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✓ Long associationI am 84 year old and emigrated to New Zealand in the 1960s. I have long enjoyed the Economist as a quality read. It is clear, incisive and analytical. It is my 1st read every morning. M Lewis PhD IEng FIET.Version: 3.10.1
✓ The Economist is the best News App aroundInformative, inspiring and insightful. I see, feel and live in the World in a whole new interconnected light with The Economist’s wide array of reporting which details how interdependent the Human race is on this blue marble planet. No other news app comes close to this trusted source!.Version: 3.4.2
✓ BrilliantThe Economist Espresso app is my all-time favourite, though the regular Economist app has easy format reading for full articles with great personalisation features. I prefer it to the hardcopy magazine, personally. Content-wise, Economist’s journalism is virtually second-to-none; it’s hard to imagine my morning routine without a dose of Economist in it..Version: 3.10.1
✓ A lifetime source of information and thought…I initiated my love affair with The Economist at age 26, receiving the flimsy-paper airmail edition weekly when the definite article was the capitalized and part of its calling. It followed me in working stints in Chile, Brazil, and El Salvador. For me, the inventor of the “Big Mac Index of Currency Exchange Rates” represented the greatest English language news journal and the best source for world news(given McDonald’s closing its 850 stores in Russia, it leaves the Index in a bit of a bind, or does it switch to the cost of a liter of bottled water with the standard quart augmented by a 1.06 factor?), which kept me well rounded and which I relished. And now, some sixty years later, I feel the same way. Bravo Economist!.Version: 3.5.0
✓ Version 3.36.0 is not quite there yetIt’s nice that you can one again select a word and look it up. Unfortunately you cannot expand the selection to more than one word. Also, with the smallest text size the last couple of words in a paragraph are sometimes missing. My wish list includes syncing saved articles and the check mark for articles you have read between devices. And some actions, like saving an article, are strangely sluggish. I often think I failed to tap the bookmark icon, only to discover that I have now tapped it twice and it is turned off again, A display of the most recent articles would also be nice. I sometimes use Apple News to get that. I don’t want to miss articles that were online but never made it into the print edition. I’d like a Daily Charts section in the digital weekly edition like the Economist Explains section, and extra articles in other areas, like we get for the Britain section in the U.S. The content remains great and I appreciate the addition of photo captions. Thanks..Version: 3.36.0
✓ Caenis218Fabulous thought provoking commentary which challenges and educates in every issue. Delivers the fact based context behind the issues which our world and leaders so dearly need right now..Version: 2.28.1
✓ Excellent journalism with a decent appThe Economist has excellent journalism covering a remarkably wide range of topics across the world. The app itself is decent but not perfect; I like that weekly editions are downloadable for offline reading, a feature I rely on, and that it does a decent job of remembering your place and what you have read. I don’t like the lack of a slideover or split-screen mode on the iPad. I often like to read while I’m waiting for something — say a meeting about to start, or an opponent to play their move in a game. The Economist iPad app insists on being full-screen which means I inevitably read something else because I can’t share the screen with the iPad app..Version: 3.11.0
✓ Great app but some features neededI love the Economist and have been a subscriber for over ten years. The app is great for reading, and automatic audio download is awesome. It would be nice if they could add automatic switching between light and dark mode based on iPhone system settings. Other apps do this, so at sunset my phone switches to dark mode, and at sunrise back to light mode. Currently, in the Economist app you have to change it manually. Its audio playback & features leave something to be desired. From the Lock Screen, there are no 15-second skip forward & skip back buttons; only next track & previous track. Adding the skip forward buttons would be a great add and align it with other audio and podcast apps. It would be especially useful when I’m out on a walk with a mask on, because I could skip forward & back without unlocking the phone (FaceID doesn’t work with a mask on). Also, clicking the middle button on Apple’s wired earbuds doesn’t pause the audio...this is annoying because it works for other apps..Version: 3.4.0
✓ Factual news and contentThe economist app with subscription comes with narrated articles of their weekly edition, just great to hear narrated pieces while driving etc. I especially love the Morning espresso every morning. Great way to catch up to the world..Version: 3.12.1
✓ The Economist is the bestReflective journalism that dares make tough editorial calls.Version: 3.35.0
✓ Different coverageI like the way you take a more thoughtful, considered approach to reporting news and events, and it’s timely reporting without breathlessly telling us the “he-said-she—said” stuff from elsewhere..Version: 3.0.9
✓ Fix the bugsScreen sizing not correct. The main reading pane has to be resized when the carousel indicators are on the bottom or the audio status. These are covering the reading pane or part of a bottom ad. After you build an audio queue and close and reopen the app, the audio loading indicator spins and no way to play audio. This makes audio queueing unusable The audio queueing ux needs some thought. If you close the audio controls there is no way to get into edit mode without either going to the edition edit queue button under editions or restarting the app. If you use build queue under editions, you should be given option of adding to the start or end of an existing queue. Now it always puts selected articles at the end..Version: 3.26.0
✓ Improving but still poor for offline access.- I wish I could download all the images in advance for offline access, like I can for the text and the audio, and like I could with the classic app. At least the image streaming works better after the latest fixes. It is a huge data hog and increased my phone bill, so streaming over cellular isn’t a good option for me. - Audio needs a bit of love. Needs a 1.25x setting which would be the sweet spot for speed of playback. It frequently starts playing at the wrong speed. 15-second skip back should be the default back button for use in my car, rather than skip to the previous article. Narration sounds good. - It remembers where I was reading, but only one article... I can’t swipe to the next one in the weekly. - When re-finding my place, Clicking on the hamburger menu to find sections and then clicking on the section often doesn’t work. Other times the section headers are rendered offscreen, maybe after switching from landscape to portrait mode..Version: 2.17.5
✓ Week one of subscriptionHaving periodically enjoyed the print edition for many years, I am now enjoying the economist more than I imagined! The content and writing is as excellent as ever! The improvement is that articles are posted on a daily basis building into the weekly published magazine! I have not yet worked out, if some of the articles written for the digital audience end up in the weekly magazine! Perhaps there is already a flag for such articles in the weekly magazine! In any event, I think this would be helpful. Thank you again for such an amazing source of daily and weekly news! With global events such as they are, your reporting is even more important! I also subscribe to the telegraph on a £25 per annum discounted basis, which is excellent value! I would also suggest you push more advertising on the daily content that is published! Having used the service, I can now see that you directly compete with the quality dailies, and I will decide in due course whether to keep on with the telegraph subscription! (At £25, it is great value) Lastly, I do hope that there is some loyalty subscription option when it comes to my annual renewal. £100 per annum is a good price point for me! It took me a while to decide this was good value for money! Now that I have experienced the service, I do consider, as a retired person, it is good value for money!! Thank you again Jonathan Gibson.Version: 3.45.0
✓ Great publication but please remove ads from your podcasts for subscribers!Making your articles available to listen to is such a great feature. I just wish it was available for more of your content and as soon as it is released!.Version: 3.16.0
✓ Audio playback has been fixed, but additional features would be appreciatedI’ve been subscribed to The Economist for several years and the audio edition has become my primary method of consumption. It’s very convenient to listen to the articles during my commute or while working around the house. The latest update seems to have fixed the audio playback issues where article audio would take forever to load and then crash somewhere in the middle, losing your progress. I haven’t had any of these issues since updating to the latest app version. I would give the app 5 stars but have taken off a star due to the lack of AirPlay support for the audio edition. I can play all my music and podcasts through my AirPlay speakers, but not The Economist - please add this..Version: 3.0.9
✓ Well doneAfter using other apps, like Barrons, turning to the Economist, it’s like a breath of fresh air. This app lets you download an entire issue, listen to it at the playback speed you choose, go between articles seamlessly, and most importantly, it remembers where you left off. I won’t comment on the quality of the economist as a publication, but it is kind of iconic, so I don’t think I need to in terms of the app. I am so happy they didn’t drop the ball like Dow Jones has, or some other financial news publication such as seem to be wedded to remaining in the 19th century. Good job guys keep it up..Version: 3.23.1
✓ Login not workingThis is a review about the app. Suddenly, the app has stopped working properly. I was reading through articles on the app, when I was asked to login. After trying numerous times unsuccessfully, resetting my password and reinstalling the app, my password and login details are still 'not recognised'. This is despite me being able to login perfectly well on the website. I pay a lot of money to subscribe to quality journalism (I’ve been a subscriber for nearly 8 years) and I am currently being denied access to the Economist in my most convenient manner, the App. The website is harder to navigate and find content. Please rectify this forthwith. Moreover, it is disappointing to no longe have a dedicated troubleshooting email address; the live chat is clunky and I was stuck for some time in the queue, and it’s no good when the app malfunctions on a weekend and you have to wait two days to be able to telephone. Please resolve these issues..Version: 3.0.11
✓ Content great however new app poorThe new Economist app is only a patch on the previous version. Slowish downloads I can forgive. However it doesn’t play/pause on my ‘household name’ brand Bluetooth headset. In 2022 that is a non-negotiable! Please fix it so I can enjoy the audio version of the magazine again..Version: 3.8.0
✓ A Source I Can TrustI’ve been reading the Economist for more than 40 years. I read it when I was conservative republican in my mid-thirties. I read it today in my seventies as a democrat. Despite the fact that my own views have shifted over time, I have always been able to depend on the Economist to give it to me straight—without the hyperbole, bias or the desire to shock, enrage or terrify that so many other news sources use to attract and retain reader/viewers. What a relief. I love being able to read The Economist without the need to activate the filters I use when reading or viewing other news sources..Version: 3.19.0
✓ Latest app broke audio playback across articlesUpdate: The developer responded and said this issue will be fixed in the next release. Bumping from 2->4 stars, and will go to 5 once fixed! The 3.0 version of the app broke the ability to listen to multiple audio articles with the phone in your pocket. I used to be able to pick the first article in a section and then they would all auto play. Now when on cellular data, if the phone screen is locked, it isn’t able to load the audio for the next article; it shows a “Something went Wrong” error. This means at the end of every track I have to unlock the phone and click the retry button for it to work..Version: 3.0.5
✓ The BestI live in NZIn between the FT and the Economist I feel I am well served in finding out what’s happening around the world. The Economist is an excellent read and the online platform is as good if not better than any I have come across..Version: 3.0.10
✓ Economist is rationalism based on evidenceThe things I value the most about the Economist are the rational evidence-based journalism and the priority given to global issues. I particularly appreciate its well researched up to date coverage of Climate Change. It is the best journalism of its kind in existence. The political neutrality and independence makes it valuable to all. Please keep it up!.Version: 3.19.0
✓ Pretty good experienceOverall the app is well designed and makes it a pleasure to read. The only annoying things I’ve noticed are, firstly, that the “read” ticks that appear on articles you’ve already read seem to jump two articles every time I open the app so that if I’ve read up to, say, article three in a section, when I next open the app the first five articles will be ticked. It’s a small issue but annoying when you can’t remember your place and it’s always two articles. Secondly when I scroll down an article quickly the top navigation bar “jumps” up and down. Other than those two quirks it’s a very clean reading experience and updates and downloads are much smoother than the old version..Version: 2.14
✓ Great siteThe Economist continues to be a great source of commentary and insightful outlook. Sometimes the new topics can be novel and, albeit rarely, unthreading. This is not to devalue the content and statistics but in the Information age of distributed news it needs to consider te following: - Catchy titles to gain quick attention - Listening to articles and queueing to be made more at the upfront - More colourful front page and more icon driven than focus on clean space - Improved connectivity between articles rather than just that what is within the same category as information cross links -Promotion of iconic Economist authors to follow on their viewing (both internal and external articles and books Keep up the great work but consider creating user groups and build more focussed use cases. More news sites should do this to improve and provide better customised news navigation to complement great content..Version: 3.21.0
✓ Good content, poor audio featuresThe content is great, and the daily stories have high caliber. The “3 star” rating is due to the poor podcasting/audio portion of the app.Version: 2.30.2
✓ Where is my playlist?It is baffling that an outstanding news organization would hire professional readers to create an audio edition, and then make it so difficult to listen to. The previous version of the app made it effortless to create a playlist, by section or individual article. In this app, you can manually play one article, then manually play the next article, etc. who’s idea was this? And please don’t tell me about the “Legacy” app which still allows playlist creation. It makes playlist creation much more difficult and confusing than it was before. Fix this or give me the old version please!.Version: 2.28.1
✓ Should be mandatory readingI am a media sceptic. The Economist stands out as the one source of information I can trust to inform me of facts and let me form my own opinions. The Economist content is global, educational and entertaining as well as informative. Exactly what media should be about. Thank you..Version: 3.2.0
✓ Horrible app. Stick to the print editionThe Economist has great news content. Unfortunately, they treat their app like a complete afterthought and their non-print subscribers like second-class citizens. Every few months, it is updated, and inevitably, one cannot log in again until numerous calls, emails, and reinstalls are undertaken. It looks like they have now done away with email support so you can call a phone tree with all your abundant free time. For a magazine that charges a substantial subscription price, one would think they could spend a few bucks (or pounds) to hire a reputable app developer..Version: 3.0.3
✓ Version 3.0 does not work well across devicesThe magazine is certainly quite good, but unfortunately since the 3.0 version of the app was released my bookmarks do not work properly between my iPhone and my iPad. I used to bookmark articles on my phone during the day, and then read them at night on my iPad, but now it’s impossible (each device has its own bookmarks now). Customer support gave me some indications but they have not worked for me, and they gave me no further help. I hope The Economist can fix this soon! Let me know if I can do something to help. Jonathan.Version: 3.0.5
✓ Just a little leftSlightly.Version: 3.8.0
✓ FantasticI've now become a fan of the new app and really like the daily pics and morning briefing. Of course, the 'This Week' section is the heart and what drives me to pay the quite hefty subscription fee. I would however, like to make one suggestion. With so much great content coming out over time the glaring short fall to me is the 'bookmarks' section. This really needs an upgrade with some very basic features like sorting the bookmarks by the date & time when they were first created or by the newspaper issue they come from. It would seriously enhance the ability to recall and reference articles that I often find myself describing to people and struggling to then find in the app (of course to ensure I'm quoting the facts correctly!). Thanks for your time to consider this enhancement..Version: 2.14
✓ Very good!Although I hate to admit it, fairly frequently when reading your articles in the print or digital edition (particularly in the finance and economics section) I find that I don’t really understand the article. This is just because I don’t understand all of the terminology such as “yield gap” or a more fundamental concept such as a bond as I am not a trained economist. I would love to fully understand these articles without having to research all the terminology. I thought that you could create a section in the app for each article where you explain the terms and concepts that you assume your readership already understands. The function of the articles is to communicate something to the reader and I think this would help them do that. (You could implement this as a database of definitions which could be re-used for different articles. Maybe you could even have a system which automatically attaches definitions from your database to an article based on the used terms. Obviously find out if people read the explanation section with A/B testing before making the database.) Also, we should be able to listen to podcasts from the economist within the app. In terms of a review, I think the economist is great. The articles are extremely well researched, informative and interesting. Keep up the great journalism! Well worth the subscription fee. Leo..Version: 3.0.12
✓ Good app, audio article support neededOverall this is a solid app. It’s reliable, and the interface is clean and intuitive. However, the option to play the audio versions of individual articles from the weekly publication does not yet exist in the app; it is available on the web version. I would like to see this feature implemented in the app. There is the option to listen to podcast shows of course, just not the articles from the magazine. The content itself is thoughtful and the dedication to puns and wordplay is incredible. I think we all know the OECD is “a club of mostly rich countries” by now, so it might do to spare the ink..Version: 3.41.1
✓ Great new audio versionThe lasted version significantly enhanced the integration of the audio features with iPhone and provides a great audio interface. Much improved and highly recommended for those listening to the weekly Economist..Version: 3.0.3
✓ The best news app you can getIt’s amazing how you can get the most important news from across the globe written in such an interesting and witty way literally at your fingertips. Bonus: you can also listen to the news while you’re busy with something else so you’re being updated in every possible way. It really helped me with both my studies and personal development as I’ve become a more intelligent conversationalist:)) It’s a shame that my school subscription will end soon and I don’t know if I’ll afford it at university but I’ll try my best because it’s really worth it! I strongly recommend it!.Version: 2.8.2
✓ Poor Australian coverageI read your paper to get a general idea of what’s going on in the world, including in obscure parts I would normally not know about. It is a little disconcerting that folks with little understanding of Australian politics might take as informed and impartial your recent coverage of Australia’s decision to build and operate nuclear submarines, which was almost entirely informed by a couple of commentators opposed to the decision (and the broader direction of national security policy). A more serious and diligent attempt to reflect the alternative and broadly accepted view of the decision would have given me more confidence that your coverage of other out of the way countries reflects reality..Version: 3.8.1
✓ Great content but app needs improvementAfter listening to a track mark the article as read. Order sections according to the country/ region of the user, as the print version does. If network coverage drops while using the app audio will not play, even if it has been downloaded. Please fix this. If logged in on multiple devices synchronise so articles show as read regardless of the device they were read on. Audio of ‘by invitation’ articles would also be great..Version: 3.11.0
✓ These people are excellent at their jobsI was compelled by a recent piece on the history of Russia’s attitudes towards Ukraine to post an enthusiastic, if disappointingly thinly answered, paean to the journalists of the Economist on my Facebook page. To be able to combine history, journalism and a spot of political philosophy in such a piece, in readable and lucid format, without dumbing down or preaching, and to do this sort of thing in five or six pieces week in, week out, takes more than impressive talent. It must demand application, which is belied by the impression of effortlessness it conveys. This, my friends, is real journalism. And I don’t always agree with what it is saying (although I must confess disproportionate alignment with content on an ongoing basis). Subscribing digitally, after years of enjoying the paper version and then enduring a long absence, was a very, very good idea. I flagellate myself for not reading more. The Economist deftly assuages some of these feelings..Version: 3.3.0
✓ Much ImprovedSince writing my initial review, the app has been updated and images now consistently load reasonably quickly. The only point of criticism I made that still stands is the layout of the “Daily Picks” page, which still has a massive amount of space dedicated to images. This is most noticeable on a larger screen. There is no reason for each article recommendation to take up the entire screen; it would make more sense for the page to be laid out similarly to the “This Week” section. I would like to add some other suggestions. The implementation of a search function would make browsing previous issues within the app much easier; currently the most efficient way of doing this is through a web browser. Furthermore, there’s currently a lot of ‘dead space’ in the UI. Again I’ll make the comparison to the New York Times’ app: so much more information can be conveyed in a much smaller space by changing the layout..Version: 2.6.1
✓ The Economist is:Exceptional Diverse On target Leading, not following Not afraid to address truly unknown, difficult topics, ones with no clear or “right” answer Excellent grammar and exceptionally concise writing The best charts, bar none!! Hugely broad coverage with first-hand, data-driven analysis No other publication is anywhere near as comprehensive, insightful, thoughtful and unafraid to lay it on the line The Economist forces readers to re-evaluate their fundamental and long-held perceptions, principles and priorities.Version: 3.41.0
✓ It’s really good. And the new fonts are amazingRighto, we all know the economist is world classs journalism and analysis. And it makes you smarter. But now it is easier to read too. And not because they trended towards shorter sentences, which they did about 3 years ago. It’s because they change the type face, or font, to a new unique design. The change is subtle, unless you are really into fonts. But take it from a kerning nerd. This is big. Huge even. It looks amazing, and is so much easier to read. It now makes you smarter with less effort. Win win!.Version: 3.47.0
✓ An eternal source of realityI have read the economist now for 40 years. Paying for a subscription for the last 25. It’s news and analysis for those of us who know how complex the world can be. The economist continues to be a wonderful source of real information in an unreal world..Version: 3.19.0
✓ An American Conservative Review of the EconomistI have only recently subscribed to the Economist and my initial impression is favorable. Your reporting is more balanced than what I am accustomed to from the Financial Times, the other European publication I read on a daily basis. I value the European perspective on "the American Experiment," still evolving after 243 years! There is a sense of desperation on the political Left in America. They want to be well received at Davos and will do and say anything to try to convince the world that we have abandoned the principles of our Revolution in favor of woke globalism. Nothing could further from the truth, most Americans have never heard of Davos and are not interested in the globalist ideas of President Obama, but you won't hear that from American media..Version: 3.18.0
✓ Mind openingInformative, insightful and instructive. Get to the essence of current affairs with the Economist magazine. Thoroughly thought provoking and critical thinking inducing read..Version: 3.39.0
✓ Real news, truthful and reliableWhat a treat to read well organised relevant news that satisfies my need to know what is going on in the world and what is likely coming next. No self important declamations to dishearten, but a range of views for people who are still able change their mind..Version: 2.30.2
✓ Audio irretrievably broken.The audio edition in app just seems to go from bad to worse! I remember years ago the audio would reliably download in the background and ACTUALLY work offline. Now even when audio is ‘downloaded’ it seems to require an internet connection to actually begin playback. If the audio is or isn’t downloaded, getting it to play is actually a daily challenge in and off itself. It is beyond unreliable and has been for many many versions. I always install updates and I’m consistently disappointed. The most common thing is for the app to seemingly do nothing when I press play and then “Something went wrong, try again later” about 45 seconds later. This often requires a force quit to resolve. Usually 3 force quits before the audio actually works. I don’t understand how it is seeming so difficult to implement a feature literally any other app which plays audio manages to do? That feature being actual playback. It’s so broken and I’m sorely let down by this. Support is quite useless at this & you always get the same coined response or ‘we regularly release updates’ blah blah blah. Quit “handling” people and just sort out the app..Version: 2.26.1
✓ Great Magazine, beware of a nasty surprise when ending your subscription serviceLove my digital subscription service. Due to the higher subscription fees I sadly had to terminate my annual subscription. Despite cancelling my account online before the renewal date I was charged the annual fee and am forced to chase after customer service who claim they are unable to help and need to escalate the inquiry. Very dissappointed with the unprofessional customer service experience..Version: 3.12.0
✓ A robust readThe Economist has become my go-to source for news and current affairs. Its articles are well written with intelligent arguments and robust facts to back it up. I read Espresso every morning and revisit the app during the day to read the main articles and stay informed..Version: 2.25.0
✓ Love The Economist!I get updates throughout the day on my phone about developments. I treasure more than anything the iconoclastic independent take on many issues.. it does not view issues from the cozy ease of center left or center right of many publications. The Economist informs me of key developments and tends from around the world and how they affect each other. I love the slightly sarcastic voice I detect at times. When I was teaching middle school, high school and college students I would use articles from The Economist to both inform students and to show the best use of the English language..Version: 3.32.0
✓ A fantastic way to get quality newsThe app provides a great way to access Economist content. In addition to the weekly magazine there are daily updates providing a great summary of events around the world and quality articles on everything from current events to science and technology..Version: 3.24.3
✓ Access to audiblesLoving the number of news analysis that can be heard with ear pods & so can continue readying for the day ahead while taking in a wide variety of newsworthy reports on many controversial topics from all over the world..Version: 3.44.1
✓ Poor experience on audioThis is the worst audio experience I have ever had with The Economist. It was better when I downloaded each edition to my iPod nano every week. The app regularly forgets where I am in the week’s edition and on Friday mornings insists I listen to the new edition. If 4G is not available it won’t work, even though the full edition is supposed to be downloaded. The whole app is also hard to navigate. When I delete an edition it opens this week’s edition, again presuming I am up to date. More work needed!.Version: 2.27.2
✓ Always best content notwithstanding climate alarmism & RemainismOnly reason not giving 5* is erratic performance on old iPad and fact I can’t get standalone Espresso back. I can live with the biases mentioned because this newspaper has always taken considered positions which could not possibly be more transparent..Version: 2.15
✓ The best way to get informedThe Economist app’s best feature is that it is curated daily by an editor in an excellent way: articles are grouped by topic, there is a summary of facts of the day at the beginning, and sometimes older articles are re-offered in order to fully delve into a problem and see an earlier perspective. The app combines the analytical depth typical of the magazine with the convenience of keeping everything in one place, saving articles for future reference, and even being able to gift them to a friend. I could not recommend it more..Version: 3.11.0
✓ Improved,audio can be an issueMuch improved. I like the audio but it can have issues downloading. The format is succinct this user friendly.Version: 1.9
✓ The best of the lotThe app is excellent on iPhone and iPad. I have it set to dark mode and the morning briefing provides a much needed snippet of world news. The economist is a balanced publication and loaded with quality analysis which is has diminished considerably from other sources..Version: 2.26.2
✓ Terrible for listeningFor years I’ve listened to the economist on my daily commute (and kept the habit through COVID). As I’m sure many do, I read/listen to pretty much the same sections every time, so the ability to add entire sections to a “playlist” easily, to then listen in one go, was critical. But in this new version I have yet to find an easy way to do that. It would seem I have to go to each article and click to listen. Not only is that annoying, but it makes it impossible to (safely) listen to it while driving. Please help if I’m missing something!.Version: 3.0.7
✓ Feedback on v3 updateGreat app overall. Putting three stars to elevate some of the issues I encountered in the new version. I’m using the app only in dark mode, if that’s helpful context. 1. Espresso is gone. Someone else mentioned here as well. 2. App state is lost too quickly. My reading style is to jump back and forth between this app and others (e.g. switch to Wikipedia mid-article and come back afterwards to resume the same article). Currently, the app cold starts into the main menu after being the background for about a minute. This is a significant annoyance for me. 3. Read-state check marks were reset locally after the update. These were great to keep track of my backlog in recent few weekly issues. If this is a one time thing, probably I can bear the disturbance however. 4. Read-state check marks are less visible (in dark mode) on the weekly tab compared to v2. This makes it harder to find unread articles in weekly issues. 5. Articles in daily view has advertisement boxes with no advertisements in them. They show empty gray space. While I’m here, I also would like to see the read-state synced to my account server-side. Having them local only is the only reason I read the Economist on just one device, and not iPad and phone together for instance. I hope this is helpful! Thank you for the great app the dev team! i.Version: 3.5.0
✓ An awesome App with unrivaled journalismI love reading and listening to the Economist. The app is easy to use and has steadily improved over the years. It is one of my top 3 apps. I listen or read it about 5 hours per week. At the heart over the great value is the best journalism. I have tried the WSJ, Barrons, and others; but only the Financial Times (which I also subscribe to) comes close to the Economist’s level of Investment, Political, and Management analysis. I have been a subscriber for over 25 years and it has mad a large impact on my career and my portfolio. They cover the key topics and have the highest levels of Journalism. I highly recommend it..Version: 3.34.0
✓ Works fineI have used this app for many years. It works, and I am able to listen to the app fine.Version: 3.41.1
✓ Good, but has potential for much more.Overall, the Economist is a decent app. however, if they want to make it better, here are the top things that they can do. 1. Create cliff notes for the articles that they write. Right now the Economist has lots of content, and may be hard to digest everything in a given week. If you’re able to create cliff notes, it will help make the takeaways easier for the readers 2. Improve audio distribution. Right now the audio overlay for the articles is technically clear, but hard to digest. Basically, you could have the article playing in your car and you may not even hear what they’re actually saying. Similarly, the tone of the article could easily put you to sleep 3. Add more diverse content - focus on historical look back. The Economist has a huge opportunity to be a thought Leader and more broad areas. I think one of the items I’d like to seem them do more of is do a look back on historical issues and do an analysis of what happened and maybe what were the causes that were unforeseen at the time. 4. Finally, The Economist needs an app for the Apple Watch. I would like to see this on the Apple Watch so I can listen to the audio files while on a run without my phone.Version: 3.30.0
✓ Great news service, middling appThe quality of writing and editing in The Economist is quite high. Articles are informative and often with a little bit of wit to keep things entertaining. I’ve been a subscriber for about five years and will continue for the foreseeable future. The app is stable but has a few nagging issues that have been present for some time. If they push a new set of featured articles to the app whatever you are reading gets replaced. It’s as if articles are stored by index and you’re reading whatever is in position x rather than a particular article. It has also started duplicating paragraphs on occasion..Version: 3.38.0
✓ Update ruined my subscriptionCould not link active subscription (through Apple) after this update. Followed the instructions and tried several times. Chatted with The Economist help. Basically concluded that this is an Apple issue. A shame to see these two titans without a clue….Version: 3.37.0
✓ Force close the app solved audio problemIssue has been resolved. Lucky that i used trial version first before paying hundreds of dollars for subscription. The app is pretty useless without the audio to be able to play the in background. Iphone 11 Ios 13.3 Audio paused when leave the app or screen goes black..Version: 2.21.1
✓ Great content but app fails to remember positionEvery time I go back to the app (on iPad), either from Lock Screen or another app, it initially starts on the page I was last on, but then a few seconds later jumps to a different article at some random position in the weekly order. This is very annoying and requires me to go back to the index to find where I was. It would also be good if it syncronised marked articles across devices as I sometimes also read on my iPhone..Version: 3.44.1
✓ AwesomeI love this app. It is so worth the money. Best way to access the news.Version: 3.8.1
✓ Must fix audio (problem for years)As a subscriber of many years, I add my voice to that of the other reviewers. The Economist needs to sort out the issue with its many versions of the audio player. Playing back a simple playlist of audio clips should never be an issue today. Yet somehow release after release, the team puts out versions that cannot download the audio, require connection to play offline content, overheats, have large memory leaks, require 30/45 seconds of load time for content to play (latest version), etc. I’ve written to the team so many times about these issues. If you’re using a contractor to build this, switch. If you’re trying on an in-house team, outsource it. If you won’t do either, then find a way to use a podcast app that can actually play back audio. Audio playback has been a problem for YEARS. Who’s responsible for this feature? How does this feature pass testing? Do you even have a QA process? Please resolve this for people like me who consume 95% of our subscription via audio. Do not take an incremental approach..Version: 3.0.6
✓ Good, exempt for animated adsThe Economist app has improved greatly over the years, adding many useful features and removing past irritations (such as the slide-away interstitial ads). It should easily get five stars - except that recently it has been showing animated Google ads, many from the Economist itself. They’re reasonably discreet and tasteful - but they move. This presents the reader with a page of static, black-and-white text — and one colourful moving thing. It’s incredibly distracting, and most unwelcome, especially to a long-time subscriber who has paid thousands of pounds to this organisation over the years, and doesn’t appreciate being rewarded by attempts to distract and hijack his attention whilst trying to read the material he has already purchased. If you share my dislike for this disrespectful practice, please join me by hitting the small “x” on each and every animated ad, choosing “Send Feedback”, then “Ad was Inappropriate” — as indeed it was. If enough people react negatively, perhaps a pattern will emerge, and the Economist’s marketing geniuses will wake up and restrain themselves from further irritating the golden goose..Version: 3.34.0
✓ The Economist: not just for loversThe economist made me the man I am today.Version: 3.42.0
✓ So easy to useI’m a new user of the Economist app. I’m most surprised by how easy it is to use. I can listen to the weekly paper and pause when I need a break. Then easily return to that same point in the narration. I can easily zoom the text size up and down depending on how tired my eyes are. And I can easily find articles of interest via search..Version: 3.26.0
✓ Audio function needs improving - skip back 10 seconds needed on iPhone Lock ScreenDesperately need to change the “previous track” or “next track” option on the iPhone Lock Screen to “skip back or forward 10 seconds” instead. Or at least have an option to change in settings. It is SO frustrating. People consume the audio version of the paper in the same way as they would a podcast, and all podcasts allow you to skip forward or back 10 seconds as the default on the Lock Screen. The audio download is problematic as well, but I assume they are looking into it. Overall the app is good. But crying out for that change in Lock Screen option.Version: 3.32.0
✓ The Economist app improvesAt first there was an app for each masthead, then there was a coalescing into a single one. Less to manage, easier to use. My only issue is that when using earbuds that connect directly to my iPhone, the start-stop switch on the earbuds does not stop the audio from playing. That forces me to the use either my Apple watch, or reach into my pocket for my phone (oh the shame of it all). It would also be a very nice feature if the backward and forward on the watch display instead of moving to the previous and next article would instead rewind and fast forward x and y seconds as proscribed by podcast skip button settings. Thanks..Version: 3.4.1
✓ Essential reading and great app overall - audio issuesI love The Economist and recommend it highly to anyone interested in staying informed and learning about global issues. The app itself is overall very good. It’s sleek and easy to navigate. However, 4 stars because the new podcast section isn’t great. The player is very clunky - unresponsive controls, no queue, no episode notes, etc. For some reason you can’t tap an episode title to play it. The audio edition of the magazine (which I also love) suffers from the same UI issues. It seems to me that the audio component was an afterthought, which is a shame since the content is so good..Version: 3.43.0
✓ Needs “Find on page” function and usability fixesI would love to wordsearch within an article when I need to quickly skim an article or find a specific detail. Without this function I must rely on the website; this makes the app redundant for me. Also, when i try and select text to copy, lookup etc. it never highlights the end of the last word. It often ends up highlighting to the middle of the last word, so i have to inefficiently extend the highlighter rightwards. Plus, I can’t understand why the app doesn’t have an article categories section eg. ‘Finance and economics’, ‘Asia’, ‘Graphic detail’ etc., as is provided on the website. Some articles, especially graphic details and daily charts, only appear to be discoverable and readable on the website. This lack of interoperability makes very little sense. I love TE, but the app requires much improvement - which, unfortunately in my experience, has not been forthcoming..Version: 3.0.9
✓ Always a good readI enjoy reading at least one or two articles a day. It usually gives me a new perspective..Version: 3.35.0
✓ ReviewI have been a subscriber of the Economist for many years. The Fourth Estate is under unprecedented pressure worldwide. Democracy is imperilled if we don’t have strong, robust and independent journalism. It is therefore essential, that we reader’s, support this important bastion. I decided long ago to place a good percentage this support with the team at the Economist. You are simply the best. Thank you Graham New Zealand.Version: 3.19.0
✓ Great newspaper another lousy app.For 20 years I have enjoyed reading the Economist but consistently found the user interface to be wanting. Trend continues..Version: 2.23.1
✓ Exceptional, but please maintain the qualityThe Economist is exceptional. The journalism is unparalleled. The app is a great way to access the journalism. I have two minor criticisms though, that I only air here in the hope of future iteration and improvement: 1. The audio queue often replays old articles, over and over, until it is cleared. The UI isn’t as intuitive here as it could be. It feels half baked and could do with some attention. 2. The new World In Brief audio recording appears to be AI generated, instead of recorded by a real person like other articles. This detracts from the quality of the journalism and is distracting. It would be preferable to have a poorly produced and mastered recording of a real person. Please reconsider. Don’t hesitate though. The Economist really is the bee’s well-informed knees..Version: 3.27.0
✓ Great App with consistent improvementsGreat app that has become more stable over time , the addition of a queue recently has filled in a the last issue from my perspective. If they keep making incremental improvements along those lines it would be difficult for to move away from. I used to listen to radio four when I got up but I feel better informed and less annoyed by reading the world in brief and checking in throughout the day. I ‘read’tye audio edition each week. Maybe the podcasts could be hosted in a section? And I have had some issues adding some audio editions to the new queue that I would expect to be ironed out..Version: 3.17.0
✓ Terrific journalism, annoying appI love economist but an app has a room for improvement: - No history of read articles. It’s difficult to comeback to an article I opened but didn’t finished. - Opened article flip back to the main page after few hours of inactivity. Coupled with lack of history if I haven’t finished reading an article and the app flipped to main page it’s annoying to try to find and re-open it again. I have to use bookmarks so I don’t loose what I read. - Bookmarks should sync across iOS devices. - It’s so annoying that I cannot easily continue to read same article on iPad after opening it up in iPhone. Apple News is an example of how to do it right. Coupled with separate bookmarks for iPhone and iPad it requires to use search..Version: 3.21.0
✓ Works well but subscription overpriced in some countriesThe app is pretty good but the pricing is annoying when customers are charged more in Australia than other countries. It’s jus5 a bunch of electrons available on the net and should be 5h3 same price internationally..Version: 3.6.0
✓ The only news magazine worth taking!I have taken the Economist for 30+ years. Nowhere else will I get news from around the world that has both economic considerations and political in depth but accessible. Once while coming back from the Middle East, there was a small article entitled, The moonshine capital of America, Franklin, County, Virginia. It was an accurate portrayal of the culture of SW Virginia. Add this to what is happening economically in equatorial Africa or Southeast Asia and you have quite a comprehensive mix of news and analysis. I’ve accepted the fact that I cannot read everything each week in the Economist so I never run out of articles of interest! My son reads the Economist on line and dedicates Thursday evening to the latest news. We both find the editorial commentary to be balanced and any biases transparent! This magazine is a refreshing breath of air in a world with so much unhelpful spin and fabrication!.Version: 3.21.0
✓ Great reading well organizedGreat reading and well organized..Version: 3.37.0
✓ Quality but here is why I am leaving youI have enjoyed the Economist for decades but I have two concerns... 1. Your high standards seem to be declining on factual reporting. I have too many examples of your fact selection being biased on the narrative you want and not representative. This has reduced my trust in how you report on areas where I have less direct access to the facts separately. 2. You are losing the nuance re for example the limitations of liberalism and globalisation and you predictably come down on the side of your ideology regardless. This is by the way largely my thinking - but I do not want confirmation bias I want objective thinking. Of course your predictable caveat at the end of the article seeks to cover the alternative but that is no substitute for more rigorous journalism. So I have cancelled my subscription. What I so valued for years seems captured like so much media by a dominate ideology rather than what I seek which is unbiased enlightenment. I wonder how homogeneous the thinking now is at the Economist? Thanks for many good reads - you are still better than most of the rest..Version: 3.0.9
✓ Graphics handling deteriorationHandling of graphics has deteriorated badly. It is very easy to mis-pop the graphics when trying to scroll. If you don’t have internet (e.g. underground) the pop-out is a big blank screen because the high res version — which is actually exactly the same resolution! — hasn’t downloaded yet. (Why doesn’t everything just download at once? And when it does download, can we have the proper high res versions please? Our phones have lots of pixels now. LOTS) Oh, and good luck trying to zoom in on a graphic in phone landscape mode! The funny/sad thing is that The Economist app used to have such good graphics handling. You could just pop it out with your fingers and everything was so intuitive. Check out the Economist Classic app for a far better experience (though not as good as it was 2 years ago!).Version: 2.17.6
✓ Widgets would be niceGreat journalism and insight as always, and the app has dramatically improved over the years. Still waiting for iPhone and iPad widgets to keep up with the weekly covers..Version: 3.46.0
✓ Used daily. Can’t be withoutAside from the excellent journalism, with hardly a political bias to be discovered, the app is technically well designed. Audio plays in the background, articles are narrated promptly, although it immediately to avoid delay, and audio is downloadable to avoid problems when listening on the move. Occasionally the app is slow to start encounters an unspecified problem - usually this happens when a new edition replaces the one Iam still listening to. Morning briefing is excellent to read whilst the kettle boils. Subscribers get additional educational material (I think non-subscribers can also access this). In summary, excellent reporting, and good enough app..Version: 2.22.1
✓ Two requests for improvement1) To quote another review: “What’s really missing here is a seamless experience when switching between iPad, iPhone apps and Economist website. I often switch between devices (depending on where I am), but the ‘reading progress’ (respectively, the checkmarks for read articles) in the weekly edition only shows on one device. It would be great if that could be synced across all devices.” 2) I would really like the option to pick up where I left off and not have it default to the Home tab every time I open the app. Thanks for considering this..Version: 3.22.0
✓ App not worthy of The EconomistFor a newspaper of this magnitude, it is quite a shame that the medium through which the digital version of such high quality content is displayed is so poor. The app does does not load pictures nor graphs half the time, does not sync bookmarked articles across multiple devices, bugs when attempting to read previous editions, and crashes frequently. Some things are done well; the night mode for late reading and the estimated reading time is a nice touch. Overall it still needs a lot of work to break away from this amateurish state..Version: 2.5.0
✓ Excellent appOne of the best examples of digital reporting and broadcasting I’ve come across. Well worth the outlay and investment. Let’s see if there’s a budget for some video snippets in the future?.Version: 2.17.6
✓ Not a joy to useThe Economist app works very well, everything works fast and reliably. Here I will concentrate on problems because it would take too long to describe all the good things about it. So here it goes: Saved articles don’t sync across devices - frustrating. Website doesn’t have the Save option - you can email yourself links which is slow and inefficient. When I play audio, the iPhone lock screen doesn’t have the (go-back-15s) button like all other audio apps. You have to open the Economist app and do it from there, which is fiddly and frustrating. The app works well enough but needs a bit of polish..Version: 3.0.3
✓ I love the EconomistThe Economist is a great source of news and intelligent comment. Like all publications, they have a ‘house opinion,’ but unlike many others, they are open about their reasons for this. I don’t actually know much about Economics but enough of the content is still accessible to me. My husband knows a lot more from his work, and it is good for him too. Now the post has got so unreliable I am using the app a lot more, and I really like the extra daily updates you don’t obviously get with a weekly print publication. Thank you Economist, for keeping us informed..Version: 2.22.1
✓ The only news app you need.I’ve been using The Economist for years. I couldn’t imagine ever reading a tabloid newspaper or any ad-fillled news source again. There are 0 problems with this app. It is perfect. I just have three minor suggestions that could help improve the app. First, for some reason I always accidentally bookmark so many pages I don’t need. Maybe the bookmark symbol could be moved to the left so it minimises this happening. Second, and this is entirely unnecessary, I just thought it would be a nice feature. On the main Economist app, maybe there could be a small circle with the percentage of the articles read every week. I feel like it would encourage me to read more of the articles I’m not so interested in. And finally, this is regarding the Espresso app. I always feel sad on Sunday’s when there is no news. But of course you guys need a break and can’t post everyday. So maybe on Sunday’s, you could have crosswords or something else for us to do so we can still use the app. But all these suggestions are not necessary. The app is perfect. The audio part is my absolute favourite, I always put it on when I’m cleaning and I learn so much. Thank you Economist..Version: 3.0.5
✓ TDSFirst rate publication other than the Trump derangement symptoms the editorialists show..Version: 3.35.0
✓ Back to The EconomistI have had to endure a forced absence from The Economist and cannot begin to explain how much I’ve missed the valuable insight it provides, over far too long a period. To be deprived of such erudite perception and political intuition over what has been far too long is my own fault and an absence that I’m eager to avoid, for evermore. Finally, the quality of prose, sense of literary style that Economist exudes is exceptional and I’ve really missed the work of the accomplished Ann Wroe and her sensitive obituary writing. I’m back and can assure you that won’t be without The Economist ever again. Professor John M. Mohin OBE.Version: 3.41.1
✓ EconomistAs an ageing subscriber there is a tendency to switch off as the news is so depressing these days. Why is this so when as Hans Rosling says in his book Factfulness overall really things have never been better? What I remain determined to do is to continue to support The Economist, The Guardian and ABC, who have never been more important. As a former Economist I feel almost every rule in rational economic management has been broken over the past decade and more, and that eventually we will all pay a very high price for this..Version: 2.15
✓ Great app and my favourite subscription, recent update oddDon’t need to say what a great newspaper this is, I have many subs and they’re my favourite. And it’s a very good app, whether you read cover to cover or dip in. A weird change lately tho- can’t copy sections of text anymore. I understand they don’t want people scraping their text (but is anyone doing that thro the app?) but I share a *lot* of links to their articles , and it’s nice to include a quoted snippet - and people are way more likely to read a link with an example of the writing. An odd change to make.Version: 3.34.0
✓ How can’t you want to know (or how I learned to live with not knowing everything)The Economist’s Christmas edition’s prompt to search on maps Singapore’s last urban village, its digital end of year summary now throwing out insights into the economics of food delivery - how can’t you want to know about either, or indeed much more of what’s happening around us. The intersection of PPE, the closing obituary, a site that’s just as useful as a paper copy that’s critical to have tucked into your work bag ….Version: 3.2.0
✓ Great, but app could be betterThe app can be rather clunky at times. However the content is fantastic. When reading offline not all graphs/images appear, but they did in the old app..Version: 3.0.12
✓ So easy to useGreat content, simple and intuitive layout, love the audio supplement (though many reviews say the flakiness can be improved). The suggestions below will not stop me from using your app but might make it more accessible to others. Some suggestions: Please create an iOS widget - it will probably make my and many other people’s reading habits better! Make more of the photojournalism - initially I would like to be able to click on the photo journalism in the article titles and have a caption and provenance (without going into the full article) - photos can tell a big story and the economist doesn’t grab that mechanism enough - many people are visual. The readers in the audio can often sound a bit mundane and robotic in their delivery - makes it hard to stay switched on through the audio. Thank you..Version: 3.22.0
✓ Love this app but not pleased about the latest versionI’ve read the Economist on my iPad for many years and enjoyed the fact that it was virtually a duplicate of the printed magazine. Now I find that every time I go back to finish reading an article the app takes me to the beginning of that weeks edition. Is it possible I’ve done something wrong in settings? Gary Parker Burlington Ontario Canada.Version: 3.43.1
✓ Updated AppTook me a little bit to get used to it but now very easy. I was used to the weekly edition but now there is even more. Absolutely top line journalism; informative, interesting and often entertaining too. I really end it..Version: 3.0.12
✓ Quality journalismLove the economist, their journalism is top notch..Version: 3.2.0
✓ Economist audioMost readers are very good - reading at a moderate pace that enables detail of reports to be easily absorbed. However, one of your female readers reads much too fast - I find I can’t absorb details of complex reports when she is reading them. App would be perfect if she could be persuaded to reduce her reading pace..Version: 3.17.0
✓ Needs a ton of workLots of page load issues, sometimes it plays when I click the play button but sometimes not, sometimes when it plays I can access the pause/play/skip thing from my locked phone screen but sometimes not. The app works but it has so many issues 😔 A really weak showing for such a proud (and journalistically phenomenal) magazine. Happy to have a mobile and audio version of my favourite weekly magazine but it needs a lot of work..Version: 2.21.1
✓ Balanced Journalism and a Great AppI started reading The Economist at around 16 (yes, really). It was recommended reading for passing my British army entrance tests and I’ve been a fan ever since. The idea of truly unbiased journalism is a myth - as soon as one picks up a pen or a camera, they are biased. What is included or omitted is as much a part of bias as what opinion is deliberately conveyed. That said, I think The Economist does an excellent job of being balanced; and when it is taking a side, it says so - elections, wars, major debates. I particularly like the lack of affiliation of each piece and the ‘voice’ of the paper, I find it reduces grandstanding and personal politics (anyone willing to write for a paper that deliberately doesn’t give the author credit is alright by me). Then there’s the app. It can be read daily as a source of news or you can read the weekly edition ‘cover-to-cover’ as I do. If you’re looking for a great one-stop-shop for informed news, The Economist app is it..Version: 3.20.1
✓ Connected and updatedI always thought my dad was the wisest and most knowledgeable person in the world. He read The Economist cover to cover every week and it was by his bedside in hospital the day he died. This app takes the Economist to the next level. Same excellent journalism but easy to navigate, in-app podcasts, the ability to bookmark and share articles. And I feel like dad is still with me each day when I open it..Version: 3.0.4
✓ Won’t let me log inI’ve been subscribed to this app through iTunes for years, now all of a sudden it won’t let me log in. Also, I get a free membership to the Economist through my school’s library, and there’s no way to log into the app using that. I’ve been paying anyway, which was frustrating, and now it won’t even let me log in at all even though I’m paying for it. I’ve tried clicking the “Restore your purchase through iTunes” button and it gives me an error. I’ve tried logging on with user name and password and it tells me to log on through the iTunes option. I tried deleting and reinstalling the app, restarting my phone, and nothing seems to work. I’ve logged on successfully via the website, but it doesn’t have all the same features as the app, such as the Morning Briefing, which is what I primarily what I read every morning. I would give this zero or negative stars if possible because I currently can’t use it at all and it therefore provides me negative utility, due to all the time I’ve wasted trying to log on. If someone can help me resolve this, I will gladly update this review to 4 or 5 stars..Version: 2.30.2
✓ I went paperlessI used to buy this religiously when I worked as a check-in agent at the airport. I found it thoroughly informative. Considering different perspectives. Often unbiased. Decades on the writing is still great. High quality journalism. My only gripe with the app is, there is no feature to follow a certain topic. Some topics go under reported. I am particularly interested in the UK mortgage debacle at present. There are not enough articles on that but when they do write it is well written. I use the play feature for audio when I am out of time. I appreciate the guidance on how long a read something might be. The little tick to mark it as read. The save feature. Search feature. It does not crash. Will happily continue as a customer/reader for many more years..Version: 3.30.0
✓ Stop reviewing the magazine this is for the appThe app makes little sense sans subscription so lets agree the publication is good and move on. My bugbear is the apps lack of accessible skip forward / back buttons. For Apple’s podcast app you can use the Lock Screen or watch options to skip. If you need to go back 10s in the Economist app you have to unlock the phone, open the app, select the player and then select the skip option. This is highly frustrating in a peak hour commute or winter. Please bring the skip options to the lock screen / peripherals. It also feels bloated and slow compared to other apps. You would be mad to listen to the podcasts through the app over the podcast app on iOS right now..Version: 3.38.0
✓ Very unbiased, Economics is the perspectiveI love this mag. I mean I really do (Econ Major at UCO btw). The only complaint I have is the excess of ads despite me paying the full price. Otherwise I think that this is the most worthwhile news source to date. A lot of people used to consider The Economist to be a conservative newspaper, but truly I tell you that it has done a 180 in 2020, they really just use economics alone as their guiding subject. They were supporting the vaccine when it was first out and mostly a political issue. They don’t pander to leftists or conservatives very often or really at all. Also they take good critical letters from respected individuals in their letters section. I truly enjoy disagreeing with an article and then finding someone smarter than me who wrote exactly why it is wrong, I could go on and on about this magazine. I love the formatting (shorter less fiddly articles, with all of the facts and as little opinion as possible) and I’m definitely a lifelong customer as long as that Economist quality is retained. I also really enjoy how the economist never says we think that (…) they always say this is the way to fix it or just state things how they are based on economic indications. There is actual evidence to back up economics, rather than some crazy conservative conspiracy theory, or a radical leftist rant. I don’t think they’re always right but this leads to a level of honesty. Excellent customer service also..Version: 3.0.9
✓ I love The EconomistI have always read The Economist since the early 90’s. Now retired ( I am only 60) but worked in finance for 25 years so it’s one of the very few publications I continue to subscribe because of the quality, depth and range of the articles. I have recently renewed my subscription as digital only (previously in Australia you still got the print edition with the online) and my main feedback is that it feels to me (in week 1) that there are too many App options - possibly due to the different package deals - so I am finding it little messy and I seem to have to continually log back in. I am sure these are just me getting used to the Apps now I don’t have the hard copy print edition. Please don’t think because of my age I am not tech savvy as I am. A bit impatient maybe 😇. Just feedback on the mechanics not on the content which I doubt I could not live without!.Version: 2.21.0
✓ Brilliant Topics Keep Me Thinking Well AfterwardsI may be disabled from health issues. In the past couple years, I may have had to walk away from my CPA Firm I worked so hard to build, but my brain still wants to learn... just on its own timeline. The Economist App provides that for me... and how ever my body needs to take it in!! Days when my eyes struggle or concentration is tough due to pain, I can put in my AirPods and immerse into learning about the economic world via listening! If I can’t take in full articles, the morning briefings are perfect. Best if all, it gives me things to think about. And the ones that are still lingering around at dinner time, provide my husband and I something intelligent to discuss and mull over. Feels as if I may still “have it” ... Thank You..Version: 3.0.2
✓ Economist MagazineWhen I first read the Economist magazine it was printed in black & white on plain paper. There were few pictures and mostly graphs. I bought the magazine because there was a lot of interesting information for the few pennies I had. In all about two or three weeks of reading from just one edition. And the Economist covered North American news too. Good value for a teenager with little pocket money. When a new teacher and American arrived at our school, I scored his early interest in me because he asked our class “what did candidate Kennedy offer farmers in the US, our class was unable to respond. But I knew that Kennedy offered to increase the subsidy for grain production and was able to reply to Mr Teagarden with an accurate reply from reading The Economist magazine. He was surprised that anyone - let alone a schoolboy - knew the answer. I enjoyed a helpful relation with this exchange teacher. (I also formed a determination to read the Economist ever since) That was many decades in the past. I still read about a third of each edition every week even though I’m almost 80 years old and find that my memory is getting weaker and weaker. But I am that Dundo. Because that was what I was called by my classmates at school. Was Dundo.Version: 3.21.0
✓ No other news source can compareThe quality, the topics are insightful and useful. I don't want to read daily news, but thought provoking articles related to the world and what is happening are excellent. Second to none and worth the pennies..Version: 2.18
✓ After update restore subscription doesn’t workAfter updating, the app requested to restore subscription via iTunes and it gives an error message “something has gone wrong, try again later”. 6 hours later it still says the same thing. As I am about to get on a flight it is very disappointing..Version: 3.14.0
✓ AnnoyingClumsy and confusing with the same story changing its name and the “read” function unreliable. Probably not an issue in the layed out magazine, but in the app frequent non-informative titles, named after correspondents, I guess, are an additional annoyance. Love the content of the Economist, but the app creates annoying hurdles on the way to get to it..Version: 3.0.2
✓ Economist AlwaydI started reading The Economist 30 years ago. I have subscribed the entire time without interruption. It is the best conceived, written and edited newspaper in the English language. Most of those 30 years I carried the hard copy with me around the world, reading it cover to cover. With the app no need to even carry the hard copy. Though I must admit, with inserts removed and folded in half along long axis, it was quite convenient. Getting something new each day is a nice upgrade to the weekly version. In the hard copy days I would sometimes finish whole issue before next one arrived - Economist withdrawal. A nice, new, 15 minute taste every day paces me better.Version: 2.19.4
✓ Nearly thereI am very happy paying for well researched, balanced news and investigative journalism. Sadly the Economist journalists have allowed personal bias to over influence their coverage at times. That’s a shame. I thought this was the last bastion of trustworthy reporting. Also - make it easier (much) for me to stop getting the hard copy in the post every Saturday! I am hooked on the app. You must lose money on the hard copy delivery, so why talk about saving the planet when I can’t stop you cutting down the trees. On the plus side, I absolutely love the Espresso in the the morning and although some of the larger macro insights are quite complex for my little brain, I thoroughly enjoy the reports when the bias has been edited down..Version: 3.0.3
✓ Balanced and fairClear-eyed, with minimal hyperbole and left of centre views. Will not agree with their position on some issues but they will present information in a way which makes the reader think and challenge assumptions..Version: 3.0.12
✓ Small improvements desiredThe content of the app is, as expected, excellent - including the audio features. The app itself has had some some gradual improvements over the past year or two, but iPad support could be better. Split View and Slide Over are not new features on iPad OS, yet The Economist app still does not support them. The app also lacks proper keyboard and mouse integration, e.g. the use of keyboard shortcuts for navigation, or arrow keys for scrolling, or cursor ‘hooking’ to UI elements. Improvements in any of these areas—particularly Split View and Slide Over—would improve the user experience of the app on iPad..Version: 3.2.0
✓ A great app, from a great magazineAn app is really good. It has both the daily articles, as well as the weekly edition. I prefer the classic app for the weekly edition, however. I mostly use this for the daily article selection. However there is one tiny flaw in the app. When listening to the audio version, or the podcast through the app in the car with navigation on, the navigation instructions reduce the volume of the audio, and I miss what is being said. Some apps in fact pause the audio, which makes more sense in this setting..Version: 2.22.2
✓ ExcellentThe Economist is my favorite news magazine and the app is easy to use and well designed. it is certainly one of the most reliable sources of analysis and information for me. However there are two areas which I find which the Economist fails to take its usual broad-minded approach of treating both sides of the issue., the first is the debate around climate change. The Economist has decided to editorially to accept the often one-sided claims of so-called climate alarmists. Although this is obviously an area where there is robust debate, tht Economist usually fails to provide the other side of the debate, which does not see the world was facing an imminent catastrophe due to climate change. There is simply too much evidence against the alarmist view to justify it being ignored. The other area has to do with race relations in the United States, in which parallel to the climate debate that usually takes a one-sided view, and fails to consider seriously the vast amounts of evidence rejecting the thesis of widespread racism in the United States. Nonetheless, it is brilliantly, written, engaging, and in most cases, except for those, I’ve indicated a real education which I learned from every week..Version: 3.44.1
✓ Bugs in latest releaseI have loved this app and made it my primary means of accessing the content for more than one year now. With the latest update the audio playback seems ruined. Though the audio opens with each new issue and appears to automatically download, the playback takes several seconds, almost a minute in most cases to begin. It is almost as if the download restarts each time I open the app, and the audio files are not actually saved. Moreover the playback lasts for about half of an article, and if my screen turns off or I lock the phone, the playback and the app seem to crash. I am not sure what changed, but the stability of the app is terrible all of a sudden. Particularly with regard to the audio playback. I do like the new arrangement and layout of the ability to access the different audio articles, but there is no point if the articles won’t play..Version: 3.0.7
✓ Excellent app, but...I absolutely love the redesign and consolidation of the various economist apps into one. The only issue I’m having is the ability to access the current edition on Friday morning (central-time USA reader here) - though it shows that there is a new “current edition”, it sometimes takes upwards of thirty minutes for the app to properly register the new edition. Whenever I tap it, it just takes me back to last week’s release. Also, the auto-download feature of the new audio doesn’t seem to ever work for me. Other than those minor inconveniences, I have no complaints! Keep up the great work and reporting!.Version: 2.5.0
✓ Great high quality bs-free content👍The app is good and has been getting better (remembering audio/reading location, search capability...) It’d be great if it also provided 🤞audio for morning espresso ☕️ 🤞web audio (w sync) so one can continue between devices📱 💻 🖥.Version: 2.27.2
✓ Informative and well written journalism. Pity about the appExcellent journalism, well written , impartial and informative. The Economist provides me with a view of issues and developments across the globe. I am not aware of another publication with the breadth and depth of coverage. Each week I read the Economist before any other periodical. The only issue I have is the stability of the app. I listen to the Economist via the app rather than read it. Unfortunately the app is the least stable of all apps I access. This week for example if could download the week’s edition but it came without audio. I have done all the usual things but to no avail and have not received a reply to my email of two days ago. Issues like this occur regularly. Surely an organisation of the quality of the Economist could engage someone to manage the app effectively.Version: 3.4.1
✓ Good Content, Clunky AppI long for the days of the printed copy of the Economist for its layout style and format that made it really easy to read. Leaders, sections and articles were clear in a page turning friendly format. Alas I have embraced the app version to save the planet from newsprint waste for a number of years at the expense of an awkward and clunky reading experience. Why can’t I just scroll and turn the pages like on a physical copy baffles me. Instead I am forever clicking in and out of the contents section with a UX that is fiddly often inexplicably navigating me to articles I didn’t intend or throwing back into the contents page mid-read. Dear Economist please consider a radical overhaul of the app reader experience..Version: 3.36.0
✓ News, but better.I never personally thought I’d be writing a review for a news app. I’m a 21 year old college student and generally skeptical of news organizations. After taking a class with a heavy usage of Economist articles, I see why my professor uses them in his lesson plans: they’re factual. After multiple months of contemplating whether or not to get a subscription, I finally pulled the trigger. The app is almost seamless, minus a few features I wish I could have in the app like a search option and a viewing history for easier access to show my friends the articles (I wish I could give you all a half star less for this, but I’ll go with 5 stars because I enjoy the content so much). I feel as though I can put my trust in The Economist because they deliver the news in a digestible and palatable way. I enjoy being able to audibly listen to articles and understanding what’s going on in the world. If you’re tired of traditional American news companies like NBC, Fox, CBS, CNN, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and many others, then try out The Economist. The Economist offers a new level of detail, honesty, factuality, and trust that I appreciate when it comes to news reporting. I intend to resubscribe for more after my introductory subscription. The Economist (as far as I understand) does not do editorials or opinion pieces. They offer well thought out news reporting and a deeper understanding of current events..Version: 2.21.1
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