The Economist - News, Podcasts App Reviews

The Economist provides excellent journalism. However, in the last month, the app crashes more often than not when I try to read an article or listen to one.

My cocktail party chatter would Suffer greatly without The Economist

Great content. But now, in the digital version, before EVERY article, an ad flashes on the screen preventing you from reading. Horribly disruptive even if it is only for a second or so. Ruins completely the reading experience.

Some days, the app is unusable - constantly closing and doesn’t open the page it closed. No option to report an issue. No explanation for crashing. Other days, the app works fine. To pay a hefty annual subscription and have repeated issues accessing news online is frustrating. Luckily, I have WSJ.

This review is only about the App, not the content itself (which I love and value). The app used to work better. Currently, it is buggy, slow and crashes a lot when I listen to audio. I hope it will be more stable in the future. The current experience is very frustrating.

Love the content. Unfortunately I like to consume it with the audio app, which is almost unusably buggy. The app frequently stops between tracks on your queue - sometimes you just have to hit “play” again, but frequently you get “something went wrong - please retry”, which then loops. You can then try pressing that a few times, or force-closing the app which also sometimes doesn’t work. All of this is annoying, but if you’re driving it’s a fatal flaw.