The Economist World in Figures on iPhone Reviews – Page 5
3/5 rating based on 60 reviews. Read all reviews for The Economist World in Figures on iPhone.
The Economist World in Figures on iPhone is free iOS app published by The Economist Newspaper Group Inc.
Good but could use a little improvement
Athoti
The app has lots of information mostly pertaining to economy of countries. Since there is plenty good I won't dig into that too much but rather write about a few annoyances. 1. First, I simply wanted to try out the app without the intention to purchase it, but at the end of the month of trial I found out there was no easy way (unsubscribe button or something) of backing out. So I ended up paying for it. There are many other apps out there just as good for free or much less. Granted the ranking criteria and possibility to customize rankings is a plus for this app. But I didn't intend to purchase the thing. For this extra mess this app gets a star less. 2. A real fun though is the Factquest game but I wish it would be tweaked a little: - it must include the right answer in the case that the wrong answer was selected. It's frustrating to select a wrong answer and receive a red X with no further explanation. "oh ya it must have been Brazil or well, it could have been China... Who knows!?" - I wish there would be many more 'lives'. It's frustrating that it allows only 3 mistakes before the game is... over. Maybe there could be a learning version of the game where one wouldn't be cut off if making mistakes. 3. While the app shines in the country economy criteria it is pitifully poor regarding other country data, such as geography, maps, population etc. There are much more complete apps out there. One less star here. 4. The Country Profiles - Profile Overview has very brief information, could be more like country gdp, gdp per person, population etc. And also, it doesn't help so much to know that a certain country's gdp is this sum of rubles or yens or whatever. $ figures are of course much easier to relate to. Otherwise great!
Scam app
mariluetta
Repeating the criticism that this is an app that offers a free trial but gives you no obvious way - even in the subscriptions setting menu - to cancel before they apply a charge. Definitely not worth paying for when the information is perfectly easy to find on basic Internet.
Subscription cancellation mystery
Not made of $$$
Impossible to figure out how to cancel this service. I highly recommend against purchasing this service given that the cancellation of the subscription is a mystery.
Lousy app
TooManyFigures
No way to cancel an auto renewing, overpriced app? The functionality gets old after one use and once you check in, you can never leave.
Piece of junk
Adexpic
When you download this app you automatically choose to renew this subscription. No way to cancel your subscription!!!!!! Don't waste your money!
Decent app
Gilmour1516
Not too bad but I wish the quiz game showed the answer to incorrect responses.
Need additional registration
marcuslaughter
Despite being registered with the Economist as a subscriber, this app requires an additional registration. It's unseemly, unnecessary, and frustrating to ask such a thing for no apparent reason. I refuse.
Great App, Great idea
2damax
I've subscribed to the economist for years, I love having all of these random facts and statistics at my finger tips. The fact quest is also a ton of fun. One minor suggest to make the app perfect, show me the right answer in fact quest if I'm wrong. I may not know who's got the fastest agriculture growth sector between Guatemala, Nicuargua, and El Salvador, but I'd like to once I get it wrong.
Question ???
Sukhbold
Hi all, i have a question about factquest. Can i take a look or save the quiz with correct answer after each quiz. If it is possible i would like buy it 5.99 per a year