media company or investors. Launched on the App Store on September 17, 2026, the app went viral on TikTok, where videos about it total more than 2 million views. In under two weeks it passed 10,000 downloads and reached the top 3 in News on the Brazilian App Store, where it stayed for more than a week, behind only X and Reddit. Today it has more than 12,000 downloads.
Gazeta is a news app for iPhone created by Natã Monteiro Reis, an independent developer in Brazil. People choose papers and topics, from 1,236 Brazilian and international sources and 129 topics, and see a short feed of 15 to 60 headlines in which the same story published by several papers appears only once. In the morning, afternoon and evening, a digest brings what got the most coverage. The app also highlights each person's football team and local papers by ZIP code, and has reader mode with read-aloud, weather forecast, exchange rates, lotteries and widgets. There's no account, no ads and no tracking: what people read stays on their iPhone. It's free on the App Store, and the Android version is in testing. The app is in Brazilian Portuguese.
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