# The Boston Globe

> Enjoy award-winning journalism from The Boston Globe.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.bostonglobe.android](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.bostonglobe.android)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.bostonglobe.android`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC
- **Category:** NEWS\_AND\_MAGAZINES
- **Downloads:** 104,029
- **Rating:** 4.67 / 5 (1,109 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.0.9
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-12
- **First published:** 2018-08-30
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 31 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bostonglobe.android)
- **Website:** [https://www.bostonglobe.com/](https://www.bostonglobe.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.bostonglobe.com/about/help/privacy-policy/](https://www.bostonglobe.com/about/help/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Experience The Boston Globe's 27-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism right in your browser. This Chrome extension delivers breaking news, in-depth investigative reports, political coverage, business updates, and cultural stories from New England’s largest newsroom. 

Stay connected with features like customizable notifications, offline reading by saving articles, and interactive comment sections. Explore exclusive content from the Spotlight Team, opinion pieces by Globe columnists, engaging videos from Boston Globe Today, and comprehensive sports coverage. Designed for news enthusiasts, this extension brings you trusted, award-winning content every day.

## Rankings

- #217,007 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_CUSTOM_AUDIENCE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.bostonglobe.android.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`

## Review summary

Users appreciate that the app provides smoother reading and keeps them logged in reliably at times, with timely content updates and better navigation than the mobile site. However, the app suffers from frequent crashes and loading failures, intrusive ads even for subscribers, persistent login/authentication errors, poor usability and missing key features like subscription management and article filtering. Overall, these issues cause significant frustration, lowering the app's value despite its content quality.

### Pros

- The app offers a more readable and smoother experience compared to using the mobile website or ePaper version.
- It updates autonomously throughout the day with new or updated articles.
- Maintains login credentials effectively without requiring frequent re-login for some users.
- Provides some intuitive navigation features like swipe left/right to switch articles and visible section tabs.

### Cons

- The app is plagued by frequent crashes and often fails to open, causing frustration among users.
- Advertisements are excessive and intrusive, including video ads within articles despite users being paid subscribers.
- Persistent login and authentication issues, including continuous logout, false incognito mode errors, and blocked articles requiring repeated sign-in despite being logged in.
- Lack of essential app features such as article filtering (e.g., to exclude sports or gossip), unable to cancel subscriptions within the app, and absence of comment support or article search functionality.
- Poor app design and usability issues, including non-standard scrolling behavior, broken hyperlinks, glitches leaving articles unopenable, non-functional widgets, and no night mode or font size adjustments for better reading experience.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.bostonglobe.android)