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✓ Wow - misleading...I signed up for a subscription to the Popular Mechanics paper edition based on the mailer they sent that said, "Now you get the digital edition too!". The next sentence says, "Now you can read your POPULAR MECHANICS on your computer, ipad or any PDA, because - along with your glossy print issues - you get your exciting magazines digitally too!" It then goes on to say that you can turn pages with a click, bookmark your favorites, zoom in, share articles, and so forth. I bought a 2 year subscription and got an email saying that I now had access via my Hearst sign-in to all the digital media from all of their magazines. However... as others have noted, this app doesn't allow a sign-in - you must pay for each issue. Also, the link on the website for the digital edition takes me to a place where I can buy a digital subscription (and yes, I did sign in with my user and password first) but doesn't give me any option to view the digital version, and the iPad version link doesn't work at all. The app is exactly what it says above, but it isn't what they said in their advertisements and inducements to buy a subscription. Needless to say, I'm very disappointed. Hearst, fix this - if you are going to sell it, you MUST provide it..Version: 1.0.5
✓ Subscription just ran out and not renewingDue to not accommodating paid paper subscriptions and the long history of lack and poor customer service provided by Popular Mechanics I have decided to let my subscription run out and not renew it this time. I had a 5yr prepaid print subscription yet the Popular Mechanics wouldn't allow me to change my subscription from print to digital, allow me access to digital without paying for another subscription, or even allow me access to back issues. Almost every other digitally published magazine (now including Popular Science) allows print subscription access to digital..Version: 5.0.4
✓ Great content, Disappointing appUpdate following December 2011 version... Not getting any better. The mag showed blank pages when the thumbnail on the page viewer showed that there should have been content. The interactivity and multimedia integration is downright lacking. I personally dislike the user interface quite a bit. I subscribe to other digital magazines like Wired and really prefer their interface way more. I can't even pop mechs in landscape. Oct2011 I expect to buy the subscription to get the most of digital publications. I feel that 19/yr is a fair enough price. I enjoyed my last subscription of pop mechs in Zino so I gave this publication a chance. I've got to say, I'm extremely disappointed in the format and functionality of the read app. It's very lackluster and clunky... Which is a shame because i really enjoy the magazine. I wish I had just renewed the Zino subscription!.Version: 1.1.4
✓ Won't launch on ipad2IPad 2 ver 5.1.1 crashes without ever getting app to open.. After shutting down all apps, and reset.. Still not working. Why I don't update.. I don't want a slower OS. Apple breaks older devices through updates.. I guess they can break them without updating too. Planned obsolescence is suspected..Version: 3.4.0
✓ Download offline a jokeI love the mag. However I live in a poor internet environment & I download issues for supposed offline reading, when I’m in the US. Unfortunately they are never available afterwards. Is it a VPN issue or what? It worked fine when it was an app available in the Apple App Store. Though now, I have a library full of mags that need to be downloaded. Throwing money away is always frustrating. You would think with a title like "Popular mechanics", they could fix the app..Version: 18.1
✓ It doesnt workIt doesnt work.Version: 24.0
✓ I subscribed. Can’t access anything.I subscribed. It says I have a subscription and asks for my account and password- which of course it never let me set up a password- so I Can’t access anything. Popular mechanics support has NOT been helpful. All that money wasted..Version: 12.7
✓ No area for existing subscribers to get e- editionIm not gonna pay again to get the digital edition.Version: 1.0.9
✓ Run...Run Away!This was the biggest disappointment I have ever purchased! This App crashes constantly and had to restart my iPad more times than I can coount. It is a memory hog that will drain all resources on your unit. Best of all, Popular MEchanics would never let me download new episodes. I think I got 4 issues of my 12 month subscription. Goodbye Popular Mechanics!.Version: 2.2.2
✓ Completely broken for days nowGives cannot load error on WiFi and cell data. Both work fine. Oh and stop writing “articles” to sell crap for advertisers, thanks..Version: 10.0.3
✓ It's good, but needs Retina qualityI'm not like most others and think that just because I have a paper subscription that I should get the digital subscription for free. The paper subscription covers the cost of the paper, the digital cost covers the price to digitize everything and make it specifically for the iPad. I enjoy the magazine on the iPad and read it every month. The one complaint that I have with the magazine would be that I would really love to have a Retina quality detail to the magazine and app itself. Now that I have the new iPad, reading the "low quality" magazine is annoying seeing that rest of my magazines are all Retina quality. You guys a big corporation, get it together!.Version: 2.2.2
✓ Just updated to most recent version of app and now it doesn't workI've been reading popular mechanics on my iPad for years. I updated the app and now it locks up, then it won't open. Very frustrating. I have to delete the app and reinstall it when it gets stuck. Nothing else works..Version: 17.0
✓ Mr.The worst application ever. Do not install and subscribe. After two years of subscription they want me to buy all issues I've paid for again. I cannot read them and I cannot get my money back. Their team told me that they are working on this problem three month ago for Christ sake and nothing has been change since than..Version: 2.5.1
✓ $$$$Too expensive..Version: 1.1.4
✓ CrashLove the magazine, too bad I can't read it because it crashes constantly..Version: 2.2.2
✓ No ZoomSurprisingly, there is no two finger pinch zoom feature in this app (which is so common in many other periodical applications). So bring your reading glasses with you if your eyes don't see so well. I won't be subscribing to their digital content for now. Hopefully they will add this basic feature in the future..Version: 3.1.1
✓ Magazine is great. Fix the AppApp has always been poor. I’d prefer a pdf rather than the buggy mess that is this app. For the current issue, the app crashes continuously after about the fourth article..Version: 17.0
✓ Lousy app always has beenNot renewing my subscription I am 3 months behind because can't download issues. Horrible.Version: 2.6.1
✓ Love this magazineI love this magazine and this is a great app(sorta). A lot of people have complained about slow downloads. Ive never encountered this. It does crash occasionally. My main complaint, which is why I'm writing, is that in the full year I've been using this I haven't found a way to exit the issue I'm in so I can select a different issue. It always brings me back to the one I was reading. Seems like a simple button option at the top is all that's needed. This is very frustrating. I don't share the other opinions about cost. The electronic version has features that the paper version doesn't. Clearly a lot of effort and additional cost goes into this. I'll keep subscribing but please fix the bugs.Version: 2.2.2
✓ Cant read the mag..When will this be fixed . Its at least been since early feb its now may...is anybody home?.Version: 10.0.3
✓ Purchased issues gone!!I had purchased issues before the update and now they are gone!! I tried to restore but it won't work! This needs to be addressed!!.Version: 6.0
✓ Can’t login, terrible customer serviceBought subscription two months ago and still can’t login. Email customer service is useless. They just keep shuffling me around and I still can login to my account and access the digital magazines..Version: 24.0
✓ Great butWhen I can get this and pop sci to actually load fantastic, great use of medium, background downloading would be appreciated.Version: 2.1.1
✓ Make it $15.99 per year!At least they changed the false advertising that said they would give you a free issue. Make it a sensible price of $15.99 per year like Popular Science or you won't get my $$$. I've already been taken for 5.99 for one issue in March!.Version: 1.0.6
✓ Subscription not workingI have paid for a monthly subscription to this magazine for over two months and since the august issue has been released i an unable to download it as part of my subscription. I think none of Hearst subscriptions are working and they don’t respond to email support. Im not very happy!!!.Version: 1.0.9
✓ V 1.1.5From the beginning, this app/magazine has been unstable, always ending in having to delete it, re install and then load issues back again, again, again. If you want to spend lots of time reloading what should be your content, then use this app, it will give you endless hours reloading issues..Version: 1.1.5
✓ Old version was way betterLove the magazine but the old version has features that made it feel optimized for reading on the iPad, not sure why they removed all of the features.Version: 11.0
✓ Normally, I enjoy it right now I am not…… Look up my occasionallyOccasionally, I want to look up my account,,,, stopping me from doing that… why??…. and I allowed to know when my subscription started, when my subscription ended or is going to end… and several other legitimate questions…. why are you not allowing me access to my account?.. I want access. I’ve tried several things it just goes around and around this oughta be easy…. should have something in the upper right hand corner, little icon, my picture something hit that and everything pops out…. where is my easy access?….Version: 24.0
✓ Must be online to viewEven after you "download" a magazine you still need to be online to view it! How useful is that while travelling? Also, this app has a terrible digital subscription process and UI. Frustrating and impossible to use. Very illogical and not at all user friendly. Content is generally shallow and often 'advertorial'. I am not renewing my subscription..Version: 5.1.4
✓ Generally worthlessSince Hearst saw fit to remove the “News” feature, I feel this is is generally worthless to have unless you subscribe to the digital version of the magazine. I get it. They want subscribers, not “freeloading “ readers. I’ll delete the app from my iPad and phone. I can get the mag on Zinio for the issues I want to read the mag..Version: 17.0
✓ Subscribed but app will not let me download new issue.I downloaded this app and subscribed to the $1.99 per month plan last month. Was able to download the July issue just fine and loved the app. App gets an update and adds the new August issue but will not let me downloaded it even though I'm a subscriber. The app wants to charge me the cover price of 3.99 even though, again, I am a subscriber. I have 4 r magazine subscriptions on my iPad and none of them have this issue. This is the first one that tires to charge full cover price to a current subscriber. I've email Popular Mechanics app support team twice and they have yet to respond. Only choice left is to cancel my subscription and delete the app. Guess they really don't want month to month subscribers since they try and charge you full price for each issue anyway..Version: 1.0.9
✓ App doesn’t workI just subscribed and I go to read the digital magazine nut all the shows up on the screen is a white blank page or one that has an empty image place card thing in the upper corner..Version: 24.0
✓ BE CAREFUL!Somehow - I ended up with a print subscription. I received a print magazine in the mail about a month after using the app. Going through the junk mail I found a notice from them about a new subscription and an invoice would follow. I don't know how I got that print subscription - but somewhere along the way it happened - probably buried deep in some fine print or a contest or something..Version: 1.1.5
✓ Creating a desire for learningI am 64 & I have read every issue since I was 10. You appealed to an ability others said I did not have. Today I run my own company and I still apply the message of using your head and your own hands to simplify a complex world. Steve Ricci.Version: 24.0
✓ Did you forget Landscape Support and More $, Really?Can it be that you forgot or refuse to support landscape support? Pop Sci supports it, and Pop Mech doesn't? Also I subscribe to print versions of both, and want to read them on my iPad, I could even see paying a small, yes small fee not another whole subscription. Maybe like $5.99 or $3.99/year, we all know that you just want more money and will figure out any way to get it, but I have been a paper subscription member for 10+ years and it's a little frustrating that I have this great tech that you all talk about in your mags but I have to pay again for the "privilege" to read it digitally. Or how about a transfer to digital from paper? And let us keep out current subscription?.Version: 1.1.6
✓ Let print subscribers access at no cost! Applies to all magazine apps.I'm getting pretty fed up between magazines expecting their print subscribers to pay again for app versions and also charging a good bit more again for the print and how every book through iBooks and the app store is always equal to or more than the print version. For books, I'm buying something that's delivered digitally. There's no way it should cost as much or more than a physical version. Same for the magazines but even worse. Magazines make money mostly from advertising. So that means I'm paying once for a print version that the magazine also makes money off of from advertising space they sell but I'm then again expected to pay another time and more money than my print version for the digital version thats again filled with ads. Seems pretty greedy to me and not in any way about what would keep your long time (decades!) subscribers happy and inclined to stick with the brand. Some have gotten it right. Wired, Fortune and Business Week are all great examples of how to do it correctly..Version: 1.0.91
✓ Too ExpensiveI hate to write a review when I haven't even seen one of the magazines, but not only is PM expensive at $3.99 per issue (when compared to paper copy subscription rates), they also don't provide a sample copy to try it out. Organic Gardening and some others let you test the waters with one free issue, but this free download provides only the interface to let you buy and read issues. Digital versions differ from their paper counterparts in that once they are completed, additional copies cost next to nothing to distribute. Perhaps prices will come down once this upfront work is paid for, but for now I'll stick with paper....Version: 0
✓ For Print Subscribers: Forget it - Still does not work !!!!I have a print subscription to Popular Mechanics and was excited to learn that hopefully, hopefully, this new version would allow us print subscribers log on. This version does not even pretend to have allow access for paid subscribers. Instead, the only provision is to resubscribe through iTunes with another paid subscription. It will likely only be a matter of time before magazines such as this go bankrupt for not accommodating people that already have a subscription. Popular Mechanics should take the lead like Time and Newsweek, which have weekly new editions - both in print and with iPad formats. If a magazine publishes refuses to accommodate this rapidly changing market, they will not likely last much longer. With my subscription, I only subscribed with the thought that I would be able to utilize the iPad version. Unless the publisher changes thier habits, I will not be resubscribing..Version: 1.1.9
✓ Not Free for Print Subscribers? FAILHey Hearst! Time and Conde Nast give print subscribers free iPad versions. When are you going to wake up and do likewise? Nobody is going to pay twice if they already subscribe to the print editions. Oh yeah, and why is it so expensive for digital subs compared to print versions anyway.Version: 1.1.1
✓ This app is garbageIt shuts down for no reason Does not start Do not get it it is not worth the subscription as you can not read it!!! Crap crap crap no stars I would put negative stars if I could..Version: 1.1.6
✓ Download ProblemPerhaps my review would be more meaningful if I could actually SEE the December issue I purchased. After about a dozen attempts to download it, I still have nothing. So far, a waste of money..Version: 1.1.5
✓ And now where is Jan 2011?We are now into the second week of Jan and still no issue for this month. I could have bought the printed copy almost 4 weeks ago. I like the app but if Hearst is not going to support it by releasing the month issues in a timely manner what is the point!.Version: 1.0.1
✓ ProblemJust installed the latest version, can't start it, keep on crashing. Damn it....Version: 1.1.2
✓ Crashes...all the time!!When it finally works/downloads, the mag is great. But and it's a big but...it can not seem to download a new months mag without crashing and or getting stuck on the unzipping part. More than frustrating!!! Can't and won't give it more than a 1.5 stars... And that's only because the mag is great when it finally works..Version: 2.4.2
✓ BuggyIt's fine when it works. Crashes constantly. I am unable to read most months. $20 wasted. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app, re downloaded the magazines. But no luck..Version: 2.2.2
✓ Constantly losing subscriptionI'm growing ever so tired of this app losing my subscription. For every new issue coming out, I have to "restore" my subscription info, which doesn't work all the time. The app will also not start up in offline mode. Just prior to writing this review, I boarded an airplane. My iPad was already in airplane mode. I go to open the app, and it gives me a blank screen with an airplane at the bottom, and an error saying it cannot make a connection. What good is downloading content for offline, if the app to read the content will not work offline!.Version: 12.0
✓ Won’t let me log inI have tried multiple time to log in via subscription, but it won’t let me. I want the app, and love popular mechanics, but i wish I could actually log in 🤷🏽♀️.Version: 12.7
✓ Crashes often, table of contents doesn't work for some issues,... Buggy!The only reason I didn't rate it lower is because I do like the magazine. But the app needs a LOT of work..Version: 2.1.0
✓ MixedLove this magazine, but the magazine has been on store shelves for about two weeks and still hasn't been released on the app yet. Should just get the paper subscription, app is too delayed..Version: 1.1.6
✓ Not workingSays there downloaded but it's not there ....what a waste of money. Got the one year subscription and havent been able to use it since iOS 5 !!!! DO NOT BUY ANYTHING TILL THIS IS FIXED.Version: 1.1.4
✓ App crashes all the time, can't open downloaded magsOne of the worst magazine apps I have. I'm sorry I subscribed.Version: 2.4.2
✓ No previewThe app let's you look at thumbnails of each story, not even 1 preview article to sample magazine layout. 3.99/ month? No thanks. 11.99/year I would sign up and I'm sure a lot of other people would to. I can subscribe and get a hard copy delivered To my door for $12/ year. Why are you trying to rip off your tech savvy customers?.Version: 0
✓ DavidNeed a new update! Can’t read after the last update. Can’t swipe pages..Version: 10.0.1
✓ Good. But a few request.Layout is nice. I like how you don't have to scroll up & down, what you see on the screen is what is on that page besides some occasional horizontal sliders which work well. When you flip the page however it's like the page freezes for a second then turns, minor issue but kind of annoying. The app crashed on me 4 times (always while turning a page) and I'm not finished reading the entire mag yet. Font size is good, pics & video look great. I love the DIY sections where you can rotate the projects and see the individual pieces with some details on each piece, the horizontal slider that details the assembly without turning to the next page is great. Subscription is a must if you want me to buy more than a couple mags/year though. The bookmark feature is fine but maybe make it accessible from the library view and be able to enter a custom name. That way if I ever have 20 or so issues stored and I don't remember which mag had the DIY article I wanted to come back to, I just go to my bookmarks..Version: 0
✓ Fantastic content, but why the need to be online to access downloaded issues?The title says it all. Do not understand the need to be online once issues are downloaded. 5 stars if online requirement removed..Version: 2.4.2
✓ Can’t log inVisiting on my Chromebook frequently but can never log in with the app, why is this so complicated? Email and zipcode should be easy you think, I guess not.Version: 24.0
✓ NO RETINA SUPPORTLooks terrible on the new iPad 3rd gen. A shame really. Cancelled subscription until this is fixed..Version: 2.2.2
✓ Missed opportunityI was hoping there'd be more substance, but it seems to be an example of style over practicality. The annoying techno-fonts and lack of any ability to zoom is making me cancel my subscription after just one issue. I'd rather just read the articles and explore the links without so much conscious effort..Version: 2.0.0
✓ Poor handling of subscriptionHave paid twice and still cannot open the magazine.Version: 23.0
✓ Pure garbageThis app is broken in every sense of the term. Now I have to wait 4-6 weeks for my next paper issue. Rip off.Version: 10.0.3
✓ Shame on you.It's really crappy that a magazine that is all about technology can't even move forward in the right direction. Every other magazine has a free digital version if you own a paper subscription. It's silly not too. I mean I tend to give my paper copies out to friends without even opening them because I prefer the digital. I want my friends to like the same things I do. I've got at least 5 friends to get subscriptions to other magazines this way. Just makes good sense to me. Get with the times..Version: 2.3.0
✓ What a jokeI love reading PS...but this app is a joke and they should be embarrassed for putting something like this on the app store..and Apple...what are you doing approving something this bad?.Version: 1.0.5
✓ Popular mechanicPoor, never works..Version: 17.0
✓ Good Magazine, Horrible AppEvery time I try to download a new month the app crashes. I love the magazine but the app needs to be updated. Please fix!.Version: 2.4.2
✓ Advertise as education ???I give one star because advertising in this book are too many as pay monthly for education? We don't need ads every other pages per education as we either enjoyed or not enjoyed reading and learning. I would put fewer ads at the very back end of the page. I'm so sick of see ads every where.......Version: 10.0.3
✓ No landscapeThis app only works in portrait orientation on the iPad..Version: 1.0.9
✓ Do NOT buy online! Nightmare!I decided to get a yearly subscription online and from the very start it’s been a nightmare! From how you “activate” your subscription to getting multiple errors while trying to log in! Not worth the headache.Version: 24.0
✓ Fixed some issuesAt least i can read the articles now. Would be nice if i could actually open the pdf of the nag in my own pdf reader, but this works ok..Version: 10.0.3
✓ Love it butNeed to add the ability to zoom in on text If I was to download a PDF version illegally and add it to my bookshelf I WOULD be able to do this.Version: 2.2.2
✓ New Version is totally useless.Can’t swipe from page to page, contents button exits magazine, and even when you do get to contents, the links don’t work. I literally cannot read the magazine anyway. Copy some other magazine that works please, like pops science. I hate having different interfaces on every dang magazine I read!.Version: 10.0
✓ Great magazine poor appThis app is terribly unstable and slow. The biggest complaint and the reason for 2stars is due to the apparent auto archiving feature. This wouldn't be to big of a deal if the app would let me re-download my purchases but it does not. When I attempt to a message indicates that all will be well, however it is not. The little downloaded icon turns green for a moment then turns back to grey a moment later. Bottom line if you read your magazine once and do not retread then you will probably be happy. Furthermore the website for suppor will not allow feedback it states that the survey is closed. Maybe they are finished with this app? That wouldn't hurt my feelings at this point but how about a refund for the remaining 9 issues?.Version: 1.1.5
✓ TerribleThis app never seems to work properly. I paid for a yearly subscription and can never seem to access any of the mags..Version: 2.2.0
✓ UnusableThe issues I have downloaded are lost over and over. The restore does not work more often than it works. Once restored the issues disappear again..Version: 2.2.0
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