# Indian Express News + Epaper

> The Indian Express Group

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id506351833](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id506351833)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id506351833`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** The Indian Express Group
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (2,649 ratings)
- **Version:** 12.6
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27
- **First published:** 2012-03-06
- **Size:** 141 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/indian-express-news-epaper/id506351833)
- **Website:** [https://indianexpress.com](https://indianexpress.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://indianexpress.com/privacy-policy/](https://indianexpress.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

The Indian Express News + ePaper app brings trusted journalism to your phone with deep analysis, clear explainers, and reporting that resists hype. Covering politics, world affairs, cricket, tech, entertainment, business, and lifestyle, it keeps you informed on the move with a fast, ad-lite feed and an integrated full daily ePaper.

Features include a clean homepage with top stories, videos, podcasts, photo stories, offline saves, and one-tap sharing. The app delivers timely alerts on elections, policy shifts, market moves, IPL, film releases, and tech drops, while staying fast and distraction-free so you can focus on what matters—the news.

## Rankings

- #35,756 — Overall

## Review summary

Users broadly praise Indian Express for quality journalism, informative content, and well-organized sections. Yet the app suffers from paywalls locking most stories behind subscriptions, pricing concerns, and ads that persist for premium users. Many report bugs—articles cut off mid-text, slow loading, and saved articles failing to load—plus login persistence issues and a less readable UI on tablets. Usability problems include hard-to-copy URLs and poor article sharing. Overall, excellent content but a painful UX due to subscriptions, ads, and technical issues.

### Pros

- Quality journalism and comprehensive, balanced coverage across sections
- Informative content with balanced perspectives
- Well-organized headings and sectioning for easy navigation
- Strong credibility and usefulness for civil services; has a world-class feel
- Crisp, concise writing and informative summaries

### Cons

- Paywalls lock most stories behind subscriptions; pricing and value are questioned with inconsistent in-app pricing
- Ads persist even for premium subscribers; ad-heavy experience and half-screen ads
- Reliability issues: articles cut off mid-text, slow/loading problems, and saved articles failing to load
- Login persistence problems and friction: repeated logins or missing login options
- Readability and sharing UX: small tablet font, low-res UI, and hard-to-copy or share URLs

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