London Review of Books

Name: London Review of Books
Rating: 4.9 (3205 reviews)
Author: LRB Limited

By: LRB Limited App

Books, politics and ideas

Overview

Version:

4.4

Last updated: 2025-10-23

Features & Capabilities

The London Review of Books app brings Europe’s leading magazine of books and ideas to your device. Read offline, access the latest issue on Wednesdays, save articles for later, resize text for comfortable reading, and toggle dark mode. It also includes a decade-long archive dating back to 2014.

Subscribing via the app: the app is free to download and includes a free preview issue. LRB subscribers can sign in with their LRB website login to access the app without a separate subscription. In-app purchases let you buy individual issues or an annual subscription. Subscriptions are charged to your Apple account and auto-renew unless turned off. Subscriptions via the app do not include access to the LRB website and online archive. If your subscription lapses, you can still read issues published while you were active.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App News & Magazines Content Writing

By:

LRB Limited

Rating:

4.90

(3,205) 3 new ratings

Version:

4.4 Last updated: 2025-10-23

Version code:

879126029

Creation date:

2014-09-04

Compatible devices:

Size:

19.86MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-26

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 31,276 ▲ 1,634

Other rankings

#95 in book keyword 20 ▼ 5

Other platforms

London Review of Books (v4.5)

48,121 4.76

(673)

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Developed by:

LRB Limited

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/london-review-of-books/id895291232

Website:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/app

User Reviews

Users praise the LRB app for high-quality, diverse content and a generally easy, distraction-free reading experience. The top drawbacks are typography/readability (small font, few size options), missing in-app features (annotations, bookmarks, read-later, syncing), incomplete digital edition of the print version, subscription verification issues, and navigation quirks (swipe misnavigation, no paging or reading-position memory). Overall, content and usability are strong, but several feature and reliability gaps recur across reviews.

Pros

High-quality, diverse, and insightful content across culture, politics, art, and literature.
Easy-to-use app with a simple layout, intuitive navigation, and straightforward search and article saving.
Distraction-free reading experience with a clean interface that keeps focus on the writing.
Stellar content with an attractive, easy-to-navigate online presence.

Cons

Typography/reading size is too small with limited options; dynamic type is not supported.
Missing essential features like in-app annotations/highlighting, bookmarking, a dedicated read-later space, and cross-device syncing.
No digital version of the print edition, making the reading experience feel incomplete.
Subscription/account verification bugs (being told you don’t have a subscription) and occasional subscription issues.
Navigation/reading-flow flaws such as accidental swipes to the next story and no memory of reading position (no paging, infinite scroll).

Recent reviews

The app works great but with this caveat - When reversing the scrolling direction of Saved articles, The 'Saved' ribbon and the back button appear on top and vanish, once resuming the normal scrolling direction. This affects the reading experience. If the 'Saved' ribbon and the back button will only come up upon tapping or some such control, it would result in a seemless reading experience. Kindly consider to include this feature.