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User Reviews for Financial Times
Beware of the bait and switch
I am a huge fan of FT. Read them while and college and was happy to finally have the time and money to read it again. I went for the $99/year subscription. None of the articles that are suggested for me or interest me are part of that subscription. This plan is used a bait to get you to move up to the more expensive plan to actually read any worthwhile articles.
Great columns, and great coverage of business and economy
The FT doesn’t attempt to cover as much as, say, the NY Times. It’s specialised and selective, but it’s not narrow. It offers reporting or core issues in the politics and economy of UK and US, to a lesser extent the individual countries of Europe and the world. It also addresses the EU as such and the state of global affairs. So it’s good for an analytic take of politics and more depth on markets. But the best is its several terrific columnists.
FT Shoold Allow Subscribers to Save and Store Full Text Articles for Scholarly Research
This app and the FT site doesn’t allow paid subscribers who need to use these articles as sources for academic or scholarly research to save full text articles to organizers like Pocket or Evernote. As such the FT subscription is worthless. Other major news publications allow subscribers to save full text articles for future reference and use as source materials. A serious scholar or researcher needs to be able to keep full text articles from various publications on specialized topics in one folder or location. The way things ate at present, a subscriber has to log on to the FT app or website, then go to a different site, location or folder to compare or supplement the information in the FT article with that of articles from other publications like The Economist or Bloomberg. This is a huge nuisance indeed. New regulations are needed to stop FT from engaging in this monopolistic practice.
Degrading quality
This app has been degrading over the last months to the point when it’s easier to use the website. First, whenever I open it it always loading something for a few seconds and then says it can’t load. Then I tap try again and it loads it momentarily. Why can’t it show me the feed from last update? Why does it always have to wait? Then it asks me if I want to add topics. I already have topics, I use them, I know about them, stop bugging me with this feature. It’s so annoying that it’s easier to use the website.
Have to log in every day, sometimes twice
Every time I open this app in the morning, I have to log in again. FWIW I log in using Google. Often in the afternoon or evening, I have to log in /again/. While the app is aggressive about pulling stories down for an offline edition (a genuine utility for my subway commute), this means I absolutely need to be connected to data the first time I open the app. At this point, that’s resulted in my having a little chore every morning off logging in as I walk to the subway. Otherwise. FT’s coverage is what it is, and the app design is fine — nothing revolutionary, but it works.
Great newspaper, app can be improved
Been a long time subscriber and love the newspaper. I usually read on the website on desktop or phone, after trying the app I decided to stay with the website. The app basically delivers the website version in compact, however it feels inflexible. I wish I can change the sequence of sections by my preference. Also the interface lacks natural effect, which feels a bit inconvenient for the thumbs.
Good UI, Tough UX
The app’s interface is great for things you only do once — add topics to track, share links, save articles. However it’s much more difficult to scroll through a list of headlines, read one, and then jump back to the same place in that list. Instead, it sends you back to the top/beginning and you have to find your way back. My own “myFT” profile has a quite long chronological list of articles. When I open an article published 4 days ago, I hate being forced to scroll down past >70 headlines to find the ones published 5 days ago. I should be able to jump back to the same place in that list. Same recommendation applies for Search results (would also like to see filters there) however I understand such a feature would be harder to develop.
Restore Sharing of Articles
The app recently disabled sharing of articles on the app; I now have a small number of ‘share credits’ I can use or buy more at cost. This prevents me from tweeting content to others. I don’t see the sense in that, and FT didn’t inform me in advance. I will reconsider my FT subscription when up for renewal because of it. But otherwise the app is good.
Excellent app but needs one key feature
The layout on my iPhone, iPad, and iPad mini is excellent. The only complaint is that I often come across gated links to FT articles on Twitter and the web but there is no way to automatically open the story in the app and access with my subscription. The New York Times has this feature for its app. With the FT, it’s necessary to open the app and attempt to locate the article manually. Otherwise, a superb app and newspaper.
Great App but Not Perfect
Wonderful app with up to date FT articles. I find no delay between the FT app and the FT website itself and using the app makes reading FT articles on my phone so much easier. My only complaint is that some links (like comment links) will try to take you to the FT website instead of just taking you to the article on the app itself. That is a minor concern and it is otherwise a great app.
Description
Get the international business news, analysis, market data and company information you need to stay well-informed. FEATURES • Breaking news alerts, direct to your lock screen • Read anywhere, even when you’re offline • Follow topics that matter to you and save articles with myFT • View live news or choose this morning’s edition and enjoy a reading experience that’s as close to the paper as possible • See the latest comments on articles and share your opinions • Monitor your Markets Data portfolio and browse securities HOW TO ACCESS To gain full access to our award-winning content, please sign in using your Financial Times account.
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