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The Washington Post

    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

Description

Get award-winning global reporting from The Washington Post. The app is free to download and keeps you informed with expert coverage from Post journalists.

PRODUCT FEATURES
• Stay informed with the 24/7 feed of today’s news.
• Wake up with The 7, a better morning briefing on the day’s most important and interesting stories.
• Customize your alerts to be the first to know when news is breaking.
• Catch up with today’s stories by listening to original podcasts and audio articles.
• Discover something new in My Post, a curated feed with recommendations just for you.
• Dive deeper into Post journalism with innovative graphics, video, and augmented reality exclusives.

SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS
• Options: Download the free app and enjoy a limited number of complimentary stories each month. Get your first month of unlimited access for free, and only $11.99/month thereafter for your digital subscription.
• Extras: Your subscription to The Washington Post lets you access The Post from all your devices, on the web and in the app. Premium subscribers also enjoy a bonus subscription to share and exclusive eBooks written by our journalists.
• Payment: Payment will be charged to your iTunes account with the confirmation of your purchase.
• Auto-renewal: Your subscription will auto-renew for $11.99 each month unless you cancel 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. The auto-renewal can be turned off at any time in the Account Settings section of the App Store. Please note, you will be unable to cancel your current subscription during an active subscription period.
• Free trial: Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.
• Privacy policy: https://www.washingtonpost.com/privacy-policy/2011/11/18/gIQASIiaiN_story.html
• App Privacy information displayed below applies to users on iOS 14.5 or higher
• Terms of service: https://www.washingtonpost.com/terms-of-service/2011/11/18/gIQAldiYiN_story.html
• CA notice of collection: https://www.washingtonpost.com/privacy-policy/2011/11/18/gIQASIiaiN_story.html#CALIFORNIA
• Do not sell my info (CA residents): https://www.washingtonpost.com/my-post/privacy-settings/

What’s New

Version 6.56.0

Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Ratings and Reviews

4.8 out of 5
550.2K Ratings

550.2K Ratings

JR Burke VA ,

Faulty print edition

I use both the digital version and the soon to be replaced print versions of the wapo apps. With what is available in the most recent versions of the digital app, I fear that many of the features of the print app will be lost in the upcoming move to a single app.
Two of these features are: control over which section are downloaded when the app opens and the ability to change pages with a simple touch instead of a swipe. At home, with excellent internet speed, choosing which sections to download is not critical. However, when travelling and at the mercy of a hotel’s slow speeds, it does become very important. I have had cases where it took over 15 minutes to download a single section. The touch vs. swipe may seem insignificant to some but if you must work with one hand while holding your iPad having the ability to turn the page with a simple touch is important. I hope the Post keeps these and the other print addition features when they finally retire the dedicated print app.

Rjane314 ,

Problems with comment section and formatting

My biggest complaint with this app is the confusing way commenting works. If you want to see a reply to a comment that is very far down a chain, you go to a shortened version of the chain. This is fine, but if you try to go back, it takes you to the top of the entire comment section. If you want to look at your own comments, you have to open another article’s comment section, hit my profile, then tap your comment…which opens another article that you have to scroll back down to the comment section, hit my profile, then your comment and THEN you can see your comment. It won’t just take you directly to your comment from a profile page or something like any other app. You also can’t delete your own comments, which seems like a bad choice on a news app. I also have an issue where it logs me out whenever I open the app, but opening and closing the comment section fixes it.

Outside of the comment section, many of the longer read articles aren’t formatted properly for the app. I just saw an article that had important information showing up as white text on a white background for example.
The search function is also pretty useless. Trying to search by keyword will give you stuff from months ago instead of recent articles. Finally, the ads really need better screening. It’s all “5 Quick Tips to Reverse Aging” type clickbait with nasty pictures.

iPhone user 385 ,

Horrible up scrolling

UPDATE Jan 2024: This is still annoying and they haven’t changed it or removed this “non-feature” feature. I would additionally point out that it may be that the developers are trying to match behavior of Apple apps which do somethings sort of similar, but the Apple apps never do the double scroll action as quickly as the Washington Post app does. So the Washington post behavior does not match good Apple app standards either, though they may argue that it does. It does not. The behavior is totally obnoxious on this app only.

I recently manually updated The Washington Post app and discovered that they’ve added this really annoying “feature“, where when you scroll to the top of an article and go up once more it transports you back to wherever you clicked to get to that article. Frequently one may scroll to the top of the article to check out the author, the headline, the time of publication, etc. I am used to being able to scroll quickly to the top of anything on the phone. The top of an article is an important location. So you may scroll quickly to get to the top. So now when you do that you get sucked right out of the article, because obviously you are not going to scroll with exact precision to the top. Incredibly, incredibly annoying. Knocking down two stars because of this. Otherwise this app has always gotten praise from me.

App Privacy

The developer, The Washington Post, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

  • Contact Info
  • User Content
  • Search History
  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Usage Data

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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