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Reviews
Don’t bother
Agukjb
Paid $59 5/1/21 had access to content for about 2 months. I was cut off and when I complained and asked for a refund I was told I got my money’s worth, that they knew of the glitch couldn’t fix it at the time. 9 months later still don’t have access after numerous complaints. Don’t get taken like I did!
Please fix bug in latest version
frankiesmiff
I am a slate plus subscriber. After installing the latest version, the app logged me out and the page in the app where you can sign in will not load. Please fix this bug because the content Slate provides is the perfect balance of snark, analysis, and humanity that I crave.
Paying for content we can’t access
bluedrag0neyes
The Slate+ paywall was a reasonable ask before the app started signing you out and then not letting you sign back in. The “sign in” page goes blank when you click the link. I’m discontinuing my support until I’m getting what I paid for. Weeks of this problem is nonsense.
Doesn’t work since update.
sallenmd87
The login function in the app is broken. I can still login just fine on the Internet using Safari on my phone, but I can’t login to the app. Just get a blank screen or an error message when I click login. Incompetent developers.
Worst App Ever
Robert Paterson Composer
I have never written an app review, until now. The app is useless, and as others have pointed out, it won’t allow you to sign in, it crashes, and it’s buggy. I paid for a subscription, the app should work. This shouldn’t be that difficult. They need to get it together and fix this ASAP.
Cancelling slate plus
Josh Meh
Great content but I have to keep logging in. Annoying. Worse it won’t even let me login. Broken app makes slate plus pointless. I’ll just listen to the podcasts with commercials on stitcher.
app freezes and shuts down
JockDoc1957
Content is fine but about every 3-5 minutes ( on a bad day- sometimes it doesn’t happen but usually does), the app will either freeze (can’t scroll at all) or just quit/blank. Or, it will ask for a sign-in to SlatePlus (even for free content) and then freeze at the sign-in page.
Login Problem Still Not Fixed
DCNYer
The log in bug persists. I must re-log in whenever I close and reopen the app. The only “improvement” from prior version is that I can at least navigate to the log in page and log in.
One star for bad typography
Axios023
Please for the love of god stop displaying everything in italics! Also — it’s been over a week that they’re aware that the app doesn’t honor Slate Plus memberships and they haven’t fixed the problem.
Fire your app developer
BenWarfield
I didn’t mind all that much when I got logged out randomly all the time but I could still read articles while not logged in. Now I can’t read articles unless I’m logged in, the app logs me out all the time, and there’s a solid chance that login will be broken when I try to get back in. Really, OAuth is too complicated and cutting edge to keep working from day to day? Fire everybody involved (if it’s outsourced, fire whoever chose the vendor.)
