Why You Should Switch to the New Substack App

Substack, a very original newsletter app with a fair reward model.

Substack is a newsletter service that allows you to follow individual authors and receive their articles straight to your inbox. Its business model revolves around subscription, which allows creators to get paid directly from their subscribers (and Substack takes a commission). It’s a great way to get all your favorite authors in one place, but if you’re following multiple people on Substack, you’re probably already a little overwhelmed by email notifications of new articles. It might be…too much. Now you can put it all in one app and get rid of all those notifications.

Substack, a very original mailing app

The Substack Reader app (available for iPhone) offers a more convenient way to read and allows you to follow your favorite authors – without notifications. When setting up the free app, just enable “Pause Email Notifications”. If you didn’t do this during installation and want to do it later, tap the profile icon in the top right corner of the app, then select Notifications. In this section, the option “Suspend email notifications”is available. If you decide to stop using the app, Substack will resume sending emails so you don’t miss out on new articles.

with a fair wage model

Also, when you sign up for the Substack app, you will be prompted to create a profile and you will see a list of newsletters associated with your email address. These newsletters will be publicly displayed on your profile; disable this behavior during installation (or later) by tapping the profile icon and then Edit Profile.

You can also find the Discover tab in the Substack (magnifying glass icon) which highlights a number of articles. You can also link your Twitter account to Substack to receive articles curated for you from the playlists of people you follow on the platform. (Remember, however, that linking your Twitter account to Substack is not safe for your privacy.)

Finally, it should be noted that the Substack application does not allow you to pay for mailings using the Apple payment system, for this you need to go to the Substack website and link your credit card to pay for them.

Last precision, the Substack app is currently only available on iPhone. If you are interested in its appearance on Android, you can join the waiting list.