Philosophy Now User Reviews

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Subscription not what I thought

I thought the one year subscription would also give me access to back issues. It doesn't.

Not a bad app.

I only subscribed for IOS, so I don’t have the issues others have mentioned. The app itself is very minimalistic. It’s not a very savvy app, technologically, by any means. But its format is easy to navigate and even allows for text-to-speech on IOS. For the content of the magazine, the quality fluctuates as all “pop” *insert topic* magazines tend to do. On the whole, I find little to complain about.
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Rubbish app (great magazine)

Cannot use with “website subscription”. In hindsight, maybe should have realised that “website subscription” meant “website-only subscription”, but surely one digital subscription should work for both app and web.

First rate read in a poor app.

The magazine itself is excellent thought provoking and stimulating in a way you might expect from a philosophy journal. The app itself is atrocious, it jumps from articles to the magazine front cover in one click is my particular gripe though the lack of a bookmark is also irritating.
Hopefully the app itself can be improved.
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Philosophy Now app

Are the publishers aware that a separate (paid?)subscription is necessary for the app, apart from desktop subscription? First time I have encountered this payment plan.

Two subscriptions?

From what I can tell, you have to purchase a subscription for the app even if you subscribed on a desktop. If this is the case, it’s pretty barbaric.

Excellent App for Excellent Mag

Wish it had the audio feature; listening to articles while driving.

Unusable

Cool idea, but the App is not ready for prime-time. Impossible to access the table of contents without the app freezing up. You’ll be staring at a blank screen, not reading philosophy articles. Wait till PN resolves this issue before wasting your time.

Good mag crap app

Attempts to return to contents page result in frozen white screen needing device restart to clear

Great app for philosophy lovers

Whole lot of philosophy that's easy to access and read.

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