The Economist weekly EU issue app for iPhone and iPad
The digital edition of the The Economist weekly magazine with audio,
Users on iOS 10.3 or above can explore an expanded version of this app, incorporating daily and weekly updates, along with a morning briefing by searching for ‘The Economist’.
Readers can access their essential global briefing on current affairs, business, finance, economics, science, technology and the arts from The Economist each week.
Download the free app to:
• Enjoy three free articles a week, including the cover leader
• Enjoy the content of the weekly newspaper in an easy-to-use format
• Save articles to read offline later
• Get alerts when the new issue is available along with notifications on cover stories, breaking news and analysis.
• Subscribe within the app and get full access to The Economist apps
• Share articles via e-mail, Twitter and Facebook
• The app presents a great digital native reading experience for readers allowing for font size changes, Night Mode and other convenient user friendly qualities.
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SUBSCRIBING IN-APP
• Purchase a quarterly subscription to the full edition of The Economist for USD $45.99 or an annual subscription for USD $189.99.
• Subscribe annually, quarterly or buy a single issue. You will be charged in your local currency at the prevailing exchange rate as defined by iTunes.
• Payment is charged to your iTunes account upon confirmation of purchase.
• Annual and quarterly subscriptions automatically renew. You can manage auto-renew of your subscription from your iTunes account settings at any time, but must be turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period to avoid being charged again.
• The app may offer a free trial. At the end of the free trial period, the full price of the subscription will be charged thereafter. Cancellations must occur 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Visit http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4098 for more information.
ALSO AVAILABLE ON IPAD
Simply search for The Economist in the App Store to download the app for free.
Please note that this app requires iOS 8.0 and above. We recommend you update to the latest version of iOS to receive the best possible experience.
Pros and cons of The Economist weekly EU issue app for iPhone and iPad
The Economist weekly EU issue app good for
I only use the Editors Picks and they re just great to keep in touch with the world. Thanks!
Reading the economist is so interesting, very international. We really get all the information we need. Congratulation to the journalists.
Best newspaper app ever tried, but I cant select word anymore to look up on the dictionary...
Generally good, but there is one very annoying feature, namely that when I move up (ie back) just a little when reading an article, two menus appear, top and bottom, obscuring a good part of the screen. Surely there is another way to pull up these menus on the (rare) occasions when I want them.
I now only use the electronic versions after having subscribed to the economist "paper" for more than 15 years.
I really like the app. The thing is that it does not have a dictionary like kindle does and it would be way better
Some bad moments
Easy reading. However, always displays a message saying "blocked network connection" which prevents from downloading new articles. Would appreciate if this could be fixed
This app is truly the worst I have bothered to keep. If it wasnt for the expensive subscription, I wouldnt bother. The printed version doesnt interest me- I want the audio. But some weeks I cant get it to download at all. It doesnt stop midway through an article. It doesnt always even remember which article it was on. The only positive thing is the speed up option.. To be avoided if you have any other option. Sadly...
The basic product is as good but this new version brings new problems. The navigation in the audio edition doesnt remember where you left off if you stop audio and leave the app and the battery usage is out of control. A hot iPhone with 10% less battery after 10 minutes is not acceptable!
The old version of this app was very bug - audio playback would mysteriously stop and the app would freeze, but in this latest release it crashes instantly both on my iPhone 5s and new iPad Air 2... must be something not tested in iOS8 - not happy that I havent been able to read my paid subscription for over 2 weeks now!
Ive used this app everyday for the last 5 years or so. One bug hasnt been fixed in years: when the app starts while the phone is a low-connectivity area (for example with only GRPS or EDGE available), the app just hangs there, waiting for something. Sometimes it starts after 30 seconds or so, sometimes it just crashes. With the current version, simply switching into Airplane mode enable the app to start. Once started, I can disable Airplane mode and the app works just fine. Ive faced this issue with 3 different iPhones and every version of iOS. Currently, this behavior is every consistent: it happens in every case.
Another issue Im regularly faced with: how the hell did the developer forgot to include a "Check for new issue" button? Sometimes a new issue appears automatically, but in many cases I have to restart the app to get it to perform this check. Clearly a case of form over function.
In the end, great content, but Im not impressed by the app.
The advertiding is very annoying. We pay a lot to have access to the economist. I dont inderstand why we have to put up with ads that are difficult to manipulate..sometimes I battle to access the review as the ads keep popping up
