The New York Times App Reviews

Great app, great paper, great to read the NYT over a period of two years, in all worlds, any day, any night, any place. Love it!

Easy to use, permanently updating, no problems.

Keeps getting better with every release. Reliable, in-depth news coverage. My personal favorite.

they introduced disruptive advertising even for pid subscribers. I paid €28 just last week and somehow that still isnt enough? the nyt is overdoing it.

Always up to date with this app. Just the limited free articles 10/month arent so nice

Great news app with a stunning layout. Cool would be the possibility to like articles, and a section with an overview for these liked articles so you can access them easily and quickly instead of always saving, which includes offline saving of articles.

Unfortunately, almost every article or even, section overviews now contain up to three advertisements. How am I expected to enjoy reading? Finally - and hopefully lasting - no more ugly banner ads at the bottom of the screen. Many other welcome visual changes make using the NYT iPhone app a pleasure again. The result: Ive re-subscribed. A few minor bugs remain I have been introduced tough. Feedback from support was prompt and theres hope that these little things are being addressed soon. Great job, NYT! Could be a nice app, elegant new design, and of course excellent journalism but: - crash queen - annoying "randomly generated" banner ads - saved articles list utterly incomplete (shows only 5% of saved articles) - hopeless support ("thank you for your feedback" - well thank you indeed!) Further thoughts: The iPhone screens lovely, nicely pocketable but necessarily cramped. Likewise, the new iOS 7 NYT app is lovely designed, a joy to read articles (for the first time since the original release in 2008). So why would the NYT want to ruin this experience by throwing ugly banner ads in the face of paying subscribers? These ads take up real estate and seem to come and go without any obvious pattern causing a level of anxiety every time one opens the app (will I be bombarded by those banners today, none at all, only on the home page, on all section lists or worst of all, in the saved articles category and god forbid, when trying to read saved articles). This seems to be a game the NYT wants to play with its loyal (international) readers. The question is: shall the reader draw a line and unsubscribe to demonstrate unhappiness? Also, needless to say, any email to the NYT customer service gets returned with an arrogant "thanks for your feedback" message. Has the NYT heard of what it could mean to provide meaningful responses to legitimate subscribers requests? Disclaimer: This is not a review of the journalistic quality of the NYT, this is only for the app. I love the fresh and elegant iOS 7 style of the app but I was deeply disappointed that those obtrusive, real estate screen eating ads at the button of lists and articles had raised their ugly heads again. Like I said in previous reviews, I don’t care about even full screen sized ads as long as there is a way to opt out (by dismissing for instance the full screen apps). The return of those ugly ads is especially disappointing as I keep expecting premium service as a NYT subscriber. It’s me who paid for the iPhone screen and thus, I expect to be able to use every pixel to my advantage and not those of advertising companies!

Be careful with subscriptions! Price changes without notice are possible. In my case 10$ per month switched to 26$ per month without information. Cancelling this subscription was complicated.

This is the best news app available. I highly recommend you pay for the content - you wont regret it.

The subscription is expensive. And even when subscribed, you see tacky, sliding ad banners, constantly distracting, Interrupting my reading, irrelevant, annoying and wasting space. such a shame. I love the paper but hate the "monetisation strategy".

This app is the best in its class. Content and functionality are superior to competitors.

The app appears to be the same as the web version. The only difference is that the app has Google banner ads streaming across the bottom of the display. I cant understand why anyone would use this app.

I find the digital edition of the NYT is good value and very convenient. The latest update that makes saving an article so easy and the handoff feature is ideal for articles I start reading on the train home and finish reading on my iPad in front of the TV. And of course the writing is top notch and successful at either informing me of matters that count. You get what you pay for. As I said it is good value for the money.

Bought a new phone (iPhone 6 plus) and the content is great. Very difficult to find how to re-link my paid subscription on my new phone. Shouldnt this be automatic and transparent? Ridiculously poor software design. Shocking that Apple is part of this design. Really dropped the ball here, Apple.

The Ads should be more like the iPad version. Of course he most ideal is to have the whole iPad version on iPhone.

With the old subscription format the ads didnt appear at all - now, apparently, they do. Really really hate that - might be enough to keep me from renewing the subscription. Do NOT want that crap in my face.

The app will not stay open, keeps closing down after a few seconds.

Why do subscribers see ads? The whole point of paying is to not see them. Please get rid of them.

Great app. Very customizable. Love that articles download so I can read offline. Just wish snippets showed bylines for op-eds, opinion, blog, and analysis pieces.

.… slowly working my way through the sections. I love the recently viewed section which allows me to retrieve articles I hadnt had the time to finish.