4.81 out of 5
30,259 ratings in Canada
Content remains top notch as usual, but its failed by an app that is laggy or unresponsive to touch inputs. The podcasts section would also benefit from episode summaries/descriptions like on Apple’s Podcast app.
Great articles. But since last update, the app gets stuck on the splash screen. Very frustrating. ipadOS 17.5.1.
Articles are great, but app sucks. I have articles downloaded, but if senses a weak connection, it won’t let me read them while it looks for new content. Also won’t let me rotate and read sideways to better view charts and maps.
While the content is very good and the app used to be good, it now consumes a lot of CPU, makes my phone hot, burns up my battery, is occasionally slow or stalls. My current phone is an iPhone 13 mini. The app used to work well on much less capable phones like the iPhone 6,7,8, and SE. The Espresso app is similar. I’m using the website until this gets fixed.
The app sometimes freezes for several seconds when opening an article. Also when swiping back from an article to home page or the issue table of contents, the app often freezes in the middle of transition animation
I’ve always liked the content, and I had subscribed on the web. But I decided to cancel because I’m too busy to read it. I thought I might resubscribe when life wasn’t so hectic. The obnoxious rigmarole needed to cancel was appalling. Even after I instructed the agent (possibly AI) that I wanted to cancel, he wouldn’t answer the question, “Have you cancelled my subscription?” He kept trying to sell me products. I warned him I was getting angry, but he persisted. I told him that he was wasting my time and he answered, So, would you like… the following subscription deals? That’s an automatic, “Never again.”
The Economist is a global treasure as a publication, but the app leaves much to be desired. One annoyance as of June 2024 is that the app pauses any playing audio when it is opened. Why? If I’m listening to a podcast or music and would like to peruse the Economist for its written content, it would be great if the app didn’t annoyingly pause the audio playing in another app. Please fix.
I love this app but one issue that I wish would be changed is that opening the app does not pause my music. I don't often listen to news articles on the app, so it would be nice if you could set a default to turn off loading the audio bar at the bottom and the sound button at the top right corner.
I love the Economist and have been a subscriber for years now. I wouldn’t want to receive my information on affairs from anywhere else than several publications and this is one of the trusted brand in news and media; and always will be by the looks of it.
I love The Economist, but the app is pretty slow and crashes often. Sadly, this hasn’t gotten better over the years, it keeps getting worse.
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