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Popular Science App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
Popular Science app received 131 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using Popular Science? Can you share your negative thoughts about popular science?
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✓ Upadate NeededThis app is good but after the last update it now takes for ever to load. Sometimes crashes. Please fix this problem.Version: 2.0
✓ What is the purpose of this update ?I don't want to have to log in every time. I just want to be able to read the issues I have already purchased. Who's idea was this update anyway ? Please reverse this update or I will delete the app.Version: 0
✓ Last issue was Fall 2023The Fall 2023 issue is the last one I have. Restore purchases does nothing and the publisher did not respond to my email inquiry. Disappointed. I’ve been a subscriber for over 50 years 😢.Version: 7.7.7
✓ Fix it plsBought subscription. Interesting mag but keeps crashing... Can't get beyond the first few pages...Version: 3.0
✓ Innovating for the sake of innovatingI'm a techie and an information consumption junkie and I find the entire experience of using this app to be more distracting than useful. I simply want to read the content quickly and easily and in an intuitive way. I applaud the people at pop sci for trying something new -- after all, where would we be without risk takers? but, this is, in my opinion, a failed experiment. for example, I see the table of contents on the screen... why can't I tap on a story title to go to it? Same goes for the cover -- there are story titles right there but guess what? And why does it feel so hard to find any real content? You'd be doing me a big favor by providing something a bit more utilitarian that is a little less flashy and a little more intuitive..Version: 0
✓ Rip offI have been been looking at this app for quite a while and just decided to buy it (for quite a big price) only to find that you have to PAY FOR MORE ISSUES you only get one free and an example so not very good, would be BRILLIANT IF ISSUES WERE FREE..Version: 0
✓ Constant CrashAlmost picked up a printed copy at the store but decided to go with an iPad subscription ... bad decision. Not sure about previous or future issues but the November issue crashes constantly to the point where it is impossible to read. Very disappointing! DO NOT BUY THIS ISSUE unless it is updated Popular Science: Please fix and reissue or refund the purchase price and withdraw the issue..Version: 4.0.3
✓ Keeps crashingWhen loading the app I get the Popular Science logo, then the who'd app crashes. Sometimes I get a black screen, sometimes a close up of a picture from an issue and sometimes the app just kicks me back to my desktop. When I get the black screen or close up picture I can't do anything - the screen is frozen. There's no menu, I can't double tap and I can't get past the screen. I've tried closing and reopening, shutting down my iPad and restarting, close all other apps and still nothing. Eventually after 45 minutes of closing and reopening can get a N issue loaded, but if I close the app and go back it starts all over again. I don't want to have to uninstall and reinstall the as I read the magazine on the train, so how am I Supposed to download hundreds of mega whilst travelling at 100mph? The whole point in the app is to reach a magazine - that seems impossible if I don't know if the app will work or if I'll have to redownload again. Very disappointed. When the magazine does work its great, but with this crashing issue I'll be ditching the app and buying a local newspaper instead..Version: 3.2
✓ What's the PointI'm struggling hard to find the point of the app/"e-zine". When I can simply go online directly from my iPad and get all the content I could possibly want, couple with the option to click on live links that'll take me to ,ore info about what ever product or subject I'm reading about. I mean really why would I back track by buying the "e-zine" when I loose functionality. I won't be purchasing anymore issues from them, I'll simply stick with my outdated paper magazines, and the web at least that way I can be productive. 2nd. Why can't I jump to what I want to read, through simply touching on the pictures or he story title. When I first open the app I see an option for the table of contents but then it goes as soon as I touch the screen. But that's my two cents..Version: 0
✓ ReviewGood content but too many ads based on the mag cost. Good app had a problem which was fixed with last update. Reduce ads or cost, perfect..Version: 3.1
✓ Waste of money - cant download an issueI have a 30meg connection at home. I've been trying to download issues but it's impossible. Would be quicker for me to go to the local library and copy in my own handwriting an issue of this mag. Pathetic really. PopSci - you're a futurist type of mag. This poor user experience is hurting your brand..Version: 3.2
✓ What? No off-line reading?Wanted to go on a camping trip and read a few back issues downloaded to my iPad. Turns out, if you’re off-line, the app can’t call home to the mothership to authorize the content on your own iPad. Fail..Version: 7.3.2
✓ TerribleUnable to download latest issue. App has a bug that prevents login for Apple subscription. Poor service to resolve issue..Version: 6.2
✓ Poor UII bought the preview and the June issues. I found the magazine almost impossible to navigate. The 'contents' list doesn't work, there are numerous headlines and images that look as though they are buttons to touch, that will take you to the relevant article (but they aren't), and when you do find an article, there is so little text on screen that all you end up doing is swiping across the screen. A triumph of form over content and functionality. Consider buying this only if you wish to show people how not to design a user interface for a digital magazine..Version: 0
✓ Can’t download subscriptionPaid for subscription years ago and never had issues. Subscription renewed in March this year and it will not recognize the purchase. Restore purchases does nothing. App just hangs. Deleted app, reinstalled and same thing. Cancelled subscription. Would like to get a refund but know how that will go. Don’t waste your money..Version: 7.6.5
✓ Goofy interface; single issue pricing is a bad dealThe interface is bright and fun, until you jump in and try to read the articles. With all the swiping and finger gestures required to read a single article, you would think this was Need for Speed video game! I give them credit for trying to get this App out early, but it needs a LOT of simplification (look at how clean the USA today app is). It's as if the first year web designers locked the old print media guys in the closet during the whole design of this App. I'm all for exploiting the potential of the iPad, but isn't the point to have the interface 'fade away' so you can just focus on the content? Instead, the snazzy interface just seems to get in the way. Better luck next time. P.S. If they think we're all going to pay more per edition than the comparable cost of the print subscription, I think that's a recipe for failure. We all know they are saving boatloads of money by not having to print physical magazines and ship them. Pass on those savings, or I'll just subscribe to other magazines that do..Version: 0
✓ I want my money back, app didn’t workI bought a subscription yesterday, and it isn’t letting me access the most recent issue. I’d like my money back. I should have looked through the recent reviews before subscribing..Version: 7.6.2
✓ BandwidthDownloading and issue takes 5 or more attempts. Each attempt fails after downloading 50 - 500 MB of data. When you restart the download this is thrown away and the download starts from scratch. Great way to destroy your bandwidth cap..Version: 4.3.1
✓ Missing the point...While PopSci content is good (4/5) the actually magazine experience leaves a lot to be desired. Top Problems - doesn't download in the background (this is key feature of Newsstand so why doesn't it work) - presentation is woeful, it's the 21Century, progressive JPGs is something onto of the 1990's - the interface is slow even on an iPad 2 - why do we have to keep re-downloading previous issues (honestly it seems like every week).Version: 3.0
✓ BrokenI loved this app before this update, the update was suppose to make it easier for managing your magazine issues by creating an account and being able to download the issues once purchased whenever you wanted to save space on your iPad. However it cannot connect to the iTunes store to do so, making the app Broken! You can't read any of your issues already on the iPad unless it connects to the store which it can't! Don't update until it is fixed!.Version: 0
✓ SnuffVery disappointed in this app. Pages take a few seconds to become focused when swiping from one page to another. The designers of this app should have a look at the Age Newspaper app for a well designed publication that has some interesting features ie the ease in which you are able to save articles for future reference..Version: 2.0
✓ Solid effort. Nothing special.For a digital magazine it's a pretty lame effort. It's essentially the paper edition except you can scroll through it and store it digitally. Sometimes there are videos and interactive objects but the text isn't even dynamic or selectable, it's just an image you scroll through! Newsstand support is just about non existent except for the app being in the newsstand folder. What about automatic downloads that are ready in the morning? One of the biggest problems is the large downloads. If it was done in the background it would happen more often, now I find myself putting off reading new issues because of the effort of leaving the app open while it downloads. When I want to read popsci I don't want to wait 15min first, I want to read it now or I won't bother! However, for less than $3 an issue, it's still worth the purchase for the great content, if not delivered in the best possible way..Version: 2.6.1
✓ Magazine amazing, download horrendous!I have a 28 m/bit (download rate) Internet connection... Even wirelessly, speed-tests always indicate awesome download speeds... EXCEPT for PopSci edition downloads! They are ridiculously slow. My iPad 2 routinely goes to "sleep" while attempting to download the latest edition, causing the download to stop. Downloads only appear to progress when the magazine app is active on the screen. Switching to another app causes the download to stop until the magazine is brought back into focus. Cannot even read OLD PopSci editions while downloading, basically making the iPad completely unusable for the extremely long download duration. (Sometimes upwards of two hours!) I love PopSci, but in this day & age, there MUST be a way to reduce the huge inconvenience of downloading new editions. I'm considering canceling my subscription until this severe flaw is resolved..Version: 4.0.3
✓ Error opening after purchasingBought an issue to try out. Spend $4.99 on an issue. after purchasing I kept getting “ error opening”. Disappointed and won’t return.Version: 7.3.2
✓ OK, but with problemsAlmost slick. A lot of 2.0 content but some of it's behaviour left a bit to be desired. Long articles were difficult to navigate vertically and quite often moved horizontally instead. A couple of the headings and captions were miss-placed. It also took a couple of hours to download, really slow where my wifi can handle much faster..Version: 3.2
✓ BEWARE. You can lose purchased editionsThought this was a good try at a new format for magazines, so purchased all the available editions. I accidentally deleted the app when removing some unwanted apps, on re-adding it Popular Science+ has FORGOTTEN my previous purchases!.Version: 0
✓ Popular Ads+ really is a better titleI did a year subscription for this and you should not make the same mistake as I do here. First off this is one of the worst mag apps for showing magazines in the app store. Almost every other page is a ad. So 40 pages 23 ads. This is a paid app so inserting a few ads might be okay but every other page is just ripping off people here. Like I said I paid for a year of this junk and when you go to your account in the iPad app store and select this Subscription, you can "NOT" Turn off the AUTO RENEW for a year. Every other one I have purchased you can turn off the AUTO RENEW but on this one you can't. I have submitted a ticket to Apple on this and an still waiting for a reason why you can not turn off this AUTO RENEW on this app. I sure do not want to paid for an additional year of this AD magazine. I really hate being this blunt on anyone's apps but really I feel others should know just how bad this really is because it is not cheap. Just pass and find something else as there are wonderful options on the app store that will not plaster so many ad's in your face..Version: 2.0
✓ Long Download times a killerI thought that Popular Science was the primary mag I would replace with my iPad. Unfortunately, I have to agree with all the other reviews, too expensive and too large a memory requirement. Since the iPad cannot multitask, you need to stay "logged"on to PS in order to download the issue. Worse than that, once the several hundred megabyte file is downloaded, I still haven't figured out how to access my new issue. The issue is dimmed out with a check mark....but nothing happens when I click on it..... I also thought I was getting both the April issue and the May issue with the download, but no such luck. So I paid my $5 and still only have access to the cover and sample of the magazine. Sorry, but with all the other negative reviews, I just cannot see the expense and time associated with what I get (or rather don't get)..Version: 0
✓ Popular Science App DisappointingVery disappointed with this App. The magazine is difficult to read with many pictures too big to really see on the iPad screen. Lack of easily accessible contents makes reading a chore. I like to pick which articles to read and jump from one to the other instead of plodding through the magazine from front to back. There is no indication where you are in the magazine so you can tell how far from the front or back you are. Once I was finished reading, I could not figure out how to get to the front without laboriously flipping backwards a page at a time. App needs major upgrade before I would want to buy another issue. I would prefer that the layout be like a regular magazine….2 pages in landscape mode and 1 page in portrait mode with a direct link back to the table of contents and possibly a slider at the bottom to quickly move through the magazine..Version: 0
✓ ConfusingI purchased this app expecting a lot more than what you get . It is very poorly put together page layout is hard to follow and search . It does have Good graphics , but I will give it a miss from now on ....Version: 0
✓ Lovely appVery well set out app. Inventive and interesting design, good use of the iPad technology. In terms of content, the photographs are nice. Very much a 'coffee table magazine', light reading. Happy enough to pay £1.79 for an issue, not however £2.99. If you kept it cheap you would get the bulk sales. Hope this feedback makes you change your price..Version: 0
✓ MisleadingTo everyone, please aware that you only purchase a Preview version of April from what it says "if your purchase the magazine the first time", or you can think of you are purchasing the June issue from what it says "June issue is included". So, you are not getting 2 full issues as what I was interrupt when I click purchase. To the company, I do purchase other electronic magazines and they are very clear and simple to list either purchase single issue or yearly subscription or just a free sample to try. I feel it is misleading and please be aware how you are trying to sell. A bad reputation can spread quickly through the Internet nowadays. Hope I will enjoy the June issue and looking forward the reasonable and clarity annual subscription price. Added: After reading my issue, I find the content is so little and not rich at all. I wouldn't suggest to anyone for spending $5 on this..Version: 0
✓ Still riddled with bugs...lI've reviewed this before, had emails from developers, nothing doing so I gave up after paying a year's subscription. After 2 months I come back... And the problems seem even worse rather than better. I load up, blank screen, go to library, restore issues 'cannot restore', try to read downloaded issues, blank screen, etc. etc. This is the only purchase I've made and been unhappy with it. I'm giving up again, putting it down to experience and cancelling payment - ideally I want my money back but I'm giving up on that too. Oh, and you can still only download 1 item at a time, and if you exit app during download and restart app.... It has stopped. Come on guys, sort this nonsense out, I've been robbed. Save your money, wait until te reviews improve......Version: 3.2
✓ Won't load after ios 5Great app as far as content goes, very interactive and creative (could use some speed optimizations though) but unfortunately after updating to ios 5 the splash screen comes up and the spinner spins forever. I tried rebooting but it still won't work. Please fix this!.Version: 2.6.1
✓ Wiping out previous issuesThis application was great until version 1.20 came out. Besides the fact that it forces you to create a user account and that it gets the information it needs from your iTune account (a scary process from a privacy standpoint), the update wipes out your previous issues and crashes when you attempt to archive them. I had to reinstall the application and update it for it to work properly again. The archive function now seems to work, but all former issues have been lost in the process. Luckily, I had just finished reading the September issue..Version: 0
✓ Dont buy online - buy a paper magBought this, quickly did a skim read of it all, then it wouldn't let me go back to read it all again the next day. It will only show me now the preview for next issue and the credits. Then app kept crashing - power cycled ipad and all good again now Navigation is hard and wish it had a table of contents you could bring up at any time Can't believe in the first place that you need to pay for the app ontop of paying for each issue.Version: 0
✓ Popular ScienceContent of the mag is good...when you can get to the bits you want, but the interface is truly terrible. It makes what would be an interesting read a frustrating experience. If it was a simple side scroll and easy to use I'd probably subscribe long term but as it is, although the articles are very interesting, I really can't face trying to fight my way through another issue..Version: 2.6.1
✓ DID NOT WORK!I received the preview, but the actual magazine that I paid $5 downloaded but did not and has not appeared under my issues category. Not very flattering for a "science" magazine to have such technical difficulties. For me, a colossal waste of money! I sent the Bonnier Corp a message regarding this app not working 2 weeks ago and have had no reply. And the app still does not work. And I was charged $5. Please do not waste your time or money on this app it does not work..Version: 0
✓ Don't get itDon't even think of getting the yearly subscription, once you have, you get the next month then nothing more, I got it in April and got April and May now If I want more I have to pay..Version: 2.0
✓ Good content bad UII have subscriptions to a couple of magazines on my iPad 2, and this is the only one I find myself getting frustrated with. When I try to scroll down (and sometimes it is not exactly obvious that there is more content down there) I often find myself flipping back and forth sideways instead. Maybe it's just me, but I also subscribe to popular mechanics, and their UI is a bit more traditional, but much less frustrating. I love the articles, but am considering no longer subscribing due to the annoying UI that makes the experience much less enjoyable. Also, small note, but there are a lot more ads in this mag than others. I think the last few issues have had fewer, but it's worth noting, I think..Version: 2.6.1
✓ What a waste of time and money!Just bought my iPad two days ago, immediately installed this ap and purchased current edition of mag. Been waiting two days for it to download. No support, links to developer pages don't work, no response from apple store or from pop sci web site. Very disappointed with iPad, apple, and this ap. Complete waste of time and money. iPad will make a fantastic paper weight though, if nothing else! Could have spent my cash on something that actually works as advertised....Version: 0
✓ Popular Science+ is broken!Short term, the new distribution process through Mag+ just does not work! Even after deleting the Popular Science+ app and reinstalling, the update/restore process displays the message: "Error update device. An unexpected network error occured 404" and then hangs in an infinite loop with a busy cursor displaying "Please wait = talking to the iTunes Store." The app no longer functions at any level for me. Popular Science+ should be pulled from the App Store until the update/restore issue is resolved. Long term, the novelty of the freeform, hypermedia format wears out fast and leaves the reader wishing for a more comprehensible format such as that offered through Zinio. And although the prices has been reduced, using the Zinio distribution method allows other magazines to offer the digital edition below the price of the printed version - not at a premium. In summary, Popular Science would be better to use Zinio for digital distribution at a competitive price rather than stick with the current model which is obviously too labor intensive to hit the sweet price spot for electronic distribution. It's time to face reality and get back to basic and concentrate on the magazine content rather than format. And it's just plain fraudulent to continue with the current broken Mag+ system which is not meeting its contractual obligation with Apple App Store customers to restore previously purchased editions after the current "update.".Version: 0
✓ Poor choiceGood magazine. Terrible app. Fire your lazy dev team. Why I should pay to have 1gb file size magazines full of video advertising is beyond me. Imagine DL'ing that in an airport! Also it was great having my subscription removed due to an update and not being easily able to recover it. Shame. It's almost like they don't care to make money. Share holders be warned..Version: 5.3.15
✓ They tried hard but this is a TOTAL iPad FAILThe magazine is great, no problem there. The applicaiton looks great and they have put a lot of energy into it, so Kudos. But unlike other apple devices and apps, this one it totally over engineered. Navigation around the magazine is totally confusing and it is near impossible to understand exactly where you are in your "read". The feling is that there is deep content in some areas and not in outher. You always find yourself flicking and tapping trying to find out if you have found all the hidden pages. The motion of the page movement is not smooth, and at times it is near impossible to read a section or see the full width of an image without changing the orientation of the app. It is so bad, I will not be buying another magazine on the device while the app remains this bad. iCandy value 10. Function 0.Version: 0
✓ Great way to read PopsciI've been using this app for over a year with no issues. After reading the physical magazine for many years I've completely switched to the app now. It's a fair price for the content in my opinion, especially if you have a yearly subscription. My only complaint is that I purchased the subscription through Apple and it syncs with my phone but not my iPad, which is the device I want to use the most for reading..Version: 7.7.4
✓ Back to PopSci, but bad app (updated review)I hadn't read Popular Science for a few years, and didn't have any use for the Newsstand app until now. I've enjoyed the new PS app, and find the magazines well worth the $1.99 per issue (when a year's subscription is purchased ). Updated: This app has gone down the toilet. Downloading new issues is very counterintuitive or downright impossible. Trying to turn pages has become a crapshoot: will it turn, bring up the main menu, or do nothing? When I try to scroll down will it scroll, turn the page, bring up the main menu, or do nothing? You never know. When I try to turn a page with an ad on it by touching the edge of the screen like every other page, it brings up a special screen for the ad like I clicked it. That's just sneaky. I almost can't stand to use this app, and won't be renewing unless the garbage thing is fixed. It sure looks nice, but it's maddening to use it. TL;DR - content is good, user interface is annoyingly bad.Version: 3.2
✓ Needs workFirst iPad purchase I've regretted buying. I went for the annual subscription, took 3 attempts to load the first issue, got to 329mb and "content could not load" error. A gb of my data plan gone! Finally got it loaded and half the graphics are screwy, pictures missing etc. coincidence or not, but only the pages with ads seem to have loaded properly. Disappointed..Version: 2.6.1
✓ Pop sci for iPad download problemsGetting my Popular Science via iPad is great, although I am one for scalable font or larger font. Understand economics of smaller font in a printed version but not in an electronic version. I would highly recommend allowing for a setting or option when opening the file. My BIGGEST issue/problem is with downloading the files. I'm fairly good with electronics but the process seems to be either changing month-to-month or just not an easy process to remember. Plus it does not seem to let me download more than one copy. So if I am not done with the past month in terms of reading, and postpone the download, it becomes harder to find the next month download since the subscription does not appear in my Notifications for some unknown reason. Besides those items I have been a subscriber for over 30 years and enjoy the magazine, it is the only one I subscribe to..Version: 3.2
✓ Not bad...The mag itself is awesome but the app was buggy during the download process..Version: 2.6.1
✓ To cleverTake a good magazine and turn it into a Myst parody. If you got to the end of Myst then you will probably enjoy this overly clever interface. Sitting down with the paper version and going through it page by page I can see that it is all there (except most of the ads; which can explain part of the high price). Generally you scroll right, but sometimes you scroll down and it is not always obvious when. There are also "off screen" options like going to their website (the link is broken) or accessing previously purchased editions (I saw it once but haven't found it again) and, somewhere, there is an in-app option to purchase the latest edition. I gave up trying to find it and stopped at a news stand. I am sure they are trying to be cutting edge, particularly given their subject, but I have several magazine apps at this point and this one is the worst and the only one that made me go back to paper..Version: 0
✓ Clunky interfaceCan't really fault the content of the magazine, but the interface is clumsy and frustrating. With small strips containing the text, they're prone to scroll awkwardly and always get in the way of the pictures. It's an interesting attempt to rejig the standard iPad magazine interface, but it doesn't quite work..Version: 2.6.1
✓ Review of mobile editionAs to the content of the magazine, it is as always informative and interesting. The layout of the pages could use some work: pages are out of focus for a few seconds when flipping to them, additional pages of an article scroll up without control when scrolling through text, and pages are oddly sized when the IPad is oriented either vertically or horizontally. These features take away from any sense of control and distract from from the articles, it is also easy to miss when there is more to an article due to unusually small indicators or even a lack. I would suggest that changes be done to make the layout more intuitive and changeable for a better reading experience. Thank you for your time..Version: 3.1
✓ Great mag but fix app update issueFirstly the mag is exceptional. Informative and interesting articles. However the app is a bit cumbersome. I'm not a big fan of the single column scroll. Perhaps introduce a full text page option similar to Reader in Safari. Plus every update to the app removes my downloaded magazines which is a nuisance..Version: 3.1
✓ Encino ManLike I said for my review of the Time Magazine App I wanted to like it, but while I found the Popular Science Magazine App to be marginally better than the Time Magazine App I still could not give it more than 1 star. The only feature that really separates it from the Time Magazine App is that it comes back to where you left off when you restart the App. The "Dog Ear" feature is awkward to set and impossible to undo. The navigation and UI are just ok and there does not appear to be any way to change text size. The App takes over the entire screen so you loose the iPad status bar at the top, which means you have no idea of your WiFi or Battery status. For an App where the issue you are reading was downloaded prior to your reading it, it can be very slow when going to the next page. And that ridiculous price of $4.99 an issue with advertisements, what were they thinking! I would rather purchase the printed copy and access their website. The sad thing is I wouldn't read PS with this App if they gave it to me for free. Where is a good focus group when you need it!.Version: 0
✓ Rubbish user interfaceAbsolute junk. User interface does not work. Can't figure how to check out the articles. Just a rubbish advertisement board, get national geographic or some other good mag instead..Version: 0
✓ HorribleDownloaded app and bought digital subscription. Won't let me create an account after they take money. Won't reply for my emails requesting help.Version: 5.3.17
✓ Great magazine, but where is the zoom button for the read?I have a iPad mini and i really want to zoom in when I read. Come on Popular Magazine you can do better than that. To log in in to "my account" once i pay for one year subscription you probably need a master degree. Help, Help....anyone?.Version: 5.1.8
✓ Annoying to useI can deal with the large size of the files, but a number of problems make the size of the files particularly problematic. First, I can't tell it to automatically download my newest issue automatically at some point when I'm not actively using the iPad. Second, today I spent 10 minutes or so downloading an issue, really wanting to read that issue over lunch. After it downloaded, I tried to open it, only to be told that I needed the latest update to PopSci+ to read it. So I downloaded the update, which took only a minute or so. But then, I discovered that I had to download that issue AGAIN, from scratch! Ridiculous. Also, developers, please add the ability to tell it to STOP a download. I accidentally clicked to download an issue that I didn't want to read, but then there was no way to stop it. At least the latest version allows me to simultaneously download a different issue, but that dual download undoubtedly slowed both downloads down considerably. If I click on the meter showing the download progress, that should give me the option to stop that download for now..Version: 4.04
✓ Some improvement required but get it, if you like PopSciI waited until I got my 2nd issue before putting is review up. I subscribed to 12months back in Dec 2011. I downloaded the Jan issue straightaway and I was informed today that Feb issue is waiting for me. Cool! Only downside of it is that you have to have the PopSci app running or it will not download the new edition. That is silly! I can't use my iPad for other tasks while it is downloading. Background download setting is a must! The mag itself is excellent! Couple of animations in Jan issue to illustrate (better explain) how something worked. Keep it up PopSci! Love your mag!.Version: 3.0
✓ ReviewNice indeed. But too big, too expensive. I would never substitute this for the printed version - as a free or cheap supplement to a print subscription maybe. But this is another proof that print is not dead. Rick.Version: 2.0
✓ Too clever by halfAs my Gran used to say. A huge download, then you still have to wait for pages to come into focus. Tricky to find the bits you want to read. Still a brave attempt to do something new..Version: 2.6.1
✓ Very bad Deal ,The magazine itself is beautiful and full of good info, the biggest only thing that make me angry is the fact that if you are a subscriber of PS in paper & mail you do not have access to the app to ready it everywhere. Not even a discount, if you want read your magazine everywhere you must remember to take the physical paper issue with you or pay a lot money to the online app version ( in other means subscribe twice to the same magazine). Many other magazines allows you to have both with the same subscription even allows you when you want receive a printed copy by mail or not. But Popular Science is like a kinda of Bank of America of the magazine Mafia where money quantity is more important than satisfied paid subscriber ! Change it or you will receive more thumbs down from many other readers!!!.Version: 2.6.1
✓ Can't access my account.Terrible app that needs at least a little bit of debugging before it's released to the public..Version: 5.3.19
✓ Slow expensive pointlessIt takes forever to download a new copy and if you leave the app you loose any progress on the download. I was pleased with the idea of having the magazine available and thought it would be similar to the wall street journal app. However the issues cost getting on for the same as if you had a subscription to the hard copy. There is far less content available to read easily, they have spent far too much time making it look pretty and not making it work..Version: 0
✓ Good and badIt is awesome to have popsci on the pad. The interactive stuff and vids make good use of the pad and make the experience great. Despite others complaints of the interface I find it intuitive but I am a tech nut. BUT... The ads are dumb. Seriously the mag already is an ad for products I don't want bonus ads. I didn't pay for popsci to use my hard drive space for ad crap. We are paying for ones and zeros here not paper, delivery, and shelf space so they are not being very nice to us as loyal customers. The magazine is way too bloated in file size. Half a gig?! I know part of the problem is the pads small mem but still. Its good but not that good and Internet isn't everywhere. There has to be a way to trim some fat. Overall good but needs work..Version: 2.0
✓ Unable to restore purchasesI can’t download any issues, so I have cancelled my subscription. A lot of apps have gone to requiring one to register an account even though purchased through Apple, I don’t know if that is the case with this, but if it is, then good luck with that, you won’t be getting any more money from me unless I can see the issues that I have already purchased. Update: Apparently I could restore purchases on my iPhone, but not my iPad, which is where I originally purchased the subscription. So bye bye….Version: 7.7.7
✓ Feels like reading a hi tech mag, I like it.I have to say reading the mag in this format is fun, and feels kinda techie. The layout, art and text, feels like a magazine. The way you scroll through the stories and pages feels natural. Scroll up/down through a story like you would a web page or PDF file. Flick left/right for the next/previous article. Only complaint on the interface was it didn't track left/right swipe very well. You have to swipe pretty straight, or it thinks you are trying to scroll up/down. The cost is a little over the top considering printed costs as little as $10/yr or $0.83/issue. $1 or $2 per issue wouldn't be unreasonable. April issue is only $2.99, instead of $4.99. I think it would be better to just have an info button or just one page to summarize how to navigate the mag. People are already familiar with scrolling and swiping. No need to beat them over the head with it..Version: 0
✓ Won’t load subscriptionHave iTunes subscription. After not using for several months needed to restore subscription. Spinning wheel of death for infinity. Never could access subscription. Cancelled subscription and deleted app..Version: 7.6.5
✓ BrokenI cant do anything guys and for scientists its taking ages to fix! Really disappointed you let this go live! Was a 5star app but will be reluctant to update it ever again, i payed for the app and i have payed for content and i cant use either, fix it soon or i want a refund for both this is a joke!.Version: 0
✓ Paying for nothingThe latest upgrade has wiped out my previous purchases, as well as eliminated my subscription information. Clicking on app support just brings you to the popular science web page. The magazine was good when it worked..Version: 4.3
✓ Gorgeous, But ShallowI'm very disappointed by this app. I expected content comparable to the print version of the magazine and that's just not the case. Although the app itself presents absolutely beautiful images, navigation is random and unintuitive, and app is extremely light on content. One interface device they've employed that's actually kind of nice is the ability to hide text so you can view the imagery without clutter, but it doesn't make up for the other UI issues. Articles are shallow, and there just isn't much "there" there. If all I wanted were pretty pictures of science and technology topics with pithy commentary I would stick with USA Today, or some similar mass media outlet. Additionally, rather than downloading the current issue to your Mac for synchronization, it downloads the current issue upon launch, which is extremely poor implementation, IMHO; I don't want to have to wait 90+ seconds to read the magazine after launching. This app would be worth it at perhaps $0.99, but definitely not for $4.99. I would suggest the editors at PopSci go take a look at Wired, which hasn't skimped on content at all and is a better model (though still needs improvement) of how to deliver content in the iPad era..Version: 0
✓ Nice app but not in the latest version.The latest version made the app extremely slow and unresponsive. It takes over 5 seconds to load a new page on an iPad 2!! Can't you make it to pre-load next page in background?.Version: 2.0
✓ Since update everything is just PDF'sI paid for this subscription because they provided great interactive content on iPad. But as soon as I updated all of the back issues including two I am still reading were changed to PDF format. This is ridiculous. It is now the worst reading experience of all time. Not only that but it messed with my subscription and I had to delete and reinstall everything! I am extremely disappointed and I hope they rectify this issue asap!.Version: 5.3.15
✓ Lost all in app purchasesJust learned the hard way, deleted the app from my iPad and then reinstalled it. Magazines you have already purchased are NOT!!!! restored. You have to buy them all over again. Sticking with Zinio, at least it works and has a ton of great magazines at great prices that can be restored at any time..Version: 0
✓ AwfulThis version of app is awful. I have been trying to restore my last year’s purchases for more than 30 min now but it only lets me see a single issue. There is no way to add any other issue. Link buttons to see my account and subscription disappear. Tried deleting/reinstalling the app a couple times but no luck. It is really frustrating. The old app was working fine. Fix it!.Version: 5.3.19
✓ JNUpdate no good, app refuses to start, even after rebooting iPad. Using iPad 1, iOS 4.3.3.Version: 3.1
✓ SbtjopleWhat is this? Impossible to download what you've paid for! Blown a years subscription for nothing. Incredibly slow "download" that just disappears when it's almost there, or, if you're patient enough to persevere for several hours of stop-start, get a message ( import failed) and have to start again from scratch, popsci says "the future is now" chiseling rocks is a lot faster and easier! Don't buy this app. Just doesn't work..Version: 3.2
✓ Subscription not workingBought the annual subscription and was charged by iTunes. However was charged again when I downloaded the first issue. Could not get a refund and cannot seem to get any other issues. May be doing something wrong but right now this looks like a rip off!.Version: 2.6.1
✓ Popular Science Mag.Difficulity turning pages. Not happy with this edition. Will NOT be buying next issue.Version: 0
✓ HorribleNice to see the problems fixed. All in all not too bad, it just needs a good subscription price and I'll give it another star..Version: 0
✓ Update, don't updateWhat a shame!! The latest update screwed it all up! And if I didn't update I use it...Can't open the damn thing anymore, seems like a waste of money to me, c'mon guys where's the customer support?.Version: 3.2
✓ Do NOT Upgrade!!!!Made the mistake of upgrading this app and now have lost all previously downloaded issues. My iPad reports the app is using 1.6Gb of space but the previous downloaded issues are no longer accessible by the new version. Worse yet many of my previously downloaded issues are no longer offered for download by the new version!!! The new version is a complete botch up. It doesn't even support reading the issues when the iPad is horizontal!!! I guess the Pop Sci app developers have never heard of testing!!!.Version: 5.3.15
✓ Don't upgradeThe new version does not work with your existing subscription thru Apple. I can't believe they still mess things up like this. 😡.Version: 5.3.15
✓ Poorly written AppYou can always tell when developers spend little or no time on an app. This is definitely one of them. Ok. The magazine is pretty. And it flows smoothly. But what good is that if I cannot download the magazine!?? First off, its slow. I have been trying to download the latest edition, and it keeps timing out. after 100 Mbs or so, it just starts over!! Have you ever heard of download management? Resume support? Simple concepts and easy to incorporate. The fact that this doesn't work is just plain laziness on the part of the developers. And really, why does it stop downloading if you leave the magazine page? I do not want to sit and watch someting download. I want to cue it up and know that it will be downloaded when I come back to it. This simply does not work. So I find myself staring at the progress wheel hoping it will finish WTH????.Version: 3.1
✓ Poor formAs a big supporter of your magazine I was very happy when you went to the digital age (only appropriate given your content). However I have noticed how the app has started to bloat in size and how slow it has started to become (getting full of adds are we?). I don't think I will renew my subscription now... You had something great but I think your latest updates have ruined it. Oh and the icing on the cake, the app support page was down and your help forums had nothing of any use on your web page..Version: 3.2
✓ UselessI paid $5.99 for this app which is meant to include the June 2010 issue. I waited ages for it to download the 132MB file only to find it disappeared off the issues list and is therefore unreadable. It shows as green in the store list so I can't reload it. Links to the main website result in a page not found error. What a total and utter waste of money. Shame on you Popular Science..Version: 0
✓ Doesn't workIt only accepts ZIP codes not postal codes.Version: 5.3.15
✓ Confusing Start UpWell I originally wrote a scathing review because I only received a preview copy of the latest edition rather than full. Iit took an hour or so for it to come through. Would help if they told you this rather than you thinking the apps failed and you've been diddled.m.Version: 2.6
✓ Free?The app is free you have to buy the magazine.Version: 2.6
✓ Screw CanadaAgree, it won't accept Canadian postal codes so I can't access my subscription. I hadn't been on the app before as I was fine with the print edition, but my latest magazine was missing basically all the cover stories so I decided to get the app. But, being Canadian, I can't log in because postal codes aren't accepted by the app - or even by trying to send an email to customer service!.Version: 5.3.15
✓ Unpredictable updateI had a one year subscription until April 2012 and bought the magazine by the unit prior to that. Worked great until the latest upgrade. First, I lost some of the previous magazines, i.e. those that I had archived. Then, my subscription was renewed by the iTune Store in mid-April, as I wanted, but I was unable to access the May issue and my subscription never showed up in PopSci+ as being active. I contacted the iTune Store and they promptly reverted the charges. I wrote a review but it did not go through and got the message that I must first owned the product before writing a review!!! I reinstalled PopSci+ which led to losing all previous issues, except the last one (April 2012). Updates should not create such problems. This reduces your confidence in the product, the procedures to archive past issues and the renewal process for subscriptions..Version: 3.2
✓ Stupid UpdateAll my unread downloaded issues are gone. I checked the memory usage for the app and the issues are there taking close to 1 GB of memory. However, I can't access them!!! So now I'm going to have to delete the app and hope the memory space is freed up. Then I will have to reinstall the app and then redownload all the issues to read. What the hell!! Totally ridiculous..Version: 5.3.15
✓ Not worth itI have a subscription to both the print and digital versions of Popular Science. When the new issue arrives, I first see it on the newsstand, in a week or more later I get it in the mail, and several weeks later I see it appear in News Stand on the iPad. You would think that logistically it would be easier to get my digital subscription to me before getting issues to the newsstand or delivering my print version by mail. By the time I get my digital version, even though it is supposed to be a "plus" version, I have already read the magazine and have no desire or need to read it again. The extras in the plus version do not attract me to read it through a second time. Therefore the digital version is basically worthless to me. I will not subscribe to it again..Version: 3.2
✓ Keeps crashing! I want my money back!Keeps crashing and takes forever to load the mag. I have subscriptions to nat geo and the economist on my iPad - those work waaaayyyy better..Version: 4.0.3
✓ Very disappointingMost issues are over 200mb, of which most of this is made up of videos for advertisements. Almost every second page is an advertisement for something, with the actual content being almost indistinguishable and lacking severely. Certainly not worth $5 for the issue plus a heap of advertisements, waste of time..Version: 0
✓ Terrible app from terrible companyTerrible app from a terrible company that censors all comments on its website. If they don't want the hear from readers online why would I buy the digital copy of their mag or any other copy for that matter--they don't care what apI as a reader think. And what is worse, unbridled propaganda and stupidity on the part of unethical propagansist that masquarade as journalists, or a few Internet trolls? Obviously it's not a few "Internet trolls." And really who is an Internet troll? Mostly they are people that vehemently disagree with the status quo. Before the 1960's that would have been black Americans that disagreed with Jim Crow, in 1917 it would have been women that thought they should be able to vote, to this day it's native Americans who think their country was stolen from them, in the 1950's it would have been those that didn't go along with the red scare, and in the 60's those that didn't support Vietnam. It is BEYOND INSULTING THAT THOSE THAT BUCK THE STATUS QUO ARE BEING CALLED TROLLS. THE REAL TROLLS ARE THE THE PROPAGANDIST AND THE MONSTERS THAT CON-TROLL OUR MEDIA TODAY THAT WANT TO SILENCE ALL DISSENT. WE MUST NOT ALLOW THIS..Version: 4.3
✓ Would be nice to be able to download an issue!I installed this app at 11am this morning to check it out. It is now 4pm and I have been unable to download the May issue (270MB), as the download speed trickles down at less than 1MB / s (and then times out and just stops). The only thankful thing here is that it does seem to resume from where it previously left off. After 5 hours and multiple times checking and tapping "DOWNLOAD" again, I have now been able to download 96MB (35%). Perhaps in a few days I will be able to read an issue. Suffice to say I have cancelled the subscription renewal and just hope that during the free trial period that this situation improves drastically..Version: 3.2
✓ Messed UpWhoever does the development for this app has poor quality control. It seems almost every other version has a major bug. This latest one lost my subscription data. Now I can't download the latest issue and all my previous ones are gone. This version is unusable..Version: 5.3.15
✓ My high hopes left me disappointedAs the ultimate consumer of magazines, I have been looking forward to the day when I can give up all of my print subscriptions in favor of electronic versions. The idea of only carrying one device loaded with all of my magazine subscriptions is very attractive. I also really like the idea of not having the print versions pile up around the house. Unfortunately, in this case, the execution of this reality is very underwhelming. As others have pointed out, I too find the interface unintuitive and distracting. This sadly reminds me of the days when publishers began producing content on CD-ROMs. There's just too much going on and trying to navigate, up, down, across, etc., is just frustrating. Please take a cue from something like the USA Today iPad app and revise the user interface. I would happily subscribe if you come up an intuitive uncluttered experience. Until then, I would have to say this attempt was a fail..Version: 0
✓ Good FunA good example of iPad magazine but it feels like something is missing. Navigation is a bit hit-and-miss at times also..Version: 0
✓ The bell tolls for theeAwesome app, really. For one thing, I love how at every update the app makes, it takes the opportunity as an excuse to delete all my previously downloaded issues, forcing me to use bandwidth again and again. I'm also really fond of how it no longer supports landscape view, nice improvement there. Next time my subscription comes up, don't ask why I won't renew it..Version: 5.1.4
✓ DismalWhat a great way to get a magazine, I first thought, no trash to throw out or recycle, and Popular Science tries to spiff the digital issues up with videos and animations, which I must admit are clever, but often do nothing to enhance the story. The first glitch I noticed was that the videos often lost their sound. The touch interface often does not do what I thought I was asking it to do, I really think it is a case of too many options, (vertical,horizontal, touch, double touch) a swipe that is just a little off is read as sideways rather than up and down. The final insult was the common one in all of the bad reviews: when a new issue appeared on the news stand app icon, I would go to my library only to find that not only was the new issue not there, all my past issues were gone! The last two months I was able two restore the issues using the "missing issues?" button, but this month - NOTHING! I tried to access my account, but it told me that none of my passwords would work. There should be a way to contact popsci easily through this app to tell them about the problems, but I look through the app in vain, maybe you can do it through the inaccessible "my account" ......A good idea, but poorly done...Version: 4.0
✓ DisappointedMy very first iPad magazine purchase and my June issue displays alternating black and white pages. No text, just entirely black or white pages. (I rebooted the app. I rebooted the iPad. I re-downloaded the app.) The new July issue seems ok but there is no feedback when you touch it to begin, so you touch it again, then again, then it starts up. And I know, call me naive, but I was actually surprised to see full page ads in a magazine subscription I paid for. Of course, they do that in the printed version and of course they'll say it keeps the subscription price low but, still, I imagined the digital version would be all Popular Science and a feature of the next generation magazines. Anyway, I'm going to download the July version again if archiving it will let me do that. Oh, that reminds me, the app really should turn off auto-sleep while an issue downloads and then turn it back on when it finishes. These suckers are big and I had to monitor and touch the screen every minute so it wouldn't go to sleep and stop downloading. (And no I'm not going to change the auto-sleep timeout value just to download a magazine.) Just a thought. Oh, one more idea. I'm wondering if the digital version could take out embedded video and access it when needed via the net. Yes, it might not be available if you are away from a connection but maybe the app could provide a choice for those of us with slower connections..Version: 3.2
✓ New version wipes out your purchasesNew version requires you to now set up account. Seems not linked to iTunes anymore. Tried to read my purchased material but it's all gone. What a shame, I won't be buying this mag again..Version: 0
✓ Update to App has made a good app turn bad!Recently updated the App to include the 'Account feature'. This hangs as there is an 'update device error'. Tried clicking the support button, but this only defaults to the AUS 'Pop Sci' site, which has no link or support to this App. Please update!! I was enjoying this app before the update!.Version: 0
✓ Terrible appWill not renew can’t read it off line and once you leave the app have to reload it again..Version: 7.3.3
✓ UselessVery difficult to navigate, no menu and useless.....Version: 0
✓ Popsci great except...The popular science app is very slick, but marks a departure from the established image of popular science as a somewhat crowded and clearly non-slick magazine. The new app is at times hard to use, but in the end is interesting and enjoyable. However, on balance, it should take advantage of the ability to display many images as opposed to the few that are present in the iPad version. The text floats over the images and can become disconnected from the images so you are not sure what the text refers to. Also, I am not tempted to buy future versions unless the price is around $1 - $2 ! Lastly, the app does not have a personality, but appears to be a collection of stylish programing tricks to float text and images. The authors should not forget that they are communicating information not just an experience. After having said all of that I congratulate the magazine for attempting to go where no one else has gone - keep it up..Version: 0
✓ Can't access issues when have paid for yearly subscriptionWhen it works, I like it. Good content and features. The problem is that it keeps trying to sell me issues or a yearly subscription when I already purchased a yearly subscription. Since I can't access the last two issues, guess what my choice will be when it comes time to renew my yearly subscription. Nice magazine but the subscription part is buggy and aggravating. Okay, I was finally able to get my September issue by completely closing the app, going into the App Store, to the bottom, to my account, to my subscriptions, to Popular Science, tapping it and reentering my password, exiting the store and then coming back to the app. Man that is just too complicated and tiring and I'll probably have to redo the same process next month if I can remember the process. Great magazine, but the subscription process is screwy and I'll probably pass when it is time for renewal unless they can simplify by it simply remembering I have a subscription within the app itself..Version: 2.0
✓ Bad UX DesignI read and interact with over 20 different digital edition magazines avaialbe on iTunes and have to say PopSci is one of my least favourite. It's not lack content but solely because of frusteration with numerious scrolling text boxes over pictures, jumpy displaying and a overall lack of good user expereince design. I wish I could give a higer rating but compared to other digital mags such as Popular Mechanics and WIRED, PopSci is lacking and not the best digital mag out there. Hopefully in time they will change and offer us a better expeirence. But until then PopSci, you get 2 stars from me. UPDATE: Same issue as previous discussed. Scrolling text blocks cover images and make it a really frustrating experience. No attempts to change this design. Really wish this magazine was more like WIRED or PopMec. Very poor layout. Actually I don't think I can continue to read this magazine because of this. It's not content but an utter lack of digital design. It looks like it was put together by interns..Version: 3.1
✓ TheftWorks probably for most users but not for me. Despite it states that iOS 4.2 is required it did't work. Updated iOS5, update two last app updates and still doesn't work. I love reading the magazin, the content is good and you get value for your $. However, since I canot read it I want my money back. And there is no email nor customer service, you can only contact the compagny that developed the app but they can't do much. Good luck to those who want to cancel the authomatic renewall as well!.Version: 3.2
✓ Arghhh.Decided to give this app another go. I am sure that it is the worst user interface / reading experience on the iPad. Please oh please developers just drop this rubbish and copy any one of the infinitely better ones out there. I will now delete it lest in a moment of weakness I again try reading one of the issues I laboriously downloaded ( took 30 mins and would not run in the background or once the iPad slept) and smash my face into the machine in frustration. I am wondering if the Zinio version will be better?.Version: 0
✓ Needs some work and better pricingThe app is pretty nice, and I appreciate the effort they've gone through to come up with an innovative interface. It works pretty well, but I think it could do with some fine tuning to get it just right. For one thing, it sometimes feels a bit sluggish when moving between pages/articles (content can take a while to appear). This is surprising, considering that all the content is pre-downloaded and not streaming off the 'net. I find the price per issue to be a little steep at $3.99. This makes it quite a bit more expensive than printed copies mailed to me on a subscription basis. I don't feel the extra cost is warranted, at least not based on what I've seen so far. If the app's experience was significantly better and more engaging than the printed copy's, then the price be easier to swallow (though $3.99 would still seem quite high)..Version: 1.54
✓ Worst interface everThe navigation is awful. I spend half my time trying to work out how to just read the rest of the article. Go and have a look at the Apple HIG. You guys violate just about every rule they give on how NOT to build an interface. My mistake is a bought an annual subscription. Waste of money.Version: 2.6.1
✓ Not that happyInstalled the app and downloaded the June mag (that's what i paid $5.99 for) no matter what I do I cant open the June mag only the april preview. Ok, so i go to contact them and I get an "oops, the page you are looking for is not available". Tech gltches I can forgive if the tech support fixes them. crappy tech support on a product that does not work properly is rubbish..Version: 0
✓ Don't waste your money until they sort the navI can deal with poor navigation but then i'm technical and I'm a ui guy so I live with it most of the time but this is terrible, after downloading the June issue it opened the preview and I can't find how to get back to the browser menu to select the June issue?! Ridiculous, please update this app, it should not have been approved by Apple's certification team in its current state. I gave 2 stars instead of one purely because the content will be brilliant I'm sure when it's usable..Version: 0
✓ It seems this turkey isn't just for xmasThis app feels like an 'interactive' CD-ROM of 20 years ago. Setting aside the editorial quality and informational content for the moment, if neanderthal dead trees publishers think that this kind of simplistic and lazy and visually messy re-purposing of their print mags is going to save them in the new media age then they've got another thing coming. Even the most rudimentary web site has a more 'fun' and interactively useful interface than this dedicated app. The thing doesn't even have hyperlinking to its own content. And no web site comprised of just words and stills pictures would require over 100mb of download data to view it! From the evidence of this app it seems the management of Popular Science has no understanding of how electronic content and the Internet works. Irritating and frankly something of an insult to Popular Science customers..Version: 0
✓ DisappointedThe app said it was downloading the July issue so i let it. Then once it was done there was nothing there.... only the preview of april.. i should have uninstalled it then reinstalled it but i had already also brought a june issue, and after reading the other comments if i uninstall it, looks like i will lose my june issue and would have to pay again. Needs some kind of account system so if your device dies or needs to be restored you don't lose every thing >:(.Version: 0
✓ DowngradeThe "upgrade" turns out to be a Downgrade! Now I can't read the magazine anymore. Uninstalled and reinstalled - but no luck. Now for the fight to get a refund..Version: 3.2
✓ New update gives nothing but errorsWas a great app, but now I can't access my purchased issues and get nothing but 404 errors. Fix it..Version: 0
✓ Waste of moneyI purchased the one year subscription to this, and I am thoroughly disappointed. The app is constantly 'forgetting' I have a valid subscription, forcing me to mess around trying to get it to 'remember'. Then I have to re-downloading each magazine, at 350mb each. That is until now. Now I have been messing around for 30 min trying to get it to acknowledge my subscription, to no avail. Don't waste your time, or money..Version: 2.6
✓ WorthlessI paid for a year subscription, but after downloading first issue and trying to open the little circle just spins and spins but never opens? I really like this magazine so if you can't provide a digital version. You better fix the issue or send me the print version..Version: 4.04
✓ A good start, but not yet intuitiveI have to give it to them to attempt to bring Magazines into the digital age, but the navigation is not yet quite there. It's not so much the navigational gestures, more the implementation. Making pages swipe left and right feels clunky and needs to be very deliberate, and the "left margin for photos, right margin for text" works if it is pointed out, but otherwise makes no sense. There needs to be more visual feedback in terms of user actions. It's a good start, but needs more work. But most importantly it CAN NOT BE SOLD FOR 4.99 AN ISSUE!!!! Especially given that 12 month subscriptions are normally about 10 dollars. A digital version MUST be cheaper than the dead tree version. I think 99 cents to 1.99 an issue works for consumers, especially if advertising is still included. Tweak it guys!.Version: 0
✓ Looks coolCool as a show off what iPad can do app. Hard to read and a rip-off per issue price. $14.99 gets you print copy. Print media does not learn ever. If price of shipped mag for the year is $14.99 I rather kill a tree. Greed is the factor over priced but worth the one time buy to show how cool the iPad is. This is my first and last digital copy of popsci..Version: 0
✓ Okay content, UI designers too cute for their own goodThe content is alright: think Newsweek for science and technology. That is, the dept-of-coverage is shallow, but broad. If you want to keep abreast of advances on the near horizon, this is an acceptable way to do it. On the other hand, the app's UI designers are obviously talented, but seem to be too interested in showing off their skills instead of highlighting the content. I can't help but thinking as I have to swipe this way and that, as text content appears and disappears in a dizzying variety of ways and locations, as transparency is used for wonderful visual effect but occasionally obscures article content, that I wish--really, really wish--their UI and interaction designers were as interested in enhancing the reading experience as they were in showcasing the wizzy animation capabilities of iOS..Version: 3.1
✓ UnusableI bought subscription three months ago and haven't been able to download a single issue. Downloads stop and have to be restarted whenever app minimizes/ iPad sleeps etc. Bugs are expected to occur every now and then but it is inexcusable for such a big magazine company to leave this issue unaddressed for so long. I have paid for a yearly subscription and have not been able to access a single issue. This issue needs to be fixed soon and those affected should have there subscriptions extended. If it isn't fixed soon I will never subscribe to popsci magazine again. Also on a side note, the magazine file sizes are unnecessarily large. I have subscriptions to similar magazines that have file sizes that are a fraction of the size of a popsci issue..Version: 3.2
✓ THIS APP SUCKSSubscribed but was unable to download the copy to my iPad. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY! Especially since hardcopies can be obtained for a fraction of the cost!.Version: 0
✓ Downloading problematic otherwise perfectIt is extremely annoying to download as it doesn't seem to work in the background and hence you need to just keep the download open until it finishes...however once downloaded this is exactly what I expect from a great publication...kudos on the final product, but please resolve the downloading problem.Version: 3.2
✓ Not the bestThe app is decent to read the magazine but it is not better than most web sites, you can't zoom, and there is no way to change the text size (it ignores the IOS settings too). The download size is huge (> 500MB per mag) and it can't download when in the background or sleeping. You also have to download it all to read it (no downloading while you read). Also, if you cancel your subscription, you don't have access to the magazines you paid for..Version: 4.4.1
✓ Not free!Stupid just tryin to hustle you.Version: 5.3.16
✓ Waste of moneyThis app takes forever to download an issue, and the magazine is not a great experience to navigate through and read..Version: 0
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