Substack

Substack Inc.

About this app

Discover and discuss great writing on Substack.

World-class writing: The best stories, ideas, and culture right at your fingertips.

Great discussions: Join conversations with the most interesting readers.

All your subscriptions in one place: Find what you want to read quickly and easily.

Subscriber-only chats: Join private chats hosted by the writers you love.

The Substack app is home to thousands of independent writers, creators, and journalists; including George Saunders, Matt Taibbi, Heather Cox Richardson, Elizabeth Gilbert, Nate Silver, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Dan Carlin, Matthew Yglesias, Richard Dawkins, Seymour Hersh, Joyce Vance, Jonathan Haidt, and Roxane Gay.

Explore expansive coverage and conversations about news, politics, arts, AI, finance, history, culture, business, tech, health & wellness, comics, climate, parenting, crypto, travel, philosophy, music, recipes & cooking, humor, sports, fiction, literature, design, and much more.

In the Substack app, you can:

+ Discover new writers, creators, and journalists

+ Read the latest posts from your subscriptions in a simple and elegant view

+ Listen to posts on the go

+ Join your favorite writers in their subscriber chats

+ See what your friends are reading

+ Share notes with your thoughts and commentary

+ Save posts from the explore feed to read later

+ Access subscriber-only podcast episodes

Ratings and reviews

Pretty appalling UI, actually. Like under "Activity", if someone replies to a comment, there's no way to get to the thread or even view the comment they replied to. That's not even beta quality. Also, if I accidentally select some text in an article, I can't deselect by tapping elsewhere or scrolling. I have to choose from the pop-up menu to make it go away.

Far too complex to set up. Also far too expensive when it comes to subscribing to individual podcasts (like a couple hundred for Bulwark). Maybe I'm just too old. But I was an aircraft avionics tech in the Air Force and an IT tech after that until I retired. But can't make heads or tails of this app... so sticking to "X" for now.

I think the app is a bit undercooked for a service that otherwise has been a godsend for writers, and readers of writers, alike. The content on here is great, but two pretty critical things are missing from this app. First, there is no ability to adjust font size, which is crucial for accessibility, and it just helps with eye strain on higher resolutions. Second, not being able to work on your drafts in the app itself, instead having to use a browser, can be a real pain.

What's new

Introducing the new Home tab: your personal window into the Substack universe. The reading queue ensures you never miss a post from your favorite publications, and the explore feed helps you discover and discuss great writing with others. Finally, we’ve supercharged your inbox with new saved and audio filters, and multiple layout options.