AppCorpus
Market US

Variety

by PMC

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 31 Jul 2026

Quick verdict

What it is
Store information collected; independent summary not yet available.
At a glance
  • Free to download
  • In-app purchases

Categories and search queries

Official categories

AppCorpus categories

Key functions

Function Availability Access Scope Evidence
Free app Yes Free Store published
In-app purchases Yes Limited free Store published

Screens

App Store

8 store screenshots

Variety ipad screenshot 1
Variety ipad screenshot 2
Variety ipad screenshot 3
Variety ipad screenshot 4

Pricing & paywalls

App Store

  • Free to download
  • In-app purchases

Ratings & reviews

App Store

4.5 1717 ratings · App Store

  1. 2/5App needs lots of work

    This app needs lots of work, I’ll start with the fact that if you try to share a story to Facebook or Twitter, it takes you to a page that tells you to download them and there is no way yo tell it you already have them. I see this a lot on apps on the iPhone. Frankly it’s just plain stupid to not have the app go straight to the Facebook or Twitter app and Apple should be enforcing this.

    Uncle Marcus · 31 Jul 2026

  2. 3/5It works for reading the articles. That’s about it.

    The main attraction of the Variety app is to be able to read Variety. And that works just fine. But nothing else works. You can’t share, videos never work, photos rarely load, and the galleries tab has never worked. Every time I click it..the apps crashes and goes back to my home screen. Also...they should bring back comment sections.

    bryanwilson · 31 Jul 2026

  3. 1/5So Disappointed

    I’ve rarely been so let down by an app redesign. Variety used to be the only news app that properly functioned for offline reading - once refreshed the latest news downloaded automatically, everything would load. Now nothing is automatic and stories take forever to load. It’s now a worse version of every other junky news app. So sad to see an essential part of my commute gone.

    Vanilla Admiral · 31 Jul 2026

  4. 1/5Unusable

    Even after the most recent update, this app still struggles to function. Many articles disappear in the middle of reading them, leaving you with a blank white screen. Hyperlinks lead to nowhere. Everything is incredibly slow, and pages constantly reformat as you’re trying to read. The list goes on. Coming from the premier source of entertainment news, I’m surprised how terrible this app is. Please get it together, Variety. You have the content you just need a usable interface!

    aebroom · 31 Jul 2026

  5. 1/5An infinite variety of awfulness

    Just upgraded from the not very good older version. Endless scrolling to get to all the headlines. No longer able to look for news in a particular section — look at all the news or none. The articles used to be more readable in old app than on the awful website, but this is now web based in app reading experience with slow load times and an all around awful reading experience. The Variety app has long been awful, and this is just a new variety of bad. Wish I could go back to the older version for pre-iOS 10 that was a wee bit less bad than this.

    sunnyside down · 31 Jul 2026

Privacy & accessibility

App Store

Privacy

  • Data Linked to You — Analytics — Location — Coarse Location Developer declared
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  • Data Linked to You — Developer’s Advertising or Marketing — Contact Info — Email Address Developer declared
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  • Data Linked to You — Product Personalization — Usage Data — Product Interaction Developer declared
  • Data Linked to You — Third-Party Advertising — Identifiers — Device ID Developer declared
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  • Data Linked to You — Third-Party Advertising — Location — Coarse Location Developer declared
  • Data Linked to You — Third-Party Advertising — Usage Data — Advertising Data Developer declared
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  • Data Not Linked to You — App Functionality — Diagnostics — Crash Data Developer declared
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Accessibility

No accessibility labels collected yet.

Versions

App Store

  • 12.0

    Now with full iOS 12 support

  • 12.5

    This release includes bug fixes and general stability improvements

  • 12.6

    This release includes bug fixes and general stability improvements

  • 13.0

    This release includes bug fixes and general stability improvements

  • 20.0

    This release includes bug fixes and general stability improvements

  • 2.1.0
  • 21.0

    This release includes bug fixes and general stability improvements

  • 23.0

    This release includes bug fixes and general stability improvements.

  • 23.1

    We've added in some accessibility label changes and updated the font resize tool to increase text to a larger size.

  • 23.2

    We are adding Yappa as a commenting tool!

  • 24.1

    Global Search, Comscore, Inline Image Resize update, Accessibility Enhancements

  • 24.2

    Commenting system enhancements

  • 24.5

    Flurry to firebase migration

  • 24.6

    Bugs and feature updates

  • 25.0.0

    Enhanced app stability, performance, and accessibility to deliver a better overall experience.

  • 25.1.0

    Bug fixes

  • 25.1.1 · 18 Jun 2026

    Age rating raised

  • 3.0

    Completely new App built from the ground up to compliment the new Variety.com. Read Variety's full coverage in App. Key features Include Featured Stories carousel, improved navigation, reorganized Sections, commenting, Social sharing, Photo Galleries, Videos and more.

  • 3.0.3

    + Bug fixes and performance improvements

  • 3.0.5

    +Bug fixes and performance improvements

  • 4.0

    This release includes bug fixes and general stability improvements

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Last verified
31 Jul 2026
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