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Skeptic Magazine App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
Skeptic Magazine app received 33 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using Skeptic Magazine? Can you share your negative thoughts about skeptic magazine?
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✓ Awful- Doesn't Work.Wish these reviews would of been here when I purchased this app.! I would have been skeptical! It simply doesn't work. Haven't been able to read my free issue or any other. Black screen, among other problems. Money back?????????.Version: 4.1.7
✓ Getting better, but if you want any customer service be skeptical!Thanks to my own doing, I figured out how to finally read my content. No thanks to anyone at Skeptic Magazine or "Pocket mags". AMAZING periodical...TERRIBLE functionality! Thanks, AS.Version: 4.9.48
✓ Skeptic magzineApparently payed 3.99 for nothing as you need to download and register for "pocketmags" after you purchase it just to download it. run away and do not buy this useless piece of crap that you cannot even use. It would have been nice to have been told this before purchase!. Zero stars as cannot use this..Version: 4.2.6
✓ Great magazine; pitiful App.I've enjoyed Skeptic for a number of years. I travel now so the digital version is much more convenient. While I've not experienced the download problems that many other reviews mention, I find the App itself very primitive. No effort has been expended to scale the content for easy viewing. There is no dictionary, search or annotation support. A PDF viewer would work better than this App..Version: 4.9.26
✓ BadIt's difficult to read. It would be better if they just posted the issues on the web. Then, at least, you could use Readability or Pocket to reflow the text. You can read it but you have to zoom, pan, and scroll a lot. Wasn't worth it. They promised one free issue of my choice, After browsing the back issues I found one I was interested in but of course couldn't get it. It was only a sample issue that was free. It's really a good thing magazines are dying off..Version: 4.1.7
✓ Not for small screensThe app doesn't seem to have any way to zoom, so you just get tiny unreadable pages when viewing on an iPod or iPhone. Pretty useless for those of us without iPads (and if I want to tie my reading to a desktop machine, I might as well just get the hardcopy)..Version: 4.2.6
✓ Love the magazine!! Hate the app!!!I'm a big fan of the skeptics society and i enjoy their magazine very much. I used to have a paper subscription but I decided to switch to digital. Too bad the app is so poorly developed. It is ridden with bugs and unbelievably slow. I hope these issues will get resolved soon. For now i remain skeptical, but not cynical!.Version: 4.2.6
✓ Cancel sub doesn't workTried cancelling my subscription a few times and it didn't say anything, either that it was canceled or not. Round came the renewal period and now i have to pay again for magazine i barely read because of the lackluster quality. Skeptical indeed..Version: 4.9.99
✓ It does not even load up!The dev guys must be joking to release an app which does not even load up!.Version: 4.2.6
✓ Terrible appI subscribed to Skeptic for one year and downloaded this app The app crashes when you select download. Also app does not display my purchase it keeps asking me to subscribe. I updated to the latest version and I get the same results. I deleted the app and downloaded it again and ran the update. No luck same results. I am really disappointed and am a Skeptic about Skeptic Magazine..Version: 4.9.10
✓ Not so muchI downloaded the app and bought the latest issue. But I have yet to read it because everytime I press the 'download' icon, the app closes. I've followed all the advice in the FAQs and have emailed the developers. So far, nothing. If I were you I'd be very skeptical about downloading the app..Version: 4.9.10
✓ It's not as bad as people saySure it has its problems, but it gets the job done. I can zoom into a page and it renders text clearly. I would prefer it if they rethought the app. But IMHO content is more preferable..Version: 4.9.4
✓ Bookmarks Please!I really do like the simplicity of this app! It's designed well. It's missing one major thing: bookmarks. I would give this app 5 stars if bookmarks were an option! As it is now, I have to take screenshots before leaving the article in order to find where I left off when I return. Not exactly efficient. Thanks!!.Version: 4.9.92
✓ I like the printed tabloid.I have the new iPad and I have none of the issues the others have posted but the user interface is very poor. You can't highlight text, you can not copy text and their bookmarking mechanism is kludgy. Even though there isn't any font adjustments you an zoom the page at least. Three stars but just because of the value of the magazine's content..Version: 4.1.7
✓ Poor app undermines good magazineIt's a good job the contents of the magazine are still good when you can get to them. The app is slow, crashy and disappointing..Version: 4.2.6
✓ OK So FarI am a long-time hard copy Skeptic magazine subscriber. I switched to the e-version to save costs and paper. I have only read one issue so far using my iPad. I love the content of Skeptic magazine, but the electronic version is basically a PDF of the magazine. There are no formatting changes to make it easier to read on an iPad (or other tablet) and there are no special features like I am used to getting in other electronic magazines (National Geographic does a awesome job with their electronic version). According to some reviews, people have had problems with their subscriptions. I am anxious to see if I have any problems when the next issue is available..Version: 4.9.10
✓ App won't launch.I love the magazine and have been a subscriber for years. The app is the problem. On my iPad2 and on my old iPhone 3gs it's the same. It starts to load and then hangs up on the Skeptic start up screen. I'll change my rating once it is fixed..Version: 4.2.6
✓ Not formatted for iPhoneIt's basically like viewing a desktop website or PDF. You have to manually zoom and pan around the page. I was expecting something built for the smaller screen. It seems like they could also add colour and other content. It's a great mag, though..Version: 4.9.26
✓ Fix the bugs! Love the mag otherwise.Enough said. I had the same account creation crashing problem as the last user. Call your app designer and get it taken care of— I don't want to buy a paper copy!.Version: 4.1.4
✓ AwfulThis app does not work. No option to contact publisher of magazine that is purchased. No support when product stops working. Do not purchase magazines through this app..Version: 4.9.89
✓ Primitive AppWith so many good magazine and newspaper reader interactive apps to use as models, the Wall Street Journal being a laudable example, there is no excuse for foisting this primitive app on subscribers. What you get is nothing more than a photocopy of the print version that is not even scaled for iPad users. Web link citations are not interactive and if that is not annoying enough, there is no way to cut and paste them into a browser either. I am a big fan of Skeptic Magazine but this app is more annoying than useful..Version: 4.9.10
✓ Simply doesn't work...Using 1st gen iPad. Supposedly "downloaded" the issue I wanted to read but the cover art doesn't appear in the library. The delete button and read button appear but when you select "read" the screen goes black. Not ready for prime time..Version: 4.1.7
✓ No Back IssuesWhen they say your one year digital subscription gives you access to back issues, they neglect to mention that you most pay an additional $4.99 for each one. All that you get for your subscription is the current and next three issues. I would not have subscribed if I had recognized this..Version: 4.9.26
✓ DreadfulObscenely slow to download magazine, unable to register via app, website was down. Will stick to Zinio..Version: 4.1.7
✓ Made Me SkepticalOk, App took 3 tries to install. One can not read previews. From reviews, you can't read except from a desktop or IMAX theater. I grabbed a copy at store today and was going to get a digital subscription....I've never been given "recurring charges" for a magazine. Buy me dinner & a movie before you do that to me Mr Skep Mag. You lost my $ fast. Know your market..Version: 4.2.6
✓ Simply TerribleI have subscribed to Skeptic for more than two years and love the magazine. A few months ago, I subscribed to the e-version. I got one issue to download when I first subscribed, but now I can't get the latest issue to download. The app wants me to pay for the issue or pay for a yearly subscription...again! I use materials from this magazine in the courses that I teach, so I really need to see the latest issue for which I've already paid. I have contacted Pocketmags but so far no response. Skeptic needs to fire that company and get another app provider..Version: 4.9.10
✓ ReadableThis works well enough to read on on the go without ruining your magazine. But there are no features related to text sizing or ability to copy. It's all zoom and pinch baby..Version: 4.9.76
✓ This app blows......I'm hoping to get a refund for the one issue I purchased, then delete this forever. Content didn't download, and even though I got a receipt for my purchase it doesn't show as purchased content in the app. What a crock of, well, you know what! Skeptic Magazine should have been a lot more skeptical about the providers of this app and the content server they selected..Version: 4.9.26
✓ Needs some improvementsDownloading takes ages. In-text accessibility to dictionary would be very useful. Zooming-in is quick and responsive..Version: 4.9.4
✓ This app is too quirkyProblems downloading magazine. Doesn't work well I would buy again..Version: 4.9.10
✓ Can’t access digital subscriptionI purchased a digital subscription a couple years ago through Apple, and it clearly shows in my list of Apple Subscriptions. Unfortunately, when I try to read the digital version on my iPad, all I get is stupid Pocket Magazine saying that I need to subscribe. What? I AM subscribed! Very annoying and if this not quickly resolved I will cancel!.Version: 6.4.1
✓ Poor implementationSeriously, why is there a second system you have to log on to, in order to get a subscription? A extra layer to pay for? If you want to see good implementation of an e-magazine, look at the Economist. But I will not be sending my money to a service so I can buy the mag though the Apple Store. Not sure if that is even Apple legal..Version: 4.2.6
✓ Crashes...I hate to be 'that guy' but the app crashes on start up. Really want to read some skeptic!.Version: 4.9.89
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