The Economist: News & Analysis

The Economist Newspaper Group Inc.

Technical details

Note: the number of ratings shows how much people engage with the app; it is not a download or active-user count.

The app's rank in the Saudi store

Share of the News category

The app sits at number 30 of 80 on the category charts today by number of ratings, which is 0.0% of all ratings in this category in the Saudi market.

Rating distribution

• 5 ★88%
• 4 ★9%
• 3 ★1%
• 2 ★0%
• 1 ★2%

In-app purchase tiers

The official prices in the Saudi App Store in riyals, recorded daily so any change is caught. The dollar figure uses the pegged rate of SAR 3.75.

Reviews from users in Saudi Arabia

Average of the last 7 reviews on record: 3.3 out of 5

• ★☆☆☆☆20 Jul 2024
  Scam acts

  Terrible costumer service. They failed to deliver me any printed edition, although I paid for. And they refused to refund me!! Moreover, when I compliant, they said they will give me a discount if I subscribe for one year. They are trying to even sell me m…

• ★☆☆☆☆2 Nov 2023
  Low quality biased POLITICAL propaganda

  I have been an avid reader for more than 20 years from paper back to digital, but I have finally cancelled my subscription as the quality has drastically gonna down and more importantly the paper is clearly is not neutral nor independent….I used to very much e…

• ★☆☆☆☆10 Jul 2020
  The App doesn’t launch...

  There is always an issue with The economist app.. this version doesn’t launch. I did all the typical trouble shooting steps but still doesn’t work

• ★★★★★1 Jul 2025
  Wide Coverage is Great and usually fair but not on Palestine or Israel.

  I disagree with your opinion on the Israeli Palestinian conflict. Your bias generally in favor of Israel especially on the Gaza War is not fair and might not be true. In spite of your wide coverage and deep knowledge you always ignore the substantial suffering…

• ★★★★★27 May 2022
  Bring back the legacy App

  Legacy App was better as one could use the Economist for best use of time having a weekly review of what has globally happened and can have easy access to the previous issues. There is no point of trying to position the Economist as a daily news house where it…

• ★★★★★20 May 2021
  Great Source of Knowledge

  To me personally TE is the main source of news and analysis, I am in the line with their approach in viewing the world .( Objectivize issues )

Store campaigns and events

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Privacy and data collection

Google Play figures

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Ratings in nearby markets

How many ratings the app has in nearby App Store markets against the Saudi store.

What the latest version changed

We've made general improvements and fixed bugs for a smoother experience.

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The daily rank record

A daily record, newest first: where the app sat on the chart, and the arrow is its move on the day before.

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