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About this app

It’s now even easier to stay expertly informed.

The Independent App puts breaking news and awarding-winning journalism at your fingertips, wherever you are and whenever you want.

With a host of features and our signature free-thinking reporting, The Independent App is your essential source of trusted journalism on the go.

What’s included in The Independent app?

All our journalism in one place: from up-to-the-minute breaking headlines and live news to the daily digital newspaper, enjoy ad-free access to our reporting wherever you are and whenever you want.

5 things you need to know today: streamline your morning with an essential briefing of the key stories that you need to know about that day.

Independent TV: immerse yourself in the story with access to the latest news clips and trending videos.

Audio articles and playlists: bring our reporting with you when on the go with audio articles and create playlists for offline listening.

The daily digital newspaper: wake up to your digital newspaper from 5am each morning and enjoy your read of the day's biggest stories.

Daily crosswords, sudoku and puzzles: challenge yourself with our entertaining and extensive range of brain-training puzzles.

Exclusive events: join the debate with expert-led digital events and deepen your understanding of a topic.

Dark mode: perfect for evening reads and bedtime browsing.

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The Independent app is free to download and use. Simply register to access a limited number of free articles each week and stay up to date with breaking news notifications.

To unlock all features of the app, an active subscription is required. Subscribers benefit from unlimited access to our journalism, including premium analysis and opinion articles, the daily digital newspaper, audio articles, exclusive digital events, puzzles and more. To view our latest introductory offers, please check the app.


Please note:

- Payments for in-app subscriptions will be charged to your Google Play account upon confirmation of purchase.
- Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period.
- Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period.
- You can manage your subscription and adjust your auto-renewal preferences by accessing your Google Play account settings after purchase.
 
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Ratings and reviews

This app just doesn't work. (Android) Occasionally, I can read a few articles but, if I follow a link, or try a puzzle, that's it for the day. Most of the time I am greeted by a blank page or a spinning loading symbol. It's extremely frustrating! The website is better as I can at least access articles on a browser but at this stage I will not be maintaining a subscription. The journalism is good quality and I'd like to support it, the tech issues really stand in the way.

Incredibly cluttered UI with really bad dark mode (some key text is dark grey text on black background, links are bright red and often are the majority of a paragraph), the "listen" button for each article combine to take up about a quarter of the screen (why not use long press for listening options and bookmarking?). The app isn't enjoyable to use. As for content, too many article titles are worded like click bait. Disappointing.

Works fine but don't click on a podcast episode, as you'll never be able to get the podcast playback options off the bottom of the screen. I had to uninstall the app and redownload. A little ridiculous. Also doesn't seem like the news is actually updated. The Ukraine invasion page was updated 8 hours on the app, but 7 minutes ago on the website, for example.