Substack

Substack Inc.

About this app

Substack is a new media app that connects you with the creators, ideas, and communities you care about most.

+ Support the creators you love: Subscribe for free or upgrade to view original work and connect directly with your favorite writers, artists, and podcasters.

+ Enjoy ad-free videos and podcasts: Access short-form clips, video episodes, and read-aloud articles without interruptions.

+ Connect in real time: Join livestreams and live group chats, where top creators bring their biggest supporters into their world.

+ Explore independent ideas: Discover bold opinions and engaging views across food, sports, politics, fashion, comedy, finance, and more.

How it works:
1. Download the Substack app.
2. Claim your handle.
3. Explore the feed to enjoy notes, videos, and clips from creators.
4. Subscribe to your favorites for free, tune into their livestreams and join private group chats.

Ratings and reviews

Emails... so many emails... and no way to make them stop. This is crazy. Don't get me wrong, I love the app. But it spams me with so many emails it's insane. Yes, there is an toggle in the options to turn off email notifications. But when I tap it, nothing happens! The notifications are so invasive. There is no reason for this. I want to use the app at my liesure. Not everyone wants their apps to spam them with an unending barrage of notifications. 1 star until I can turn them off completely.

Love substack! The app could use a few improvements: 1 - showing which articles are read/unread when you're viewing a publication, instead of only in your inbox. 2 - I use the audio feature, and it would be nice if it could autoplay through articles in my inbox (or in a publication). A play queue would be even better. Instead, it jumps to another article in the publication, the same one every time. 3 - it's not clear how to change a subscription from paid to free without unsubscribing

I started using Substack primarily for a subscription to guided meditations and self-hypnosis, but the app crashes often, which is not only a bother but it breaks the whole setting of the exercise when I have restart the app as I'm dropping into or in a deep relaxed state. It could be more intuitive, and it would be helpful if tabs were added for different multi media, i.e., videos, audio, and podcasts, instead of having to search through heaps of postings of various things.