Popular Science App Reviews

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Popular Science for the iPad. Popular Science is one of my most favorite magazines, and probably one of the best out there. It has great articles, and the iPad design is really cool (once you get used). The pictures look stunning on the retina display. The one issue I, as well as many other people are having is the ads. For every article page there is AT LEAST one add page and sometimes even more. That is absolutely ridiculous. Even more annoying is the fact the that every page is so immersive you some times don't realize you are looking at an add! I can imagine this is done in order to keep costs down (and it does, a one year subscription for $14 is a very low price) but honestly I would pay double that to eliminate the annoying adds. What should at least be done is all add pages should be clearly marked as adds to eliminate confusion.

Not worth it. I have a subscription to both the print and digital versions of Popular Science. When the new issue arrives, I first see it on the newsstand, in a week or more later I get it in the mail, and several weeks later I see it appear in News Stand on the iPad. You would think that logistically it would be easier to get my digital subscription to me before getting issues to the newsstand or delivering my print version by mail. By the time I get my digital version, even though it is supposed to be a "plus" version, I have already read the magazine and have no desire or need to read it again. The extras in the plus version do not attract me to read it through a second time. Therefore the digital version is basically worthless to me. I will not subscribe to it again.

sad. I have to say I was very disappointed in this. This app is one of the first apps I was really looking forward to having. The app itself is nice, I like the way that it functions. However, just like most others, I refuse to pay a half a years subscription price for one issue. I understand having to be able to make a profit, however if they keep this pricing up, I feel they will be making no profit. I guess these companies think we are all idiots. To sum it up, very bad decision making on PS's part. No paper, no ink, probably use some of the digital layouts for the paper version to create, $4.99 an issue. I think not. and to top it off, $4.99 for the app itself and you don't even get full issue with that. Delete. I hope they come to their senses some day. For now I will keep reading the paper version on my restroom breaks.

Won’t load subscription. Have iTunes subscription. After not using for several months needed to restore subscription. Spinning wheel of death for infinity. Never could access subscription. Cancelled subscription and deleted app.

Back to PopSci, but bad app (updated review). I hadn't read Popular Science for a few years, and didn't have any use for the Newsstand app until now. I've enjoyed the new PS app, and find the magazines well worth the $1.99 per issue (when a year's subscription is purchased ). Updated: This app has gone down the toilet. Downloading new issues is very counterintuitive or downright impossible. Trying to turn pages has become a crapshoot: will it turn, bring up the main menu, or do nothing? When I try to scroll down will it scroll, turn the page, bring up the main menu, or do nothing? You never know. When I try to turn a page with an ad on it by touching the edge of the screen like every other page, it brings up a special screen for the ad like I clicked it. That's just sneaky. I almost can't stand to use this app, and won't be renewing unless the garbage thing is fixed. It sure looks nice, but it's maddening to use it. TL;DR - content is good, user interface is annoyingly bad

Goofy interface; single issue pricing is a bad deal. The interface is bright and fun, until you jump in and try to read the articles. With all the swiping and finger gestures required to read a single article, you would think this was Need for Speed video game! I give them credit for trying to get this App out early, but it needs a LOT of simplification (look at how clean the USA today app is). It's as if the first year web designers locked the old print media guys in the closet during the whole design of this App. I'm all for exploiting the potential of the iPad, but isn't the point to have the interface 'fade away' so you can just focus on the content? Instead, the snazzy interface just seems to get in the way. Better luck next time. P.S. If they think we're all going to pay more per edition than the comparable cost of the print subscription, I think that's a recipe for failure. We all know they are saving boatloads of money by not having to print physical magazines and ship them. Pass on those savings, or I'll just subscribe to other magazines that do.

Popsci great except.... The popular science app is very slick, but marks a departure from the established image of popular science as a somewhat crowded and clearly non-slick magazine. The new app is at times hard to use, but in the end is interesting and enjoyable. However, on balance, it should take advantage of the ability to display many images as opposed to the few that are present in the iPad version. The text floats over the images and can become disconnected from the images so you are not sure what the text refers to. Also, I am not tempted to buy future versions unless the price is around $1 - $2 ! Lastly, the app does not have a personality, but appears to be a collection of stylish programing tricks to float text and images. The authors should not forget that they are communicating information not just an experience. After having said all of that I congratulate the magazine for attempting to go where no one else has gone - keep it up.

error opening after purchasing. Bought an issue to try out. Spend $4.99 on an issue. after purchasing I kept getting “ error opening”. Disappointed and won’t return

Great photos, but nothing (even ads) is linked. I really enjoyed reading this issue of Popular Science and all the large photography used in the iPad edition. My biggest problem with it is that things aren's linked. There are places where you see a "coming up" list of articles but tapping them doesn't jump to that article. Ads also have addresses to websites that I can't tap to view in my browser. It's strange to be using such a modern device as the iPad without something as basic as links. It's also annoying that I can't select text to be able to copy things and search for more information in my browser. I wonder if this entire magazine issue isn't just giant images to make stuff like that impossible. I hope not. It's 2010 and this isn't print! I would consider the lack of hyperlinking a big enough issue to give the magazine 3 stars, but I enjoyed it so much as a first-pass at an iPad edition that I gave it 4.

Most recent review is I’ve 8ys ago?. It’s a decent magazine, and a fun read, but the app is really...whimsical?....could be much better, and seems like it is not well thought out. Why can’t you just download the PDF version?

Shut up. Ok for one if you get an iPad why would you get the small 16GB version when their is a 32GB out their for only 100$. More if all you are going to do is complain about a great magazine that obviously takes up a lot of space because if you think about it all you are reading is a popular science magazine that is in the format of a PDF and on top of that is HD. I mean I have the first iPad 32GB and I have 6 seasons of family guy on it all HD and I still have 12 GB left over and 6GB of magazines is not on my worries I mean it is only 6GB.I mean popular science has done a great job on their magazines and if you are just going to complain just don't buy them.

A good start, but not yet intuitive. I have to give it to them to attempt to bring Magazines into the digital age, but the navigation is not yet quite there. It's not so much the navigational gestures, more the implementation. Making pages swipe left and right feels clunky and needs to be very deliberate, and the "left margin for photos, right margin for text" works if it is pointed out, but otherwise makes no sense. There needs to be more visual feedback in terms of user actions. It's a good start, but needs more work. But most importantly it CAN NOT BE SOLD FOR 4.99 AN ISSUE!!!! Especially given that 12 month subscriptions are normally about 10 dollars. A digital version MUST be cheaper than the dead tree version. I think 99 cents to 1.99 an issue works for consumers, especially if advertising is still included. Tweak it guys!

Encino Man. Like I said for my review of the Time Magazine App I wanted to like it, but while I found the Popular Science Magazine App to be marginally better than the Time Magazine App I still could not give it more than 1 star. The only feature that really separates it from the Time Magazine App is that it comes back to where you left off when you restart the App. The "Dog Ear" feature is awkward to set and impossible to undo. The navigation and UI are just ok and there does not appear to be any way to change text size. The App takes over the entire screen so you loose the iPad status bar at the top, which means you have no idea of your WiFi or Battery status. For an App where the issue you are reading was downloaded prior to your reading it, it can be very slow when going to the next page. And that ridiculous price of $4.99 an issue with advertisements, what were they thinking! I would rather purchase the printed copy and access their website. The sad thing is I wouldn't read PS with this App if they gave it to me for free. Where is a good focus group when you need it!

I want my money back, app didn’t work. I bought a subscription yesterday, and it isn’t letting me access the most recent issue. I’d like my money back. I should have looked through the recent reviews before subscribing.

innovating for the sake of innovating. I'm a techie and an information consumption junkie and I find the entire experience of using this app to be more distracting than useful. I simply want to read the content quickly and easily and in an intuitive way. I applaud the people at pop sci for trying something new -- after all, where would we be without risk takers? but, this is, in my opinion, a failed experiment. for example, I see the table of contents on the screen... why can't I tap on a story title to go to it? Same goes for the cover -- there are story titles right there but guess what? And why does it feel so hard to find any real content? You'd be doing me a big favor by providing something a bit more utilitarian that is a little less flashy and a little more intuitive.

On the right track…. I enjoy reading PopSci through this app as I feel it takes advantage of the rich media possibilities without the authors and editors having to reinvent the wheel. Of note, there is a lot of downloading and updating that seems to be happening, though to be fair I'm not sure if it's a design flaw or the engineers tweaking the program, in either case I'd like my required participation in this end of things to be a little more hands off. I just want to pick up my tablet and read the articles - I don't want to have to update, archive or download when the mood strikes. Issues should just download when they become available unless that functionality is disabled in the app's settings. With all of that said, I intend to stick around while they get this thing worked out - in the end, content is everything and the convenience of not having paper magazines lying around is substantial.

Annoying to use. I can deal with the large size of the files, but a number of problems make the size of the files particularly problematic. First, I can't tell it to automatically download my newest issue automatically at some point when I'm not actively using the iPad. Second, today I spent 10 minutes or so downloading an issue, really wanting to read that issue over lunch. After it downloaded, I tried to open it, only to be told that I needed the latest update to PopSci+ to read it. So I downloaded the update, which took only a minute or so. But then, I discovered that I had to download that issue AGAIN, from scratch! Ridiculous. Also, developers, please add the ability to tell it to STOP a download. I accidentally clicked to download an issue that I didn't want to read, but then there was no way to stop it. At least the latest version allows me to simultaneously download a different issue, but that dual download undoubtedly slowed both downloads down considerably. If I click on the meter showing the download progress, that should give me the option to stop that download for now.

Dismal. What a great way to get a magazine, I first thought, no trash to throw out or recycle, and Popular Science tries to spiff the digital issues up with videos and animations, which I must admit are clever, but often do nothing to enhance the story. The first glitch I noticed was that the videos often lost their sound. The touch interface often does not do what I thought I was asking it to do, I really think it is a case of too many options, (vertical,horizontal, touch, double touch) a swipe that is just a little off is read as sideways rather than up and down. The final insult was the common one in all of the bad reviews: when a new issue appeared on the news stand app icon, I would go to my library only to find that not only was the new issue not there, all my past issues were gone! The last two months I was able two restore the issues using the "missing issues?" button, but this month - NOTHING! I tried to access my account, but it told me that none of my passwords would work. There should be a way to contact popsci easily through this app to tell them about the problems, but I look through the app in vain, maybe you can do it through the inaccessible "my account" ......A good idea, but poorly done..

Gorgeous, But Shallow. I'm very disappointed by this app. I expected content comparable to the print version of the magazine and that's just not the case. Although the app itself presents absolutely beautiful images, navigation is random and unintuitive, and app is extremely light on content. One interface device they've employed that's actually kind of nice is the ability to hide text so you can view the imagery without clutter, but it doesn't make up for the other UI issues. Articles are shallow, and there just isn't much "there" there. If all I wanted were pretty pictures of science and technology topics with pithy commentary I would stick with USA Today, or some similar mass media outlet. Additionally, rather than downloading the current issue to your Mac for synchronization, it downloads the current issue upon launch, which is extremely poor implementation, IMHO; I don't want to have to wait 90+ seconds to read the magazine after launching. This app would be worth it at perhaps $0.99, but definitely not for $4.99. I would suggest the editors at PopSci go take a look at Wired, which hasn't skimped on content at all and is a better model (though still needs improvement) of how to deliver content in the iPad era.

OK, the price is high, but the actual App is great!. I just wanted to chime in and give a 5 star review to offset somewhat all the 1 star reviews based on price alone. I almost passed on even considering this app because of the relatively low user rating. Thankfully I read through the reviews, and saw while most agree it's a bit expensive, the actually app is great. I installed and downloaded the last 2 issues. I gotta say after the initial getting use to the interface, I really love this format. When I show off the iPad, this is one of the apps I use. And after reading through the first issue, I'm hooked. So yes, while each issue is expensive for now, I'm hopeful the price will come down in time as more people start buying. I hope they can make this work, because I really love the format and it presents the content beautifully! For now I'll just wait until the previous month drops in price, and cross my fingers they come out with some lower cost yearly subscription. One suggestion though, make any URL's listed active. You can't click on the link, and there's no way to copy and past it either.

Just one other thing.... This is an awesome app for one of my favorite magazines. I'm glad they were able to make the transition from app to newsstand without me having to abandon all my previously downloaded magazines. There have been a few times where I have had to re-download my entire library when updating, but they seem to have fixed that bug now. My favorite stuff is What's New, astronomy stuff, and sustainable/green technology& design. I love the way it's designed to interactively read, just one other thing.... I'd like to see more clips or pop outs of stories, short videos/animations, of What's New and explanations on processes the average science enthusiast might not understand what a trained scientist does. Thanks for all you folks do.

Almost right. Thanks for the sale price. I was a long term print subscriber until I located overseas. E-price is reasonable and getting electronic copy is much easier and faster than the international mail. Why can I not have more than one issue in the newsstand? I am not done with January but would like to peek at February, yet to do so I have to download it, only to lose January, which I then have to download again. Content is as good as ever, presentation great, navigation interesting. Good product. Update: it appears I can now get to other issues easily, although I still can only have one issue "on the shelf". The rest are in the library. I enjoy most of the interactive content, but some is silly.

Amazing Application! Well thought out and executed. While I understand the issue of pricing, the application itself is amazing. You can really tell how long and hard the design team spent rethinking what a online magazine could be. I have purchased every online magazine available for the iPad and there are simply no others that come close. I have stopped reading magazines all together due to the bulk, wasted paper, and the inability to keep up on what issues I had read. Now, it's as easy as a keystroke. When friends and family ask me what makes me love the iPad, I simply show them the future of print technology contained in Popular Science and USA Today. This is simply the future. Anyone not on board will feel like they are still selling or using floppy disks. This makes virtually every other media print resource obsolete. Couldn't be more excited about how we obtain and digest our information.

A great app. I have this digital subscription and I find that this app runs smoothly and the magazine is very interesting. Specifically with the digital subscriptions look, video blips and other inserts it quickly makes it much better then the paper version. The very few ads in the magazine gives this magazine it's worth. Plus the ads that are in the magazine are vey inventive. Another thing for the people that are still complaining about the paper version not allowing them to get the digital version to bad because I like my magazine with very few ads thanks get with the times go digital.

Pop sci for iPad download problems. Getting my Popular Science via iPad is great, although I am one for scalable font or larger font. Understand economics of smaller font in a printed version but not in an electronic version. I would highly recommend allowing for a setting or option when opening the file. My BIGGEST issue/problem is with downloading the files. I'm fairly good with electronics but the process seems to be either changing month-to-month or just not an easy process to remember. Plus it does not seem to let me download more than one copy. So if I am not done with the past month in terms of reading, and postpone the download, it becomes harder to find the next month download since the subscription does not appear in my Notifications for some unknown reason. Besides those items I have been a subscriber for over 30 years and enjoy the magazine, it is the only one I subscribe to.

Impressed. After reading many of the one star reviews I decided to finally bite the bullet and try it out myself; I'm glad I did. Priced the same as the newsstand, I expected a hell of a lot more than a vanilla pdf and I believe popsci did a great job here. I like it A LOT. A very interactive, fluid, and polished app. The navigation may take longer for some to get used to but I adjusted in no time. As a few others have noted, the subscription is coming soon. Info is on the site as well as the Twitter feed. If the digital subscription is comparable in price to the print version I'm definitely signing up. Aside from digital sub not being available now, I really can't understand all the one star reviews. It's a very good first attempt and the implementation is arguably better than a few of the other magazines.

Long Download times a killer. I thought that Popular Science was the primary mag I would replace with my iPad. Unfortunately, I have to agree with all the other reviews, too expensive and too large a memory requirement. Since the iPad cannot multitask, you need to stay "logged"on to PS in order to download the issue. Worse than that, once the several hundred megabyte file is downloaded, I still haven't figured out how to access my new issue. The issue is dimmed out with a check mark....but nothing happens when I click on it..... I also thought I was getting both the April issue and the May issue with the download, but no such luck. So I paid my $5 and still only have access to the cover and sample of the magazine. Sorry, but with all the other negative reviews, I just cannot see the expense and time associated with what I get (or rather don't get).

Popular Ads+ really is a better title. I did a year subscription for this and you should not make the same mistake as I do here. First off this is one of the worst mag apps for showing magazines in the app store. Almost every other page is a ad. So 40 pages 23 ads. This is a paid app so inserting a few ads might be okay but every other page is just ripping off people here. Like I said I paid for a year of this junk and when you go to your account in the iPad app store and select this Subscription, you can "NOT" Turn off the AUTO RENEW for a year. Every other one I have purchased you can turn off the AUTO RENEW but on this one you can't. I have submitted a ticket to Apple on this and an still waiting for a reason why you can not turn off this AUTO RENEW on this app. I sure do not want to paid for an additional year of this AD magazine. I really hate being this blunt on anyone's apps but really I feel others should know just how bad this really is because it is not cheap. Just pass and find something else as there are wonderful options on the app store that will not plaster so many ad's in your face.

What's the Point. I'm struggling hard to find the point of the app/"e-zine". When I can simply go online directly from my iPad and get all the content I could possibly want, couple with the option to click on live links that'll take me to ,ore info about what ever product or subject I'm reading about. I mean really why would I back track by buying the "e-zine" when I loose functionality. I won't be purchasing anymore issues from them, I'll simply stick with my outdated paper magazines, and the web at least that way I can be productive. 2nd. Why can't I jump to what I want to read, through simply touching on the pictures or he story title. When I first open the app I see an option for the table of contents but then it goes as soon as I touch the screen. But that's my two cents.

Popular Science App Disappointing. Very disappointed with this App. The magazine is difficult to read with many pictures too big to really see on the iPad screen. Lack of easily accessible contents makes reading a chore. I like to pick which articles to read and jump from one to the other instead of plodding through the magazine from front to back. There is no indication where you are in the magazine so you can tell how far from the front or back you are. Once I was finished reading, I could not figure out how to get to the front without laboriously flipping backwards a page at a time. App needs major upgrade before I would want to buy another issue. I would prefer that the layout be like a regular magazine….2 pages in landscape mode and 1 page in portrait mode with a direct link back to the table of contents and possibly a slider at the bottom to quickly move through the magazine.

What? No off-line reading?. Wanted to go on a camping trip and read a few back issues downloaded to my iPad. Turns out, if you’re off-line, the app can’t call home to the mothership to authorize the content on your own iPad. Fail.

Disappointed. My very first iPad magazine purchase and my June issue displays alternating black and white pages. No text, just entirely black or white pages. (I rebooted the app. I rebooted the iPad. I re-downloaded the app.) The new July issue seems ok but there is no feedback when you touch it to begin, so you touch it again, then again, then it starts up. And I know, call me naive, but I was actually surprised to see full page ads in a magazine subscription I paid for. Of course, they do that in the printed version and of course they'll say it keeps the subscription price low but, still, I imagined the digital version would be all Popular Science and a feature of the next generation magazines. Anyway, I'm going to download the July version again if archiving it will let me do that. Oh, that reminds me, the app really should turn off auto-sleep while an issue downloads and then turn it back on when it finishes. These suckers are big and I had to monitor and touch the screen every minute so it wouldn't go to sleep and stop downloading. (And no I'm not going to change the auto-sleep timeout value just to download a magazine.) Just a thought. Oh, one more idea. I'm wondering if the digital version could take out embedded video and access it when needed via the net. Yes, it might not be available if you are away from a connection but maybe the app could provide a choice for those of us with slower connections.

The way e-magazines are supposed to be. I have not had the crash issues other subscribers have had, otherwise I too would give this mag a low rating. My experience with the app has been very positive. In addition to the superb technical journalism, the multimedia features are seamlessly integrated (not just imbedded) with the text in a way that really compliments the reading experience. This mag is a production, not just a publication, and each month they seem to find a new clever way to utilize the tablet's display capabilities. Some e-mags read like little more than a scanned version of their print edition, but popsci does it right.

Review of mobile edition. As to the content of the magazine, it is as always informative and interesting. The layout of the pages could use some work: pages are out of focus for a few seconds when flipping to them, additional pages of an article scroll up without control when scrolling through text, and pages are oddly sized when the IPad is oriented either vertically or horizontally. These features take away from any sense of control and distract from from the articles, it is also easy to miss when there is more to an article due to unusually small indicators or even a lack. I would suggest that changes be done to make the layout more intuitive and changeable for a better reading experience. Thank you for your time.

Terrible app from terrible company. Terrible app from a terrible company that censors all comments on its website. If they don't want the hear from readers online why would I buy the digital copy of their mag or any other copy for that matter--they don't care what apI as a reader think. And what is worse, unbridled propaganda and stupidity on the part of unethical propagansist that masquarade as journalists, or a few Internet trolls? Obviously it's not a few "Internet trolls." And really who is an Internet troll? Mostly they are people that vehemently disagree with the status quo. Before the 1960's that would have been black Americans that disagreed with Jim Crow, in 1917 it would have been women that thought they should be able to vote, to this day it's native Americans who think their country was stolen from them, in the 1950's it would have been those that didn't go along with the red scare, and in the 60's those that didn't support Vietnam. It is BEYOND INSULTING THAT THOSE THAT BUCK THE STATUS QUO ARE BEING CALLED TROLLS. THE REAL TROLLS ARE THE THE PROPAGANDIST AND THE MONSTERS THAT CON-TROLL OUR MEDIA TODAY THAT WANT TO SILENCE ALL DISSENT. WE MUST NOT ALLOW THIS.

Love the design, but not a fan of new controls. I love the app, and the way the magazine is designed. And naturally the magazine as well, I bought a years subscription. =) However, I liked the old interface better. When I'm reading I'm lazy and relaxed, and honestly double tapping is more effort than I'd like (I know right? Never thought that'd actually be a complaint). I also preferred the old style of "where you are in the issue," where it displayed the little bars for each article that varied in length on each side of the screen. The new bar is uniform and doesn't give you an idea of how the magazine's content is organized. You guys left in the "drag up from the bottom" control without saying so, so why not give the option for other legacy controls and features as well? In addition, the "contents" section of the home screen doesn't convey what each article contains well. A specially designed thumbnail for each article is needed. Lastly, the home and bookmark buttons are not necessary (for me anyway) and only serve to clutter the screen since there are other ways to access those functions just as easily. An option to enable these old features and fixes to the thumbnails and corner buttons (or an option to disable them) would make this app worth five stars again!

MagPlus and Pop Sci. Not sure if this review is just for Pop Sci or not, but after I read the first month, I went to the app store to look for more MagPlus magazines. They do a great job with utilizing the iPad for reading magazines. As for Popular Science itself, I have been a reader for many years and they have managed to stay relevant in an age where the web has beaten most publishers to the punch. Having said that, they have a tendency to blame everything weather related on global warming. They ignore scientists that contradict their opinions. If you can look past that bias as I do, you will find that it is still a great magazine in all formats.

Okay content, UI designers too cute for their own good. The content is alright: think Newsweek for science and technology. That is, the dept-of-coverage is shallow, but broad. If you want to keep abreast of advances on the near horizon, this is an acceptable way to do it. On the other hand, the app's UI designers are obviously talented, but seem to be too interested in showing off their skills instead of highlighting the content. I can't help but thinking as I have to swipe this way and that, as text content appears and disappears in a dizzying variety of ways and locations, as transparency is used for wonderful visual effect but occasionally obscures article content, that I wish--really, really wish--their UI and interaction designers were as interested in enhancing the reading experience as they were in showcasing the wizzy animation capabilities of iOS.

Can't access issues when have paid for yearly subscription. When it works, I like it. Good content and features. The problem is that it keeps trying to sell me issues or a yearly subscription when I already purchased a yearly subscription. Since I can't access the last two issues, guess what my choice will be when it comes time to renew my yearly subscription. Nice magazine but the subscription part is buggy and aggravating. Okay, I was finally able to get my September issue by completely closing the app, going into the App Store, to the bottom, to my account, to my subscriptions, to Popular Science, tapping it and reentering my password, exiting the store and then coming back to the app. Man that is just too complicated and tiring and I'll probably have to redo the same process next month if I can remember the process. Great magazine, but the subscription process is screwy and I'll probably pass when it is time for renewal unless they can simplify by it simply remembering I have a subscription within the app itself.

My high hopes left me disappointed. As the ultimate consumer of magazines, I have been looking forward to the day when I can give up all of my print subscriptions in favor of electronic versions. The idea of only carrying one device loaded with all of my magazine subscriptions is very attractive. I also really like the idea of not having the print versions pile up around the house. Unfortunately, in this case, the execution of this reality is very underwhelming. As others have pointed out, I too find the interface unintuitive and distracting. This sadly reminds me of the days when publishers began producing content on CD-ROMs. There's just too much going on and trying to navigate, up, down, across, etc., is just frustrating. Please take a cue from something like the USA Today iPad app and revise the user interface. I would happily subscribe if you come up an intuitive uncluttered experience. Until then, I would have to say this attempt was a fail.

Terrible app. Will not renew can’t read it off line and once you leave the app have to reload it again.

Great way to read Popsci. I've been using this app for over a year with no issues. After reading the physical magazine for many years I've completely switched to the app now. It's a fair price for the content in my opinion, especially if you have a yearly subscription. My only complaint is that I purchased the subscription through Apple and it syncs with my phone but not my iPad, which is the device I want to use the most for reading.

Feels like reading a hi tech mag, I like it.. I have to say reading the mag in this format is fun, and feels kinda techie. The layout, art and text, feels like a magazine. The way you scroll through the stories and pages feels natural. Scroll up/down through a story like you would a web page or PDF file. Flick left/right for the next/previous article. Only complaint on the interface was it didn't track left/right swipe very well. You have to swipe pretty straight, or it thinks you are trying to scroll up/down. The cost is a little over the top considering printed costs as little as $10/yr or $0.83/issue. $1 or $2 per issue wouldn't be unreasonable. April issue is only $2.99, instead of $4.99. I think it would be better to just have an info button or just one page to summarize how to navigate the mag. People are already familiar with scrolling and swiping. No need to beat them over the head with it.

Popular Science+ is broken!. Short term, the new distribution process through Mag+ just does not work! Even after deleting the Popular Science+ app and reinstalling, the update/restore process displays the message: "Error update device. An unexpected network error occured 404" and then hangs in an infinite loop with a busy cursor displaying "Please wait = talking to the iTunes Store." The app no longer functions at any level for me. Popular Science+ should be pulled from the App Store until the update/restore issue is resolved. Long term, the novelty of the freeform, hypermedia format wears out fast and leaves the reader wishing for a more comprehensible format such as that offered through Zinio. And although the prices has been reduced, using the Zinio distribution method allows other magazines to offer the digital edition below the price of the printed version - not at a premium. In summary, Popular Science would be better to use Zinio for digital distribution at a competitive price rather than stick with the current model which is obviously too labor intensive to hit the sweet price spot for electronic distribution. It's time to face reality and get back to basic and concentrate on the magazine content rather than format. And it's just plain fraudulent to continue with the current broken Mag+ system which is not meeting its contractual obligation with Apple App Store customers to restore previously purchased editions after the current "update."

Good and bad. It is awesome to have popsci on the pad. The interactive stuff and vids make good use of the pad and make the experience great. Despite others complaints of the interface I find it intuitive but I am a tech nut. BUT... The ads are dumb. Seriously the mag already is an ad for products I don't want bonus ads. I didn't pay for popsci to use my hard drive space for ad crap. We are paying for ones and zeros here not paper, delivery, and shelf space so they are not being very nice to us as loyal customers. The magazine is way too bloated in file size. Half a gig?! I know part of the problem is the pads small mem but still. Its good but not that good and Internet isn't everywhere. There has to be a way to trim some fat. Overall good but needs work.

Very bad Deal ,. The magazine itself is beautiful and full of good info, the biggest only thing that make me angry is the fact that if you are a subscriber of PS in paper & mail you do not have access to the app to ready it everywhere. Not even a discount, if you want read your magazine everywhere you must remember to take the physical paper issue with you or pay a lot money to the online app version ( in other means subscribe twice to the same magazine). Many other magazines allows you to have both with the same subscription even allows you when you want receive a printed copy by mail or not. But Popular Science is like a kinda of Bank of America of the magazine Mafia where money quantity is more important than satisfied paid subscriber ! Change it or you will receive more thumbs down from many other readers!!!

Can’t download subscription. Paid for subscription years ago and never had issues. Subscription renewed in March this year and it will not recognize the purchase. Restore purchases does nothing. App just hangs. Deleted app, reinstalled and same thing. Cancelled subscription. Would like to get a refund but know how that will go. Don’t waste your money.

Poorly written App. You can always tell when developers spend little or no time on an app. This is definitely one of them. Ok. The magazine is pretty. And it flows smoothly. But what good is that if I cannot download the magazine!?? First off, its slow. I have been trying to download the latest edition, and it keeps timing out. after 100 Mbs or so, it just starts over!! Have you ever heard of download management? Resume support? Simple concepts and easy to incorporate. The fact that this doesn't work is just plain laziness on the part of the developers. And really, why does it stop downloading if you leave the magazine page? I do not want to sit and watch someting download. I want to cue it up and know that it will be downloaded when I come back to it. This simply does not work. So I find myself staring at the progress wheel hoping it will finish WTH????

To clever. Take a good magazine and turn it into a Myst parody. If you got to the end of Myst then you will probably enjoy this overly clever interface. Sitting down with the paper version and going through it page by page I can see that it is all there (except most of the ads; which can explain part of the high price). Generally you scroll right, but sometimes you scroll down and it is not always obvious when. There are also "off screen" options like going to their website (the link is broken) or accessing previously purchased editions (I saw it once but haven't found it again) and, somewhere, there is an in-app option to purchase the latest edition. I gave up trying to find it and stopped at a news stand. I am sure they are trying to be cutting edge, particularly given their subject, but I have several magazine apps at this point and this one is the worst and the only one that made me go back to paper.

Horrible UI, nice content. I downloaded the December 2011 issue and have only made it halfway through. The first thing that sticks out is how awful the interface is. Article after article is presented in an inch, maybe inch and a half, wide column that just scrolls and scrolls. I'm using landscape orientation which gives me 7 1/2 inches width. It's like the layout designer really wanted to make sure you touched your touch screen, because that feels like all I was doing! For a single article, I'd have to swipe up like 6 or 7 times while the same picture stays stagnant in the background, completely wasting my screen real estate. Even on the "single" pages, they tried to be fancy with a slight scroll up/down to add reflections or just move the page title up a bit. This just added confusion to an already confusing layout. The content that I was able to read was nice though.

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Better than hard copy. Much better than the hard copy. I wish more magazines were this way.

A fantastic, well thought out, very informative magazine-app.. When iOS 5 came out and newsstand was included I was skeptical about how useful this feature would be, until I downloaded the Popular Science Mag. That was when I really started to enjoy and see the potential of newsstand. I have recently (December 2011) subscribed for 12 months and have just downloaded my second issue (February 2012) and am absolutely loving it. My mum is a science teacher and has just recently brought the iPad into her school, and Popular science will be an app that she will use often in classes. I would recommend this to anyone who is even remotely interested in technology and science. I plan to re-subscribe after my current subscription runs out.

Love PopSci. My old subscription worked fine after upgrading to ios5. If you're looking for good ole PopSci on the iPad, then you won't be let down. nothing fancy app wise, but a great read as always.

Needs some work and better pricing. The app is pretty nice, and I appreciate the effort they've gone through to come up with an innovative interface. It works pretty well, but I think it could do with some fine tuning to get it just right. For one thing, it sometimes feels a bit sluggish when moving between pages/articles (content can take a while to appear). This is surprising, considering that all the content is pre-downloaded and not streaming off the 'net. I find the price per issue to be a little steep at $3.99. This makes it quite a bit more expensive than printed copies mailed to me on a subscription basis. I don't feel the extra cost is warranted, at least not based on what I've seen so far. If the app's experience was significantly better and more engaging than the printed copy's, then the price be easier to swallow (though $3.99 would still seem quite high).

Great content but difficult interface. The content is great. Same as the print edition. Nothing to complain about there. However, this app suffers from the same problem as many other digital mags. It uses too many "clever digital features". Like strange scrolling features for text and images. I would just like to read the contents without having to work out how to interact with each page. Keep it simple.

Subscription not working. Bought the annual subscription and was charged by iTunes. However was charged again when I downloaded the first issue. Could not get a refund and cannot seem to get any other issues. May be doing something wrong but right now this looks like a rip off!

Sbtjople. What is this? Impossible to download what you've paid for! Blown a years subscription for nothing. Incredibly slow "download" that just disappears when it's almost there, or, if you're patient enough to persevere for several hours of stop-start, get a message ( import failed) and have to start again from scratch, popsci says "the future is now" chiseling rocks is a lot faster and easier! Don't buy this app. Just doesn't work.

Unusable. I bought subscription three months ago and haven't been able to download a single issue. Downloads stop and have to be restarted whenever app minimizes/ iPad sleeps etc. Bugs are expected to occur every now and then but it is inexcusable for such a big magazine company to leave this issue unaddressed for so long. I have paid for a yearly subscription and have not been able to access a single issue. This issue needs to be fixed soon and those affected should have there subscriptions extended. If it isn't fixed soon I will never subscribe to popsci magazine again. Also on a side note, the magazine file sizes are unnecessarily large. I have subscriptions to similar magazines that have file sizes that are a fraction of the size of a popsci issue.

Update to App has made a good app turn bad!. Recently updated the App to include the 'Account feature'. This hangs as there is an 'update device error'. Tried clicking the support button, but this only defaults to the AUS 'Pop Sci' site, which has no link or support to this App. Please update!! I was enjoying this app before the update!

Some improvement required but get it, if you like PopSci. I waited until I got my 2nd issue before putting is review up. I subscribed to 12months back in Dec 2011. I downloaded the Jan issue straightaway and I was informed today that Feb issue is waiting for me. Cool! Only downside of it is that you have to have the PopSci app running or it will not download the new edition. That is silly! I can't use my iPad for other tasks while it is downloading. Background download setting is a must! The mag itself is excellent! Couple of animations in Jan issue to illustrate (better explain) how something worked. Keep it up PopSci! Love your mag!

Lost all in app purchases. Just learned the hard way, deleted the app from my iPad and then reinstalled it. Magazines you have already purchased are NOT!!!! restored. You have to buy them all over again. Sticking with Zinio, at least it works and has a ton of great magazines at great prices that can be restored at any time.

Downloading problematic otherwise perfect. It is extremely annoying to download as it doesn't seem to work in the background and hence you need to just keep the download open until it finishes...however once downloaded this is exactly what I expect from a great publication...kudos on the final product, but please resolve the downloading problem

Great improvements!. Just the type of improvements I was hoping for. Makes reading a much more relaxing experience. Previously it was too easy to inadvertently change screens - totally fixed now.

Significantly Improved in version 1.30. Version 1.30 indeed fixes all the bugs - and there were MANY - in version 1.20. I was able to restore all my purchased issues and everything seems to be working just fine. The only issue I have with this app is the incredibly slow download speed of the issues. I have an approximately 20Mbps download speed on my connection and it takes well over an hour for a 130MB issue to download. ~600MB iTunes TV shows take ~10 minutes so I'm guessing the purchased issues aren't coming from Apple's servers. Anyhoo, thanks for the update, thanks for the support during the issues we all had and I'm glad to see the app working again.

Brilliantly executed!. Easily my favourite Newsstand purchase. Sporadic purchaser of Popular Science, and now subscribed annually through Newsstand. Has worked flawlessly for me since Day 1, including subsequent issue downloads and app updates. Great way to spend time when waiting at an airport, on the plane, bus, or just keeping up to date.

Love it!. If you read the instructions on how to utilize this magazine - it is quite simple to navigate through. The transparent overlays are fun and a single tap left or right of the screen removes or reveals them. Arrow indicators point the direction the article can take you using swipe gestures we already know. There are shadowed indicators either side of the screen which show you where you are in the magazine or article - similar to the indicator in mail on your iPhone when scrolling through messages in your in box. Scrolling was smooth and effortless. The images are fantastic - bright & crisp and the text is easy on the eyes. Best magazine I have seen for the iPad yet! Well done.

Brilliant. I've been subscribing to PopSci for years so when I bought my iPad it was a natural progression to try this digital version. I've never been disappointed by content, style or interactions. Keep it up!

Bad UX Design. I read and interact with over 20 different digital edition magazines avaialbe on iTunes and have to say PopSci is one of my least favourite. It's not lack content but solely because of frusteration with numerious scrolling text boxes over pictures, jumpy displaying and a overall lack of good user expereince design. I wish I could give a higer rating but compared to other digital mags such as Popular Mechanics and WIRED, PopSci is lacking and not the best digital mag out there. Hopefully in time they will change and offer us a better expeirence. But until then PopSci, you get 2 stars from me. UPDATE: Same issue as previous discussed. Scrolling text blocks cover images and make it a really frustrating experience. No attempts to change this design. Really wish this magazine was more like WIRED or PopMec. Very poor layout. Actually I don't think I can continue to read this magazine because of this. It's not content but an utter lack of digital design. It looks like it was put together by interns.

Great mag, but still waiting on iPad Retina support!. As one of the premier magazines on the iOS platform, you surely had early access to the new iPad and/or Retina SDK extensions? So please please PLEASE get retina support happening soon! I'm not renewing my subscription until you do (not a threat, I just don't want to read any more issues until they look like they belong on a Retina display)

Popular Science is Great. This monthly magazine is a good read with wide range of articles. Covers new technology in reasonable detail, enough to get you interested and then follow up to more specific sources.

They tried hard but this is a TOTAL iPad FAIL. The magazine is great, no problem there. The applicaiton looks great and they have put a lot of energy into it, so Kudos. But unlike other apple devices and apps, this one it totally over engineered. Navigation around the magazine is totally confusing and it is near impossible to understand exactly where you are in your "read". The feling is that there is deep content in some areas and not in outher. You always find yourself flicking and tapping trying to find out if you have found all the hidden pages. The motion of the page movement is not smooth, and at times it is near impossible to read a section or see the full width of an image without changing the orientation of the app. It is so bad, I will not be buying another magazine on the device while the app remains this bad. iCandy value 10. Function 0

Waste of money - cant download an issue. I have a 30meg connection at home. I've been trying to download issues but it's impossible. Would be quicker for me to go to the local library and copy in my own handwriting an issue of this mag. Pathetic really. PopSci - you're a futurist type of mag. This poor user experience is hurting your brand.

Dont buy online - buy a paper mag. Bought this, quickly did a skim read of it all, then it wouldn't let me go back to read it all again the next day. It will only show me now the preview for next issue and the credits. Then app kept crashing - power cycled ipad and all good again now Navigation is hard and wish it had a table of contents you could bring up at any time Can't believe in the first place that you need to pay for the app ontop of paying for each issue

not that happy. installed the app and downloaded the June mag (that's what i paid $5.99 for) no matter what I do I cant open the June mag only the april preview. Ok, so i go to contact them and I get an "oops, the page you are looking for is not available". Tech gltches I can forgive if the tech support fixes them. crappy tech support on a product that does not work properly is rubbish.

Nice but charged extra!. I love the articles, and the accompanying video clips make this magazine come to life. I was charged an extra $3 as mentioned by a previous reviewer which was a tad disappointing.

Great app. Interactive, excellent bookmark, quick contents, graphical page length representation, cool multi-media. I could not ask for more. Keep it clean and simple.

Brilliant. Despite what other reviews say about problems with getting new issues, which can be fixed by clicking restore all. The magazine is great, loads of content and videos and animated graphics depicting enhance each article. If you like science this is a must buy.

Great. Have had no problems as mentioned by others. This has been a great investment and has proven to be an excellent way to pass the time on aeroplanes, etc.

Good app. Easy to use, interesting read. No problem with my subscription when I upgraded.

Popular science. Very good app, once you get used to the method of moving around the book. The graphics and the information is top notch.

Solid effort. Nothing special.. For a digital magazine it's a pretty lame effort. It's essentially the paper edition except you can scroll through it and store it digitally. Sometimes there are videos and interactive objects but the text isn't even dynamic or selectable, it's just an image you scroll through! Newsstand support is just about non existent except for the app being in the newsstand folder. What about automatic downloads that are ready in the morning? One of the biggest problems is the large downloads. If it was done in the background it would happen more often, now I find myself putting off reading new issues because of the effort of leaving the app open while it downloads. When I want to read popsci I don't want to wait 15min first, I want to read it now or I won't bother! However, for less than $3 an issue, it's still worth the purchase for the great content, if not delivered in the best possible way.

Fab App. Excellent app that is more than some flipping pages, takes. Advantage of iPad. Frustrating when newspapers and magazines expect you to pay same as at news stand, this app I got on subscription for a fair price, very happy.

Great mag but fix app update issue. Firstly the mag is exceptional. Informative and interesting articles. However the app is a bit cumbersome. I'm not a big fan of the single column scroll. Perhaps introduce a full text page option similar to Reader in Safari. Plus every update to the app removes my downloaded magazines which is a nuisance.

Amazing use of the iPad. Wow, what an amazing magazine with great science content and just a pleasure to read on the iPad. Bit slow to download from Oz and somehow I seem to lose previously downloaded items and need to re-download them. But once downloaded and installed it works flawlessesly with amazing graphics and great articles!

What a waste of time and money!. Just bought my iPad two days ago, immediately installed this ap and purchased current edition of mag. Been waiting two days for it to download. No support, links to developer pages don't work, no response from apple store or from pop sci web site. Very disappointed with iPad, apple, and this ap. Complete waste of time and money. iPad will make a fantastic paper weight though, if nothing else! Could have spent my cash on something that actually works as advertised...

Snuff. Very disappointed in this app. Pages take a few seconds to become focused when swiping from one page to another. The designers of this app should have a look at the Age Newspaper app for a well designed publication that has some interesting features ie the ease in which you are able to save articles for future reference.

Useless. I paid $5.99 for this app which is meant to include the June 2010 issue. I waited ages for it to download the 132MB file only to find it disappeared off the issues list and is therefore unreadable. It shows as green in the store list so I can't reload it. Links to the main website result in a page not found error. What a total and utter waste of money. Shame on you Popular Science.

Enjoyable experience. Really enjoying this mag and find it well worth subscribing to. Great variety in articles though I wish some were more In depth. Getting used to the scrolling methods! One of my most favourite iPad subscriptions/apps.

Great iPad Magazine. This is by far the best iPad magazine to date, it is very well done. Only issue is the extra $1 Australians pay for each issue.

Worst interface ever. The navigation is awful. I spend half my time trying to work out how to just read the rest of the article. Go and have a look at the Apple HIG. You guys violate just about every rule they give on how NOT to build an interface. My mistake is a bought an annual subscription. Waste of money

Missing the point.... While PopSci content is good (4/5) the actually magazine experience leaves a lot to be desired. Top Problems - doesn't download in the background (this is key feature of Newsstand so why doesn't it work) - presentation is woeful, it's the 21Century, progressive JPGs is something onto of the 1990's - the interface is slow even on an iPad 2 - why do we have to keep re-downloading previous issues (honestly it seems like every week)

Great online magazine. I've been downloading these magazines since iBookshelf came out. After reading other revues, I have never had an issue of slow downloads or messed up stories. Takes about 90secs to download each magazine and they can be opened immediately. I use the original iPad with the latest iOS. Great app, very informative articles.

Poor form. As a big supporter of your magazine I was very happy when you went to the digital age (only appropriate given your content). However I have noticed how the app has started to bloat in size and how slow it has started to become (getting full of adds are we?). I don't think I will renew my subscription now... You had something great but I think your latest updates have ruined it. Oh and the icing on the cake, the app support page was down and your help forums had nothing of any use on your web page.

Great experience. It is a great experience reading this way, and affordable! Articles are articulate and the graphics crisp and well thought out. The app is very sensitive so you may find jumping pages due to a minor tap annoying.

Review. Great mag and a great read. Downloads can be a bit slow at times but nevermind, worth the wait to read the new months edition. Highly recommended!

would be nice to be able to download an issue!. I installed this app at 11am this morning to check it out. It is now 4pm and I have been unable to download the May issue (270MB), as the download speed trickles down at less than 1MB / s (and then times out and just stops). The only thankful thing here is that it does seem to resume from where it previously left off. After 5 hours and multiple times checking and tapping "DOWNLOAD" again, I have now been able to download 96MB (35%). Perhaps in a few days I will be able to read an issue. Suffice to say I have cancelled the subscription renewal and just hope that during the free trial period that this situation improves drastically.

My favorite ap. The only thing wrong with popular science is that it comes out monthly.. Great price, I like the content and the graphics are fantastic.

OK, but with problems. Almost slick. A lot of 2.0 content but some of it's behaviour left a bit to be desired. Long articles were difficult to navigate vertically and quite often moved horizontally instead. A couple of the headings and captions were miss-placed. It also took a couple of hours to download, really slow where my wifi can handle much faster.

disappointed. The app said it was downloading the July issue so i let it. Then once it was done there was nothing there.... only the preview of april.. i should have uninstalled it then reinstalled it but i had already also brought a june issue, and after reading the other comments if i uninstall it, looks like i will lose my june issue and would have to pay again. Needs some kind of account system so if your device dies or needs to be restored you don't lose every thing >:(

Needs work. First iPad purchase I've regretted buying. I went for the annual subscription, took 3 attempts to load the first issue, got to 329mb and "content could not load" error. A gb of my data plan gone! Finally got it loaded and half the graphics are screwy, pictures missing etc. coincidence or not, but only the pages with ads seem to have loaded properly. Disappointed.

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Update works. The update finally fixes the horrible sign in issues with the last version and allows for easy restores of your previously purchased content.

Popular Science Mag.. Difficulity turning pages. Not happy with this edition. Will NOT be buying next issue

Good content bad UI. I have subscriptions to a couple of magazines on my iPad 2, and this is the only one I find myself getting frustrated with. When I try to scroll down (and sometimes it is not exactly obvious that there is more content down there) I often find myself flipping back and forth sideways instead. Maybe it's just me, but I also subscribe to popular mechanics, and their UI is a bit more traditional, but much less frustrating. I love the articles, but am considering no longer subscribing due to the annoying UI that makes the experience much less enjoyable. Also, small note, but there are a lot more ads in this mag than others. I think the last few issues have had fewer, but it's worth noting, I think.

Waste of money. I purchased the one year subscription to this, and I am thoroughly disappointed. The app is constantly 'forgetting' I have a valid subscription, forcing me to mess around trying to get it to 'remember'. Then I have to re-downloading each magazine, at 350mb each. That is until now. Now I have been messing around for 30 min trying to get it to acknowledge my subscription, to no avail. Don't waste your time, or money.

New version wipes out your purchases. New version requires you to now set up account. Seems not linked to iTunes anymore. Tried to read my purchased material but it's all gone. What a shame, I won't be buying this mag again.

Stupid Update. All my unread downloaded issues are gone. I checked the memory usage for the app and the issues are there taking close to 1 GB of memory. However, I can't access them!!! So now I'm going to have to delete the app and hope the memory space is freed up. Then I will have to reinstall the app and then redownload all the issues to read. What the hell!! Totally ridiculous.

Poor choice. Good magazine. Terrible app. Fire your lazy dev team. Why I should pay to have 1gb file size magazines full of video advertising is beyond me. Imagine DL'ing that in an airport! Also it was great having my subscription removed due to an update and not being easily able to recover it. Shame. It's almost like they don't care to make money. Share holders be warned.

Don't upgrade. The new version does not work with your existing subscription thru Apple. I can't believe they still mess things up like this. 😡

Awful. This version of app is awful. I have been trying to restore my last year’s purchases for more than 30 min now but it only lets me see a single issue. There is no way to add any other issue. Link buttons to see my account and subscription disappear. Tried deleting/reinstalling the app a couple times but no luck. It is really frustrating. The old app was working fine. Fix it!

Beautifully done!. I've always loved popular science magazine and now that it became available for the ipad, I decided I would give it a try. WOW!!! It is unbelievable at how beautiful the digital version of the magazine is. I am all done reading the April edition and can't wait to pick up next month's. Easy interface, breathtaking visuals, highly recommended!

Screw Canada. Agree, it won't accept Canadian postal codes so I can't access my subscription. I hadn't been on the app before as I was fine with the print edition, but my latest magazine was missing basically all the cover stories so I decided to get the app. But, being Canadian, I can't log in because postal codes aren't accepted by the app - or even by trying to send an email to customer service!

Update, don't update. What a shame!! The latest update screwed it all up! And if I didn't update I use it...Can't open the damn thing anymore, seems like a waste of money to me, c'mon guys where's the customer support?

Looks cool. Cool as a show off what iPad can do app. Hard to read and a rip-off per issue price. $14.99 gets you print copy. Print media does not learn ever. If price of shipped mag for the year is $14.99 I rather kill a tree. Greed is the factor over priced but worth the one time buy to show how cool the iPad is. This is my first and last digital copy of popsci.

Since update everything is just PDF's. I paid for this subscription because they provided great interactive content on iPad. But as soon as I updated all of the back issues including two I am still reading were changed to PDF format. This is ridiculous. It is now the worst reading experience of all time. Not only that but it messed with my subscription and I had to delete and reinstall everything! I am extremely disappointed and I hope they rectify this issue asap!

Doesn't work. It only accepts ZIP codes not postal codes

DID NOT WORK!. I received the preview, but the actual magazine that I paid $5 downloaded but did not and has not appeared under my issues category. Not very flattering for a "science" magazine to have such technical difficulties. For me, a colossal waste of money! I sent the Bonnier Corp a message regarding this app not working 2 weeks ago and have had no reply. And the app still does not work. And I was charged $5. Please do not waste your time or money on this app it does not work.

Paying for nothing. The latest upgrade has wiped out my previous purchases, as well as eliminated my subscription information. Clicking on app support just brings you to the popular science web page. The magazine was good when it worked.

Wiping out previous issues. This application was great until version 1.20 came out. Besides the fact that it forces you to create a user account and that it gets the information it needs from your iTune account (a scary process from a privacy standpoint), the update wipes out your previous issues and crashes when you attempt to archive them. I had to reinstall the application and update it for it to work properly again. The archive function now seems to work, but all former issues have been lost in the process. Luckily, I had just finished reading the September issue.

The bell tolls for thee. Awesome app, really. For one thing, I love how at every update the app makes, it takes the opportunity as an excuse to delete all my previously downloaded issues, forcing me to use bandwidth again and again. I'm also really fond of how it no longer supports landscape view, nice improvement there. Next time my subscription comes up, don't ask why I won't renew it.

Sweet. This is great I work in the oilfield I always take my I pad with me and my truck gets so filled with magazines to keep myself busy when I have to sit on hold. Now I just carry my iPad. No more clutter

Misleading. To everyone, please aware that you only purchase a Preview version of April from what it says "if your purchase the magazine the first time", or you can think of you are purchasing the June issue from what it says "June issue is included". So, you are not getting 2 full issues as what I was interrupt when I click purchase. To the company, I do purchase other electronic magazines and they are very clear and simple to list either purchase single issue or yearly subscription or just a free sample to try. I feel it is misleading and please be aware how you are trying to sell. A bad reputation can spread quickly through the Internet nowadays. Hope I will enjoy the June issue and looking forward the reasonable and clarity annual subscription price. Added: After reading my issue, I find the content is so little and not rich at all. I wouldn't suggest to anyone for spending $5 on this.

Do NOT Upgrade!!!!. Made the mistake of upgrading this app and now have lost all previously downloaded issues. My iPad reports the app is using 1.6Gb of space but the previous downloaded issues are no longer accessible by the new version. Worse yet many of my previously downloaded issues are no longer offered for download by the new version!!! The new version is a complete botch up. It doesn't even support reading the issues when the iPad is horizontal!!! I guess the Pop Sci app developers have never heard of testing!!!

Not bad.... The mag itself is awesome but the app was buggy during the download process.

Great app. Just one problem. I love this app for reading this magazine. I'll never go back to print. Really like how the pages and articles are laid out and the first batch of pages include instructions on how to navigate the mag. My one major problem is I don't see a way to delete past read issues. The only way I can see doing it is to delete the app then reinstall it. So 4stars this time. If they fixed the issue management problem I'd give it 5.

Messed Up. Whoever does the development for this app has poor quality control. It seems almost every other version has a major bug. This latest one lost my subscription data. Now I can't download the latest issue and all my previous ones are gone. This version is unusable.

Worthless. I paid for a year subscription, but after downloading first issue and trying to open the little circle just spins and spins but never opens? I really like this magazine so if you can't provide a digital version. You better fix the issue or send me the print version.

Not free!. Stupid just tryin to hustle you

Unpredictable update. I had a one year subscription until April 2012 and bought the magazine by the unit prior to that. Worked great until the latest upgrade. First, I lost some of the previous magazines, i.e. those that I had archived. Then, my subscription was renewed by the iTune Store in mid-April, as I wanted, but I was unable to access the May issue and my subscription never showed up in PopSci+ as being active. I contacted the iTune Store and they promptly reverted the charges. I wrote a review but it did not go through and got the message that I must first owned the product before writing a review!!! I reinstalled PopSci+ which led to losing all previous issues, except the last one (April 2012). Updates should not create such problems. This reduces your confidence in the product, the procedures to archive past issues and the renewal process for subscriptions.

Not the best. The app is decent to read the magazine but it is not better than most web sites, you can't zoom, and there is no way to change the text size (it ignores the IOS settings too). The download size is huge (> 500MB per mag) and it can't download when in the background or sleeping. You also have to download it all to read it (no downloading while you read). Also, if you cancel your subscription, you don't have access to the magazines you paid for.

Theft. Works probably for most users but not for me. Despite it states that iOS 4.2 is required it did't work. Updated iOS5, update two last app updates and still doesn't work. I love reading the magazin, the content is good and you get value for your $. However, since I canot read it I want my money back. And there is no email nor customer service, you can only contact the compagny that developed the app but they can't do much. Good luck to those who want to cancel the authomatic renewall as well!

Great magazine, but where is the zoom button for the read?. I have a iPad mini and i really want to zoom in when I read. Come on Popular Magazine you can do better than that. To log in in to "my account" once i pay for one year subscription you probably need a master degree. Help, Help....anyone?

Magazine amazing, download horrendous!. I have a 28 m/bit (download rate) Internet connection... Even wirelessly, speed-tests always indicate awesome download speeds... EXCEPT for PopSci edition downloads! They are ridiculously slow. My iPad 2 routinely goes to "sleep" while attempting to download the latest edition, causing the download to stop. Downloads only appear to progress when the magazine app is active on the screen. Switching to another app causes the download to stop until the magazine is brought back into focus. Cannot even read OLD PopSci editions while downloading, basically making the iPad completely unusable for the extremely long download duration. (Sometimes upwards of two hours!) I love PopSci, but in this day & age, there MUST be a way to reduce the huge inconvenience of downloading new editions. I'm considering canceling my subscription until this severe flaw is resolved.

New update gives nothing but errors. Was a great app, but now I can't access my purchased issues and get nothing but 404 errors. Fix it.

Free?. the app is free you have to buy the magazine

Constant Crash. Almost picked up a printed copy at the store but decided to go with an iPad subscription ... bad decision. Not sure about previous or future issues but the November issue crashes constantly to the point where it is impossible to read. Very disappointing! DO NOT BUY THIS ISSUE unless it is updated Popular Science: Please fix and reissue or refund the purchase price and withdraw the issue.

Downgrade. The "upgrade" turns out to be a Downgrade! Now I can't read the magazine anymore. Uninstalled and reinstalled - but no luck. Now for the fight to get a refund.

Waste of money. This app takes forever to download an issue, and the magazine is not a great experience to navigate through and read.

won't load after ios 5. great app as far as content goes, very interactive and creative (could use some speed optimizations though) but unfortunately after updating to ios 5 the splash screen comes up and the spinner spins forever. I tried rebooting but it still won't work. Please fix this!

Useless. Very difficult to navigate, no menu and useless....

Terrible. Unable to download latest issue. App has a bug that prevents login for Apple subscription. Poor service to resolve issue.

Can't access my account.. Terrible app that needs at least a little bit of debugging before it's released to the public.

Horrible. Downloaded app and bought digital subscription. Won't let me create an account after they take money. Won't reply for my emails requesting help

Keeps crashing! I want my money back!. Keeps crashing and takes forever to load the mag. I have subscriptions to nat geo and the economist on my iPad - those work waaaayyyy better.

Horrible. Nice to see the problems fixed. All in all not too bad, it just needs a good subscription price and I'll give it another star.

This is my favourite app on the iPad. I've purchased all the editions of PopSci+ on my iPad, and I truly love the magazine as it currently stands in digital form. I've not had any issues downloading content, whatsoever. The swiping gestures to reveal content / hide content work well and the use of transparent layers of content individually moving on their own works well. A search / highlighting / bookmark feature would be a nice addition, especially if at some point that is integrated into the search across all applications on the platform. Great work - love the content - images are crystal sharp. Can't wait for the next issue...

THIS APP SUCKS. Subscribed but was unable to download the copy to my iPad. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY! Especially since hardcopies can be obtained for a fraction of the cost!

Nice app. Sometimes a bit jerky on the scroll worth getting

Bandwidth. Downloading and issue takes 5 or more attempts. Each attempt fails after downloading 50 - 500 MB of data. When you restart the download this is thrown away and the download starts from scratch. Great way to destroy your bandwidth cap.

Great but,needs improvement. I'll never get a paper copy anymore. The App is just fantastic, but a bit over done, we just want to read straight through without worrying about when to slide pages up or down. If you could just make it the tried and true old fashion way. Just turning pages > and <

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Don't understand all the low reviews.. Yes, the price for each issue may be a little much (good thing subscriptions are coming), but I think this is exactly how an iPad magazine should be like. Reading the digital version of Pop Sci is unlike anything iv'e experienced before. For people saying that it's too hard to navigate, you need to go back to elementary school. It really isn't difficult to navigate through the magazine, it just takes a little getting used to. Overall, an excellent app with very slight room for improvement.

If only..... I want very much to transform my media consumption habits from print to a tablet-optimized electronic format. Unfortunately, the Popular Science app, like many magazine apps, falls short in a major area where print media excels: article clipping. I want to be able to clip or bookmark articles I like. Furthermore, I want to be able to highlight and annotate key words, phrases, etc. within my clipped articles. These are features that I love about print media and should now be ubiquitous in all digital media. Lastly, it's electronic, so it should be searchable, right? Except the Popular Science app is not searchable. For these reasons, I'm only giving it 2 stars, and even that is being generous.

Mostly fantastical. Love getting my mags on here and it's mostly great to read on here. I like how much interaction there is and if you see something you like in the adverts there is a link to take you to their website to find out more. Sometimes the interaction between can be a nuisance though, if you don't swipe correctly it will take you to another page instead of scrolling down. Not to big of a deal though because it's just as easy to swipe back and get back to reading. Just a minor nuisance that will get better as I learn to read the mags more.

Poor update, without issues warning. This latest update seems rushed. I now know that only older issues are affected by the pdf-scan style pages, so I can understand if the update broke something in the old digital issues. I can give a star back for that. A one-time pop-up would have been nice to explain the issue though. But this new update is still much slower than it used to be--or at least I perceive it to be. Pages shouldn't load halfway, giving you a blurry image to look at until it fully loads. The old app simply had white pages until it loaded fully, which still didn't seem to take as long as in this new update.

Getting There. Ability to download publications is very convenient. I like the environmental aspect of no physical copy. Unfortunately, the number of publications is very limited so I ended up with a couple of magazines I would not normally read, just to try it out. The interface is not quite intuitive and takes some time to understand. It's not as quick and easy as flipping through pages. It's harder to get your head around the table of contents. Why are there ads in an electronic magazine with a subscription fee as most of the cost of a traditional magazine is paper, ink, and distribution?

Used to be good but needs adjustment. Originally a great app when it was one of he original magazines on the iPad. I really liked the detachment from being a typical magazine. However the app has become difficult to use. I often find myself trying to swiped to a new page and something random happens just because I hit the wrong part of the screen. I think there are too many zones. I like the way Wired does their magazine more now as its not so disjointed. Still a great magazine and a good attempt at being a true electronic magazine rather than just a PDF of a magazine but execution is lacking.

A chore to download issues. Seriously? Take a cue from other magazine apps. I can download other mags in about 6-7 minutes. (and download in the background). Popsci usually takes me HOURS for a single issue. (often having to attempt the download the mag several times before finding success). If you put your screen to sleep, the download ceases. If you go to another program, it ceases. If there is a wifi hiccup while downloading, the whole painful process starts over. I'm a huge popsci fan and have subscribed to the mag for years...but now I'm scrambling to find out how to cancel my subscription before it AUTO-RE-SUBSCRIBES (you read that right) me for another year of painful downloading of issues.

Popular Science+ iPad App works great now!. I'm very pleased to say that the previous problems with the Popular Science+ iPad App have all been fixed. When I wrote to their support folks complaining about the glitches that I was experiencing, I received an in depth response the following day. Now, just a few days later, the Popular Science+ Digital iPad Magazine is everything I'd hoped it would be. I'm looking forward to new thought provoking and informative issues in upcoming months. Thanks for fixing this great app so that I can enjoy the read, terrific graphics and showing it off to my friends.

Backwards compatibility questionable.... I browsed an issue from 2010. The first thing I saw was a warning that the article was not created for the 2.0 format. Are you serious? The reason I not only subscribed, but purchased back issues, was because I can browse them indefinitely. We should not be held accountable for owning one or more issues that are incompatible. Want me to continue my subscription? Convert the magazines to the new format, or write a compatibility layer in your program. But don't give me an error tellng me that the issue may not display properly, because one day you're going to decide not to open it at all. Not only will I miss out on interesting information, but you know you're not going to refund my money.

PopSci page navigation gives me bad 'Theremin' like reading experience... I really wanted to like this. I thought this would be the 'future' with animated diagrams, things designed out for the iPad screen. But it simply is trying too hard. This experience feels like I'm reading a book that is around a mile away, and I'm looking through a telescope, and have a robotic arm that I'm controlling via some kind of 'Theremin' control system. I do NOT like the navigation. I always feel like I might be missing something. Also, I want to zoom in on the pictures.. I don't like the sluggish controls.. it tried to scroll down when I'm trying to change a page, and then I might use 2 fingers and whoosh!.. ok, where am I? It's overly complex.. I spend more time farting around with navigating and thinking, "oh, was that the end of the article?", only to find another nook or cranny where there's more information. So.. I'd say keep it simple... umm I won't be buying the next issue.. the price is to high to be guinea pigs on un-baked software. sorry.. p.s. I have a paper sub to the 'real' POP sci... I'll be keeping that.

Decent mag but annoying to manage files. Archiving old issues is a major no go on this and the other Mag+ apps. Had to delete the app altogether to get rid of the multiple issues. Then when I downloaded it again, it forced you to download the first issue you ever purchased (in May) which I was trying to get rid of earlier. Now I have to wait to download the May Issue which I DON'T want and then download the October Issue. Of course, if the app is still buggy as it was before, I won't be able to archive the May issue. Dropped to 3 stars from what would otherwise be a 5 star magazine app.

I have loved Popular Science Magazine for over 60 years.. During my lifetime I have seen many changes in the world and have read about most in Popular Science. I look forward to getting my new issue every month. Once I get it in my hands I don't put it down until I have read it from cover to cover, Now with the iPad APP it has become even easier to enjoy. I would recommend Popular Science to anyone who is curious about new and wonderful things and how they work. Thank you Popular Science for keeping me informed and up to date.

Wish all the iPad publications were as good. Have not had any problems after a full subscription year. Easily restored seven months' issues after upgrading from a first release iPad to an iPad 2, unlike some other mags (that means you, WIRED). The mag's presentation is more than just a rehash of the print version. It is an enhanced version, IMO. In fact, it's my favorite app on the newsstand still after a year. Many of the other mags could learn from Pop Sci's iPad version. My sub is up in 4 days and I'm renewing for another year.

Good content but flawed reading experience. The application over complicates the process of getting to and reading the content. There are far less complex paradigms for reading rich content in use on the web and in other apps. Flipboard is an example of a graceful implementation. The requirement to do a full download in order to start reading an edition is the antithesis of picking up and browsing a magazine. A method for making the articles available on-demand and then downloading the rest in the background would be better. I have been reading PopSci my entire life and love the content but this clumsy first pass on the tablet reading format has exceeded its Darwinian lifetime and needs to evolve to something more elegant.

UI could be better, but not bad first cut. The UI is a good first attempt, but needs some improvement. (1) For two-page photo spreads, you can't stop between pages; you are on either the left-hand page or right-hand page (see "Megapixel Mummy" in the April (or maybe May) issue. (2) For stories listed on the cover page (and elsewhere), make them touchable links. If an article is on the cover and I touch it, I should go right to it. For those complaining about the cost...the newsstand prince is also about $5 or $6, and you have to go get it. The electronic version comes to YOU. Yes, you don't have the costs of paper, printing, shipping, or the reseller's cut. That does not mean there are no distribution costs! The electronic version has to be prepared, debugged, and tested (magazines have no active content to debug). The electronic form has to be stored, and data centers are not free. The content is distributed by Apple, and Apple gets their cut, just like the magazine sellers (maybe even more, I don't know the details).

Awesome app & great way to take immersion to a new level. This is a great App and I love the interaction capabilities. What I mean by this is that the links are live and you can go right to the add or look up more information directly to the Internet. Opposed to reading something in a paper magazine and having to look up the info. Only minor improvement I'd like to see is to have a visible "clock" available so if I wanted to read a quick article I don't loose myself in the magazine and keep reading. I downgraded the APP to a four from a five star rating because I can't share an article via an email.

Worse iPad Mag app available. The only reason I am giving 1 star is that there is nothing lower. This is without a doubt the worse iPad Mag App I have seen, and I have seen a lot of them. Nothing works right, except moving between pages. You can't navigate, you can't buy previous editions as you are lead to believe, and horrors if you want the current edition and have bought a previous one, you are stuck. Do NOT waste your money on this. Pop Sci should use Zinio at least there interface works. And the Cost is outrageous for an online magazine Apparently no one at Apple bothered to check this out before posting it, for it does not meet the guidelines that it works.

Half hearted retina. This feels like a half hearted effort. I would only recommend this magazine to supplement the print version, not replace it. The app looks better now with the retina update but I still could use a massive implement. The text is still an image and takes 3-4 seconds to sharpen when you visit a page. I can't understand why magazine creators aren't improving to retina images and using native text rendering. The magazines will function infinitely better and the file size will not balloon out of control. Then I could select text or search too.

First Newsstand Purchase. I recently purchased a subscription through Newsstand in iOS 5. This is the first magazine I have read in a digital format and I must say I greatly prefer it over print. I was skeptical at first, but Interacting with the articles on my iPad and being able to watch supplemental videos was a far richer experience than can be had with a regular magazine. Beyond the experience of reading on my iPad, I found the content of the magazine to be very diversified and interesting. Well worth the purchase!

Still confusing and buggy at times. My subscription disappeared, my already downloaded issues have been removed from my device, and now I'm being asked to buy everything again (resolved, see solution below) I love PopSci, but their "app" is tarnishing their name in the digital world. It's usable and delivers content, but you will have to wade through some bugs and jump through hoops at times to make things work. FINALLY found the restore issues button. Go to the issues list, hit the back button and THEN you'll see it. My issues should have never disappeared in the first place though.

Simply overpriced. I bought this app right away with hopes that 4.99 would be the price for the app with subsequent editions of the magazine being much less. I thought the magazine itself was great, loved it. however, as one other reviewer pointed out, 4.99 is the price for a print issue. Print issues have to be printed, the have to be shipped, those that don't sell have to be thrown out!! The electronic version has none of those disadvantages. That should make it possible for them to lower the price, attract a larger audience, pay Apple their cut and STILL make more. At 4.99 an issue they won't be getting any more money from me. ***UPDATE*** Much happier with the subscription setup. Great magazine!!

PopSci Review. I've enjoyed PopSci for over fifty years. I am in the early stages of age-related macular degeneration, and reading has become more difficult. Frankly speaking, the new format of the printed PopSci is more difficult to read even without impairments. My wife bought me an iPad as an e-reader to overcome my macular degeneration impairment; and, when I viewed PopSci on my iPad, I literally did a cartwheel of joy (I lied, I figuratively executed a cartwheel). The digital PopSci is fantastic in presentation in it's own right. And, as added bonus is beneficial for those with a reading impairment.

Love it!. Thanks for the support! I had the app on my iPad but all of a sudden it stopped working. It would open up for a couple seconds but then shut down and go back to my home screen. I e-mailed the contact to request support but was skeptical given a couple of the reviews out here. But they came through for me. I received the answer the next day - just upgrade the operating system. And that's all it took to be back in business. Now I have multiple issues with me everywhere I go.

Well done. The electronic version has some major advantages over the paperback. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading it. The ability to integrate the media forms into one reading experience is truly a jump forward for magazines. My only gripe is storage space and archiving. While storage space is my fault for not getting a larger machine capacity; If an issue gets archived accidentally it takes 2 hours to re download it, this has happened several times when my iPad was backing up or updating the iOS. It's frustrating to say the least, too bad they couldn't be zip archived within the device.

A bit of a rip off. I've been subscribing to Popular Science for 10 years and I've still got TEN MORE years on my subscription. Why should I buy a digital copy at $5 each when my entire year of Popular Science in print form is only $12 ?! At least Wired magazine lets current subscribers get the digital verson free. I don't care how great the iPad verision of PopSci may be, there's no way I'm going to double pay for something I already have. They don't even offer a free preview issue! As a current subscriber you have zero options - such as paying a flat fee to get all future issues digitally, or a hybrid subscription. Somebody obviously didn't think this one through.

No access to content for print subscriber without paying again. No print subscriber access without paying again. The support FAQ days they are aware and to log out and back in which doesn't work, but the fact it is in the FAQ means to me no plans to fix and the whole sorry keep trying position feels like a scam. I will gladly change this review if I am contacted with a fix in less than a week, IV waited two already without being able to read what I paid for

Innovative presentation! Lack of value subscription weakness. I've long been a subscriber of Popular Science, and I would like to continue as a paying subscriber of this iPad version. The presentation is innovative and well matched to the beautiful visual power and touch navigation of the iPad. Great app development and innovation, guys; however, there is no way I'll pay more for a paperless version than for the two year subscription cost of a print version delivered to my home. I'm a little puzzled how you could be so advanced with the electronic presentation and so backward on the electronic delivery. As soon as you offer a one or two year subscription at a reasonable value you'll get my money and 5 stars. Thanks.

Intuitive but overpriced!!. I found the interface to be very enjoyable but it took me a little while to figure it out. Once I figured it out, I thoroughly enjoyed it. That being said, it's too expensive! I bought the first copy as part of a research task so I could justify the price, but even if I were a regular reader of PS, I would not pay that price. Bottom line, its great start but needs more digital content. While the interface is great, I didn't see anything that could not see in a standard paper magazine. Give us a reason to use this format, like video interviews, or videos instead of just pictures.

Raising the bar. Pop science really raises the bar on what a magazine on the iPad can be. I love the fact the magazine thinks in three dimensions and not two. The use of graphics is well done and the occasional use of short movies is effective. Being cutting edge means a few glitches along the way but I hope that other publishers take note of the innovative but tasteful way pop sci presents an electronic magazine. Integration with their website is the next ideal they should work on. Overall I feel like I am getting my moneys worth with my subscription.

Horrible. This is hands down the worst Paid app on the AppStore. It simply doesn't work. In fact when I deleted it and tried to reinstall it it just gets stuck in waiting. And now all my apps get stuck in waiting. This app has ruined my iPad. If I can ever get the app working I'm sure it will be a decent app but until then I call for apple to pull this off the app store until it has been fixed. The reason I say paid is because when I first got the app I decided to subscribe as soon as that happened the app stopped functioning so I went to reinstall it but now it just says waiting. Apple please take this off the app store so that people don't keep loosing money like me!

Pricey first try at evolving from paper to screen. A great selection of writing, photography and art direction is packaged into an expensive digital version that lacks some basic interactivity and usability (a proper table of contents to start with, followed by hyperlinks in text and text being a text and not layered images) one would expect. And if you can get a full year subscription (12 issues) of paper version for only 12 dollars one digital issue at 5 makes no sense at all. I believe that most of the fans of the popsci will agree that one annual subscription is a better model and per issue price needs to go lower.

Small bug is no issue. Great app. I was so happy to see popsci embrace the iOS subscription model. I bought the subscription as soon as it came out and couldn't be happier. When I did the update I also lost all of my issues, it took me about 2 seconds to push the restore all issues button to bring them all back. Not a big deal at all. Overall this is a great app I love being able to get popsci wherever I am and not having to deal with the paper magazines. This is absolutely the best way to read a magazine, now if nay the rest of the industry would get on board.

It's science!!!. I love the app, but I really need the option to save my issues in PDF format, I feel like i own them, I paid for them, I can keep my hard copy thats mailed to my home! To be honest, I cut the articles I deem worth keeping out of my magazines, I would like the option to save individual articles or pages in a folder with the cover picture on it. If I save 2 articles and a picture of something cool stored in a folder it would be a lot smaller then the 250+ megabytes an entire issue costs hard drive space. Something to think about. It would be nice to save some videos in the same way.

Does not meet my expectations as an online mag. I really enjoy Popular Science, but as an online mag, it falls short of what it could/ should be. Following are three key shortcomings: 1. I would like to be able to keep some articles while saving room on my iPad for other things by not needing to store the whole issue. I can do this with paper but not digitally?!! 2. These files are large and the server can be painfully slow. 3. I also subscribe to Popular Photography, which not only has the same problems but can mess with my subscription status on Popular Science (and vice versa), forcing me to download previous issues to get to current issues. Finally, the company "auto-renews" your subscriptions, which is another feature I don' t care for.

Download failure. The download functionality is completely faulty -- I have been unable to retrieve the magazines for the last two months. Download completes and then fails without any reason. The edition then reverts to providing an option to download the month a new. Design / Navigation The designer behind the navigation needs to take some clues from the principle of simplicity. The interface is anything but intuitive and feels disjointed for the sake of design decisions. Swiping up in some case and then swiping left in others feels so unnatural -- the fact that you felt it necessary to provide navigation clues is indicative the problem. The other major gripe is the verbose use of video footage indiscriminately; more specifically where it serves no purpose but to bloat the download size. Do you really think you can justify the large size solely with the inclusive of that rubbish? I'd honestly just prefer an electronic PDF the copy of your magazine... I subscribed for a year, but will not be renewing my membership without a substantial re-design -- my subscription is still valid until May 2012, but to be honest I have stopped looking forward to the monthly releases.

I enjoy it, but.... Let me start off by saying I think that most of the complaints about the format are invalid. I applaud PS for trying something new, I think it's neat. Second, the pricing is terrible. $5 an issue is taking advantage of the early adopters that their content caters to. I can subscribe to the print edition for $12, but have to spend $60 to get an electronic version where there are no printing costs? Third, they need to work out their production issues and get the electronic copy out in a timely manner. They are charging a $4 premium for a two week old magazine by the time they get it available for download. It's disappointing and could contribute to the ultimate failure of this medium.

awesome!. I have never written a review for any app yet, and I have owned the iPhone since day one! One thing I have been looking forward to, is getting the magazine on my iPad. Popular science looks to have implemented such an innovative way of accomplishing this! I hope this becomes the standard that all other magazines follow. I love that you can now be interactive with the Magazine. It is awesome how you can make the text go away to enjoy the vivid images, then bring the text back to read the article! There is no way you can get this same experience with a paper magazine. I do agree that the price per issue might be a little high... But I also understand that at least initially there is a price to pay for innovation, I mean common didn't you just buy an iPad?? Very well done!

Three strikes and you are out, PopSci. After three issues, I have to say I am disappointed with the execution of this app. It is either third time is a charm, or three strikes and you are out... Looks like this one is out for me. Issues they have not addressed since the first month include: Frequent low resolution images. Poor TOC with no linking directly to articles. Why can I still not touch an article to go there on the TOC page? The two finger drag up "Table of Contents", if you can call it that, is a poor excuse. All articles are limited to a rather narrow column of text. Please diversify this to bring a little more interest to your layout. I am bored with it, and feel like I am scrolling way too much. Of course, this app is still way overpriced. There are no iPad specific special features - nothing interactive to supplement the written word. When I read about substantial updates to PopSci +, I'll try again. For now, I'll stick with Wired (which is on strike one, mind you, but vastly superior none the less).

App is ok but content is for a 4 year old. I like the app and I think it tries to do a real iPad experience sometimes it succeeds sometimes it doesn't but they are learning how to get it to work and make it interactive. That said I want to stress on what is really important - content. Granted I never read pop Science before but the content in the app is horrible. Some topics maybe interesting but they are not covered in detail and frankly they are covered as if for a 4 year old with zero attention span and a dictionary consisting of 100 words or less. There are so many ads that they leave very little space for the content and content is not well covered at all. Canceling my subscription after 6 issues.

Renewed Recently: Excited to Return. It seems the look of the magazine has changed, and I think it’s for the better. The magazine has a more modern and updated look. The bonus this month was the Nightfall graphic novel feature. It was a clever idea, and as a Asimov fan when I was a kid, it was great to see his vision put onto an iPad. I had to write the review just for the graphic novel, which are so popular in Europe but much harder to find here across the pond. Nice work PopSci,I look forward to future surprises.

Not as stable as prior version. Your subscription is not lost. You can click the button to restore them. The trick is after you do this you have to close the app, stop it completely then restart the app. Your subscriptions will then show up. Once things were restored, I went back to reading the September issue and it has crashed 5 times while turning the pages. The old app may have crashed occasionally but the new one is very frustrating. I'm hoping this gets better in the October download. On a good note the new app does display the content faster.

Fail. This app used to work great and was an every day reading choice for me for over a year. A few minor annoyances but overall pretty great. However, for the past five weeks and counting, I simply cannot read any issues. I have a subscription through Popular Science (not purchased through the App Store) but even with verified account credentials I cannot log in or read any issues. Have received more than a few email from support with many steps to get it working again, delete/reinstall, reset password, Eric. All have failed, every time. Phone support has been no help either. So now... crickets. No replies. I have a full year subscription and can't read a single one. I won't lie, I miss the read....

PS E copy review. Overall, I like being able to get the electronic copy of PS. I am away from home a lot and don't always get a chance to read the paper copy. The one bad thing about it, however, is the time it takes to load a new copy. It may get better when I am home and have access to a faster Internet. It is also sometimes difficult to navigate thru the pages but it should get better as I get used to the format. Thanks for making the E version available.

Screwed Up. I have purchased every issue since this app came to the app store, I bought a subscription the day it was available. I updated the app a couple of days ago and now all my issues are gone, my subscription data is gone and it is asking me to buy a new one. Not only do I think you should fix it, you should compensate all of your subscribers for such a stupid mistake. It's called testing folks, you should try it before you release new versions.

A great start!. At first I really had trouble with the interface. I was convinced that it was more fancy then functional. I went back and read the tutorial and now i really like reading the magazine in this format. I do agree with other reviewers in that a) if it should use hyperlinks within the table of contents. b) There needs to be a cheaper. I don't subscribe to the a real magazine, but if I did to the virtual magazine the price needs to be competitive ( I don't mind an issue being $4.99 if there was a subscription option that was discounted). Written on my iPad!

Works Great. The app works perfectly, it’s easy to use and I love the fact that we can change font size, background colors and more with the app. I wish that account information was universal, as in I shouldn’t have to make a different account for the app so that I could access my paid for subscription to magazines. I would like it if all articles could be loaded on the app as well. It would make the explore much fuller and easier to read articles published daily.

Great interface. The interface for this app is really good. There are subtleties that apps like usatoday do not have. Like the indication of how long a particular article is and how fAr into the issue you are. It took me a minute or so to figure out how to navigate. But the content is designed in such a way as to take advantage of the interface. Usatoday is just a dense pile of text. Popular science is a masterful coordination prose and imagery and deserves an interface that can capture the expressiveness. Now, the price per issue needs some work. I'll give you guys one more issue to resolve that.

Pyedog. Excellent format and content, definitely worth the money. The navigation will take a little bit of time to get used to for folks new to the tablet. However once you have the hang of it the format is much better than the paper magazine. I too have both the paper and the ap. I rarely if ever look at the paper any more. I agree with other reviews that there should be some way to reward those of us loyal fans who have both services. However I can't rate the ap lower than 5 stars because it really does rock! Keep up the good work.

Almost intuitive. A great interface, although not perfectly intuitive, meaning that users will have to reference the included guide multiple times to remember how to do some things. My only gripes at that the view is sometimes inconsistent among landscape and portrait modes, and any animated pages stops my background music instead of pausing it, forcing users to resume it on their own. I would suggest adding audio controls to the app, or finding a way to pause background music, or letting it play on non audio animations.

A great magazine made even better!. For as long as I can remember, I have enjoyed reading Popular Science magazine. As a child of the 70's, I can honestly say this magazine has positively influenced my interest in science and technology. The use of embedded videos and hyperlinks really makes the magazine come alive like I never imagined. The picture overlays, scrolling text and the ability to snap to whichever story you want to read instantly make it a more efficient and enjoyable reading experience. I give it two thumbs up. Great job!