App Review: The Daily (only on iPad)

Heralded by many as the next thing, The Daily is, well, a daily emagazine that is delivered over Wi-fi or 3G to your iPad. The app itself is free however, it is a subscription service which costs $.99 a week (7 issues) or $39.99 a year (365 issues) after the two week trial period. One note about the yearly subscription; in the end it amounts to about a reasonable 11 cents an issue. As you launch the app, the day's issue will be delivered. After a few seconds, a carousel of pages will appear to allow you to navigate through the issue. Tap a page to begin reading. Each issue is a decent length and can easily take the better part of an hour to read. Each issue is comprised of a news section followed by popular culture, celebrities, sports, miscellaneous and a crossword/sudoku section. Pages and graphs are also interactive and is actually quite intuitive. Videos are also embedded within pages. As for whether or not you should get the app, the answer is yes, if only for the trial period. However, the yearly subscription is also a great deal and we think that The Daily could very well replace your newspaper.

Verdict: 9 out of 10 OUTSTANDING