The Information: Tech News: iPhone vs Android
The Information: Tech News by The Information 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
4.1 ★
330 ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#11
iPhone · 
Magazines & Newspapers Grossing
Magazines & Newspapers GrossingMeasured
App Store
App details
App ID
1485459932
Publisher
The Information
Content rating
12+
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.theinformation.ticker
Publisher
The Information
Content rating
Everyone
The Information: Tech News downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone | – | 5k+ |
| Google Play | – | 50k+ Measured |
| Total | – | 50k+ 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 Information: Tech 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
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: In-app purchase-led
How The Information: Tech News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchases
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
News & Magazines FreeRatings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.7 ★ | 63 |
| Google Play | 4.0 ★ | 267 35 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.1 ★ weighted by ratings | 330 |
About The Information: Tech News
Before it's everywhere, it's in The Information.
The Information is the most trusted source for original tech news and business reporting — read first thing every morning by the founders, CEOs, venture capital investors, and operators who move the industry. We break the stories the rest of the internet spends the next 24 hours catching up to. If you care about getting the news first and trusting the source, this is your app.
While other outlets aggregate and republish, our reporters develop original scoops you won't find anywhere else: deep investigations into Big Tech, profiles of the founders building the next generation of companies, and rigorous analysis of the deals, fundings, and power shifts shaping technology and business.
WHAT WE COVER
- AI news — Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, xAI, and the LLM and AI agents race
- Semiconductor and AI data center news — Nvidia, chips, and the infrastructure powering the AI boom
- Venture capital and startup funding — VC rounds, valuations, and the firms writing the checks
- Crypto and fintech — markets, regulation, and the companies redefining money
- EV and battery technology — Tesla and the future of transportation
- Big Tech — Apple, Amazon, AWS, and Meta
- Deals — M&A, private equity, and IPO coverage for people who need the details
- Plus enterprise software, cybersecurity, robotics, quantum computing, and the creator economy
APP FEATURES
- For You: a personalized home feed that surfaces the tech and business news that matters most to you
- Breaking news alerts: push notifications the moment a story breaks — read it here before it hits your inbox or your feed
- TITV: live and on-demand video, including interviews and analysis with our reporters and the people in the news
- Text-to-audio: listen to any article hands-free, on your commute or at the gym
- Deep Research: our AI-powered tool to go deeper on any company, topic, or trend
- Bookmarking: save articles to read later, across all your devices
- Dark mode: a comfortable reading experience, day or night
- Org Charts: 30+ exclusive org charts, from Airbnb to YouTube, mapping who really runs the biggest companies
- Newsletters: manage subscriptions including The Briefing, Dealmaker, Creator Economy, and more
- Podcasts: deep dives on startups, venture capital, and the tech industry with our reporters and guests
- Directory & Forum: connect with other subscribers — investors, founders, and operators
- Events Calendar: track the biggest moments in tech, from earnings and IPOs to product launches
IS THE INFORMATION RIGHT FOR YOU?
Our readers also follow Bloomberg, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and TechCrunch — the outlets that often spend the next day catching up to the stories we break first. The real question isn't whether you'll get the news. It's when. Get it here, first.
The Information is more than a publication — it's the daily edge for people who can't afford to be last to know on AI, venture capital, crypto, and t
The Information is the most trusted source for original tech news and business reporting — read first thing every morning by the founders, CEOs, venture capital investors, and operators who move the industry. We break the stories the rest of the internet spends the next 24 hours catching up to. If you care about getting the news first and trusting the source, this is your app.
While other outlets aggregate and republish, our reporters develop original scoops you won't find anywhere else: deep investigations into Big Tech, profiles of the founders building the next generation of companies, and rigorous analysis of the deals, fundings, and power shifts shaping technology and business.
WHAT WE COVER
- AI news — Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, xAI, and the LLM and AI agents race
- Semiconductor and AI data center news — Nvidia, chips, and the infrastructure powering the AI boom
- Venture capital and startup funding — VC rounds, valuations, and the firms writing the checks
- Crypto and fintech — markets, regulation, and the companies redefining money
- EV and battery technology — Tesla and the future of transportation
- Big Tech — Apple, Amazon, AWS, and Meta
- Deals — M&A, private equity, and IPO coverage for people who need the details
- Plus enterprise software, cybersecurity, robotics, quantum computing, and the creator economy
APP FEATURES
- For You: a personalized home feed that surfaces the tech and business news that matters most to you
- Breaking news alerts: push notifications the moment a story breaks — read it here before it hits your inbox or your feed
- TITV: live and on-demand video, including interviews and analysis with our reporters and the people in the news
- Text-to-audio: listen to any article hands-free, on your commute or at the gym
- Deep Research: our AI-powered tool to go deeper on any company, topic, or trend
- Bookmarking: save articles to read later, across all your devices
- Dark mode: a comfortable reading experience, day or night
- Org Charts: 30+ exclusive org charts, from Airbnb to YouTube, mapping who really runs the biggest companies
- Newsletters: manage subscriptions including The Briefing, Dealmaker, Creator Economy, and more
- Podcasts: deep dives on startups, venture capital, and the tech industry with our reporters and guests
- Directory & Forum: connect with other subscribers — investors, founders, and operators
- Events Calendar: track the biggest moments in tech, from earnings and IPOs to product launches
IS THE INFORMATION RIGHT FOR YOU?
Our readers also follow Bloomberg, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and TechCrunch — the outlets that often spend the next day catching up to the stories we break first. The real question isn't whether you'll get the news. It's when. Get it here, first.
The Information is more than a publication — it's the daily edge for people who can't afford to be last to know on AI, venture capital, crypto, and t