Motor Trend Magazine App Reviews

I am not able to download the latest issue of the magazine, even though I was able to download in previous months. I only get the Buy/Preview/Subscribe buttons, and my subscription hasn’t changed or expired. It is more convenient downloading it from my library’s app- at least it is consistent and reliable (free, too).

The app freezes, frequently doesn't display properly, and is hard to navigate. As others have said, this is really just a PDF reader for scans of the magazines.

I just updated to IOS 11 and lost the entire app. My iPad is telling me that the app needs to be updated to be compatible. No other app of mine is telling me this. Way to drop the ball, guys.

This is an app created by lazy people. I have been a subscriber to at least six car magazine simultaneously for decades. This “magazine” just makes me angry, every single time that I attempt to use it. I have gone from an iPhone 6+, to a 7+, to an X. In all of this time, this so-called “magazine” app has possibly gotten WORSE. I am old. My eyes aren’t good. I would like to have the delightful experience that I get from Car and Driver on the iPhone: I would like to have the ability to view the text as a scrollable option. I do NOT like to have to pinch-and-zoom-and-scroll. So tedious. I would like it to REMEMBER where I left off. Is that so hard? After the first fifty times, having to flip through pages to get to my last viewed page is a chore. What is wrong here? Does nobody on staff care about subscriber satisfaction? Not to mention: I subscribed for a year. Got one edition, and now it refuses to show me my newest, next edition, because it thinks that I am a stranger. Even though my email informs me otherwise. This app is trash.

March 2018: I'm a logged in subscriber and the app has stopped allowing me to download issues. Magazines are arguably better to read on the iPad than print. Pictures look amazing and there is interactive links.

Doesn’t work with iOS 11. Why? Fix this or refund my subscription, please, because right now I’m paying for something I can’t access. Response to reply: Good to know. Thank you for responding. My concern is this, though: iOS11 SDK has been available since June. Why is the update happening now, well after final iOS11 release, instead of BEFORE? Intended or not, it gives the impression subscriptions (and subscribers) are unimportant and we all know that isn’t true.

If you are impatient for your copy of Motor Trend to come in the mail this is a great alternative.

Can’t access my paid subscription. Please update.

App does not function under iOS 11 at all. When it functioned at iOS 10 it was only a scan. Cancelled my auto renew subscription. The response below is a week old.

I love it so much when it has a useful line out of a magazine

Can no longer log in as print subscriber and does not send email when trying to reset password (and no it isn’t in spam folder).

Newest versions will not even load on my iPhone 7. They just crash as soon as opened. Do these guys do any quality testing whatsoever?

I like that this app gives me access to media sooner.

Like other TEN applications, the magazines open as blank pages. Makes it very hard to read.

Not wow in a good way either. This is a media company that produce a worth while app for viewing their content. Logging in as a print subscriber somehow doesn’t give you access to the issues. One month it’s a different issue.

Overall, this new version is an improvement. It works with iOS 11, and the new features are helpful. If you’re a print or digital (not iTunes) subscriber, you can recreate your library by signing in at Settings & Help, then download each issue one at a time. Yes, it’s a little inconvenient but at least I can read Motor Trend on my iPad again.

Works very well!!

I travel a lot and this app keeps me sane on my long flights! iOS 11 is COMING!!

App not releasing issues for print subscriber, although logged in. Second month in a row. Also, when confirming address via the app and you instruct to hit he “done” button, it would help if it existed. Classic fail.

Let me start by saying that I have never taken the time to write a review, but after reading so many negative reviews about this app I felt compelled to take the time to give my opinion. I have to say that I really don't understand what these other people are talking about with all the issues. I have been reading this digital magazine for 3 years now on my iPad and never had any problems at all. Awesome magazine!

been an apple user for 5+years, FIRST review I've ever written and only because i read so many bad reviews !! This app has zero to NO ADS, sooooo many new car articles uploaded weekly and daily, videos etc. great in-depth articles and the app works pretty much flawlessly. Can't complain. Download it 😁😁

After updating this app it no longer works and till this day sep 2018 this app fails to work never lets me login to get my paid subscription.

How do I get a refund?

That’s my only complaint. The app wasn’t updated for compatibility with the latest software. Ironically, some of the sister magazines (namely Truck Trend) HAVE been updated. I don’t want to be paying for a subscription I can’t access on my devices because of fault on their end. UPDATE 10/1/2017: I see the app has been updated, yet ‘Restore Purchases’ STILL gives me problems. I purchased my subscription via iTunes...yet when I click Restore Purchases-AND LEAVE MY IPAD OPEN OVERNIGHT TO DO SO - nothing happened. It says may take “a few minutes” but after seven-plus hours no downloads? That’s not cool. I’ll give you another chance to resolve the issue. These are the SAME problems I was having with the Truck Trend app. I can only imagine if this is happening with RoadKill. I’ve already deleted the Truck Trend app (and went with the actual Zinio app which so far hasn’t been a problem); I hope I won’t be doing the same with this app. Should’ve left well enough alone. The previous app worked PERFECTLY.

Please update the app. Payed for a subscription and app doesn’t even work with iOS 11.

Just installed app and already they're asking for a review. Liking it so far.

When you close the app for a while and go back in to keep reading, the issue appears as a blank screen. You then have to delete that month and re-download to see it again.

It took a long time for the app to be updated to support iOS11 and the current version has a nice overall look and feel to it. But the biggest most annoying bug is that it doesn’t remember the page you left off on or the other settings you left the magazine in. For instance, if you flip it to the more tablet-centric view of the magazine and flip to night mode and then go check your email and come back, the app has already forgotten which specific magazine in your library you were in, what page you were on, and what view you had configured. So, this app is “ok” if you are pretty much willing to read the magazine cover to cover in one sitting.

Does not work with iOS 11 so your digital subscription becomes worthless.

App does not display the whole road test article the majority of people the time, so I end up reading the rest of those articles at the website through a browser (not very mobile). It recently also does not update automatically at opening (stuck at “about 1 month ago” in my case); I need to manually refresh the app each time I open it.

I’m a digital subscriber since 2013 and one of those who complained the most when in 2015 (?) the app became a simple PDF reader. Before that, the app was one of the best on the market, with proper digital contents, pictures and videos in full screen mode, sliders for the technical info, etc... it was, in my opinion, second only to the National Geographic iPad app which is fully interactive. Now, with this just released version (finally also iOS 11 compatible), we’re back to a responsive design that’s easier to read, pictures that can be zoomed to full page... it’s still not as good as the 2013 version, but I’m happy with this giant step forward. I can finally enjoy MT on the iPad again, thanks!!!

I love that I can have this issue right at my fingertips. I'm sure this is only the beginning.

Not a good website, not good support. Poor execution

I hate apps that beg for reviews. Well here you go, one star for wasting my time

I can't even get through a single issue without it crashing 10 times. I just gave up. This is a joke.

Please update this app so I can continue reading my favorite car magazine.

Garbage

Why after all these years in digital form, that when you read the magazine in landscape orientation, does it have a divider on the page as if it was a paper magazine spine? Also pics used to be interactive, you could click and zoom, now no longer.

This is 5he second month I’ve downloaded a jumbled mess of non-sequential pages. Several articles are missing pages. Others are repeated. The table of contents doesn’t take you to the page you tap. And, the text feature simply never loads. As currently configured, this subscription is a total ripoff. April 9 update: worked fine this morning. But now I get a blank, white page whenever I open an issue. Still a total ripoff.

Don’t work, they offer a digital option for the magazine and don’t work at all

April 2018 will not download for print subscriber. I tried logging out and back in, tried deleting and re-downloading, and, YES, I tried re-booting. These comments should be enough to warrant a fix without having to “e-mail customer service”

Hey guys, it’s not working with iOS 11! I can’t read my mags and it won’t load!

This app hasn't been updated in nearly 3 years. And it shows.

It took me about 12 seconds once I downloaded this app to realize that I don't want it anymore. Now I have to go figure out how to turn off my subscription. Publishers have to realize that the National Geographic app is the gold standard, and any serious Magazine app has to provide equal or better features than NG. I would gladly pay $20/yr for a MT iPad magazine that was more than simply the hardcopy magazine scanned in and showing on my screen. It's pathetic and frustrating. My hardcopy subscription to Motor Trend has lapsed, that's why I was at the App Store and find out if they had a suitable electronic replacement. They don't. So I guess, motor trend won't be getting any of my money until they figure out how to "wow" their audience with a digital product. Oh, and one more thing- going to the App Store and finding three distinct motor trend apps was another very confusing experience. There should be one app for motor trend, not three. Roll all content into a kick-butt single app.

This has been an ongoing problem since the first version of this App. If you are a print subscriber, and are trying to access the add-on digital version, the app requires you to reinstall for every single month. This is a garbage user experience. The development team should be fired for allowing this basic use case to *still* be a problem.

I'm a long time print subscriber and cannot get the current subscription. This seems to happen frequently. The worst app I have ever used.

You said the app would be fixed by now and it still isn’t. No surprise. Also not a surprise that no one is responding how we can get our money back.

I download the magazine (print subscriber),but when I want to read the magazine, all I get is a blank white page. This is on an ipad 4 mini. I also could not even download the April 2018 issue until today March 29 2018. The old app was much better. At least there I could read the issues.

Why does an app that was once so amazingly put together with interactive videos and pictures and amazing formatting have to go to being a PDF copy of the actual magazine. I and many others like me would be happy to pay much more for the quality, interactive version. Make this a thing and this review will go to 5 stars.

The app is garbage, they should fire their IT team, who developed this crap. It requires constant log off, reinstallation, and god knows what else. The tokenization doesn’t work properly. And old app had lots of great content, which this one does not. Going back to print, cheaper and more reliable