PressReader: News & Magazines: iPhone vs Android
PressReader: News & Magazines gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
PressReader: News & Magazines by PressReader Inc is on both the App Store and Google Play. Here are both versions together: downloads, users, revenue, ratings and chart positions, store by store with totals.
Magazines & Newspapers GrossingPressReader: News & Magazines at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-11. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
PressReader is a digital newsstand app that provides access to thousands of global newspapers and magazines with features like auto-translation and text-to-speech, targeting readers seeking international content in their preferred language. The app holds strong positions in the Magazines & Newspapers category across multiple regions, notably ranking #1 Free in South Korea and appearing in top grossing charts in Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and the UAE, indicating robust monetization alongside high visibility.
Similar apps: Apple News, Flipboard, Readly
App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
PressReader: News & Magazines’s App Store privacy label declares 2 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 6 linked to your identity and 1 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Google Play
App details
PressReader: News & Magazines downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone | 1k+ | 5M+ |
| Google Play | 50+ | 10M+ Measured |
| Total | 1k+ Confidence | 10M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where PressReader: News & Magazines'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.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
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: Subscription-led
How PressReader: News & Magazines makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Get this issue subscription | |
| 2 | Go Premium subscription | |
| 3 | Get this issue subscription | |
| 4 | Get Select subscription | |
| 5 | Legacy Monthly Membership subscription | |
| 6 | Get this issue subscription | |
| 7 | Single Issue | |
| 8 | Get this issue subscription | |
| 9 | Get this issue subscription | |
| 10 | Get this issue subscription |
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.7 ★ | 19k |
| Google Play | 4.6 ★ | 44k 809 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.6 ★ weighted by ratings | 63k |
What users say about PressReader: News & Magazines
From the 53 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users frequently report severe technical issues including login failures, sync errors, and app crashes that hinder basic functionality. Complaints also focus on misleading subscription practices, difficult cancellation processes, and poor search results.
Mixed (47% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and good value. The main complaints are about missing features or content, and price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Features & content: “Amazing with a library subscription”
- Price & subscription: “Amazing with a library subscription”
- Ease of use: “Allows access to diverse news sources… easy to use …”
Common complaints
- Features & content: “Impossible to get thru my library”
- Price & subscription: “NOW they tell me of the premium level!”
- Login & account: “Lots of technical login issues”
- Crashes & bugs: “A good idea, but unfinished and full of bugs”
About PressReader: News & Magazines
PressReader is the best way to read your favorite magazines and newspapers in one place—from local stories to global news, and everything in between. Download complete issues and switch between the original print view and a mobile-optimized text view. Bring it all to life with Auto-Translate to over 30 languages or listen to stories with our text-to-speech features.
Subscribe to PressReader Premium to get unlimited access to most publications in the catalog or purchase single issues of your favorite title. Individual subscriptions for some publications are also available. To access PressReader without a subscription, visit one of our HotSpot partners.
“PressReader delivers an authentic multi-platform newspaper-reading experience” – TNW
“I found it especially useful for keeping up with international news, which often offers viewpoints you won’t find in US media.” – LIFEHACKER
“Anyone with even a passing interest in the news should give PressReader a try” – CNET
“A sleeping giant in the digital media landscape” – INC.
“If you love newspapers but hate inky fingers and creepy delivery people, you might be interested in taking a gander at PressReader” – TECHCRUNCH
Terms of Use: https://www.pressreader.com/help/termsofuse
Privacy Policy: https://www.pressreader.com/help/privacypolicy
Support
- Newspapers and magazines can be translated in up to 32 different languages
- Monthly subscription payment is charged to a user’s iTunes account at confirmation of purchase
- Monthly subscriptions will renew automatically unless renewals are disabled in account settings
TOP NEWSPAPERS
The Washington Post, The Guardian, National Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, The Globe and Mail, The Herald, The Irish Times, China Daily, USA Today, Le Figaro, Le Journal de Montreal, Toronto Star, El Pais, The Daily Telegraph, Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Washington Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe, The Dallas Morning News, Miami Herald, Chicago Sun-Times, Houston Chronicle, The Mercury News
TOP MAGAZINES
BUSINESS & NEWS: Forbes, Newsweek International, Robb Report, The Economist, Business Traveler, The Monthly, Financial Post Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, Fast Company, Inc.
FASHION: VOGUE, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, GQ, Esquire, ELLE, Fashion, Harper's Bazaar, Wallpaper, Grazia
ENTERTAINMENT: Variety, Q Magazine, Empire, Top Gear, Reader's Digest, Daily Mail Weekend Magazine, Total Film, Rolling Stone, Cosmopolitan, The New York Review of Books, US Weekly
LIFESTYLE & TRAVEL: Lonely Planet, Esquire, Canadian Geographic, Maxim, DNA, Where Milan, National Geographic Traveller, New York Magazine, Backpacker, Oncuba Travel
FOOD & HOME: Canadian Living, BBC Good Food Magazine, VOGUE Living Australia, Quic
PressReader: News & Magazines iPhone
PressReader: News & Magazines gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
PressReader: News & Magazines is #5 in Magazines & Newspapers Grossing in South Korea and charting in 15 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026 Magazines & Newspapers GrossingPressReader: News & Magazines at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-11. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
PressReader is a digital newsstand app that provides access to thousands of global newspapers and magazines with features like auto-translation and text-to-speech, targeting readers seeking international content in their preferred language. The app holds strong positions in the Magazines & Newspapers category across multiple regions, notably ranking #1 Free in South Korea and appearing in top grossing charts in Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and the UAE, indicating robust monetization alongside high visibility.
Similar apps: Apple News, Flipboard, Readly
PressReader: News & Magazines on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
PressReader: News & Magazines’s App Store privacy label declares 2 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 6 linked to your identity and 1 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
PressReader: News & Magazines downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where PressReader: News & Magazines'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.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in PressReader: News & Magazines before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How PressReader: News & Magazines makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Get this issue subscription | |
| 2 | Go Premium subscription | |
| 3 | Get this issue subscription | |
| 4 | Get Select subscription | |
| 5 | Legacy Monthly Membership subscription | |
| 6 | Get this issue subscription | |
| 7 | Single Issue | |
| 8 | Get this issue subscription | |
| 9 | Get this issue subscription | |
| 10 | Get this issue subscription |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
Japan
Brazil
RussiaApps near PressReader: News & Magazines on the chart
Magazines & Newspapers Grossing, around #5.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
What users say about PressReader: News & Magazines
From the 53 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users frequently report severe technical issues including login failures, sync errors, and app crashes that hinder basic functionality. Complaints also focus on misleading subscription practices, difficult cancellation processes, and poor search results.
Mixed (47% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and good value. The main complaints are about missing features or content, and price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Features & content: “Amazing with a library subscription”
- Price & subscription: “Amazing with a library subscription”
- Ease of use: “Allows access to diverse news sources… easy to use …”
Common complaints
- Features & content: “Impossible to get thru my library”
- Price & subscription: “NOW they tell me of the premium level!”
- Login & account: “Lots of technical login issues”
- Crashes & bugs: “A good idea, but unfinished and full of bugs”
About PressReader: News & Magazines
PressReader is the best way to read your favorite magazines and newspapers in one place—from local stories to global news, and everything in between. Download complete issues and switch between the original print view and a mobile-optimized text view. Bring it all to life with Auto-Translate to over 30 languages or listen to stories with our text-to-speech features.
Subscribe to PressReader Premium to get unlimited access to most publications in the catalog or purchase single issues of your favorite title. Individual subscriptions for some publications are also available. To access PressReader without a subscription, visit one of our HotSpot partners.
“PressReader delivers an authentic multi-platform newspaper-reading experience” – TNW
“I found it especially useful for keeping up with international news, which often offers viewpoints you won’t find in US media.” – LIFEHACKER
“Anyone with even a passing interest in the news should give PressReader a try” – CNET
“A sleeping giant in the digital media landscape” – INC.
“If you love newspapers but hate inky fingers and creepy delivery people, you might be interested in taking a gander at PressReader” – TECHCRUNCH
Terms of Use: https://www.pressreader.com/help/termsofuse
Privacy Policy: https://www.pressreader.com/help/privacypolicy
Support
- Newspapers and magazines can be translated in up to 32 different languages
- Monthly subscription payment is charged to a user’s iTunes account at confirmation of purchase
- Monthly subscriptions will renew automatically unless renewals are disabled in account settings
TOP NEWSPAPERS
The Washington Post, The Guardian, National Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, The Globe and Mail, The Herald, The Irish Times, China Daily, USA Today, Le Figaro, Le Journal de Montreal, Toronto Star, El Pais, The Daily Telegraph, Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Washington Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe, The Dallas Morning News, Miami Herald, Chicago Sun-Times, Houston Chronicle, The Mercury News
TOP MAGAZINES
BUSINESS & NEWS: Forbes, Newsweek International, Robb Report, The Economist, Business Traveler, The Monthly, Financial Post Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, Fast Company, Inc.
FASHION: VOGUE, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, GQ, Esquire, ELLE, Fashion, Harper's Bazaar, Wallpaper, Grazia
ENTERTAINMENT: Variety, Q Magazine, Empire, Top Gear, Reader's Digest, Daily Mail Weekend Magazine, Total Film, Rolling Stone, Cosmopolitan, The New York Review of Books, US Weekly
LIFESTYLE & TRAVEL: Lonely Planet, Esquire, Canadian Geographic, Maxim, DNA, Where Milan, National Geographic Traveller, New York Magazine, Backpacker, Oncuba Travel
FOOD & HOME: Canadian Living, BBC Good Food Magazine, VOGUE Living Australia, Quic
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PressReader: News & Magazines Android
PressReader: News & Magazines gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
PressReader: News & Magazines is #20 in News & Magazines Free on Google Play in United Kingdom and charting in 19 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
News & Magazines FreePressReader: News & Magazines on Google Play
App details
PressReader: News & Magazines downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where PressReader: News & Magazines's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
On Android app stores
The same app (com.newspaperdirect.pressreader.android) on every Android store we track. Known Android installs: at least 10M (Google Play band + AppGallery count).
| Store | Installs | Rating | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Play | 10,000,000+ | ★ 4.6 (44k) | 7.5.260731 | Open ↗ |
| Huawei AppGallery | 157k | – | 5.6.20.0513 | Open ↗ |
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in PressReader: News & Magazines before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How PressReader: News & Magazines makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Get this issue subscription | |
| 2 | Go Premium subscription | |
| 3 | Get this issue subscription | |
| 4 | Get Select subscription | |
| 5 | Legacy Monthly Membership subscription | |
| 6 | Get this issue subscription | |
| 7 | Single Issue | |
| 8 | Get this issue subscription | |
| 9 | Get this issue subscription | |
| 10 | Get this issue subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | News & MagazinesFree | #20 |
| United Kingdom | News & MagazinesGrossing | #27 |
 Canada | News & MagazinesFree | #14 |
 United States | News & MagazinesFree | #82 |
| Germany | News & MagazinesFree | #40 |
| South Korea | News & MagazinesFree | #39 |
 Australia | News & MagazinesFree | #27 |
 Italy | News & MagazinesFree | #32 |
 India | News & MagazinesGrossing | #57 |
 France | News & MagazinesFree | #68 |
 Spain | News & MagazinesFree | #42 |
 Sweden | News & MagazinesFree | #19 |
 Mexico | News & MagazinesGrossing | #58 |
 Saudi Arabia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #57 |
 Indonesia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #58 |
 United Arab Emirates | News & MagazinesGrossing | #56 |
 Turkey | News & MagazinesGrossing | #56 |
 Netherlands | News & MagazinesGrossing | #61 |
 Thailand | News & MagazinesGrossing | #55 |
| Turkey | News & MagazinesFree | #69 |
| United Arab Emirates | News & MagazinesFree | #79 |
 Vietnam | News & MagazinesGrossing | #57 |
| Thailand | News & MagazinesFree | #78 |
Apps near PressReader: News & Magazines on the chart
News & Magazines Free, around #20.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
What users say about PressReader: News & Magazines
From the 110 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (59% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about missing features or content, and price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Features & content: “Update remembers my library card”
- Ease of use: “Excellent app - user-friendly and logical”
- Useful: “Works perfectly, no complaints”
- Updates: “Update remembers my library card”
Common complaints
- Features & content: “Became useless for local library”
- Price & subscription: “have a subscription but it never let's me open paper”
- Crashes & bugs: “app is crashing needs buying services!”
- Login & account: “June 2025 the sign in function doesn't work”
About PressReader: News & Magazines
PressReader is the best way to read your favorite magazines and newspapers in one place—from local stories to global news, and everything in between. Download complete issues and switch between the original print view and a mobile-optimized text view. Bring it all to life with Auto-Translate to over 30 languages or listen to stories with our text-to-speech features.
Subscribe to PressReader Premium to get unlimited access to most publications in the catalog or purchase single issues of your favorite title. Individual subscriptions for some publications are also available. To access PressReader without a subscription, visit one of our HotSpot partners.
“PressReader delivers an authentic multi-platform newspaper-reading experience” – TNW
“I found it especially useful for keeping up with international news, which often offers viewpoints you won’t find in US media.” – LIFEHACKER
“Anyone with even a passing interest in the news should give PressReader a try” – CNET
“A sleeping giant in the digital media landscape” – INC.
“If you love newspapers but hate inky fingers and creepy delivery people, you might be interested in taking a gander at PressReader” – TECHCRUNCH
Terms of Use: https://www.pressreader.com/help/termsofuse
Privacy Policy: https://www.pressreader.com/help/privacypolicy
Support
- Newspapers and magazines can be translated in up to 32 different languages
- Monthly subscription payment is charged to a user’s Google account at confirmation of purchase
- Monthly subscriptions will renew automatically unless renewals are disabled in account settings
TOP NEWSPAPERS
USA Today, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Dallas Morning News, Miami Herald, Chicago Sun-Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Columbus Dispatch, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Arizona Republic, The Oklahoman, Kansas City Star, Charlotte Observer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Sacramento Bee, The Guardian, National Post, The Globe and Mail, The Herald, The Irish Times, Daily Mail, China Daily, Le Figaro, Le Journal de Montreal, Toronto Star, El Pais, The Daily Telegraph
TOP MAGAZINES
BUSINESS & NEWS: The Economist, Foreign Affairs, Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, Newsweek, Robb Report, Business Traveler, FrontLine, Barron's, Financial Post Magazine, Fast Company, Inc.
FASHION: Vogue, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, GQ, Esquire, ELLE, Fashion, Harper's Bazaar, Wallpaper, Grazia
ENTERTAINMENT: Rolling Stone, Variety, Mojo, Q Magazine, Empire, BBC Top Gear, Reader's Digest, Daily Mail Weekend Magazine, Total Film, The New York Review of Books, US Weekly
LIFESTYLE & TRAVEL: New York Magazine, Lonely Planet, Esquire, Canadian Geographic, Maxim, DNA, Where Milan, National Geographic Traveller
FOOD & HOME: Good Housekeeping, Canadian Li
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