Worst App
This App needs to be upgraded. Worst app on my phone. If it’s not upgraded soon I will be deleting it. The gallery section is even blank.
Good content, needs updated
This app is what you'd expect in terms of content -- the industry news and insights of Variety's excellent staff. The problem is that it needs updated and often is slow to load or crashes.
Yikes
It'd be nice if this app didn't crash or freeze every time I try using it. And it'd be nice to offer the option to copt links, or have the article at least open in a web browser so I could copy the link myself and share it. But I guess the app developers Variety hired are strapped for cash or just couldn't be bothered to supply basic functions in a mobile app. You'd be better off just going straight to the website off a web browser, because the app is essentially useless and just takes up space. One star.
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Great Content, Awful Look
Same content as online and easier to access, but the look is not even close to the refined and beautiful website. Although the articles are the same, I will stick with the website because the app is not aesthetically pleasing.
Needs updating
Solid app, does the necessities. However, the app's in serious need of an update to bring it up to speed. A speed reading function would be nice
Great content -- but unable to share story links
Variety, always great content, but the share button does not include a link back to the story---you are leaving a huge portion of readership off the table with this dysfunctional feature. Please fix ASAP.
where did the slowdown come from?
This used to be one of my favorite apps until it started freezing, taking a minute or more to load. It will often crash and have to be restarted, only to still take minutes to refresh. Please update!
so slow to load and small font on section page
Why is the app so slow - as if the app is frozen - when the app is started? (You are probably busy on loading gallery photos in the background, but why don't you do that if I click on gallery section!?)
Why can't the font on the front page and on each section's page be changed like while reading an article?
Why are the titles in each article all capitalized? It so hard to read!
Why can't the font on the front page and on each section's page be changed like while reading an article?
Why are the titles in each article all capitalized? It so hard to read!
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Nice
This app must've been recently updated because all of the problems regarding links taking you outside the app seems to have been addressed. App has full articles and even when you click a link for a related article it opens that one up fully within the app. So far very nice.
You get what you pay for, I guess.
Apparently this app hasn't been updated in a year and a half (still not optimized for iPhone 5, which is really annoying), and has more than a few frustrating limitations (starting with no search function, and no ability to "load more" than the 20 most recent articles per section). Compared to Variety's mobile-optimized website, this app is kind of a dinosaur.
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