DER SPIEGEL Reviews

The new layout is horrible to navigate. Navigation is very confusing.
The font style is a copy from PricewaterhouseCoopers’ standard layout.
That was a true waste of money, I barely visit this website currently. Prior to the change I used this site multiple times every day. Instead I started using the websites of other agencies.

This is NOT about content. Der SPIEGEL is one of the best news outlets there is. It’s about their new app. The old one provided a quick overview about the main news item. User friendliness, ability to navigate and quick access to the main news - all gone now. This new app is now one of many others, complex page with many categories that only show up if selected. In the old one they were seen when scrolling through. Old app got me to top new headline again when clicking on header. Not so any more. Big loss. Not using this much anymore.

Quite a loss. I am not using it as often as I did. Was my go to news app first thing in the morning and last thing in the evening. Not any more.

After DERSPIEGEL changed settings and needed support for cookie settings, I cannot access DERSPIEGEL anymore for free. One minute to the next DERSPIEGEL didn’t work anymore.
The given tutorials only referred to online browsers such as chrome, but not to the iOS app itself.
Emailed support and they sent an automatic reply saying they could not help me - without even looking at the email.
Will use another news app from now on!

While the content is informative, DERSPIEGEL for iPad is a disaster. Halfway through reading an article the page goes blank for now apparent reason. Going back from an article to the home page, often results in the same blank page. Please find app developers that know what they are doing. Looks like the competition could.

I pay for a SPIEGEL subscription and enjoyed reading the magazine in the old “Kiosk” app. The look & feel of the new app is way inferior to the old one. In addition, it seems many articles are missing (reading the PDF is not an option!) which was not the case in the old app. I am seriously thinking about cancelling my subscription.

I’m a subscriber and every time I open DERSPIEGEL to have to enter my login details. There isn’t a bookmark feature or a history (most recent article read). I believe DERSPIEGEL is just a “wrapper” a portal to the der Spiegel website. Better luck and usability simply reading on your laptop or via a web browser. (This is only a critique of the functions of DERSPIEGEL , as news source Der Spiegel is a benchmark in German media. )

The last few versions have not removed but introduced bugs. Clicking on an article, reading it maybe half way, and it goes blank with no recovery... I think it has to do with ads loading/blocked by iOS as I have ad related issues with the web version too... it’s a shame, used to be my favorite news app

The German language has a word for what happened here: verschlimmbessern. It means trying to improve something but making it worse. The new app is so much worse than the old Spiegel app, which in my opinion was pretty close to perfection. The new app uses too many webviews (with Cookie dialogs and sign in prompts), is confusing to navigate (go back to content overview is on the right rather than the left) and does not feel like a native iOS app anymore. I wish I could still use the previous app, which was so good at the one thing it did: Offer the Spiegel magazine offline.

Great source of important Germany related events and news with quick updates

Good app for general news from German based news sources. Offers podcasts, audio segments and articles to read.

If you believe in first hand reporting by professionals fact checking information der SPIEGEL is your perfect news platform.

Premium news outlet. Focus on international and German issues.

Love the Spiegel App that allows me to access reliable news from my iPhone.

I go to Spiegel Online first when I have a few minutes to read the news. Good headline news coverage as well as more in-depth articles and opinion pieces.

DERSPIEGEL allows me access to a solid European perspective both on America and works affairs. Of course Der Spiegel is in German so a decent understanding of the language is needed as one would expect with regard to any media outside the English-speaking world.

I really appreciate DERSPIEGEL allowing me to continue staying in touch with Germany and the world. Der Spiegel is vastly superior to most US publications in regards to international news as well as German news.

Short insightful stories of European and global relevance -not boilerplate news yet looking at human stories that will impact the trajectory of the pandemic, migration, perspective on human isolation and “Ausgrenzung “

Wonderful light stories from diverse journalists: such as food stories.

The Spiegel is now faster and much easier to navigate than before DERSPIEGEL update. Plus the design and graphics is now much spiffier. Some of my satisfaction may also have to with my biting the bullet and paying the monthly $20 for full access.

Since I barely have a chance to speak/read in German , I enjoy your magazine very much, besides of Frankfurter Rundschau and FAZ. (I am from Frankfurt.) Your reporting is straight to the point, as has always been, and it gives me the opportunity to monitor the general European response to the ongoing unrest in the US. Keep it up!

Especially in these dark days in the US, DERSPIEGEL gives me the look from the outside in.
Unfortunately, the most recent version doesn’t load the whole front page again after I read an article or two. Please fix it!

I’ve been using DERSPIEGEL for a long time with very good experience but in recent days DERSPIEGEL does not work as expected. After clicking an article DERSPIEGEL appears to reload the page continuously, pages turn white and it is painful to read a single article. Please fix immediately!!

I have no idea how to change the language from German to English. I tried to google translate my way around it but it just didn’t work. I also tried to contact them and it also didn’t work.

Just to add to the previous comment. A video froze DERSPIEGEL , I can’t exit nor watch as an error message is displayed. I can’t even delete and reload DERSPIEGEL . What am I supposed to do? Buy a new mobile phone? Who can advise?

I have two issues with DERSPIEGEL.
1.the video function is broken, it always auto plays the next video and there seems to be no way to stop it. Also often the video does not allow me to close it, if I missed stopping it just before the end of the original video. Sometimes two videos would open on top of each other making the sound very eerie. It makes DERSPIEGEL unpleasant to use.
2. I am a subscribed user and the paid content requires me to sign in again and click through several layers of links before I can read. If one is a signed in user for paid content, one should just be able to read it, without leaving DERSPIEGEL and signing in again through the website.

Both of these items are in acceptable for paid customers.
Lastly, some videos have 30 second advertisement that cannot be skipped, just to lead to a 10 second video clip I can see on you tube as well. This is less an app function as it is bad content Managment. Paid customers should not have to go through this much pain.

I am pretty disappointed.

Is there support for English in DERSPIEGEL? There is online in Safari but I can't seem to change it in-app.

It’s important to keep up with the news around the world and Spiegel Online allows me to do just that, thank you!

Well put-together! I primarily use it to improve my German, but also to start to expand my exposure to news outside the US.

Native English speaker. DERSPIEGEL and the notifications especially have been really helpful for learning german.

App works the way it should and brings me the latest national and international news.

Being a German in the USA this is still my go to news source.