Independent for PWA

Free news app for a popular online newspaper

Independent is a free news web application that lets you access the numerous articles of the British online newspaper, The Independent. Accessible for both desktop and mobile devices, The Independent covers dozens of relevant topics and categories that are for your lifestyle. Thus, with this web app, you can easily read up on missed articles and stay up to date in both foreign and domestic news. Most websites don’t always have a mobile version so it can be hard to navigate them, even if you have to do there is read. Fortunately, Independent is a progressive web app that delivers app-life functions for ease of use.

News-worthy app

The Independent is a British online newspaper established in 1986. It first started as a politically-independent national morning printed newspaper published in London—hence, the name. Nicknamed “Indy,” this news publisher’s last printed edition was published on March 26, 2016, and now you can only access the online edition. Fortunately, it is quite easy to do so, as The Independent offers features that other famous newspapers have for their readers. 

What makes The Independent a bit different from others, however, is that its only online edition allows you to access its website in the mobile app version. You don’t have to download any separate app in order to read the news—and not have to deal with any website’s messy mobile UI—as Independent is a progressive web app or PWA. Due to this, when you use your phone to load the website, it will automatically display itself like a mobile app with an intuitive user interface. 

Independent’s own interface is quite simple: you have a drop-down menu on the top-right corner and you’ll mostly be scrolling down through the various articles for viewing. What’s great about this app is that it requires no registration or login in order to make full use of The Independent. You can also access it offline so this is a great app to try out when you want to check out the news.