Readly UK Anmeldelser 2 040

A perfectly good app is now unusable.
Can’t do puzzles anymore - the main reason I subscribe.
Can’t identify which issues of a magazine I have already read and my library has disappeared.
Ready have lost a loyal customer.

Very disappointed with the new app. We can no longer complete the crossword and other puzzles in the newspapers or the puzzle magazines. A big part of the reason for subscribing was to do puzzles. Also my bookmarked articles have been removed. So two big disadvantages in the new app. We would much rather have kept the old app. Considering cancelling the subscription.

Have been a happy subscriber since 2023. The latest update means that the app wont work on any of my ipads as the app wont work with older devices. I tried to cancel, but they have made it impossible to cancel the subscription which seems dodgy to say the least. Would not recommend and advise anyone thinking of this company to steer well clear unless they decide to change their ways.

Have been a subscriber for many years and recommended it to many friends. Would have happily given it a 5 star rating, but now must agree with all of the negative comments. The new app that has been forced on me is an utter shambles.
They need to get their act together fast and restore the previous app or cancellation will follow within the month.

Readly is a fantastic way of accessing written media like magazines and newspapers (5 stars). The latest app is not as easy to navigate as the previous version and some titles seem to have disappeared.

Used to be the best app ever, but the new app has taken away one of the best features, the ability to complete crosswords and puzzles from daily papers, magazines etc.

Will we get a price reduction for losing this feature? Very disappointed, considering cancellation.

I've been subscribing to Readly for many years, but now after being forced to download the new app, I am finding it impossible to use.
It is difficult to find content as the search facility is extremely poor. Most of the bookmarks I saved over the past 5 years have disappeared, and many of the magazines (and their back copies) are no longer available.
I will be cancelling

Have been a subscriber for years. What have the done?! The new version is awful following removal of App, do difficult to read and scroll.

Readly has now become Unreadly

What used to be a clean, intuitive way to browse and enjoy magazines has somehow been redesigned into something far less usable. The new interface feels like it’s been built around aesthetic and article promotion rather than how people actually read.

Simple things now take more effort. Navigation is clunkier, key features feel buried or removed and the overall experience is less fluid. Instead of dipping in and enjoying content, you find yourself hunting for it.

Have tried to cancel my subscription, but they are currently not allowing it.Probably because they are haemorrhaging subscribers. What a mess.

I have had to download the new app which now does not provide the ability to do crosswords, suduko, etc in the puzzle magazines. When I contacted customer support they got back to me and they said "it is no longer possible" and told me to use the "Games" option that is available. Half the reason I have the app is for the puzzle magazines. I sent them another email asking if this was permanent, no response. Also when I tried to do the "Interactive Edition" of Suduko Puzzle Masters it doesn't work either. So in conclusion, if you are thinking of getting this for the puzzles, don't because readinga codewords magazine isn't as much fun as you think it is going to be!

Like many other Reviewers, I was forced to download the new app which is a step backwards from the previous version. Titles that I had read for many years had simply disappeared and I decided to cancel my subscription, however, on the landing page for cancellation there is a message telling me that “Cancellation of your subscription is not possible right now but you’ll be able to do so within the next few days”. So I’ve checked back on several occasions and this has not changed. I contacted Customer Support by email but I’ve not heard anything back from them, in the meantime I’ve instructed my bank not to pay Readly any money. This is a real mess and I for one will not be back.

Dreadful app update. Who on earth in charge of UX/UI signed this off? Can't find a thing, all my favourites I spent ages curating have disappeared, foreign titles no longer on the app. An absolute mess and will be cancelling my subscription.

Absolutely terrible. Without warning from enjoyable to very very unhappy. Horrific app difficult to navigate and without the support they say. they are obviously not reading the reviews. The old app was fantastic. I have probably used it from its inception, easy to navigate and I could have a split screen. This new app is too small for me to read and if I enlarge I cannot then turn the page without D enlarging. Recently read has gone okay you can press the buttons but it’s just not as easy and simple. 😢😢😢😢

Readly UK has shut down since takeover. It says that 'UK is no longer a suppotred region' and when I press 'contact us' it simply says 'oops that's not working.

This used to be a good website until a forced update basically ruined everything. My wife enjoyed doing sudoku interactively but now you have to print them same with crosswords. It is so bad in fact that they have withdrawn the option to cancel your subscription presumably because everyone wants to. I am fairly certain that this is illegal. If it's not it should be. I pay mine by PayPal so I was able to stop any further payment and I suggest you do the same. If you contact customer service they reply with some inane question in my case they asked me what I meant by interactive. When you reply that's the last you hear from them. They do say that if you are trying to cancel and payments are taken then you will be fully refunded but how are going to prove that. Why don't they suspend taking payment until any issues are sorted out.

I have been using Readly since it first launched, and I’d recently become bored of the slowly reducing titles. I cancelled my subscription a few weeks ago and was counting down the remaining weeks considering whether to continue or not. Then I opened the new app and within a few minutes of checking it out, I was relieved that I had cancelled my subscription. I’ve not even bothered seeing out the last few weeks, it’s dreadful. It looks awful, it’s terrible to navigate and pretty much every title I read is removed from the list.

I was toying with the Apple News subscription and suddenly they have gone from a drastically reduced list to being better value than Readly and much easier to navigate.

Shame as after around 10 years, they’ve lost their way and their reputation.

Gosh how highhanded of the company. Imposed a new format with no warning. Impossible to download the new app onto my usual device. Asked for help from their helpline and no response.
Have managed to download it to another device and horrified to find the usual very easy intuitive app has been replaced by an awful looking layout with none of the usual features.What is the point of annoying your loyal customers. There are plenty of other apps for this including free ones. I for one am cancelling my subscription.

Why would you change so drastically without any prior notice? My saved magazines all deleted to be replaced by an inferior app with a jumbled navigation. OMG do you need to improve this or you will haemorrhage subscribers.

I’ve been banging on about how good Readly is for years to anybody who would listen. Then they got took over and released a new and “improved” app. My rating says it all. Here are a few of the things removed that make a once excellent app next to useless…

* Bookmarks not carried over from old app.  I had lots of these saved up to read and they have all dissapred.  I am gutted about this.  
* No longer an ability to auto download issues.  
* No longer an ability to bulk delete bookmarks/favourites etc.
* saved titles used to be in a separate tab, making it easy to see them.  Now these are listed without pictures and seem to be ordered randomly.  This is a massive downgrade in experience.  
* Titles that used to have article view no longer do (I have found many examples of this.). This is a huge step down.
* On iPad and iPhone titles keep crashing constantly and having to restart app. 
* Search function has become next to useless. Results out of order or not bringing anything even though I can see the articles. 
* On iPad and iPhone new issues used to be all one page so it was easy to see each morning. Now it involves scrolling to see this more difficult. 
* When I finish a title it is no longer clear that I have done so. It still says new.
* On the webpage, scrolling is very unintuitive.  It’s more difficult now.
* When I save a bookmark on the webpage sometimes it doesn’t appear when I open the app on iPhone/iPad.
* Newspapers and Magazines are lumped all together - these were much better when separate.  
* I keep coming across text on the app and webpage in another language, not sure if it’s French but it’s off-putting.  Also, some of the English written on the site/app has clearly been written by someone who doesn’t speak English as a first language (incorrect grammar, syntax etc.) 

So overall, Readly has done the impossible - it’s gone from 5 stars to 1 overnight.

The new App is a big step backwards, you now cannot complete any of the crosswords or puzzles in the newspapers or magazines. They have books of different types of puzzles, which all you can do is look at. What is the point.

I’m now looking for an alternate magazine provider.