56
fair
The Economist | unitQ Score
The unitQ score is the fraction of public feedback data (iOS & Android) that mentions quality issues.
100 = No Issues. 50 = Some Issues. 0 = All Issues
100 = No Issues. 50 = Some Issues. 0 = All Issues
40 Points Past 30 Days
Category: News
30-Day Trend
Android unitQ Score
Android User Feedback
18%
Android
45 Reports
45 Reports
iOS unitQ Score
iOS User Feedback
82%
iOS
205 Reports
205 Reports
User Feedback
82%
iOS
205 Reports
205 Reports
18%
Android
45 Reports
45 Reports
The Economist - Latest Quality Issues
iOS
Dec 20, 2024
Not working
Since December 2024 logged out and login gives blank page
iOS
Dec 20, 2024
Never volunteer to test
Nothing against the content, it's good, but the app testing experience is not becoming of the publication's reputation. No guidance, no feedback, and no thanks. What was I supposed to look at? No idea. Was any of the bugs or commentary I submitted appreciated? Clearly not. Will I be doing this again? Nope. This is not how one should treat users who volunteer to help
Android
Dec 21, 2024
Latest audio app very very poor. No way to edit, change, or delete mistakes to queue/playlist. So far no response to complaints. Previous version was much better.
iOS
Dec 21, 2024
Cant edit the listening que
New version has reduced functionlity for editing the listening que. Hard to clean up the old articles when wanting to hear the new ones. I am very unsatisfied and fins myself not using the app as much as before. Please bring back ability to edit listening que
iOS
Dec 21, 2024
You’ve broken the audio again. Come on and listen to your users
Last version was just about useable, but now you're forcing the user to create a playlist. Before you could easily just dip in and listen from wherever you clicked. And now if you skip a track it disappears from the list Go back to simple. Few people have time to create a playlist for each week!!
Android
Dec 21, 2024
This is just a review of the app and not the content. The app before the recent update was very slow but worked. After the update it worked perfectly for a few weeks but now it constantly crashes. Every other app is working smoothly except for this app. I still continue reading the articles on my computer but it is annoying that I cannot read them on my phone anymore.
Android
Dec 21, 2024
App is good! As well as the news. However, there's one thing that bothers me. The podcast player always shows up when opening the app as a small bar in the bottom and I have to always close it. The player shows up even though I only played a podcast once. I don't listen to their podcasts, so for me it's completely useless and disturbing. Everything else is great, please make this customizable or something!
Android
Dec 21, 2024
Great writing, lousy app. Doesn't indicate articles you have read, every "back" takes you to the top of the page, new articles appear interleaved with old articles.
Android
Dec 22, 2024
The app is okay for reading news and articles from recent editions, but does not let me copy text so I cannot make notes about interesting articles.
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