The New Yorker: iPhone vs Android

A digital news and culture platform offering long-form journalism, fiction, and audio content from The New Yorker to subscribers and free-trial users. The app ranks #2 in Russia's News Grossing category and holds top-20 positions across multiple international markets including the US, UK, and South Korea, indicating strong global monetization despite a moderate 3.86 user rating.

Similar apps: The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Economist

Users report severe technical failures including blank screens, infinite loading wheels, and broken authentication loops that prevent access to paid content. Complaints also highlight poor account management features, lack of offline support, and inconsistent sync across devices.

Mostly negative (12% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and price and subscriptions.

What people like

• Ease of use: “Works seamlessly now and intuitive to navigate”

Common complaints

• Crashes & bugs: “Games, Search not working”
• Price & subscription: “Renewal led to two subscriptions”
• Features & content: “App Does Not Load Content”
• Updates: “Will not update even after reinstall”

A digital news and culture platform offering long-form journalism, fiction, and audio content from The New Yorker to subscribers and free-trial users. The app ranks #2 in Russia's News Grossing category and holds top-20 positions across multiple international markets including the US, UK, and South Korea, indicating strong global monetization despite a moderate 3.86 user rating.

Similar apps: The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Economist

Users report severe technical failures including blank screens, infinite loading wheels, and broken authentication loops that prevent access to paid content. Complaints also highlight poor account management features, lack of offline support, and inconsistent sync across devices.

Mostly negative (12% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and price and subscriptions.

What people like

• Ease of use: “Works seamlessly now and intuitive to navigate”

Common complaints

• Crashes & bugs: “Games, Search not working”
• Price & subscription: “Renewal led to two subscriptions”
• Features & content: “App Does Not Load Content”
• Updates: “Will not update even after reinstall”

Mostly negative (16% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its design, and good value. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs.

What people like

• Design: “Finally the dark mode is here”
• Price & subscription: “Well worth the yearly price”
• Features & content: “Chock full of solid writing,topical content and wry humor”

Common complaints

• Price & subscription: “Cannot manage subscription”
• Crashes & bugs: “AI Playback doesn't work!”
• Features & content: “All local remedy options exhausted”
• Design: “Dark mode for the Android app please”