# Vikatan: Tamil News & Magazine — user reviews > 231 indexed App Store user reviews of Vikatan by Ananda Vikatan Productions Private Limited, rated 4.30/5 from 1,635 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vikatan-tamil-news-and-magazine/id452698974/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vikatan-tamil-news-and-magazine/id452698974.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,151 · 4★ 208 · 3★ 64 · 2★ 41 · 1★ 171 ## What do users think of Vikatan? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 👍 Informative content - 👍 Reliable source of news - 👍 Smooth reading experience - 👍 Convenient for overseas readers **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing - 🐛 Issues with downloading and accessing magazines - 🐛 Inconsistent performance across devices - 🔍 Biased or sensationalized news reporting - 💰 Aggressive monetization tactics **Commonly reported bugs** - Comments section not loading properly - Subscription issues and lack of customer support - Compatibility problems with older devices - Repeated prompts to rate the app or extend subscription **Most requested features** - Landscape mode support for iPad - Ability to adjust font size and background - Improved offline reading capabilities - Better subscription management and renewal options - Reduced advertisements for paid subscribers ## Newest reviews (17 of 231) ### 4/5 — Kumar *2026-02-05, version 9.6* Very good app ### 4/5 — Issue with updating *2025-02-10, version 8.1.1* There is no update when I check but the app keeps telling to update ### 4/5 — Best app for Tamil magazines and audio book *2025-01-26, version 8.1* I literally love this app and smoothness on my iPhone 16 pro. ### 5/5 — Kuppusamy Kumar *2024-08-14, version 7.3* Excellent ### 3/5 — Vikatan is my favorite magazine *2024-08-14, version 7.3* I read the from my school days. Every week I read Anandavikadan and Junior Vikadan. In Ju v I like kaluku kelvi pathil Thank you. ### 4/5 — Very good. *2024-08-13, version 7.3* I enjoy the app very much. The reason why I can’t give 5 stars is that the app gets stuck too often. Otherwise, it is a great. ### 5/5 — Vikatan electronic membership *2024-08-12, version 7.3* As an Indian who is a citizen of Australia I find Vikatan conveys appropriate information in Tamil language Kalyanasundaram ### 5/5 — I am not able to open ஆன்மீகம் அரசியல்etc I am a subscriber Pl restore paid subscription for 2 years *2024-08-12* Vikatan blank now/today- what to I have paid Rs 1999 on Nov 17,2022 for 3 years-why are sending me reminders?do tell me. I have paid subscription till Dec 2024 but am not getting daily astro forecast by Srirangam Karthikeyan and his prediction is nearly correct? **Developer response:** Dear Ramachandran, We regret that our service fell short of your expectations. Please contact us at webmaster@vikatan.com or 044-66802939 so we can address your concerns as quickly as possible. We look forward to hearing from you. ### 5/5 — Mr. *2024-08-09, version 7.3* Kasienathan Balaji ### 5/5 — Unable to read *2024-08-09, version 7.3* I subscribed for one year on 22-7-22, but I am not able to open premium articles in any of the magazines ### 5/5 — திருமதி ஷோபனா உதயகுமார் *2024-08-08, version 7.3* தகவல்கள் உடனுக்குடன் புது தொழில்நுட்பத்தின் மூலம் கிடைப்பதில் மிகுந்த ஆனந்தம்... அதிலும் வெளிநாடுகளில் வாழும் எமக்கு செய்திகள் அறிவது ரொம்ப முக்கியம். நன்றி ### 5/5 — Awesome *2024-08-07, version 7.3* It is really fantastic application ### 5/5 — Kumar *2024-08-07, version 7.3* Excellent APP ### 2/5 — General content *2024-05-05, version 7.0* I have been using Vikatan for long time, but recently the contents somewhat make me feeling not up to the Vikatan material including interviews, disappointing ### 5/5 — Great app *2023-11-01, version 6.6* Great app. Would be good to get full screen reading mode for iPad users in landscape mode. ### 5/5 — Vikatan Group *2023-09-26, version 6.5* Thanks for Comfort and Convenient reading👍👌 ### 5/5 — Great *2023-09-22, version 6.5* Great ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Romba mosam boss - awful app! *2025-02-11, version 8.1.1* Vikatan’s previous app was excellent, don’t know which genius has redesigned this new app, totally useless in iPad. Doesn’t work landscape mode which’s the natural way of using iPad except for magazines. Please bring back landscape option. ### 1/5 — Comment - can’t see & can’t add *2024-12-18, version 7.3* After last few updates , I cannot see or add any comments to stories , while I see I can still add comments from older version ( in my other Apple device) ### 1/5 — The comments section won’t load *2024-06-09* The comments section of this app won’t show quite often almost every day and is consistent. To view comments again, I need to reinstall the app again or reboot my iPhone. I am not a big fan of the comments section as it allows derogatory words by few people who wants to tarnish the central government. Articles are very biased towards DMK and its allies always against the central government. **Developer response:** Dear user. Kindly write to as through app@vikatan.com about the inconvenience caused while using our app so that we could make your experience even better. We value your thoughts and we would like to obtain a 5star rating. Keep supporting us!!!!! ### 1/5 — App broke after recent update *2023-06-12* My mother used to use the app regularly on her iPad - iOS version 12.5.7 - and was happy until two months ago. We don’t know what happened but we think it’s one of the updates. The App started slowing down, getting worse every time and now it has become downright unusable. We uninstalled, cleared space and reinstalled. Now it is stuck in the red screen for a number of days. We are a long term customer and this is unacceptable. We don’t want to bad mouth but as a paying customer when something is not working, it leaves a bad taste **Developer response:** Dear Sha, I am truly sorry for the inconvenience caused. Could you please contact us via 044-66802939 or 9566231155? This way, we can better understand your concerns. Additionally, you can also reach us at app@vikatan.com. Your assistance will greatly help us identify the root cause of this issue and resolve it promptly. Thank you. ### 1/5 — Worst pop up based magazine *2023-01-16, version 5.7* Vikatan don’t understand what it means to be a quality paid magazine. They force you to pop up message to give 5 star in App Store or to extend sign up. ### 1/5 — Biased *2023-01-11, version 5.7* Their reporters are always biased and most of the time produced guess reports and fake news. The app hangs if there is a Wi-Fi switch or some issue in Wi-Fi connection during startup. After that it always shows a red screen even after the network is available. I have to delete the app and re install to make it work. ### 1/5 — iPad ebook *2022-11-12, version 5.4* Customer support not working.. can’t read free ebooks ### 1/5 — MR *2022-11-03, version 5.4* Every time I renew my subscription via iTunes I had to call or send email to activate my subscription. It doesn’t auto renew. This time it is even worst that no responds to my mail for 2 weeks and I am not able to access any magazines that I paid for. Frustrated ### 1/5 — Lot of issues *2022-10-29, version 5.4* 1. Comments are not loading properly 2. Scrolling doesn’t work smoothly 3. The links with "இங்கே க்ளிக் செய்யவும்" taking to reopen the app rather than opening the pages. 4. Now introduced another layer of “premium” stories even after paid subscription, the pop ups are irritating. ### 1/5 — App closes *2022-10-26, version 5.4* App automatically closes when click to open the magazine. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Super cool magazine app *2026-02-12, version 9.7* Vikatan app is amazing . Good effort on digitalization . I could read from USA . Hat off to the team Vikatan. ### 5/5 — For all generations- Vikatan *2026-02-11, version 9.7* விகடன் எப்போதும் சிறந்தது. என் தாத்தா என் பெற்றோருக்கு விகடனை அறிமுகப்படுத்தினார். அவர்கள் அதை எனக்கு அறிமுகப்படுத்தினர். நான் என் மகனுக்கு விகடனை அறிமுகப்படுத்துவேன். எல்லா தமிழ் வீடுகளிலும் இந்த சுழற்சி எப்போதும் தொடர்கிறது. நன்றி விகடன். ### 5/5 — அருமை *2026-02-10, version 9.7* விகடன் குழுமத்தின் பல இதழ்களில் வெளியான கட்டுரைகள் மற்றும் கட்டுரைகளின் மூலம் பல புதிய தகவல்களை பெற முடிந்தது ### 5/5 — Great App *2026-02-03, version 9.6* Great app with daily Tamil news ### 5/5 — Excellent app for Tamil daily news and mags *2026-02-02, version 9.6* Great app for Tamil news and magazines ### 5/5 — Beautiful app *2025-08-30, version 9.0* This is best magazine. Only one minor correction. Pictures should be allowed to zoom ### 5/5 — Mr Prabhakaran *2025-07-17, version 8.8* Good ### 5/5 — Vikatan *2024-12-10, version 7.9* Easy to read ### 5/5 — Insightful interface *2024-08-14, version 7.3* Easy to use and find all latest articles ### 5/5 — Excellent app for Tamil daily news and mags *2024-08-14, version 7.3* Great app for Tamil news and magazines --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-04.*