# TheMercury > TheMercury (iPhone/iPad app by PressReader Inc.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/themercury/id723961632 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [PressReader Inc](https://appshunter.io/developer/313904714) - Category: News, Magazines & Newspapers - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 9+ - Requires: iOS 14.0 · 50 MB - Languages: American English, Arabic, Basque, Catalan, Croatian, Canadian French, German (Germany), Greek, Hebrew, Italian and 11 more - Released: 2013-11-12 - Data updated: 2026-08-15 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/themercury/id723961632/reviews.md ## What is TheMercury? The Mercury newspaper South Africa -- get a head start. TheMercury allows you to subscribe to four auto-renewable subscriptions: • 1 month ZAR 15.99 • 3 month ZAR 39.99 • 6 month ZAR 39.99 • 1 year ZAR 169.99 •Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase •Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24- hours before the end of the current period •Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and the cost of renewal is •You may manage your subscriptions and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the your Account Settings after purchase •No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period •Any unused portion of a free trial period, will be forfeited when you purchase an in-app subscription or if you decide to migrate to an authorized subscription from in-app. •Terms of Use: http://themercury.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/iphone/homepage.aspx#_terms •Privacy Policy: http://themercury.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/iphone/homepage.aspx#_privacy ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | The Mercury | $1.99 | per month | | The Mercury | $4.99 | per 3 months | | The Mercury | $9.99 | per 6 months | | The Mercury | $20.99 | per year | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 6.6.1 — 2023-02-22 General functionality update ### 6.6 — 2023-02-14 This New version is available with a new design. ### 4.11.13 — 2021-09-21 General functionality update ### 4.9.6 — 2017-04-17 This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. • Improved social sharing solution, allowing you to use any app already installed on your device that allows sharing. • Added iPad Pro multitasking support. Share the screen with 2 apps, great for research or study. • Fixed a critical display issue with the 30-day calendar in the purchase window. • Fixed an issue where text did not appear when sharing to the iOS Notes app • Fixed: Opening a Youtube video link, on your iPhone, wasn't working. It works as expected now. • Resolved a condition that allowed the app to crash after logging out ### 4.8.4 — 2016-06-08 Speed improvements - Read preloaded pages while your download is in progress. Optimization enhancements - load only those parts of the app that are needed for your iDevice. New Design Concept (for users upgrading from 3.x to 4.8x). - Improved user experience of clicking on a publication's thumbnail to open the order screen - Supports 3D touch shortcut for Online/Catalog view if online view is available - Free titles notification Fixes: - Newspaper Radio freezing issues resolved - Device rotation problems resolved - App menu navigation problems resolved - Download button unresponsive in certain conditions problems resolved - Highlight problem on radio/listen page resolved - Black box appears on some articles problem resolved - Memory leak with menu icons alignment causing crashes is resolved Fine Tuning: - SmartFlow adjusted to display correct picture to articles - Corrected display of page numbers when title is loading in spread view - Can start/stop downloading midstream and final download is not corrupted - Accounts page displays account information for single account - Images made sharper during pre-load stage ## Apps similar to TheMercury | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Edinburgh Evening News](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/edinburgh-evening-news/id1072373948) | 4.8 (12) | Free | News | | [iNews](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/inews/id1438667291) | — | Free | News | | [The Yorkshire Evening Post](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-yorkshire-evening-post/id587125722) | 4.7 (13) | Free | News | | [SABC News app](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sabc-news-app/id1459514467) | 3.5 (2) | Free | News | | [Daily Maverick](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/daily-maverick/id1645320262) | — | Free | News | | [BusinessTech](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/businesstech/id1597062032) | — | Free | News | ## More apps by PressReader Inc - [PressReader: News & Magazines](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pressreader-news-and-magazines/id313904711) - [The China Daily iPaper](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-china-daily-ipaper/id388337167) - [PDI E-Reader](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pdi-e-reader/id401323082) - [The Telegraph e-paper](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-telegraph-e-paper/id453287972) - [The Sportsman eNewspaper](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-sportsman-enewspaper/id510197448) - [The National E-Reader](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-national-e-reader/id522987896) All apps by PressReader Inc: https://appshunter.io/developer/313904714 ## Related topics [9round](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/9round) · [nines](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/nines) · [the haven bs9](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/the-haven-bs9) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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