I like the paper and I'd like the app to let me carry on reading it once I've opened an article. I'm plagued by the 'you are offline' screen even if I'm part way through a screenful of text. None of my other newspaper apps behave like that.
Estimated from the grossing charts of Oct 21, 2026 in the 53 countries we track.
From our daily snapshots of every grossing chart.
| Sep 24, 2026 | $75.5K a month |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $79.2K a month |
| Sep 26, 2026 | $74.5K a month |
| Sep 27, 2026 | $72.9K a month |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $82.7K a month |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $78.3K a month |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $76.1K a month |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $74.9K a month |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $78.6K a month |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $75.2K a month |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $77.5K a month |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $80.6K a month |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $76.6K a month |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $84.1K a month |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $84.6K a month |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $79.9K a month |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $497K a month |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $385.8K a month |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $385K a month |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $291.2K a month |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $282.5K a month |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $197.3K a month |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $196.4K a month |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $184.3K a month |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $274.2K a month |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $291.7K a month |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $271.4K a month |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $319.6K a month |
| Oct 22, 2026 | not in a grossing chart |
Measured from the store, not estimated.
From the latest 500 reviews on the Japan Google Play, Apr 29, 2015 to Oct 7, 2026: 70% are 1 or 2 stars. Open a theme to read what people wrote.
79 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.
★★★★★ Can't cancel subscription through app.
★★★★★ constantly signing me out and telling me I have to subscribe to read articles.
★★★★★ plan to cancel sub if issue persists
59 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.
★★★★★ Often I select to read an article it takes me to the previous article i read and won't load one selected.
★★★★★ The amount of times I've been logged out, frozen out and had to rest passwords is so frustrating.
★★★★★ App very buggy, sometimes won't open, links often lead to just the homepage rather than the specific article
49 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.
★★★★★ no dark mode (come on) and buggy as hell
★★★★★ Search engine does not work.
★★★★★ broken i can no longer sign in.
38 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.
★★★★★ What's the point in subscribing if you get a paywall at every article unless you re-login every time
★★★★★ I have a subscription but it won't login
★★★★★ Try to subscribe thruogh the Google Play store and it shows i have a subscription but the app tells me i have no account or active subscription.
32 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.
★★★★★ Randomly signs out, interface needs to be updated to improve navigation
★★★★★ Latest update is full of bugs - as other users point out, in particular the crossword UI is absolutely appalling and unusable.
★★★★★ Hasn't worked since most recent update
24 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.
★★★★★ I pay for premium and you show adverts in the app....
★★★★★ Dear Irish Times, worry less about selling me ads and more about giving me a good user experience.
★★★★★ Infuriating blank screen around ads makes it a chore to read articles, which quite literally disappear as you read.
15 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.
★★★★★ I've been unable to use it as of 2 months and deleted it to reboot (thinking the problem was at my end - but now I can see from other reviews that I'm not the only one suffering the inadequacies of this app.
★★★★★ Deleted and using Chrome for now.
★★★★★ Moat frustrating feature is being kicked out of an article - to a black screen telling me I'm offline - when data connection is temporarily lost.
15 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.
★★★★★ Ridiculously slow to load and open the app and articles.
★★★★★ It so clearly lags behind which is quite disappointing.
★★★★★ Very slow to load app and any articles
4 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.
★★★★★ Excellent and easy to use
★★★★★ I find the app almost perfect - well laid out and easy to navigate.
2 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.
★★★★★ New app is excellent, feels very smooth and modern, but just one issue: it won't close the app when you try to go back from the main screen like a normal app should and instead just stays open.
★★★★★ Really like it so far, very fast & no bugs!
Found by matching words and phrases in the reviews, not read by a person. A review can count toward more than one theme.
Latest reviews, Japan Google Play.
I like the paper and I'd like the app to let me carry on reading it once I've opened an article. I'm plagued by the 'you are offline' screen even if I'm part way through a screenful of text. None of my other newspaper apps behave like that.
Can't cancel subscription through app. Have to email them and wait. While waiting more money can wind up being taken. Dreadful articles.
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I'd give it another star or two were it not for the constant "You are offline" (rarely the case) screen with a non functional refresh button every time there's a network change. having to force stop the app several times per day to load content does not make for a good user experience. Edit: looked back through the reviews and this has been around over a year. Come on folks, this is debugging 101 and if I were triaging it I'd rank it high as it has a major effect on user experience
constantly signing me out and telling me I have to subscribe to read articles. What's the point in subscribing if you get a paywall at every article unless you re-login every time
same as below, showing constantly offline over last 2-3 months.. terrible app
Same category, earning about as much.
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