Amir Nahavandi 11
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Espresso is my go-to for a sharp, no-fluff global briefing, before turning to the NYT. As someone with just the podcast subscription, it’s great to still get that signature Economist tone—concise, intelligent, and zero bloat. I check it with coffee most mornings: 5 articles, audio included, plus mini world updates through the day. The “Quote of the Day” is a smart touch. If you want signal without the noise, this app nails it. Quietly one of the most efficient ways to feel globally literate.
Lauren Merlino 123
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Overall I really like the idea of this app. I enjoy the bite size chunks of information across the world and the additional links on complex topics to longer economist reads. I think it costs too much for what it is... you're basically paying $1 per 100 words. And you still have ads! And honestly it's a bit biased, dissapointingly. Most obnoxious of all is the quote of the day at the end of the spiel, which is 95% if not more a quote from a man that is taken out of context. Really unnecessary. Edited
A Google user 54
Saturday, June 1, 2019
It is 2019. I am able to stream high quality video footage of individuals playing video games from virtually anywhere in the planet. Yet this application can't even reliably load 5 mini articles each day. I always see "Sorry, things are taking longer than usual." If it takes 5+ minutes to load every day (assuming it loads at all) that isn't unusual. I dont have such problems.on my iPad, where things load without a hiccup. Such awful experience for a paid subscription.
A Google user
14
Saturday, October 16, 2021
Good app. 9/11/2019 update, quite some time ago they deleted the financial markets data and it has never returned, of course the subscription price wasn't reduced to compensate for losing that data. 10/15/21 They finally returned the financial data a while ago. Still has a very left leaning outlook. Not very open to ideas that go against what is politically correct. Although I wish they were less biased, they still have a good coverage of the world so I haven't yet canceled.
Robert Sander 19
Friday, October 1, 2021
Love this app after using it for 6 years. The magazine is excellent and this app provides concise short, clear notes on stories across the world. Only reliable source of international news, as US news dominates other apps. Read it every day and look forward to it. Tightly written articles with well placed financial data and then a fun quote to finish it off. Still love it. Updated 10/2021. In addition this is offered as a podcast.
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