ZINIO - Magazine Newsstand 4.68.0

Reviews

3 ★, on 2023-10-26
Zinio is a nice idea, but the execution is terrible. If you have fast wi-fi, the app hangs for several minutes when starting up, and when switching from one magazine to another, but when off-line, the app does not work at all. The magazine selection is very limited. The reading experience is poor, as the text is to hard to read in page view, and when zooming in, it is hard to scroll around and easy to get disoriented. Nothing has improved since the app was first created, so it will be surpassed.

1 ★, on 2023-10-25
Has a bug somewhere. It's telling me that I've reached my limit of 5 devices and that I need to log out on one before I can open on another. I've only got my Android and my notebook with the app installed. Y'all beed to get this straightened out. I never had a problem til I started adding content. Now that I have a subscription or two it starts malfunctioning. That's typical. So I get a response saying to reply with more detailed information about the issue. I've got two devices, not 5.

1 ★, on 2020-08-19
Almost unusable. My subscriptions expired, but I never received an email informing me about that. When I ran the app it never notified me about expired subscriptions. When I tried to open a magazine, it simply wouldn't open - no error message, just eternal spinning waiting icons. I only realized what the problem was when I was able to open older issues but not newer ones. I tried to purchase a new subscription, but wasn't able to find any way to accomplish the task - I could only find an option to buy an individual issue, which was NOT what I wanted. I've had it with this really crappy app. I'm switching to Readly.

1 ★, on 2021-04-03
Terrible! You cannot access downloaded content. The app endlessly churns FOREVER while it syncs. You can't even delete content because you have no access. And god forbid you should minimize the app when you go back to it the process starts all over again! This is only good for light readers with few magazines. UPDATE: They have done nothing to fix the problem.

1 ★, on 2020-03-01
I have been experiencing performance issues over the last year or so. App would freeze, pages would not load, download would just disappear. But now they are using app notifications that mimic messages or other traditional notifications. It is absolutely irritating. I can't count the number of times that I look down to see a bell or chat box thinking I missed an important thing, only to see its zinio. THAT is why I am uninstalling.

3 ★, on 2019-07-17
Ony gets 3 stars, because app has not the option to delete magazines. I have magazines from 2016 that are still in "my library" I have repeatedly requested for a delete option. Have yet to have this option. Pressreader app allows for deletions. Even Google mail allows for deletions, but not this app. You are stuck with having old magazines clutter your library. That is my only complaint.