# Prospect Magazine > Intelligent perspectives on politics, culture, and world news with in-depth analysis. (iPhone/iPad app by Prospect Publishing Ltd.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/prospect-magazine/id510095638 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Prospect Publishing Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/1501681308) - Category: News, Magazines & Newspapers - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.60/5 from 42 App Store ratings · 66 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 16.0 · 27 MB - Languages: British English - Released: 2012-03-19 - Data updated: 2026-08-30 - Monetization: subscription - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/prospect-magazine/id510095638/reviews.md ## What is Prospect Magazine? Get thought-provoking articles on politics, current affairs and world news Explore the world of ideas with Prospect magazine, your go-to source for intelligent perspectives on politics, culture, current affairs and world news. Engage with thought-provoking articles, in-depth analysis and expert commentary from leading voices across the globe. By downloading the app, you’re carrying with you a commitment to independent journalism and a dedication to staying informed. The Prospect app offers a wide variety of fantastic features, including: - Easy access to Prospect’s journalism on-the-go - Regular digital-only stories - Agenda-setting podcasts - Ability to play and queue narrated articles - Notifications on your home screen/straight to your device?, so that you never miss newly published content - Estimated story read times—you can decide what to read now and what to save for later - The full digital archive Subscribe to the Prospect of a better future and access our journalism on your device anywhere and at any time. Download the app today! HOW TO ACCESS: To gain full access to our journalism, please sign in using your Prospect account. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ “Essential for anyone who wants to understand what’s happening, rather than having their prejudices confirmed. Prospect has all the important debates.” - Diane Coyle, economist “Prospect boasts some of the finest long-form writers in journalism today. It is not merely the breadth of its stories or the quality of its analysis, but the space it allows for thought that sets it apart from so much else.” - Emily Maitlis, journalist and broadcaster ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prospect Magazine – Pricing: - Subscription 1 month: GBP 6.99* - Subscription 1 year: GBP 49* * For non-UK app stores, the equivalent currency charges will apply. Additional Subscription Information: - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 240hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeit when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Please read our Privacy Policy: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/privacy-policy And our Terms of Use: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/terms-of-use ## Key features - Thought-provoking articles - In-depth analysis - Expert commentary - Digital-only stories - Agenda-setting podcasts - Narrated articles - Full digital archive ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Prospect Auto-Renewable Subscriptions | $49.00 | per year | | Prospect Magazine | $49.99 | per year | | Prospect Magazine | $3.99 | per month | | Prospect Auto-Renewable Subscriptions | $6.99 | per month | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 195. June 2012 (id:370119) | $5.99 | one-time | | 196. July 2012 (id:374276) | $5.99 | one-time | | 197. August 2012 (id:372574) | $5.99 | one-time | | 199. October 2012 (id:406992) | $5.99 | one-time | | 201. December 2012 (id:374063) | $5.99 | one-time | | issue241 | $3.99 | one-time | | issue240 | $3.99 | one-time | ## What do users think of Prospect Magazine? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - ✨ Well-written and intelligent articles - 👍 Great content and insightful commentary - 📱 Improved app experience - 👍 Easy to use and navigate - 🚀 Fast and efficient content delivery - 💡 Thought-provoking and balanced articles - ✅ Works well on various devices - 🌟 High-quality journalism - 👍 Intuitive app design - 👍 Great new features (audio, bookmarking) - 👍 Reader view and proper scrolling - 👍 Well-researched and articulated opinions - 👍 Good value subscription options - 👍 Simple and intuitive layout - 👍 Excellent contributor group **Cons** - 🐛 Glitchy and unreliable app - 🐛 Login issues and access problems - 🐛 App crashes frequently - 🐛 Poor user interface and navigation - 🐛 Content not optimized for mobile - 🐛 PDF viewer is terrible - 🐛 Ads spliced into articles - 🐛 Dark mode missing - 🐛 Inconsistent performance across devices - 🐛 Subscription issues (paying again) - 🐛 Clunky and slow app - 🐛 Difficult to navigate - 🐛 Not optimized for larger screens - 🐛 Text too small and uncomfortable to read - 🐛 Horizontal scrolling required - 🐛 Download speed is poor - 🐛 App freezes - 🐛 Does not support native resolution on iPad - 🐛 Layout is appalling - 🐛 Text confined to a scrolling box - 🐛 Requires multiple logins on different sites - 🐛 Password reset issues - 🐛 Difference between posts and magazine content unclear - 🐛 Navigation is a muddle - 🐛 App is a catastrophe - 🐛 Useless app - 🐛 Awful app - 🐛 Unusable on iPad - 🐛 Customer service unhelpful - 🐛 Content unreadable on iPad mini - 🐛 Font does not render correctly - 🐛 No custom font size or zoom - 🐛 Ignored refund requests - 🐛 App is rubbish - 🐛 Frustratingly bad - 🐛 Login fail repeatedly - 🐛 Wants payment again - 🐛 No good on iPhone - 🐛 App needs work - 🐛 Poorly designed app - 🐛 Download speed is poor - 🐛 Content is not easy to read - 🐛 Involuntary nose-to-phone reading posture - 🐛 Latest update broken - 🐛 Horrendously slow to download - 🐛 Not in Newsstand - 🐛 Not designed for iPhone 6 plus - 🐛 Displays articles as images - 🐛 Not suitable for iPad mini - 🐛 App freezes under iOS8 **Commonly reported bugs** - Login page is glitchy - Unable to access content - Tried to log-in for the past two days - App is a catastrophe - PDF copy of the magazine with a terrible viewer - Splices ads into articles - Glitchy, won't open, pops up and closes - Downloads article fine, but unreliable - App should not try to replicate hard copy - Makes navigation more difficult - App is terrible - Cannot log in - Clunky, difficult to navigate - White screen on launch - App abandoned by developer? - Wants to login every time, doesn't remember status - Login lets me login but still wants payment - Customer Service is no help - Endless run around between magazine and pocketmags - Worst access ever experienced - Endless loop between app and Pocketmags - Unable to access magazine issues - Subscription service always failing - App slow and clunky - Constantly contact customer support - App is an absolute clunker on iPad - Subscription living on borrowed time - Doesn't support native resolution for anything larger than iPhone - Writing not sharp on larger devices - Layout is appalling - Text confined to a scrolling box - Navigation bar occupies huge left column - All space should be given to article - App makes it annoying to read - App is shoddy and not worth the effort - App works well on iPhone and iPad - Unusable on iPad - Third party app Pocketmags for iPad access - Wouldn't work on iPad - Calls to helpline unhelpful - Cancelled subscription - Well designed app - Clever 2D design - Adverts occupy own pages - Never interrupt reading flow - Needs reasonably large screen - Terrible app - Several logins on different sites - Password reset takes time - Difference between posts and magazine content unclear - Navigation is a muddle - Infuriating - Annoying - Keep downloading same issue - Lose issue when offline - Cannot copy magazine apps that work - App keeps crashing on trying to open - Would like to read mag, app is useless - App too slow, takes long to download - Tried on multiple Wi-Fi & 4G pathways - Unintuitive and unhelpful - Defaults to barely half iPad Air's screen - Parts of pages missing - App crashes on launch on iOS9 - Latest Update Broken - Horrendously slow to download - No longer in Newsstand - On the verge of cancelling - What's happened??? - Worked perfectly - Updated it today and it doesn't cover whole screen - Looks like it's not designed to work with iPhone 6 plus - Very poor for digital version - Good magazine. Poor app. - Doesn't display properly on iPhone 6 - Displays articles as images to zoom - WARNING: Not suitable for iPad mini - Still not readable on iPad mini - Content unreadable on mini iPads - Font does not render correctly - Kerning is off - No ability to resolve with custom font size - No simple zoom mechanism - Totally devalues the brand - Emailed for cancel and refund but was ignored - iPad mini owners take out subscription at own peril - Good content, bad layout - Content not easy to read on iPhone 6 - Pages with single column layout difficult - Scanned version of print edition - Hard to keep reading content - App freezes under iOS8 - Does not accept login details - Not impressed - Loses link to subscription - Cannot download paid for subscription copies - App is demanding these be purchased separately - Wants me to pay again - Latest issue demanding payment - Subscription runs for another four months - No good on iPhone - Hopeless on iPhone app - Too difficult to read - Interface needs improvement - App needs work - Impossible to enlarge font size on iPad2 - Text is so small as to be uncomfortable to read - Fairly poorly designed app all round - Essentially a glorified PDF reader - Reader has to fit screen to text - Text automatically fitting the screen is missing - Lots of horizontal scrolling - Stuck with text that is overly small - Have to zoom and maneuver between columns - Download speed is poor - Magazine is still readable, but a bit of a chore - Detracts from editorial content **Most requested features** - Dark mode support - Access to separate articles on the app as per the website - Feature to favorite articles or flag specific points - Enable reading in landscape mode - Copying text for clipping - Linked table of contents - Improved interface for iPhone - Automatic text fitting to screen - Zoom mechanism for text - Device-specific design for illustrators and designers ## Recent user reviews (10 of 66) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/prospect-magazine/id510095638/reviews.md ### 1/5 — More partisan flummery *2025-12-16* This magazine doesn’t hide its lockstep ideological alignment with the ruling left. Intellectually vitiated yet potentially edifying — at least insofar as it illuminates the elitist ideology that dominates discourse today. Best read alongside more marginalised, countervailing voices from the political centre and right for balance. Otherwise, there is little to recommend here: Bog-standard misinformation and the earnest spin of tired agitprop delivered with dismissive parochialism. ### 5/5 — Chefs Kiss *2025-04-26, version 8.0.4* I’ve never heard of Prospect Magazine in my puff. Better late than never. The writing is a joy. ### 5/5 — Even better than the magazine *2025-01-19* I loved the magazine but always felt pressure to read cover to cover before the next issue. I am loving the articles dropping regularly onto my phone. There are very few authors I haven’t enjoyed, and I love the mix of thought provoking and more general content. ### 5/5 — On point *2024-11-16* This magazine has really accurate factual analysis and I enjoy its point of view. Allows me to think about applying UK lessons locally. ### 1/5 — Unable to access *2024-07-22, version 8.0.0* The login page is glitchy so still not able to access the content ### 1/5 — Useless app *2024-05-04, version 8.0.0* I’ve tried to log-in for the past two days. I’ve got another two editions to receive on the special offer I took up. At this rate I won’t be bothering to extend my membership once they run out. ### 4/5 — Amazing writers *2024-04-21* Fantastic writers and coverage. Only loses a star for not having dark mode support. Too glaring to read in bed in low light conditions at night. ### 5/5 — Very good articles and presentation *2024-03-31* The recent improvements make the app a great way to read the magazine. Well done to everyone involved! ### 4/5 — London Mayororial contest. *2024-03-26* Well!! Sort of a beat-up, London is a separate country, the product of the rest of England excluding the capital is the equivalent of the state of Louisiana. Londinistan will go it's own way and ride it's own wave. The financial capital, the old city of London is inevitably moving to the European mainland but as its all electronic now-will it matter. ### 5/5 — Impressive journalism *2024-02-11* I really enjoy reading Prospect. In-depth and well researched articles that are well balanced. The new app has enhanced the experience greatly ## Frequently asked questions about Prospect Magazine ### What kind of content does this app offer? This app provides thought-provoking articles, in-depth analysis, and expert commentary on politics, culture, current affairs, and world news. It also features digital-only stories and agenda-setting podcasts. ### How can I access the content? To gain full access to the journalism, you need to sign in using your Prospect account. Subscriptions are available on a monthly or yearly basis. ### What are the subscription costs? A 1-month subscription costs GBP 6.99, and a 1-year subscription costs GBP 49. For non-UK app stores, equivalent currency charges will apply. Payment is charged to your iTunes Account upon purchase. ### Can I listen to articles? Yes, the app allows you to play and queue narrated articles. This feature enables you to listen to content on-the-go, making it convenient for multitasking. ### How does the subscription renewal work? Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 240 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. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 8.0.11 — 2025-10-20 New and improved features have been added to the app. My feed - Curate your own personalised feed of stories in the Prospect app by following the topics and writers that matter to you the most. Tooltips - We’ve added some helpful tips to show you where the best features of the app are located ### 8.0.4 — 2024-08-20 New and improved features added to the app. ### 8.0.0 — 2024-01-31 New and improved features added to the app. ### 7.1.15 — 2023-03-22 New and improved app homepage New subscription page My Account controls Numerous bug fixes and improvements We're here to help! Please contact help@pocketmags.com with any questions or feedback. ### 7.1.14 — 2023-03-13 New and improved app homepage New subscription page My Account controls Numerous bug fixes and improvements We're here to help! 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