The Sydney Morning Herald

🇺🇸 United States
Fairfax Media  | 
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33/100
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60/100
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App Rating
4.2
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Votes
94.48K
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App Age
7y 3m
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Last Update
Nov 28, 2025
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iAP
$9.99 - 23.99

Compare with Category Top Apps

Metrics
Current App
Category Top Average
Difference
Installs
125.6K
42.1M
-100%
Rating
4.06
4.23
-4%
Number of Ratings (Voted)
46.6K
45.3M
-100%
App Age
7y 2m
12y 0m
-40%
In-app Purchases Price
$16
$102
-85 %
Update Frequency
36d
147d
-76%
Title Length
25
24
+4%
Short Description Length
74
58
+28%
Description Length
673
2 106
-68%
Number of Screenshots
709
1441
-51 %
Has Video?
No
0% has videos
Size
0MB
0MB

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125.4K
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The Sydney Morning Herald
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Stay in touch with Sydney's latest news with the Herald's new app.
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Get straight to the stories that matter with the Herald app. Top Stories and push notifications keep you up to date with breaking headlines while our Podcast catalogue lets you tune into thought-provoking audio storytelling and discussions from our newsroom. My News lets you customise your feed, showing the topics you're interested in, in the order you want them. The app is free to download. You can unlock unlimited access to all content with a Starter Digital subscription through the App Store. To unlock premium features such as Today's Paper and puzzles including Daily Crosswords and Daily Sudoku, you can subscribe to Premium Digital via in-app purchase.}
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Rating
4.2
94 480 voters

Some Latest Reviews

Christopher King
24 Jun, 2025
1
this is a terrible app. it never starts without having to go into Android settings and manually stopping the app then going to the app to open it again. it times out and the screen has to be constantly touched to keep it open. swipe the wrong way and closes then unlike the old version it does not remember where it was when it closed and it is necessary to scroll back through multiple pages usually of advertising to get back where you left off.
K&S Dixon
27 Feb, 2025
2
So many ads, even for paying subscribers. About an ad every paragraph
DR CJF
07 Jan, 2025
1
Can't see stats and tables, can't scroll tables, often you can't read the articles as once the ads load you can't scroll through the article, it jumps back to the top and only the first paragraphs can be read. I pay a subscription for this so it's just not good enough.
Simon JENKINS
20 Dec, 2024
2
This is the most frustrating app I use I like to read off-line but every time I try to use it wants to keep updating and I can't read anything. If you look at another screen it looses your place. It is at the point I am looking to subscribe to another news organisation.
Liz Nadalutti
17 Nov, 2024
1
Really difficult to unsubscribe....shame on you SMH
Anne L
01 Oct, 2024
2
New updated app is awful. When I download the paper, everytime I go back to thepaper it tries to connect online so if there is a poor signal it just freezes. What's the point of downloading the days edition if it is checking for updates an the time? It takes a few seconds to moves from one article to the next, like it is doing some calculation, previous app version was much quicker
Philk complex conjugate
28 Sep, 2024
1
Cancelled subscription as notifications are about sport. Sydney would be bombed and we'd get the NRL results. 🤷🏽‍♂️
Dennis Hourn
18 Sep, 2024
4
Works well however after a recent upgrade the search function seems to have disappeared. It was very handle for a name or topic search especially in the larger editions.
n kann
11 Sep, 2024
1
The updated app is terrible. No longer reopens at same place you finished, page flickers a lot when navigating about pages. Frequently closes. Bring back the old version, it was way better.

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Additional Information
Rating:
4.2
Voted: 94.48K
Google Play Link:
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Categories: News & Magazines
Size: -
iAP: 9.99 - 23.99 $
Installs: 125.36K
App Age: 7 years 3 months
Release Date: Sep 19, 2018
Last Update: Nov 28, 2025
Version: 4.2.0
Version history
4.2.0
Nov 28, 2025
This update includes general improvements designed to provide a more consistent reading experience.
4.1.0
Nov 11, 2025
This update includes bug fixes and general improvements designed to provide a more reliable and consistent reading experience. We have updated the app to enhance its functionality, upgrade how images are displayed and improve overall stability.
Version history