Cannot read it upside down on my ipad
The UK Guardian app is the only one of all my many apps that will not work upside down. No, I don’t read it standing on my head, but I often need to turn it around so that the charger is on top or read it sideways in bed. Please ask your colleagues that program the American Guardian app how they managed to do this miracle of iOS programming if you’re too embarrassed to ask programmers of other apps.
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U.K. Only
This app misrepresents itself. When you install “Editions” you find that only one edition is available — the U.K. edition. So if you’re a U.S. subscriber, you are a second class subscriber. Not cool.
I Can’t Subscribe - I Quit
The Guardian appears to have gone down some rabbit hole. I once subscribed to The Guardian Live World News app using an Apple in-app purchase. On top of my sub through Apple The Guardian lately started sending begging pop ups asking me to support them. I thought I was supporting them by subscribing through Apple. Perhaps the app is a loss leader. I had enough of this and terminated my subscription. After experimenting with other papers I decided to try Guardian Editions. Prices for in app purchases were stated, but no link to in-app purchases shown. When I opened Guardian Editions they knew my email address (how?) but told me no subscription was found. It did not offer to let me start one either. I've deleted the GE app.
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Content great, app has bugs
Photos and associated headings on the left of the app disappear when scrolling. They are there one second, scroll and they are gone the next. Scrolling on and they flicker.
Been happening for a while. Exclusive to Guardian app (doesn’t happen with other news apps)
Latest iPad running latest iOS
Been happening for a while. Exclusive to Guardian app (doesn’t happen with other news apps)
Latest iPad running latest iOS
Mostly a convenient way to enjoy The Guardian, some weaknesses
Use of this app comes as an extra with a subscription to the print edition: very handy, and not only when we’re away. But there are some problems I’d like to see addressed.
One is that the editorial content is not the same as the print edition. Sometimes an article in the app has extra verbiage that has been culled in print. And at least once I’ve seen an article I the app that was missing crucial details present in the printed text making nonsense of the (identical) headline. It would really suit me better if the app just reproduced the print version precisely.
It’s great having the crosswords available in the app. Two small things could improve that. First, keep the time visible while solving. It disappears as soon as you type something and some of us need reminding when we should be off to do something else. Second, the clues and the grid used to scroll separately, which was easier.
One is that the editorial content is not the same as the print edition. Sometimes an article in the app has extra verbiage that has been culled in print. And at least once I’ve seen an article I the app that was missing crucial details present in the printed text making nonsense of the (identical) headline. It would really suit me better if the app just reproduced the print version precisely.
It’s great having the crosswords available in the app. Two small things could improve that. First, keep the time visible while solving. It disappears as soon as you type something and some of us need reminding when we should be off to do something else. Second, the clues and the grid used to scroll separately, which was easier.
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Love the app but needs to be less buggy
I read the guardian almost every day on this app, as I have a subscription.
I like it and it’s well laid out, but there are multiple bugs:
- though I have background app refresh turned on, the app does not update the paper each day so I have to force close it and restart it to get today’s paper.
- It also does not seem to download the paper fully onto my device. it needs a strong wifi connection to load all articles, sometimes I just get blank pink boxes rather than the article, so when I’m out and about I need to use data to load it
- the share article button only shows on some articles, and when I go on the other guardian app it can be difficult to find the same article to share it
- the text is often changing its size and font mid-article, which can be annoying.
I’ve given the app four stars because I think the Guardian is great and the app is cool. However, the Guardian should invest more in its app to make it a five-star experience.
I like it and it’s well laid out, but there are multiple bugs:
- though I have background app refresh turned on, the app does not update the paper each day so I have to force close it and restart it to get today’s paper.
- It also does not seem to download the paper fully onto my device. it needs a strong wifi connection to load all articles, sometimes I just get blank pink boxes rather than the article, so when I’m out and about I need to use data to load it
- the share article button only shows on some articles, and when I go on the other guardian app it can be difficult to find the same article to share it
- the text is often changing its size and font mid-article, which can be annoying.
I’ve given the app four stars because I think the Guardian is great and the app is cool. However, the Guardian should invest more in its app to make it a five-star experience.
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Great when it works
The app’s content and design are great, but the problem is that it doesn’t always work properly. Issues fail to download, or the app shuts down while you’re reading some articles. I have been a subscriber for many years and will still use this app, but would appreciate if its creators would make it more consistently reliable. Problems appear more often on iPads than on iPhones. I sometimes cannot read an issue at all, which os upsetting when I pay for a subscription.
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Excellent content, sometimes clunky app
I am a long-time and relatively avid Guardian reader and engage with quite a lot of its sections and articles. I enjoy the insight and political balance it brings to a highly biased national media agenda. The app, however, can be clunky and less smooth than one would expect, especially if referring to the copy from the previous day or earlier in the week when it repeatedly seems to want to take the reader to the current day. It can also get “locked” witHin a section and only move horizontally when you want to move vertically between sections. So the journalism is great, the app on,y mediocre.
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The same old problems
As other people have pointed out, it’s a hit and miss affair if you want to view a previous edition, even from the day before. What I find most frustrating is that when you close the app say half way through the edition you are reading, when you reopen the app it always takes you back to the beginning. The Times app always lets you carry on from where you left off. One last moan-I’ve noticed in the past 10 days that images in articles are not being downloaded. To view the image you have to click on the blank space.
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Depressing and backwards
I want an app that seamlessly downloads the daily edition and allows me to flick through effortlessly… historically the Guardian did this and i’ve been a loyal reader for many years… Recently the edition doesn’t download even when the “tick” indicates it has and if in a dodgy internet zone get “article not available as your offline” error message. This is doubly frustrating when just about to board a flight or similar. I was completely unable to download the weekend editions I am also having to wait 5-10 seconds before being able to swipe to next article… Please sort this out… what we ask for isn’t rocket science.
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