Espresso from The Economist

The Economist Newspaper

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About this app

Espresso from The Economist is the faster, smarter way to know the news. Power through the world’s top stories in the time it takes to have a cup of coffee, with incisive analysis updated throughout the day. Manage your time effectively with a concise global summary, a personalised selection of longer reads from The Economist and easily absorbable extras.

Espresso is well-balanced to complement your lifestyle. You can listen to the audio versions of articles or stretch your mind with enjoyable extras such as facts, charts and a daily quiz.

Try Espresso today free for seven days. Subscriptions start from just £7.99/$7.99/€12.99 per month.

What you’ll get:
• Top stories for quick analysis
• “The World in Brief” news summary updated three times a day
• Five short articles offering finishable quick reads and analysis on critical developments
• Audio versions of articles to enjoy hands-free
• A zingy blend of Figure of the day, Quote of the day and Chart of the day
• Selected stories from the weekly edition in the “For you” tab
• Daily quiz to tickle your grey cells

Features:
• Time to read highlighted on each article
• Adjustable text size
• Personalise your topic preferences
• Dark mode for more comfortable reading
• Mobile and tablet-compatible

Subscribing in-app:
• Subscribe in-app and take advantage of our seven-day free trial
• You will not be charged until the end of the 7 day free trial
• Payment is charged to your Google Play account upon confirmation of purchase
• Your subscription will continue to auto-renew until you cancel
• Payment will be taken on the day before the new billing period. This will be on a monthly or yearly basis, depending on the plan you chose
• You can cancel at any time by going to My account in Settings and selecting • Manage my subscription and following the instructions
• Full terms of use can be found at https://www.economistgroup.com/terms-of-use
• Our privacy policy can be found at https://www.economistgroup.com/privacy-policy

Ratings and reviews

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.

This app is a wonderful way to stay current on world events without having to watch the news or filter through unverified articles shared by acquaintances online. The columns are somewhat editorialized (which I find humorous), but it also reveals the underlying biases of the journalists. Despite it carrying a slant (like any news outlet does), I will continue to log in for its quick, easy-to-digest updates on world news.

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.

What's new

You’ve asked for more content in Espresso and we've listened. This update includes some behind the scenes changes as we finalise work to allow you to enjoy our best shortform video content in Espresso, which launches very soon.