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Get the whole picture the whole time with the free Guardian app.
Specially crafted for tablets and phones, this app brings you breaking news and full access to the Guardian's award-winning content. Tailor your home screen with the sections that matter most to you, follow your favourite writers and stories for personal alerts, keep reading when you’re offline, and save content for as long as you like.
⚫ Stay up to date with live news and sport
⚫ Enjoy the full range of Guardian content, beautifully designed for Android tablets and phones
⚫ Read offline
⚫ Make it yours by choosing the sections and topics that appear on your home screen
⚫ Stay informed with breaking news alerts
⚫ Follow your favourite stories, series, writers and football teams for personal notifications
⚫ Browse award-winning audio, video and interactive content, as well as full-screen galleries - with stunning high-resolution images
⚫ Save any content you want to keep
⚫ Read comments on articles and share your own thoughts
⚫ Search by keyword, topic, series, section, or contributor
⚫ Upgrade to the premium tier for our crosswords, specially curated content, extracts from Guardian Books, and an advert-free experience
Please note: this app is totally free to use. If you choose to upgrade to the premium tier - £2.49 or local equivalent - your payment can be taken immediately and is processed by Google Play.
Location: users can choose to include their location when contributing to our stories via GuardianWitness. As such, we request the ‘Precise location’ app permission. Including this is optional when contributing.
Terms of use
All content in the Guardian app is copyright Guardian News & Media 2016. All rights reserved. Terms of use and privacy policy apply when accessing content via the Guardian app.
⚫ Privacy policy: http://www.theguardian.com/help/privacy-policy
⚫ Terms and conditions: http://www.theguardian.com/help/terms-of-service
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4.6
139,097 total
5 99,461
4 31,968
3 3,718
2 1,462
1 2,488
Amanda Carroll
Content is good. Customizability is lacking a bit It's a good paper so I like the content. I do wish the homepage was more customizable. I don't need a whole section of the latest "issue/event" shoved into view above the headlines. I care more about the actual news than the Olympics for example. I think readability would be improved with tabs, but i know that isn't the "in" thing at the moment. Overall it's a good app.
Harry May
Another bad update It takes your email address just to bombard you with spam then it puts irrelevant sections in your home page despite having removed them. Has settings for customizing which it completely ignores. No option to stay logged in.
Lovepreet Singh
Good Coverage Although, I am new to reading, but I can tell that guardian coverage is much more dynamic than other newspapers. I get excited when guardian offers articles of genuises like Stephen Hawking on one hand, and people of everyday life which gets acquainted with some serious issues on the other. Keep up the good work. Cheers.
maestrodeclase
GREAT WRITING AND INTERESTING ARTICLES The US edition is up to and surpasses the quality of the arguably best papers in the United States. The new app is better than the older version and you can't beat the price for premium content. I never have trouble with the app crashing as I do with other well known newspapers. I'm amazed at the U.S. coverage, excellent coverage and quality journalism. I highly recommend the Guardian.
Mark Laing
Great news app Every other time I open the app it asks me to rate it. I have rated this. Each time it does this I'll take a star off my rating. Apart from the knee-jerk support for mainstream milqeutoast politicians this is still THE paper which broke the all important NSA Edward Snowden story. Bravo.
Alex Parsons-Moore
Guardian Like the app, but not the pricing structure. A bit obsessed with articles appealing to a metropolitan elite. A bit like a left wing Daily Mail really. Unfortunately it has recently given up balanced journalism for overtly 'shock' stories pushing a neo-liberalist agenda that bemoans any criticism as right wing politics. Read with a pinch of salt!
User reviews
Content is good. Customizability is lacking a bit It's a good paper so I like the content. I do wish the homepage was more customizable. I don't need a whole section of the latest "issue/event" shoved into view above the headlines. I care more about the actual news than the Olympics for example. I think readability would be improved with tabs, but i know that isn't the "in" thing at the moment. Overall it's a good app.
Good Coverage Although, I am new to reading, but I can tell that guardian coverage is much more dynamic than other newspapers. I get excited when guardian offers articles of genuises like Stephen Hawking on one hand, and people of everyday life which gets acquainted with some serious issues on the other. Keep up the good work. Cheers.
GREAT WRITING AND INTERESTING ARTICLES The US edition is up to and surpasses the quality of the arguably best papers in the United States. The new app is better than the older version and you can't beat the price for premium content. I never have trouble with the app crashing as I do with other well known newspapers. I'm amazed at the U.S. coverage, excellent coverage and quality journalism. I highly recommend the Guardian.
Great news app Every other time I open the app it asks me to rate it. I have rated this. Each time it does this I'll take a star off my rating. Apart from the knee-jerk support for mainstream milqeutoast politicians this is still THE paper which broke the all important NSA Edward Snowden story. Bravo.
Guardian Like the app, but not the pricing structure. A bit obsessed with articles appealing to a metropolitan elite. A bit like a left wing Daily Mail really. Unfortunately it has recently given up balanced journalism for overtly 'shock' stories pushing a neo-liberalist agenda that bemoans any criticism as right wing politics. Read with a pinch of salt!
Priceless content wrapped in a good app. Always a trusted source for news and educated, informed comment. Long live The Guardian. The app itself is easy to use and nicely designed. Edit: The constant Google cards about the Olympics are driving me nuts. I never asked for them. Downgraded to three stars.
Love this app but!!! They need to do something to sort out not being able to open story's, I'm not sure if the servers are bring.over worked or what but the number of times I can't read the story's I want because you app won't let me. Very soon this app will be getting deleted, had it for a couple of years, shame it's going downhill.
Love the writing, hate the app I love the Guardian, for its ideals and its writing. I hate the app though, for trying to ram content down your throat that you have no interest in. I have no interest in the Olympics, but apparently I have to have it at the top of my homepage whether I like it or not. I guess it's easier to just not use it for a couple of weeks, or uninstall it.
Excellent easy to use app One of the few apps that never crashes and is generally easy to use. On my Samsung s5 edit august 2016 rated one star due to intrusive nag pop up asking for a rating !!!!
Guardian News & Media Ltd 7 August 2016
We're glad that you're enjoying the app - and sorry that the pop-up annoyed you! This app is the most used on my tablet and it was devastating when it broke down last week... but now it seems to be working ok again. So I'm happy!
Guardian News & Media Ltd 9 August 2016
Hi Beverley,
Sorry to hear you're experiencing difficulties with the app. We've really struggled to recreate the blank pages issue that you're seeing but we've attempted to release a fix in the most recent update. If you continue to have issues, you can always contact userhelp@theguardian.com
Cheers, Good to have the Guardian, and the app is fine I like the app and I really appreciate having the balancing views of the Guardian's excellent writers. OK, so sometimes the app highlights articles that are not quite the mix I wanted, but I guess I need to work on its customisation. Support the Guardian!
Bugs appearing Ohhh, love the app, but it's all getting a bit buggy on my moto G 3rd gen and Nexus 5. Both crash after launch and opening articles!
Crashed my Nexus 7 Nice looking app but my Nexus 7 froze first day of use. I had to find out how to do a soft reset to get it working again. Not good.
Guardian News & Media Ltd 18 April 2013
Hi John, sorry that you've had trouble. We've never seen this bug before - and the Nexus 7 is one of our key test devices. Would you mind checking if it's still crashing on you? THE BEST ONLINE NEWSPAPER I have been reading the digital NYT for years. I started taking The Guardian several months ago, and now I find myself clicking on it first, morning and night, to get both concise and comprehensive information on recent events. The Minute is THE outstanding feature of multimedia news reporting today.
Guardian Love content but am continually faced with blank pages. Please improve on this. I cannot waste so much time. I am infuriated
Guardian News & Media Ltd 9 August 2016
Hi Beryl,
Sorry to hear you're experiencing difficulties with the app. We've really struggled to recreate the blank pages issue that you're seeing but we've attempted to release a fix in the most recent update. If you continue to have issues, you can always contact userhelp@theguardian.com
Cheers, Premium content comes and goes Won't let me sign back in. Keeps asking for id which it tells me I'll find on printed paper(!!!) when I'm digital. So can't do the crossword. Have uninstalled and reinstalled etc etc and emails to Guardian Help are useless too. Thoroughly fed up and thinking of going back to The Times.
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Additional information
Updated
4 August 2016
Size
14M
Installs
1,000,000 - 5,000,000
Current Version
4.6.750
Requires Android
4.0 and up
Interactive Elements
Users interact, Digital purchases
In-app Products
$1.04 - $3.99 per item
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