Imbibe Magazine App Reviews

Love that magazine but the app does not open anymore :(

Looks like a good magazine but usually crashes before I can read it on iPad. Works on iPhone, but you cant zoom so its basically useless.

This should be a favorite app, since I love magazines on my iPad and I love Imbibe. Unfortunately, the text is fuzzy when reading in landscape unless zoomed in, it almost looked as if the last bit of progressive rendering hasnt filled in. Im also disappointed as a print subscriber not to have any options other than paying full price for the iPad edition.

This seems to be the current trend, but I hate that I dont have access to the digital version automatically when Im a print subscriber.

I am a huge fan of Imbibe magazine but I am very disappointed in this app. I have already paid for a print subscription; why should I be made to pay again for the same content? Im afraid I wont be using this app until this changes.

They want to charge you twice for the same content.

I dont know if its a limitation of the pixel mags format or a business decision by imbibe. But there is no excuse not to make the digital version free with a print subscription. I was given the print edition as a gift and downloaded the app, excited to try it out, only to find no option to link up my subscription, and no explanation in any of the support material or on Imbibes website. Coming from years of happy reading of Wired in print and on tablets, this just seems archaic and capricious.

I have had a print subscription to this mag since its inception. I cant believe I would have to pay to read it on my phone! Boo!

I cant seem to figure out whether I can receive the digital subscription with a print subscription. Judging from the comments I am assuming I cannot. I tried to contact pixelmags about this issue and they couldnt have been less helpful or more rude.

Have been a satisfied print subscriber to Imbibe since the early issues. The double-charging for content here needs resolution. What a waste of what would be great digital content.

Same as everyone else, Im a print subscriber. I wont pay for a digital one, too.

For some reason, my review didnt appear. I wrote the piece above because I realized I didnt touch on the content. My previous review dealt with the interface. Its just not good. They deleted all back issues from my library with the promise that theyll reappear in the future. Why not just wait until theyre all online before switching over? Secondly, there is a new feature or section in the app called "Live" and its got all this content that iPad/iPhone users cant access because its Flash based. I guess since they created the app for the app store and iPads only account for 75% of the market, they thought… I cant imagine why they went to the trouble to do it. Anyhow, I think its a waste of money considering its in addition to your print subscription. Just buy the magazine.

Love the magazine, but since the software update its now asking me to purchase this months magazine even though I have a current subscription. They have a couple of days to figure it out or Im canceling my auto renew.

Has anyone at imbibe tried to use the ios app? There is no way to create a login profile, no help, no contact us. I guess Ill just post here for the world to see...fix the app!

Im a long time reader of imbibe magazine, and Ive always been a fan of the content, but it is unfortunately very difficult to consume in this context. The app will only allow you to zoom in a small amount, making it all but impossible to read an article comfortably. If this was fixed, Id happily give this app 5 stars.

I love the content, but reading images of print pages is a terrible experience. Also, I havent been able to open the app on my iPad3 since iOS8.

Please fix this will work with iPhone 5s but not iPad retina. Terrible experience.

Generally I love imbibe. Been a reader for two years. Ive liked the digital version. Now that Ive upgraded to iOS 8 I cant seem to get it to work properly.

Great magazine. Long time hard copy reader. Bought the iPhone 6 plus to easily take the subscription on the road. But the pages STILL dont fit the screen appropriately and the zoom function is non-existent. PLEASE UPDATE SOON

The zoom does not go all the way in to "column-width" or further, making the text quite small and difficult, if not impossible, to read on the iPhone. Probably not so bad on the iPad, but I wouldnt know since I dont have one. I would subscribe if it was readable on iPhone, but as is its not so glad I only bought one to try it first. Also, why no Google Play version available??