Espresso from The Economist

The Economist Newspaper

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About this app

Espresso from The Economist is best if you’re busy: it gets you quickly and comfortably ahead on the global issues that matter most. 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. Take deeper-dives into your interests when you choose the longer content you’d like to see.

Espresso is well-balanced to complement your lifestyle. You can listen to the daily podcast and 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 regularly throughout the day
• Five short articles offering finishable quick reads and analysis on essential developments
• Audio versions of articles plus a podcast to enjoy hands-free
• A zingy blend of Fact of the day, Quote of the day and Chart of the day
• Selected content in the “For you” tab, updated weekly
• Daily quiz to tickle your grey cells

New features:
• Time to read highlighted on each article
• Adjustable text size
• Editable topic preferences to tailor your content
• Dark mode for more comfortable reading

Subscribing in-app*
• Subscribe in-app and take advantage of our seven-day free trial
• At the end of the trial, the subscription will automatically renew onto a monthly subscription at the standard price
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• All subscriptions automatically renew. Your account will be charged 24 hours before the renewal date
• Full terms of use can be found at https://www.economistgroup.com/terms-of-use
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Ratings and reviews

Gets the job done but has areas of improvement. Links to related articles result in opening pages within the app instead of within a browser. This makes it hard to open an article to read later after finishing expresso. Generally, the news from expresso seems slightly more biased than what is reported in the magazine. Maybe bias is hard to avoid when news has to be delivered in several sentences. Still a great overview though. Finally, grammar and reporting errors are more common than I'd like.

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.

What's new

Energise your world
This update includes a few notification related bug fixes and improves app stability.

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The Espresso team