The New Yorker App Reviews

I’m a paying subscriber and was surprised to see ads throughout the app. I subscribed expecting a premium, distraction-free reading experience, but the presence of banner and sponsored content undermines that. The journalism itself remains excellent, and the app is generally smooth to use, but the ad experience feels out of step with a paid product. If ads are going to remain for subscribers, that should be clearly communicated upfront. Ideally, there would be an ad-free tier for paying readers

Love the app and love my print subscription too. It would be great if the crosswords section would show me which ones I’ve completed. Hopefully this update is in the works - thank you!

For a while this app was totally frozen. Now it opens, but “Top Stories” doesn’t. Something’s up this week.

Can you add a way to create audio queues so we can listen to a number of articles in a row, similar to what the Economist app has? Otherwise, excellent magazine and app, appreciate the recent addition of dark mode.

iPhone 8 says 35% of battery use over 24 hours is due to less than an half of New Yorker use…SMH. Why?!!!

You can browse the preface but the link will be to a different article. A lot of time was wasted

Update: landscape mode is back, but now when you co share and play the crossword with others, there are bugs that erase letters when you add the. It only happens to the person that is invited to the game. If you start the game the glitch is not there. Also you can not reveal letters or words if you don’t initiate the game. It making for a terrible co playing experience

Sometimes I wish to simply read an article on your website, without being shunted off to the app. This does not appear to be possible. Please include a setting (or make it more discoverable if this setting already exists) allowing me to use the web when I want to use the web, and the app when I want to use the app.

This is a review of the app, not a review of the content which I have always loved. I was on the fence about whether to subscribe again since it is not inexpensive, but I was immediately turned off by the sign-in process. Also, it doesn’t appear that the archives are available to digital subscribers signed in through this app.