National Review App Reviews

…and recent update fixed crash issue. Good job. (FYI: if your app crashes, uninstall and download it again - that usually fixes the issue).

I love NR.

Great writing, thoughtful and diverse commentary, and great iPad layout. This Canadian loves it!

Great articles. A bargain. The best I have seen for some time!!

Excellent way to read NR. Highly rcommended.

Been an avid reader of NR for almost a decade and great way of reading the magazine without printing all that paper whenever I want to read it on the bus or something.

There is now no longer any easy way to access an article from the table of contents. The whatever-its-called bar at the bottom has numbers that do not correspond to the magazine page numbers (off by 2, I think). The earlier version was much better. You should have fixed the minor bugs and left the rest alone. Is there any way to revert? To others: If you have not updated, dont!

Largely a PDF of the print edition but with overlayed features like a table of contents and search etc. Not the wsj but great rendering and everything you need to get your lilleks, steyn, long, goldberg and other interesting perspectives on the go.

Crash issue corrected.

I love the National Review, and would give it ten stars if i could, but ever since the app was updated, it doesnt open properly. All i get is a black screen! Please fix it, because i cant wait to read the new issue.

The latest version of the App simply doesnt work with a $19.99 in-App purchase. It works, however, if you get a digital subscription directly from NR. Apparently iTunes and NR databases dont talk to each other. The App email Technical Support has been friendly, responsive but ineffective. Their suggestions deal with the obvious: Did you Restore the purchases? YES. Did you Reset the App? YES. Did you close and re open the the App? YES. Did you delete and re download thIt works, however,e App? YES. This is indicative that they do not know what the problem is: Its hard to recommend therapy when you dont have a diagnosis! After a week of email exchanges, I have decided to ask Apple for a refund and I will rely on a direct subscription with NR.

National Review, an excellent journal of sensible, informed opinion and analysis, just completely revamped its app. The result is a disaster. The biggest disappointments are the inability to view all of the covers at a time, making it impossible to see recent issues at a glance, and the horrid "text" feature, which unlike the very nice previous versions opens a text window in the bottom half of the screen. Who thought that was a good idea? Probably the pajama boy NR has recently been lambasting. The positive: the app is less unusable than the current iteration of the NR website. Whoever designed that monstrosity clearly never tried to search for a specific article on it!

The "Text" view uses only 3/4 of the screen as text, wasting precious real estate.

I dont have a problem with the "text" view / button...gives me two reading options. Would be nice to see all the library at once, but thats not such a big deal. Otherwise, it works fine.

Guys, the interface of this app is bad. I shouldnt need to swipe 20 times to find the issue I want. Viewing the issue is no different from reading the kindle version. With your own app, you have the ability to create a much richer experience. Look at the new yorker app. I like your magazine, but I cant recommend this app.

You are now greeted with a HUGE banner add for a cruise, and an incredibly small single icon representing all issues. No grid, no list, no easy way to explore issues. This is the worst magazine app available in 2016, possibly the worst app in general. The most infuriating thing is that the app was decent before they updated it, so they intentionally made it into the useless pos it is today. Tragic.

But the App is basically worthless to me because it refuses to accept my (otherwise valid) user name/password, and NR doesnt offer any way to solve that problem.

Good content. You can drag the text window up on the top so it fills the whole screen.

Love the access to the online content. There are some image loading issues and pretty bad scrolling issues that if fixed would make this a great app.

Was always happy in the past, but like other reviewers, I cannot get the new upgrade to work. Crashes immediately whenever I try to open it, before I can access or even see any content.