Scientific American

Name: Scientific American
Rating: 4.87 (1928 reviews)
Author: Scientific American, Inc

Scientific American, Inc

★ 4.9 (1,928 ratings)

⬇ 100,000+ downloads

Est. actual: 170,691

Free

Released: Sep 19, 2016

IAP: $5.99 - $49.99 per item

Contains ads

Signals

5 this week · 1 positive · 2 warnings All of this week's signals →

📈Last 7 days +203 installs — 34% slower than the week before (+306) · 30/day since Oct 7
🏆Among News & Magazines apps top 1% by installs gained this week (39 peers growing)
⭐Rating steady at ★ 4.87 since Oct 7
🛠Updates dormant · updated 325 days ago
🔁Ownership moved between accounts of the same company, from Scientific American to Scientific American, Inc · Oct 17, 2026

Installs since launch

+901 installs · +21 ratings since Oct 7

Update history

6.7 Dec 24, 2025 · seen Oct 17, 2026

Bug fixes and performance improvements

Only the current version so far — new entries appear as the app ships updates.

Scientific American is a news & magazines app by Scientific American, Inc with 100,000+ downloads (about 171K estimated). +203 installs in the last 7 days. Rated 4.9 from 1.9K ratings. Released Sep 19, 2016. Install growth, rank history, SDKs and ad networks.

From the store listing: “Monthly issues from Scientific American on your Android device”