The Economist World in Figures on iPhone
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reference | Free | The Economist Newspaper Group Inc. | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
•Our intellectually-addictive Factquest quiz game and a new Fact of the Day every morning
•A country comparison tool, Chartmaker, that lets you create your own charts from the data
•New content from The Economist newspaper, updated weekly
•Free to download with access to country data, rankings and the Factquest quiz game to non-subscribers
The Economist World in Figures app with the Factquest quiz game is a fun, data-rich reference guide for the businessperson, educator and stats geek alike. It teems with indicators on 190 countries, as well as dozens of rankings ranging from birth rates and patents to Nobel prize winners and GDP. The Factquest quiz game tests your knowledge of worldly stats. The Fact of the Day lets you start each morning a bit smarter. And data-driven articles from The Economist are updated weekly.
A premium version includes more than 100 additional indicators per country from the Economist Intelligence Unit and the Chartmaker country-comparison tool that lets users plot the data on to a chart.
SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS
•Subscribe for GBP £4.49 / USD $5.99 / EUR €5.99 / HK $48 annually, you will be charged in your local currency at the prevailing exchange rate as defined by iTunes.
•Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase.
•No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period.
•Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period.
•Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the price of the original subscription.
•You can manage auto-renew of your subscription in your iTunes account settings.
•You may turn off the auto-renewal of your subscription via your Account Settings. However, you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period
ABOUT THE ECONOMIST
The Economist is a weekly international news and business publication offering independent and clear reporting, commentary and analysis on world current affairs; business, finance, science and technology, culture, society, media and the arts.
Reviews
Need improvements
Qazwsx_10
I subscribed with World In Figures, I face to problems: 1- the information is old, most of it since 2017-2018, kindly update to 2019-2020. 2- The GDP should be by USD not by the country's currency.
Magnificent
ss253344
Such a magnificent app, honestly, economist, well done. Also this is my first ever review on the app store. The app is so good made me literally go here and leave this review. If u r a numbers guy then this is what u need
Pretty bad job, especially from economist!!!!
AviGore
When do you update? Today end Jan 2018 country list like top economies of the world displays 2016 data. Unbelievable! It is claimed that data is updated every 3 months. Really?
My go-to source for global data & comps
Not-for-Profit Office
It’s my go-to source for global data & comparisons. However, like any database and what it can show, it’s only as good as the analytics are insightful and accurate. E.g. the rankings for least representatives in democracies has Mexico at #1 at 0.39 and India at #15 at 0.04 and the USA at #14. It’s upside down!! For least reps 0.04 is top ranked above 0.39!
Premium Version Crashes
Strawberryyumyum
Since the free version was quite useless (no data of any importance is available there) I went ahead and paid for the premium version within a few minutes. I used to be a subscriber to print magazine and The Economist used to send the pocket World in Figures. I loved those little books. I was expecting something like that and 6 bucks would’ve been worth it. Alas, this app (paid version) doesn’t even come close. It doesn’t have most of the data from the pocket book. It doesn’t give you many advantages that a digital publication could have given. And, It crashes!! Very annoying and productivity sapping. The Economist definitely eroded its brand name by selling this.
Really Bad
alohaquelah
The booklet, hard copy form of World in Figures was great. This app is awkward to use and shallow.
Your fired!
aaronsmith1990
Why cant the currency be automatically translated to my country (US dollar)? Dont want to have to google translate myself. Wikipedia does better then this waste of money. Lost my trust in the economist
Disappointing.
love2fly
I thought this small app would be part of my subscription to The Economist, but it's not. It has very little content and costs more than many apps that offer significantly more value. Very disappointing from a respected name like The Economist.
Disappointed
Nicolas I
My favorite part of this application is fact-quest. After you play it a couple dozen times, it won't allow play it again and directs you to play it online.
