Poor user experience
App crashes frequently. Search function doesn’t work reliably. App hangs
Description
The world is complex—and changing fast. The Economist app unlocks independent reporting and news analysis from correspondents across the globe. Offering articles, podcasts, short-form videos and more, our app is a simple way to make sense of big news on the go. In a constantly changing landscape, know which way is up with The Economist’s smart takes on the latest world news.
What does The Economist report on?
With expert journalists around the world, The Economist reports on US and world politics, economics, business, science, technology news and more. We go beyond the headlines, connecting the dots to explain the news today and implications for tomorrow.
Why choose The Economist app?
Get unlimited access to The Economist’s trusted, fact-checked reporting and analysis of the news, wherever you are. Our app gives you daily updates on the most important news stories shaping our world. Slightly irreverent and always sharp, our reporting has been forward-looking since 1843—and now it’s even easier to decode daily news developments with The Economist app. Install intelligence in a few taps. It’s more than just a news app—decode daily news developments in the format that suits you.
Read global, fact-checked reporting and analysis of the news—daily
Listen to award-winning podcasts and audio news articles
Watch concise videos on important news topics
Get access to trusted news reporting, wherever you are:
Download the weekly edition for offline reading—and listen with narrated articles
Bookmark news articles to read later
Listen to articles and podcasts to keep up with news stories on the go
Stay ahead on news stories daily and explore big topics deeply:
Enjoy early access to The Economist’s weekly edition, ahead of print delivery
Catch up quickly with The World in Brief for short news updates
Explore short videos that distill big news topics
Listen to crucial reporting on news topics:
Get ad-free podcasts on global issues and news events
Go hands-free with professionally narrated articles
Create an audio queue for a custom playlist of news analysis
Play news games to test your knowledge:
Mini crossword: The Economist’s wordplay news puzzle
Dateline history quiz: guess when news extracts were published in The Economist
Pint-sized news quiz: have you been following the latest news headlines?
Enjoy additional features:
Give articles to friends and family
Read news analysis easily with adjustable text size
Toggle dark mode
See what The Economist subscribers say:
“This app is home to the best journalism in the world. If I could only afford to pay for one news source, The Economist would be that source.”
“Great app, excellent journalism! The Economist is wonderful. The content is interesting and relevant and the reporting is superlative. Equally impressive is the drive to stay relevant by presenting media in multiple formats, from print to podcasts and short videos.”
“Impeccable journalism with an app to match. The Economist doesn’t need my endorsement of the quality of their journalism. It speaks for itself. Rather, I’ll comment that their app is well-designed and refreshing to use…I love being able to easily download entire editions, listen to articles with real narrators and search for past articles.”
Full terms of use: https://www.economist.com/legal/terms-of-use
Our privacy policy: https://www.economist.com/privacy
Download The Economist app now for trusted reporting on news developments—from science and tech to business and finance news.
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What does The Economist report on?
With expert journalists around the world, The Economist reports on US and world politics, economics, business, science, technology news and more. We go beyond the headlines, connecting the dots to explain the news today and implications for tomorrow.
Why choose The Economist app?
Get unlimited access to The Economist’s trusted, fact-checked reporting and analysis of the news, wherever you are. Our app gives you daily updates on the most important news stories shaping our world. Slightly irreverent and always sharp, our reporting has been forward-looking since 1843—and now it’s even easier to decode daily news developments with The Economist app. Install intelligence in a few taps. It’s more than just a news app—decode daily news developments in the format that suits you.
Read global, fact-checked reporting and analysis of the news—daily
Listen to award-winning podcasts and audio news articles
Watch concise videos on important news topics
Get access to trusted news reporting, wherever you are:
Download the weekly edition for offline reading—and listen with narrated articles
Bookmark news articles to read later
Listen to articles and podcasts to keep up with news stories on the go
Stay ahead on news stories daily and explore big topics deeply:
Enjoy early access to The Economist’s weekly edition, ahead of print delivery
Catch up quickly with The World in Brief for short news updates
Explore short videos that distill big news topics
Listen to crucial reporting on news topics:
Get ad-free podcasts on global issues and news events
Go hands-free with professionally narrated articles
Create an audio queue for a custom playlist of news analysis
Play news games to test your knowledge:
Mini crossword: The Economist’s wordplay news puzzle
Dateline history quiz: guess when news extracts were published in The Economist
Pint-sized news quiz: have you been following the latest news headlines?
Enjoy additional features:
Give articles to friends and family
Read news analysis easily with adjustable text size
Toggle dark mode
See what The Economist subscribers say:
“This app is home to the best journalism in the world. If I could only afford to pay for one news source, The Economist would be that source.”
“Great app, excellent journalism! The Economist is wonderful. The content is interesting and relevant and the reporting is superlative. Equally impressive is the drive to stay relevant by presenting media in multiple formats, from print to podcasts and short videos.”
“Impeccable journalism with an app to match. The Economist doesn’t need my endorsement of the quality of their journalism. It speaks for itself. Rather, I’ll comment that their app is well-designed and refreshing to use…I love being able to easily download entire editions, listen to articles with real narrators and search for past articles.”
Full terms of use: https://www.economist.com/legal/terms-of-use
Our privacy policy: https://www.economist.com/privacy
Download The Economist app now for trusted reporting on news developments—from science and tech to business and finance news.
In-Apps
- Digital Monthly
- 649.00 R
- Digital Annual
- 6,499.00 R
- Podcasts Monthly
- 70.00 R
- Three month subscription
- 1,049.99 R
- Podcasts Annual
- 700.00 R
- One year subscription
- 5,899.00 R
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The Economist FAQ
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Is The Economist free?
Yes, The Economist is free to download, however it contains in-app purchases or subscription offerings.
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How much does The Economist cost?
The Economist has several in-app purchases/subscriptions, the average in-app price is 2,477.83 R.
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User Rating
4.78 out of 5
2,439 ratings in South Africa
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2,038
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327
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Ratings History
The Economist Reviews
Will they ever fix this app
The Economist is a wonderful magazine. This app is a travesty. Slow opening, sticky page transitions … the worst performing app in my collection. Surely someone can fix it !?
Good reporting - buggy app
For a publication so often concerned with technology trends, it should show more care to its own app. Slow and often crashes.
Great news, dreadful app
It’s absurd to rate an app based on how you feel about its news coverage. That has nothing to do with the technical quality of the app. Unfortunately, this app has gone from passable to poor in recent months. It’s very sluggish on my iPhone 14 Pro Max and iPad Air 5. The implementation of state preservation and state restoration is borderline nonexistent, which means when you return to an article after a few minutes the entire app refreshes and takes you to the homepage. Considering how costly The Economist is, the number of ads is unacceptable. My main gripe is how slow the app is. It’s unpleasant to use and is one of the lowest quality apps I’ve come across from a major news organisation. I expect better from The Economist.
Glitchy app
The app is quite glitchy recently. Articles take long to load, and the app shuts down on its own occasionally. Feels like the app needs to be re-engineered to handle all the data it’s trying to manage and access.
Slow UI
Great newspaper (no issue there), but The Economist App UI is terribly slow. Even pressing the play/pause button for audio articles creates a loading symbol! Running iOS 17 on and iPhone 13 so it shouldn’t be due to outdated software or old hardware. Please improve the app’s server connection or hardware integration. Thank you.
App lags and is slow
Recent updates to the app are really bad
Political Leanings
I love the economist. But I do feel that it is leaning more left as time goes on. All the negative news for these past 6 months have all been regarding right wing politics, and I don’t believe the Economist is painting a picture of the other side. For a newspaper priding themselves on impartiality, this is not the way to go.
Agonisingly slow
V3.26.00 is awful. So slow. Slow to open. Slow for content to load. Slow to respond to any click - app takes 5 - 10 seconds to react to a click on an article or any other navigation link.
Link to the world
Decisions in business and life need up-to-date context. The Economist provides this.
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App Info
- Category
- News
- Publisher
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The Economist Newspaper Group
- Languages
- English
- Recent release
- 4.57.0 (1 week ago )
- Released on
- May 3, 2018 (7 years ago )
- Also available in
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, India, Switzerland, France, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Singapore, Hong Kong SAR China, Sweden, South Korea, Belgium, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Ireland, New Zealand, Denmark, South Africa, Taiwan, Portugal, Austria, Poland, Chile, Malaysia, Colombia, United Arab Emirates, Türkiye, Finland, Greece, Romania, Thailand, Peru, Czechia, Russia, Israel, Luxembourg, Argentina, Philippines, Hungary, Indonesia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Vietnam, Croatia, Estonia, Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Kenya, Pakistan, Slovenia, Malta, Latvia, Egypt, Nigeria, Cyprus, Iceland, Uruguay, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Ecuador, Panama, Mauritius, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Oman, Jordan, Bahrain, Paraguay, Ghana, Dominican Republic, Azerbaijan, Uganda, North Macedonia, Bermuda, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Jamaica, Belarus, Namibia, Nepal, Cayman Islands, Belize, Brunei, Angola, Tunisia, Algeria, Mali, Suriname, Madagascar
- Last Updated
- 5 days ago
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