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Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R1] The Atlantic Magazine 2/5 · US $100 Subscription Contains Ads: Content aside (-4.7 bias from AllSides), which y’all probably know going into a subscription, the platform contains ads directly embedded in its articles on the app. Unsubscribing after less than 1 hour of use. Edit: dropping star rating after attempting to interact with technical support for about 40min. Never got to a human and entered multiple loops with the hel
2. [R10] The Atlantic Magazine 1/5 · US Subscription?: You pay for a "subscription", and yet, the articles are littered with TEMU Ads. among many? = W R O N G ! ! !
3. [R15] The Atlantic Magazine 3/5 · US Great articles, too many ads: Advertisements every few paragraphs in an article I PAID to read are not acceptable. The Atlantic isn’t the only digital magazine to suffer from this issue, but video ads are extra distracting and annoying.
4. [R40] The Atlantic Magazine 1/5 · US Ads with a paid subscription??: Constant ads while you’re trying to read an article, all while PAYING. What a joke
5. [R6] The Atlantic Magazine 3/5 · US Needs improvement…: There are several issues with this app. First, there is no article share button, you have to go to the website, which makes zero sense. Second, I often get a blank page while reading an article, and I have to click back to the main page and click on the article again. Finally, if I go to another app and return to the article, it skips ahead and I have to scroll back to where I w
6. [R18] The Atlantic Magazine 3/5 · US Mostly OK, but a poor audio player: The magazine’s content is great. This app is mostly fine. But as a way to listen to magazine articles it is not good. First, responses get slower after each article and eventually the app freezes and has to be restarted. Second, it needs some playback speeds between 1x and 1.5x. Third, the playback controls need to be bigger.
7. [R22] The Atlantic Magazine 2/5 · US App is flawed: The app eats battery like nothing else. Uses twice as much battery compared to browser usage. Not sure if it’s from background refreshing or the excessive video ads.
8. [R24] The Atlantic Magazine 3/5 · US App goes blank or refreshed every 10 sec: Excellent journalism (really!!). But the app will just go blank screen while I’m reading it. Or most recently, reload the page , leaping the paragraph I’m reading to some new location. This needs to get fixed as it obviously makes it frustrating to read the great journalism. Most recently iOS on iPhone 16 pro. But it did it on my old 11 pro too. Googl
9. [R3] The Atlantic Magazine 3/5 · US Give your readers text size adjustments!!!: One of, maybe THE dean of thoughtful topical writing, can’t seem to provide what virtually every half-baked news source does … give its readers the ability to adjust font size! Your average subscriber, I’d guess, is not 20 years old. Provide dynamic adjustable display sizes now please. It’s vital. The Atlantic is an outlier in its inability to keep
10. [R4] The Atlantic Magazine 1/5 · US App needs a rewrite: Great articles. Horrible app. If you see an article on Facebook you can't navigate easily to the article in the app. I tried the app search feature typing the exact name of the article and it didn't appear. I tried using the authors name and couldn't find it easily. The navigation and look up seems archaic.
11. [R19] The Atlantic Magazine 2/5 · US Search!: Wish I could search for articles. And wish that if my friend texts me an article it’ll open in the app and not safari (which never keeps me logged in) It’s also difficult to share articles from the app
12. [R34] The Atlantic Magazine 1/5 · US Audio queue broken! Have the programmers tried using this app?: Thank you for the great journalism! The audio queue is truly terrible. Please hire someone who has used any podcast app please (Apple, Overcast, etc) Stories don’t clear out, impossible to move them around, etc. etc……. This app is Great for reading, and love the audio, just wish ALL stories had audio. I like the Ai voice, but l
13. [R43] The Atlantic Magazine 1/5 · US iOS subscription not working properly: I am an iOS subscriber and the app will only occasionally recognize this. After an indeterminate amount of time it will randomly stop recognizing my subscription which means I have to uninstall and reinstall the app to be able to use it again.
14. [R49] The Atlantic Magazine 1/5 · US Subscribing: Unbelievably complicated; too many “bots”
15. [R13] The Atlantic Magazine 1/5 · US Disappointed: They have become a mouthpiece for corporate neocon lies
16. [R16] The Atlantic Magazine 1/5 · US Trash: I consume Media at a voracious speed. I tried The Atlantic because I was looking for different viewpoints. I am personally centrist politically, I do not align myself to a particular party, and I’m not a fan of the current administration and their policies and their foreign policies. But as I read these articles from Keegan and others, the vitriol, the inability to just write facts with may
17. [R21] The Atlantic Magazine 3/5 · US All trump, all of the time: I’ve been an Atlantic reader for over 50 years. The old Atlantic included a wide variety of nonfiction topics. Now, it is mostly the failings of the trump administration. This is all so fatiguing.
18. [R27] The Atlantic Magazine 3/5 · US Predictable; I need help understanding life from professional psychology: Fluffy is waste of me however, thanks for the effort.
19. [R55] NYTimes 5/5 · US The standard: The NY Times is so quality that even its biggest detractors read it to know exactly what is going on.
20. [R58] NYTimes 5/5 · US Such a Great App: The New York Times app has lots of great articles every day I would highly recommend
21. [R60] NYTimes 1/5 · US Well curated: If you like your news well curated, the times is for you
22. [R61] NYTimes 5/5 · US Truthful, and accurate news source: I am continually inspired by the New York Times for its unwavering commitment to thorough and accurate reporting. In an age where information can often be muddied, the Times stands as a beacon of integrity and journalistic excellence. Their dedication to uncovering the truth not only informs the public but also empowers us to engage with the world around us. Eac
23. [R66] The Economist 5/5 · US Thank you for adding Audio Timer!: Thank you for adding Audio Timer!
24. [R69] The Economist 5/5 · US Addition of CarPlay takes this to the next level: So happy to see CarPlay support added to the app. I love the podcasts, but this will help me get thru more of the articles. Please add playback speed controls. 1x is just too slow for me and there are a lot of articles I’d like to get to each week.
25. [R72] The Economist 5/5 · US CarPlay Support Added 🙏: Great app for economist subscribers and now (4/26) even better with CarPlay support added. Easy to listen to subscriber content while driving and to queue up all your favorite podcasts and articles.
26. [R78] The Economist 4/5 · US Worth the $$: This is news and insight worth paying for
27. [R80] NPR 5/5 · US I love it!: One of my favorite apps!
28. [R82] NPR 5/5 · US Only place to get reliable non-partisan news: NPR is pretty much the only place to get reliable, non-partisan, factual news that isn’t driven by adherence to the various algorithms out there. And they don’t use AI to collect and write their stories. Thank you for the quality work, NPR!
29. [R84] NPR 5/5 · US Trustworthy News: NPR consistently provides the most trustworthy and quality news and analysis of news and public affairs information. Credit goes to the anchors, reporters, and all of the people behind the scenes who put together multiple broadcasts every day. And thanks must go to the sponsors and public who contribute, enabling such quality broadcasting.
30. [R86] NPR 5/5 · US NPR Rocks!: Love this app!
31. [R98] ZINIO 3/5 · US Started for school: I started using this to read one of my most coveted magazines that were not really found in stores. Azure Magazine. Well I found other digital magazines in its shelves and decided to download it back in 2011 when I discovered it. Right when iPad was introduced and I was enrolling in school after that. Well it stuck with me for a while then pattered out now I’m back on it catchi
32. [R100] ZINIO 5/5 · US Digital Magazines: Great replacement for Amazon.
33. [R103] ZINIO 5/5 · US Great app: The app is great. Able to read easily. Downloads are speedy. Customer service is top notch as well.
34. [R114] The New Yorker 5/5 · US Saves my place now: I had been unhappy with the app before so I wanted to credit them for fixing the main problem, the app often didn’t save your place. As for the magazine itself it’s the only reason I like having a phone as I generally read it cover to cover; it’s the media equivalent of the Clash. It’s the only magazine that matters.
35. [R117] The New Yorker 5/5 · US Very Long Time Reader: My Subscription Has servived over 80 Years, It was of most value in a war zone. The availability of truth cannot be over valued. Good writing is often hard to find and this publication is a source of both.
36. [R36] The Atlantic Magazine 3/5 · GB Minor complaint: Text of articles is too close to the left side of my iPad screen, almost off the edge, making it a bit hard to read. Also, Cannot find a way to increase text size.
37. [R28] The Atlantic Magazine 2/5 · US Great journalism, piss poor app: Journalists are not programmers. We know that. But, this app is just a failure. When every scroll takes several long sentences and the search function can’t find a phrase you have no choice but to read the article in your web browser or chop down some trees for the printed release.
38. [R88] NPR 5/5 · US I trust NPR: I use AI in my day-to-day for mundane tasks. It’s accurate-seeming (enough) that I don’t know if it’s actually accurate unless I double check it. When it comes to understanding what’s really happening out there, I don’t want to double check. I just want to trust. For me, that’s NPR.
39. [R92] NPR 5/5 · US Honest reporting, great morals: I love NPR. They provide validated information, concise reporting and great variety of stories that educates me about my community. They’re honest, non biased and trustworthy.