Medium: Read & Write Stories App Reviews

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What is medium: read & write stories app? Medium is the internet’s encyclopedia of expertise. Read millions of long-form stories from insiders and thought leaders, deepen your knowledge of the subjects that matter most to you, and harness the power of the written word to spark new ideas, answer big questions, and fuel bold ambitions.

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Updated 15 February 2024, Thursday
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Medium: Read & Write Stories Comments & Reviews 2024

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Here for Medium. I absolutely love using Medium! As an avid reader and writer, it's the perfect platform for discovering new and exciting content. The app's clean interface and intuitive navigation make it easy to find articles on a wide range of topics, from tech and science to lifestyle and entertainment. The personalized recommendations feature has also introduced me to some amazing writers and publications that I may not have discovered otherwise. One of my favorite aspects of Medium is the community aspect - I can easily connect with like-minded readers and writers, leave comments on articles, and join discussions on various topics. It's a great way to engage with others who share my interests and learn from their perspectives. Overall, I highly recommend the Medium app to anyone who loves to read, write, or engage with a vibrant online community. It's definitely one of my go-to apps for staying informed and entertained!

I love it.. mostly. I really love this app. It has some of the best content I’ve seen online. I am definitely going to pull the trigger on a subscription. My only real gripe is that if I exit the app it clears the story I’m reading out of ram and then I have to try to find it again.. which takes forever, I would love a feature where it would save the current story you are reading and when you go back into the app it would just go to that last story by default. Also if you could add a history feature that would show your reading history.. that would also be awesome. But those are small nitpicks. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking for some awesome and intelligent reading content!

I love it so far and still need to learn more. I love the format, I love that writers can have their space and love that others can follow writers they appreciate. I just finished reading one and I commented and then discovered a friend of mine wrote a piece and commented and saved, etc.... it am having a challenge of now where is it that I go to start writing another piece... and HOW can I paste an article that ought to be here... can’t figure that one out and even did a google search and nada... oh and did I add that writers can earn money and that’s a good thing and did I say that I love the typeface and the overall beauty of Medium.... Now I’m determined to find out how to start writing another piece... hahha you would think it would be easy but perhaps it’s because I may be an early dementia phase....

Worst change to a great app. I love Medium, and used it frequently, until they made the worst possible change to the app… Medium recently removed what I consider to be it’s most important feature: composing stories on the mobile app. This is a WRITING platform, but you can no longer write with it!? What? For me, I spend a lot of time driving and taking care of my kids. I don’t have time to sit down at my laptop, and I need to be able to jot down ideas as they come to me, or I will lose them by the time I get back to my computer. I do almost all of my drafting on my phone using voice recognition, which made it incredibly easy to get your thoughts out of your head and onto the page. They claim that the change was made due to technical challenges of maintaining the future in the app. I simply cannot fathom why an app/company of Medium’s size and resources could have technical challenges with a basic and fundamental feature that is included in virtually any other app with text capabilities. Every social network app, every word processing app, can capture longform text from their mobile device. How is this challenging? Medium, if you are listening, bring it back! Without this fundamental feature it is nothing more than a glorified RSS feed. You have one of the best writing platforms out there, and I love using your product, but it is no longer useful to me if I can’t compose from my phone. Truly disappointed in what was once a 5-star, awesome product.

A delightful Addition To My Day. I recently purchased a subscription to the platform. Normally I wouldn’t pay to hear peoples’ “opinions” on various subject; however, articles kept popping up on my iPhone and my email inbox which I found to relevant. The more I read, the more I enjoyed. So far, I am quite pleased with the content and fell that the value matches or exceeds the price paid. Most beneficial to me has been reading about topics that can help my career such as the technology related articles. I am old school and technology isn’t one of my main interests yet I know I must try to keep up or be out of a job. Normally I find it boring to read about, but the articles I subscribe to on Medium are interesting because they are down-to-earth and not full of jargon I don’t understand. It also does not seem to lean either way politically for the most part and I like that for a change. For every article I DO feel has a political connotation one way, I can find another written from a dissenting view to equal the scales. Thanks, Medium, for providing interesting content that is relevant to the present, helps me to be more productive, and is refreshingly not completely “woke.”

Worthless if you don’t follow specific authors.. I used to open the Medium app most every day and I’d see some interesting article to skim or read. Now I open the app to a blank screen because I don’t follow specific authors, nor do I care to. I follow topics. I want a wide range of views, not only views from specific people. So my Home tab is blank. I then go to the Search tab. What do you know? It gives me a _very_ few random selections from the topics I’m interested in, then it fills most of the rest of the page with WHO I should follow. Worse still, it pushes on me articles “we’re” reading. What do I care what you’re reading? And worst of all, it wraps up pushing topic suggestions on me I have absolutely NO interest to follow. I still want to read and reference the articles I know are buried in there, the articles that caught my interest enough to pay for the subscription, but if the app continues down this UI/UX path I’m just going to cancel the membership or maybe I can find an alternative UI/app to the Medium content.

Great content. I rely on Medium for high quality reading about product design, AI, climate change, history, and much more. It’s easy to follow reliably high quality authors, and weed out the weaker ones. In terms of issues, well, I’ll put them here because I can no longer find the way to submit feedback in the app. I’ve had challenges managing my subscription, vis-à-vis app store vs website. And I’m always annoyed by the in-story ‘clap’ and comment buttons; I nearly always miss and wind up on the author’s article page. These buttons are really poorly designed and prevent me from engaging as much as I’d like. Another thing that I’d like to see improved is the voice on the read-aloud feature. It’s too robotic and rather unpleasant. The highlight feature, which is used for…something… is hard to deselect and it’s purpose is as not intuitive as I think they believe. That said, Medium is a key source of writing for me and I strongly recommend it for people that want to enjoy a torrent of solid articles, without ads, to engage with every day.

Truly inspiring, and practically useful. I use Medium every day. Usually I just click on my personal suggestion notifications! And I go from there. Sometimes I have a specific topic in mind, and search & browse until I inevitably find something useful and thoughtful(quick experience!). There are so many dedicated and bright minds writing on medium about what they know best, and I couldn't be happier or more pleased to have found a place they like to congregate for the benefit of anyone who wants to be a part of it. Topics upon topics, minds upon minds, growth upon growth. If you want to use it to your best, personalize your experience as much as you can, learn as quickly as you can(easily done!), and be open to the luck of your life experience to find what you need. Thank you Medium! Edit: I do feel I need to also mention that while I do admire the platform, I do have an issue with app restarting after being held in the background for a short time. I've missed out on several articles because of this, and it's sucky. Stars down from 5 to 4. Still pretty cool

Taking Time for Medium. I’ve only been reading Medium for a short time, and the horrific news about our current President has become a drug-like lure. Gotta rush through it, get all the opinions, force myself to actually listen and try to relate to Fox Infotainment. It all takes time. When I get off that spinning, nauseating ride to read more widely and think about what I believe truly matters, which is connection with others and the quest to learn to cooperate rather than tear apart, Medium is a good resource. I don’t always agree with opinions, and some of the writing offends my elderly lit major ears, but immersing myself in someone else’s worldview can be enlightening and fun. I find new ideas, a treat for one who reads a lot, and news first steps into other countries of the mind. Medium is definitely a First World Pleasure, but, as I live in the developed world and have time, it’s like exercising my body: an essential enhancement. Highly recommended to people who are not afraid to wonder and think.

Good Blogs, iPad App Needs Work. There is some really good and interesting writing on the site itself, and you can subscribe to what you like and mostly ignore what you don’t. There is definitely a political bent here, hard left. There are conservative viewpoints but you have to go looking for them and they seem to draw the most fire, by far. Just be aware of it. I mute a lot of the “Trump is Satan” authors but they still manage to show up in my weekly email, which is irritating. No way to customize that. The app itself is weak and I’ve now deleted it because navigation is so bad. You can read article and responses well enough, but if someone responds to something you say, you’re hard-pressed to go back to your original comment or the original article because there just is no navigation for it. On the website you can always go upward in the thread; on the app you can only go downward. I comment a lot so that’s a deal-breaker for me. Also Dark Mode when commenting gives you a black background with no change in the text color, i.e. you can’t read what you’re typing. Come on guys, this is not even a QA failure, this is just a total lack of dev testing.

Constant Looping Error During e-mail Registration. Attention App Developers: I ran across an interesting MEDIUM story which led me here to the App Store. I Downloaded the MEDIUM App, then Got to the Login Section which has (3) Registration options (1.Google) (2.Facebook) and (3. Signup with E-mail) I chose (3. Signup with E-mail) After keying “Full Name” and “E-mail” fields I hit submit and Successfully received the confirmation email to my iPhone In-box which then provided the link to Continue / Complete my registration. After clicking that link, it also successfully brought me back to the registration page to complete signup which is where I got the Pop-Up Error Message (ERROR Try Re-Submitting) Tried again, Same ERROR. I’m not trying to beat the App up or the Developers, just passing the technical difficulty details on in the event anyone cares to dissect it and find a solution. Guess I’ll go back and try Google Registration since I don’t have a Farcebook account. 🤞🏻 And if you read all of this YOU ROCK!

William T Johnson, JD, MA, LL.M, and CEO, Telemedicine Centers USA. This is an awesome array of knowledge and scholarly information and often forgotten history with respect to the struggles of oppressed black and POC peoples, and the inspirational saga of the overcoming of such horrific violence and unequal treatment demonstrating God is watching and chooses His vindication in time and involving chosen individuals, including even Einstein to act and speak out. It’s incredible and outright ignorance that the US white supremacy crowd still haven’t by now generationally learned that Black Lives Matter in every stage of our civilization and survival. White increasing fears of both POC power and population dominance in the US is well founded—only it’s already occurring in over 60 percent of US cities and states. The POC Majority-Minority primary grade classes are starting middle school and will be voting at graduation from high school!

I enjoy the articles, but the app itself.... Today, for the second time in as many days, my Medium app refuses to connect to the Medium server. I finally got frustrated enough to delete the app and discovered that my phone will reach the Medium website just fine using the browser; it’s just the app that won’t connect. I reinstall the app. It’s still won’t connect. and when I have the app installed, it is very hard to force my phone to open an article in the web browser. It tries to do it in the app, which isn’t working, so I just can’t read the article. Please note that I am a Medium member who pays for a subscription. I’m going to delete the Medium app so that I can continue to read articles, and I hope they have this problem fixed very quickly. Why do they even have an app if it’s not going to work? update: it was a problem with my phone, not the app. Rating updated.

Updated review!. A few weeks ago I left an unfavorable review highlighting a number of bugs and design issues with the Medium app. However, with a recent update it seems that many of the issues have been resolved! Just wanted to say thank you to the developers and everyone involved in listening to and applying my feedback. These changes really have made my experience better and the quick turnaround was also impressive. Thank you so much 🙏🏻 If I could make one last suggestion, there doesn’t seem to be any direct way to give feedback or bug reports for this app outside of leaving a review on the App Store. I would’ve happily sent an email with my feedback and given the devs a chance to fix them before leaving a poor review. It’s also just easier and more efficient to communicate that way if you need more info or screenshots or anything like that. Setting up such a feedback channel can help protect your illustrious App Store rating and keep the business folks happy. Cheers again for building a great app and a great community and for valuing your user’s feedback 👍🏻

This app is the worst media site I’ve ever used. Articles are written by people who have no idea what they are talking about. Ive put in tremendous amounts of effort into sifting through all of the garbage on this app to try to tell the algorithm what i like and dont like. After selected over a dozen interests (none of which involve self help), and intentionally engaging with articles about interesting topics, i have come to learn that the algorithm on this app is made to do the exact opposite of what you want. I have cleared my reading history and then clicked not interested on HUNDREDS of “self help”articles. Every time i open the app i am plagued with an entire screen of “self help” (not real science backed methods, more like “Top Ten tips to become rich”, “top 40 ways to become a genius”, etc) pseudoscience garbage, and to add insult to injury EVERRY ONE SAYS BASED ON YOUR READING HISTORY. WHAT READING HISTORY??? i have read exactly three interesting articles in the 100+ articles i have read. I cant believe this app costs a subscription fee. This app isnt even worth a one time payment of $5.

I’ve been a member since launch. For me Medium started as a platform to test out, as a data analyst, it’s what we do. At first I was skeptical and wondered why we needed yet another form or medium when so many were available. What I discovered is that as a writer in practice and in passion- Medium made it easy for me to write and ‘want’ to write, the more I used it. I found the tool easy with features that allowed me to write drafts and ponder on them until I was ready to publish them. It also began growing as a source with valuable insights and learnings, as well as a way for me to connect with other strong minded working women who are dedicated in one form or another to the values of good communication and the evolution of learning. Medium is an outlet to express a thought but also a medium in which to continue my search for higher learning. #alwaysbelearning Ginny Keegan LinkedIn/In/GinnyKeegan

Surprisingly, I like it. It crashes every time I use it more than five minutes, though. I've only been on Medium for two months. I was pleasantly surprised by the content. It wasn't all clickbait. I went to a Medium live writing session and the teacher was charming and funny. So I decided to stick around. I have an iPhone 12 Pro and no internet issues. Not sure why Medium crashes like this. Maybe tracking? I don't know. That's why i didnt get a membership before. The site is built, be to track your reading and I didn't like that lack of privacy. However, some writers I loved were on it, which legitimized it. I need to find more writers of interest to follow. As much as I probably could use the "I made $$$ this month from writing here's how" articles and how relatable that journey was, I get resentful of clickbait titles and worse, the consistent typos on the especially clickbaity ones that manage to snag me. I am interested in productivity, etc, but it's hard to tease out what's real and what's just a content creator maximising his brand. By the third click or so, the app freezes for me. I would love for this to change so I can see the direction Medium is growing. I think they mean well and have lofty aspirations. For me, not crashing would be a good start. Thanks.

My personal daily coach. I wake up every morning to a notification from Medium about a wonderful insightful short essay about things that are important to me and help me in my life. It doesn’t take long to read them and now they put the gadget in there where you can actually listen instead of having to read which is great because I’m tired of reading things on my phone. What could be better? I love the authors I love this topics I love the advice and the wisdom. Most importantly I love hearing from these people because I can relate to them. And the voice that reads the articles is pleasant and calm and has the perfect tempo. Medium is one of the apps that has been very beneficial to my daily life.

Stefani. While I did enjoy the content on this site, I have to recommend ppl to not PAY for a membership. I bought the membership & the first month was fine- when it came time to renew then came the problem. First my membership disappeared & all of a sudden I was back to “free” status, limited to how much I could read. So I checked to make sure I was charged, sure was, charged TWICE actually. After attempting to contact someone three times through the app with no response, I went to the website & sent another help request. Finally I received a reply. I sent in everything they asked for, receipts, screenshots etc. still I cannot access the content I paid for & have not been given a refund, just another request for “the bottom portion of my membership email “ thank goodness I never delete my emails because that was sent way back in October!! So as much as I want to give them 5 stars for the reading content, their customer service is so terrible that I cannot recommend anything other than the free membership. Please do not give them any money or you will be facing a huge headache along with paying for the content everyone else gets for free!!!! BOO!!!!

Great content, decent app. The big thing to know about the app is that if you’re reading something and go to another app to do something, and when you come back to Medium it has to be restarted, you’ll lose the article you were reading. Unless you bookmarked it for some reason, there’s literally no way to find it unless you remember the title or author name. This happens fairly frequently and it’s inexplicable that they don’t hook into the iOS API that tells them the app is about to be moved to the background to simply save a reference to the article you’re reading in case the app gets restarted by the OS. Some minor performance issues, like waiting to start lazy loading of images until they're in view. The worst part is probably no landscape support on iPad.

The app asked for a review so here it is:. First off I love what Medium is doing here. From a consumer of interesting writing, this is exactly what I want; no ads and very often articles that are interesting to me. The articles surfaced are improving as I use the service which is a good sign that what these people are doing with my usage is working. The app on the other hand has some nagging issues for those who use an iPad in landscape or simply prefer landscape mode regardless of device. This app is clearly designed to be used in portrait mode... yes it works in landscape but the layout doesn't really fit the screen most of the time, and has huge white margins on both sides. It's as if the designers decided rather than reflow the text, we'll just keep the same text width and add huge margins on the sides. Large pictures that are embedded within articles tend to be cut off when in landscape, but are sized nicely to fit within the screen in portrait. Even worse, as of the last update the app shows a blank white screen when switching from portrait to landscape. I know that this may come off as a bit of a quibble, and it is, but a large iPad Pro just isn't very comfortable in portrait, and anything with videos really should be in landscape anyway. Besides, the app did pester me for a review, so here you go... All in all, a great service and an app that is more than usable, just not 5 starts great... yet.

Some great pieces, when I find them.... I love some of the thought-provoking pieces on this platform, and my access to them after upgrading to premium. I love how easy it is to publish as well. However, more and more I’m running into articles that are either click-bait, or geared toward building the author’s brand (usually a combination of some buzz words and fluff), or just really poorly written. The primary method of content discovery is very heavily machine based; I used to try to get around that by first checking whether an article was heavily applauded, commented on (engaging), before investing time to read it, but unfortunately, that was removed in the redesign. The emails I receive re-emphasize this, and the interface doesn’t make it so easy to explore other writings (again because the assumption is that all the exploration you’ll ever need to do is in the list of machine generated articles). I long for a day where I don’t have to waste my time finding good content.

Different strokes for Different folks (keyed literature). As I began reading and comprehending your piece. I was asking myself a couple questions. One being, I wonder why the author didn’t feel like an accomplished author, earlier on. Which also had me wishing I had a piece of his early work, so I could compare the two & see if I could see an improvement, & which era I preferred. Secondly, I was curious & hopeful that as I continued on, I might pick up on something that he disclosed, that I possibly could apply to myself & my writing style. I believe he was more than likely above average to begin with, but may have had his creativity & spark burn out as time went on. When humans do something over and over it becomes natural, predictable and to me, something natural or ordinary, becomes boring. An example would be; if you commute everyday on the same road at the same time, you know how torturous a task that can be. However add the less common element of snow or ice and that same road becomes exciting & adventurous. What changed? It was the “norm.” in turn requiring the brain to react differently, therefore making it more enjoyable, or possibly nerve racking, depending on, how as an individual, you naturally react to danger & excitement.

Lovely app. This is exactly what writing should be. People get to express themselves and their ideas freely, and theres hardly a hierarchy involved. If your stuff is good, people will notice it and give it claps. That’s it. And thats how it should be. There are so many talented people on here. I do wish there were less “top 10 ways to sit on a couch” type of articles, and more posts focused on creative writing. Maybe I just haven’t stumbled upon the right accounts yet? There are also quite a few glitches I’ve been having while using the app. For one thing, it crashes nearly every time I use it. I don’t know if this is just a problem with my phone, but no other apps on my phone crash nearly as frequently as this one does. It could also use some design updates but it’s nothing major. There is a “poetry” section, but not much freedom when it comes to the ways in which we can format our poetry. Anyway, I’m just picking on some of the negatives. This is a great community and I can’t wait to really become a part of it!

Forum with Expansive Repertoire of Easy to Read Articles, good fodder for writers and readers!. This forum provides an avenue for writers to hone their skills, writing short, clear, articles on varied topics of interest to the reader. Writers benefit by gaining experience, developing their style, gaining some name recognition, etc. Readers benefit from learning new information on a wide range of topics or perhaps delving into a specific area of interest. You can tailor your feed to cater to preferred subjects or to branch out randomly, which is what I have done. I enjoy reading about concerns I might never take much time to consider otherwise. One problem I have had after reading one article on a topic, is my article feed becoming inundated with multiple similar articles on the same topic. They recently added a feature to help reduce this problem. It’s too soon for me to say whether it is a successful fix.

This review is for the app. I just upgraded and am very confused by the new UX. There are a few major issues: 1. Naturally, people use the app to post comments on each others pieces and have conversations. The app does not allow for you to view the back and forth exchange you are having on an article. The most you get is the ability to view an isolated response back to your comment via notifications. Meaning, you are expected to remember the original conversation/comment you made. A huge oversight. 2. You get a notification that someone clapped on your article. You want to see said person’s profile. I have tried clicking on the clap button under my article…. The app no longer reveals the list of people who have engaged. I also can’t click on the profile of the person when I get a notification of a clap. Meaning, I have to MANUALLY search the person’s name. Am I missing something or is this another huge oversight?

Please Help!. I’ve been paying for this 3 months & I just finally got access on my iPhone/iPad. I couldn’t figure out why it was saying I had 2 articles left each month every time itunes billing showed it had renewed. I finally realized that I needed to “restore purchases.” And i’m not sure why but that fixed it. In the meantime, the last two months I had paid and got nothing but the free articles. ITunes support said I need to reach out to the developer but the developer site has no section for support. 2 out of 3 months that i’ve had this, it has not worked on my iPhone/iPad and i’d like to talk with someone about resolving that or getting a refund. Restoring my purchases seems to have worked but i’m not sure why I had to restore to begin with. Maybe after an update or after getting a new device, i’m not sure. Either way, I love the app but it really stinks i’ve not been able to get support. Please take a moment to reach out to me!!

Articles & Authors Alike Publishing In MEDIUM are “Worth In Gold & Diamonds”. A General Comment about all the articles published by MEDIUM, that I will present here: 1: The articles are written under the concept of “Short & Sweet” and requiring only less than 10 Minutes to read & still be able to understand the main goal & objective of the article. 2: The wide diversity of the “subject material” and within which there are varieties of articles or author selections to choose from and thus making “Medium Published Articles Being abundantly & broad spectrum rich, with the latter no one will be disappointed by not able to find their area of interest reading material”. 3: For many years I have surfed around in search of finding and reading interesting articles and in the past they all have been few and are many pages written articles. Being in a very busy profession it is difficult to find time and alertness to read long articles. 4: And now “Medium Published” short & sweet articles which deliver the very precise information that the title of the article reads. The latter style was the first time ever that I had/have come across and I am very lucky person indeed. Thank you for taking the time to read my general comment. My sincere gratitude held well wishes to all the authors and the Medium publisher. Sincerely Shashidhar Shettar

It was my survival guide to my Rebirth!. I appreciate everyone who participates on the website and shares their expertise in every aspect of human life. It keeps me fighting for my health, my life, and recovering my self-worth and self-love; I lost helping others and almost lost my life The best website helped me by providing tools to take control of my health and my life. I stopped listening to the hurtful verbal abuse by a narcissistic personality disorder, got me corner between my terminal illness and the controlling my movement, financially powerless to free myself, and dared to accuse me of his ungodly conduct. I had been fighting for my health and stopping him from keeping me trapped inside my body and four walls for more years; the outstanding success in corporate America, I hid darkness beyond the darkness. One hundred percent Isolation, No one ever asked or came to see me, I ask, for people and people ask for me, but he was the Middle Man for ten years, and everyone believed everything he has have been saying It took me 13 years to get out of the Wolf den.

Lucky Woman. Oh, how wonderful to love your job! And yes, her mother was right when she said that her daughter “would know when it was time to retire”. Working with children and young adults is so rewarding! I know this as I volunteered for years as a reading tutor for 6-9 year olds who were from non-English speaking families. It was a learning experience for me! Probably the sweetest of all my little ones was a beautiful 7 year old Samoan boy who was a terrific artist! When I saw how hard he was trying to read and how difficult reading was for him I asked him if he would like “to draw the words” instead. Yes! And so, next to the word HORSE he would draw a horse and soon he made that connection and would then recognize the word. It was a slow process but we both felt some measure of success! There are so many ways of learning.

Decent App. I from time to time have Blocked some time aside, to mostly read. Until recently. Hobbies I have, well one, anyway that I enjoy, is to gather knowledge, experiences, hardships, victories downfalls, anything really. Gathering, just the word alone, Say it outloud if you reading this text. It just Makes me want to gather more. In all ways gathering is possible, Most of what I have gathered, I can’t touch, it’s digital, & worthless, known secrets lies can’t mask, irrelevant. Blocked time alarms set to etch my Invisible ink too, I just think longer and harder than one who’s quick to the keyboard. So I do like this app, But would love it, if it wasn’t so complicated, requiring way to much guess work, time, effort & energy, to be as proficient as it needs to be, not the apps fault, though. User errors, “movie quote. “What we have here, is a failure to communicate. And communication has never been faster or easier in history of mankind. Get the App, I did.

I would like medium. I would love this app. However I have subscribed for the unlimited version. And when I make a selection to read I get two paragraphs and a message that I need to change my subscription to the $50 a year. I then go to try that and get the message I am already subscribed. I do not know how to contact and notify anyone about the problem. So I am trying a negative review to see if that works. I feel that a large credit is due and I either want to discontinue this app or I want to know how to fix the problem. It seems that under profile there should be some way to do that. When I go to my profile I do not see any way to find out what email address my subscription is under or any other helpful information . There is no contact information either. Why not.

Why I’m a “medium girl”. And no, I’m not a girl. I’m a 70-year old woman. I don’t follow Instagram, don’t have a Twitter account. I do have a website. I’m not a techno-phobe. But I read postings on only two sites: Brain Pickings by Maria Popova and Medium. Why? Popova’s site connects literature and philosophy in astounding ways. The graphics on the site, usually from a book under review, are insightful and gorgeous. But Medium has the advantage of multiple voices and the ability to tailor topics to what most interests me. But just when I think I know what “interests me,” I’ll find a story on Medium on a different topic and decide that interests me too! I love that people are writing so powerfully and connecting their thoughts with others. Medium has inspired me to become a regular contributor.

Love the app....but. I really love Medium and the great content it provides! Being able to read so many different points of view on different topics is great! It would get a 5-star rating except that it is annoying that you can't quickly see new posts by people you follow. I wish there were some way that you could just see content from everyone you follow. I like that they don't clog your immediate experience with only those you follow. If I'm missing a way to quickly see content from the writers I follow, please let me know. Otherwise, could you possibly add that feature in with the sidebar menu? Thanks for providing a great forum for writers like myself to publish our material, but also to discover new voices in the literary world! 👍

History is necessary for accidental page close outs.. I must admit having been a medium member for the past few years I can tell you I’m never let down by quality. Writers on this app have their own unique way of connecting their audience. I can only hope that this corporation continues it’s journey of innovation for future of us writers. One area in particular I would like Medium to consider looking into is allowing users to be able to have a history log of what they just read. I was reading a story this morning and accidentally backed out the article. I spent a good 25 minutes looking for it. Luckily I enjoyed the article so much I was able to remember the writer of the article and search him that way. Yes! I booked marked him. *So for those of you enjoying a read...”STOP” and bookmark it. I just recently purchased an iPad so still adjusting. Thank you again for the quality of reading material you allow the world to enjoy and here is too many more decades of advancement. Not only have you impacted my life personally, it’s allowed me to grow through others experiences. You can learn a lot of valuable life lessons on Medium.

Clean app!. I recently discovered Medium. I started reading very interesting posts on this website and I decided to download this app and give it an opportunity, which is something that I almost never do. Result: I like this app but one thing. I discovered that the option to play audio wasn’t incorporated on the app (I try to find it but I couldn’t), which is something that on the website it is available. There is the reason of why I give 4 out of 5 stars. I hope the developers read this review and incorporate the audio feature because I actually enjoy it especially when I am on the move, and I want to listen to something productive. Then I would change the review to 5 stars. By the way, I’m glad that it doesn’t have adds, otherwise I’d have to uninstall it like I’ve done it with with many other apps.

This is a review of the APP itself, not the website.. I gave this title, because as I read other reviews, I think people are not necessarily reviewing the APP itself, but rather the content on the website. My review, is of the actual app. I decided recently to give Medium a try, to see if I can write some useful articles and perhaps even generate a bit of side income. I wrote an article on the app and then published it. After publishing, I noticed a few small tweaks I would like to make. So, I selected the article and chose “edit” mode. Trouble is, the functionality to edit is VERY limited. For example, I selected an icon to see what it does and it added a Python text box to my article. Now I can’t get rid of it! It should not be so difficult to figure out how to add or subtract something from the article. And where is the back button?? Lousy UI/UI design! A simple editor is a good idea. I get that. But so basic that you don’t have a back button or a delete function to remove unintentionally added features? If you do have them, I am confused as to where they are. Fix these things and I will improve my rating.

Share the wealth. After my wife died, I needed help with all areas of my life. I have been doing therapy for two years. It has helped. Medium has provided a bigger picture. In today’s world, so often we are able to cram ourselves into our own little world. We have friends and that is good. Oftentimes, they are busy and deep conversations about emotional issues require time and energy. Other perspectives, especially well informed and those that are significantly different than our own can be hard to access. Medium is a good source for a wide range of short reads that can trigger new ways of looking at things. That has value for me. Maybe you as well.

Membership Subscription. To avoid wasting my time and storage space, I researched Medium after I saw the in-app purchases and the ITunes description referenced paid membership being a "perk" and not required to read the articles. After reading two articles, I received a message saying I would have to become a member to read additional articles as my free article limit had been exceeded this month. If those same messages would have appeared in my research instead of after downloading the app, it would have saved me time and now frustration. Maybe I'm clueless or have lived under a rock, but why is there a fee required anyway? It's not a major news publication like their publishing-conglomerate predecessors and they highlight their use of amateur authors which seems to defeat the purpose of a paid subscription? Interesting content, but not enticing enough for a subscription.

So far not too impressed. I have been subscribing for about a year to the medium through email but if you want to react to any of the articles that you read or if you want to comment or ask questions you are told to download the app so I did. I was hoping to possibly write short stories and post them on this website trying to gain a little side hustle while I am writing my biography. Apparently you have to pay for the service and you have to pay to use the app in order to comment or even tap like. Another user also commented on basically the same thing you could probably Google and find what you are looking for for free. But there are several articles that I do find interesting to read but without payment you are limited on what you can read for how long. Not sure that I will keep the app or the subscription to the medium because they do email me a lot but with restrictions on how much I can read.

Trash. This is one of the worst apps I’ve ever used, not in the sense that it often breaks or glitches or fails, but rather in that the design decisions that have been made are so ludicrously anti-user that it at times feels deliberately malicious. You get a notification that several people have commented on your post. Would you like to see those comments? Well just click that notification and it will take you there. I’m sorry, that’s how it SHOULD work. How it does work is as follows: you tap the notification and it takes you to a screen displaying the different people who have responded. If you click on any of those icons, you will be taken not to that comment but to that person’s profile page. Yup. There’s all kinds of just fundamentally dumb stuff like this. The final straw though came with the latest update which removed the ability to see any of your existing drafts or even edit your work. Let me be clear here: THIS APP IS LESS FUNCTIONAL THAN SIMPLY USING YOUR BROWSER. I halfway suspect it is some kind of social experiment meant to test whether people are so dumb that they will use an app without any regard to its quality. The answer appears to be yes.

Great for readability, lackluster for publishing. I love the convenience of the app for all my reading. However, I’ve noticed 1 bug while writing and 1 while publishing. While writing in an existing document (adding to it or editing), any text I add is typed in uppercase or sentence case by default. It’d a huge pain because I have to manually adjust the case by every single letter as I type. This makes it very tricky to get ideas out. When publishing, I cannot see any publications I’ve been added to, other than the one I own. This means I can’t submit or publish from mobile. I travel all the time, and publishing without a laptop is a need for me to maintain my writing schedule. Please fix these issues. Otherwise the app is fabulous. Thanks for all your hard work.

Accessible as Facebook, but not as stupid. There is a lot of time fragmentation in the modern world. Prior to downloading the medium app, I would often fill this time by reading Facebook. There is one major difference between Medium and Facebook, however. Reading medium makes me smarter. Reading Facebook makes me want to fight all my friends, family, and co-workers over often esoteric, ideological differences that truly have no bearing on reality or the ways that I interact with these people. In the end, I rather learn something I can use than learn that my favorite college math professor believes in trickle down economics. Download the medium app. Read it on the toilet or the train; read it at breakfast or lunch or whenever you feel the need to take a 5-7 minute break from the crushing weight of your day. Try it; you'll like it.

Needs better content filtering. I desperately want to give this app a higher ranking. It provides great content, doesn’t appear to be buggy, and has the basic usability down. However, there are too many articles where the content doesn’t match or support the title, too many articles where the author’s writing exceeded their knowledge, etc. The app fails to allow you to effectively filter down to the good articles. The content needs to be curated. There is an option for each article that says “show less like this”, but no indication of how “like this” is quantified. My fear is that if I click the option on a programming article that is completely incorrect, I will get fewer programming articles rather than fewer incorrect articles. When liking or disliking an article, the user needs to be able to indicate what they liked or disliked about it. At the moment, about 1 in 5 articles live up to the title of their post. That makes this app about 20% effective at delivering on its promise.

Conservative libertarian. The platform works well until you realize that a lot of what is going is Progressives speaking to themselves in an nacho chamber on the paying side of the site with articles from other publications and authors who primarily represent the hardcore Progressive agenda, which is why many of us stay on the fringes or the unpaid side, since there is little balance on the paying side of the Fence. Medium has some very good authors on the Pay side, but they also have some down right bigots who do not deserve house room in that their logical and objective skills would get them a D at best in a College essay class since their research and background is abysmal, as well as their conclusions. But that might be said of a lot of journalists these days as well. So I refuse to pay to hear the same old same old, as much as I would like to participate in meaningful discussion, I see it seeping away on this site.

Not a fan of the new UI. I’ve been a user for about 4 months. I was very accustomed to swiping an article left or right to save or delete it, a very common UX experience in iOS apps. To my unpleasant surprise and confusion, the new update drops you in a new UX experience, one that is decidedly unintuitive. Feedback #1: UX design 101, when changing an applications UX, make it clear to the user, e.g. small pop up that announces the new UX, and a description of what changed. I for one was confused (bad) because my first thought after opening the app was that I must have done something to cause the UX I was now seeing (accidentally swiped up, or swiped with two fingers with knowing). I also quickly learned that the ability to swipe was gone. Feedback #2: The settings link. Do not burry behind a “…” link. After clicking on the profile icon, I mistakenly thought that all I could do were actions associated with story creation. It wasn’t until I clicked on the “…” did I find the settings link. Bug #1: while in settings, there is an option “Application controls”. Finally I thought to myself, this is where I can change the UX to the view that allows swiping. Nope. Clicking on the link doesn’t do anything. Dead link? According to the pics on the App Store, there is an “Investigate” page view which looks like the view that might allow swiping. But for the life of me I could not figure out how to get to that view.

Love Medium, hate the changes. Long ago, it was very easy to converse in the comment sections. It didn’t require a million clicks to read and post responses. One could go to their profile section and find all the comments made and received, to which stories. Now? It’s nearly impossible. The view of comments and responses is no where to be found. If I go to the notifications, I get a list of claps and responses, but if select a response it only shows me the response- not the thread, or even the comment I made to which the comment is responding. It has made the conversation part of Medium as useless as the newspapers who still have comment sections. Just comments for the sake of commenting, not conversation. Love reading the stories but more than 1/2 the benefit of medium was the conversations we could have.

The same old “ Surprise Me” Stories Over And Over. Don’t get me wrong, I really like the app, and the engaging articles that are in it, but sometimes… Just sometimes, I would like to be surprised with a new article, something I have not read before. I remember after first downloading the app, I was always surprised by a new, engaging, sometimes controversial article or topic and I really enjoyed it… Reading through them was great for me. But recently, as in the last three months, whenever I click on the “surprise me“ link, it just takes me to the same old stories I’ve read once, twice &c. And really it’s getting kind of boring! Is there a setting maybe, that I’m not aware of, that really does truly give me a new article every time I click “surprise me”? I would be very happy to raise my star rating on this app to four or five if I can find a way to do this.

Medium DELIVERS the Message. If we are to stay in our lanes and pay homage to McLuhan’s witty “The medium is the message” meta criticism, we could dismiss the Medium platform as just another channel for the Internet’s amateur-izaton of media. But the proof is in the pudding. Spend twenty minutes scrolling Facebook or Twitter, then spend twenty minutes reading articles on Medium. There it is: content matters. And Medium delivers. And as far as UI and UX, we are dealing with next-level design with Medium. Sleek, intuitive and up to the task of allowing users to create the kind of quality online articles that make sharing nuanced thought possible in a world of distracted social media apps. You’ll open Medium to engage by reading, but you’ll find yourself starting and saving a draft for your own ideas. This is a writer’s app, disguised as a reader’s online magazine.

Like learning? Enjoy great writing? Lack free time or impatient?. You'll love Medium. Medium collects and consolidates top news articles covering every conceivable subject from breaking headline news to myriad categorically specific topics, e.g, latest news in behavioral psychology, tech, science, astronomy, computer coding, etc. Choose whatever topics you're interested in and Medium will list every related article for you. Short on time? No sweat, Medium lets you know how long it takes to read each article. Create reading lists, follow your favorite authors, and upvote articles you like. The app's platform is super user friendly too. Stop reading this review and download Medium, you won't regret it!! (NOTE: Medium had 22k five star ratings when I downloaded it three years ago — why only 500 reviews in Dec 2017?!)

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App has been crashing when I try to embed photos. This review is for the latest version of the app. Since the last update (which was supposed to fix bugs) the app has been crashing every time I try to add an image to a story for publication. As I use the app for writing/publishing - this is very frustrating. Please fix this quickly!

Worth exploring. I really enjoy medium . I find it easy to navigate. I really enjoy the content and I often find myself reading articles which I would rarely consider searching for. I also find the email list of suggested reads is really good at picking articles that I would be interested in.

Paula Heelan. As a photojournalist, I really enjoy Medium. I find reading a few articles every morning inspires ideas for new stories, news ways to make income through writing or taking images and the writers are honest, clever and fun. It’s a platform that often speaks directly to me. Perhaps I’ll attempt writing for Medium! Thanks for the great content.

Needs work. App is generally ok, however, issues changing from portrait to landscape and visa versa. Issues with some menu items in story creation where share items do not render correctly on screen, etc etc etc. Some QC please ?

A space for thoughtful writing. I love Medium both for the quality of the writing that is surfaced to me and for the space it provides me to improve on the quality of my own writing.

Featured or not in notification please. I love Medium. It's awesome! But please maybe make it clear in notifications whether or not the article mentioned in the notification is a featured article or not. I am not a premium user, and for now I'd rather not accidentally click on featured articles because I didnt know it was one. But really I love the app, great job guys 🙌

Lost ability to publish on mobile. Thanks to a ridiculous update in March 2022, the mobile app is basically redundant as users can no longer write stories and view drafts in the mobile app. Ill admit it’s far easier to write content with a computer keyboard, but so often I used the mobile app to note story ideas and actually write them. An incredibly thoughtless decision on Medium’s part. From customer support: As of March 2022, the Medium app no longer supports editing and publishing stories. You can still publish your stories on Medium using a desktop web browser.

Ripped off for so called upgrade. It’s the first time that an on line subscription payment by me for a service has been taken fraudulently. Since November 2019 when I signed up for an upgrade I have been maintained at the free level but Medium has happily continued to take my money for the supposed upgrade! Fruitless attempts to resolve this appears to have me locked into a round of Bots. The outcome is it’s my problem not Mediums. So too bad A warning to you out there don’t support this app,

Love the content. Awkward to log in.... When Medium email you their 'magic link' - if like me you don't log in with Google, Facebook or the other identity thieves - don’t expect it to work from the app. It took me about 20 tries to lay that simple expectation to rest. No, open the website in safari, click sign in with email, click the button in the email which Medium send. Then iOS picks up that you have the app and asks if you want to open it... My word! Once that fandango is performed it works just fine. The writing is worth the screaming frustration of getting logged in!

General Comment. What I read, consume and fill my life with in Medium pieces, snippets, poem and poetry is all to do with the rhythm of life. The details, inclinations and metaphors may be different but their same result is calming intrigue and endless satisfaction. I’m happy I found Medium. Or perhaps, Medium found me. Whatever! Thank you.

Informative articles. Great informative articles, you get to know the authors. Nice site to browse for reading material that’s interesting

Medium anything but mediocre it’s fantastic!. It so great being able to read and contribute one’s own opinions based on content tailor made to one’s interests

Login details?. So no password required. Email login not encouraged. Can create an account through Apple ID. But cannot change the email of account that is linked to a particular iPhone or iPad. Now I have one account (email) linked to my iPhone and another account (email) linked to my iPad. There is no way to change the email now so both devices can login into same account. Deleting the Medium App and reinstalling does not fix the problem. Bad design that ignores the idea that email and password keeps things simple and is proven to work in practice. KISS..

I haven’t tried the app, just the web. Hi! I’m Natalia and I always start writing like this, to me. I just download first and then read a comment of this app. I’ve just used this app on web. And now that I want to read what I post a few minutes ago on my phone I read that there is an app, for my phone. I really like to write in Medium web because is to something personal that I want to share but, I don’t know what happen between me and Wordpress, but I feel is too much for a “blog”. So, hope to enjoy the app. Cheers

Apple exchange rate is profiteering. This isn’t a negative review for the Medium app. The app is great and works well. Rather I’ve had a gut full of being ripped off by Apple. The app is $5 USD and I’m charged $7.50 AUD. This is an exchange rate of 50c to the Australian dollar when it has been in the averaging 70c’s for the past 5 years. I’m close to unsubscribing and it will be because of Apple not the quality of Medium.

Great app but.... After reading some comments here I decided to get this app. the concept is great, however, the articles on the feed aren’t really up to date. Also, the limit of reading only two stories per month without paying for a subscription is too minimal. I might delete the app soon, considering there’s too little I can read and enjoy. Sigh

rich in stuff. I re-subscribed because I kept finding that articles here were of high value

“Hey you read a lot”. Why did you start making it almost impossible to tell if it’s a premium content article? I’m sick of them being shoved in my face with the worlds smallest star so you can’t tell until you open it and get trolled by the subscribe screen. One star to match the tiny little annoying hidden stars you use to show premium content. Sick of it, so annoying.

Thoughtful and Helpful. All articles are uplifting as well as thoughtful and helpful. Stating something very clearly is always helpful, no matter how many times you have thought it yourself I feel I have gained both peacefulness and insight in reading these articles Thanks

Refreshing and actually excited to read everyday. I’m absolutely loving this tailored experience using Medium. I love checking everyday to see news and articles that are relevant to me. I was only an occasional reader of the news before medium. The articles are so refreshing and I feel like there is finally a source that suits me and my lifestyle. I would highly recommend this to anyone, especially my fellow gen x. The UI of this app is great too. Only thing I would add would be having an option for having our own country’s news too. I’m Australian and would love to see some Aussie articles.

Incredible community, inspiring ideas. Medium is a place to get inspired and educated by some wonderful writers who pour their hearts and minds into their words. The app is easy to use and makes finding and reading stories simple.

A nice change of environment - a fresh medium. After years of feeling lost between old news publications, various new ones online, and the influence of news feed social platforms, this new Medium and its app seem to be a refreshing change of style - it seems to be meeting my desire for a few items of reading each day or so, but I’m still a new user/member.. but I appreciate the approach and ethos that’s built into the site and service. Give it a go :)

UI issue. I love much of the content and the platform for writers concept however the UI is frustrating when reading an article when reading and scrolling an article because links are very similar in colour to the text and if one is touched at the start of a scroll gesture it is treated as a click and the link opens, so the user needs to pay careful attention to where you touch to scroll No feedback feature within the app the clap is auto repeating and I did not figure out how to undo mistaken claps Putting these UI features or design decisions aside the content and the article suggestion emails, writer funding are all great

Great reading but app faults. I love this app because I love the reading but the app tells me I’ve read three reads for the month when I’ve only read one so I hardly use it anymore. As a student I can’t afford the paid app yet but as a student access to these types of writing is important.

A great thing has happened to publishing. Great to see the quality of content on Medium. Perhaps the minimalist nature of the platform has something to do with it.

Medium has changed everything for me. I love the medium that is Medium. I used to write in notebooks, scraps of paper, even emails to myself before blogging was a thing. Then, years ago, I started a blog to exorcise the things inside me that I needed to write out. But through that time I was never ready for an audience; I wrote simply because I had to write to stay sane. Now we have Medium where I feel as though I am able and ready to write for an audience; someone out there who might just need to hear the words I have placed in that order on that day. A niche audience to be sure but a perfect one if they respond with a nod or a sigh or a clap. Medium has given me the excuse and the push and an excitement to write and craft and edit every single day and that is something most, if not all, writers need in order to feel they are not alone and not whispering into the void. And Medium is beautiful. Its aesthetic and simplicity is just what I need right now. I can honestly say Medium has changed everything for me.

Public transport iPad companion. Medium App on my iPad is possibly my most frequently used app. Plus kindle app. Convenient reading at solitary convenience meals. Compensation for longer travel time on public transport instead of driving.

Best content. Love love love... hands down the most interesting, informative and enjoyable content all in one place! There’s something for everyone or if you’re like me for every mood! Five stars!

Best part of my day. Every morning I check my email and have a quick squiz at what Medium has tempted me with today. I read one or two then mentally earmark others for later consumption. I don’t always get through my choices that day so I regularly go back in following days and check up. Some pieces I read more than once. I chew over them. I slurp them up. My best source of contemporary info, critical thinking, and helpful advice. I love it and wouldn’t dream of being without it. Along with my weekly philosophy class this is a staple of this thinking person’s diet.

Fantastic app. Love the access to meaty articles and great thinkers this app brings. Whilst it may sound like a cliche, it truly is easy to pick up and hard to put down. But unlike many websites and apps, I rarely feel Medium content to have wasted my time.

Amazing but…. I’ll be clear crystal with this review: the app is amazing, improved my access to information BUT I’d really like to have the option to listen to the articles just like in their website.

Quality of articles been on the decline. I’ve really enjoyed the app, it’s great, easy to navigate & read, love the dark mode. But lately the quality of articles have been on the decline. Many articles in my feed are similar, no unique content, no originality, catchy titles but don’t deliver. Seems like too many writers are trying to just post without putting in too much efforts & thoughts into it. It’s become rare to find good quality articles.

Review. I love Medium. It has opened up my audience and given me a chance to share my paranormal experiences through my articles. I recommend Medium for anyone wanting to share their writing.

Amazing platform but bring back draft and edit feature. My favourite app to write on but it could be 5 stars if they bring back two features. The edit and draft features had me engaging more and was great for writing on the fly.

Loving it. It’s easy to use. I prefer using Medium on my laptop when writing my stories however I like reading articles on the app. It’s convenient and a great way to share your knowledge to the world

Well thought and well written. 7 million read this in 24 hours ... so I had a close look! The graphs and numbers are convincing and the text is well argued and thought and written! Nothing more than adding: Act now once digested! This is really serious and everybody who can think and read will forward this article! It is not about panic or angst, it is about FACTS ...

Medium has changed my life for the better. I can honestly say that Medium and its writers have positively changed my life. I’ve become more financially literate, have become a writer myself and every day I discover beautiful new aspects about human life. Thanks Medium!

A brilliant Medium. There isn’t many other ways to say that medium is a great medium to find both very informative pieces of literature as well as some great life experience stories to the fiction and tales and exotic stories all round a great reading medium. Thank you for providing a great place to read or write anything you may desire.

Need a way to resume where we left off. For some reason, this app is super sensitive to swipe right. When clicking back to the article, it always get back to the top of the article instead of where we left off…

Google News replacement. The new dumbed down Google News doesn't deliver the richness of content that the old one did. It's ok for news, but fails dismally if you want updates on specific subjects. Medium does the job beautifully, my only criticism is that it knows me so well I miss the serendipitous tangential stuff that keeps you expanding your horizons...

Stupid way for login. Great articles, however, it’s stupid app, specially on iPad i cannot login normally, but being sent a link each time I want to login to my account and the link never works... No, i don;t want an account linked to my social media, just a simple sign up with email and login with password, thank you!

Extremely informative. Medium provides topics & information on a broad variety of subjects. I signed up because I wanted to learn more about crypto currency, trends & technology and I’m happy to say the articles written have been a great source of information. Medium’s articles are well written, informative & have opened my mind to new ideas and opportunities. At $8 a month (in Australia) it’s fantastic value, I urge you to give it a try.

Short reads - big thinking. I believe that we all need written inspiration at times. Alas, in our modern day world, time is often tight. Enter: “Medium”. So many inspiring reads, many illuminating, others re-affirming.....and, of course, even a few not to our taste. I love the broad choices therein and find “Medium” offers articles which, while brief, are brimming with insight. A brilliant, and enlightening, concept to nourish our busy lives.

Constantly Crashing. I used to love this app, and used it regularly - both as a reader and a writer. But the latest few updates seem exceptionally buggy - the app keeps freezing, chewing up battery, and then crashes. I also don’t like the look of it in recent updates - my profile has flattened out, so it is impossible to distinguish my published stories, from random comments, from applause given to other people’s stories. It is becoming harder to find stories from the writers I follow, and more and more I am pushed stories on the basis of what Medium thinks is popular, rather than what I have indicated an interest in reading. Using this app is now more of a frustrating than pleasurable experience. Please fix it up!

Variety. Plenty of good articles, lots of varied topics and themes to select from too. I like that the articles vary in length so you can always find something quick to read if you’re pressed for time

Great app for writers and readers. I’d like to see a button to quickly access new stories from people I follow. It’s a great app, easy to use for writers but could be more intuitive for readers.

Great app with fantastic content.. I love the app and the content. Please add different modes like sepia to the existing dark mode. Or even a light grey background. The Kindle app is a great example of this. It would make it perfect.

Should be improved. I am a paid member of the app. It lacks lot of features that are present on the website. While I understand the two cant provide the same experience, the app can come close to the website. For eg, It doesnt show the claps on my articles. Whereas others can see that.

Really good content and user experience. Great app to keep up to date with news and trends in your field. Reasonably priced subscription.

Issue with dark mode. Heya great app just wanted to let you know that when in dark mode you can’t see where the menu is because the icon is still in black, just wanted you to know! Cheers!

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Full of pedophiles. I started using Medium as a CSA survivor, as I’d noticed other survivors publish on the app. I was horrified to find that Medium staff lets pedophiles who’ve been banned by Twitter use Medium to write about how pedophiles aren’t doing anything wrong. As a CSA survivor, I am horrified and utterly disgusted. I will never use Medium again. I suggest no one else use it either.

Subscription doesn’t work. I did subscribe $5 per month subscription but I still can’t see the content. It’s says Upgrade. When I click upgrade I get a message you are already subscribed.

Short and sweet. Rather than stale out platitudes, find it refreshing that these get challenged and informed with research, and interesting aspects of social science, neurobiology. Short articles can be digested a nd played with right away. Good to start Dr Stefan Neszpor Neuropsychotherapist

F. Please don’t start putting a bunch of stupid lists articles on here.

Authors. You have a lot of authors who cannot write well. They regurgitate others thoughts and their ideas/opinions aren’t based on facts/research/science. Something like 10 ways to eat healthy is just the same old vitriol. It’s nonsense. Is there a way to edit their work or simply not include them on the Medium platform?

Founder and Chief Scarf Lover. You always pull me out of a rut and get me going. Entrepreneurship and working on my own needs a lot of clear headed thinking and you provide that. Thanks

Easy to publish. Really enjoy how easy it is to publish

Why I Love Medium. I enjoy Medium for so many reasons - excellent articles - multiple view points. I love that many writers embrace delicate subject matter in a fearless way. AND there’s no stupid clickbate cluttering up the feeds!

Nourishment for the mind. New to the app, I’ve been impressed with its variety and ease of use. Bite sized chunks of brain food - three to five times a day - provide valuable energy and clarity. Well done.

Amazing. One of the best apps for knowledge seekers and people who want to not only be in the know but self improve themselves in various topics - would highly recommend

Algorithm is not good. If I read 1 article my feed is then flooded with similar articles. I don’t want to read articles that are similar. It’s seems difficult to then find different articles. I’m cancelling my subscription, it’s not worth the cost.

I’m slow to adopt. I’m pathetically slow to adopt to new “mediums” in writing and art…. Still, this app is the best I have seen. Bestestest…

Only premium content recommended. After a while they ONLY recommend premium content... no interesting article are suggested, only premium content. Kind of wondering if I get premium will their algorithm still recommend premium stuff I am not interested in at all?

Medium app. It to be amazing!

Hello greetings. I appreciate for this opportunity to say something here I don’t really know much about this application. Deep in me I love this app. And I want to know more about this app. Thanks

Amateur hour. I’ve read a few interesting articles but most have been amateurish. I could get past weak writing if the content was insightful, but so many articles use the click bait device of list based head lines: 5 ways to.... , 3 reasons why...., 10 essential rules of... and ultimately provide insight we’ve read countless times. As someone in the visual communication field Im struck by the horrid visuals: Writers illustrating their own articles with stick figure drawings or royalty free stock images. Awful stuff.

Good app but needs better feed. The feed is either all premium, not sorted by most recent, and not clear where they are coming from relevant to interests. I would add in option to sort by newest, and make more clear the topics. Also it'd be nice to have more ways behind the pay wall.

Why I’m deleting the app. I enjoyed Medium until the suggestions got so hyper focused that i was basically seeing negative articles on one topic. To make things worse your home feed is mostly premium stories that you can’t read without a sub. (Which I used to have) I stopped subscribing because the of the hyper focusing of suggestions. I am deleting it because now I can’t read most of the stuff on the home screen.

Keeps crashing on iPad. Please fix this ASAP, otherwise I’d have no choice but to unsubscribe. App keeps crashing on me every time I open an article (takes 2-3 seconds to crash).

Love it. My new absolute favourite platform. Feels like I am having access to so many great minds and quality conversations, opportunities to learn, uplift, get support, challenge common notions. Hope the quality and authenticity stays as the audience continues to grow.

The best writing platform. So well thought and clean...love Medium.

Great App for reading enthusiasts. Fulfills all my reading needs. The mobile app is great. Filled with features and user friendly. I like the save and read later feature a lot.

Informative general authentic writing. Some spam. Mostly well thought out, well written articles.

App closes all the time. Lately the app closes while I’m scrolling thru the articles. Frustrating. I pay to read these articles and there are days that it crashes so much I give up.

What happened.. I have been receiving the daily articles from Medium for about 18 months. Originally I found them to be very interesting and even informative. I noticed it was starting to look really trashy so I looked at my list of interests and tweaked it a bit to see if that would help. It did not. As an example I put science, photography, leadership and marketing as some topics of interest. You know what I get. Trash related to the sort of topics you would expect from the some rage at the grocery store. Sex, how to lie to a significant other and get away with it, best sexual positions. Donald Trump is a hot topic from Medium and I get it but not one I targeted. The man is a moron! So. I will allow my subscription to run its course and see if it improves but right now it is a paid subscription to the national enquirer was far as I can tell. And I will not review if this continues. Two stars because one was a little harsh.

Great app. Really like all the features

Quality of articles seems to be dropping. Medium seems to be inundated with “10 reasons to .. “ or “10 productive tools to..” kind of articles these days. When the platform was launched the quality of articles used to be much better, but sadly it seems to be deteriorating quite quickly. Just to be clear, I still do love the clean interface and App’s overall layout and design. It’s just the quality of articles that’s the issue. I feel Medium needs to do a better job of ensuring that quality content gets surfaced. I feel that writers are incentivized to churn out click baity articles since more views = more money. There doesn’t seem to be a sufficient incentive for writers to focus on quality of their content. I have seen many articles with plagiarized content as well published without giving any credit to the original author.

Medium - best value for $. Medium is a home for exceptional writers writing thought-provoking prose. I have learned so much about myself and my potential from contributors like Benjamin Hardy and Brianna West. And I feel like I’m only scratching the surface. A subscription to Medium is one of the best values for money one can find. Not only that, your subscription helps fuel an ever more diverse community of writers and readers generating content that matters. Highly recommended.

Resourceful. A place where you can read resourceful content, learn from it and even share your opinions on it

Great Sources.. Intelligent Articles.

I love this app!. I came across this app after I googled a question and it led me to the Medium website. After reading the article I quickly downloaded the app and have been on it for hours across the span of the day. Time not wasted! This app is filled with amazing articles and food for thought. Just today I feel like my life understanding has expanded significantly. It’s rare to find a platform that contains so much valuable information and key lessons, all compromised into one small app. Love it!!

Best social media app so far. Great ! Love to read stories. I would like the app beeing available in different languages

Awesome App. But I wish there was better integration to save Data, most apps have caught onto this. It would be great to maybe have a feature where when you bookmark a article to read later it automatically downloads it to your device, for both text and audio... that would make this app perfect in every way!

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Stories. I absolutely enjoy reading most of the stories that come to my inbox with my coffee each morning . I learn and grow everyday . Thank you

Food for the soul and mind. A month in poking around Medium and still happy. Thoughtful articles, sensible suggestions. Well done.

Awsome 👏🏻. Medium is the best

An amazing resource. Medium is my everyday go to. I am already a passionate reader finishing at least a kindle book a month. Since I discovered medium, I have hard finishing my monthly book because am gonna be spending time reading about so much topics I could relate to. Whoever you are there’s necessarily a subject or an article that will get your attention.

Great app, but offline reading experience is less than stellar. I am a paid Medium subscriber. Totally love the platform and the app. There is just so much good content and UX is very well thought through. One annoying thing that happens often is the reading list doesn’t load when the app is disconnected from the internet. C’mon, guys, this is the whole point of the reading list! Imagine bookmarking 40 articles to read on a 7-hour trans-Atlantic flight without WiFi only to discover the dreaded “something went wrong” message and have 0 articles available for reading. Incredibly frustrating. That’s -1 star. Another thing is that due to lazy loading, the bookmarked articles don’t have images in them unless you have actually opened and read the articles. Sometimes these images are important as they include diagrams, tables and other relevant info. That’s -1 star. Fix these and the app gets 5 stars!

Great for personal use, not for publication. I love using the app for my own articles and highly recommend it for writers. It makes writing on the go very easy. However, it is not possible to access the submissions for my publication, let alone edit them, which makes managing it while travelling very hard without a computer. I understand that everyone does not need the publication feature, hence, I would be satisfied with a paid add-on feature.

Sharing Broken. I've been a (mostly) happy paid member for a while. But the last update has totally broken sharing with other apps. I know you want to keep us in your little walled garden but that's not how I work. Deleted the app after using it since it first came out. Will use the Web version until you break that.

Stop making it hard to cancel the membership with Medium. It is quite distasteful that I have spent way too much time (over 20 minutes) trying to figure out how to cancel my membership with y’all. Once I figure it out, you won’t be seeing me again.

Good articles when you can find them. I decided to subscribe because I read a few articles that I found interesting. However, now that I’m actively looking for articles to read I’m finding very few that are well written. There are so many typos and grammatical errors! And a lot of the articles seem like just fillers.

I Really Enjoy It!. Medium is a beautiful app and I enjoy reading the work of independent and new writers so it's a fantastic past time.

Awesome app. Easy to find a great read. So many different topics!

Meh subscription fee bass ackwards. Maybe charge people $1.00 to publish? Or even more to more established writers. Lol. Limits to how much you can read monthly without subscription - not surprising - but it’s just extra evil when it comes to short essays and words in general 🤷🏻‍♀️

New obsession. I have been obsessed with this platform and can’t stop. Great reads and info. Such a raw experience in our present day and age full of filters. Real people. Real writers. Real good reading.

Seems interesting but they want your $ info up front. Only “free” for a month, which I get, but I don’t subscribe to anything where I have to commit to pay up front (because honestly I forget to cancel half the time if I don’t want to buy) so I guess I’ll never know if it’s worth it. Also, I wish they’d stop sending me emails but I can’t find an unsubscribe button on them :(

I like medium to network. I like medium to network

Organize bookmarks. Please allow for the ability or organize our bookmarked articles into categories. I like to keep hold of really impactful ones and also to big run throughs to bookmark a bunch of articles on a certain subject to then binge read, but my bookmarks area is one big mess and it would be nice if it could be organized.

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Would give it 5 but. The only reason this isn’t a five star review is due to the fact that there is a major major bug that has yet to be fixed concerning VoiceOver. When interacting with the activities button when you click on a response or a follow notification, nothing whatsoever happens. The page or profile never loads. It just sits there and does absolutely nothing. This makes it impossible to interact with users who have responded to comments that you have posted on articles. It also affects people that follow you because you were unable to read those stories I hope that this can be addressed in the next patch..

Philosophical Movement. This app goes completely against the virtual reality status quo. Our online personalities will now include intellect, evaluation, and solution. Aside from this, genuine connection amongst people whom have similar interests are then informed of adaptable outcomes on certain topics, or may come up with a different angle of thought all together. It’s really quite a beautiful app, and I thank the creators for establishing an online environment in which the users have somewhat control of the content of interest, as well as the forms of expression portrayed by users that may embed itself in the fabrics of the digital world. Thank you for the future platform of philosophy.

Truthful Journalism. Reading the many articles in Medium written by a variety of folks in journalism and the media has been eye opening to say the least. Since signing up for and paying for all access I know that I am reading truth to power written by brave people. I quit watching tv news shows and do not read nearly as much of the news feed pushed on us by our phones and tablets. It’s often a very dark side that is presented but the writing is well researched and presented plainly for all to see. We are in the fight for our republic and it’s up to us to know the truth and not let lies and liars be shoved down our throats while blindly looking the other way. Time to step up and save our country!

I love Medium as a writer & reader, but... As someone who is as much concerned with the beauty of how words appear on a page (which is an art in and of itself), I wish there were more options for fonts, column and photo layouts, and other graphics, similar to what's available on blogging platforms like WordPress. Connecting to readers (and money making opportunities) makes Medium far better than any blogging platform for a writer. It's a community. You're not writing in isolation. A popular writer can attract readers to one's own work given the way Medium connects similar material. I just wish I were more able to adjust the way my writing appears on the page.

No longer have access despite paying. Not sure what happened but suddenly I no longer have access to the app at all (not even the very limited free version). I pay a monthly subscription fee making it even more unacceptable. I get a ‘you must be offline. Try again’ message. I really like Medium and its content and would like to continue but this is disconcerting. I tried to contact app support but that just shows you a blank page with no keyboard so not sure how that works. Very disappointed.

Average writing from enthusiasts rather than experts IMO. Most of the articles on this platform appear as summaries of greater works to me. It’s almost a collection of high school and college book reports with very little researched reporting, like a thesis, magazine, or news outlet. Most of the pieces come off as “something I wrote this morning” and not “I’ve been working on this for a year”. I’ll often find lengthy versions of “I just read a paragraph from this philosopher” with a summary of a single idea stretched into 3-4 paragraphs. Perhaps if I was younger and hadn’t read long form books I’d be more impressed but… I’m not so I’m not. The app is cool. There’s lots of stuff but I’d personally prefer to trade the frequency of publishing for quality pieces with fewer grammatical errors and flushed out concepts.

Excellent source of perspective. I get more from my Medium subscription than I do from subscriptions to online magazines. Everyone complains about their visibility but I don’t fee like there are men behind curtain manipulating who gets visibility and who doesn’t. The mobile app has had very limited capabilities for responding to articles and, until today, you couldn’t create a new article on your phone. I feel that the Medium app still lacks some capabilities for curating one’s own feed and for editing, but the developers do still appear to be actively working on improvements.

Frustrating update. Seriously folks, I’m a paying customer and this recent update now blocks me from reading content until I fill in some interests for your ML models. The latent signals from what I bookmark, archive, and read plus how much I read combined with the article embeddings should be sufficient signal to start with. If you want labeled data don’t make me annotate the content. There are companies that do this. The least you could have done was let me skip and choose to have a worse home screen experience or just fall back to the email recommendations. Please give the customer the choice. I’ve thought that your product has been pretty good till now and this was seriously disappointing. Please do better.

Start writing!. It’s never been easier to share your work online. Medium connects you to a literate crowd, passionate people who read and write stories, articles, ideas, fiction and nonfiction, news and satire, philosophy and history, and so much more. It’s all here, written by writers for writers, or those aspiring to write. Even if you’re not a writer, there’s no better place to find quality reads online than on Medium. Best part: almost everything is FREE. There’s an option for a $5/month subscription to access additional content, but this mainly is to support your favorite writers and keep the website up to date. Highly recommend this app if you enjoy reading and writing.

Love Love Love. I love this app, and I pay the subscription. It’s worth it. There are so many wonderful articles, series and stories. Being honest, this app is where I read about abusive relationships and narcissism for the first time. I got to read what other people went through and realized I wasn’t crazy, I was in a toxic marriage. It helped me take the beginning steps to get out of it. Also, there’s so many categories other than that, and their customer service is wonderful and fast with solutions. I definitely recommend this app whether you’re a reader, writer, or both.

Browsing by Subject (suggestion). Medium is great but it would be cool if it was easier to browse by subject. It does have this function but it would be better if it was more central when you opened the app. You could go right to “current events” or “history” or “music” or whatever. As it is now when you open the app it gives you a random assortment of articles based on your history—sometimes it can be overwhelming, often it’s not anything I want at that moment and I have to scroll down a bit to get to the section that has scrollable topics. The scrollable topics should be easier to access.

The Best. Medium offers so much for both readers and writers. Pick a any topic and chances are there’s an essay about it on Medium. Writers can earn money writing on Medium and readers get fresh ideas, news, research, life enhancement, sexy and romantic stories, parenting articles, poetry, health, spirituality, religion, history, technology and even fiction offerings. For quality reading from diverse and talented writers, it can’t be beat. Medium is one of the best platforms. People get their’ money’s worth when they join as members and have all the benefits of access to everything. Medium writers are competing with each other; and that means the offerings are the very best.

Curating Process could be a bit more refined. I like writing and reading with this platform, however I think the curating and distribution process could be a bit more refined and diverse. All of the articles I read are written in the same format like they could have all been written by the same person, and some are very poorly edited like they’re just a long Facebook rant. I thought that adding my interests and following some publications would help a little bit with this problem but it did not. It’s as if you don’t write a list in first person you don’t have a chance of your story being distributed. It would be refreshing to see some new faces, and some new writing styles in my suggestions.

Good , but an idea. I love medium and find great enjoyment in reading articles everyday so there was no hesitation to pay $5/month to be able to access more articles. The only feature I would recommend is, programming in to the app is an explore/topics section. Not only having the main page with one article from that topic that you’re interested, but being able to click an icon on the bottom and going to menu with all of the topics such as science or relationships or politics, etc. From there, being able to select that certain topic and see all articles from past and present. So that readers are able to have an opportunity to see more articles that they’re interested in at the moment.

Amazing reading app with unparalleled content- Subscribed & Happy I Did!. Medium covers the kind of content, written by the kind of writers that I find exceptionally interesting and relevant. I really like that you know how long an article is going to take to read before you start reading it. The contextual suggestions at the bottom of each article are spot-on. This is a vastly better experience than reading an article on the web, given the amount of link spam involved.I make every effort to follow the writers and topics that are most interesting to me, and to promote them as much as possible across social media. The relevance algorithms and noise-free reading experience led me to finally subscribe, and happy I did! Use Medium and improve your mind & your career!

Crashing and getting stuck in comments. Ugh, this app. Not only does it crash all the time, it also strands me in an articles comments if I click to read them. If there is a way to get out of them without closing the app, I can’t figure it out. It is also difficult to click on an author’s profile to find their other articles. What I had to do was follow them just to be able to find them in a list of authors I follow and then I can view their other articles, but I’d like to get an idea of what someone writes overall before deciding if I want to follow them, not the other way around. It doesn’t seem like the app was designed by someone who actually uses it.

Love medium, terrible app. I really enjoy reading and writing medium articles but the lack of attention paid to the Medium apps deep linking and article editing tools is appalling… First off, when hit the “…” but on an article and then click edit to edit an article in the iOS app, it… does absolutely nothing. You cannot edit an article in the app. Like, what? This is… a fundamental feature. Secondly, their deep linking functionality from emails NEVER works. I’ve received both daily stats emails and comment notification emails that deep link me into a browser modal in the app, which prompts me for authentication even though I’m already logged into the app. It makes zero sense. Same with trying to view stats for any story in the app. If you click “…” on a story and click “view stats” it opens up an login modal to log in with Google, despite my already being logged into the app. After going through the login modal, I’m taken to a 404 not found page. Truly horrendous. Please fix this app. PS your comments are so hidden that it’s nearly impossible to find them and reply to people. Not sure who chose to minimize this UI but it’s a pretty terrible experience, especially when deep linking to comments from emails doesn’t ever work due to issues I described above.

Meaningful Suggested Articles Makes Medium Essential. So often, I am recommended movies on Netflix or "suggested" articles on countless news websites. I found that the vast majority of such suggestions are wrong and unhelpful. I'm not sure how Medium does it, but they do it right. While not every highlighted or suggested article fits my needs, they are closer to achieving this goal than any other company I have come across. I have learned an incredible amount about web development using this app. It has become an essential resource for my job. As a result, it will be the first application I install when upgrading my iPhone.

Updated Review. I originally gave this app a one star because they took away the ability to write on your phones. The company actually listened to their community and brought it back, so that alone bumps the review up to four stars in my book. I give the app a perfect five Star because of how seamless everything is, writing and adding pictures to your post feels incredibly simple and finding others posts to read is easy as well. Well done to this company and I can’t wait to continue using this platform.

Annoying. You know for a company that claims not to pester you with ads, there certainly are lots of little annoying things they do that are distracting. For example, they forced me to download the app because the download this app icon just would not go away, and you know I’ll hit download to make it go away. But I don’t like having this app on my phone. Also, the 5 dollar thing, it’s not that much a month, but it seems like the website is basically unusable without it. And when you don’t sign up for it they ask you several times for it. There are other little things that bugged me, but no one is perfect.

Medium your awesome.. Really, I’m blown away at the amount of information I’ve learned in this app. I honestly love opening up the think tank to new idea’s. Medium’s path’s to get there are endless. what is really awesome with Medium is the ability to personalize your knowledge and creativity, you choose your topic’s which is always important. Follow favorite writer’s you like, after reading pre-estimated articles ranging from 1m and up. I’ve already referred this to friends and family and they love it as well, I hope you enjoy the same. Tip: stimulate as many areas of the brain as possible daily, to improve memory function, and preemptively strike against Alzheimer’s.

Great community. Not so great app.. Medium is home to an enormous population of good writers, many of whom are pros, many more who are not so well known. You can spend hours pouring articles there. And if you forget to bookmark them, good luck trying to find them again. Although Medium is clearly using your reading history to steer you towards articles you might like, you cannot go through that history yourself to find that interesting article on you read two days ago. If you do it from your computer, your browser history can help, but if you read while you’re sitting with your morning coffee, pecking at your phone, you’re out of luck. I was writing a response to an article I read the other day when I was interrupted. I locked my screen and put my phone in my pocket, expecting to return to the same place when I unlocked it again. Instead, I was greeted with my home screen, and when I opened the Medium app, I went to its home page, losing both the article and my unfinished response. Very annoying. I won’t stop reading Medium because of the problems with the app, but I wonder if I shouldn’t just open the amp version in a browser instead.

REFRESHINGSVILLE USA. Excelsior! Eupolis basically means, “beautiful city”. Our great and sunny MEDIUM is an inner Eupolis which I call, REFRESHINGSVILLE USA. On just about any subject, I can glow to REFRESHINGSVILLE USA, and simply be refreshed and enlightened. To be sure, Lady Sweet MEDIUM is The Highest Energy’s (T.H.E.) gift that just keep on giving, in many great and pragmatic ways. Today I was exploring the need for “New Founding Fathers & Mothers” for the “New” American daily being born, rooted in this inner city, I call, REFRESHINGSVILLE USA. MEDIUM glowed up in my mind as an ideal Eupolis of a “NEW BIRTH OF CREATIVE FREEDOM AND FRIENDSHIP”. I find this to be a very “RE’FRESHING” thought. As a fellow “Americanphile”, I am “won” of the “New Parents” called for such a time as this, to take Lady Sweet America to her next great and sunny(g.a.s.) bliss. Thank you for being our personal REFRESHINGSVILLE USA, consistently there for us, come what may. Please continue to wisely and joyfully “dew” your MEDIUM thing, singing the song only great and sunny (g.a.s.) YOU can sing. Peace. Blissfully Refreshingly Ours Today, James Lee Frazier, Jr.

Changed my life!. I LOVE medium. I recommend it to all my friends. The way the platform is structured to divide revenue to writers, not based on views that generate Ad revenue (because there are no ads) like long drawn out stories and click bait, but rather on how much the reader enjoyed the article, makes almost every read on here super consumable and very helpful! The daily recommendation reads are so good I constantly have a backlog of incredible 2-8 minute reads that I can enjoy and highlight on my commute every day. 10/10 recommend for anyone looking to understand more about life and the world.

New UI is Confusing and Limits Exploration. One of the things I loved about a Medium was a nice curated feed of articles that were tailored to my current interests but also some things I never said I was interested in. I didn’t have to do anything, I wasn’t tied to one publication on my home screen or a short list of “my topics”. It was an enjoyable experience to just open the app and have a list of current and potential new interests on one screen for me to look at it. The new update makes in an un-enjoyable experience to discover new content. I hope they consider fixing this in an update because I was a happy subscriber for several months. Now, I’m seriously considering uninstalling and unsubscribing. I simply don’t use the app as much as I used to, in fact, it’s not even close. It’s not worth paying for in its current state.

Decent service, decent content, mediocre iPad app.. It is shameful that the iPad app is merely an oversized iPhone app. When used in landscape mode, the formatting becomes buggy and scattered. A couple articles split into two columns in the middle of the article, just because there was a quote. I literally didn’t know where the next paragraph began. Also it doesn’t make full use of the canvas. Just an unimaginative stripe of text down the center of an empty screen. Most frustratingly, there are no keyboard shortcuts of any kind. I can’t even scroll using the arrow keys or the space bar. I have high expectations from a subscription service. It’s a let down use an underserved iPad application from a company that wishes to cater to those who are technically inclined.

Love so much about Medium (iPhone app can be better). I love medium. The concept, the content and so on. That’s why I bought a year subscription. I just have a hard time with the app on my iPhone. The bugs I experience are more than annoying. In particular my app tends to crash or freeze whenever I am reading an article and need to switch to a different app for a few moments. When I come back, the article is frozen and I have to wait for app to crash or restart it myself. This also happens when my screen dims on its own in power saving mode. Other than that, the content, format and the community are awesome.

Used to be great, added pay wall... not so much. Just deleted it. While I love the fact that we don’t have ads, you basically are drawing a line in the sand. I would have to PAY a monthly subscription to casually read, or I would have to become a fully committed reader to read enough that it’s worth the monthly fee. While I love being able to care ame give credit to the writers and contributors, leaving me and a great many who don’t read exclusively on this platform in the gray area. Means they will not get my claps and I will not be able to share their interesting reads with other members like I used to. Don’t think it’s a good move, but I understand what you intended to do. Since I don’t read enough (three free articles), I’ve deleted app... I’m sure I’m not the only one.

Great app with an uncanny way of assigning extremely meaningful reads.. This app is not just another read nor your typical book club. This is made from a caring, encouraging, team that I believe genuinely wants to help you grow in all aspects of life. Sure, they tend to discover your interests and provide great reads, but somehow the app locates your inner strengths, motivations, and desires. It provides an inner fuel kindling a slow, comfortable burn to grow as a better person while, helping you live with challenges that could hinder your becoming the great, extraordinary, unique person your destined to become. I highly recommend anyone who wishes to grow holistically in all aspects of their lives to give this super-read app a try.

Why is it so hard to find the people i’m following?. I tried to find this one specific author that i follow, so I can read their post again. I go to the search bar and i didnt remember their full name. Got an error instead of any search results It was a huge pain trying to find anything remotely similar to the website, to see the list of all of the people i follow. When i finally found it, instead of a sign of relief, i got even more annoyed. Who puts followers behind a plus icon?? Plus indicates adding more, like maybe drafting a new post or adding a new topic to follow. Using a very small plus icon to have the followers list is bad UX. Please reconsider this design or at least have it in a similar place like the website like tapping my profile.

My all-time favorite app.. The reason I love Medium is because it combines the intellectual diversity of any book you could think of with the comfort of being able to use it on your phone. You can find stories about anything you're interested in. The app tells you how long it should take you to read each article, which comes in handy. The most important trait though, is Medium's personal feel. Some of the posts are written by doctors and therapists, but many are written by normal people who just have something to share. It's nice to hear advice and read about the experiences of everyday people.

Manipulative App Deployment. Medium updated their app, and now force me to spend time picking my interests in a gateway screen to access the content that I, unlike the many free-riders present in this space, pay for. When your app developers told you this was going to be great, they were grievously wrong. It has permanently altered my view of Medium and it’s community. Instead of getting in my way — I already have plenty of that in my life — a better deployment would be to offer the interests screen to improve the experience rather than jam it down my throat. I won’t be manipulated by anyone like this, won’t use the app in this format, and confess deep shock that Medium is organizing their experience in a way the rent-seekers over in Google can only dream about. Zero stars.

Amazing platform. It’s been a few months since I logged in for the first time, and a couple weeks since I became a paying member. 2 of the best decisions I’ve made for the year so far. I am truly overwhelmed by the nature of what this platform offers to readers, and the number as well as the variety of excellent well written perspectives published on a daily basis. So many issues not just related to the perennial concerns about life but also current topical concerns that can help us to shift our perspectives and live more consciously and meaningfully. Medium has been life-changing for me and I’m certain the other members feel the very same way. Thank you for bringing this gift to us.

Bug - Unable to edit draft article from mobile. I have been writing on medium for over a year now with tens of thousands of article views, this is my first time downloading the app. I never write bad reviews, but You guys make so much money from my writings so I expect some service. I never needed to download the app because I used to be able to edit an article on the mobile web. But now when I try to go there, it just takes for ever and then says too many redirects. It’s been happening for days now. Alright, let’s try the alternative, I have the latest iOS version and an iPhone 8, so I download the app and try to login. The app glitches and logs me out at first and then I’m not able to see sign in with google anymore. Fine I shut the app completely (quit) and then reopen the app. And I’m able to login and find my draft article. When I open it and try to edit it, every time I start typing it defaults to a capital letter. Then I tap shift and type a letter. And then after inputting that character, automatically, it defaults to a capital letter again. So for every character of a word I have to tap on the shift key each time if I don’t want it all caps.

Content. Amazing content. Story after story you will read, digest, learn and grow both professionally and personally. For the most part I focus on design articles, specifically industrial design. I wander into personal improvement articles and come out motivated and a plan on how to improve my lifestyle. However in an age of political online development medium chooses to publish articles on politics that have little to do with ideas, innovation, and design and more to do with opinions. Worse is that they publish one sided argumentation without cited sources. If I want politics I will go read the Wall Street Journal. My political affiliation is besides the point. I really just enjoyed being in a place where I didn’t have to get social and political issues pushed at me. Medium was a creative outlet for me and they sold out. Couldn’t find a customer service ticket option so I wrote this here.

Annoying APP. I am a paying subscriber, so i supposedly should have access to all articles. Medium advertises articles on my social media feeds, like facebook, Twitter, and linkedin. On my iPad, when I try to click through to open the articles in the medium app or in a web browser, I am asked to go through a complicated sign-in process EVERY SINGLE TIME I want to read an article —- the sign-in does not persist. I am also unable to or reopen the open the app itself without going through a sign-in process, and that process isn’t just simply entering a password from a keychain, but it requires an email verification step. They need to do some usability testing on their end (or provide some mechanism for feedback from their subscribers) to make the interface more seamless, or I will be unsubscribing soon.

Home Screen is crashing. I love medium. I’m a pro/paying member (or whatever they call it). But this morning, when opening the app, the home screen crashes the whole app. If I tab to another screen fast enough, the others work, but the home screen crashes after 2 seconds. I’ve quit the application, and restarted my phone. No dice. I guess I’ll try uninstalling and reinstalling. But this should not happen to a mature app. I just wanted to read my stories before heading to work and I spent 15 minutes troubleshooting instead. Bah! Come on guys...more testing is required before pushing new releases. iPhone 11 Pro Max.

Medium as a medium. The stories and articles written for this outlet are thought provoking and, mostly, well thought out with intelligent design! To be able to read a few of these writers works every day, makes that day a better one! Thanks for your hard work! A story a day keeps the built up sexual tensions away. If you can read multiple stories/articles on medium, and not gain IQ points, you ain’t doin it right! Maybe words aren’t your thang! Just enjoy the genre of the writers mind, and give your mind a vacation it desperately needs in todays hectic and chaotic lifestyles!

platform loses my browser’s speak feature. I’m new to Medium & enjoying it, but I often need to read it in my browser instead of the app, because I suffer from chronic migraines with severe photophobia, and I need to be able to highlight text and have my phone read it to me. (This is very different from enabling the accessibility feature for visually impaired people on my phone. That adds changes that make things much harder for me.) In the Medium app, when I select text, the options no longer include “speak.” I would prefer to use the app, but this forces me to read Medium from my browser instead whenever this is an issue for me.

Absolutely love it!. I love how it’s easy to find topics that you’re most interested in instead of reading through topics that you could care less for. I get a daily email that suggests articles based on my reading history that I can easily click on and bookmark them. Also, if I exit the app in the middle of reading an article, it pops up at the bottom to pick up the exact spot where I last left off. I can also choose to write my own stories and save them as drafts if I need to come back and re-read before publishing it. After publishing, you can still easily read edit and insert quotes or images.

Trouble with uploading. Hi there! I find this app to be really great (however), I have been having an issue with the uploading of my writings. Every time I attempt to upload my stories (which I’ve attempted many times), it says that I must first verify my account through my provided email. When the verification email (does show up), it always says “oops! Something went wrong” and says once again to verify my account and the same thing keeps happening and so my writings remain unpublished on my profile. What would I need to do to remedy this issue if I may ask???

Keeps Freezing. The content Medium offers from different topics is amazing it’s worth a paid membership, but there is a downside. The app keeps freezing forcing me to close it every few minutes and open it again. I understand if this happened with the unpaid version but the paid version is the same it keeps freezing and crashing. It’s so annoying to the point that if there was a similar app to Medium I would switch in a heartbeat even if it a higher amount payed to use the app. Seriously Medium team fix your app, this is the only app in my entire iPhone which keeps freezing.

Not good for readers. Clearly the writers are the customers.. I like the idea of Medium. I paid for a subscription so I can read and support authors. However, the help within the app is more than 99% geared toward writers, not readers. The only help option that applies at all to readers is the generic “submit feedback” option. Also, I have only one area in this app where you can show items with most recent at the top. Almost the entire app presents items in some kind of random order that it decides on its own. You might have a story from yesterday and then one from 5 years back followed by one from a couple of years ago. It makes no sense. I can’t believe people are ok with this. Medium Team — please please please work on making this a better experience for readers.

Unfiltered very honest people oriented journalists. Sometimes reading work by journalists and writer that are genuine without diluting it. Makes me feel that I am getting the real news. I don’t have to like it or agree with it. But I want to have the opportunity to read it to inform myself. I told my 9 year old son who asked me , why I refer to my PHD holder friend as ignorant. I told him we all hold on to our beliefs and ideology. But my friend and refusals to learn from other with all the opportunity to learn. Has chosen to be ignorant . Medium rocks because I get to meet all kind of writers while learning a thing or two.

Intimately Informative. As I read this article, while watching a movie about relationships, I realized how difficult it is to give, yet understand, information about intimate relationships. However, if you do not want to understand why and how, how can you ever have an intimate relationship? I appreciate the fact that human beings are so unique in every way, men and women can have many of the same traits, characteristics, yet remain autonomous. It’s almost ridiculous how emotional yet fragile we can be, we can become, if we cannot find our lifelong partner. Reading and learning will never stop for those who want to keep living life to its fullest.

Good app, bad comments system. There are good reads to be found on Medium (although the new feed has made it a bit harder and confusing to find them.) The comments system, though, is a mess. Often, one has to tap "show out-of-network responses” to see comments, then tap "show out-of-network responses” again to see comments to that comment, then repeat if needed. After all that, one may need to tap "back" several times just to return to the original article. Not a nice UX! Also, the recent clap-trap is arbitrary and silly. It's often hard enough to rate things on a 5-star grading system, now one is asked to rate articles on a 0-to-50 clap system.

(4.5 Stars!) Great article, however…. It would have been a solid 5 Stars for me if you would have gone into just a little bit more detail and provided another tad bit more for each app by using real world examples of how and when to use each app, honest critiques or warnings on at least SOME of them, the possible prices and plans if applicable, level of skill users should realistically have for each, whether or not you have actually used each one, and if so, what is the extent of your knowledge and experience? I am sure you get my point. I found the article very helpful and will be looking into all of them over the week. Thanks for the good read!

Great App But Needs Bug Fixes. By far one of the best blogging apps on the market. The “beta” version is great and I love thé improvements. There are a few issues that should be addressed for a better experience. 1. When you highlight in a selected article and save for later reading, the highlights do not remain when you reopen the article. You can find your highlights after clicking “highlighted.” However, you cannot access the entire article, which was available before Beta version, only the highlighted section. 2. Accessing your “interests” requires too many clicks. By having your list of interests readily available, it would be much easier to find articles that interest you. 3. When you “respond” to a specific place in the article and someone either likes or comments on your response, you cannot access the article like before. When you go back to access the article, again, the highlights and response are not shown. Outside of these small issues, great app.

Live it. Every morning I spend about an hour reading Medium. I have pré-selected the categories that I am interested in. For the most part, I enjoy the thinking that is expressed. I really only have one criticism. I don’t want to hear from people who are in their 20’s & 30’s and feel that they now have the secret to life. Those folks should be a little more circumspect and nuanced. I include those young folks who know how to be financially independent or who have oddball thoughts about how to live the long remainder of their life. I guess that’s called immaturity. I’m 81 and have seen that making sweeping conclusions about all of their lives is immature. One should be a tad more careful based upon their very limited experience. I’ve been down many of those paths and have seen that many sound good but simply don’t work. But that’s a minority that I ignore. Many of the remaining blogs are well written, educational and challenging. I’ve learned much from Medium and look forward everyday to that morning hour of reading and responding.

Medium has replaced The New Yorker at the top of my “nightstand pile”. I make time to read something more-than-just-useful every day. For years, New Yorker magazines have piled up on my nightstand and I always find something engaging inside. There is a thrill stumbling upon an extremely well-written article that takes us somewhere surprising or illuminates a complex issue. In the past weeks, Medium has replaced The New Yorker as my go-to source for that energy. The downside: I’m looking at a screen at bedtime - something I’ve been trying to avoid. The upside: my spouse might get her wish of a clear nightstand. Might. Right now, the pile is just growing.

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