# The Times Literary Supplement

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id556820250](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id556820250)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id556820250`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Times Media Limited (Apps)
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (1,052 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.3.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-01-20
- **First published:** 2012-11-01
- **Size:** 30 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-times-literary-supplement/id556820250)
- **Website:** [http://www.the-tls.co.uk/](http://www.the-tls.co.uk/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.newsprivacy.co.uk/single/](http://www.newsprivacy.co.uk/single/)

## Description

The Times Literary Supplement Reader brings TLS’s rich literary world to a compact browser extension. Explore literary discoveries, incisive criticism, essays, poems, and debates, with an easy search across years of back issues and the weekly TLS podcast.

Subscribers can sign in with their surname and subscriber number, purchase individual issues, or opt for an auto-renewing subscription. The extension also links to the TLS privacy policy and terms of use.

## Rankings

- #53,511 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise TLS content quality and on-the-go reading, but repeatedly cite login/subscription problems, crashes, typography issues, download/UX glitches, and poor cancellation support as major app drawbacks. The content shines, but the app experience remains unstable and frustrating for many users.

### Pros

- High-quality, diverse TLS content (strong book reviews and essays).
- Clear, readable typography on devices where the font is comfortable to read.
- Offline access and flexible purchasing options (downloadable issues, subscription or individual issues).
- On-the-go reading supported, with some reviewers finding the app easy to navigate and use.

### Cons

- Persistent login/authentication and subscription recognition problems.
- Frequent crashes and overall app instability.
- Font size/readability issues (fonts too small or too large, not adjustable).
- Download and navigation challenges (issues with keeping downloaded issues, deleting downloads, extra clicks, awkward UI).
- Difficulties with cancellation and support responsiveness.

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