Constitution App Reviews

The constitution App was updated….I’m not sure if this is a good thing. Are we experiancing any vital changes to the constitution lately ?

Its hard to have anything but constructive criticism for an app that might encourage more people to read the Constitution! Having said that, it could certainly use some sprucing up. For such a historic document, the presentation is rather drab. Perhaps a nicer default font and a parchment background or something would make it look more inviting. A choice of font would be a nice touch for those that might have trouble reading a small font. Also, the ability to search would be great. Its about the only missing feature thats essential for content of this size.

This is a nice presentation of the Constitution, along with some background information. Its a good interface, and is easy to use. For future versions, some of the menus could be tweaked. Currently, a few of the menus dont make sense. For example, Spelling and Special Characters are active, which only make sense if theres editable text. Also, it would be nice to have the option to change font size and to show/hide the dates to the amendments on the text page (currently, you have to click to "notes" to see when a given amendment was ratified).

Could have used this app a few months ago when i was taking a government class.

Its just as perfect as the ipad app. Its also great that we can get it free.

is an outdated, outmoded document that has no business guiding the government of the worlds largest and most powerful nation.

Certainly useful and we should all refresh our knowledge of the Constitution every so often. Apples bundled Dictionary app is a similar kind of application in that it presents mostly text and some images in a plain window, however it far better on the eye. I realize this is free, hence the simplicity, but above everything else it really needs some formatting and cleaning up as far as the typography and presentation goes. How about some headers for one thing?

This is an excellent resource for all Americans. It would be great if all American Mac users would get this app and actually read the Constitution. The extra details on each signer makes the content more interesting by providing a perspective of the men who worked together to come up with such an amazing document.

Very poorly designed UI. Dont see any way to change the font size. Menus are around that shouldnt be there: File menu has a dimmed "New", "Open", "Save", etc. - you can never use them in this app, so why are they still even there?

Im in 8th grade and we are learning about the constitution. This is going to make it much easier to study!

We are now heading to an American society void of an understanding of the Constitution. We need to be familiar with our foundation and our rights. This is a great way to access the great document and I understand where the programers got their inspiration. Well done.

Yes, you can get the text of the Constitution elsewhere, but this is something you should always have with you. I carry this on my Mac and my iPad for reference, for education and because everyone should be familiar with the text.

I was very excited to find this app in the Apple store so as you can imagine, I donwloaded it quickly so I could have it on my MacBook. So, let me get to the core of the matter right away: The Good: 1. Text of the US constituion, Preamble, and the Declaration of Indepence. 2. Provides biography of all signers of the Constitution with corrsponding short biography of each signer. 3. Brain-dead easy to use. The Bad: 1. There is no "Search" feature of the document. If there is no search feature, it really cannot be used as a reference as I doubt that you have every and single passage memorized to know where to find things in it. 2. There is no print option. Why not allow to print portions or entire Constitution if one wishes to do so for reference purposes.. 3. Finally, I started comparing it to my pocket book Constituion release and this is what I observed: - letter casing is not the same which seems to diminish the meaning. It takes a weight and emphasis away from very important phrases. Like, WE THE PEOPLE is simply converted to "We the people." The meanig is quite different when you look at these two. Overall, it is a good start but I think, it needs some work.

Easy to use. Nothing special about it, though. Its nice that it has biographies of the Founding Fathers.

Neat & Informative!

One reviewer claimed that you cannot search this document. However, using Apples (command + F) combination allows you to search this document as with any other text document. I would like to have seen more authentic-looking fonts and background parchment imagery to give it a more authentic look.

The font size needs to be an option. This is killing my eyes! Please provide an update that allows at least a size 12 font.

This is ok but a copy in PDF lets you search. -jim

It looks like this has the full constitution (hard to get that wrong), but there doesnt appear to be any way to search the full text of the document. You can search on each article or amendment, but if you dont know which one you are looking for, there appears to be no way to search for it.

I use this as a reference for my law class. Its hard to argue with free!