Skeptic Magazine App Reviews

The app delivers a good amount of information on the subject of Ancient Aliens. I enjoy the ability to share/email the art for others. There is no doubt that a serious discussion needs to take place. Beings, not from earth must be behind our religions. We dismiss magic & sorcery, yet......

Downloading takes ages. In-text accessibility to dictionary would be very useful. Zooming-in is quick and responsive.

I subscribed to Skeptic for one year and downloaded this app The app crashes when you select download. Also app does not display my purchase it keeps asking me to subscribe. I updated to the latest version and I get the same results. I deleted the app and downloaded it again and ran the update. No luck same results. I am really disappointed and am a Skeptic about Skeptic Magazine.

I downloaded the app and bought the latest issue. But I have yet to read it because everytime I press the download icon, the app closes. Ive followed all the advice in the FAQs and have emailed the developers. So far, nothing. If I were you Id be very skeptical about downloading the app.

All I wanted was to be able to read a back issue of this magazine before subscribing to a full year. The 3rd party interface used, called PocketMags, hangs at its splash screen on my iPad (4). Ive followed their Help and FAQ which involves deleting the app and reinstalling. Which, of course, didnt work. So, without being able to review one issue before subscribing to years subscription, I saved myself $11.00, while Skeptic Magazine lost the same. If youre going to sell through the iTunes newsstand, it should work there without any need for 3rd party software.

I purchased a subscription yesterday after looking through the free preview. On my iPad the covers do not show and so far I have not been able to even look at the subscribed magazine. All my devices continuously loop in trying to download from the 3rd party (pocketmags). Have not had success to view my PAID subscription on either my iPad 2, iPhone 5, Mac, or my work PC. Nobody has responded to my two email inquiries. I DO NOT RECOMMEND!!

With so many good magazine and newspaper reader interactive apps to use as models, the Wall Street Journal being a laudable example, there is no excuse for foisting this primitive app on subscribers. What you get is nothing more than a photocopy of the print version that is not even scaled for iPad users. Web link citations are not interactive and if that is not annoying enough, there is no way to cut and paste them into a browser either. I am a big fan of Skeptic Magazine but this app is more annoying than useful.

The resolution is terrible. The text is blurry even when zoomed out completely. Really bad reading experience.

I have subscribed to Skeptic for more than two years and love the magazine. A few months ago, I subscribed to the e-version. I got one issue to download when I first subscribed, but now I cant get the latest issue to download. The app wants me to pay for the issue or pay for a yearly subscription...again! I use materials from this magazine in the courses that I teach, so I really need to see the latest issue for which Ive already paid. I have contacted Pocketmags but so far no response. Skeptic needs to fire that company and get another app provider.

Want to see popular woo debunked? Read this mag!

I am a long-time hard copy Skeptic magazine subscriber. I switched to the e-version to save costs and paper. I have only read one issue so far using my iPad. I love the content of Skeptic magazine, but the electronic version is basically a PDF of the magazine. There are no formatting changes to make it easier to read on an iPad (or other tablet) and there are no special features like I am used to getting in other electronic magazines (National Geographic does a awesome job with their electronic version). According to some reviews, people have had problems with their subscriptions. I am anxious to see if I have any problems when the next issue is available.

Every problem mentioned here is true. The mag is great so I did not want to give it a one or zero.

The app works well on my iPad. The magazine is a great read and I look foreword to each new issue.

I have an iPad with retina display and the resolution is bad, it looks like a scanned image of the printed page.

Great articles, always on top of the issues!

Wont sync to phone!

Interesting and cerebral content. Only wish the entire catalog of back issues were available.

Most frustrating magazine app ever. The content might be good - I still dont know after paying for a subscription.

Love Skeptic magazine, but this app fails to download issues (gets the first three pages), fails to sync, doesnt work well in landscape mode, etc. Not worth the effort, and surely not the money. Back to print for me.

...Im hoping to get a refund for the one issue I purchased, then delete this forever. Content didnt download, and even though I got a receipt for my purchase it doesnt show as purchased content in the app. What a crock of, well, you know what! Skeptic Magazine should have been a lot more skeptical about the providers of this app and the content server they selected.