The Spectator World
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1 subscription from $3.99
In the United States, The Spectator World has 1 subscription priced $3.99. It comes with a 1 month free trial.
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| Monthly Subscription | MonthlyTrial: 1 month | $3.99 |
1 one-time purchase from $9.99
In the United States, The Spectator World has 1 one-time purchase priced $9.99.
| Product | Price |
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| July 2020 Edition | $9.99 |
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| Rating / 5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.3 |
| Reviews | 1.3K | 29K | 12K | 6.5K | 3K | 1.8K | 1.8K | 682 | 451 | 67 | 35 |
| Released | 2020 | 2012 | 2014 | 2017 | 2011 | 2015 | 2017 | 2010 | 2011 | 2019 | 2012 |
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The Spectator World reviews
4.8 out of 5, based on 1,302 reviews.
What people like
- Writing is elegant and interesting.
- Offers fresh perspectives from across the pond.
- Articles are excellent and thoughtful.
- Simple design with few buttons.
What they complain about
- Login system is broken and frustrating.
- App rarely shows new articles.
- No search function to find stories.
- Hard to cancel your subscription.
I Love this Magazine
The columnists are fabulous and the magazine is always a welcome surprise in my mailbox.
Great publication, awful app
Great publication, terrible app. None of the latest articles show up. Today I’m seeing older articles than I was yesterday. Everything I see today is from weeks ago. Have to go through the mobile site to see anything new. On top of that, any time I leave the app to read a text etc. the app reloads the article from the beginning. The “contact us” page just loads a blank screen. Please fix this app!!!
Perusing for the first time
After a cursory look around the latest edition of this magazine it looks to me like there might be someone(s) in the media still willing to think
Great writing but…
The app on my iphone doesn’t allow me to login to my account. I get an email access link sent but it never logs me in. Also, I like the articles but the reader comment section is heavily moderated. If you were to post a comment implying that Kissinger or Soros are British assets in response to an article or other reader’s comment, and post links to sourcing, you would find that the comment wouldn’t last more than few minutes before being removed. Implying that either is CIA, and the comment gets a pass. Makes one wonder.
Brilliant
Eloquent well written and informative with a clear understanding of the geopolitical forces at play. A bastion of incisiveness in the discourse of an ever more polarized world
Great publication, TERRIBLE app!!
I love The Spectator but this app is the PITS! It occasionally shows me a recent article, but mostly it just shows me things from months ago. The “World” page hasn’t updated in over a year!! There’s no “search” option so I can’t look for particular articles. I’ve emailed many times and I’ve been assured they’re re-designing it, and I’ve gone through many steps to try and reset it, but to no avail. I mostly have to use the website to read articles, and that requires logging in each time. It’s very frustrating. Come on, tech team - get it together!
Excellent as far as it goes
The articles and writers available on the app are excellent, and the app is quite good at what it does. It would be nice, though, to be able to access Spectator World website articles through the app, rather than having to go to a separate place to get them.
Kludgy and buggy
Not off to a good start when it takes ten attempts to sign in before the app finally works. Lots of room for improvement on the simple basics that the app needs to do correctly.
Login
The worst login system I have ever dealt with
Useless App, can’t sign in
i’m a subscriber trying to use this app on iphone and cannot sign in, the option to sign in takes you nowhere and does absolutely nothing. i miss having an andriod, but somehow i doubt that would fix the issue, which is that this app does not work on its most basic and fundamental level. How hard is it to fix the most important feature in your app???!!!!!
News Food
A magazine that restores hope in journalism where varying views with facts can exist.
Great reporting as usual
Hey Amber…great reporting as usual! This topic will increase in importance and your submission only reinforces that fact. I read your new book, keep up the great work! Chad (SC Native)
Terrible
App won’t accept my subscription. Keeps telling me to log in through a one time use email… which I do, to no effect. It’s a good publication but terrible IT.
What exactly am I subscribed too!?
There are tons many apps, publications, and access points. It’s like a phishing scam. Enjoy the articles to be sure - they offer OUTSTANDING perspective and keep broader, sinister, journalism balance in a world filled with manipulative, distorted, and bias points of view. honest, and balanced.
Spectator World
Well written, interesting always, a great read every issue.
Don’t subscribe - there’s no way to cancel.
The World Spectator is a trap. They make it impossible to easily cancel their subscription and you have to dig through the Internet to try and find someone to help with cancellation. Deliberately obtuse and unhelpful. Don’t Subscribe.
I Am Ashamed and Abashed
Here I am, 72 years old, and I only just recently found this gem, “The Spectator”. I thought actual even handed news reporting was lost forever. Therefore I am ashamed that I did not seek out this honest journal long before. I have enjoyed all of your writers even those that do not agree with my thoughts and the writing is quite excellent and worthy of my subscription.
Worst app on the App Store
Rarely updates with new stories from the Spectator website. If you want to read four day old stories, this is the place to do it. Search doesn’t provide new stories either.
Easy to use
Very simple design, not too many buttons, great app. No complaints.
Many articles not accessible through the app
Very annoying to see articles mentioned on Twitter, etc. and then go to the app to try to read them, but they are nowhere to be found. Not a good subscriber experience.
Elegant and thoughtful writing
At the time of extreme partisanship, Spectator offers fresh perspective that can only be provided from across the pond. Elegant writing and British dry humor is certainly a bonus
Probably the last readable mainstream media
There’s a lot of good internet resources but Spectator is probably the last mainstream media honestly wondering what’s going on( the rest of mainstream already know all answers)
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The Spectator World FAQ
- Is The Spectator World free?
- Yes. The app and its basic features are free, in all 174 countries it sells in. Premium features are paid: they start from $3.99 (US), across 1 subscription and 1 one-time purchase.
- How much does The Spectator World cost per month?
- Monthly Subscription is $3.99 (US).
- Does The Spectator World have a free trial?
- Yes — a 1 month free trial (US).
- Where is The Spectator World cheapest?
- A one-time purchase costs CA$12.99 (≈$9.15) in Canada and COP 49,900 (≈$15.60) in Colombia, its cheapest and dearest countries.
- What are the best alternatives to The Spectator World?
- Foreign Affairs Magazine (4.8 from 29,027 reviews, premium from $8.99), London Review of Books (4.8 from 12,029 reviews, premium from $4.99) and The New York Review of Books (4.8 from 6,473 reviews, premium from $5.99).
The Spectator World download
Last updated 1 month ago.
The Spectator World sells in 174 countries. It was released 6 years and 3 months ago, on 9 Jul 2020. It holds a 4.8 rating from 1,302 reviews.
Supports 1 language: English.
How much does The Spectator World make?
Third-party estimates for the last 30 days, worldwide — not the store's own figures, which Apple publishes for nobody.
Revenue by plan
- Monthly 76%
- One-time 24%
Revenue by country
- United States 90%
- United Kingdom 4%
- Canada 2%
- Australia 1%