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===Mobile app=== On September 15, 2015, the ''Toronto Star'' released the Star Touch tablet app, which was a free interactive news app with interactive advertisements. At launch, it was only available for the [[iPad]], which uses [[iOS]]. Based on a similar app for Montreal-based {{Lang|fr|[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]}} released in 2013, Star Touch is the first such app for any English-language news organization.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/09/15/toronto-star-makes-news-with-innovative-star-touch-tablet-app.html |title=Toronto Star makes news with innovative Star Touch tablet app |work=Toronto Star|date=September 15, 2015 }}</ref> In slightly over 50 days after launch, the app had reached the 100,000-download milestone.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/11/13/toronto-star-touch-hits-100000-downloads-have-you-tried-it.html |title=Toronto Star Touch hits 100,000 downloads. Have you tried it? |work=Toronto Star|date=November 13, 2015 }}</ref> The [[Android (operating system)|Android]] version was launched on December 1, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/11/30/toronto-star-touch-launches-on-android.html |title=Toronto Star Touch launches on Android |work=Toronto Star|date=November 30, 2015 }}</ref> It was discontinued in 2017. The Star's current iOS app is rated 12+ by [[App Store (iOS/iPadOS)#Application ratings|Apple's App Store guidelines]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/star-touch-by-toronto-star/id1026855048?mt=8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005142335/https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/star-touch-by-toronto-star/id1026855048?mt=8|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 5, 2015|title=iTunes|website=[[iTunes]]}}</ref> and the Android version is rated Mature 17+ by the [[Entertainment Software Rating Board]] (ESRB).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.torontostar.startouch&hl=en|title=Google}}</ref>
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