By AppHub Editorial Team · Updated August 3, 2026
Washington Post Select
Overview
News & Magazines
The Washington Post
Free
Sep 14, 2015
1.31.3
4.2
$0.99 - $15.00 per item
No
Mar 21, 2022
Features
Designed for your tablet and smartphone, this app keeps you informed with award-winning national and international news coverage—along with striking photography and informative graphics that bring stories to life. Breaking news and important updates keep you in the loop throughout the day. Intuitive browsing and a streamlined design allow you to seamlessly navigate through stories and enjoy in-depth reading. Free to download, subscribers enjoy unlimited access.
Designed for your tablet and smartphone, this app keeps you informed with award-winning national and international news coverage—along with striking photography and informative graphics that bring stories to life. Breaking news and important updates keep you in the loop throughout the day. Intuitive browsing and a streamlined design allow you to seamlessly navigate through stories and enjoy in-depth reading. Free to download, subscribers enjoy unlimited access.
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Ratings breakdown
69,500 reviewsDeveloper contact
Name
WP Company LLC
Address
1301 K St NW Washington, DC 20071 United States
Website
https://www.washingtonpost.comPhone
+1 703-389-5940
Support
help@washpost.com
Privacy
View policyFrequently Asked Questions
Is Washington Post Select free to download? high
Yes. The app metadata lists Washington Post Select as free, with in-app purchases listed as $0.99 - $15.00 per item.
Source: app_metadata
What do sampled users complain about in Washington Post Select? medium
Washington Post Select has sampled reports of connection, sync, backup, or device pairing problems. 2 sampled reviews or 1 sampling buckets support this theme.
Source: user_reviews
What do sampled users like about Washington Post Select? low
Washington Post Select is praised by sampled reviewers for value, affordability, or tolerable ads. Only 1 sampled review supports this theme, so confidence is low.
Source: user_reviews
How to Use
Designed for your tablet and smartphone, this app keeps you informed with award-winning national and international news coverage—along with striking photography and informative graphics that bring stories to life. (app_description)
Getting Started
Source: app_description_and_user_feedback_noted
- Install Washington Post Select from the appropriate app store.
- Open the app and start with the free experience.
- Review the main features described in the app listing.
- Check settings or support resources if you run into sampled issue patterns such as washington post select has sampled reports of connection, sync, backup, or device pairing problems.
Key Features (from app listing)
Source: app_description
- News & Magazines app experience
- Free download
- From The Washington Post
- 1,000,000+ downloads listed
Theme 'value, affordability, or tolerable ads' identified in recent_reviews #1. Review #1 praises value, affordability, or tolerable ads.
How this content was created
Content type: pattern_analysis_of_user_reviews_and_metadata
AI generated: Yes
- Google Play user reviews (12-20 preferred; may be smaller if source data is limited per app), April 15, 2019 to December 13, 2018
- Google Play ratings distribution
- App Store listing metadata
- Review samples are not statistically representative of all user sentiment
- High-engagement negative reviews can overrepresent complaints
- Claims labeled 'low confidence' are based on single-review observations only
- No real-world app testing was conducted
- Feature availability may vary by region, device, and app version
Pros & Cons
Based on analysis of Google Play user reviews
Pros
- Washington Post Select is praised by sampled reviewers for value, affordability, or tolerable ads. low
Theme 'value, affordability, or tolerable ads' identified in recent_reviews #1. Review #1 praises value, affordability, or tolerable ads.
Evidence (1)
“s not recognize me as a subscriber and it says I am out of free articles for the month. I then have to go to the app, and find the article to read instead of just clicking. I like ho”Rating: 4★ December 13, 2018 5 likes - Washington Post Select is praised by sampled reviewers for features, customization, or flexibility. low
Theme 'features, customization, or flexibility' identified in recent_reviews #4. Review #4 praises features, customization, or flexibility.
Evidence (1)
“ion other than social media that I don't care to use. Good features are the bookmarking and save for later. Photos used in the preview often d”Rating: 4★ August 01, 2020 7 likes
Cons
- Washington Post Select has sampled reports of connection, sync, backup, or device pairing problems. medium
Theme 'connection, sync, backup, or device pairing problems' identified in recent_reviews #2, recent_reviews #3. Review #2 mentions connection, sync, backup, or device pairing problems. Review #3 mentions connection, sync, backup, or device pairing problems.
Evidence (2)
“ which is how I'll often read them on flights with limited connectivity. I've reached out to the app team about this and th”Rating: 3★ November 29, 2018 6 likes“, yet every time I get on an airplane, many articles say, 'connection not available.' Well, true, that's why I wanted to download the paper. Also, online or not, every time I sw”Rating: 2★ November 08, 2020 1 likes - Washington Post Select has sampled reports of video, audio, or media playback problems. low
Theme 'video, audio, or media playback problems' identified in recent_reviews #5. Review #5 mentions video, audio, or media playback problems.
Evidence (1)
“Update! This only happens when pictures appear in the notifications, text-only notifications appear normally. >>>Using night mode on android pie ui. When I get notifications the preview read”Rating: 3★ April 15, 2019 1 likes
Recent Reviews
A Google user
4★The only thing I don't like and it is incredibly frustrating, is that if I pull up an article on Facebook, the app does not recognize me as a subscriber and it says I am out of free articles for the month. I then have to go to the app, and find the article to read instead of just clicking. I like how easy it is to pull the article off the app however. Much better than NYT.
A Google user
3★The app is a fine idea and decently executed, although the dark theme interacts poorly with some headers. My issue is that saved articles often disappear while I'm reading them, which is how I'll often read them on flights with limited connectivity. I've reached out to the app team about this and they didn't have a solution. I've tried updating, re-installing, restarting, deleting chache. The error persists. Saved articles will generally stay out for 20-30 sec after I start reading them and then disappear without prompt from my saved list and kick me to the next article. It has made the app unusable for me.
Jeffrey Dunn
2★Good news source, barely passable app. Offline use is very poor. I have every 'download daily/in background' option enabled, yet every time I get on an airplane, many articles say, 'connection not available.' Well, true, that's why I wanted to download the paper. Also, online or not, every time I switch apps, when i come back it loses my location. Good news source, crummy app. 2020-11-08 update No fixes appear to have been made. Was not able to read the paper during an off-grid camping trip.
Trisha
4★Journalism would rate 5 stars. I was asked to review this as an APP. Displays in vertical profile only. Impossible to copy any text. No "share" or forward option other than social media that I don't care to use. Good features are the bookmarking and save for later. Photos used in the preview often disappear when reading the story, so no zooming in on pics. The post and other media should stop using euphemisms and call a lie a lie, not "misinformation."
A Google user
3★Update! This only happens when pictures appear in the notifications, text-only notifications appear normally. >>>Using night mode on android pie ui. When I get notifications the preview reads normally but when I go to expand the notification to read the whole brief, the text is completely invisible. A lot of the time they put updates in the headline that haven't made it into the article they link to yet, so it's pretty useless. That said, I love The Post and hope they fix this bug soon.