The Wall Street Journal News subscription: cost, reviews, how to cancel

• App Store rating4.7★ from 551,814 ratings
• Cheapest subscription$12.99 per month
• Reviews mentioning billing, last 12 months40 of 247 reviews

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

What the data says

• Billing complaints in reviews40 of 247 reviews in the last 12 months mention charges, subscriptions, refunds or cancelling (16%)
• Free trial converts to a paid plan1 month free trial, then $12.99 per month

What The Wall Street Journal News costs

Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $12.99 per month.

• The Wall Street Journal Mobile1 month free trial, then renews every month$12.99
• The Wall Street Journal Europe1 month free trial, then renews every month£16.99
• The Wall Street Journal1 month free trial, then renews every month$22.99
• The Wall Street Journal1 month free trial, then renews every month£24.99
• The Wall Street Journal1 month free trial, then renews every month$32.99
• The Wall Street Journal1 month free trial, then renews every month$36.99
• 12 Month Introductory OfferRenews every month, no trial$38.99
• The Wall Street Journal1 month free trial, then renews every month$38.99

How to cancel The Wall Street Journal News

1. Open Settings on your iPhone and tap your name at the top.
2. Tap Subscriptions.
3. Select The Wall Street Journal News (listed under a plan name such as The Wall Street Journal Mobile).
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

Articles disappearing from the app; Inconsistent login and subscription management; Unreliable breaking news notifications.

Recent one-star reviews

Breaking News NotificationsRecently I started receiving notifications of non-breaking news stories. The reason? The notification setting to turn on “Breaking News” is described as “Breaking news, important developments and other stories we think you might like.” Don’t group these…

Dumb notificationsBeing financial app, the notifications are awful

발열앱을 쓰면 기사만 읽는데 발열이 생기고 배터리가 매우 빠르게 닳습니다. 거의 분당 1퍼센트는 닳습니다. 기종은 아이폰 14프로이며 ios17을 사용중입니다. While only read article, my cellphones battery exhaust very rapidly. Numerically almost 1% per minute. I use iphone 14pro and the OS version is Ios17.0.

Recent five-star reviews

Favorite newspaper, favorite news appGreat content and great app layout and navigation. I love that every article has AI voice reading option.

Very good mobile siteThe site for mobile is very good, if not excellent.. From a content point of view, it is a great improvement on the traditional paper of years ago. Lots of topical articles. And lots of background in each article. WSJ is not a news tape only any more, but has developed content. From a format point o…

Totally worth subscribing to.However, there has been only one minor issue. The watchlist sometimes either doesn't load at all and says that i'm offline (even though i'm not and the market overview and everything else works just fine). Or it loads but doesn't refresh the content on it's own and sometimes the app crashes when tha…

About the developer

Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal. has published on the App Store since Nov 2, 2009: 10 app(s), 3 of them no longer in the store.

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Alternatives to The Wall Street Journal News

• Bloomberg: Business News Daily4.6★
• The Economist: News & Analysis4.9★
• Epoch Times: Live & Breaking4.9★
• CNBC: Stock Market & Business4.7★
• Washington Post: Breaking News4.7★

Also similar: Stocks.News－Market Alerts (4.7★)

Questions people ask

How much does The Wall Street Journal News cost?

Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $12.99 per month.

How do I cancel The Wall Street Journal News?

On your iPhone open Settings, tap your name, tap Subscriptions, select The Wall Street Journal News and tap Cancel Subscription. You keep access until the end of the paid period.

Does The Wall Street Journal News have a free trial?

Yes: The Wall Street Journal Mobile offers a 1 month free trial, then $12.99 per month.

How much does the app cost?

The app operates on a subscription model. Your subscription will renew automatically each month and payment will be charged to your iTunes Account. You can turn off auto-renewal in your Account Settings, but no cancellation is allowed during the active subscription period.

The Wall Street Journal News in one paragraph

The Wall Street Journal News by Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal. is a News app for iPhone. Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $12.99 per month across 8 plan(s). App Store rating 4.7 from 551,814 ratings. 40 of 247 reviews in the last 12 months mention charges, subscriptions, refunds or cancelling (16%). The developer has 10 app(s) on the App Store, 3 no longer listed. Cancel through Settings › Subscriptions on the iPhone. Data verified Oct 23, 2026 by AppsLupa.

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