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The Independent

The Independent

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100,000 - 500,000 downloads

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This is the free official App for users who take their news seriously - from The Independent and Independent on Sunday, titles that are internationally renowned for the standard of their analysis.
Read articles and view the photographs on the go. The App has been created so you can continue reading offline, even when your mobile signal is intermittent or not available.

Downloading the 150-plus stories that the Independent publishes on the App every day takes about a minute on a Wi-Fi connection and a few minutes on a normal mobile connection. Stories can be read whilst you are downloading.

Features include:
•All the key articles from The Independent updated regularly throughout the day including UK and World News, Sport (including a strong Football section), Business, Opinion, Travel, Arts and Entertainment and Life & Style.
•Full article and picture download (including galleries), allowing offline browsing when fully downloaded. No frustrating waiting for links to pages when you don’t have a signal.
•Save articles to read later
•Share articles through email, Facebook and Twitter
•Alert symbol when new articles are added.

Comments and ratings for The Independent

  • (45 stars)

    by Kevin Leighton on 08/05/2013

    I wanted to use this app though noted the comments about the ad but thought I'd have a look anyway. The rotating ads are just too distracting and after reading a couple of articles I uninstalled the app.

  • (45 stars)

    by Andy Wright on 05/05/2013

    When I try to use it, it says it's unable to create an account, no signal, try later. BBC news, playstore and YouTube can all find a signal though. So I'm not impressed.

  • (45 stars)

    by Paul Potter on 02/05/2013

    It's a quality newspaper, so this app should be much better. The UI needs to be improved, it should have a way to choose which sections you want, and the connect to Facebook feature does not work, so you have too choose other, then choose the Facebook app

  • (45 stars)

    by Marvin James on 01/05/2013

    Ads now take up to two thirds of the screen and for some reason I'm now unable to link to my Facebook account on the S4.

  • (45 stars)

    by John M on 25/04/2013

    Don't bother

  • (45 stars)

    by Amnon Cohen on 23/04/2013

    Install this app and your battery will drain in a matter of hours.

  • (45 stars)

    by Eric Thorpe on 20/04/2013

    I love the Indie newspaper and I don't share The Guardian's political stance, but unfortunately The Guardian's android app is my favourite news app by a long way. Good to look at, customizable, fast, never crashes, always up to date, ability to comment o