Metro | World and UK news app

Name: Metro | World and UK news app
Rating: 3.090909 (2773 reviews)
Author: Associated Newspapers Ltd

By: Associated Newspapers Ltd

Live news, digital newspaper, sports, lifestyle, entertainment and puzzles

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Features & Capabilities

The Metro Chrome extension provides a comprehensive digital newspaper experience, delivering live UK and world news, sports updates, lifestyle content, and entertainment features directly to your device. Enjoy the daily editions from Monday to Friday, featuring the latest headlines, in-depth interviews, opinion pieces, and celebrity gossip.

Engage with interactive content such as daily puzzles including crosswords, sudoku, and word searches for free, with opportunities to win prizes through Saturday Puzzles+ competitions. Stay informed with real-time breaking news, watch viral videos, and conveniently share your favorite articles on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp. Users can also participate by submitting opinions and letters to be featured in the daily letters page. The app ensures a user-friendly and immersive news consumption experience while protecting privacy and adhering to terms of service.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

Associated Newspapers Ltd

Downloads:

483,949

Rating:

3.09

(2,773)

Version:

4.1.6 Last updated: 2024-08-29

Version code:

1700000053

Creation date:

2012-03-06

Publisher country:

Permissions:

com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID Moderate risk
android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE Low risk
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE Low risk
android.permission.INTERNET Low risk
android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS Low risk
android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED Low risk
android.permission.WAKE_LOCK Low risk
com.android.vending.BILLING Low risk
com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE Low risk
com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE Low risk

Size:

22.50MB

Email:

me*****@metro.co.uk

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-08

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 99,351 ▼ 121

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Developed by:

Associated Newspapers Ltd

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.metro.metrotablet

Email:

me*****@metro.co.uk

Website:

https://www.metro.news/

User Reviews

User reviews show the Metro app delivers free news and live updates but is plagued by reliability problems. The most mentioned issues are puzzles failing to load despite paid access, frequent crashes and freezes, duplicated or poorly displayed stories, and spelling/quality concerns. Billing and support problems are also common, with some users reporting unreturned inquiries and charges for undelivered content. Overall, many users feel the app is unreliable despite potential when it works.

Pros

Free newspaper access and a live news feed
Up-to-the-minute news coverage in the app
Convenient mobile access to Metro on your phone

Cons

Puzzle content often fails to load or is unavailable despite paid subscriptions
Frequent crashes, freezes, or slow loading across devices
News content sometimes duplicates or appears twice / layout issues
Spelling and grammatical errors in headlines and UI
Billing and support issues (charges for content not delivered; slow/unresponsive support)

Recent reviews

Lack of content. The printed version, the 'Pressreader' download both full copies. The Metro app 5 stories from 1 or 2 days ago, repeated articles about random (sometimes very) personal perspectives. It takes less than 10 mins cover to cover. All the data is there in the other publications. why not here? just being lazy??

Mi*****, 2026-06-19

as stated by others, in the editions news section no longer showing its going straight to lifestyle etc, no oversight on puzzles, hangman uses lower case letters occasionally and special characters like apostrophes that cannot be entered, please see this and fix thanks

sc*****, 2026-06-07

The online edition is pretty poor, it isn't a replica of the newspaper and is very sparce. I don't understand why they can't put the e-edition replica from the website on the app instead of the shabby attempt they make.