The New Criterion
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2 subscriptions from $3.99
In the United States, The New Criterion has 2 subscriptions priced $3.99 – 29.99.
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| The New Criterion | Monthly | $3.99 |
| The New Criterion | Annual | $29.99 |
8 one-time purchases from $4.99
In the United States, The New Criterion has 8 one-time purchases priced $4.99 – 5.99.
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| The New Criterion Feb 11 | $4.99 |
| The New Criterion June 11 | $4.99 |
| The New Criterion Sept 11 | $4.99 |
| June 2012 | $5.99 |
| June 2016 | $5.99 |
| October 2016 | $5.99 |
| September 2016 | $5.99 |
| The New Criterion Jan 12 | $5.99 |
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| The New Criterion |   London Review of Books |   The New York Review of Books |   Poetry Magazine App |   The Spectator World |   The Art Newspaper |   The Tablet |   New Humanist |   The Poetry Review |   Current Archaeology |   The Missouri Review | |
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| Rating / 5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 5.0 | — |
| Reviews | 451 | 12K | 6.5K | 1.8K | 1.3K | 67 | 35 | 16 | 4 | 3 | — |
| Released | 2011 | 2014 | 2017 | 2017 | 2020 | 2019 | 2012 | 2012 | 2015 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Monthly price | $3.99 | — | $7.99 | — | $3.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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The going rate for each plan in United States, in its own currency, shaded from the cheapest price on the row to the dearest.
The New Criterion reviews
4.7 out of 5, based on 451 reviews.
What people like
- The articles are really amazing
- Great for reading poetry and reviews
- Good way to access hard-to-find issues
What they complain about
- You cannot change the font size
- Navigation is a total nightmare
- App crashes or fails to load
- Support ignores your complaints completely
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The worst app ever
This app is unintuitive and impossible to navigate.
Great magazine, one big flaw
The flaw is that you can’t alter the font size. So on anything smaller than a regular iPad, it’s hard to read.
Great publication, terrible mobile app
This mobile app is basically a low-powered PDF viewer. It is very hard to use. It would be simpler to print the articles on paper and read them there. The text does not paginate or adjust to the device size. There is no find way to bookmark pages. There is no dark mode. There is no integration with Apple News.
The UX is unforgivable
Terrible player (on a phone). I have the paper copy also, but this comment pertains to the digital pdf.
Wonderful magazine, horrifically awful app.
Great articles, but the app, which simply presents pdf-like copies of the issues, lags on my iphone x and, astoundingly, doesn’t save your spot in an issue, which is ridiculous.
Terrible subscriber interface
I subscribed to the magazine on 7/14. After struggling with the interface I was finally able to get trigger a message that I should wait to log on until 8/4, that my subscription had not started. Yet another legacy publication that fails to transition to the internet effectively.
UPDATE! Working fine!
It took time and several emails but the app is working good and the content of the magazine is amazing. Thank you so much!
Poor App Design
The app says my login information is incorrect when I know I have entered my credentials correctly. Therefore it is unusable
Great publication
Enjoying the app. Very user friendly.
Unable to Download Owned Issues
Have subscribed for a few years, but unable to download to my device any issues prior to 2019. Contacted The New Criterion and was told that if I had subscribed via the app there was nothing they could do. Contacted app developers and they didn’t even bother replying. Absolutely unacceptable. Apple should not allow this type of rogue trading.
peerless
The cultural corollary, writ small: swift, outgunned RAF arrays itself against the Luftwaffe purveyors of popular pedantry. Churchill's valediction applies. More souls should take up this inky chalice and drink. The RAF would become Bomber Command...
Worst Magazine App Ever
The magazine is unreadable on the app. There is no contents page and one has to scroll through the entire issue to find anything. Pages are two column scans of the magazine’s paper format and do not fit to the page. Navigation and resizing pages to make the readable is a nightmare. Don’t brother.
Good presentation for a stellar magazine
The New Criterion is the best English language journal of the arts, politics and culture today, with a strong focus on poetry, book reviews and criticism. This app is a good way to read the magazine, which can be hard to find in bookstores.
Permanently crashing
I dont even get to open it. Its permanently crashing. So what option is there than 1 star? If seems to be more and more in fashion to churn out half baked apps. Paramount aim: Write "free" on it and get at your pockets with in app purchases. Where on the world would you buy a brand new car without wheels and charge the full price?
I would consider subscribing...
But I don't really know what the magazine is about, and the preview of the magazine is a joke. Hint to the publishers: it's better to provide an article or two, or even part of an article, than to make your previews unreadable thumbnails of the pages of the magazine. That preview style may work for fashion magazines, but it most certainly doesn't work when the contents of your magazine are 100% text. Obviously, this magazine is written by intelligent people, who sadly have no understanding of marketing. Provide a better preview, and if I ever revisit the magazine, I might give a better rating.
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The New Criterion FAQ
- Is The New Criterion 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 2 subscriptions and 8 one-time purchases.
- How much does The New Criterion cost per month?
- The New Criterion is $3.99 (US). The annual plan works out cheaper per month: $29.99 a year.
- Does The New Criterion have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- Where is The New Criterion cheapest?
- A one-time purchase costs QAR 19.99 (≈$5.49) in Qatar and COP 29,900 (≈$9.55) in Colombia, its cheapest and dearest countries.
- What are the best alternatives to The New Criterion?
- London Review of Books (4.8 from 12,029 reviews, premium from $4.99), The New York Review of Books (4.8 from 6,473 reviews, premium from $5.99) and Poetry Magazine App (4.9 from 1,819 reviews, premium from $2.99).
The New Criterion download
Last updated 1 year ago.
The New Criterion sells in 174 countries. It was released 15 years and 4 months ago, on 17 May 2011. It holds a 4.7 rating from 451 reviews.
Supports 1 language: English.
How much does The New Criterion make?
Third-party estimates for the last 30 days, worldwide — not the store's own figures, which Apple publishes for nobody.
Revenue by plan
- One-time 48%
- Monthly 29%
- Annual 23%
Revenue by country
- United States 85%
- United Kingdom 3%
- Canada 3%
- Australia 2%