The Straits Times

🇺🇸 United States
Singapore Press Holdings  | 
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ASO score
Text
59/100
Reviews
50/100
Graphic
60/100
Other
0/100
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App Rating
4.7
rating
Votes
10.34K
rating
App Age
13y 2m
rating
Last Update
Dec 02, 2025
rating
iAP
$5.99 - 22.49

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Metrics
Current App
Category Top Average
Difference
Rating
4.72
4.46
+6%
Number of Ratings (Voted)
10.3K
507.4K
-98%
App Age
13y 2m
8y 7m
+53%
In-app Purchases Price
$14
$39
-63 %
Update Frequency
49d
42d
+17%
Title Length
17
25
-32%
Subtitle Length
66
26
+154%
Description Length
1 450
2 594
-44%
Number of Screenshots
3549
1051
+238 %
Size
108MB
266MB
-60 %

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The Straits Times
Subtitle (
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Less than $1 per month for the first 3 months for new subscribers.
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Stay informed, your way. Stay informed with The Straits Times—where trusted journalism meets modern convenience. Get trusted news, trending stories, and lifestyle updates from Singapore and beyond—all in one app. The Straits Times app offers smart summaries, immersive visuals, podcasts, and a tailored experience with myST+. Free to download. Subscribers get to unlock unlimited access to exclusive stories and interviews, in-depth investigations, and recreate that morning ritual with the digital replica of the print edition. You can choose to subscribe on a weekly or monthly basis: • ST weekly subscription (auto-renewed weekly at S$ 7.98) • ST monthly subscription (auto-renewed monthly at S$ 29.98) • Try our introductory offer at S$ 0.98*/month for the first 3 months • Payment will be charged to your iTunes account upon confirmation of the purchase • You will be automatically charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period • Manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew at any time by going to account settings in the App Store • Upon cancellation, your subscription is valid till the end of the current period. Past subscriptions will not be refunded *Introductory offer is available to new subscribers only. For technical assistance, please contact stics@sph.com.sg Privacy policy: https://sph.com.sg/legal/sph_privacy.html Terms and conditions: https://www.sph.com.sg/terms-and-conditions/app-for-ios}
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Rating
4.7
10 338 voters

Some Latest Reviews

Singapore 0304
13 Dec, 2025
2
Appreciate the wide range and immediacy of news compared to what is available in the broadsheet. Have 2 pet peeves. 1) Downloading the E-Paper doesn’t mean that I can read it offline. Realise I still need to be online to read the E-paper. 2) When I access the app, music that’s playing on other apps eg Spotify turned off, even if I don’t access any multimedia content. This has been happening recently so not sure if it’s a bug or a new feature.
TheSouper
24 Nov, 2025
2
The ads in the app ruin the experience even if you’re a paid subscriber to Straits Times. These ads with their audio interrupts your reading experience especially if you’re streaming songs in the background as it would override the songs with those from the ad.
JT_2025
31 Oct, 2025
1
Interesting content notification received… happily clicked on it but was then asked to update… after updating content not found.. very disappointed.. ST, please do something to your online team…!
maxex
20 Oct, 2025
3
Saved articles have poor layout - no margins and the date of the article is in a very small font. Issues persists even after feedback.
Be@titudes
11 Oct, 2025
2
I sent a feedback to its support on 5 Oct & again on 8 Oct. There’s no acknowledgment or response at all. Can you fix this app not to interrupt when music is being played? Every time, I used this app, my music from sportify paused. It’s very annoying. I hope you allow a sound option to stop your app from interfering with the music.
nieniebel
08 Oct, 2025
4
I wish there was a section that shows the articles that we have previously read, rather than just a save button alone.
Solistice
06 Oct, 2025
1
As a paid subscriber, I do not want to be force-fed advertisements. It simply shows you are under the mercy of SPH. Likewise reading the pdf version is a pain especially when you are zoomed in and tried to read the other articles on the same page.
Percy goh
29 Sep, 2025
1
With the latest update the advertisement couldn’t be close on my iPhone.
CHG (Singapore)
24 Sep, 2025
2
Since SPH revamped its app, image resolution for digital download of articles has been lowered. Words have become blurry and almost unreadable. Please look into improving because there’s a reason why readers choose digital over physical.

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Additional Information
Rating:
4.74
Voted: 10.34K
App Store Link:
Website:
Email: -
Privacy Policy:
Categories: Lifestyle, News
Size: 107MB
iAP: 5.99 - 22.49 $
App Age: 13 years 2 months
Release Date: Nov 01, 2012
Last Update: Dec 02, 2025
Version: 10.4.1
Version history
10.4.1
Dec 02, 2025
What’s New Stay informed the smart way — with the latest Straits Times app update. In this release: - Experience our all-new Text-to-Speech feature with a more human and expressive voice. CONTACT E-mail us at stics@sph.com.sg for help or feedback.
10.4.0
Nov 03, 2025
Stay informed the smart way — with the latest Straits Times app update. In this release: • Experience our all-new Text-to-Speech feature with a more human and expressive voice. • Progressive download of the E-paper will now fully replace the auto-download feature. Your E-paper will start downloading in the background once you open the first page. CONTACT E-mail us at stics@sph.com.sg for help or feedback.
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