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The Economist | unitQ Score
The unitQ score is the fraction of public feedback data (iOS & Android) that mentions quality issues.
100 = No Issues. 50 = Some Issues. 0 = All Issues
100 = No Issues. 50 = Some Issues. 0 = All Issues
-4 Points Past 7 Days
Category: News
30-Day Trend
Android unitQ Score
Android User Feedback
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iOS unitQ Score
iOS User Feedback
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The Economist - Latest Quality Issues
iOS
May 15, 2024
Broken
The app is unbelievably slow. You have to click on an article a dozen times for it to load. It has made the app unusable which is sad because I love it.
iOS
May 15, 2024
Fix the app!
The journalism is great. The app is not. Sometimes it just crashes when reading mid article. It's a bit of a 50/50 when opening the app whether it is going to lag when going from the home page to the weekly section. Even though I download the edition, not all images/graphs appear offline for me. This was not the case with the previous version of the app. The home page is a nice addition, with up to date information and very current articles. However, please fix the app!
iOS
May 15, 2024
iPad app slow
Every time I change the orientation in the iPad the app freezes for a good 5 seconds
Android
May 15, 2024
The content is great, but the app is almost unusable. Sometimes you have to wait seconds until the next interaction is possible. Battery life is also disproportionately affected.
Android
May 15, 2024
unusable. constant crashing
iOS
May 15, 2024
Where is Babbage?
I regret that The Economist is merging the podcast titles into one.
Android
May 16, 2024
Great content, terrible app. Really slow to load, crashes frequently, and often non responsive, waiting 10s seconds for button presses to register. A bit ridiculous, given it just needs to show text. Shame, as the content is great.
Android
May 16, 2024
Slow. Does not work offline even when content is downloaded
iOS
May 16, 2024
Content is fabulous as always. App is less so.
Can recommend the excellent journalism of The Economist without reservation. However, I know that they hold themselves to highly standards, so I will venture some complaints about the app. My use is primarily for the audio edition (again, it is excellent), which was previously available via RSS and thus accessible via any podcast app. Overcast and Apple Podcasts were very good options, as they supported offline playback and customization, including setting the track skip (forward/ back) functions to skip a few seconds (up to half a minute) instead of to the beginning of a podcast “chapter.” There are more gradations of playback speed and of course the ability to collect multiple podcasts in a playlist for convenient playback within a single app. You give up a lot to move to the dedicated Economist app - a move that is not optional now that the RSS delivery is being phased out. The added features - the printed articles and graphics are only a couple of taps away, content not included in the audio version, alerts, content bookmarks, easier access to a particular section or previous issue - are not quite worth the trouble. I can easily access the Economist's mobile-friendly web site for ancillary information or to review details of an article I've listened to. With better controls (the skip functions move to the beginning of the next chapter or - inexplicably- the beginning of the chapter *preceding* the current chapter; this despite the +/- 10 sec controls the app provides on the iOS Lock Screen) this would be a tolerable trade off. As it stands now, my instinctive triple press to back up 15 seconds now leaps back ~3-12 minutes. I don't need to listen to the last article again in addition to however much of the current article has already played just to catch some detail I missed in the last sentence or two. Also, the automatic login and sync function when the app launches should have a timeout. If I have poor or no network connectivity, at least let the app time out gracefully. That would allow me listen to audio content that I've already downloaded, instead of reveling in the spinning the progress wheel that is interminably displayed while the app steadfastly refuses to open.
The Economist - Product Description
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
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