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The best

This app needs an update. Its aesthetic is old and it is not well written. Compare the work done in apps like NYT or CNN

Like others have noted, it is wonderful that the app in itself is finally available for iOS, eliminating the needs to exclusively use a browser to read FT. However, some features are missing, including the ability to go fullscreen while reading, which, through browsers like Safari (Reading Mode), makes it much more convinient and easy to read, by minimising distractions like related stories and links. Perhaps you could make these display elements slowly fade out of the UI as one swipes further down the story, like it is often done in reading apps. Finally, an iPad-specific suggestion would be to make better use of the extra screen. It is evident that whenever opens an article to read, only the right part of the screen is taken by the actual text, which is both inconvenient due to it being off-centered, and also a non very wise use of the additional space of the tablets. Perhaps the aforementioned introduction of a reading mode would solve this issue to. Proof of that is how brilliantly Reader-Mode works on Safari on iPads, which make FT article-reading an even better and easier experience than before. Keep up the good work!

Not worth it

Continually

The content is fine. The problem is the app itself, which for over a month repeatedly freezes and fails to load, and is therefore practically unusable. When I reported this I promptly received a reply, and have subsequently exchanged many emails, only to be told it is a known issue and asking for my patience. I have asked for details of the issue known to them, to compare with my experience, and asked when they plan to fix it, but no further help or information has been provided. I don’t find this a professional approach to customer service.

The app is quite glitchy, it won't let me comment on things and the display will often break

Great most of the time, except for the consistent bugs including randomly reloading, comments sections not being usable due to app thinking I'm not logged in, and general glitchiness. 3/5 these bugs shoulder not be consistent over a two year period.

Always on point