Crain's Chicago Business

Crain's City Books

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About this app

From breaking news to razor-sharp analysis, the Crain's Chicago Business app delivers the best coverage of business and power in Chicago. Keep up with the latest headlines, get notifications about important stories and read the latest digital issue right in the app.

The Crain's Chicago Business app is free to download. A subscription is required for full access to articles.

Ratings and reviews

I pay a lot of money for a subscription, but the App recently started crashing after their most recent update every time I open a news story on Android. I've tried uninstalling an reinstalling the app twice, and it does not solve the issue. I have a Pixel 9 phone, so it's definitely not an issue with an old phone or an old OS.

All articles are behind a paywall - which is fine, but don't write the app description "The Crain’s Chicago Business app is free to download, explore and opt in for alerts..." which is factually untrue. You can view the headlines but the app is for subscribers only. Be honest and don't waste my time with games.

Limited functionality forces me to my mobile browser about 30% of the time to find specific articles. Entire sections such as Restaurants which would be great to refer to when I'm out and about don't exist on the app. Begining to wonder why I shouldn't just keep it open on the browser and delete this app.

What’s new

General Bug Fixes