
The Economist
Daily & weekly global analysis
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About The Economist
Our global coverage offers distinctive insight and incisive analysis. Start your 1-month free trial now.*
Each week over 1.5m subscribers trust The Economist to help them make sense of the world and the news. Join them by downloading The Economist app.
The app includes a daily selection of the best of our journalism, along with the full weekly version of The Economist newspaper to read or listen to on the go.
Already a subscriber to The Economist? Simply install the app and sign in with your Economist login details.
The Economist is an award-winning, trusted filter on global affairs, offering in-depth analysis of everything from business, finance and politics to science, technology and economics. It covers every region of the world including the United States, Britain, Europe, Asia and Latin America and it excels at big topics, from climate change and sustainability to the future of work and globalisation. The Economist is also available as a weekly magazine.
App highlights:
• Top stories: the latest news analysis combined with highlights from the weekly issue
• Economist The World in Brief: a short morning briefing on the day’s global news
• The Economist weekly edition: full access to the weekly version of The Economist newspaper
• The audio version of the weekly edition to listen to on the go
• A selection of our podcasts, including The Intelligence, a daily burst of illumination from The Economist’s worldwide network of correspondents
App features:
• A morning briefing on the day ahead
• Timely analysis of the world’s biggest news stories, updated by the end of the day
• The weekly edition available from 9 pm every Thursday evening London time
• Audio versions of the weekly edition read by professional broadcasters
• Reading times highlighted on each article
• Bookmarks to save articles for later or create personal reading lists
Subscribing in-app
• Subscribe in-app and take advantage of our introductory subscription offer
• Subscribe in-app and take advantage of our 7-day free trial
• At the end of the trial, the subscription will automatically renew onto a monthly subscription at the standard price. Annual and quarterly subscriptions are also available in some regions
• You will be charged in your local currency at the prevailing exchange rate as defined by Apple. Payment is charged to your iTunes account upon confirmation of purchase
• All subscriptions automatically renew. Your account will be charges 24 hours before the renewal date, at a cost of £19.99/$19.99/€24.99 for a monthly subscription
• Full terms of use can be found at https://www.economist.com/legal/terms-of-use
• Our privacy policy can be found at https://www.economist.com/privacy
Each week over 1.5m subscribers trust The Economist to help them make sense of the world and the news. Join them by downloading The Economist app.
The app includes a daily selection of the best of our journalism, along with the full weekly version of The Economist newspaper to read or listen to on the go.
Already a subscriber to The Economist? Simply install the app and sign in with your Economist login details.
The Economist is an award-winning, trusted filter on global affairs, offering in-depth analysis of everything from business, finance and politics to science, technology and economics. It covers every region of the world including the United States, Britain, Europe, Asia and Latin America and it excels at big topics, from climate change and sustainability to the future of work and globalisation. The Economist is also available as a weekly magazine.
App highlights:
• Top stories: the latest news analysis combined with highlights from the weekly issue
• Economist The World in Brief: a short morning briefing on the day’s global news
• The Economist weekly edition: full access to the weekly version of The Economist newspaper
• The audio version of the weekly edition to listen to on the go
• A selection of our podcasts, including The Intelligence, a daily burst of illumination from The Economist’s worldwide network of correspondents
App features:
• A morning briefing on the day ahead
• Timely analysis of the world’s biggest news stories, updated by the end of the day
• The weekly edition available from 9 pm every Thursday evening London time
• Audio versions of the weekly edition read by professional broadcasters
• Reading times highlighted on each article
• Bookmarks to save articles for later or create personal reading lists
Subscribing in-app
• Subscribe in-app and take advantage of our introductory subscription offer
• Subscribe in-app and take advantage of our 7-day free trial
• At the end of the trial, the subscription will automatically renew onto a monthly subscription at the standard price. Annual and quarterly subscriptions are also available in some regions
• You will be charged in your local currency at the prevailing exchange rate as defined by Apple. Payment is charged to your iTunes account upon confirmation of purchase
• All subscriptions automatically renew. Your account will be charges 24 hours before the renewal date, at a cost of £19.99/$19.99/€24.99 for a monthly subscription
• Full terms of use can be found at https://www.economist.com/legal/terms-of-use
• Our privacy policy can be found at https://www.economist.com/privacy
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What's New in the Latest Version 3.29.0
Last updated on May 17, 2023
Old Versions
Fixed a bug where downloads were being wrongly deleted after an app restart
Improved rendering of full screen images
Improvements to App start up times
Improved rendering of full screen images
Improvements to App start up times
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Version History
3.29.0
May 17, 2023
Fixed a bug where downloads were being wrongly deleted after an app restart
Improved rendering of full screen images
Improvements to App start up times
Improved rendering of full screen images
Improvements to App start up times
3.28.0
May 5, 2023
Bug fixes and improvements
3.27.0
Apr 13, 2023
General improvements and bug fixes
3.26.0
Mar 30, 2023
This release includes a number of improvements, including:
- The ability to watch videos embedded in articles
- New ordering of content in the weekly edition that reflects your geographical region
- More consistent headlines across the app
- Date stamps on queued audio tracks so you can see when they were published
- Bug fixes
- The ability to watch videos embedded in articles
- New ordering of content in the weekly edition that reflects your geographical region
- More consistent headlines across the app
- Date stamps on queued audio tracks so you can see when they were published
- Bug fixes
3.25.0
Mar 21, 2023
The world in brief, our daily podcast for catching up quickly on the global stories that matter, is now available in the app. Find it at the top of the Home tab and start listening by tapping the speaker icon.
A new Podcasts section in the Explore tab makes it easier to find your favourite shows and discover past episodes.
General improvements and bug fixes.
A new Podcasts section in the Explore tab makes it easier to find your favourite shows and discover past episodes.
General improvements and bug fixes.
3.24.5
Mar 9, 2023
This release introduces a change in the Free trial term for our Monthly subscription
3.24.3
Feb 23, 2023
General improvements and bug fixes
3.24.2
Feb 16, 2023
General improvements and bug fixes
3.24.0
Feb 14, 2023
• The world in brief, our daily podcast for catching up quickly on the global stories that matter, is now available in the app. Find it at the top of the Home tab and start listening by tapping the speaker icon.
•We have also improved the experience for watching videos in articles.
•We have also improved the experience for watching videos in articles.
3.23.1
Feb 7, 2023
• Improved support for video playback in web based articles.
3.23.0
Feb 1, 2023
This update allows you to edit your audio queue. Once you’ve built an audio queue, tap ‘Edit queue’ on the large player to delete or reorder tracks.
3.22.0
Jan 12, 2023
General improvements and bug fixes
3.21.0
Dec 14, 2022
General improvements and bug fixes.
3.20.1
Dec 2, 2022
General improvements and bug fixes.
3.19.0
Nov 1, 2022
• We've made some improvements to edition downloads, they will now download quicker
• Other general improvements and bug fixes
• Other general improvements and bug fixes
3.18.0
Oct 17, 2022
General improvements and bug fixes
3.17.0
Sep 23, 2022
General improvements and bug fixes
3.16.0
Sep 8, 2022
What have we been working on?
This update allows you to build a tracklist for narrated audio articles, adding tracks to the end of the existing list or the existing article.
You can build the queue from the ‘Weekly’ tab for individual articles, whole sections or the entire edition.
We’ve also fixed bugs and made small improvements.
This update allows you to build a tracklist for narrated audio articles, adding tracks to the end of the existing list or the existing article.
You can build the queue from the ‘Weekly’ tab for individual articles, whole sections or the entire edition.
We’ve also fixed bugs and made small improvements.
3.15.0
Sep 2, 2022
Bug fixes and improvements
3.14.0
Jul 25, 2022
• Fixed a bug in the search sorting function
• Various bug fixes and improvements
• Various bug fixes and improvements
3.12.1
Jul 13, 2022
Bug fixes and improvements
3.12.0
Jun 21, 2022
• Regional optimisation of the background download of the weekly edition
• General improvements
• General improvements
3.11.0
May 31, 2022
• General improvements
3.10.1
May 20, 2022
• Fixed an issue with long load times when playing audio from download
• A refresh of the navigation bar
• General bug fixes
• A refresh of the navigation bar
• General bug fixes
3.10.0
May 19, 2022
• Fixed an issue with long load times when playing audio from download
• A refresh of the navigation bar
• General bug fixes
• A refresh of the navigation bar
• General bug fixes
The Economist FAQ
The Economist is available in regions other than the following restricted countries:
China
The Economist supports English
The Economist contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
Monthly Subscription
$20.90
Three month subscription
$55.99
One year subscription
$209.00
Click here to learn how to download The Economist in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of The Economist.
iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.