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Australian Financial Review

Fairfax Media · News & Magazines · United States store
NOT IN TOP 100 HERE
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Revenue a month, worldwide EST
$1.1M
Likely $400.2K to $3.1M
▲ >999% in 16 days
New ratings
Tracking
Daily counts start building from today
New installs
+150
in 4 days, exact count from Google
Countries it ranks in
41
was 41 on Oct 19, 2026

Revenue

Estimated from the grossing charts of Oct 26, 2026 in the 53 countries we track.

EST. REVENUE / YEAR · WORLDWIDE
$13.7M
Google Play $639.3K + App Store $503.3K a month
LIFETIME INSTALLS (GOOGLE)
74.3K
About 1.7K per month on average since launch
WHERE IT EARNS · EST. / MONTH
  • Australia #100 apps (Play), #2 News (iOS)$373.9K · 33%
  • Japan #44 News (iOS)$158.4K · 14%
  • Singapore #27 News & Magazines (Play), #17 News (iOS)$139.5K · 12%
  • Switzerland #28 News & Magazines (Play), #82 News (iOS)$108.9K · 10%
  • South Africa #28 News & Magazines (Play), #41 News (iOS)$63.5K · 6%
  • Saudi Arabia #27 News & Magazines (Play), #67 News (iOS)$47.4K · 4%
  • India #27 News & Magazines (Play)$26.6K · 2%
  • Thailand #27 News & Magazines (Play), #17 News (iOS)$22.3K · 2%
33 more countries
  • New Zealand #28 News & Magazines (Play), #13 News (iOS)$21.6K · 2%
  • Indonesia #27 News & Magazines (Play), #20 News (iOS)$18.1K · 2%
  • United Kingdom #89 News (iOS)$17K · 1%
  • Turkey #28 News & Magazines (Play)$15.8K · 1%
  • Hong Kong #27 News & Magazines (Play)$14K · 1%
  • UAE #28 News & Magazines (Play), #39 News (iOS)$13.4K · 1%
  • Mexico #28 News & Magazines (Play)$12.2K · 1%
  • Nigeria #28 News & Magazines (Play), #43 News (iOS)$10.6K · 1%
  • Ireland #28 News & Magazines (Play)$8.6K · 1%
  • Canada #85 News (iOS)$7.4K · 1%
  • Pakistan #27 News & Magazines (Play), #39 News (iOS)$6.7K · 1%
  • Kuwait #27 News & Magazines (Play), #66 News (iOS)$5.1K · 0%
  • Vietnam #28 News & Magazines (Play)$5K · 0%
  • Philippines #27 News & Magazines (Play)$4.4K · 0%
  • Argentina #28 News & Magazines (Play)$4.1K · 0%
  • Belgium #30 News & Magazines (Play), #50 News (iOS)$4K · 0%
  • Netherlands #31 News & Magazines (Play)$3.8K · 0%
  • Poland #28 News & Magazines (Play)$3.2K · 0%
  • Israel #28 News & Magazines (Play)$3.1K · 0%
  • Qatar #27 News & Magazines (Play), #60 News (iOS)$2.8K · 0%
  • Colombia #27 News & Magazines (Play)$2.3K · 0%
  • Finland #30 News & Magazines (Play)$2.2K · 0%
  • Bangladesh #27 News & Magazines (Play)$2K · 0%
  • Egypt #28 News & Magazines (Play)$1.9K · 0%
  • Chile #28 News & Magazines (Play)$1.8K · 0%
  • Norway #28 News & Magazines (Play)$1.7K · 0%
  • Ukraine #27 News & Magazines (Play)$1.6K · 0%
  • Romania #26 News & Magazines (Play)$1.6K · 0%
  • Portugal #28 News & Magazines (Play)$1.4K · 0%
  • Denmark #28 News & Magazines (Play)$1.1K · 0%
  • Czechia #26 News & Magazines (Play)$1.1K · 0%
  • Greece #31 News & Magazines (Play)$1.1K · 0%
  • Kazakhstan #26 News & Magazines (Play)$1.1K · 0%
HOW SURE ARE WE
Calibrated range: for apps in the top 50, our estimates were within about 30% of published figures for 9 of 12 apps tested. 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
n/a
AVG RATING
n/a
PRICE
Free
IN APP PURCHASES
$9.49 - $47.99 per item
CONTAINS ADS
Yes
LAST UPDATE
7d ago
RELEASED
Mar 30, 2023
CONTENT RATING
Everyone

Last 30 days

From our daily snapshots of every grossing chart.

DAYS IN A GROSSING CHART
30 / 30
COUNTRIES NOW
41 (was 10)
EST. REVENUE A MONTH, DAILY · BOTH STORES EST
Show daily values
Sep 27, 2026$14.1K a month
Sep 28, 2026$14.1K a month
Sep 29, 2026$16.3K a month
Sep 30, 2026$15.6K a month
Oct 1, 2026$16K a month
Oct 2, 2026$16K a month
Oct 3, 2026$16.7K a month
Oct 4, 2026$16.7K a month
Oct 5, 2026$17K a month
Oct 6, 2026$16.6K a month
Oct 7, 2026$16.8K a month
Oct 8, 2026$17K a month
Oct 9, 2026$16.8K a month
Oct 10, 2026$17.3K a month
Oct 11, 2026$1.3M a month
Oct 12, 2026$1.1M a month
Oct 13, 2026$1.4M a month
Oct 14, 2026$1.4M a month
Oct 15, 2026$1.4M a month
Oct 16, 2026$1.5M a month
Oct 17, 2026$1.2M a month
Oct 18, 2026$1.4M a month
Oct 19, 2026$1.4M a month
Oct 20, 2026$1.3M a month
Oct 21, 2026$1.3M a month
Oct 22, 2026not in a grossing chart
Oct 23, 2026$1.2M a month
Oct 24, 2026$1.4M a month
Oct 25, 2026$975.1K a month
Oct 26, 2026$1.1M a month
The same estimate as the headline, saved every day. Best rank Sep 27, 2026: #3 News & Magazines · AU. Now: #100 apps · AU.

Money and momentum

Measured from the store, not estimated.

WHAT IT CHARGES
$9.49 - $47.99 per item
Google Play only shows the price range per item.
REVIEW MOMENTUM
0.4 reviews / week
  • Trendfalling
  • Recent reviews average3.8 stars
  • Recent 1 and 2 star share27%
From the latest 75 written reviews, covering 1306 days.

What users want

From the latest 75 reviews on the United States Google Play, Mar 30, 2023 to Sep 28, 2026: 27% are 1 or 2 stars. Open a theme to read what people wrote.

WHAT THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT · SHARE OF BAD REVIEWS
Price and subscription20%

4 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ once signed into a subscription you need to call them to cancel
★★★★★ I am so fed up with the unbelievably unprofessional functionality of the AFR regarding management of my subscription.
★★★★★ No point for the app unless your $ub$cribed, it's all paid content, at the insane price of $70 per month!!!
Crashes and freezes15%

3 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ then they launched a bad app that keeps crashing.
★★★★★ App keeps crashing, I'm using a Samsung S10 plus, rebooted, cleared cashe, deleted app still app won't load can't download current newspaper.
★★★★★ 1.If you switch to different app for a while and come back to AFR, downloaded paper doesn't load.
Worse after an update10%

2 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ UPDATE I'm sick of the endless and stupid google ads, so uninstalling the app and down to 2 stars.
★★★★★ After the latest update on Android, reading 'Today's Paper' has become a frustrating affair.
No customer support10%

2 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ There should not be any need to contact a person.
★★★★★ Would consider it if there was e-reader support and it was 50%+ (permanently) cheaper!
Missing features10%

2 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.

★★★★★ Missing functionalities that online has.
★★★★★ NO OPTION TO BOOKMARK ARTICLES
WHAT THEY ASK FOR
  • Every article needs a paid subscription! 1★, Jan 7, 2025
WORDS THAT KEEP COMING UP IN BAD REVIEWS

Nothing stands out.

WHAT THEY LOVE · SHARE OF GOOD REVIEWS
Easy to use8%

4 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.

★★★★★ Great app, and easy to navigate
★★★★★ Easy to read and mostly stable
★★★★★ App is very user friendly.
Accurate, great results6%

3 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.

★★★★★ Business journalism of a generally high quality
★★★★★ Apart from that, app works well.

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 Google Play.

★★★★★Sep 28, 2026

After 1 minute of reading any article in the app, it switches back to the home page and loses place on the article. EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING

★★★★★Sep 23, 2026

it randomly will go back to previous screen whilst in an article. happens regularly while not even touching the screen

★★★★★Sep 19, 2026

AFR did not have an app for Android until about 1 year ago. then they launched a bad app that keeps crashing. With the most recent version, I can't go past the first screen.

★★★★★Sep 8, 2026

keeps shutting down. Not the first time

★★★★★Aug 30, 2026

App keeps crashing, I'm using a Samsung S10 plus, rebooted, cleared cashe, deleted app still app won't load can't download current newspaper. NOT what I paid for. Very disappointed.

★★★★★Jul 25, 2026

Print too small to read for my eyes, no am not 99.

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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. Shown for the App Store version (Australian Financial Review).

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 or short description.

afr6access afr3latest2news2access2

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Store description

Get the latest business news on the go and make expert insight a daily habit with the Financial Review app. Enable notifications and get the latest news in real time. Search topics with a seamless navigation experience. Tailor your display with dark mode and text size settings. Get unlimited access to afr.com with a Google Play subscription. This app is free to download. Get access to all AFR content with a subscription purchased directly through afr.com or via in-app purchase. Already an AFR subscriber? Simply install the app and sign in with your AFR login details. If you have feedback, or spot a bug, let us know by visiting https://research.afr.com/jfe/form/SV_eOP0pGHFXHuD49L

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