# The Wire

> Adventures In Sound And Music

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.exacteditions.android.wire`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Exact Editions
- **Category:** NEWS\_AND\_MAGAZINES
- **Downloads:** 67,222
- **Rating:** 3.14 / 5 (208 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.3.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-18
- **First published:** 2015-08-27
- **Publisher country:** GB
- **Size:** 6.52 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-10-26
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.exacteditions.android.wire)
- **Website:** [https://shop.exacteditions.com/the-wire](https://shop.exacteditions.com/the-wire)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://exacteditions.com/privacy](https://exacteditions.com/privacy)

## Description

**The Wire** is a distinguished, independent monthly music magazine that specializes in providing informed and intelligent coverage of a diverse range of progressive, adventurous, and non-mainstream music genres. Although based in London, The Wire caters to an international audience, offering readers deep insights into cutting-edge musical landscapes.

This Chrome extension offers a digital edition of The Wire, delivering selected pages from the latest issue immediately upon publication. Subscribers gain full access to every page and a comprehensive searchable archive spanning all issues since its inception in summer 1982. Features include easy page navigation, zooming, single or double-page views, and searchable content both within current issues and the extensive archive. Users can also sync issues for offline reading, ensuring access anytime, anywhere. Enjoy rich, dedicated coverage of groundbreaking music through The Wire's immersive digital experience.

## Rankings

- #269,569 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CALL_PHONE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.exacteditions.android.wire.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Reviews are sharply divided. Some users praise the app as a great, reliable, honest magazine that speaks the truth, and they value its full archive search. Many others call it biased, propagandistic, or fake news, and some accuse it of Hinduphobia. Several users describe the interface as clunky and dated, with text that does not wrap and PDF-style zooming. Others are confused by the name, which is shared with an unrelated music app and an Indian news portal.

### Pros

- Praised as a great, reliable magazine
- Users call the app good and essential, with several short positive reviews
- Praised for fearless, honest reporting that speaks the truth
- Full archive is easy to search, according to one subscriber

### Cons

- Repeated accusations of bias, propaganda, and fake news
- Accusations of communal bias, including Hinduphobia and anti-Hindu content
- Clunky, dated interface: text does not wrap, and reading requires PDF-style zooming
- Confusion with an unrelated music app and with a similarly named Indian news portal

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