# Seattle Times Print Replica

> See The Seattle Times exactly how it appears in print with the Print Replica app

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.olive.shell.seattletimes](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.olive.shell.seattletimes)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.olive.shell.seattletimes`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** The Seattle Times
- **Category:** NEWS\_AND\_MAGAZINES
- **Downloads:** 13,709
- **Rating:** 2.05 / 5 (106 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-05-02
- **First published:** 2018-02-12
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 95 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.olive.shell.seattletimes)
- **Website:** [https://www.seattletimes.com](https://www.seattletimes.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://company.seattletimes.com/notices/notice2.html](https://company.seattletimes.com/notices/notice2.html)

## Description

The Seattle Times Print Replica app offers a digital experience mirroring the exact layout of the printed newspaper, including comics, photos, columns, and more. Subscribers to The Seattle Times, whether print or digital, enjoy free unlimited access to the app, making it easy to stay up to date even while on vacation. Users can browse the current day's paper and up to seven days of back issues, benefiting from a user-friendly interface with a full table of contents and the most-read stories. The app also allows downloading pages as PDFs for offline reading or printing without the need for Wi-Fi, ensuring you never miss your favorite stories.

## Rankings

- #502,180 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.cmgdigital.AJCUAT.permission.C2D_MESSAGE`
- `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 offers a digital version of the print newspaper, allowing convenient reading on mobile devices. However, widespread complaints focus on app instability including frequent crashes and failures to open, broken navigation features that hamper access to articles and sections, removal of convenient reading features like double tap zoom, and slow or freezing performance. These issues force users to repeatedly reinstall the app, significantly impacting usability and satisfaction.

### Pros

- Provides a digital 'replica' of the print newspaper, allowing reading the print paper on the phone.
- Improved navigation and history features when functioning properly.
- Includes content that helps users stay informed daily, supplementing the physical paper.

### Cons

- App frequently crashes, hangs, or fails to open, often requiring uninstall and reinstall to function.
- Navigation is broken or unreliable, with issues like missing or incorrect section links and inability to follow article continuations.
- Reading experience worsened by removal of double tap to read articles; pinch and zoom is cumbersome.
- App performance is slow, with freezing during certain operations like deleting old editions.
- Permissions or features like screenshot prevention are seen as unnecessary and frustrating.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.olive.shell.seattletimes)