Imbibe Magazine App Reviews

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 hasn't filled in. I'm also disappointed as a print subscriber not to have any options other than paying full price for the iPad edition.

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

Same as everyone else, I'm a print subscriber. I won't pay for a digital one, too.

I love the content, but reading images of print pages is a terrible experience. Also, I haven't been able to open the app on my iPad3 since iOS8.

I don't know if it's 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 Imbibe's website. Coming from years of happy reading of Wired in print and on tablets, this just seems archaic and capricious.

I can't 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 couldn't have been less helpful or more rude.

I have had a print subscription to this mag since its inception. I can't believe I would have to pay to read it on my phone! Boo!

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 I'm canceling my auto renew.

For some reason, my review didn't appear. I wrote the piece above because I realized I didn't 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 they'll reappear in the future. Why not just wait until they're all online before switching over? Secondly, there is a new feature or section in the app called "Live" and it's got all this content that iPad/iPhone users can't access because it's 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 can't imagine why they went to the trouble to do it. Anyhow, I think it's a waste of money considering it's in addition to your print subscription. Just buy the magazine.

I'm a long time reader of imbibe magazine, and I've 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, I'd happily give this app 5 stars.

This app on both the iphone and ipad is horribly maintained and the process of “logging in” as a subscriber is probably the worst experience I’ve ever had on a subscription-based app. The hard copy of this magazine is quite possibly a great joy, but considering the app seems to lose my login every few weeks and then Imbibe randomly changes my password every single login and then sends it to me in email after the fact - it’s impossible to tell at any given moment if I will actually be able to read an issue of Imbibe on any iDevice. Do yourself a favor and just skip this app and subscribe to the magazine if you’re an industry pro.

Great magazine. Long time hard copy reader. Bought the iPhone 6 plus to easily take the subscription on the road. But the pages STILL don't fit the screen appropriately and the zoom function is non-existent. PLEASE UPDATE SOON

At least 20 blank pages each in lots of my back issues.

Generally I love imbibe. Been a reader for two years. I've liked the digital version. Now that I've upgraded to iOS 8 I can't seem to get it to work properly.

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 wouldn't know since I don't have one. I would subscribe if it was readable on iPhone, but as is it's not so glad I only bought one to try it first. Also, why no Google Play version available??

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? I'm afraid I won't be using this app until this changes.

The app allows me to register my print subscription, and recognizes that I do, in fact, have a print subscription. But once I “Log In”, the app doesn’t recognize that I’m logged in, and requires me to purchase individual issues to view them.

App doesn't open in ios8

This seems to be the current trend, but I hate that I don't have access to the digital version automatically when I'm a print subscriber.

They want to charge you twice for the same content.

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.

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 I'll just post here for the world to see...fix the app!