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Revenue a month, worldwide EST
$1.4K
Likely $472 to $4.2K
▲ 88.6% in 13 days
New ratings
+0
in 1 days, 115 in total
Rating
2.8 of 5
70 ratings in this store
Countries it ranks in
13
was 7 on Oct 16, 2026

Revenue

Estimated from the grossing charts of Oct 23, 2026 in the 53 countries we track, and ratings growth on the App Store.

EST. REVENUE / YEAR · WORLDWIDE
$17K
No Google Play version found
EST. LIFETIME DOWNLOADS
2.5K to 7K
Estimated from ratings count
WHERE IT EARNS · EST. / MONTH
  • Saudi Arabia #78 News$704 · 50%
  • Hong Kong #86 News$142 · 10%
  • New Zealand #90 News$126 · 9%
  • Thailand #66 News$120 · 8%
  • Singapore #79 News$113 · 8%
  • Norway #90 News$113 · 8%
  • Finland #71 News$58 · 4%
  • Israel #81 News$38 · 3%
HOW SURE ARE WE
Small app: combines its grossing ranks with ratings growth (0.6 new ratings a month on average since launch). Tested on 418 apps with verified revenue: typically off by about 2.6 times, so the range is wide. Countries we don't track (and Google Play in China, which doesn't exist) aren't included, and neither are ads or web payments. Gross revenue before store fees.
RATINGS
70
AVG RATING
2.84
PRICE
Free
AGE
16.7y
LAST UPDATE
1064d ago
VERSION
3.1.12
SIZE
7 MB
AGE RATING
17+

Last 30 days

From our daily snapshots of every grossing chart and daily ratings counts.

DAYS IN A GROSSING CHART
22 / 30
COUNTRIES NOW
13 (was 1)
NEW RATINGS, LAST 1 DAYS
+0
EST. REVENUE A MONTH, DAILY · APP STORE EST
Show daily values
Sep 24, 2026$772 a month
Sep 25, 2026$772 a month
Sep 26, 2026$755 a month
Sep 27, 2026$755 a month
Sep 28, 2026$740 a month
Sep 29, 2026not in a grossing chart
Sep 30, 2026not in a grossing chart
Oct 1, 2026not in a grossing chart
Oct 2, 2026not in a grossing chart
Oct 3, 2026not in a grossing chart
Oct 4, 2026not in a grossing chart
Oct 5, 2026not in a grossing chart
Oct 6, 2026$750 a month
Oct 7, 2026$740 a month
Oct 8, 2026$740 a month
Oct 9, 2026not in a grossing chart
Oct 10, 2026$750 a month
Oct 11, 2026$943 a month
Oct 12, 2026$1.1K a month
Oct 13, 2026$12.4K a month
Oct 14, 2026$9.7K a month
Oct 15, 2026$11.8K a month
Oct 16, 2026$9.3K a month
Oct 17, 2026$7.3K a month
Oct 18, 2026$11.7K a month
Oct 19, 2026$7.7K a month
Oct 20, 2026$39.6K a month
Oct 21, 2026$29.9K a month
Oct 22, 2026not in a grossing chart
Oct 23, 2026$1.4K a month
The same estimate as the headline, saved every day. Best rank Sep 24, 2026: #87 News · MX. Now: #50 News · RO.
RATINGS IN THE CORE COUNTRIES, DAILY
Show daily values
Oct 22, 2026115 ratings
Oct 23, 2026115 ratings
115 on Oct 22, 2026, 115 on Oct 23, 2026. New ratings track new downloads, even outside the charts.

Money and momentum

Measured from the store, not estimated.

WHAT IT CHARGES
1 purchase listed
  • All access$0.99
Top in-app purchases as listed on the App Store, in local prices.
REVIEW MOMENTUM
0.1 reviews / week
  • Trendrising
  • Recent reviews average2.0 stars
  • Recent 1 and 2 star share66%
From the latest 50 written reviews, covering 5986 days.
RELEASE CADENCE
0 updates in 90 days
  • Typical gap between releases38 days
From the last 25 versions listed on the App Store.
RATING BREAKDOWN
70 ratings
5★27%
4★10%
3★16%
2★14%
1★33%

What users want

From the latest 50 reviews on the United States App Store, Jun 3, 2010 to Mar 24, 2026: 66% are 1 or 2 stars. Open a theme to read what people wrote.

WHAT THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT · SHARE OF BAD REVIEWS
Bugs, things not working27%

9 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ This app stopped working on my iPad after updating to the latest version of IOS.
★★★★★ The app still sends push notifications but when I open the app to read news, nothing is displayed. Where the news items are supposed to be, there is only a blank white screen. I guess the app only supports paid…
★★★★★ When I scroll through an article, this app frequently snaps me back to the beginning of the article.
Price and subscription21%

7 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ Can't log in to my existing subscription like I do on the website
★★★★★ Phys.org website has ads, but that's much better than being forced into a subscription with this app if I want to read more than 'Spotlight' articles.
★★★★★ When you go to the website they promote the phys.org app but they want you to pay a subscription to be able to use gestures that are freely available on their website.
Crashes and freezes15%

5 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ If you try to click on the little heart to view your favorite articles, you are met with crash.
★★★★★ Been trying my hardest to really use this app as a source of information, yet every time I try to click on my saved articles the app crashes.
★★★★★ I really love this app when it works. After the last IOS update, it refuses to open. I've tried contacting the developer on their site but their Capcha isn't working so I can't submit a request for help. How can I…
Worse after an update15%

5 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ Update: if you uninstall and reinstall, and then choose the restore purchase option, you can now access your favorite articles folder, which is completely empty.
★★★★★ After the last IOS update, it refuses to open.
★★★★★ This app stopped working on my iPad after updating to the latest version of IOS.
Lost data, sync, backup12%

4 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ 2) You can't sync your ScienceX account to the app.
★★★★★ Update: if you uninstall and reinstall, and then choose the restore purchase option, you can now access your favorite articles folder, which is completely empty.
★★★★★ How can I restore this app so it works again?
Login and account problems9%

3 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ 2) You can't sync your ScienceX account to the app.
★★★★★ Can't log in to my existing subscription like I do on the website
★★★★★ Went through log in to FB process.
Missing features9%

3 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ But the app is missing two very important features:
★★★★★ The lack of an "All" tab makes the app too wieldy for expedient use.
★★★★★ Tried rating an article. Afterwards I could not get back to the articles at all. Pressing cancel button did nothing. Tried posting to FB. Went through log in to FB process. Wrote comment. Posted but next UI was blank…
WHAT THEY ASK FOR
  • You need a lighter colour. 1★, Jan 7, 2023
  • This app would be great if it was supported by iPadOS 16's Stage Manager mode… 3★, Nov 3, 2022
WORDS THAT KEEP COMING UP IN BAD REVIEWS
phys org6
WHAT THEY LOVE · SHARE OF GOOD REVIEWS

Not enough good reviews in English to tell.

Found by matching words and phrases in the reviews, not read by a person. A review can count toward more than one theme.

What users say

Latest reviews, United States App Store.

★★★★★Mar 24, 2026
LET ME LOOK AT SAVED ARTICLES

Absolutely infuriating that I can not look at anything I have saved.

★★★★★Sep 8, 2025
Good design, missing key features

The Phys app has been a great source for me to read current articles and news. But the app is missing two very important features: 1) There’s no search option. I can’t search for keywords of topics that I’m interested in, so I’m just at the whim of what the app presents. This option is available on the browser version, why not the app? 2) You can’t sync your ScienceX account to the app. So any saved articles don’t transfer over to the app. If these two issues were fixed, I’d use this app much more!

★★★★★May 20, 2025
Can’t log in

Can’t log in to my existing subscription like I do on the website

★★★★★Feb 17, 2025
The app crashes when you tried to view saved articles

If you try to click on the little heart to view your favorite articles, you are met with crash. The end. No articles. No fix. Update: if you uninstall and reinstall, and then choose the restore purchase option, you can now access your favorite articles folder, which is completely empty.

★★★★★Nov 25, 2024
App crashes to view saved articles

I love this site and was excited to get the app. I got the app about a year ago or so and noticed immediately the app would crash whenever I tried to view saved articles. At first I thought the app was still getting figured out and didn’t mind it. But till today, the app STILL crashes to view saved articles. The fact this simple bug still hasn’t been fixed is beyond me. Fix this simple bug and this app would get 5 stars. I don’t understand how this hasn’t been resolved. Edit: this review was written almost a year ago and unfortunately it seems the app/site developers could care less about resolving an extremely inconvenient and frustrating bug. I recommend reading articles from this site as you get the best source of immediate scientific news and research updates but anybody that can reach out to the direct developers, please do and let them know about this unfortunate feature. In the app, trying to open my saved articles list causes the app to crash.

★★★★★Aug 13, 2024
Wonky app

Been trying my hardest to really use this app as a source of information, yet every time I try to click on my saved articles the app crashes. Every.Single.time. It's frustrating

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Store screenshots

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App Store ads

Apple Search Ads this app ran in the last 90 days, from Apple's public ad repository.

No App Store ads in the EU
None in the last 90 days.

Apple only publishes ads shown in the EU (EU Digital Services Act), with a 7 day delay. An app that advertises only outside the EU shows nothing here.

Growth research

Where this app is buying and earning its users. Each link opens pre filtered.

Meta Ad Library ↗Active Facebook and Instagram adsTikTok Creative Center ↗Top performing TikTok adsTikTok creators ↗Organic videos mentioning the appInstagram ↗Reels and posts under its hashtagYouTube ↗Reviews, tutorials and ShortsDeveloper site ↗Landing page and pricing

ASO keywords

Most repeated terms in the listing. Highlighted ones also appear in the title.

phys org5sciencex help5stories4stories phys3turned off3help feedback3phys3org3renewal3sciencex3help3spotlight2sciences2content2access2full2monthly2turned2off2user2feedback2

What's new in 3.1.12

This release contains minor user interface improvements and bug fixes.

Released Feb 25, 2010. Current version shipped Nov 24, 2023.

Store description

Daily spotlight science and technology news stories from Phys.org. This includes stories in the fields of physics, nanotechnology, electronics, space and earth sciences, biology, chemistry, computer sciences, engineering, mathematics, etc. Readers may bookmark and share favorite stories from the app. The Phys.org app is ads-free. Free app content is limited to selected spotlight stories. Access to Phys.org's full content is available with the monthly subscription plan for just $0.99. Your first subscription week is free. Monthly subscription options: - Unlimited digital access on any device for $0.99 per month. You will be charged in your local currency at the prevailing exchange rate as defined by App Store. - The app offers 7 days trial. At the end of the free trial period, the full price of the subscription will be charged thereafter. Cancellations must occur 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Privacy policy can be found at http://sciencex.com/help/privacy/ Terms of use: https://sciencex.com/help/terms/ Feedback and comments: https://sciencex.com/help/feedback/

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