Espresso: World news in a shot

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• Espresso monthly subscription — $99.00/year ($8.25/mo)

Last verified 30 Aug 2026

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Last verified 28 Aug 2026

4.8 17137 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5With my coffee

   After scripture and meditation, and brewing strong joe, this app has become my next-step morning ritual. It offers a bite-size overview of interesting developments around the world every morning, with no propagandist urgency, no yellow journalism, no clickbait titles, no SEO writing, no gossip, no editorial errors, no long-winded diatribes, nor any videos. The POTUS is only ever mentioned in connection with important policy or diplomacy developments. This review, at the word “review” just there, is already nearly as long as one of the six articles you’ll read daily on this app. Its brevity breeds pith and factuality. I find it a refreshing contrast against the backdrop of other news sources’ click-driven sensationalism or televised 24-hour news cycle propaganda. Stories do not employ irrational persuasive tools, neither plucking fears nor repeating the same claim over and over. Ads are rare, well-curated, usually gorgeously designed and targeted to executives or investors, and do not appear on news pages. (Content subject matter is 5/5 stars.) Headlines feature the occasional tasteful pun to motivate curiosity. The writing is superior though not always superb: sometimes the sentences are unwieldy or oddly structured. (Editorial quality is 4/5 stars.) Graphic design is minimal classicist: our grandparents’ timeless newsprint might look like this once reimagined as an app. Copy is poured amid vivid photos through stately color-block panels. In terms of user experience, this will merely tell you a few key things, then say “that’s all for today!” Sharing an article is easy. The UI is cleanly designed, a swipe left-to-right system tracked by an unimposing checklist-like feedback display of the user’s progress through the morning’s snippets. No glitch or mislaid element appears in this elegant program. (Design is 5/5 stars.)

   elgaberino · 30 Aug 2026

2. 5/5Content is fine, IF you ever receive it

   I’ve always loved the Economist and have read the print version religiously for over thirty years. But their apps (and their subscriptions department) are truly terrible. This app will refresh only about 70% of the time. Every third day, good luck getting the news. It’s also the only app on my phone that regularly crashes. On my phone it looks fine, on my iPad it doesn’t expand to fill the whole screen (it’s “iPhone-sized” but in an iPad screen). The app won’t rotate from vertical to horizontal, even if Screen Aspect is unlocked. Finally, there are different versions floating around in the App Store, so you have to be careful about which one you are getting. My advice: stick to the print edition. (IF it ever shows up on the front doorstep, it’s a great read!)

   AllTheGoodNicknamesreGone · 30 Aug 2026

3. 5/5Great way to start the day

   If all you have each day is a few minutes and you’re tired of the 24hrs r new cycle mostly regurgitating the same info all day everyday, the Espresso helps distill the cacophony of news each day into a single powerful update. While I enjoy reading the short clips each morning I have really come to look forward to the quote of the day. It has been my favorite part for all the years I’ve been reading the Espresso. I enjoy checking the stories each day in Espresso but I do miss the ability to jump back to a day I missed (especially for the quote). I wish there was an archive of quotes of the day!

   Praetorianjw82 · 30 Aug 2026

4. 5/5The perfect morning ☕️

   The Economist Espresso has become a valuable part of my morning routine. It provides the same quality global reporting and commentary in flowing prose that I have come to expect from the Economist Group. It survey’s recent stories I should know. And it is especially effective at covering global news which others fail to cover. The most valuable part of the Espresso app is its brevity. The app allows me to read the news in a tight morning schedule without going down the online news rabbit hole. Like many, I strive to get the quote every morning as a reward for reading all six pages. Keep up the good work!

   Fffdfffffff · 30 Aug 2026

5. 5/5Needs ability to view previous days

   Ive been using espresso since it first came out and i love it. The new version is really visually pleasing and they did a great job structuring it. The only reason im not giving it 5 stars is cause the old version let you read previous days posts. Some days we all forget or are busy but i would still like to know what the news is from that day. Maybe im just not seeing where that feature is in the new version…

   Add me-a8113 · 30 Aug 2026

4.7 34130 ratings · Google Play

1. 1/5

   not a single news without subscription!!!!!!

   md manjurul islam · 29 Jul 2026

2. 5/5

   The Economist is a highly respected source of worldwide news.

   Carl Knobloch · 29 Jul 2026

3. 5/5

   Informative, bite sized, high quality news. A much better use of my time than scrolling social media.

   Andrew Besner · 29 Jul 2026

4. 4/5

   Please let people opt out of annoying daily quiz! Bring back the market data instead.

   Sergiy M. · 29 Jul 2026

5. 4/5

   great for news.please fix the broken text size slider in settings.text stuck on small

   Simon Lowe · 29 Jul 2026

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