Can’t use it
I used to like this app a lot, but I’m no longer able to sign in. This isn’t user error. I assumed it was actually a bug that someone would get around to eventually, but the automated Condé Nast sign in link genuinely doesn’t work, so… I’ll just have to delete the app. And potentially reconsider my subscription, since I can’t access this content on the go.
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Garbage
I’m a digital subscriber. But the app refuses to open. The New Yorker help desk is equally useless. The website still works. The app, though, is garbage.
Needs update
Recently the app started crashing any time I try to open one of the “classic” articles I’ve saved.
Worthless app
It is virtually impossible to enter enough credentials to be allowed to read the magazine. I’m a hair away from cancelling a magazine I’ve subscribed to for 5 decades. FGD app.
Love the content, hate the AI “voice”
I left Apple News and subscribed to this app because I love the wide variety of content (and the games, too!). But one thing I can’t get over is how the articles are narrated by an AI “voice.” It was really jarring to go from listening to human narrated articles on Apple News to AI narration on The New Yorker (honestly, still can’t believe it’s not the other way around). Please *Please* consider changing this - I know it’s probably cheaper and easier to use it, but it leaves an “ick” on these great human produced articles.
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Crosswords
I literally only have this for the crosswords and why is it that i can’t see what my partner is doing in the crosswords anymore?? what is the point of player mode if i can’t play with player
doesnt work on ipad
new content does not load
Subscription scam
They're just scammers.
I fell for an Instagram ad and bought a three-month trial for $7. I was supposed to get a tote bag as well, but it never arrived. Then, without any notification, they charged me $150, which is a very big amount of money for me and of course, it’s non-refundable.
I fell for an Instagram ad and bought a three-month trial for $7. I was supposed to get a tote bag as well, but it never arrived. Then, without any notification, they charged me $150, which is a very big amount of money for me and of course, it’s non-refundable.
Response from developer
Thank you for your review, @Afesome. The three-month subscription was a trial offer, and the renewal price is outlined in the subscription terms at the time of sign-up. A renewal reminder is also sent by email 35 days before the trial period ends. As for the tote bag, please email your subscription information to support@newyorker.com, and our team will be happy to look into it for you.
Audio issues
Please fix the audio. It is so very glitchy !!!! Half the time it just refuses to start. Especially bad for downloaded articles. Very frustrating
Ai voices are so bad
We hate the AI voice narrators. Why?? Pay narrators.
Search is suboptimal
The New Yorker responded to my app review! My complaint: I can’t find older articles I’d like to read using search. They agreed it is important and have shared this with the team.
Awful Log In Experience
Impossible to log in; only works with browser not app
App seems to exist to frustrate.
Originally, the app was just to read the print edition of the New Yorker. It worked well. Fast, reliable, and a joy. Now the app is unstable, crashes frequently, loads content I have zero interest in immediately upon opening instead of allow allowing me to access what I want to access immediately. Does not work with multiple VPNs, and each update tries to hide the magazine itself. I just want to read the print edition of the magazine on my tablet.
Each update makes this app more difficult to use.
2026 Update: continues to be sluggish; have to wait for home screen to populate items i'll never read to have the privilege to make multiple taps to my magazines; forced to re-sign in all the time. Bring back the simple, reliable, print-magazine-only app. This one is a chore. Yuck.
Each update makes this app more difficult to use.
2026 Update: continues to be sluggish; have to wait for home screen to populate items i'll never read to have the privilege to make multiple taps to my magazines; forced to re-sign in all the time. Bring back the simple, reliable, print-magazine-only app. This one is a chore. Yuck.
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Condescending snobs
I learned to read in English with The New Yorker. It was magical: as someone whose mother had to quit high school at 15 to help support her family in Buenos Aires, I was gifted old issues by my English teacher. After all these years, I somehow made it to grad school in New York and became a proud subscriber. Today, I sadly realized that people like me, who come from a country like Argentina, cannot get any respect from those who write and run this magazine. If we succeed, they assume we must be cheating. If we do something with heart, they call it dirty.
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The New Yorker deserves better
The NYer is a great magazine but this is a pretty subpar app. To give just one example, there is no way to search by an author name and find everything they’ve ever written for the magazine. What is the point of having such a vast digital archive (a big selling point they make everywhere) when you don’t make it super accessible and have a great search function? And why show the same suggested articles for literally everything I read? Just fix your ranking and recommendations and make some actually intuitive navigation. Overall, it functions, but I feel like anyone these days could vibe code a better experience. They need to hire a new PM/eng team.
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good luck trying to use it off-line
Very frustrating app. Constantly asking you to sign in again, which you can’t do if offline ie on subway. Constantly updating and won’t work if you’re off-line. Every other magazine app works better than this one. Very much dislike the idiotic jumping graphics which interrupt attempting to read an article.
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Infuriatingly bad app
The app is insultingly bad. I constantly get stuck in a loop of being prompted to log in and then it not recognizing that I have a valid subscription. I’ve contacted support before, they apologize, it works for a bit, and then the process starts again. I love the New Yorker, but this is ridiculous. Either use the desktop site or just cancel your subscription entirely, because the app is basically a non-option at this point.
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Search is suboptimal
I can’t find older articles I’d like to read using search. I really want to be able to do that.
Online Service Stinks
I've been having problems logging in using my still valid subscription for over at least two weeks now and their support staff is either unable or unwilling to fix my issue. I keep getting asked to renew my subscription and the link to reset my password has disappeared.
Why is the app so horrible
I get suggested New Yorker adds for stories I want to read and then when I click it not only will it never link to the app but when I sign in I’m taking to the New Yorker Home Screen and it’s impossible to find the story. When I search the title of the piece in the app it never comes up. Please just make the search bar work. It makes me want to cancel my subscription every time it happens but I love the reporting
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