Five articles.
Every day.
No noise.

Broaden picks 5 thought-provoking articles for you each day, from sources you can trust. Read one, read all five — either way, you're building a reading habit that sticks.

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The Guardian
The city designed to make you lonely
6 min read · Architecture
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Neuroscience
Why your brain lies about time
Psychology
The science of habit stacking
Science
How octopuses taste with their arms
Philosophy
Boredom is the rarest state
🦫14 days! Keep going!

How it works

Three steps. One new habit.

1

Pick what you're curious about

Choose from 15 topics — science, psychology, architecture, history, technology, and more. Broaden learns what you love.

2

Wake up to 5 great articles

Every morning, your articles are ready. Curated from trusted sources like The Guardian, Aeon, and Wired. No clickbait, no filler.

3

Read one. That's enough.

Even one article a day builds a streak, earns badges, and teaches you something new.

A beaver mascot cheers you on. (Yes, really.)

A better use of your screen time

Your phone, but better.

You're already spending 30 minutes a day scrolling. What if 5 of those minutes went on something genuinely worth reading?

Broaden isn't another news app with 500 articles and an infinite feed. It's 5 articles, chosen for you, and then you're done. No guilt, no overwhelm, no algorithm trying to keep you hooked.

Just one good read a day. That's the whole idea.

What's inside

Built for people who want to read more
(and finally can)

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AI curation that actually works

Tell us what you're into. Our AI finds the best articles from quality sources — and gets smarter with every thumbs up.

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A streak that keeps you going

Read one article and your streak counts. A Mon–Sun week view shows the days you've already nailed.

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A library that's yours

Save articles you want to come back to and build a personal collection of the best things you've read.

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Friends who keep you honest

Compare streaks on the leaderboard. Share articles. Turn reading into something you do together.

Questions

Everything you need to know

Yes. Broaden is free with all 15 topics, streak tracking, badges, and a friends leaderboard. Broaden Pro is coming soon — it will add unlimited saves, notes, and an ad-free experience for £14.99/month or £149.99/year. You can join the waitlist from the app to be notified at launch.

We curate from trusted publications like The Guardian, Aeon, Ars Technica, and Wired. No clickbait sources, no content farms.

Not at all. Even one article a day keeps your streak alive and counts toward your reading goals. Five is a menu, not a minimum.

Those apps give you hundreds of articles and an infinite feed. Broaden gives you exactly 5 — chosen for you, from quality sources. The constraint is the feature: no overwhelm, no doomscrolling, just a daily reading habit.

Currently we cover Architecture & Design, Business & Economics, Culture, Arts & Music, Current Affairs, Environment, Climate & Energy, Health & Medicine, History, Law & Justice, Lifestyle, Philosophy, Psychology & Neuroscience, Science, Space & Astronomy, Sport, and Technology. If you want more topics, don't hesitate to request them in the feedback function in your settings page!

Get started

Download now. Read tonight.

Download Broaden, pick 3 topics, and your first 5 articles will be ready within minutes.

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Free. No credit card. Just great articles.