The Guardian - US & World News

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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 available via a dedicated podcast tab, allowing easier discovery via our new in-app audio player. You can also listen to all articles via a new enhanced text-to-speech facility.

Upgrade your downtime with Guardian puzzles: A hub featuring our most popular games, including On the ball, Film reveal, Word wheel, Wordiply and Sudoku.

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

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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.
Independent global news, opinion and analysis, sport, podcasts and puzzles
Updated on
Oct 5, 2026

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  • This app may collect these data types
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  • Data is encrypted in transit
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Ratings and reviews

368K reviews
Alison Perry
August 15, 2026
Very unhappy with the update to the cryptic crossword, especially the fact you can no longer see the entire grid the way you could before and that the grid floats about on the screen. It was great as it was. Now feels gimmicky. There's no need to highlight correct answers in green, or have unchecked ones in red. Gimmicky. How about an option to switch back to the previous look?
12 people found this review helpful
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K Milner
August 26, 2026
I love the Guardian app, but what have you done to the crosswords?? You can't see the whole puzzle anymore without scrolling left and right, and the colours are annoying. you also have to tap twice to check an answer, whereas you used to have to only tap an icon once in the top right of the screen. Crosswords are one of the main reasons I pay for the app, and is making me doubt my subscription fee. Please please bring the old view back!
9 people found this review helpful
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John Atkinson
August 28, 2026
Unhappy crossword user This used to be a great App until the Guardian decided to prettify the crosswords. When I complained about the floating grid I was told it's expected behaviour. I'm sure no-one asked for this and all that's happened is that they've annoyed many loyal supporters. I've now re-installed the previous Version of the app and hope the original crossword layout is offered as an option some time.
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