The Sun Mobile Downloads & RevenueThe Sun Mobile - Daily News · App Store & Google Play
The Sun Mobile - Daily News gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
The Sun Mobile - Daily News by News UK & Ireland Limited is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
The Sun Mobile - Daily News update history & changes
Last change · 25 events since 31 Jan 2012Full timeline ↓✏️iOSAdded hidden keywords: haven📈iOSEntered the top 10📈iOSCharting in a new country📦iOSNow updating weekly📦iOSUpdated to version 7.5.0📈AndroidCharting in a new country📈AndroidCharting in a new country in 4 charts🌏AndroidFound on Huawei AppGallery✏️iOSAdded hidden keywords: sport📦AndroidUpdated to version 7.26.0🆕iOSFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider📦AndroidVersion 7.25.0🆕AndroidReleased on Google Play🆕iOSReleased on the App Store
Full timeline · 25 events
- ✏️The Sun Mobile - Daily News added hidden keywords: haveniOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈The Sun Mobile - Daily News entered the top 10iOSTop Free · News · GB
- 📈The Sun Mobile - Daily News charting in a new countryiOSAustralia
- ✏️The Sun Mobile - Daily News: needs a newer iOSiOSiOS 16.0 → iOS 17.0
- 📦The Sun Mobile - Daily News: now updating weeklyiOS4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦The Sun Mobile - Daily News updated to version 7.5.0iOSThis release brings performance improvements & bug fixes.
- 📈The Sun Mobile - Daily News charting in a new countryiOSCanada
- 📦The Sun Mobile - Daily News updated to version 7.4.1iOSThis release brings bug fixes & performance improvements.
- 📈The Sun Mobile - Daily News charting in a new countryiOSRussia
- 📦The Sun Mobile - Daily News updated to version 7.4.0iOSThis release brings performance improvements & bug fixes.
- 📈The Sun Mobile - Daily News charting in a new countryAndroidNetherlands
- 📈The Sun Mobile - Daily News charting in a new country in 4 chartsAndroidMexico · Thailand · Turkey · Vietnam
- 🌏The Sun Mobile - Daily News: found on Huawei AppGalleryAndroid
- ✏️The Sun Mobile - Daily News added hidden keywords: sportiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️The Sun Mobile - Daily News added hidden keywords: politicsiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈The Sun Mobile - Daily News entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · News · IN
- 📈The Sun Mobile - Daily News charting in a new countryiOSIndia
- 📦The Sun Mobile - Daily News updated to version 7.3.3iOSThis release brings bug fixes & performance improvements.
- 📦The Sun Mobile - Daily News updated to version 7.26.0AndroidWelcome to the all-new Sun Daily News app! We've rebuilt the app from the ground up for a faster, sleeker experience.
New Look & Feel: A modern, high-performance design.
Streamlined Navigation: Find your favourite topics faster than ever.
The 'For You' Page: Personalised news tailored to your reading habits.
Performance Boost: Major under-the-hood optimisations and bug fixes.
Love the update? Please leave us a review!… more - 🆕The Sun Mobile - Daily News first spotted by AppInsideriOS#24 in Top Free · News · United Kingdom
- 🆕The Sun Mobile - Daily News first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidIndia
- 📦The Sun Mobile - Daily News version 7.3.2iOSThis release brings performance improvements and bug fixes.
- 📦The Sun Mobile - Daily News version 7.25.0AndroidWelcome to the all-new Sun Daily News app! We've rebuilt the app from the ground up for a faster, sleeker experience.
New Look & Feel: A modern, high-performance design.
Streamlined Navigation: Find your favourite topics faster than ever.
The 'For You' Page: Personalised news tailored to your reading habits.
Performance Boost: Major under-the-hood optimisations and bug fixes.
Love the update? Please leave us a review!… more - 🆕The Sun Mobile - Daily News released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕The Sun Mobile - Daily News released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.3 ★
31k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#6
Android · 
News & Magazines Free
News & Magazines FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
4.4
▼ -27% vs the 2 weeks before (Google Play)
Measured
App Store
App details
App ID
485672520
Publisher
News UK & Ireland Limited
Publisher country
United Kingdom
On the store since
Jan 2012
14 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 17.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Content rating
12+
8 content notes below
Languages
1
EN
Size
124 MB
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or ReferencesInfrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude HumourInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive ThemesInfrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy ViolenceInfrequent/Mild ContestsInfrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment InformationInfrequent/Mild Sexual Content and NudityInfrequent/Mild Realistic Violence
Google Play
App details
App ID
uk.co.thesun.mobile
Publisher
NEWS CORP UK & IRELAND LIMITED
Publisher country
United Kingdom
Content rating
Everyone
The Sun Mobile - Daily News downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 100+ | 1M+ |
| Google Play | 100+ | 1M+ Measured |
| Other Android stores | 10+ | – |
| Total | 500+ Confidence | 1M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
App Store: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.
Where The Sun Mobile - Daily News's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: Ad-led
How The Sun Mobile - Daily News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Sun Club Monthly Subscription subscription | |
| 2 | Sun Club subscription | |
| 3 | Sun Club subscription | |
| 4 | Sun Club subscription |
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #25 News Free | 1 of 30 countries | – | – |
| Google Play | #6 News & Magazines Free | 10 of 23 countries | – | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisApp Store
New ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Lifetime rating
4.6★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
52/100
faster than 53% of News apps
Google Play
New ratings a week
4.2
▼ -27% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.5★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
44/100
faster than 50% of News and magazines apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.7 ★ | 16k |
| Google Play | 3.9 ★ | 15k 76 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.3 ★ weighted by ratings | 31k |
What users say about The Sun Mobile - Daily News
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly praise the app for its entertaining and reliable UK news coverage, particularly regarding celebrity gossip, sports, and royal family updates. However, a small minority report significant technical issues such as frequent crashes, loading failures, and a lack of dark mode.
Mostly positive (92% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and its features and content.
What people like
- Fun: “Entertaining data from the UK”
- Features & content: “Ads do not interrupt the reading of their content”
About The Sun Mobile - Daily News
The Sun Mobile app is the home of the latest breaking news, the biggest scoops and exclusives, and latest TV, showbiz news, and football news with live updates, videos and so much more.
Main features include:
Personalise your own feed on the ‘My News’ tab, choosing the subjects you want to read about – and removing the ones you don't. It's easy to edit so you can get the stories you want, the way you want them.
- Get breaking news notifications with videos and images straight to the lock screen on your device.
- Customise your alerts with the stories you want to hear and read about.
- Easy-to-navigate home screen displays all the top stories, from news and showbiz to TV and sport.
- All the latest videos from across news, sport, showbiz and money, with an ‘Editor’s Top Picks’ tab showing the very best.
- A ‘most-read’ feature for every section to highlight the most popular Sun stories of the day so you don't miss out.
- Special ‘swipe’ option to help you move easily from story to story, rather than having to navigate back through the app.
- Share stories and content with your friends and followers on social media platforms, including Facebook, X and WhatsApp.
- Huge Sport section featuring all the latest news, analysis, fixtures and insight from all our columnists, especially the Premier League and news about Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham. You can personalise your feed to get your team's news first, including clubs from the Football League and Scotland.
- All the latest football transfer news and gossip in a constantly-updated live blog.
- It's not just football, within the Sport section you will also find the latest from the worlds of boxing, rugby, cricket, tennis, NFL and much more.
- All your favourite and most outspoken columnists in one place, including the unique outlooks of Karren Brady and Jeremy Clarkson
- The home of Bizarre, The Sun’s legendary showbiz gossip column, for all the latest about your favourite celebs. Plus behind-the-scenes look at the latest reports and your TV and Soaps updates.
- All the latest lifestyle stories from Fabulous Magazine. Plus the best fashion and beauty tips, health and fitness, parenting, relationships, food, horoscopes, pictures and videos.
- Special sections on the biggest stories, keeping you up-to-date on the latest news.
- The best travel news and tips, from city breaks to beach holidays to cruises, plus regular traffic and public transport updates to help you stay on top of delays.
- The famous Dear Deidre column, from the nation’s number one agony aunt, on hand to answer readers' questions about life and love.
- Great money savers, with discounts and exclusive competitions in the new Offers section.
- New features added all the time - we'll let you know when they're ready to use.
You can choose to unsubscribe from The Sun news push notifications in your device’s ‘Notifications’ screen.
Full Terms & Conditions can be found at
Main features include:
Personalise your own feed on the ‘My News’ tab, choosing the subjects you want to read about – and removing the ones you don't. It's easy to edit so you can get the stories you want, the way you want them.
- Get breaking news notifications with videos and images straight to the lock screen on your device.
- Customise your alerts with the stories you want to hear and read about.
- Easy-to-navigate home screen displays all the top stories, from news and showbiz to TV and sport.
- All the latest videos from across news, sport, showbiz and money, with an ‘Editor’s Top Picks’ tab showing the very best.
- A ‘most-read’ feature for every section to highlight the most popular Sun stories of the day so you don't miss out.
- Special ‘swipe’ option to help you move easily from story to story, rather than having to navigate back through the app.
- Share stories and content with your friends and followers on social media platforms, including Facebook, X and WhatsApp.
- Huge Sport section featuring all the latest news, analysis, fixtures and insight from all our columnists, especially the Premier League and news about Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham. You can personalise your feed to get your team's news first, including clubs from the Football League and Scotland.
- All the latest football transfer news and gossip in a constantly-updated live blog.
- It's not just football, within the Sport section you will also find the latest from the worlds of boxing, rugby, cricket, tennis, NFL and much more.
- All your favourite and most outspoken columnists in one place, including the unique outlooks of Karren Brady and Jeremy Clarkson
- The home of Bizarre, The Sun’s legendary showbiz gossip column, for all the latest about your favourite celebs. Plus behind-the-scenes look at the latest reports and your TV and Soaps updates.
- All the latest lifestyle stories from Fabulous Magazine. Plus the best fashion and beauty tips, health and fitness, parenting, relationships, food, horoscopes, pictures and videos.
- Special sections on the biggest stories, keeping you up-to-date on the latest news.
- The best travel news and tips, from city breaks to beach holidays to cruises, plus regular traffic and public transport updates to help you stay on top of delays.
- The famous Dear Deidre column, from the nation’s number one agony aunt, on hand to answer readers' questions about life and love.
- Great money savers, with discounts and exclusive competitions in the new Offers section.
- New features added all the time - we'll let you know when they're ready to use.
You can choose to unsubscribe from The Sun news push notifications in your device’s ‘Notifications’ screen.
Full Terms & Conditions can be found at
The Sun Mobile - Daily News App Store
The Sun Mobile - Daily News gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
The Sun Mobile - Daily News is #25 in News Free in United Kingdom and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperNews UK & Ireland Limited
CategoryNews
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.7 (16k)
Version7.5.0
Age rating12+
First seen by us 25 Sep 2026
25 Sep 2026Installs (est.)1M+ worldwide
Rating
4.7 ★
16k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#25
News FreeMeasured
The Sun Mobile - Daily News on the App Store
App details
App ID
485672520
Publisher
News UK & Ireland Limited
Publisher country
United Kingdom
On the store since
Jan 2012
14 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 17.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Content rating
12+
8 content notes below
Languages
1
EN
Size
124 MB
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or ReferencesInfrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude HumourInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive ThemesInfrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy ViolenceInfrequent/Mild ContestsInfrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment InformationInfrequent/Mild Sexual Content and NudityInfrequent/Mild Realistic Violence
The Sun Mobile - Daily News downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where The Sun Mobile - Daily News's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in The Sun Mobile - Daily News before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: Ad-led
How The Sun Mobile - Daily News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Sun Club Monthly Subscription subscription | |
| 2 | Sun Club subscription | |
| 3 | Sun Club subscription | |
| 4 | Sun Club subscription |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | NewsFree | #25 |
| United Kingdom | NewsGrossing | #36 |
Apps near The Sun Mobile - Daily News on the chart
News Free, around #25.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
16k ratings
Measured
Ratings
16k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Lifetime rating
4.6★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
52/100
faster than 53% of News apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about The Sun Mobile - Daily News
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly praise the app for its entertaining and reliable UK news coverage, particularly regarding celebrity gossip, sports, and royal family updates. However, a small minority report significant technical issues such as frequent crashes, loading failures, and a lack of dark mode.
Mostly positive (92% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and its features and content.
What people like
- Fun: “Entertaining data from the UK”
- Features & content: “Ads do not interrupt the reading of their content”
About The Sun Mobile - Daily News
The Sun Mobile app is the home of the latest breaking news, the biggest scoops and exclusives, and latest TV, showbiz news, and football news with live updates, videos and so much more.
Main features include:
Personalise your own feed on the ‘My News’ tab, choosing the subjects you want to read about – and removing the ones you don't. It's easy to edit so you can get the stories you want, the way you want them.
- Get breaking news notifications with videos and images straight to the lock screen on your device.
- Customise your alerts with the stories you want to hear and read about.
- Easy-to-navigate home screen displays all the top stories, from news and showbiz to TV and sport.
- All the latest videos from across news, sport, showbiz and money, with an ‘Editor’s Top Picks’ tab showing the very best.
- A ‘most-read’ feature for every section to highlight the most popular Sun stories of the day so you don't miss out.
- Special ‘swipe’ option to help you move easily from story to story, rather than having to navigate back through the app.
- Share stories and content with your friends and followers on social media platforms, including Facebook, X and WhatsApp.
- Huge Sport section featuring all the latest news, analysis, fixtures and insight from all our columnists, especially the Premier League and news about Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham. You can personalise your feed to get your team's news first, including clubs from the Football League and Scotland.
- All the latest football transfer news and gossip in a constantly-updated live blog.
- It's not just football, within the Sport section you will also find the latest from the worlds of boxing, rugby, cricket, tennis, NFL and much more.
- All your favourite and most outspoken columnists in one place, including the unique outlooks of Karren Brady and Jeremy Clarkson
- The home of Bizarre, The Sun’s legendary showbiz gossip column, for all the latest about your favourite celebs. Plus behind-the-scenes look at the latest reports and your TV and Soaps updates.
- All the latest lifestyle stories from Fabulous Magazine. Plus the best fashion and beauty tips, health and fitness, parenting, relationships, food, horoscopes, pictures and videos.
- Special sections on the biggest stories, keeping you up-to-date on the latest news.
- The best travel news and tips, from city breaks to beach holidays to cruises, plus regular traffic and public transport updates to help you stay on top of delays.
- The famous Dear Deidre column, from the nation’s number one agony aunt, on hand to answer readers' questions about life and love.
- Great money savers, with discounts and exclusive competitions in the new Offers section.
- New features added all the time - we'll let you know when they're ready to use.
You can choose to unsubscribe from The Sun news push notifications in your device’s ‘Notifications’ screen.
Full Terms & Conditions can be found at
Main features include:
Personalise your own feed on the ‘My News’ tab, choosing the subjects you want to read about – and removing the ones you don't. It's easy to edit so you can get the stories you want, the way you want them.
- Get breaking news notifications with videos and images straight to the lock screen on your device.
- Customise your alerts with the stories you want to hear and read about.
- Easy-to-navigate home screen displays all the top stories, from news and showbiz to TV and sport.
- All the latest videos from across news, sport, showbiz and money, with an ‘Editor’s Top Picks’ tab showing the very best.
- A ‘most-read’ feature for every section to highlight the most popular Sun stories of the day so you don't miss out.
- Special ‘swipe’ option to help you move easily from story to story, rather than having to navigate back through the app.
- Share stories and content with your friends and followers on social media platforms, including Facebook, X and WhatsApp.
- Huge Sport section featuring all the latest news, analysis, fixtures and insight from all our columnists, especially the Premier League and news about Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham. You can personalise your feed to get your team's news first, including clubs from the Football League and Scotland.
- All the latest football transfer news and gossip in a constantly-updated live blog.
- It's not just football, within the Sport section you will also find the latest from the worlds of boxing, rugby, cricket, tennis, NFL and much more.
- All your favourite and most outspoken columnists in one place, including the unique outlooks of Karren Brady and Jeremy Clarkson
- The home of Bizarre, The Sun’s legendary showbiz gossip column, for all the latest about your favourite celebs. Plus behind-the-scenes look at the latest reports and your TV and Soaps updates.
- All the latest lifestyle stories from Fabulous Magazine. Plus the best fashion and beauty tips, health and fitness, parenting, relationships, food, horoscopes, pictures and videos.
- Special sections on the biggest stories, keeping you up-to-date on the latest news.
- The best travel news and tips, from city breaks to beach holidays to cruises, plus regular traffic and public transport updates to help you stay on top of delays.
- The famous Dear Deidre column, from the nation’s number one agony aunt, on hand to answer readers' questions about life and love.
- Great money savers, with discounts and exclusive competitions in the new Offers section.
- New features added all the time - we'll let you know when they're ready to use.
You can choose to unsubscribe from The Sun news push notifications in your device’s ‘Notifications’ screen.
Full Terms & Conditions can be found at
Latest updates
7.5.0
This release brings performance improvements & bug fixes.
7.4.1
This release brings bug fixes & performance improvements.
7.4.0
This release brings performance improvements & bug fixes.
Store changes
What The Sun Mobile - Daily News changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Needs a newer iOS
iOS 16.0 → iOS 17.0
More from News UK & Ireland Limited
The Sun Mobile - Daily News Android
The Sun Mobile - Daily News gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
The Sun Mobile - Daily News is #6 in News & Magazines Free on Google Play in United Kingdom and charting in 10 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperNews Group Newspapers Limited
CategoryNews & Magazines
PriceFree
Released
Installs1M+
Rating★ 3.9 (15k)
Updated–
Content ratingEveryone
Rating
3.9 ★
15k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#6
News & Magazines FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
4.2
▼ -27% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
The Sun Mobile - Daily News on Google Play
App details
App ID
uk.co.thesun.mobile
Publisher
NEWS CORP UK & IRELAND LIMITED
Publisher country
United Kingdom
Content rating
Everyone
The Sun Mobile - Daily News downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where The Sun Mobile - Daily News's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
On Android app stores
The same app (uk.co.thesun.mobile) on every Android store we track. Known Android installs: at least 1M (Google Play band + AppGallery count).
| Store | Installs | Rating | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Play | 1,000,000+ | ★ 3.9 (15k) | Open ↗ | |
| Huawei AppGallery | 47k | ★ 4.2 (5) | 4.3.11 | Open ↗ |
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in The Sun Mobile - Daily News before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: Ad-led
How The Sun Mobile - Daily News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Sun Club Monthly Subscription subscription | |
| 2 | Sun Club subscription | |
| 3 | Sun Club subscription | |
| 4 | Sun Club subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | News & MagazinesFree | #6 |
| United Kingdom | News & MagazinesGrossing | #25 |
 India | News & MagazinesGrossing | #159 |
 Mexico | News & MagazinesGrossing | #173 |
 Saudi Arabia | News & MagazinesFree | #141 |
 Indonesia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #164 |
| Saudi Arabia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #165 |
 United Arab Emirates | News & MagazinesGrossing | #168 |
 Turkey | News & MagazinesGrossing | #169 |
 Netherlands | News & MagazinesGrossing | #171 |
| United Arab Emirates | News & MagazinesFree | #158 |
 Thailand | News & MagazinesGrossing | #164 |
| Thailand | News & MagazinesFree | #147 |
 Vietnam | News & MagazinesGrossing | #165 |
Apps near The Sun Mobile - Daily News on the chart
News & Magazines Free, around #6.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
3.9 ★
15k ratings
Measured
Ratings
15k
Measured
Written reviews
76
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
4.2
▼ -27% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.5★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
44/100
faster than 50% of News and magazines apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about The Sun Mobile - Daily News
From the 68 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users frequently report severe authentication issues, including constant logouts and failed sign-ins that prevent access to paid content or comments. While some praise the news quality, many criticize the app's instability, intrusive ads, and lack of features like dark mode.
Mixed (43% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful. The main complaints are about login and account problems, and price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Useful: “brilliant very informative and very useful”
Common complaints
- Login & account: “Asks every day to sign in”
- Price & subscription: “And anything interesting you have to pay for”
- Crashes & bugs: “slow to load and freezes most of the time”
- Ads: “Why - because sick of having to get rid of the same advert every time I try to read a story”
About The Sun Mobile - Daily News
The US Sun App - Your Ultimate Destination for Breaking News, Entertainment, and Lifestyle Updates!
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Download The US Sun App now to access the best of breaking news, entertainment updates, and lifestyle articles, all conveniently located in one app. Your trusted source for news and entertainment is just a tap away!"
Stay informed and entertained with The US Sun App, your go-to source for the latest headlines, exclusive stories, and trending topics from across the United States and around the globe. It’s simply the best way to get the biggest and latest news, with live videos and stories as they break.
Key Features:
Breaking News Alerts: Stay ahead of the curve with instant notifications for top stories and major events, keeping you up-to-date with the latest developments.
Personalized News Feed: Tailor your news experience by choosing your favorite topics and interests. Whether it's politics, sports, entertainment, or technology, find the stories that resonate with you.
Multimedia Content: Dive into captivating multimedia content, including videos, photo galleries, and interactive graphics, enhancing your news experience.
Easy Navigation: Seamlessly browse through articles with our intuitive interface, ensuring a smooth and hassle-free experience.
Save and Share: Save articles for later reading and effortlessly share stories with friends and family via social media, email, or messaging apps.
Offline Reading: Access saved articles offline, ensuring you're always connected to the news that matters most.
Download The US Sun App now to access the best of breaking news, entertainment updates, and lifestyle articles, all conveniently located in one app. Your trusted source for news and entertainment is just a tap away!"