Phys.Org News app for iPhone and iPad
4.6 (
166 ratings )
News
Education
Developer:
Omicron Tech Ltd
4.99 USD
Current version:
2.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 25 Feb 2010
App size: 2.63 Mb
Stay up to the minute with the full feature mobile app featuring an all you can consume science and technology selection of news stories. You may customize the app with your favorite news categories from PhysOrg.com. Over 50 news stories every weekday covering a full range of sci-tech topics.
Categories include physics, earth science, medicine, nanotechnology, electronics, space, biology, chemistry, computer sciences, engineering, mathematics and stories you will not see anywhere else. Phys.org offers the most comprehensive coverage of sci-tech developments around the globe.
The app gives readers access to all PHYSorg.com content via your Apple mobile device. Users may rate, rank, bookmark and share favorite stories via Twitter or email directly from the app.
Features:
- customize content, by selecting you favorite categories;
- bookmark favorite stories;
- rate stories from the app;
- send to twitter or via email;
- read content in offline mode.
The app is ads-free.
Pros and cons of Phys.Org News app for iPhone and iPad
Phys.Org News app good for
Deleted V1.7 and reinstalled V1.8 and all is well that ends well. My favorite science news app has finally returned from the dead!
I will always wonder why it took so long for this software to be fixed.
This is my favorite app. I love being able to customize the content. I dont experience the problems that others have reported. It works great.
If you love the sciences, this app is a MUST! Biology, Astronomy, Physics (etc., etc.)- you can customize the many categories according to your tastes. New stories are added constantly and can easily be shared. Now I dont have to seek out science news- this news is ALL about science! There are always new discoveries and fun findings to learn and share here. Makes the Sciences wonderfully accessible!
This is one of my go-to apps as there are so many new awesome articles all day every day in each category. It works fine for browsing, updating, and reading content from any categories, but its form is lacking and having a slightly more polished interface could be appealing to new users.
Honestly, Im not mad at all. This is about function over form right now and the stream of news is a far more important factor than how it integrates. Tertiary functions like sharing with every single social network is less important imho.
Sharing these to facebook isnt always a very good place to have this information since there can be a crazy talking about conspiracy theories in comments sometimes.. A little entertainment. :)
For those that care about battery life: Ive read for hours on this app and battery did not drop very much at all. Its simplicity makes it great for reading on slow days with no charger.
Some bad moments
I thought this app would be worth $2 given my experience with the website...I think a $5 refund is appropriate for the frustration just trying to figure out the way the site is layed out.
Ive waited for a while now for this app to be fixed and it hasnt. It will not load. Please address this.
5 stars for content and 0 for the bug that doesnt let me access the content and 0 for the frustration caused. If you fix youll have 5 stars.
The content is amazing. With this app you get the latest in a wide array of subjects. I mean, there are hundreds of the latest science articles/journals to read. With that said, I am giving it two stars because of the fact that I am unable to access the information most of the time!! Im talking about...out of 26 tries to open the software Ill get through once. And thats with restarting my phone numerous times!! And yes. Ive re-installed the software serveral times as well. Its completely frustrating. If that problem was fixed, it would hands down get 5 stars.
This ap would be hands down my favorite because of the content, but do not waste your money. The more you use it the worse it gets. Mine has been stuck on one article for three days. The back button just disappeared to be replaced by edit. There is no way to return to the main menu or update articles. When you close and reopen it goes right back to where you left off...thats great unless you are stuck in pergatory.
Navigation still gets lost sometimes and the only way to get back to the index is to reboot. Skip this, use the web app instead.
