Paywall
Might as well just charge for the app if every single article and poem is behind a paywall.
Response from developer
We apologize for the inconvenience: this was an error on our end, and you should now be able to read selections from each issue of the magazine without a subscription. Thanks for your interest in poetry and your candid review!
Literally save me from brain rot
Every time I am tempted to doom scroll instead I read a poem. I feel sooooo much better for it.
Freedom is in artists speaking truth
We must support our artists and poets are the pinnacle of artists.
Time
I find when I am down or up, being able to quickly open the app and flip to a poem my heart is refreshed - then back to the fray that marks each day
Wonderful magazine
I live in the UK so a print subscription doesn’t really work for me. The digital subscription through this app is well worth the cost - it’s introduced me to some wonderful poets I haven’t met before, and thoughtful essays on the art of poetry.
Outstanding App
Excellent visuals, easy to read, everything relevant and important about reading the publication is duplicated online. The download was quick and easy. Clarity and quality allows the poetry reader to focus on the content which is without peer.
The free version allows access to many of the back issues (not all). The annual subscription is relatively cheap (£29/year at the writing of this review).
I’m recommending it to all my fellow poets and those who would like to have more poetry in their lives.
The free version allows access to many of the back issues (not all). The annual subscription is relatively cheap (£29/year at the writing of this review).
I’m recommending it to all my fellow poets and those who would like to have more poetry in their lives.
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Missing theme search from old app
You used to be able to visually search by theme of poetry which was great!
Love
Love this magazine. Love this app. ❤️swoon❤️.
great app
great app. great poetry.
Learning without end.
I have read poetry for eight decades but in the past ten years I am finally learning poetry thanks to Poetry.
I flipped open essays this morning and discovered a delightful discussion of Chaucer that will prompt me to re-explore the Canterbury Tales with much better understanding.
Don’t change and never forget most of your support is from silent but very ardent appreciators. Thank you for being.
I flipped open essays this morning and discovered a delightful discussion of Chaucer that will prompt me to re-explore the Canterbury Tales with much better understanding.
Don’t change and never forget most of your support is from silent but very ardent appreciators. Thank you for being.
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Great
best poetry app
I’m not sure what
I’m going back yin
Refreshing as a breath of fresh air.❤️🙏
Refreshing as a breath of fresh air.❤️🙏
Bring back the spinner
It saved my life.
What a blessing
We are lucky to have this app.
Poet audio makes for a better publication than print!
Excellent, intuitive design. Accessible audio and text. Hold your phone sideways for the correct line breaks. I’m not sure if it’s default night-mode, but the white text on black is really nice. Love the downloadable issues! They’ve perfected the format of monthly publication on a phone. Maybe even nicer than a physical mag! Controversial, but i LOVE the audio recordings of people reading their poems. 10/10 excellent work!
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No Support
App stopped downloading new issues starting January 2023. I paid for a subscription in the App Store through April 2023. Developer (Poetry Magazine) says they don’t support app subscriptions purchased in the App Store. I spent over two hours with Apple Support trying to trouble shoot, with no success. I was not willing to spend any more time trying to resolve, and asked Apple to process a refund for the unused subscription. The agent didn’t seem to be able to process a refund. I would suggest a print subscription by mail if you want a reliable method to subscribe.
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WHAT HAPPENED
I used to love the spin feature for the app. What happened to that?
Expected more than the magazine
I love the app and I love The Poetry Foundation. I regularly check the website but I was expecting the app to be like the web, just in an app-format. That is, being able to read the poem of the day, any other poem, articles, etc. Everything we have in the web for free + the magazine for the subscribers. Maybe soon?
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Gosh. I hate this app.
I loved The Poetry Foundation’s very first app with the revolving poem finder. It was amazing. It centered the poems, the work, then the poets, THEN the publication.
I didn’t have to wade through editions of the publication to try to find a poem. IT WAS THERE.
NOW, I am confronted by the publication, by ribbons of words so badly laid out that the poems are lost in the stacks of publication issues. It puts me off poetry and using The Poetry Foundation as a way to explore it.
Recover that application. Update it. Put the editions online via your website where people can peruse to their heart’s content.
As it is, this new-to-me app hides the poetry and the poets by placing the publication first.
It’s a disaster.
I didn’t have to wade through editions of the publication to try to find a poem. IT WAS THERE.
NOW, I am confronted by the publication, by ribbons of words so badly laid out that the poems are lost in the stacks of publication issues. It puts me off poetry and using The Poetry Foundation as a way to explore it.
Recover that application. Update it. Put the editions online via your website where people can peruse to their heart’s content.
As it is, this new-to-me app hides the poetry and the poets by placing the publication first.
It’s a disaster.
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