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4.8 24200 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5My primary source

   I wasn’t sure I wanted to pay for another news source on top of NYT, WP, The Economist, The Atlantic and The New Yorker but in these crazy times I often find the FT publishes stories first and I find the analysis excellent . In particular I look for pieces by Gideon Rachman (excellent podcast too), Ed Luce and John Burn Murdoch . It was Murdoch data analysis on the Covid pandemic that first got me looking at the FT as a primary source on issues beyond economics and business . Some suggestions to the FT though: 1) sort out the marketing and content of your premium offering , I might try it but I’m not convinced at the moment. 2) use real voices for some articles , much much better than AI generated audio . 3) make it easier to search for articles and to look back at articles read history

   Notwellknown2 · 2 Sep 2026

2. 5/5Exceptional, dependable

   In the anglophone world, the FT is on a league of its own. The reporting is consistently thorough and reliable, (with the exception of its coverage on the Balkans perhaps). Their exclusives are great. So many of the op-eds and podcasts are also exceptional — I always learn a lot and am struck by the balance and sharpness. Shrimsley, Luce, Rachman, Green (love her!), Mance, Tett are some of the best. The guy who does the data reporting is also great. Not a big fan of Cavendish. Ganesh offers some unusual perspectives, which is most welcome, but sometimes I wonder how actually grounded these are. Overall, though, the FT has preserved my mental health and faith in journalism. There is a sense in which as a team they have a healthy sense of red lines in politics and international affairs but are far from moralists. It’s rare.

   AH1003 · 2 Sep 2026

3. 5/5FT: The best global newspaper

   I am a newsprint junky! I have been subscribing to and reading newspapers for over 50 years. I currently subscribe to five dailies including two locals, the NYT, WSJ, and the FT. Gradually, over time, the FT has become my first print read in the morning and my last on-line read at night. The FT provides unfiltered global breaking news and in-depth long form articles. The OpEd page columnists are thoughtful and provocative. FT Weekend is my guilty pleasure, having largely supplanted the Sunday NYT as my best read of the week. Keep up the great work!

   Eronbo · 2 Sep 2026

4. 1/5FT Shoold Allow Subscribers to Save and Store Full Text Articles for Scholarly Research

   This app and the FT site doesn’t allow paid subscribers who need to use these articles as sources for academic or scholarly research to save full text articles to organizers like Pocket or Evernote. As such the FT subscription is worthless. Other major news publications allow subscribers to save full text articles for future reference and use as source materials. A serious scholar or researcher needs to be able to keep full text articles from various publications on specialized topics in one folder or location. The way things ate at present, a subscriber has to log on to the FT app or website, then go to a different site, location or folder to compare or supplement the information in the FT article with that of articles from other publications like The Economist or Bloomberg. This is a huge nuisance indeed. New regulations are needed to stop FT from engaging in this monopolistic practice.

   ggeopol · 2 Sep 2026

5. 3/5Highs and lows of FT

   FT has great quality contributors and , generally, well curated reports. It’s also, generally, up to date on what’s happening. BUT, it’s biased, strongly, towards a ( aged) “ western liberal democracy “ which is clearly in decline, and is morally bankrupt ( the near silence on Gaza and the vilification of Xi speaks loudly about that). FT is also relatively ignorant on how ahead of the west China is, on the roots of the Ukrainian conflict and on the emerging Eurasian world order. Good contributions on rectifying these would help. Finally: a particularly irritating feature is “ premium” content. The price tag of a subscription for FT is already high enough for this cheap trick. Please drop it. I’m a university professor in Brazil who can barely keep with the regular, what to say about premium. Good customers vs. a bit more profits is a trade off to think about.

   more-than-you-think · 2 Sep 2026

4.5 49941 ratings · Google Play

1. 2/5

   great content but app will not stay logged in

   Peter Fredericks · 29 Jul 2026

2. 3/5

   Most the time good sometimes different views and cant play audio!

   Ross Phillip Gerard · 29 Jul 2026

3. 5/5

   Great coverage and editorial.

   Peter Williams · 29 Jul 2026

4. 2/5

   keep having to sign in everytime I open the app

   Sanwal Yousaf · 29 Jul 2026

5. 2/5

   Animated ads in the middle of the text I try to read is just unacceptable. Especially for this price.

   Felix · 29 Jul 2026

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