Church Times App.
Paper is fine. However app continues to have major problems and crashes most of the time.
Unusable
Looking to get my money back. So tired of articles jumping up to the top when trying to scroll.
Useless App
My experience is much the same as others here. It simply barely works, is late and today refuses to let me in as a digital subscriber. Son after months of this I will not be renewing my subscription in August. DH
Disappointed
I am finding it impossible to access through the App. I’ve tried and tried. The previous App was so easy.
Inadequate
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June 2025
App seems to have been recently improved and if it works consistently I would upgrade to 3 or 4 stars.
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May 2025
Given how much you’re paying to subscribe, this is a very poor experience.
Church Times is theoretically published on a Friday but who knows when and how the app will decide to download the latest issue. I have recently got a new device with up to date os but the experience is the same.
Interface: If you hold your finger even a split second too long on an article it scrolls right back to the top.
All the job ads say they were published on 1st Jan, regardless of the true date.
I may go back to paper subscription.
June 2025
App seems to have been recently improved and if it works consistently I would upgrade to 3 or 4 stars.
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May 2025
Given how much you’re paying to subscribe, this is a very poor experience.
Church Times is theoretically published on a Friday but who knows when and how the app will decide to download the latest issue. I have recently got a new device with up to date os but the experience is the same.
Interface: If you hold your finger even a split second too long on an article it scrolls right back to the top.
All the job ads say they were published on 1st Jan, regardless of the true date.
I may go back to paper subscription.
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Sad
The new app is terrible, I have to reinstall it weekly to read the latest edition. It is harder to navigate and has made me return to the print edition
Inadequate
Given how much you’re paying to subscribe, this is a very poor experience.
Church Times is theoretically published on a Friday but who knows when and how the app will decide to download the latest issue. I have recently got a new device with up to date os but the experience is the same.
Interface: If you hold your finger even a split second too long on an article it scrolls right back to the top.
All the job ads say they were published on 1st Jan, regardless of the true date.
I may go back to paper subscription.
Church Times is theoretically published on a Friday but who knows when and how the app will decide to download the latest issue. I have recently got a new device with up to date os but the experience is the same.
Interface: If you hold your finger even a split second too long on an article it scrolls right back to the top.
All the job ads say they were published on 1st Jan, regardless of the true date.
I may go back to paper subscription.
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Why?
This was a good app but now I don’t get the new edition until Monday, I can’t read the up to date edition straight away, I have to download each section to read everything when I used to be able to pick some and leave others for later without going back through the process. I subscribe to The Tablet and it is there on Thursday, an email lets me know it’s there, it downloads and is available to read like the hard copy. Seems clear to me, use the same system for the CT.
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Illegible
The decision to change the font from a good, clear option to a cramped, greyed-out one is baffling. It’s not even stylish. Clearly no thought has been given to those with visual impairments. I’m regretting my decision to switch from a print to a digital subscription, which was based on how readable the app previously was.
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Latest version of this app is incompetent
The CT app worked perfectly well until the 'updates' of this calendar year. Since then, each week's edition will not download unless I laboriously log out and then log back in to my account. This applies to up to date Apple devices that should be compatible with the app, e.g., the latest 2024 11 inch iPad M2. Once downloaded, the app takes much longer to open each edition: the earlier version was much quicker to open. These issues are an example of incompetence and need to be rectified. Users are not currently getting the quality of service for which they have paid. I have now started logging into the CT website in preference to the app. Please correct these issues.
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New app unusable
As others have said, the only way to read a new issue is to delete and reinstall the app. The old version worked ok, the new one is terrible. One lost subscriber here.
Can’t use my log in
Sorry but I can’t log in. Used to work just fine.
New app still broken on 4th April
Still crashes when attempting to read latest issue. Other issues as well on ipqd OS. 18.3. Useless in its present state
Clunky and Unreliable App
I am an ordinand and as such I receive the CT for which I am very grateful. The app did work fairly well until the recent updates and now it fails to update to the latest issue rendering it unreliable.
New app is terrible
The old app worked much better and was easier to navigate. Trying to access current issue is impossible and only way to even see the latest date and download is to uninstall and reinstall the app. This is on an up to date 2024 iPadAir. I often end up trying to read it on the website which I dislike as current issue is nowhere to be seen On the app.
This needs correcting or preferably reverting to old app. As a digital subscriber only, the app really does not work.
This needs correcting or preferably reverting to old app. As a digital subscriber only, the app really does not work.
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Getting Worse
iPad version (Spring 2025) seems to be much worse than previous versions. Does not update on Friday - whereas iPhone version mostly does. Deleting app and starting again helps only once, then issue repeats. It worked before so why are users beta testing a poor replacement? Obvs my own experiences.
Bad to worse
The recent “upgrades” to the app have broken it to the point where it’s now unusable. Log in not retained, forced log out to access new editions, and now taking for ever just to download copies that are already on the account.
Would be 0 stars if that were an option.
Would be 0 stars if that were an option.
Doesn’t work
For several weeks now the App has not worked on my iPhone running IOS 18.3. The app is stuck on the latest issue being 7 February. Today’s issue has also not appeared.
Useless since redesign
I used to love this app but since the redesign it’s useless. It refuses to download the latest issue, or even the one before that. I’ve tried deleting the app and reinstalling but that has made no difference.
The result: I’m paying a subscription but can’t read the publication. The latest quirk is that the app now won’t even let me sign in, after I deleted/reinstalled in hope of coaxing it to work. Design fail.
The result: I’m paying a subscription but can’t read the publication. The latest quirk is that the app now won’t even let me sign in, after I deleted/reinstalled in hope of coaxing it to work. Design fail.
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This App isn’t working at the moment
It used to be great but since the format changed it is really slow and does t automatically update with the new edition. So I have to keep deleting and reinstalling the app … nearly ready to ask for my money back.
