The Australian app for iPhone and iPad

4.2 ( 1552 ratings )

News Newsstand News & Politics
Developer: News Digital Media

Free

Current version: 7.0.3, last update: 6 months ago
First release : 27 May 2010
App size: 115.5 Mb

The Australian app provides the best news experience designed for when you’re on the move. Stay informed throughout the day with our breadth of content and award-winning journalism from Australia and around the world. Subscribers of The Australian will have access to:

AWARD-WINNING JOURNALISM
Stay informed with the latest news from Australia and around the world with our leading opinion, commentary and analysis from the most experienced journalists and correspondents, including trusted sources from The Times of London, The Wall Street Journal and The Economist.

BE THE FIRST TO KNOW WITH NOTIFICATIONS
Receive alerts on the stories that matter most as they happen. Tailor your notifications on a range of topics from breaking news, curated news updates via editions, business, commentary to lifestyle and travel.

READ TODAY’S PAPER
In the Today’s Paper section, you can easily read a digital copy of the paper exactly as it was printed, as well as explore our many lift-outs and magazines including The Weekend Australian Magazine, Wish, The List and more.

STREAM, FOLLOW AND DOWNLOAD OUR POPULAR PODCASTS
You can find all of The Australian’s chart-topping podcasts in one place. Enjoy the premium listening experience in the app, on the go or in the car.

CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH MIND GAMES
Pass the time with our Mind Games section full of puzzles and games, including The Times of London’s world-famous cryptic crossword.

The Australian app for mobile and tablet is free to download, however, to gain full access to the app, simply subscribe for Member-only access.
Member-only access gives you full digital access to thousands of subscriber-only stories, the digital replica of the paper, puzzles, podcasts and more of what you love.

How to gain full access to the apps content and features:
1) Existing members of The Australian can log in to the app when prompted using their membership details; or,
2) Become a member by subscribing through the app (via iTunes)
• Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal
• Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
• Auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the users Account Settings after purchase.
• Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the users Account Settings after purchase.

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Please note: This app features Nielsen’s proprietary measurement software which will allow you to contribute to market research. Please see www.nielsen.com/digitalprivacy for more information.

Pros and cons of The Australian app for iPhone and iPad

The Australian app good for

I read newspapers from around the world and this is without a doubt the best put together app for reading the news that I have encountered. The only thing it needs is proactive alerts to new articles that interest me.

To The Australian ipad app team: congratz on the launch. I do enjoy this app and will send you guys feedback for improvements. My suggestion: plz describe more about the app and its features.

I have found The Australian App incredibly intuitive - maintaining the sense of reading a newspaper - with the advantage of live updates. Splendid work.

After you ignore all the bias pro/anti comments you get an okay app. Considering weve only just scratched the surface when it comes to print media on the iPad, you get the app which you can nicely flick between pages, easier than the web-site. The ads are there, but easily dismissible if not interested (similar to the actual newspaper experience) - sometimes we forget ads are actually useful. Looking forward to future updates. At the end of the day we need good journalists in this country being paid and to keep the govt honest - so get your wallet out and pay.

This is the best app for reading a newspaper on the Ipad I have encountered. Makes the New York Times app seem very basic by contrast.

A lot easier to read and seems to load a lot faster. Definitely an improvement.

Some bad moments

What is this? The upgrade gives ads huge space on the page - this is very bad - why am I paying a subscription fee for this amount of ads?

Fonts are blurry, there us a long lag between swiping across and it changing sections. There is no vertical scrolling of the pages. No copy and paste or emailing articles. Price is a good price in which I would pay if the app was good enough. For now dont waste your money until they make a proper effort.

Cant copy paste Incomplete content Advertising?!?! Load is slow If it was free it would be excusable But for money No

Slow, painfully so, to refresh, limited articles, frequent crashes and intrusive ads. Read the website if you must.

I start the app and then have to wait ages while the latest edition loads. And they expect me to pay $15/month but I also get saddled with intrusive advertising. And I mean really intrusive. Like go to an article and get taken to an ad page first! You need to have a good look at how The Guardian have implemented their newspaper. And you need to get it on Newsstand on iOS 5 so at least the latest edition downloads in the background and is ready for me to read when I want it. I signed up for a 3 month free trial but if this is what I get Im not signing up for the real product. Its not worth it.

One of the worst newspaper apps going. Slow, ad ridden, expensive, derivative. Dont waste your time or money on this one.

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