The Wire

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4.4
194 reviews
50K+
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Content rating
Teen
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About this app

The Wire is an independent, monthly music magazine dedicated to informed, intelligent coverage of a wide range of progressive, adventurous and non-mainstream musics.

Although The Wire is a London based publication, it serves an international readership.

The digital edition brings you selected pages from the latest issue as soon as it is published. Within the application you can upgrade to full access, which brings you every page of the issue and a searchable archive of every issue of The Wire published since issue one from summer 1982. Issues are not sold individually - for the duration of your subscription you have access to every issue in this archive.

During your subscription you can sync back issues to your device. These will remain in place if your subscription expires, unless your device removes them (for example when running low on disk space). Re-downloading issues requires a current subscription.

• Swipe or tap the page edges to flip to next/previous page.
• Use the animated thumbnail view to flick through the pages.
• Pinch or double-tap pages to zoom.
• Switch between single or double-page view.
• Search the current issue or the archive.
• Tap any page links to web sites, email addresses, phone numbers or maps.
• Tap contents-page links to jump to a particular article.
• Sync the latest issue to your device for offline reading (requires wi-fi).
• Sync additional back issues by tapping the stars beside their names (requires wi-fi).
• Network connection required otherwise.

We recommend first running the app within a wi-fi area so it can sync the latest issue to your device - after that you can use it anywhere.
Updated on
Dec 7, 2023

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
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This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Financial info and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.4
186 reviews
Logan Dean
June 24, 2021
To be fair, the magazine is absolutely amazing. This is just a review of the Android app experience. And the app is just a bit janky in some areas. For example, it would be ideal if a group of people were able to transform the print edition into a nice UI experience rather then having their users zoom into a PDF version.
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Elle Mitchell
April 26, 2021
Saw this app for a magazine I read steadily for about 20 years while searching for the tech mag of a similar name. Looking forward to getting acquainted again with "other musics". Too bad ratings have been hijacked by paid actors from South Asia who couldn't even bother to confirm which app they're were commenting on.
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A Google user
April 20, 2019
When viewing on my Android phone, the inward zoom limit leaves the text just a little smaller than would be ideal. The magazine is great though!
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What's new

Adds "Delete Account" button for any auto-generated app account.
Bugfixes and performance improvements.