# Granta — The Magazine Of New Writing

> Literary magazine publishing journalism, fiction, poetry, memoir, and photography. (iPhone/iPad app by Granta.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/granta/id1020147105 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Granta](https://appshunter.io/developer/1020147104)
- Category: Books, Magazines & Newspapers
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 1.40/5 from 33 App Store ratings · 79 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 20 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2015-10-19
- Data updated: 2026-08-31
- Monetization: subscription
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/granta/id1020147105/reviews.md

## What is Granta?

Granta is one of the world's most respected literary magazines, acclaimed for the quality of its writing and for its mix of established and emerging authors.

Published quarterly in book form Granta is respected around the world for its eclectic combination of journalism, fiction, poetry, memoir and photography.

Alongside exclusive free weekly content, readers can access each new issue of Granta on the day of publication, as well as over one thousand pieces of writing and photography from previous Granta magazines over the last thirty years by purchasing an annual subscription.

Annual subscriptions can be purchased and these subscriptions will auto-renew until you choose to cancel. 
N.B. 
- The price of the annual subscription is £23.99
- Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase 
- Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period 
- Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period 
- You can manage your subscription and switch off the auto-renewal by accessing your Account Settings after purchase 
- No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period

Please see here for our privacy policy and terms:

http://granta.com/privacy-statement/

http://granta.com/terms/

Our archive contains work by writers like Margaret Atwood, Ann Beattie, Roberto Bolaño, Anne Carson, Raymond Carver, Lydia Davis, Don DeLillo, Bret Easton Ellis, Nadine Gordimer, Kazuo Ishiguro, Alice Munro, Haruki Murakami, Salman Rushdie, Paul Theroux, Binyavanga Wainaina, Jeanette Winterson and many more. 

 ‘In its blend of memoirs and photojournalism, and in its championing of contemporary realist fiction, Granta has its face pressed firmly against the window, determined to witness the world.’ – The Observer

## Key features

- Quarterly literary magazine
- Mix of fiction, poetry, memoir, journalism
- Exclusive weekly content
- Archive of 30+ years
- Work by established and emerging authors
- Photography included

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Granta Digital Subscription | $31.99 | per year |


## What do users think of Granta?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 💎 Excellent content quality
- 📚 Access to back catalogue

**Cons**

- 🐛 App frequently crashes
- 😩 Constant login prompts
- 😵 Unintuitive navigation
- ⚫ Lacks dark mode
- 📏 No text size adjustment
- 🔄 No screen rotation support
- 🚫 Offline reading not supported
- 🤷‍♂️ App feels abandoned
- 📉 Poor performance
- ⚪ Blank screens on article load
- 🪲 Login issues
- 🗑️ Unresponsive support

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Subscription restore issues
- Weekly feature not refreshing
- App requires login almost every time
- Internet connection required message despite connection
- Blank screen when tapping articles
- Weekly section not working
- Issue cover disappears
- Share link goes to homepage
- Login details not remembered
- No landscape support
- Menu navigation unclear
- Moving images for show
- Annoying navigation
- Weird division between 'the weekly' and 'the library'
- Keeps signing out
- Cannot adjust font size
- Needs night mode
- Scrolling off-center sends to another article
- Doesn't remember reading position
- Cannot bookmark within an article
- App has been problematic for years
- Login function hidden
- Sign-in info not remembered for long
- Last lines of articles cut off
- App doesn't work on iPad
- Screen rotation hit-or-miss
- Overall experience stinks
- App needs a refresh
- Text size is too small
- Roulette wheel of chance when reading
- Sign in EVERY time
- App crashes all the time
- Looks hideous and uncomfortable to use
- Cannot access account after forgetting password
- Email for recovery not recognized
- App only works in portrait mode
- Images are pixelated
- Photo features lump photographs together
- Cannot bookmark one's location
- App has not been updated in ages
- App doesn't remember login details
- Cannot swipe to next article
- App just doesn’t work on an IPad
- Screen rotation is hit-or-miss
- Navigation is really unintuitive
- App is in desperate need of a refresh
- Type size too small
- Scrolling up the page is wrong
- Cannot bookmark a single page
- No night time mode
- App crashes constantly
- Asks to login almost every time
- App makes reading a hassle
- Cannot alter text size
- Sign in Each time I open the app
- Won’t take me past title pages
- Deleting and redownloading doesn't solve problem
- App freezes when accessing the Weekly
- Magazine pages do not display
- Only table of contents displayed
- App updates seem to fix issues
- Cannot download anything beyond the title
- No app support found
- No bug fixes or developments in over a year
- App doesn’t work
- Magazine doesn’t reply to emails
- White screen when trying to read downloaded issue
- Obscure app
- Online only subscription a mistake
- Cannot access any editions (blank pages)
- Struggling to read issues
- Cannot read any of the articles
- Blank screen where text should be
- App is usually not functional
- App does not work. Period.
- Horrible app
- App totally unusable
- Refuses to provide support
- Emails to support not answered
- App does not work with recent iOS 11
- Weekly pieces section not opening
- App is basically becoming useless
- Free section doesn't work
- Just a 'G' in the middle of the screen
- App doesn't support landscape mode
- Logins on app and website don't recognize user
- Publisher doesn't respond to requests
- No functionality for reading offline
- No search functionality
- Navigation and menus not labelled or intuitive
- App is too much like hard work to read
- User experience is terrible
- Developers didn't ask users for feedback
- Developers didn't look at other apps
- Forces portrait format
- No method of storing read content
- Bookmarking does nothing
- Doesn't remember book or page place
- Interface is barren and not user friendly
- Content can't be accessed offline
- No access to content after subscribing
- App won't let me sign in
- Authentication info incorrect
- Customer service hasn't answered email
- Password reset email not received
- Logs out every time
- Tedious to login every time
- Download doesn't mean offline viewing
- Need for internet connection is a waste
- Interface is clunky and confusing
- Takes me to the last issue I was reading
- Have to delete and reinstall to look at another issue
- Nothing shows up
- Not optimized for newer iPhones
- App goes nowhere near doing justice to content
- Can't sign in because App Store didn't give subscription number
- Surly customer service agent
- Not in the system
- Text is not adjustable
- Impossible to read on iPad pro
- Scrolling often switches to a different one
- Lose place when scrolling
- No way to delete downloaded editions
- Menu bar flashing distractingly
- Hard to navigate
- Lacks good overview of contents
- Frequently lose what I'm reading
- No way to connect print subscription
- Nothing helpful on the website
- App signs me out automatically
- Doesn't keep your spot in a piece
- App needs to be re-designed

**Most requested features**

- Ability to adjust text size
- Dark mode
- Pagination options
- Share link to article
- Landscape mode support
- Offline reading
- Search functionality
- Bookmark specific pages
- Mark articles as read
- Hide read articles
- Delete downloaded editions
- Sync print subscription
- Kindle download access

## Recent user reviews (10 of 79)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/granta/id1020147105/reviews.md

### 2/5 — Frustrating - needs update

*2026-07-04*

I love Granta magazine but this app is desperately in need of an update. I’m constantly asked to sign back into my account and there’s occasions where I can’t access the library at all. Easier just to access through browser.

### 1/5 — Why bother having an app?

*2026-05-11*

Unable to restore subscription, even after redownloading the app. The weekly feature has not refreshed since the week I purchased my subscription almost a year ago.

### 1/5 — Always logging in

*2026-04-27*

Nice to look at and use. But you have to log in almost every time. Total pain. Defeats the purpose of the app. Simpler to just keep the book near, but reduces my time reading Granta as a result. Shameful product.

### 1/5 — :(

*2026-02-26*

just cant use the app. it say that I need to have a connection with the internet but Im already connected and never launch

### 1/5 — I can’t read a thing

*2025-09-23*

I have the app for the past year and a half and I have a paid subscription. Suddenly the app has stopped working. I can’t read a thing. It’s a blank screen every time I tap on an article. Please help. Before this it was working wonderfully.

### 1/5 — Granta Magazine is great, the app is not

*2025-07-13*

That’s it really - barely works. Click on weekly multiple times to find nothing happens. Occasionally an issue cover appears below the line then disappears. Broken app.

### 1/5 — Granta, this is pathetic

*2025-07-12, version 2.0.3*

Add basic functions: Ability to adjust text size. Dark mode. Pagination options. A share link that actually links to the article, not just the granta.com home page. Looks like you spent a lot of money on your overly busy menu page. Hire a programmer instead of an undergrad design student.

### 2/5 — Log in prompts

*2025-05-02*

I wish they would update the app to fix the issue of it requesting my log in details every few days. It really lets down the whole digital subscription, which we do pay for after all.

### 1/5 — Garbage

*2025-02-16*

It is amazing that a good publication - in terms of content - has such an awful presence in the Apple store. I am not sure if the Granta management is either digital illiterate or simply indolent. At any case, they don’t spend too much time thinking about their readers.

### 2/5 — Knackered

*2024-11-18*

The app works, crudely. It looks okay. But needs some serious effort, and most of all, configurability. Font size, light/dark mode, at a minimum. It feels like a hack job, and probably it’s been orphaned and no one at Granta either uses it or cares at all.

## Frequently asked questions about Granta

### What kind of content does Granta offer?

Granta publishes a diverse range of literary content, including journalism, fiction, poetry, memoir, and photography. It is known for featuring both established and emerging authors, offering a blend of genres and perspectives.

### How often are new issues released?

New issues of Granta are published quarterly, meaning four times a year. In addition to these new releases, subscribers also gain access to exclusive free weekly content and a substantial archive of past issues.

### What is the cost of an annual subscription?

An annual subscription to Granta costs £23.99. This subscription will auto-renew unless you choose to cancel it. Payment is processed through your iTunes Account upon confirmation of purchase.

### Can I cancel my subscription?

Yes, you can manage your subscription and switch off auto-renewal by accessing your Account Settings after purchase. However, cancellation of the current subscription is not permitted during the active subscription period.

### What is the benefit of the Granta archive?

The Granta archive provides access to over one thousand pieces of writing and photography from previous Granta magazines spanning the last thirty years. This extensive collection allows readers to explore a rich history of literary works by notable authors.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.0.3 — 2022-01-26

iOS 15 support

### 2.0.0 — 2021-06-15

Minor bug fixes and updates.

### 1.0.13 — 2018-05-24

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

IOS11.3 fixes and catalogue issue

### 1.0.12 — 2018-05-23

Minor fix for iOS11.3 users

### 1.0.11 — 2017-05-14

-minor fixes

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