The Guardian - Live World News

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4.7
406K reviews
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Rated for 12+
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About this app

Get fearless, independent journalism from the United States and the world with the Guardian app. Never miss breaking news, dive into diverse opinion pieces, and follow stories minute-by-minute with our dynamic live blogs - from world news and politics to business and sport. Get the following app exclusive features:

Your news, your way: A redesigned My Guardian tab allows you to follow topics that matter to you.

Your news, now hands-free: All our award-winning podcasts are now available via a dedicated podcast tab, allowing easier discovery via our new in-app audio player. You will also be able to listen to all articles via a new enhanced text-to-speech facility.

Upgrade your downtime with Guardian puzzles: A new hub featuring our most popular games, including Wordwheel, Wordiply and, for the first time in the app, Sudoku.

Streamlined homepage: A less overwhelming homepage with curated highlights and improved onboarding.

You can enjoy a taste of features previously reserved for premium users, including offline reading, Discover and crosswords. The Guardian news app is free to download and offers you a beautiful, intuitive mobile experience – so you can read, watch and listen to our independent reporting whenever and wherever it suits you.

Readers have a limited number of articles, which refreshes on a regular basis. If you’re a regular reader, you might consider subscribing. Subscribing gives you full access to Guardian articles in our app, so you can read quality, international journalism with no restrictions.

And, when you subscribe, you’ll unlock:

Unlimited reading in the app, with no subscription messages
Ad-free reading, for an uninterrupted experience
Offline reading – download articles to explore on the go

What’s more, subscribing to our news app is a great way to show your support for fearless, independent Guardian journalism. As a reader-funded news organisation, we rely on your funding to power our future. Thank you.

All content in the Guardian app is copyright Guardian News & Media 2025. All rights reserved.

Our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy apply when accessing content via the Guardian app.

Privacy Policy: http://www.theguardian.com/help/privacy-policy

Terms of Service: http://www.theguardian.com/help/terms-of-service

If you subscribe to the Guardian app, our subscription terms will also apply https://www.theguardian.com/info/2023/feb/24/the-guardian-news-app-terms-conditions. Your subscription will auto renew and you will be charged before the next renewal date unless you cancel.
Updated on
Jun 9, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
App activity
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.7
368K reviews
Eddie Cochrane
May 26, 2025
UI since the redesign is poor. No customization and having the featured items at the top is terrible. It may work on the printed page or widescreen web page, but sucks on mobile. Now I can't even log in to my account, the app crashes as soon as I get past the password. I'm going to uninstall and stick to using the mobile browser for a while.
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David Lloyd
May 10, 2025
Offline reading experience is terrible - PLEASE fix this! I guess maybe this is considered a niche feature these days, but when offline, when you click any article the screen just goes blank for 10-15 seconds, and you have to wait to see if it's downloaded or not. Surely the whole point of download for offline reading is that it should happen immediately! You must have a lot of people reading on the tube in London who want this fixed!
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Guardian News & Media Ltd
May 14, 2025
Thank you for reaching out and sharing your thoughts on the Guardian app, we genuinely appreciate it. I've passed your message along to our development team, and I’m confident they’ll review it carefully as we continue to enhance the app. Thank you again, and please keep an eye out for future updates.
Mara Jade
January 23, 2025
I suspect that the 1 star reviews can be attributed to the far right. I just downloaded the app. It is incredibly easy to use, showing article headlines with the first sentence or 2 as I scroll down. None of my information has been requested from me. No special permissions were required. I don't even have ANY subscriptions. Something stinks and it sure isn't the Guardian.
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What’s new

We've been fixing bugs and making improvements behind the scenes.

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