4.85 out of 5
16,238 ratings in United States
Espresso doesn’t offer enough quality news articles, and when you want to cancel, they’ve used dark design patterns to keep you stuck on a subscription. Their “Cancel subscription“ button is not clickable, and their live chat never sends an agent after stating, “You’re 1 in line…” Unfortunately, I’ve been paying for this subscription longer than I desired.
Am enjoying quick reads with Espresso but would more enjoy a little more length and incisiveness. Perhaps quick links to backup articles without having to leave the app?
I like the content of the app…but I don’t much care for the audio version. I find that the speakers for the audio version are not of the same high caliber as those for The Economist; and listening to the repetitive bore of the daily quiz, combined to having to listen to who the weekly winners are is a major distraction. As a result, I now prefer reading the Espresso rather than listening to it.
The app keeps playing yesterday’s story. This has been happening since 2023. I reported this to the Economist several times but their teams obviously have not taken action. This seems like an easy fix compared to how much we’re paying for this. It displays the correct date and title stories but the audio is the same as from the day before. It takes me several attempts of closing the app and restarting it to play correctly. Also, can you get rid of including the daily quiz in the audio? It’s SO ANNOYING!
The option for “Do Not Sell My Data” offered, however, it is stated that the app will still collect and share personal data with 3rd-parties when it benefits the UX of the service. Why give an option at all? Furthermore, if “Do Not Sell My Data” is enabled the ability to select interest for the 3 daily redirects back to the Privacy Settling page until the option is disabled. The main condensed content available aside from this is well written easy to access.
Espresso is the weekend morning jolt of news and analysis my mind craves. I have to have to function on Saturday and Sunday. Thanks so much for putting it together for us. John
There’s no better way to get international coverage in a sober and succinct format. The app is fast, and it never has bugs.
Excellent to know about was going on to be up date
Half the time when I start playing the audio it’s for the previous day. Why do they offer an audio option if they consistently don’t update it?
I read Espresso every morning to get a quick and trusted sense of what is going on in the world. I also find the daily quotations that close out each issue to be thought provoking. I have lost count of the number of years I have read Espresso.
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