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Harvard Business Review subscription: cost, reviews, how to cancel

Harvard Business Review, Business

Free on the App Store

Harvard Business Review by Harvard Business Review. 2 subscription plans from $0.99 per week. 11% of 9 recent reviews mention billing.

  • App Store rating4.7★ from 14,273 ratings
  • Cheapest subscription$0.99 per week
  • Reviews mentioning billing, last 12 months1 of 9 reviews

On this page: what it costs, how to cancel, what reviewers say.

What the data says

  • Developer has removed apps3 of this developer's 5 apps are no longer in the App Store
All signals behind this verdict
Reviews in the last 12 months9
Reviews mentioning billing1 (11.1%)
One- or two-star share, last 90 days0% of 2
App Store rating4.7 (14,273 ratings)
Developer's apps5, 3 removed from the store
Age2,793 days
Days since last update5
Subscription plans2
Subscription price changes, last 12 months1
Overall review sentimentnegative

Thresholds and definitions: how we rate apps.

What Harvard Business Review costs

Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $0.99 per week.

  • Weekly SubscriptionRenews every week, no trial$0.99
  • Monthly SubscriptionRenews every month, no trial$12.00

How to cancel Harvard Business Review

  1. Open Settings on your iPhone and tap your name at the top.
  2. Tap Subscriptions.
  3. Select Harvard Business Review (listed under a plan name such as Weekly Subscription).
  4. Tap Cancel Subscription and confirm. You keep access until the end of the paid period.

If the app is not in that list, it was not billed through Apple. Cancel it with the developer instead: support page.

Charged after cancelling or during a trial? Request a refund at reportaproblem.apple.com within 90 days.

What reviewers say

Rating breakdown

  • 5★86% (12,391)
  • 4★6% (959)
  • 3★2% (313)
  • 2★1% (187)
  • 1★2% (423)

Recent updates

  • 39.2.0Sep 2, 2026
  • 39.1.0Aug 12, 2026
  • 39.0.0Jul 23, 2026
  • 38.0.0Jul 8, 2026
  • 37.7.0Jun 10, 2026

Praised

  • Great app content
  • User-friendly layout
  • Informative and engaging articles

Complained about

  • Frequent crashes
  • Login issues and account syncing problems
  • Lack of offline reading functionality
  • Poor navigation and search
  • Subpar user experience compared to website

Reported bugs

Inconsistent login credentials across devices; Articles disappearing from the app; Inability to access saved articles; Crashing and freezing issues.

Recent one-star reviews

automatically logs you out while charging you at the same time85 automatically

1995, Feb 10, 2020

Saved articles from HBR.org are not reachableYou are unable to see and read your saved articles from the online (desktop) HBR page… very frustrating and unreasonable.

M89, Jan 29, 2023

Made it very difficult to cancel subscriptionI have been enjoying HBR since 2005 through the original magazine form and still enjoy the high quality contents. However, whenever I try to cancel and make changes to my subscription, it is very very difficult to do. Not only there is no clear cancel subscription button available on this app, nor c…

i, Dec 30, 2020

Recent five-star reviews

App navigationEasy and user friendly

Shefiq, Nov 12, 2022

CoverageToday HBR is known, read and widely subscribed in Asia. Hence it should strive to cover every topic (or as much as possible, the perspectives / views/ survey findings) of Asia, not just predominantly America. This would bring it closer to its Asian readership. Furthermore developments and tremendou…

Tang, Nov 28, 2021

Great app to read HBRI wish there is a highlighter feature in the app.

upgundecha, Dec 5, 2021

About the developer

Harvard Business Review has published on the App Store since Dec 11, 2014: 5 app(s), 3 of them no longer in the store.

  • HBR Tip2.2★
  • Harvard Business Publishing2.0★
  • HBP Corporate Learning Event
  • Harvard Business Impact Events

Alternatives to Harvard Business Review

Also similar: Gartner Conference Navigator (4.5★), BetterUp (4.5★), Inc. Magazine App (4.7★), My Gartner Mobile (4.9★), Forbes Magazine (4.7★), MIT Sloan Management Review (4.9★)

Questions people ask

How much does Harvard Business Review cost?

Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $0.99 per week.

How do I cancel Harvard Business Review?

On your iPhone open Settings, tap your name, tap Subscriptions, select Harvard Business Review and tap Cancel Subscription. You keep access until the end of the paid period.

Does Harvard Business Review have a free trial?

No plan lists a free trial in the US App Store.

How much does the Harvard Business Review app cost?

The app offers a monthly digital subscription for USD $12.00. For non-US app stores, equivalent currency charges will apply. This subscription grants access to the HBR digital-only plan.

How does the subscription renewal work?

The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Existing app subscribers will be subject to new pricing rates starting from their next billing cycle upon renewal.

Harvard Business Review in one paragraph

Harvard Business Review by Harvard Business Review is a Business app for iPhone. Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $0.99 per week across 2 plan(s). App Store rating 4.7 from 14,273 ratings. 1 of 9 reviews in the last 12 months mention charges, subscriptions, refunds or cancelling (11%). The developer has 5 app(s) on the App Store, 3 no longer listed. Cancel through Settings › Subscriptions on the iPhone. Data verified Sep 8, 2026 by AppsLupa.

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