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1. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   Buggy as hell. Validation of my subscription does not work. App crashes consistently. Terrible interface for what I can actually see. This is a garbage magazine app makeover that has introduced an insane amount of issues that were not present previously.

2. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Crashes Constantly. I can no longer read my magazines. Very unhappy.

3. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Please roll back to Previous Version. I subscribe to several magazines that are supported by MAZ, including Runner's World, Bicycling & Men's Fitness. I have enjoyed them all over the years and they are all now non-functional. I very much enjoyed having the issues download for air travel, no despite following directions (when the app does work) they are not available. Please roll this app back to the previous version. This is not only not an improvement, it is about to cause me to discontinue my subscriptions.

4. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   New App Not User Friendly. New App is not intuitive and is cumbersome to say the least. Used to be able to download issues to the app and read anytime (subscription thru Apple App Store), but now I need to create another account to be able to read content offline. Seems a little much. I like flipping thru pages from front to back of the mag and doesn't seem to let you do that anymore. Might as well just make this all web content. No need to waste memory for an app......

5. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Horrible. Well, it looks like I will be going back to print. This app constantly crashes on my iPad Pro! Doesn't have the feel of the magazine like it used to. Why did they try to improve on something that was already good? VERY disappointed...

6. ★★★★★slow performance and long loading times

   Seriously Rodale?. Rodale did you actually test the new format with actual customers?? I'm dumbfounded how this poor of an app could get to market. Not only is it terrible to navigate, previously downloaded content is gone, its slow and lags. I have many Rodale subscriptions because I love the content, but with a platform this disconnected from the customer, I will find my content elsewhere.

7. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   Liked it better as a digitized version of print magazine. This was switched over to MAZ as the reader. Much easier to look at when it was the print magazine online. Not going to renew this subscription when it expires. They magazine itself is great and I will stick with the print version in the mail.

8. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   Awful App. Awful. Doesn't recognize me as a paid subscriber. An Apple's review app stinks too. I select a nickname, write a detailed review, press send, enter my password (again!), then it displays an error message that my nickname is taken and closes my Write a Review Window. Review gone. This app is not all that stinks. Sometimes Apple does also.

9. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   One Star is Being Generous. Similar to other reviewers I have been trying to buy the recent edition and can't get it to load. Don't waste your money until the glitches are worked out!

10. ★★★★★login, signup and account access

    Print Sign In Doesn't Work. On my iPad 4, clicking the sign in as print subscriber button does nothing.

11. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Piss poor customer service. Had a problem logging in from another device. Decided to take the time and send customer service an email for help.......CRICKETS! What am I paying for if I can't log on and customer service is non existent. I would give negative stars if that was an option. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!

12. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Too much interactive stuff -UPDATED. I'm not a print subscriber, so don't have these documented issues. I am a digital subscriber to many iPad mags, and this one is extremely frustrating to use. Many pages have windows where the text is scrollable, some pages require clicking or dragging in certain pages, articles either page down or right. I'm constantly trying figure out how to read the content. It is like a hidden object game; I just want to read the content! Being able to scroll drown to read an entire article without advancing a couple of pages is appreciated, but the methods are too numerous making it way too distracting. We should not have to read navigation cues, in order to read a magazine!!! Macworld and RBA are good examples of online magazines, very simple to use. It's been 18 months since my first review, and it has only gotten worse. I will eventually drop this subscription.

13. ★★★★★saving, exporting or sharing the result fails

    Their all true!! It's crap. I cannot get anything to download - just little circles going round'n'round'n'round'n'round'n'............... I followed the directions in the FAQ - nothing worked Don't waste your money - if you want to read the magazine get the hardcopy!

14. ★★★★★accessibility and assistive-technology issues

    Inaccessible for old eyes. This app is not VoiceOver accessible. So articles can not be read to you.

15. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Trying. VERY trying. Trying to buy an issue and subscribe for several days now. When I tap the subscribe or buy link the little "waiting" circle just turns and turns and turns. Happened with several dozen different wifi services with which I have NO other problems. Would really like to get the magazine, but, after reading the one other review, maybe I'm dodging a bullet.

16. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Bad experience. I love the content but the app has been ripping me off and charging me for EVERYTHING they sell, including yearly subscription twice in 3 months AND individual copy charges. Now I have to spend my day on the phone with apple to reverse charges.

17. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    No access for paper mag subscribers.. I have to double subscribe. Crazy.

18. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Infuriating to read. Trying to read this magazine is like a different puzzle on every page. Just so annoying. I've missed many articles because wherever it is supposed to go either doesn't work or I can figure it out. It's been this way for a long time and if anything it's gotten worse. Avoid at all costs and just read the magazine in the newsstand. It's not like they have a lot of content anyway.

19. ★★★★★an update broke a familiar workflow

    Needs an update. Don't download this app until it receives an update. You cannot download the new issue, in fact, they removed it from the store.

20. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Refund!. Worthless app. The magazine will not download consistently. Refund please!

21. ★★★★★saving, exporting or sharing the result fails

    Can't get the latest issue. Please fix the new issue download! Love the Mag but the App needs fixed!!!

22. ★★★★★crashes, freezes and errors

    Buggy. Magazine is pretty good. The app, no so much. It's really disppointing to get a message which informs you that the next issue is avilable for download, and then not be able to downloaded for days.

23. ★★★★★saving, exporting or sharing the result fails

    Cannot download new issue. Garbage! I'll go back to print.

24. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Would be nice to be able to download new issues. Continual problem with new issues coming out and not being able to download with paid subscription. If I wanted to wait I would have purchase the print version and allowed new issues to get lost in the mail. Won't be resubscribing again. Thank god Velonews app works! Bye bye Bicycling!

25. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Bicycle magazine. I wouldn't dare give this one a star! Not able to load it!

26. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Annoying & over complicated format. app forces you remeber to do weird swipes and change direction all over - really annoying and confusing!!!! The designers probably think they are being really clever. I just find it ruins the whole reading experience. content ok when you figure out the right combination of swipes. I won't be renewing my subscription.

27. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Excluding print subscribers bad idea. I have a print subscription but would have to buy a digital subscription to use the app? Dumb, just really dumb. One more reason to drop he magazine.

28. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Don't buy.. Buy the hard copy

29. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Disappointed. One, Rodale's electronic team is definitely not straight on their priorities. Problems and issues do get fixed, eventually. May be the same month, may be months later. Two, feedback falls on deaf ears. Three, the fact that a print subscription is separate AND the same price as their electronic edition is pathetic. It is clear that Rodale is only interested in making $ and is content producing a mediocre product.

30. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Difficult to use. This app is plagued with login issues.