Guardian News & Media has announced its Guardian iPad edition is now available on the App Store. The Guardian App, mirroring the Guardian’s Monday - Saturday paper, was created specifically with iPad users in mind and features the paper's award-winning content and design, plus some extras.
The Guardian iPad edition is available on Newsstand, a key feature of iOS 5 that allows consumers to find digital newspaper and magazine products in one dedicated place on the App Store, and organise them in one easy-to-organise bookshelf. Guardian subscribers will receive new issues automatically on their iPad. Latest issues and most recent cover art will simply appear in Newsstand
Features of the app include:
- Full offline reading for all articles and pictures
- The ability to share stories via Facebook, Twitter and email
- Swipe to navigate between sections or stories
- Related web articles, which open in an in-app browser
- Stunning photojournalism
- Related video content
- Interactive advertising slots
Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief, Guardian News & Media, said: “The Guardian iPad edition is a new, fresh and appealing form of our newspaper content. By the time you've put on your coat and picked up your keys it will have downloaded to Newsstand - giving you a clean, portable, inviting version of the Guardian. The single daily download and the hierarchy of articles will suit people who love the Guardian’s newspaper content. To that we've added a selection of relevant web articles - a unique digital interpretation of our newspaper and yet another step on our digital-first strategy.”
Access to the Guardian iPad edition will be free for the first three months thanks to sponsorship from Channel 4, after which users will be able to sign up for a monthly subscription for £9.99 through In-App Purchase on the App Store. Guardian six- and seven-day print subscribers will continue to receive free access to the app after the three month period via their current subscription.
The Guardian iPad edition is available for free for three months from Newsstand in iOS 5, from the App Store on iPad, or at www.itunes.com/appstore.
