First Things User Reviews

First Things
First Things
THE INSTITUTE ON RELIGION & PUBLIC LIFE INC

Customer Experience

Positive experience42.9% of reviews
Neutral8.6% of reviews
Negative experience48.6% of reviews

~ Based on 35 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is First Things Safe?

First Things appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for First Things is 91/100.

This assessment is based on 362 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

90.0% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.9% of ratings suggest some concerns
8.1% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 360 App Store ratings for First Things.

Is First Things Legit?

First Things appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for First Things is 78/100.

Based on 78 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Requires a separate subscription

Requires a separate subscription. I have a print and web subscription but I need a separate one for the app???

Please fix login methods!

I love First Things as a publication, but this app stinks. It doesn’t even give me the option to sign in to my digital subscription with my username and password! Please fix this as I’d love to use the app to access this content!

Not updating editions

The app is only accessing up to October 2023 editions even though Inhabe a current subscription

Great content, inflexible app.

Always thought provoking articles. However the “app” is little more than a pdf reader. In fact, it is less. You cannot save, bookmark, or interact with the text in any way. Also,this review seems to be in white colored font, so I can’t actually see what I am typing.

First Things is First Rate

This is by far the best “journal” of philosophy, politics and contemporary life published today. Most of our lives is filled with a lot of reading. Whatever you do, when you start to prioritize what needs to be read, put First Things at the top of that list!!

Excellent writing!

And topics I enjoy. Superb publication.

App is not great to navigate

I feel it would make a lot of sense if the table of contents was at least hyperlinked so I don’t have to just randomly scroll around at the bottom looking for the article I want to read. I prefer reading this kind of content on my phone, but the app is not great to navigate.

Must have reading for informed Catholics

Excellent writing, theology and insight! A must-have for thinking Catholics.

Needs a menu option

Please include a Contents so people can see the articles before buying the magazine

Superb

Radical, provocative and eminently well written.

Fix the app

When will you fix the app so the preview pane doesn’t interfere with the reading pane? It’s impossible to read a full article.

Love the publication, difficulty with the app interface

First Things produces some of the best writing available today. Absolutely love their articles, essays, and thoughts.

But the app on the iPhone cuts off the bottom quarter of the page with the horizontal scrolling page feature, and shows a black bar on top that could conceivably be used as space to fit the pages of the magazine. Additionally, there’s no way to minimize the horizontal scrolling pages feature, which makes it difficult to read the articles.
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Paid, can’t log in

Bought the app, can’t access it. 😞😞😞

Coherently intellectual

This nondenominational magazine forces one to think and importantly rethink the important moral in humanist issues of our history, our current time, and our future.

Can’t log in

I am a subscriber and have entered every possible bit of information and still cannot access this application. Terribly frustrating.

Terrible app!!!

The app is the unfriendliest ever. Can’t undeline, or copy, the look is terrible. Just an aweful app

First Things Journal Customer Service is abysmal

I have subscribed to this journal for years. I appreciate the content and quality of journalism but the Maz platform is awful - simply awful. I recently renewed my subscription and could access the 2019 issues for a bit but haven’t been able to access the new issue for a few weeks. FT simply will not answer my emails. I can only access issues from Dec 2018 and the back issues. I have no idea what to do.
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Terrible update does not work

This recent update is nonfunctional.

Latest Version is Useless

I faithfully updated the First Things app to the latest version a week ago and now I lost all saved items. It does not save editions that have been purchased for offline reading. It only shows items though December 2018. When I sent a request for help, I was told that the publisher did not release Jan, Feb or March 2019 for Maz ( the app creator) to put online. On another IPad Pro that thankfully have not updated to this version of the app, I still have access to all downloads and especially the 3 2019 issues. Do not update to this version!
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Broken & Defective

The most recent update made this app unusable, and I am unable to find a way to fix it.

I am going to cancel my subscription and see about getting a refund.