Features & Capabilities
User Growth & Download Statistics
- By:
- The Ken
- Downloads:
- 88,964 142
- Rating:
- 4.12 (1,916)
- Version:
- 4.1.18 Last updated: 2026-06-10
- Version code:
- 5140467
- Creation date:
- 2017-11-05
- Publisher country:
IN
- Permissions:
- android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
- android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
- android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS High risk
- android.permission.DETECT_SCREEN_CAPTURE Moderate risk
- com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID Moderate risk
- android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID Low risk
- android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION Low risk
- android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE Low risk
- android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE Low risk
- android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK Low risk
- android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
- Size:
- 64.51MB
- Email:
- in*****@the-ken.com
- URLs:
- Website ,Privacy policy
- Full description:
- See detailed description
- Source:
- Google Play Store
- Data ingested on:
- 2026-06-15
- Compare stats and ranking:
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User Reviews
Pros
- Exceptional, high-quality journalism and content appreciated by users
- Clean, responsive user interface with features like reading progress indication
- Recommended for tech-savvy users due to premium content
- Offers both articles and podcasts as content formats
- Includes features like scroll and reading time estimates
Cons
- Frequent app crashes and instability causing poor user experience
- Subscription and access issues: payments deducted but app not recognizing active subscriptions
- Inconsistent behavior opening articles, sometimes launching browser instead of in-app view
- Lack of essential features like subscription renewal, history tracking, offline reading
- Buggy UI changes making navigation and reading more difficult, including back button issues and no text-to-audio functionality
Recent reviews
Nice app but can be improved if user could get a history of the podcast and the article he has read..also if there could be text to audio functionality..content wise excellent
by
Ru*****, 2025-01-20
Have made the subscription, unable to access the app. Only mode of contact is available is mailid which is unresponsive. Yet to receive any response/acknowledgement for the mail that was sent out yesterday.
by
Ha*****, 2024-11-11
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