WIRED appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for WIRED is 75 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

WIRED Reviews: Is It Legit?

Name: WIRED
Rating: 4.6 (50 reviews)

WIRED

Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.

💼 Business

📡 News

Customer Experience

Positive experience56.3% of reviews

Neutral18.8% of reviews

Negative experience25.0% of reviews

~ Based on 16 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is WIRED Safe?

WIRED appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for WIRED is 86/100.

This assessment is based on 50 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

88.0% of ratings point to a safe experience

4.0% of ratings suggest some concerns

8.0% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 50 App Store ratings for WIRED.

Is WIRED Legit?

WIRED appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for WIRED is 75/100.

Based on 75 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

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Another vote for iPad support

The new app is great on mobile and really feels like a fresh, new start for Wired, but on iPad is absolutely awful. Great that an iPad app is on the roadmap because right now the Wired app actually works much better on an Android tablet than it does on an iPad. Surely there should at least be parity there? Not often that the iPad experience is wildly worse than on Android…

DDearcity2

4 days ago

No iPad support? No complete Issue download?

Sigh. I just want to download monthly issues from my subscription and read them w/o having to carry the paper copies. On my iPad. But your app, in 2026, does not support that. Yet you’re a company that reports on tech…? Sigh.

_______jg______

7 days ago

Adjustable text size

Like the app but would appreciate option to adjust text size. Especially when using app created for iPhone on the iPad

DDpcxyz

8 days ago

iPad support please!

Great app! Please bring it to iPad!

AAppleMisted

20 days ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback. Dedicated iPad support is on the roadmap, and we appreciate your patience as we improve the app.

Great App

Nice clean app that’s easy to navigate. So clean, so smooth, so wired 😎

MMb_bennett

21 days ago

Cannot log in

I had the old app, and it was fine. I downloaded the new app, opened it, and all I see is ads saying how wonderful the app is,and to start a trial subscription. There is no way to log in using my existing subscription, which I just paid for a month ago. Seems like a tech magazine ought to have tech competence creating an app

SS_Campell

23 days ago

Response from developer

Thanks for flagging this. You should be able to sign in to the app using the email address and password associated with your existing subscription. If you’re not seeing the sign-in option or are still having trouble, please email app@wired.com and we’d be eager to get this sorted for you.

I want to copy the text.

The only issue is that copying the text is not allowed on this app. I sometimes need to consult a dictionary for unfamiliar words to understand the text!

Ttm_999

24 days ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback. We agree that being able to copy text in articles is an important feature. It is on our roadmap, and we appreciate you calling it out.

Love this so much!!

It’s a lot better than just visiting the website on mobile. Enjoying how easy it is to leave comments and save articles for later

RRR_SF

24 days ago

SO GOOD！

Can’t believe I can use such high-quality app freely!

KKejian713

a month ago

Love the app

This app has been a long time need. Especially for a magazine on tech. Some feedback though. Can we please have an que that is resumable for audio articles. At the moment it just boots me out and I have to manually resume where I was or what I was listening to. Also please add more audio versions since these are ai generated anyway.

OGOG Glazed

a month ago

Response from developer

Thank you very much for the feedback. If you have the time, we'd appreciate the opportunity to follow up with you over email so that we can address your feedback. Please email us at app@wired.com.

I deleted it off my iPad

My favorite way to view Wired articles is to look at them in Safari and go into reader view. The print is nice and big and there are no distractions if I install the app then Wired opens in the app then I get Small print I even changed the settings for larger print, and it wasn’t there. Try again.

SShediger

a month ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback. We agree that reading comfort, especially text size and layout, is important. The WIRED app is currently optimized for iPhone rather than iPad, which can make the reading experience less ideal on a larger screen. We’re continuing to evaluate where to take the app next, and feedback like yours is helpful as we set those priorities.

Great App!

What a fabulous app made by the team! It’s easy to use, has a great vibe, and makes discovering new things so much fun. The experience is smooth, and you can tell a lot of thought went into creating it. Definitely recommend giving it a try!

KKrisinthewild

a month ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the kind words. So glad you are enjoying the app.

Excellent, just needs iPad support

The app is really outstanding… well designed, and extremely fast! I do a lot of my news reading on an iPad, so was very disappointed to see that this app is not built for iPad. Fix that and I’ll give you five stars :)

Ddouglowder

a month ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback. We’d love to make the WIRED app a great experience across more devices, and we appreciate you letting us know that iPad support is important to you. We’re continuing to evaluate where to take the app next, and feedback like yours is helpful as we set those priorities.

Great articles but too many notifications

App is great for reading news overall, and the articles are usually quite good.

I had to turn notifications off though - there are way too many for me, often on stories I would not want to read on a whim (these aren’t breaking news alerts). Wish there was some way to control these better - like daily summarizes, featured articles, etc.

More than 1-3 per day for these kinds of articles is overkill.

SSyndicat3_25

a month ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the thoughtful feedback, and glad you’re enjoying the app overall. We hear you on notifications. We’re planning to introduce more control and personalization, including better ways to tailor the types and frequency of alerts you receive, as we continue improving the app next year. We appreciate you calling this out.