The Free Press: iPhone vs Android
The Free Press gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, September 2026, rounded down to a band).
The Free Press by Runaway Media 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.
Rating
4.9 ★
15k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#87
Android · 
News & Magazines Free
News & Magazines FreeMeasured
App Store
App details
App ID
6742335623
Publisher
Runaway Media Inc.
Content rating
12+
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.thefp.app
Publisher
Runaway Media Inc
Content rating
Everyone 10+
The Free Press downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone | 100+ | 500k+ |
| Google Play | 50+ | 10k+ Measured |
| Total | 500+ Confidence | 500k+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
iPhone: 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 Free Press'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.
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.9 ★ | 14k |
| Google Play | 4.9 ★ | 1.2k 132 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.9 ★ weighted by ratings | 15k |
About The Free Press
We publish investigative stories and provocative commentary about the world as it actually is—with the quality once expected from the legacy press, and the fearlessness of the new. For us, curiosity isn’t a liability. It’s a necessity. Read, watch, and listen to our journalism, and connect with the Free Press community using our app.
Features:
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Features:
Read what matters:
We publish stories and commentary about the world as it actually is.
Listen to the latest:
Listen to articles and podcasts including Honestly with Bari Weiss, Breaking History with Eli Lake, and more.
Watch smarter:
Watch our latest video investigations, livestreams, and more.
Go deeper:
Browse our topics and columnists, and find out about our next event.
Follow the story:
Get notifications on the subjects and contributors that matter most to you.
Terms of Use: https://substack.com/tos