The Charlotte Observer | News

11.1.13

McClatchy

2.88

357 reviews

50,000+
Downloads

Free

Latest local North & South Carolina News | Politics, weather, business & sports.

The Charlotte Observer | News Screenshot 1 of 5

The Charlotte Observer | News Screenshot 2 of 5

The Charlotte Observer | News Screenshot 3 of 5

The Charlotte Observer | News Screenshot 4 of 5

The Charlotte Observer | News Screenshot 5 of 5

2.88 · 357 reviews · 50,000+ downloads · #63 in News & Magazines

About The Charlotte Observer | News

The Charlotte Observer | News is a news & magazines app developed by McClatchy.

Download Statistics

The Charlotte Observer | News has been downloaded 58 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 0 times. It is ranked in the top 100 news & magazines apps.

User Ratings

The Charlotte Observer | News is rated 2.88 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 360 ratings.

App Information

The Charlotte Observer | News is FREE to download. The APK download size is 165.94 MB. The latest version available is 11.1.13. The last update was on June 29, 2026.

Technical Requirements

The Charlotte Observer | News requires Android 8.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Low Maturity. The app has been available on Google Play June 2011.

Description

The Charlotte Observer local newspaper app is faster and easier to use.

More data about The Charlotte Observer | News

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	58 thousand
Recent downloads	0
Rating	2.88 based on 360 ratings
Ranking	Highly ranked
Version	11.1.13
APK size	165.9 MB
Number of libraries	78
Designed for Android	8.0+
Maturity	Low Maturity
Ads	Contains ads

App Performance Report

Get a detailed PDF report for The Charlotte Observer | News with download trends, rating history, and key performance statistics — useful for competitive research or tracking your own app. Learn more

Get PDF Report — $29

Alternative downloads for the The Charlotte Observer | News app

The Charlotte Observer | News compared with similar apps

Common keywords of similar apps

Newspaper Articles Observer National Stay South Reporting Favorite Service Watch Headline Crime Communities Trusted Region Community Residents Hill Edition Videos Full Teams Connected Informed Topics Games Support Policy Terms News Local Charlotte Sports Carolina Read Daily Coverage Latest North Business App Https Stories Features Live Video Mode Privacy

Keywords missing from this app

Weather Library Recent Information City Subscription County Find Tv Breaking Mobile Current Access Reading Carolinas Area Mecklenburg Including Bug Fixes Improvements Schedules Events Clt Sources Titles Wsoc Time Queen Real Account

Google Play Rating history and histogram

100

120

Downloads over time

The Charlotte Observer | News has been downloaded 58 thousand times. Over the past 30 days, it has been downloaded 0 times.

Changelog of The Charlotte Observer | News

Show changelog

Developer information for McClatchy

McClatchy

customerservice@charlotteobserver.com

Website

Legal name:

Address:

Phone number:

Are you the developer of this app? Join us for free to see more information about your app and learn how we can help you promote and earn money with your app.

I'm the developer of this app

Comments on The Charlotte Observer | News for Android

★★★★☆ Timothy Lawrence · Dec 6, 2021

This is a 4-Star App for two reasons: it has some small bugs (which are being worked on by the team seen as replies) and delivers local news. It is an easy way to read articles from the Observer on a variety of devices. Notifications still fail to open the article. I would ask that on some level that audio playback of the articles be added. Either with an API to hook the Google Assistant or through your own text-to-audio implementation, so I can listen to articles in the background. Thank you!

★★★★☆ R. Watts · Jul 21, 2020

A good newspaper Android app, most especially for the Charlotte-Mecklinburg urban and suburban area! Keep adding features and improving this The Charlotte Observer Android app, McClatchy! Itz as good as any paper's app for Android in the entire country! -------------Aethelwulf A.W. Stark.

★☆☆☆☆ Dave Willard · Aug 21, 2021

Ever since the last update on August 16 the app will not open. All I get is a white page with the blue words "the Charlotte observer ". Your single robotic response to all complaints is no help at all. Fix the damn app.

★★☆☆☆ Douglas Lawson · Sep 25, 2025

Glitchy unsatisfying experience. I recently re-subscribed to the Observer. This app is how I will read it. When clicking on the daily edition, more often than not, this app freezes up. Annoying.

★☆☆☆☆ Lee King · May 14, 2022

Notifications for articles don't link to the articles ... clicking an article notification simply opens the app.

Google Play Rankings for The Charlotte Observer | News

Top rankings

Rank	Country	Category	List
63	United States	News & Magazines	Top Grossing

Show all market rankings

Ranking history in United States

AppBrain offers valuable information about your app and those of your competitors. Join AppBrain for free and claim this app to view more ranking data, view history etc.

I'm the developer of this app

Technologies used by The Charlotte Observer | News

The Charlotte Observer | News is requesting 22 permissions and is using 78 libraries.

Permissions

Development tools

test access to protected storage

Network communication

view network connections, download files without notification, full network access, Google Play billing service, receive data from Internet

Storage

modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

System tools

prevent phone from sleeping

Extra

android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID, android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION, android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS, android.permission.AD_SERVICES_CONFIG, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK, android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS, android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC, android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT, com.charlotteobserver.android.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION, com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE, com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID, com.huawei.appmarket.service.commondata.permission.GET_COMMON_DATA, com.samsung.android.mapsagent.permission.READ_APP_INFO

Ad network libraries

AdMob

Open Measurement

Social libraries

None found

Development tools

Android Jetpack core

Android Architecture Components

Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable Android Jetpack Annotations Android Library Icon

Android Jetpack Annotations Android Jetpack Widgets Android Library Icon

Android Jetpack Widgets Firebase Android Library Icon

Firebase

Android Jetpack AppCompat AndroidX Activity Android Library Icon

AndroidX Activity Android Activity Saved State Android Library Icon

Android Activity Saved State AndroidX Loader Android Library Icon

AndroidX Loader Android Jetpack Media Android Library Icon

Android Jetpack Media Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) Android Library Icon

Google Cloud Messaging (GCM)

Android Transition Support Library Kotlin Android Library Icon

Kotlin

Android Support Library collections

Android Support VectorDrawable

AndroidX Legacy: Support Library core utils AndroidX Cursor Adapter Android Library Icon

AndroidX Cursor Adapter AndroidX App Startup Android Library Icon

AndroidX App Startup

AndroidX Local Broadcast Manager Google gson Android Library Icon

Google gson

Android Support Library Print

Android Support Library Document File

AndroidX Legacy: Support Library core UI Android WorkManager Android Library Icon

Android WorkManager AndroidX Widget ViewPager2 Android Library Icon

AndroidX Widget ViewPager2

Android Support Library Async Layout Inflater Okio Android Library Icon

Okio

AndroidX Emoji / Emoji2 AndroidX Concurrent Futures Android Library Icon

AndroidX Concurrent Futures JetBrains Annotations Android Library Icon

JetBrains Annotations IntelliJ IDEA Android Library Icon

IntelliJ IDEA AndroidX Tracing Android Library Icon

AndroidX Tracing Glide Android Library Icon

Glide

AndroidX SQLite AndroidX Multi-Dex Library Android Library Icon

AndroidX Multi-Dex Library AndroidX ExifInterface Android Library Icon

AndroidX ExifInterface AndroidX ProfileInstaller Android Library Icon

AndroidX ProfileInstaller Chromium Android Library Icon

Chromium

AndroidX DynamicAnimation Google Guava Android Library Icon

Google Guava AndroidX WebKit Android Library Icon

AndroidX WebKit AndroidX Inspection Android Library Icon

AndroidX Inspection AndroidX Resource Inspection Android Library Icon

AndroidX Resource Inspection Retrofit Android Library Icon

Retrofit

Jetpack DataStore ReactiveX Android Library Icon

ReactiveX

Android View Binding The Checker Framework Android Library Icon

The Checker Framework Jetpack Navigation Android Library Icon

Jetpack Navigation Dagger Android Library Icon

Dagger

AndroidX Privacy Sandbox Kotlinx Serialization Android Library Icon

Kotlinx Serialization Volley Android Library Icon

Volley

Jetpack Compose Reactive Streams Android Library Icon

Reactive Streams Kotlin Parcelize Android Library Icon

Kotlin Parcelize AndroidX Autofill Android Library Icon

AndroidX Autofill Coil Android Library Icon

Coil

AndroidX Media3 (ExoPlayer) Apache Commons I/O Android Library Icon

Apache Commons I/O OneSignal Android Library Icon

OneSignal

jsoup: Java HTML Parser Android Library Icon

jsoup: Java HTML Parser AndroidX Palette Android Library Icon

AndroidX Palette AndroidX Security (Crypto) Android Library Icon

AndroidX Security (Crypto) AndroidX MediaRouter Android Library Icon

AndroidX MediaRouter ASM Android Library Icon

ASM

Android Support Library v13 Amplitude Android Library Icon

Amplitude

Auth0

AndroidX Hilt Braze Android Library Icon

Braze

Comscore Analytics FileDownloader Android Library Icon

FileDownloader OneTrust Android Library Icon

OneTrust

Cropper

AppBrain is a directory focused on discovering great apps and games. We give statistics, rankings and search options that Google Play and the App Store don't have. All trademarks are owned by their respective owners. AppBrain doesn't offer APKs or binaries, and always lets users install the official version from Google Play or the App Store.

More apps