>It's basically just spitting out official figures that have been both shared by Google and Apple and making some observations without any narrative behind them?

These days, that's the definition of news (with some sprinkled in opinion).

I'm not sure it's fair to bundle in the BBC for a lack of impartiality. I mean, they're not perfect, but they still rely on subscriber fees, so free app or not, they have less incentive to be biased in that regard.