# Western Philosophers — user reviews > 211 indexed App Store user reviews of Western Philosophers by Brad Gayman, rated 4.76/5 from 448 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/western-philosophers/id962077332/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/western-philosophers/id962077332.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 396 · 4★ 21 · 3★ 16 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 11 ## What do users think of Western Philosophers? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Impressive, free app - 👍 Easy to use, detailed interface - 💡 Clever, Twitter-like format - 🤩 Beautifully designed - 🎉 Passion project with great content - 🔍 Comprehensive philosopher database - 🎧 Free audiobooks and ebooks - 🗺️ Useful timelines and maps **Cons** - 🐛 Broken links and bugs - 🌍 Lacks diversity, focused on Western philosophers - 🕰️ App not updated in years, feels abandoned **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when favoriting philosophers - Quiz layout issues on iPad landscape mode - Audiobook downloads not working **Most requested features** - More Eastern and non-Western philosophers - Ability to suggest new philosophers - Community-driven content additions - Better quiz format with philosopher names - Home screen widgets and updated UI - Offline audiobook downloads ## Newest reviews (17 of 211) ### 3/5 — Nice app, but the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy feature is not functional. *2025-05-24, version 3.5.1* When you click on the link to a relevant article on the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, an error pops up. Very frustrating. ### 4/5 — PLEASE UPDATE *2025-05-07, version 3.5.1* I’ve enjoyed this app—with its easy-to-use, detailed interface, iMessage stickers, and “philosopher” camera—for almost several years, but I really wish it were updated for the latest OS and devices… specifically, the widgets. Having the widget only on the search screen on iPhone and sidebar on iPad is nice, but implementing the new home screen widgets would be more useful. Also, there’s a bug on iPad where if you are in landscape mode while taking the quiz, the names are hidden behind the photos. Sadly, the fact that this app hasn’t updated in over two years makes me feel that the developer has abandoned it. ### 3/5 — Pretty neat but downplays Ayn Rand *2025-01-25, version 3.5.1* There is more than enough material in metaphysics epistemology ethics politics and aesthetics that ayn rand discussed and worked into objectivism and this app only gives a very very shallow presentation of Rand. ### 3/5 — I love this app! *2024-12-27, version 3.5.1* It’s such an easy way to get into philosophy, but be warned. This app has not been updated in four years and is prone to crashes now. I still use it often because it is so informative! ### 4/5 — Almost the perfect app *2024-10-27, version 3.5.1* Thanks Brad for making this wonderful app free. I would suggest you to add more philosophers like Fernanado Pessoa, Oscar Wilde et al literature philosophers of the West. ### 5/5 — Help me a lot in my western philosophy class *2024-05-28, version 3.5.1* Love this app🫶🫶🫶 ### 5/5 — Very good app *2024-04-21, version 3.5.1* I am amazed by this app its very interesting and i love that you can download audiobooks Overall very good app ### 5/5 — Çok güzel *2024-02-29, version 3.5.1* Bu aralar Türkçe dil desteğini daha fazla istediğim başka bir uygulama yok. ### 5/5 — Wonderfull app which is FREEEEE *2024-02-27, version 3.5.1* truly appreciate the creator of this ### 4/5 — Overall great, fun, and handy *2024-01-20, version 3.5.1* Great quotes, links, and design. Only downside is the app feels a bit politicized: it emphasizes activists and Lefty thinkers that are usually taught in “studies” departments, i.e., Marxist-derivative and postmodern activists (although there are also postmodern philosophers) that engage in deductive theorizing by applying Marxist concepts to their chosen focus regardless of whether philosophical coherence is maintained. In other words, the theories studied in sociology and various “studies” departments—the pamphleteers in addition to the philosophers. But according to this app you would think the pamphleteers hold as much of a role in philosophy as the philosophers. But overall a great and fun app. ### 5/5 — Maybe the best app I have on my phone *2024-01-19, version 3.5.1* If you told me I had to only have one app on my phone, I’d have a hard time picking between this one and the phone app. ### 5/5 — Funtastic *2024-01-05, version 3.5.1* Love the concept. Fun way to discover information. The content is great but the presentation needs special mention too! Thank you! ### 3/5 — I want to like this app, but *2023-12-24, version 3.5.1* When I go to the external links on Wikipedia or Stanford for a number of the Philosophers listed, it goes to a 404 page. The summaries are good, the key ideas are also good. This has the potential to be a good resource for someone to learn philosophy, but really gets handicapped if all the links don’t work. ### 5/5 — My favourite app ever *2023-12-06, version 3.5.1* Such a good app, the only improvement would be more philosophers, Williams, Zagzebski etc. but i use it all the time! ### 5/5 — Amazing collection of information *2023-12-01, version 3.5.1* How the effort put into this is amazing, the details and the opportunity that this app gives you to learn is amazing. Thanks for making this app ### 5/5 — listen *2023-10-26, version 3.5.1* Make an app, or ad to ur app, islamic philosophers too! Philisophie does not belong to the westerns! ### 5/5 — amazing work! *2023-10-16, version 3.5.1* The amount of detail put into this map is amazing. I'll share it at my university. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Brain rot *2025-07-29, version 3.5.1* Full of lies and communist ideologies and white hate. ### 1/5 — Sly, Covert Propaganda *2023-03-04, version 3.5.1* The promoted “topical philosophers”, being noted as the philosophers who are “relevant to our time”, are either some of those who have impacted our society in the worst possible way, or those who are their weakest opponents. Marx’s inspiration the statist and historicist Hegel, Neo-marxists Theodor Adorno, radical gender theorist Judith Butler, racist Frantz Fanon, and post-modern progenitor & colonial child molester Michel Foucault are championed. Other carriers and celebrants of insidious ideas are also prominently promoted. Little attention is given to Socrates, Karl Popper or other important philosophers whose ideas counter and balance out the most important discussions of our time. ### 1/5 — Trash *2021-08-07, version 3.5.1* Very little content and biased ### 1/5 — A lot of white dudes *2021-08-01, version 3.5.1* The content lacks diversity. And lacks is a generous word. Are there no people from Asia or Africa who contributed to philosophy. Where are the women? ### 1/5 — Freakin’ awesome *2021-04-16, version 3.5.1* Super clever way to get me hooked on western philosophy. I love the style. ### 1/5 — Help *2020-10-25, version 3.5.1* I can’t even launch the app but ppl say it’s good app so help meh ### 1/5 — Extreme right wing bias *2020-06-02, version 3.5.1* Apparently the writer hasn’t heard of Keynes.Also seems to have elevated Ayn Rand to the position of philosopher! Look at her later life spent on benefits after her rich friends deserted her. ### 2/5 — Terrible selection, Continental philosophy, no science *2026-05-20, version 3.5.1* If you’re interested in the foundations of logic, reason, and science (Analytical philosophy), you won’t find it here. The selection is beyond biased, comprised almost solely of Continental philosophy, useless for anything more than Marx, existentialism, and social “science”. The “philosophy” appears to be snippets from a quotation collection. This app is teaching outdated postmodernism, not philosophy. ### 2/5 — Many links are dead and app is not updated any more *2025-09-16, version 3.5.1* Many links are dead and app is not updated any more ### 2/5 — No philosophers from the east *2022-10-03, version 3.5.1* No representation of philosophers from the East, India or china or Middle East. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-04-11, version 3.5.1* Good job … ### 5/5 — numwam1368 *2026-03-31, version 3.5.1* Help ### 5/5 — I’m not sure a free app has ever impressed me this much. *2026-01-13, version 3.5.1* I was awed ### 5/5 — Saint Thomas More *2025-09-28, version 3.5.1* Why is he not found in this app? ### 5/5 — Good but clearly forgotten *2025-05-28, version 3.5.1* Love this app. However, many links to Wiki or SEP are broken. Looks like the devs are done with it. Still really cool! ### 5/5 — Very good *2025-03-20, version 3.5.1* I highly recommend this app for those interested in philosophy whether they are a beginner or not. Its design is pretty nice and similar to Twitter where you see philosophers’ views like tweets. Most of the philosophers have witty usernames that make you smile. You can see the development of ideas over the course of history and their relation to one another. The app also has a timeline to illustrate when a specific philosopher lived. That said, I would like to point out that some Ancient Greek philosophers (e.g., Anaximenes, Anaxagoras, Democritus, Empedokles) are missing and it’s better if they are added. Secondly, not all ideas developed by a philosopher can be added to favourites. Those listed on their account page can be added whereas those under the lightbulb icon cannot. ### 5/5 — This is perfect *2024-11-25, version 3.5.1* Dude this app is the perfect thing for philosophy learners. It has everything and a lot of cool features. If you want to learn more easier, this is the app ### 5/5 — Lovely *2024-10-20, version 3.5.1* A beautiful app! I hope the developers can access the resources needed to expand it. I would love a feature for suggesting new quotes (for submissions that are properly cited) ### 5/5 — Don’t abandon this app! *2024-09-21, version 3.5.1* Incredible place to get bite sized content and brush up on different subjects. Please don’t let this app die in the dark- more philosophers, please! Maybe there could be an option for community additions to the philosopher database? ### 5/5 — Incredible learning resource *2024-05-28, version 3.5.1* Really grateful this exists with for free with no in app purchases, and such high quality content and user experience. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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