The Texas Observer User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience33.3% of reviews
Neutral0.0% of reviews
Negative experience66.7% of reviews

~ Based on 15 written reviews from the US App Store.

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Is The Texas Observer Legit?

The Texas Observer is no longer available in the App Store. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for The Texas Observer 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

App no longer works

Deleted and reinstalled multiple times. Not able to access content. No way to contact app developer

No 2022 issues

No issues have appeared in the app for 2022. The developer seems incapable of correcting the problem. Who do I appeal to for a refund?

Pure propaganda

The Observer claims to be fiercely independent news. It is not! It is a fierce partisan Secular Progressive propaganda organization trying to use the cover of being an unbiased news organization. They champion secularism and radical left progressivism and savagely attack anyone and anything that runs counter to their ideas. If you are woke, you will have your twisted beliefs reenforced and regurgitated. No news here jus propaganda!
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Jerks

I was excited to have the chance to see the Observer. It’s indicated that it’s “free” with in-app purchases. No, anything you want to see is $1.99 an issue, or $19.99 for a year. This is a simple fraud, and the Apple App Store shouldn’t allow this kind of “bait and switch.”

Type is too small

Love the articles, was tricked into resubscribing on itunes when i already had a print and digital subscription that goes into next year. Difficult to read without zoomimg in a ton.

Great mag, easy to read

No problems. Great content.

Not iOS 10 compatible!!!

How are people supposed to use this if you can't sync your subscription in iOS 10. As of January 2017, the developer has no ETA on when they will fix it and iOS 10 came out in September 2016!!!

Liberal biased BS

Pushing the Liberal pious agenda, GET A LIVE!

Love the New Observer App!

I was so waiting for the app to be updated. Wow! It is now the BEST! Thank you TxO!

Can't view bought issues

Looks like the app doesn't work anymore. I bought the most recent issue through the AppStore but have been unable to download/view it. The built-in free issue from last year works though if anyone wants to read that. :)

Subscribers still have to pay for download

Hope this changes soon. If not I'll be deleting app.

Observing just got better ...

Once all of the new issues are downloaded, the Observer app is quite smooth.

I like that it has both the high quality magazine and the web site built into a single app. I can Observe Texas from one place. I know where to go to get the straight skinny on our great state.

Andrew in Austin

Easy on the Eyes!

My first "aha" moment reading subscription printed media on an iPod came on a trip to San Francisco about a year ago, when I was missing my morning WS Journal delivery back home.

Within a few minutes, I was happily reading the Journal using the app. And, surprisingly, I really didn't miss the paper version at all.

I recently had a similar experience with the Observer, something I did not subscribe to, but liked to read. I grabbed the Observer app, clicked on the issue I was interested in, and was reading it within a minute or so. I found the interface clean, simple, and intuitive. I’m now completely sold on the concept of reading on a mobile device.
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Liberals in Texas?

Liberals in Texas? Who'd a thunk it? Austin must be their sanctuary city.

The Observer on the iPad is nicely done. To get the most space for its trenchant observations, the paper Observer uses a small type size. Hence, I particularly like that you can zoom the text to fill the screen.

I haven't seen the download problems other users have seen.

Jackie
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Won't connect

Try to buy an issue and get a can't connect to the App Store or iTunes. Gimme a break.