apps / 896628003
Espresso: World news in a shot
Quick daily news reporting
The Economist · News · Free · US storefront
- rating
- 4.8 ★
- ratings
- 17.1K
- updated
- Apr 16, 2026
- released
- Nov 5, 2014
v3.42.0
visible word pool · 9 words
title 30/30 chars · subtitle 26/30 chars
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Espresso from The Economist is the faster, smarter way to know the news. 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. The Espresso app is now free for students. Here is what people say about Espresso: “If all you have each day is a few minutes and you're tired of the 24hrs news cycle mostly regurgitating the same info all day everyday, the Espresso helps distil the cacophony of news each…
latest US reviews
★★★★★
App will charge without access
Espresso’s ‘restore’ functionality is broken and will charge you without allowing access
— Tim Kz
★★★★★
Does not recognize my subscription
I have been a subscriber through the App Store for a decade now, and the app recently stopped recognizing my subscription, even though I’m still paying.
— NCR Veteran Ranger
★★★★★
Overpriced
Espresso is some $79 bucks for just 4 or 5 articles daily, ie 1/3 the price of regular economist, but for much much less than 1/3 of the articles… and to pick the 4 or 5 free articles or just topics, you have to let the share your data…ie the one article you want to read, sorry…
— Cntl1010
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