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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
169.99 د.إ.‏
Digital Annual
1,679.99 د.إ.‏
Podcasts Monthly
18.00 د.إ.‏
Three month subscription
399.99 د.إ.‏
Podcasts Annual
179.99 د.إ.‏
One year subscription
1,599.99 د.إ.‏

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

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Outstanding and professional.

Mmedhat on

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Perfect service and in depth information.

Very biased and one sided

completely biased on

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A very biased and one sided reporting that is promoting lies and disinformation instead of equal and honest reporting. This magazine should be shut down!! Readers can not believe what the economist reporters write.

Simple things missing

Brak6682 on

United Arab Emirates

I read on my iPhone and iPad. But an article read on one doesn’t appear as read on another. You’d have thought simple enough to fix, but despite reporting months ago no change.

Fair reporting

hattuma on

United Arab Emirates

Having read and listened to many Economist articles and reports, I have come to the conclusion that you are no different from other mainstream media with all their prejudices and biases. Yes, I will continue to read your articles but I will also continue to question your fairness in reporting till I’ve had enough.

Content and Customer Service

Sly1705 on

United Arab Emirates

Your content is amazing your customer service very slow to respond

Growing unbalanced coverage

karl Otman on

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It is well known the Economist has its own position on issues but there is growing and clear bias in reporting especially around geopolitical policy issues.

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gggggggggg18 on

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The application is user friendly and the topics are top

Bias.

Marco20212021 on

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The political section is not balanced unfair bias and western propaganda orientation.

Old app so much better

Toby2019 on

United Arab Emirates

When you dropped the old style paragraph layout in favour of the new webpage style layout, you lost the status as the best magazine app out there (and lost me as a subscriber). I occasionally buy the print edition which still feels like a magazine, but have otherwise quit the Economist because of the poor app experience (which is a shame because content is good). Bring back the old style app. You had the best app in the world and decided to retire it…!!?? Please bring back the old style layout and you will win back a subscriber.

Great newspaper BUT audio downloads

Usman251 on

United Arab Emirates

Audio downloads cause a lot of delays and frustration. Once fully downloaded, reopen the app after a few hours and playback won’t work. Rather the download would be in progress.

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