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
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In-Apps

Digital Monthly
399.00 r
Digital Annual
2,990.00 r
Podcasts Monthly
64.00 r
Three month subscription
739.00 r
Podcasts Annual
640.00 r
One year subscription
2,790.00 r

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    Yes, The Economist is free to download, however it contains in-app purchases or subscription offerings.

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    The Economist has several in-app purchases/subscriptions, the average in-app price is 1,270.33 r.

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4.79 out of 5

5,040 ratings in Sweden

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The Economist Reviews

Crashes all the time

djfiskpinne on

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All would have been good if it would not have been for the crashes. Now when I try to access an article it only appears as blank.

High Quality from the besinning to the end!

Leo Svedese on

Sweden

If and when you look for well structured and articulated fact based articles in broad subjects to understand what’s going on and how it is throughout the world - extremely well needed in these days.

Incredibly slow

Yeasayer18 on

Sweden

and constantly reloading and/or crashing. Great magazine but embarrasing app.

Useless app

Imarewiewer on

Sweden

Recently the app has gotten completely unusable. Constant crashes, insanely slow loading times and unresponsive buttons. Really unacceptable for such a simple app

Crashes, unusable

Tomrud on

Sweden

The app crashes every time I try to use it. It’s impossible to read a complete article. It also react slowly when I click on a link.

Poor app

Heloooooo on

Sweden

The legacy app was so much better.

Useless app

No more Polar on

Sweden

Very good journalism, but the app is useless and therefore impossible to read because it’s loaded very slow and crash frequently

Brilliant journalism, appalling app

jonasdelange on

Sweden

I love writing but the app is completely useless. It frequently shuts down, is unresponsive and even when it works it takes ages to load a single story. Do better please!

Headline in navigation

Arnander on

Sweden

Please add the second headline to the table of contents for better overview.

flickering ads to paying secscribers, really?!

Björn Wennerström on

Sweden

I am utterly disgusted. The print version takes way too long to get to my country, making this the only option. You need to revert this awful policy

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