Reason User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience26.9% of reviews
Neutral22.4% of reviews
Negative experience50.7% of reviews

~ Based on 67 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Reason Safe?

Reason has mixed safety signals based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Reason is 55/100.

This assessment is based on 65 user ratings, with an App Store average of 2.5/5.

Safety Analysis

30.8% of ratings point to a safe experience
10.8% of ratings suggest some concerns
58.5% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 65 App Store ratings for Reason.

Is Reason Legit?

Reason is no longer available in the App Store. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Reason is 35/100.

Based on 35 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Score capped because this app is no longer listed.

Top reviews

Horrendous app

Why don’t libertarians ever rank in any election? Because they take the assignment as seriously as they take this app. What a bunch of entitled self absorbed idiots. This would have been a terrible app in 2007, it’s inexcusable in 2023 and should be ejected from the App Store. Dog s_-_. An absolute embarrassment.
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Great magazine bad app

Reason is an amazing magazine that offer plenty of thoughtful and timely articles. So it is infuriating that they have such a poorly designed outdated app. I bet they would win many more subscribers if they would bother to put out a decent app.

Garbage app

Let’s start with the fact there are different apps in AppStore and both are horrible. There is no way to search articles and interface is terrible.

Not user friendly

This app could be so much better but the interface is not user friendly or aesthetic. It seems extremely compact and it’s hard to navigate.

Great Magazine, horrible app

Honestly , Reason shouldn’t have even bothered with a app if this is the best they can do !!!

Horrible app

No way to search articles. And the app doesn’t show headlines on my phone anymore. Even with an update. It just shows the author of each article. So there’s no way to know what you’re reading unless you tap into the article first.

Some Issues

Love the content but this app has some issues. None of the titles are loading on my app, so I have to click to see the title. Have tried reinstalling app, but it didn't fix the issues.

Not reason magazine

This is some dude’s blog… mixed with some links to legit Reason articles anyone can access for free at Reason’s website or Instagram. No content in the videos, articles, or the .org part of the app anymore… so I am guessing Reason shut down the use of the original content the blogger doesn’t have permission to redistribute. Point is… this is not Reason Magazine… it’s just a way for an industrious Libertarian to get his blog out there. Not really a bad place to view all the articles in one place and the blogs are clearly marked… but it’s worth paying the $1.99 to gain access to the real Reason Magazine app.
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Bad UI

I like Reason but the app looks like it hasn't been updated since 2010. The UI looks like it was made to fit in with the ugly pre-iOS 7 look.

Needs a good update

App hasn’t been updated in 5 years and it looks it. Some links don’t work and articles and titles are sometimes a random string of characters.

Good lord this app is ugly

I only gave it two because I love the content so much. The app itself looks like a jail broken iPod touch app from 2010 vomited on a geocity.

Can we get some modernizing of this one?

Love the articles, app needs an update.

Love the news.... but the apps needs some real TLC. Seems very “iPod” era.

Pop up leaves

Had for awhile. Great for alternative viewpoint but recently won’t load at all, briefly appears and drops off screen. FWIW, my other apps are working fine.

Considering it no longer opens...

Yeah, this is a problem for an app and publication I used to read daily. Please address.

Love The Idea, Old Execution

The app is really good for being able to access important news whenever you want, but it’s like using a first generation app.

The free market can’t create a good Reason app

This is by far the worst news/magazine app I’ve seen in both style and function. It’s barely usable and a complete eyesore. I recommend getting the print publication for sure. The website is also very good, even on mobile web. But don’t even bother with this mobile app unless they fix it someday.

Desperately needs an update

Love the content but this app is woefully out of date.

Good website bad app

Overall it is pointless to get the app. They ask you to go to their website all the time and the pages never want to load. Don’t wast your time

Needs an Update

Love the website on my computer, so the app is important for my phone... but it needs an update for the new generation of iPhones.

While they’re at it, what I need is a smooth way to search for articles, with adds not in the search results (keep them in the articles please).

What a shame

Reason is an excellent source of credible information. It’s truly a shame that their organization evidently commits no funding to their mobile platform. Their readers and supporters deserve better.