Misleading subscription info
The app is very misleading. I thought my subscription had been cancelled but they have still been taking the payments.
Lost mags
Was working great, 5 stars, but then some mags in the UK (I live elsewhere) have stopped showing. Owners say they have changed nothing. People in UK say they see the mags. Main reason I use Readly now useless. Update: Readly say here that it’s the Cafeyn acquisition and some titles are no longer however in my region. However the owner of the mag says they never changed anything and should be worldwide. Note Readly support never replied to my queries, only here where it is public and affects reviews
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Readly Review
I’ve been on Readly now for a couple of years and it’s nothing short of epic. Such variety, easy to navigate and that variety broadens one’s horizons. In short, great value that puts a smile on my aging 61yr old face each time I open the App.
Best subscription I have
I’ve had a Readly subscription for years now and can honestly say it’s a great value App.. There are literally hundreds of magazines at your fingertips, saving money and the environmental impact of printed material. I love that I can bookmark my favourite recipes to come back to later, and hope that we are not going to lose this facility in the next upgrade.
I definitely recommend this app for any magazine readers.
I definitely recommend this app for any magazine readers.
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Really poor.
Magazines take an age to load. Minutes before I can read. Wi-Fi isn’t a problem as no other app has this problem. Simply not good enough. Sack the developers and get people in that know what they’re doing.
Been OK until now…
The back button on the top left of the App which is essential for navigation is now largely useless. I keep trying to press it on my iPad with maybe 1 hit in 10. It needs sorting ASAP…….
Explore page not showing magazine section
I just updated the app and now when i search for a celebrity on the explore page, it’s only returning articles. It used to show a magazine section where all magazines that mentioned the celebrity appears. Did you remove that feature on the search results?
Enjoy the content but app is glitchy
Absolutely love the variety of magazines and that you can access magazines from different countries.
However, I find the app can be glitchy. It repeatedly crashes / freezes when I’m flicking through magazines. If I come out and go back in, it resets to the home page so I have to go and look for the magazine I was originally reading. This seems to be when I initially open the app and lasts for 10 minutes or so.
I would also love if the little tick stayed on there no matter how long ago you read the magazine so you know it’s one you’ve read. I find if I don’t renew my subscription or I’ve not logged in for a while, it loses the ticks so I don’t know what I have and haven’t read.
However, I find the app can be glitchy. It repeatedly crashes / freezes when I’m flicking through magazines. If I come out and go back in, it resets to the home page so I have to go and look for the magazine I was originally reading. This seems to be when I initially open the app and lasts for 10 minutes or so.
I would also love if the little tick stayed on there no matter how long ago you read the magazine so you know it’s one you’ve read. I find if I don’t renew my subscription or I’ve not logged in for a while, it loses the ticks so I don’t know what I have and haven’t read.
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It seems bugged now
This app used to be great but now it seems to have a range of buggy issues. My magazines don’t keep their place if I leave the app. The exit arrow skips about oddly. Hope it gets sorted soon.
Great app
I won a 6 month subscription to this app in a McDonalds competition - and so glad I did! I will definitely be renewing when the time comes. It’s great being able to read newspapers and magazines from all over the world. And I’ve saved $$$ by not buying magazines.
I mainly use it on my Android tablet, but works well on my iPhone too, meaning I can catch up on reading anywhere.
I mainly use it on my Android tablet, but works well on my iPhone too, meaning I can catch up on reading anywhere.
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Great, apart from one major issue
There’s much to like about Readly, apart from one serious issue: the app doesn’t remember what one was reading. When returning to the app, it should open to the title and page last being read, or at least offer the option to do so (like Apple News).
Awful.
After using this for an hour or so… locked up/frozen three times. Had to close app and re open. Simply not good enough in 2026. No other app does this on my iPad. Developers need to sort out this can of crud they just release. Just not good enough.
Too expensive
I accidentally subscribed. How do I cancel?
Article mode experience can be improved
I am loving the subscription as it has got a huge catalog. The only issue that is annoying to me is the layout shift when scrolling in the article mode. When reading even a tiny accidental scroll up would change the layout because of the top navigation and bottom menu bars. This makes reading experience a bit less smooth.
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Love it!
I love Readly there is so much choices in magazines to read, whatever mood you’re in there is a magazine for you.
Transparency please
The people behind the app appear to have started adding things to my favourites - so I got an email telling me “new issues of your favourite magazines are ready” featuring the first issue of “AI for Beginners”.
No. If you want to recommend new titles based on an algorithm of your choosing, do it on a mailing list that people can opt out of. Or a section on the home page. If you want to promote things because someone’s paid you, then make it a promotion and mark it as such. Don’t go in and mess around with the collection I’ve curated for myself. Don’t tell me I’ve added it to my favourites - I absolutely have not and would never.
Reply to their response: it was the first edition. There was no way for me to have added it to my favourites. It did not exist before the notification that a new issue was out.
No. If you want to recommend new titles based on an algorithm of your choosing, do it on a mailing list that people can opt out of. Or a section on the home page. If you want to promote things because someone’s paid you, then make it a promotion and mark it as such. Don’t go in and mess around with the collection I’ve curated for myself. Don’t tell me I’ve added it to my favourites - I absolutely have not and would never.
Reply to their response: it was the first edition. There was no way for me to have added it to my favourites. It did not exist before the notification that a new issue was out.
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The best place to be for reading mags that you would not normally read
I can now read from magazines that I otherwise would not read so it’s a great way to see these mags and wider your experience
Gone downhill
Was great to start with. I’m still waiting for my Saturday morning paper at 12.25. Also the magazine content is dreadful. They all have the same articles with the same day time tv people who are not very interesting.
Finally revived a reply at the end of January! Really poor.
Finally revived a reply at the end of January! Really poor.
Deceptive billing practices
Don’t send any emails on renewals, customer service unhelpful
Update: seems like there are many complaints on similar sketchy billing practices. It is not good customer service, also you have limited content. Strongly advise staying away from this scammy company.
Update: seems like there are many complaints on similar sketchy billing practices. It is not good customer service, also you have limited content. Strongly advise staying away from this scammy company.
Filter problems
No filters on results search make it extremely difficult to search new material if you’re using this for work. Seems a basic requirement to me
