The Economist: News & Analysis subscription: cost, reviews, how to cancel

• App Store rating4.9★ from 182,183 ratings
• Cheapest subscription$6.90 per month
• Reviews mentioning billing, last 12 months79 of 458 reviews

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

What the data says

• Billing complaints in reviews79 of 458 reviews in the last 12 months mention charges, subscriptions, refunds or cancelling (17%)
• Free trial converts to a paid plan1 month free trial, then $29.00 per month

What The Economist: News & Analysis costs

Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $6.90 per month.

• Podcasts MonthlyRenews every month, no trial$6.90
• Premium Monthly1 month free trial, then renews every month$29.00
• Podcasts Annual1 year free trial, then renews every year$69.00
• Three month subscription3 months free trial, then renews every 3 months$74.00
• Digital Annual1 year free trial, then renews every year$229.00
• One year subscriptionRenews every year, no trial$249.00
• Apple News Digital Annual1 month free trial, then renews every year$249.00
• Premium Annual1 year free trial, then renews every year$289.00

Price changes

• Mar 15, 2026: Podcasts Monthly went from $5.90 to $6.90 per month
• Mar 15, 2026: Premium Monthly went from $24.90 to $29.00 per month
• Mar 15, 2026: Podcasts Annual went from $59.00 to $69.00 per year
• Mar 15, 2026: Premium Annual went from $249.00 to $289.00 per year
• Apr 17, 2025: Podcasts Monthly went from $4.90 to $5.90 per month
• Apr 17, 2025: Premium Monthly went from $22.90 to $24.90 per month

How to cancel The Economist: News & Analysis

1. Open Settings on your iPhone and tap your name at the top.
2. Tap Subscriptions.
3. Select The Economist: News & Analysis (listed under a plan name such as Podcasts Monthly).
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 or website.

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

What reviewers say

Reported bugs

App crashes when opening articles; Audio playback frequently stops or fails to load; Inconsistent behavior when rotating device; Login issues and difficulty restoring purchases.

Recent one-star reviews

THEY WILL BILL YOU WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT!!!!They charged my credit card without my consent and refused to refund the money!!! They hack your info off your phone with spyware!!!!!!!! WATCHOUT !!!!!

Doom loopI’m trying to open the app with an older iPad Pro running on OS16, but it keeps asking me to update the version. I click that and go to the Apple App Store. Then when I click ‘open’ I end up back where I was, asking me to update the app. It won’t respond to my opting for maybe later. The A1 chat ass…

App broken on iphone 8 !I was enjoying reading an article on The Economist today when half way through, the app crashed. When it came back up it displayed a screen recommending an app upgrade with options "Upgrade Now" or "Maybe Later". The "Maybe Later" option did precisely nothing no matter how much I poked the screen wi…

Recent five-star reviews

IPad Pro is unable to run the appMy old IPad Pro will only run OS 16.7.16 and is now unable to run the Economist App as the ‘maybe update later’ option doesn’t work. I rely on this device to read the Economist.

Brilliant magazine , brilliant app.The Economist has always been my source of news, business, politics and economics. The app has made it far easier to read articles and the AI narrated ones are great, no matter what some people say. Great magazine, brilliant app. Well done!

audio queuewas it just me or did you take away the function to edit the audio queue? now i can only listen to ALL the weekly articles in YOUR order? oh i found a workaround. you have to go to each track and press the three dots and add to queue. but now there’s no way to add all tracks in a section together t…

About the developer

The Economist has published on the App Store since Nov 5, 2014: 3 app(s), 1 of them no longer in the store.

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Alternatives to The Economist: News & Analysis

• Financial Times: Business News4.8★
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• The Atlantic Magazine4.9★
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Also similar: Reuters - Breaking World News (4.8★)

Questions people ask

How much does The Economist: News & Analysis cost?

Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $6.90 per month.

How do I cancel The Economist: News & Analysis?

On your iPhone open Settings, tap your name, tap Subscriptions, select The Economist: News & Analysis and tap Cancel Subscription. You keep access until the end of the paid period.

Does The Economist: News & Analysis have a free trial?

Yes: Premium Monthly offers a 1 month free trial, then $29.00 per month.

What are the benefits of subscribing?

Subscribing grants access to daily updated fact-checked global reporting, the weekly edition (readable ahead of print and downloadable for offline enjoyment), award-winning podcasts, exclusive Economist Insider video episodes, and features like saving articles to bookmarks.

The Economist: News & Analysis in one paragraph

The Economist: News & Analysis by The Economist is a News app for iPhone. Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $6.90 per month across 8 plan(s). App Store rating 4.9 from 182,183 ratings. 79 of 458 reviews in the last 12 months mention charges, subscriptions, refunds or cancelling (17%). The developer has 3 app(s) on the App Store, 1 no longer listed. Cancel through Settings › Subscriptions on the iPhone. Data verified Oct 23, 2026 by AppsLupa.

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