The Spectator Magazine User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience68.7% of reviews
Neutral7.8% of reviews
Negative experience23.5% of reviews

~ Based on 230 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is The Spectator Magazine Safe?

The Spectator Magazine appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for The Spectator Magazine is 96/100.

This assessment is based on 1,836 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.

Safety Analysis

95.7% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.5% of ratings suggest some concerns
2.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 1,836 App Store ratings for The Spectator Magazine.

Is The Spectator Magazine Legit?

The Spectator Magazine appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for The Spectator Magazine is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Drains battery, makes phone too hot to hold.

Drains battery, makes phone too hot to hold. Only one of my c.150 apps to do this.

Cheaper and more effective than psychotherapy..

First class insights, a balm for your sense of humour, a magnet for common sense, a trusted lens through which to observe and sift the dross of MSM output.

The best magazine

I love all your British commentary but also American and even the Australian piece on right-wing insurgence à la Pauline Hanson. Keep up the good work!

Not always great

Having subscribed for about ten years I don’t things have improved under Gove, who seems like it as his personal mouthpiece. In addition too often the click bait headlines dont deliver. Otherwise it’s great and I never tire of Liddel, Murray’s, striver et al

Much improved

More interesting than it previously was.

Political Football Spectator

Just like at a football match the Spectator is informed, balanced and credible while most moan.

Where is the audio option

The lack of audio option is a big flaw in the app and an increasingly inexcusable one in the world of AI … have a look at what ElevenLabs can do and make a deal with them

I’m luvvin it me

Marvellous isn’t the word.

Found a good rag

Nice to read the news knowing I’m not the only sane person on this planet, keep it up keep it witty and to the point 👍

battery drain

phone becomes too hot to hold

Doesn’t return to the page last being read

When one switches away from the app, even fairly briefly, the article that was previously being read is forgotten, and one is back at the home page. This is infuriating, but should be simple to fix.

Mr jones

Mr jones likes it

Bronte’

Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre. The novel is brilliantly written by the ladies of Yorkshire who wrote it in a terrible weather environment and in a non-centrally heated rooms and no guarantee of it being published.

Excellent

An excellent magazine. I am glad to have subscribed to it.

Password Hell

Every time I enter my password you say not recognised
And so it goes on in an endless circle of not being recognised
Password HELL

Best writing every week

I look forward to the Speccy every week ..from the first article to the last (and the crossword) it has the best, crisp, intelligent, well-informed and often amusing thinking anywhere. Like being at a house party with great friends. Perfect.

Compulsory reading!

In today’s mass of information, dis-information and social media noise, the Spectator provides thoughtful analysis and factual storytelling. In a world dominated by static noise, it’s important to have a set of logical filter. The Spectator provides that.

Love the app and my subscription - one suggestion that would be fantastic

As a young woman I suspect my membership to the magazine is in the minority of readers but I have absolutely loved my subscription and the range of articles on offer and find myself catching up whenever I can. As a younger reader to which some of the topics are newer to me I wpuld really love to suggest the ability that kindle readers have where if you were to highlight a name or a word a dictionary or wikipedia description would pop up to enlighten me on the meaning or the context without having to come out of the app to research. Other than that - a great app and magazine!
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Empathy in print.

My kinda thinking, explored & eloquently expressed.

Overrepresentative of the Jewish standpoint.

The app works smoothly and is easy to navigate — no complaints about performance. However, the magazine’s editorial focus can feel a bit repetitive at times, with certain topics or perspectives seeming over-emphasised compared to others. A broader range of subjects and viewpoints would make it even better. I feel like the viewpoints of Judasim / Zionism is over represented.
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