# The Telegraph

> The Telegraph App is your one-stop guide to the fast changing world around you.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.thetelegraph`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** ABP Digital
- **Category:** NEWS\_AND\_MAGAZINES
- **Downloads:** 146,354
- **Rating:** 2.50 / 5 (610 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-08-08
- **First published:** 2019-01-27
- **Publisher country:** IN
- **Size:** 17 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thetelegraph)
- **Website:** [https://www.telegraphindia.com/](https://www.telegraphindia.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.telegraphindia.com/privacy-policy](https://www.telegraphindia.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

The Telegraph App offers a comprehensive and easy-to-navigate experience for staying informed about the fast-changing world around you. From breaking news and insightful views to major events and juicy celebrity gossip, this app delivers it all with just a tap.

Featuring a stylish tiled menu, The Telegraph App carefully curates the most relevant and engaging pieces of current affairs, tailored to your interests. Whether you're interested in sports highlights or global news, it's your one-stop guide for everything happening around you.

## Rankings

- #185,030 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NOTIFICATION_POLICY`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE`
- `android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE`
- `com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ`
- `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE`
- `com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE`
- `com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE`
- `com.thetelegraph.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.thetelegraph.permission.C2D_MESSAGE`
- `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ`
- `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE`

## Review summary

Users appreciate The Telegraph's high-quality journalism and engaging headlines but are frustrated by the app's poor performance, intrusive ads, and missing key features such as bookmarking, sharing, and font adjustment. The interface is deemed clumsy and confusing, with notable issues in the e-paper section including lack of zoom and unstable navigation. Many suggest a paid ad-free version and improvements in smoothness and usability to enhance the reading experience.

### Pros

- Content is exemplary, unbiased, and trusted by readers.
- Catchy and sarcastic headlines with user-friendly content categorization.
- The newspaper's journalism and reportage are appreciated and highly regarded.

### Cons

- App performance is poor, with frequent crashes, server errors, and slow loading times.
- Excessive and intrusive advertisements disrupt user experience; inability to cancel full screen ads.
- Lack of essential features like bookmarking, offline reading, share options, personalization, font size adjustment, and zoom functionality in e-paper.
- Interface is confusing, clumsy, and has removed previously useful features causing frustration.
- E-paper section is unstable with navigation issues and lack of zoom and easy return to the previous page.

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