# The Philadelphia Inquirer

> Daily news and top headlines

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id577251728](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id577251728)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id577251728`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Philadelphia Media Network, Inc.
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (18,015 ratings)
- **Version:** 29.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-15
- **First published:** 2012-11-14
- **Size:** 218 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-philadelphia-inquirer/id577251728)
- **Website:** [http://www.inquirer.com/](http://www.inquirer.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.inquirer.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.inquirer.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

The Philadelphia Inquirer app delivers breaking Philadelphia news, sports, and local stories with an uncluttered reading experience. This official iOS app for The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News offers fast access to the latest headlines, topic pages, and a customizable feed so you see what matters most.

Stay informed with push alerts, newsletters, and 24/7 coverage. Features include bookmarking, sharing, in-app subscriptions for Basic and Premium access, adjustable text size, dark mode, a Today widget, and split-screen support on compatible iPads. Personalize your reading experience and provide feedback easily through Settings > Submit Feedback.

## Rankings

- #12,619 — Overall
- #69 — article

## Review summary

Reviewers praise the Philly Inquirer app for its quality journalism and useful features like resume reading, noting that the experience is improving. However, the most mentioned issues are technical: the app accumulates large cache/memory and is hard to control; updates restrict landscape reading on iPad; and post-update stability is inconsistent with freezes and lags.

### Pros

- High-quality journalism and trusted writers (including appreciation for Will Bunch's column).
- Resume reading feature is appreciated and helps you pick up where you left off.
- App and website experience is improving over time, with readers noting better presentation and access to news.

### Cons

- Excessive cache/storage usage and growing memory footprint with little effective way to limit or clear it.
- Recent updates lock landscape orientation and force portrait mode, hampering reading on iPad and other devices.
- Unreliable performance after updates, including unresponsiveness, freezes, and inconsistent e-version behavior.

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