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FLYING Magazine App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Waste of moneyAs others have said, this app simply doesn't work. It crashes repeatedly and fails to load the magazines. The publishers of the magazine have had months if not years to sort this out. Shame on them..Version: 4.0.1
✓ PLEASE FIX OR GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK!!!!This app used to work flawlessly, but now it freezes all the time. I have an annual subscription and can't read the magazines because they won't open. Again, it used to work great and now I want my money back. I don't know if other magazines have the same issues but I don't think so because others seem to get good reviews. PLEASE FIX.Version: 2.5
✓ Never had a problemHard to understand much of the whining in other reviews, because I've never had a problem with the app crashing -- not even once -- in the year plus I've been a subscriber. Dropped my print subscription in favor of this digital format, in fact. The issues look gorgeous on the retina iPad, and navigation is very easy. However, as others have pointed out, downloading is slow, and the interface for managing issues is quite primitive. Thus, one star off for those (long-unfixed) problems, and one more off for the lack of compelling content such as video, animation, etc. that digital should make possible. (Good grief, one of the *radio control* piloting mags blows Flying out of the water in that regard!) Hope they keep improving this!.Version: 4.0.3
✓ When it worksWhen it works it is a great and economical way to enjoy FLYING. But....it either takes forever to load or doesn't load or flicks you straight back to the newsstand........Version: 2.6.6
✓ Download issuesGreat mag......terrible digital offering.....couldn’t get it to download.Version: 7.1.1
✓ PoorI paid but cannot access the current issues..Version: 7.1.8
✓ Obviously not a valued subscriberPrint subscribers are supposed to get the digital edition, but even after logging in with my account number it still ask me to pay for the current issue..Version: 7.1.1
✓ Can't read offlineI was very happy when I noticed that finally there is an aviation magazine available for ipad... and very disappointed when I discovered that it is not possible to read it while off-line. What were they thinking?! Won't purchase more editions until this is fixed..Version: 0
✓ Flying doesn't take offSo despite the negative reviews I download the app and buy the current edition. Doesn't open! Arggh, so I try again and guess what, it charges me again and still won't open. $6.00 later and I never got my magazines. Rip-off!.Version: 1.6
✓ Magazine great but...App is terrible, constantly asks you to reload, find subscription needs reloading etc... Painful!.Version: 6.1
✓ No downloadTried to download the Feb. 2011 issue but once completed you can't access the magazine...? I've contacted Flying to see what the fix is. Hopefully I'll have better news soon. Don't download yet!.Version: 1.6
✓ Bad updateThis app really went downhill.Version: 7.5.0
✓ Designed by third-gradersThe content is exactly what you'd expect - great. However, the app requires the iPad to be in a certain orientation: you cannot view the pages in both portrait and landscape orientations. Another issue is that, after opening an issue and closing it, if you reopen it, it will take at least 3 minutes for it to allow you to actually flip through pages. It will do this on both the library screen (preventing you from selecting an issue) and within specific issues (preventing you from flipping pages). Yet another issue is that you can only download issues while the download screen is actually running. If the iPad goes into sleep mode it will discontinue downloading, which means you have to keep a constant eye on it and keep the iPad "awake." These are issues that I think could have been remedied by a third grader..Version: 2.5
✓ Not goodI just cant download new issues. I have a valid subscription until april22 but cannot find the latest issue.Version: 7.5.0
✓ Not What It WasIt used to be a decent app. It had its problems, but you could easily find your saved issues. Most importantly you could scroll though a digital magazine, page by page pretty much like a print version. Now an issue appears like a collection of FaceBook posts. Hugely disappointing. Probably the end of a lifelong (since I was 16 - I’m 63 now) relationship with first the print editions and for the last several years, the digital version. 😢.Version: 7.5.0
✓ Useless GarbageCan’t log in, can’t restore purchases, can’t view issues. I don’t care at all about flying mag’s facebook page. The last thing I ever want to see is facebook content. Unbelievably useless app..Version: 7.5.0
✓ Past and current issues are gone!Very frustrated that I can’t read even the current issue via the app without clicking on each article one at a time. Might as well just surf the web. And the past issue library is completely gone. I stopped saving the paper issues some time ago because I thought I would always be able to access past articles online but now all the great past articles are gone. Very sad to lose the archive as many of those older articles were an aviation treasure..Version: 7.5.0
✓ Password IssuesUsed this app for a long time. Current version is a total pain. Spent way more time trying to log in to my subscription that i have paid for and made no changes to, yet won't let me log in or download issues. Spent hours on it and frankly a free year subscription wouldn't even make up for the time i have wasted on this thing. On top of everything even tried to reset my password and the only way to do that is to enter your address, which was fine until the only available country to choose from is Canada. When you live in California that obviously creates an error. Oh, and did i mention, works fine on my other ipad. Why did they change this, the new app is horrible and the original worked flawlessly..Version: 5.0.3
✓ Not Worth The Frustration!I like Flying Magazine in terms of the content that it offers and had subscribed to the paper version for years. Changing to the iPad version was a HUGE MISTAKE!. First if you subscribe by any other method outside of the app itself, you have a 50/50 chance of getting the app to accept your subscription. I took advantage of a special price from an email received and couldn't get the app to acknowledge my subscription. Multiple password resets and download attempts failed. I tried several contacts to Bonnier to get the app working and only ended up with a headache. The app is all but useless. If you like the mag, stick to the paper version because this app is not worth the frustration!.Version: 4.1
✓ Hard workOnce you get it downloaded, it's fantastic. Way I've found most successful is to begin the download before going to bed..Version: 1.6
✓ Flying magazine appI love the magazine but the app is exceptionally prone to crashing. Sometimes have to try loading two or three times to get it to run. Once it's going it's fine. Also when downloading its exceptionally slow at updating the " view recent downloads " and will try to download multiple times of the same issue. W V.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Flying MagazineGood way to read the magazine but nothing other printed version delivered electronically. Some corporate video from aircraft co's. Application locks up intermittently which is frustrating..Version: 2.5
✓ Flying MagazineAlso agree, the screen freezing is very frustrating and the only way round the problem is to delete the app and reload but then you have to reload past additions as well. The app is not in line with the high standard of the magazine..Version: 2.6
✓ FlyingVery frustrating app! Always a big hassle trying to download the new issues, annoying waste of time!.Version: 4.1
✓ Fix the advertising bannerNot a bad app, could be better but more convenient than the paper version. Stability ok. Downloads ok. Biggest problem is the appalling rolling advertising banner which takes up nearly half the screen and keeps telling me to buy a subscription or log in when I’ve already done all that. Really ruins the experience. Get rid of it or make it less obtrusive..Version: 6.1
✓ Serious issues with this revisionDon't upgrade or get this revision as it constantly crashes and when re-installed you can't download any issues. Very frustrating!.Version: 4.0.3
✓ Terrible unstable appUsually I rate on quality of a working app, but I would think that after almost 2 years they could rewrite this app to actually consistently work. Rarely does it restore purchases correctly and then when it finally shows the issues available for download the button doesn't work or it turns gray and indicates a spinning progress circle but never does anything. I have reinstalled 3 times. I have followed their FAQ for troubleshooting. I've emailed customer service in the past and it takes days to get a response. Just don't understand how they haven't ditched the app and rewritten it from the ground up. So frustrating..Version: 4.0.7
✓ Like itThis app is actually pretty nice in my opinion. I enjoyed the extra features in the digital issue. I would give it more stars if it didn't require everything to be in landscape and if it didn't jack you $3 for each issue. Kind of a ripoff especially if you've been a subscriber for 20+ years. There definitely needs to be better options for paper subscribers!.Version: 1.6
✓ App is DOAI’ll reiterate what others have said: The app somehow pulled an email address that I had stopped using years ago (and changed on the Flying website) and won’t let me change it again. I used the account number to log in but still can’t get access to the media. Every “update” wipes out the issues in your library and you have to figure out how to get access again. Instructions are either non-existent or incorrect. This new version doesn’t work at all. Bonnier needs to hire new app writers. I’ve deleted it and will just read the print version. It’s sad.....Version: 7.1.1
✓ Impossible to cancel subscriptionThere is no way to cancel subscription. Good luck to reach Bonnier Corporation. What a shame apple is keeping this way to do business in the App Store!.Version: 5.0.13
✓ Flying Magazine RuinedThis app has ruined Flying Magazine. It has basically become a newsfeed service. For aviation news, I check AvWeb who does a good job. The articles are not organized in any meaningful way so it is impossible to find your favourite author or column. The current magazine (Q1, 2022) has to be read like a webpage by scrolling down and clicking. Why can’t I read the magazine like I did in prior versions of the app?!? I have subscribed to Flying for decades and it is sad to see it in its current sorry state..Version: 7.5.0
✓ Waste of timeDoes not function! Repeatedly crashes and now non- functional.Version: 1.6
✓ From Bad To Worse......Optimistic despite poor reviews, I downloaded the app over a year ago. Frustration built month after month of "bug fixes" that exacerbated the problems. Crash, Bam, Boom #%^*+ went the App, each and every time. Desperate for it to work, I persevered, even canceling my magazine subscription after 20 years of customer loyalty, hoping, the "fixes" would finally live up to the hype. Well, you win Madam Bug, I give up after over a year of frustration. I am canceling the app and going back to a paper subscription....just a HORRIBLE app. The worst I have encountered..Version: 4.0.3
✓ Great magazine but lousy app and poor developer supportSimilar to many other reviews, I have been a Flying Magazine subscriber for well over 10 years (paper then digital). I truly don’t understand what is so hard for the developers of the app to produce updates that do not reset your login and / or subscription information. I like to read various articles during cruise flight, but never can because the app is constantly requiring you to restore all your previous purchases. Really miss the Flying Archive app as well which had a lot of great magazines dating back much further than the current app..Version: 6.1
✓ Small printThe free samples were short excerpts from a few of the articles in the last few issues. Just enough to get a feel for what it looks like on my iPad. It was clean and nice, but shrinking the pages by 50% so they would fit on the iPad screen made the typeface very straining to read. And the price for an electronic copy is the same as the printed, mailed version. I'll stick to the printed version thank you!.Version: 2.3
✓ You’d think they’d eventually get this rightYou know, I had gotten use to having to log out, log back in and restore purchases to regain access to my digital subscription on every update. Then came the updates that required further steps to remove “Buy Issue” button and restore the “Download” button. But this update really takes things to a new level. You now have to recreate your account. Anybody else notice the help articles in the FAQ tell you to only use the first 9 digits of your account number? That of course fails ( and I love that it tells you to contact customer service but doesn’t give you contact info). When I use the full 10 digits I make some progress except that it references an incorrect email (that explains why it didn’t recognize the correct email ) and won’t let me edit it (Flying's online customer service does recognize the correct email). I give up. Deleted the app. The publisher of this app is the supposed leader in this field. Absolute waste of my time. As mention by others, just assume you won’t have access to the digital version..Version: 7.1.1
✓ Freezes, crashesThis app freezes. It crashes. I have no idea how this slipped past Apple's quality control. Sure, it's free, but the magazine subscription is not. Until this app is repaired it must remain a disappointing rip-off..Version: 2.6
✓ Confirmed Junk AppSame problem as reported elsewhere. Unable to restore purchases after numerous reloads etc. Bonnier support totally ineffective..Version: 5.0.13
✓ Almost readyThe current version (2.4) still causes my I-pad running 5.0.1 to lock up when using the Flying app. Exiting the app and retrying will sometimes get around this, but the lock ups still come back. Previous versions (before 2.3)did not have this issue..Version: 2.4
✓ Subscription bluesHi after downloading the March 25 update I can't load the application anymore, I just renewed my subscription for a year and I can't read my magazines. Aldo.Version: 4.0.3
✓ M.App is not working... Rip off! I paid for a year and can get my download..Version: 2.3
✓ Can't access my subscription!As the previous review stated this app crashes and freezes, I have purchased a year subscription, cannot download the latest edition of view any of the back issues I managed to download. Extremely annoying! Please fix, until then this gets 1 star..Version: 2.6
✓ Flying MagazineThis app makes it almost imposssible to read! It constantly locks up, doesn't run subscription properly and i never got a refund for an edition i was charged separately for even though i had a subscription! I have had no replies to my complaints from either the publisher or magazine editors..Version: 2.3
✓ Very disappointing changes … cancelled subscriptionI’ve been a long time subscriber (and decades long reader) of Flying Magazine. The dramatic changes to the app were all for the worse. The readability of the content suffered and virtually every new “feature” of the app and interface detracted from the user experience - and the social media like format has compromised the benefits of longer form and more in depth content. I was hoping they would recognize that these changes are unwelcome and revise the app significantly, but I’ve seen no indication that’s going to happen and have reluctantly cancelled my subscription..Version: 7.6.0
✓ Not user friendlyI have subscribed to Flying for 40 years. I like magazines, newspapers and books from the App Store. The magazine is great, the articles are terrific! But when you click on an article you have to zoom in to read it. Then move it 4 times per page. That is nuts! I like to read on my exercise bike and this feature makes it impossible. The app is an afterthought to the paper version..Version: 5.0.13
✓ Who would call these “improvements”You limit the number of issues, the app won’t allow reading offline, you tout the new feel of better paper… seriously? These are things that would be fixed by the old subscription and owners. My subscription is cancelled and Plane and Pilot is the beneficiary..Version: 7.1.8
✓ Great content, painfully slow appWonderful magazine, very nice to read on the iPad and i look forward to it becoming available each month. Especially nice that you get it early, about the 14th before the month. Reasonable price with annual subscription, I wouldn't bother seeking it out in a store nor subscribing to the physical magazine. Unfortunately the app is *painfully* slow! Now that I have several issues, it takes over sixty seconds just to launch, then frequently crashes!! To make matters worse, almost every time you switch out and back you must wait again. It seems like the more issues you own, the worse it gets. Also, magazines only download at about 1mbps regardless of your connection speed so expect to wait twenty minutes or more to download a new issue, and you can't leave the app while this is happening. Yes this is all on an iPad 2 with lots of memory. This app is seriously flawed and absolutely must be fixed -- i assume they will but my patience is wearing thin -- but if you are a pilot I still recommend it..Version: 4.0.3
✓ App does not workWow, the new interface is great! I should probably overlook the fact that the update does not work. I have tried repeatedly to reset my password (as required), but none of the new passwords have worked... Believe me, I've tried. No, I did not include the quotes. Yes, I did match the case. One star is overly generous. I have emailed customer support numerous times over the past two days to no avail. The one clueless human response I received directed me to a non-existent Apple support page. This isn't Apple's fault. I could read my issues without a problem until the update. Sigh....Version: 7.1.0
✓ Great mag, so-so appNo matter what I do, I have to delete the app and reinstall everything from scratch every time I want to load the latest edition. That works, but why should I have to do that? The latest version was supposed to fix the problem, but it doesn't seem to have worked. This "updated" version has also added giant ads to the past issues index page that takes up half my iPad screen! Yes, I can scroll below the ads to see previous issues I might like to reload, but now, thanks to the giant ads, I can only see only two at a time when it used to be six. Very annoying..Version: 4.1
✓ Magazine is Great - App is for the BirdsThe app’s lousy. It’s forever asking me to subscribe to issues when I’ve had a subscription for years. Logging in and out doesn’t help, and I have to delete and reinstall the app periodically. When it works it’s a convenient way to read the magazine, and considering the app essentially does nothing but allow you to open and read issues, you’d think it would be simple to have a stable app, but no. This is been going on for years by the way and shows no sign of improvement. I subscribe to the print magazine so end up reading the issues more often then on my iPad. August 2019 update - see above. Nothing’s been fixed and the latest version, once I log into the app, doesn’t seem to even know I’m a subscriber. SMH....Version: 7.1.0
✓ ProblemsStay away from this app until they fix it. I have a few copies that I haven't read because I can't open them yet they still want my money. I'm surprised they haven't fixed this yet. Maybe they don't care?.Version: 2.6
✓ Rip OffThis app does not work for me. Do not buy it. The app downloads fine but it will not download any issues of the magazine once you have paid for it. The authors do not respond to email for support. This is the only time I have spent money in the app store and been ripped off. Hopefully I can get Apple to issue me a refund. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!.Version: 1.6
✓ Flying magazine appThis app is a piece of crap will not let you read your mag.Version: 2.6
✓ Don't - part IIThis doesn't work as other reviews have pointed out - I thought given the time elapsed it might have been fixed, but not. And this time with the intended number of stars..Version: 2.3
✓ App keeps crashingThe magazine is great. The app is not. Keeps crashing. Difficult to download new editions. Please fix the bugs in this app..Version: 2.4
✓ Version 2 has serious issuesI loved version 1 of this app. It had a number of very useful features like, in landscape mode, scrolling down took you to the next page in the article and scrolling right took you to the next article. Version 2 is buggy. The biggest problem is that it hangs, sometimes for minutes, when you open a new magazine. Worse, it tends to do the same when you return to the app after switching to something else. I miss version 1's much better interface, but v2's frequent hanging will drive you nuts. PLEASE FIX IT..Version: 2.4
✓ Still not workingThe recent release was meant to fix the downloading problems. However, the app keeps crashing and when I am able to download an edition of the magazine, it is not saved to the iPad. It says it is 100% complete but is not saved to the iPad..Version: 1.6
✓ New owner has ruined a once great publicationLong time subscriber. Enjoyed the hard copy version the most. The latest owner has reduced content and raised prices. I still decided to stay. I subscribed to the email version back in June 2023. I received one email link to one edition. That’s it. So I called in October and a recording stated to call back because the phone system was being updated. I emailed requesting a refund. No response. Summation of new owner: raise prices, cut content and ignore your subscribers when they contact you. I’m done. The end of a once great publication..Version: 7.2.2
✓ Canceled subscriptionWhat happened? I’d just like to read the magazine on my iPad.. is this so difficult? After much frustration, I give up. Subscription canceled.. and I wish I could get a refund for the remaining few months, as I won’t be attempting to read this confusing and unstable app..Version: 7.5.0
✓ Subscription Not WorkingThe digital edition is a joke. The latest app revision made it so I couldn’t access my downloaded issues offline, so I deleted and reinstalled the app. Then it didn’t give me an option to restore my iTunes purchase. I e-mailed technical support a few days ago but no response yet. I called Flying customer support today but they said they don’t provide support for the digital app. Then they told me the e-Mail address I used was wrong (it was the one in the app) and proceeded to give me another e-mail address to contact them with. I’m about to contact Apple and request a refund for my subscription. It’s pathetic. You guys could do so much better. It’s probably time for me to pull the plug for good until you decide to go back to monthly issues anyhow. So long Flying Magazine. I’ll stick to my monthly AOPA mags and maybe add Plane and Pilot instead..Version: 7.5.0
✓ Get Flying through ZinioJust downloaded the update, and really wish I didn't. It's almost useless now. Like the other reviewers have said, you tap and nothing happens. It freezes and crashes most of the time. Turn a couple pages in the issue you're reading, and it freezes up. Love the magazine, but this app is absolutely terrible. The good news is that you can get it through the much better Zinio app, which I didn't know when I bought the subscription (as soon as my year is up I'm subscribing through Zinio). What's even worse is I wrote to Flying's support about the crashes and utter uselessness of this app since the update (before it was fine), I have heard nothing from them..Version: 2.2
✓ App is garbageApp is garbage. I’ll stay with my print subscription. Total idiots at Bonnier for app that does not work, denies access to valid print subscriptions, etc. No apparent phone based customer support. Morons..Version: 7.1.1
✓ Latest upgrade isn’tNow I can’t access the magazine offline. I can’t imagine who thought this was an improvement.Version: 7.5.0
✓ IOS 11???Come on people, where are the 64bit versions of your magazine apps? I have several magazines I can’t read anymore due to this faux pas..Version: 5.0.13
✓ Stick with paper for nowAs a pilot who travels with an iPad, I recently decided to try a digital subscription to Flying instead of renewing my paper subscription. After a few issues, I wish I could go back to the paper magazine. As others have reported, the app is clunky, slow, and prone to crashing. Also, the app only shows one page at a time without zooming capability, so there's no good way to view the beautiful photos that span two pages of the paper magazine. Finally, each issue is a fairly large download, so plan to watch the progress bar for several minutes before you can access the magazine - the app doesn't seem to be capable of downloading in the background..Version: 2.3
✓ Poor appCant use offline..Version: 7.4.1
✓ DO NOT PURCHASE - worst app in history, both regards purchases and support.I subscribed to this app as a GA pilot and was able to download ONE magazine - the April 2012 edition. It is now September and I am unable to receive any other editions. As stupid as I was, I clicked on "subscription", thinking it would reset my subscription and allow me to download the items again - instead it claims I have extended my subscription until April 2014!!!! If I try to manage my purchase, I receive the following error: Proxy Error The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server. The proxy server could not handle the request Post/V1/receipts Reason: Error reading from remote server. What really is disgusting is that when you send them an email using the onboard support request it says "Failed to submit report request - please try again later. This app deserves the golden lemon for being the WORST app in history, DO NOT purchase at any cost..Version: 2.6.7
✓ UnstableGreat magazine, but horribly unstable. Go purchase the yearly subscription through Zinio instead. It is the same price, and works seamlessly with my Plane and Pilot subscription..Version: 2.6.7
✓ AwfulSeriously the worst app. It always freezes for lengthy periods. I thought it was my ipad1 but recently upgraded to an iPad 3 and the same frustrating experience. I have kept my paper magazine subscription. This is not worth it, so much for the digital age! Surely a simple magazine app can't be that hard to write.... Muppets..Version: 2.6
✓ Broken Access for Print Subscription?Having been a subscriber for a few years now to the print subscription, I was happy to see the ability to read the magazine digitally, which is far more convenient. This worked great for a while, but with the February 2016 issue, I haven't been able to access the digital edition without paying. Attempting to contact support has been futile. Also, minor nit: it's really annoying to download multiple issues at once. Starting a new download will pause the current download..Version: 5.0.9
✓ OKThe content is there but the platform is clunky. Need an internet connection to access magazines already downloaded - annoying and unnecessary..Version: 7.2.0
✓ Placard app INOP and ignoreI was pleased that the app seemed to work well for most of the year - I’m a print subscriber and it allowed me to read on my iPad for convenience. The latest update broke the app again - it wants me to pay again to read my subscription. I would advise avoiding the IOS app altogether - digital access to an existing Flying magazine subscription is so unreliable that subscribers should assume that there is no digital access (contrary to what the Flying magazine website says when you subscribe to the print edition.) Sorry to report that the app for the most venerated and popular aviation publication should be placarded as INOP, again. Will of course be delighted if a future update ever restores functionality, but not optimistic..Version: 7.1.1
✓ Love the magazine, hate the AppUsed to be a simple, functional app until they “upgraded” it a year or more ago. Now it is anything but..Version: 6.1
✓ App sucksI bought the March edition of flying magazine, but the app won't let me buy a previous version such as February or January-why not? This is one of the most difficult apps to use what a disgrace!.Version: 5.0.14
✓ Rubbish and a rip off!As a very faithful FLYING reader I was excited about this app but after several months of trying, numerous unanswered emails to the developers, and endless frustration I'm ready to tell the world that this is the worst app of all. It is junk because it repeat ly fails to load. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Pain in the ...Well.... time has gone by and I’m still having way too much trouble with this AP. Someone in a review said the NTSB should investigate the AP.... great comment. I enjoy the magazine but the AP leaves much to be desired. Just got a new iPad and everything ports over very nicely EXCEPT this darn thing and it’s certainly not the first time. I actually called the magazine support line previously when I had a similar issue and they told me that they couldn’t help as I had bought it through iTunes...?? Really. It asks me if I want to restore my purchases (well yea...), I take the OK option and nothing is restored. Grrrrrr.Version: 6.1
✓ DisappointingThere is no way to even check this app out without buying at least one $2.99 issue. Since a print subscription costs about $1 an issue, that seems a tad high. At least have the courtesy to include a sample issue. Also, there doesn't seem to be any way to subscribe in order to get the usual low rate. And, as another reviewer noted, the capability to log in with one's print credentials and view issues digitally is also absent. This app's going in the bit bucket. Flying would do well to check out The Economist for a quality digital interpretation of a printed publication. I guess if I do decide to renew my subscription in a digital form, it will be on Zinio for iPad, where at least they still offer the discounted rate..Version: 1.6
✓ Move to a better readerGreat magazine The reader is terrible. Locks up, takes 5 minutes to load after starting. I tried reinstalling and downloading everything again, still the same. Flying, you can do better than that..Version: 2.6
✓ Cannot restore purchase using Apple accountI’m have tried for a year. No customer support ability. Will cancel subscription.Version: 7.1.8
✓ (UPDATE) Frustrated subscriber cannot read my latest issueThere is no account management or ability to sign in and I cannot figure out how to read my flying mag digital edition. The application just seems to bloated with advertisements and impossible to use. I just want to be able to select library, select my issue and have a great reading experience. Update: The latest app fixes the ability to actually read. Your login is your customer ID. The reading experience is lack luster trying to get full screen. Also it crashes if you try to press the top right button (I thought that would expand the view) but crashes on all iOS devices..Version: 7.1.8
✓ Mcrowe1App doesn't work properly. Issues with downloading any new issue and the app frequently crashes. The magazine is great but can't read it so this app is a waste of time..Version: 4.0.1
✓ Terrible app for a dying magazineBefore the latest update the app worked *some* of the time, often needing a log-out and in to read magazines. Now, with the most recent update it will not even recognize an active magazine subscription. With plans to already *NOT* renew my print subscription, this has sealed the proverbial coffin. Unfortunate, the articles used to be enjoyable, now they are cliche and tiresome. I imagine the non-professional pilot may find them entertaining, but the lack of any technical information except for sales blurbs makes it worth less then the paper it’s printed on..Version: 7.1.0
✓ Back IssuesI lost all my back issues library Want my back magazine back , I pay for them!!! Awful App , dont waste your money.Version: 7.6.0
✓ Subscription not workingI have a subscription, but every month the only way to download the magazine is to purchase the single issue, download it and then ask for a refund from Apple. I have deleted the app, logged in again, restored purchases, but nothing works. Very frustrating..Version: 7.3.1
✓ This app made me cancel subscriptionAfter purchasing paper magazines and then subscribing to the flying magazine on line service, the latest app is a huge disappointment and will push me to cancel subscription. All past magazine downloads disappeared, no « scrolling « through the magazine anymore, no index, no value..Version: 7.5.0
✓ Flying magGood but flawed. The app takes 5 minutes or more to load before it allows you to read your downloads. Hopefully a fix is on it's way!!!!.Version: 2.6
✓ Less than thrilledI am a print subscriber, but I also use this electronic version of the magazine too. The previous version of the app was workable, but a major issue was the fact that every time the app restarted it started reading from the start of the magazine. I would answer a phone call and then would have to navigate from the cover to where I was just reading. That was very annoying. Now I have upgraded to the latest version. It is requiring me to sign in again, but what is truly annoying is that it doesn’t recognize my print subscription. I am starting to regret my recent decision to renew my subscription. The magazine and content are wonderful, but the delivery is questionable..Version: 7.1.0
✓ Cannot download the magazineIt looks great, but when I click on download for the september issue, it always hangs my iPad or it kills the app, so it doesn't work!.Version: 2.1
✓ Freezes unpredictablyThe old app was OK but the latest one is a PAIN, giving brief episodes of stability and long periods of waiting,restarting etc., making the very good magazine unreadable and thus a bad deal for readers and advertisers... Fix it please. As of May 2013, this is unusable. The app crashes on start up. I have been defrauded by this company as I cannot access the issues purchased and future subscribed issues cannot be downloaded. The convenience for the publisher when there is an international clientele is that they are not answerable to the most basic consumer rights and the Apple money machine doesn't want to know..Version: 4.0.3
✓ Broken app - does not work on iOS 4.3Be aware. This app is broken on iOS 4.3. You cannot view magazines previously purchased, or newly purchased..Version: 1.6
✓ Doesn't workThis app does not work. Once you pay for an issue, the download starts, but it never ends! I've tried to download what I paid for many many times and it simply doesn't work. I want my money back!.Version: 1.6
✓ UnstableThis is the most unstable app I've ever seen, very disappointing coming from such a good magazine..Version: 2.6.7
✓ C'mom fix it!App is still crap. Won't download properly and once it is open, it freezes. Fix it. It's very difficult to read a mag you can't get to stay on the screen... Do something! This problem has persisted for months now...are any of the developers reading this stuff. You've got a bunch of frustrated customers. Who are getting sweet tweet for their money..Version: 4.0.3
✓ TerribleCrashes all the time, so irritating, you're better off with good old tree killing magazines..Version: 4.1
✓ .Unable to contact them as their e mail system doesn't appear to support a Canadian address..Version: 5.0.5
✓ Rip off!!Piece of crap! Very unstable app that crashes. It sells you magazine issues for $2.99 then crashes. Very disappointing, I feel ripped off and will not buy the physical magazine as a result of this bad experience..Version: 1.6
✓ Very Bad communicationIve lost a lot of time trying to access the customer service with no success as their access page just Keet asking for a Zip code even if i have selected canada where we dont have zip code so i just canceled m’y one year already paid subscription for bad customer service..Version: 5.0.13
✓ Great magazine, terrible appVery disappointing, error messages range from unable to find your account, doesnt match our records, we are encountering problems try again later, to no error message at all, just doesn’t work. I’ve reloaded the app 4 times and continue to get the message that I’m out of date and need to load an update.Version: 7.3.0
✓ Flaky appI downloaded the July and August issues, no problem (other than the fact that you can't see those double-page pictures properly: they don't fit on the screen and you can't zoom out. Not very smart.) Now that the October issue is available, I can't download. I called the publisher, they say they can't help: I have to resolve the issue with the Apple Store !?!? I'm not renewing the subscription..Version: 2.1
✓ Flying Magazine App a Rip-offAfter purchasing a large number of back issues through iTunes on this app, the latest version of this app denies me access to these issues as they aren’t displaying any longer. I paid for access and the publishers and app developer have ripped me off. Shabby and reprehensible treatment after paying large sums of money for now non-existent digital access. The publisher Bonnier Corporation are as far as I’m concerned thieves. Taken my money and now deny access to what I’ve paid for. You’ve been warned, these clowns will take your money and screw you over!.Version: 6.0
✓ JohnLove the idea,but, when I open app it usually crashes. I have purchased other months ,but won,t download. Please fix these problems. I am not getting what I paid for at present..Version: 1.6
✓ App is buggyThe app still has lots of bugs. I have an annual subscription but the app won't let me download the latest issue (the September 2011 issue) without paying for it because the app thinks it's the October issue for some reason which I shouldn't have to pay for anyway since I'm subscriber. Arrg! I won't download the issue until this is fixed which means probably won't be able to read it for a while even though I'm subscribed for the next year! It's stupid to have to pay twice for an issue. The app also takes a long time to load and a long time to access an issue. There is no way to delete issues either but these problems pale in comparison to the subscription downloading problem..Version: 2.1
✓ Terrible and frustrating apIf one subscribes to a printed magazine, and that magazine advertises that print subscribers can now access the e-editions on line, the publisher should not make it a frustrating, impossible experience that infuriates and alienates the reader. I’ve been a loyal FLYING subscriber for over 40 years, and as my eyes age and the printed fonts get smaller and smaller to save space and money, I thought the online edition might be easier to read. But this ap asked me for money every time I touch it. It is about to cause me to cancel the printed version as well. Who’s in charge now? Some adult needs to fix this..Version: 6.1
✓ Drop outsUntil this July edition the app has been OK but now it drops out after only about 60 seconds. Also it requires multiple attempts in Newsstand to get the app to open. FLYING is a wonderful publication but this app is not up to standard. May sack the app developer and start again!.Version: 4.0.3
✓ Death of a t magazineI have always felt that flying magazine was the best of all publications, reading each issue cover to cover the minute they arrived. Since Richard collins left, and more recently, since Mac left, the mag has been on a steady decline. I bought the last issue as an iPad app after a year reading it on the iPad with zinio. What a disappointment. Buggy as a rotten log, and designed by imbeciles. Restricted it to landscape mode has to be the dumbest move ever. I am deleting the app and bidding the magazine adieu after twenty years..Version: 1.6
✓ Problems with march 25 updatePrior to doing the March 25th update I could access my Flying Magazine subscription now I can't does anyone else have the same problem and if so is there a fix?.Version: 4.0.3
✓ Slow, slow slow!Have had this for better part of a year with a subscription. Every month the app takes longer and longer to load and allow usage. This month I've yet to get access to the downloaded issue as the app simply won't enable/respond to touch inputs. Every change of mode requires minutes to get to functionality. Issues also consume hundreds of megabytes each. I love the magazine, but clearly the tech they are using isn't up to my user experience expectations for an iPad app--responsive, fluid interaction..Version: 2.5
✓ Flying AppThis is the worst app to access ever, they renew your subscription from a credit card , they notify you of a new edition ,then you waste half an hour trying to restore your purchases...THEN YOU STILL CAN’T GET AT THE MAGAZINE!! AND SUPPORT IS MORE PATHETIC THAN THE APP! THEY OBVIOUSLY DO NOT READ THE REVIEWS!!!.Version: 7.3.2
✓ Not at all UserFriendlyI am using the new version of this app and it is so frustrating. I finally figured out that you need to click on the “Topics” button to get previous issues. Then, in an issue, there is no way to easily get to the content you want. And, if you put the device to sleep and come back two minutes later, you have to go through the whole process again IF you can remember where you were! And the app will not flip to landscape. And, And, And ….. Please bring the old version back. Please!.Version: 7.5.0
✓ This app is garbage!I paid for my subscription and downloaded this app, but it does not work. System says I am logged in to my account, but it will not allow me to read articles. I keep getting messages that I am reading only previews of articles and the app wants me to buy the magazine. I already bought it, so why can’t I read my magazine? I deleted the app and downloaded it again. Same result - unable to read articles. The help articles are equally useless. Written by people who can barely put together a sentence, there’s no actual help. A most dissatisfied user..Version: 7.4.1
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