Substack User Reviews

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Positive highlights

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This app hasAllows discovery of new writers and publications

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This app hasProvides a clean and enjoyable reading experience

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This app hasOrganizes content from various subscriptions in chronological order

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This app hasOffers an alternative to the mainstream media

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This app hasGives a platform for independent and investigative journalists

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This app hasEnables direct support for writers through paid subscriptions

Negative highlights

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This app hasConfusing user interface with inconsistent navigation

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This app hasLacks comprehensive search functionality to find specific content

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This app hasDifficult to manage subscriptions and upgrade to paid plans

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This app hasPushes unwanted publications and unable to fully opt-out

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This app hasLimits bio length to only 250 characters

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This app hasBuggy features like article read tracking and comment threading

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Clean UI. Does not respect your privacy.
While I love the app, it has a clean UI and a pleasant UX to it by elegantly showing that the interface concept of “less is more” can work work effectively.

Unfortunately, I do not like how privacy-invasive the app is. It collects far too much data about you, it’s data that wouldn’t (and couldn’t) be gathered by reading the email newsletters, so Substack is getting greedy for user info with the app.

Once I saw what data of mine the app gathers I immediately deleted it and went back to using email newsletters that don’t invade my privacy.

This was so close to being great, but due to privacy invasions, this counts as a fail, Substack.
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The End of Privacy
3 years ago
There’s Finally an App!
I’m excited to see that Substack has an app now so that I can view all of the writers I’m subscribed to. Since I started with reading Glenn Greenwald’s substack, the site has been my go-to for journalism that I find trustworthy and worth reading. Individual people putting out their own content free of corporate pressure (at least that’s what it’s billed as). Having them all come through e-mail was fine generally but I enjoy the smooth movement into the app to see all of my subscriptions on one list instead of hunting for them in my email. I know it just started and will need to be updated so I fully realize the possibility of future issues with the app that will need correcting but nevertheless I’m glad to see that it’s been created.
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Interr0bang
3 years ago
I don’t want to be in my inbox. This app is perfect.
I subscribe to a dozen or more Substack newsletters. I’m also one of those people who has a fraught relationship with their e-mail inbox. I don’t want to spend more time in my inbox(es)! This app is delicious nectar from heaven. It just works. My newsletters show up. The reading experience is smooth. The app is quick. And I don’t have to be distracted by the wayward work email or wild email promo when trying to catch up on reading. The inbox reminds me of the good old days of social media. I subscribe to certain creators and what they published is served up to me in chronological order!!! Thanks for building this. Excited to see what comes next.
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surfkevin
3 years ago