House Beautiful Magazine US App Reviews

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Layout. Layout is unfriendly. I have other subscriptions that follow the table of content and vertical or horizontal,position of ipad does not affect I doubt I will recommend your magazine in this format

Disappointed. I recently subscribed to HouseBeautiful's print version and I'm very disappointed to find out that my paid print subscription does not carry through to the online version. This is a big issue for me and I probably will not renew my HouseBeautiful subscription because of this.

Crashes all of the time. Ever since downloading it and opening it, it crashed so many times that I have had to delete the App, re-downloaded, and re-opened, but to no avail. It kept on crashing. I have re-deleted, re-downlaoded, and re-opened, and it kept RE-CRASHING. What else should I do? I wish there is a "zero" star to indicate how useless this version of the App is.

Disappointing. One would expect digital version to be available before all the logistics of the printed one. Not the case with HB. What's the problem? The next issue is all over the racks but digital customers are neglected. Disappointing.

No landscape option?. Really? No option to view the current issue in landscape? Wide photos in the magazine need to be scrolled across the screen in the portrait view, can never see the whole photo, and there is a "scroll to view" label in the middle of the photo at all times. Earlier issues had the landscape option. Why get rid of a good thing? I buy single issues occasionally. This last issue was not money well spent. I think I'm going to delete this app.

Does not apply to paper subscriptions. Almost every other digital magazine allows you access for free if you already have a paper/hard-copy subscription - BUT NOT HOUSE BEAUTIFUL!!! I normally love this magazine, I have a 2-year paper subscription, so I am astounded that HB would ask loyal customers to pay again to get the same content on the iPad. ***FIX PLEASE!!!!!!***

Taking one step forward, but no cigar. Nice recent update of adding the download option, but it still falls short. I love this magazine but already subscribe to it, just not through the iStore. I would like to be able to just download the copies using my current subscription to enjoy it on my iPad. Close, but no cigar. This only gets 2 stars.

Thank. Thank you for give us 5 minutes for review your beloved Magazine 🌹

Deceiving. The other magazines come with free iPad subscription with your paid subscription to the print version. This app only downloads the icon but not the actual magazine. You need to pay in addition to your paid print subscription :( Needless to say I am deleting the app right now and will cancel my HB subscription until this policy changes.

No free access for print subscribers. I agree that it's disappointing that HB does not offer free access to the tablet version to print subscribers. Plenty of other magazines like Real Simple, Instyle, and Self do. It definitely makes me feel like House Beautiful doesn't care about giving me a little something extra/convenient for being a loyal subscriber all these years.

House Beautiful. Fabulous way to look at back issues! Love this APP & the HOUSE BEAUTIFUL Magazine💕

Frustrating!!. I love the magazine and really wanted to love this app...unfortunately it simply does NOT work. Recurring problems logging in....won't recognize my password or any 'recovery' passwords generated sent to my email. Have deleted, re-installed, updated, etc... Wish they could get it right! Please fix this issue!

Ridiculous!. I love HB in print but am shocked that as a subscriber I would have to pay AGAIN to use this app. You might want to change your app policy. Long time subscribers should be able to access the tablet version as a perk of being a loyal magazine subscriber! Greedy!

Print subscribers should have access to free digital copy. I'm a print subscriber and downloaded the House Beautiful app this morning. I was so disappointed to learn that I don't have free access to the digital copy of the magazine even though I'm an existing print subscriber. Most other magazines offer this benefit to their existing print subscribers and I hope you will offer this benefit soon.

Can not download what I archived and crashes!. I paid for a years subscription and I have nothing. Got nov/ dec, jan/ feb and archived them to make room for other things which they suggested. They said I could download them again by selecting the download button. The magazines just say purchased, no download button and then pending. Just buy the magazine at the grocery store. This is ridiculous. Robbery!

Room for improvement. The user interface is a bit clunky, and I can’t get rid of the blue banners at the top and bottom while viewing the content. May be user error.

Can't save any ideas. I love design magazines but am sick of the stacks of why did I keep this again? Mess. This app. Is easy to use. Gives me the same detail, glossy feel the magazine did. Buuuuut when I find something I love, I can't "rip" out the page and put it in a file. There doesn't seem to be a way to save ( or send someone ) a great idea. Sure it's great to have the magazine on my I pad but what's the point if I can't remember the amazing orange lamp I wanted to use in my sons room? Or send my sister the perfect picture of a vase I know she's been looking for? I would if it was on paper.

Annoyed. I agree with previous reviewers that it is ridiculous that print customers have to pay for a separate digital subscription. Every other magazine I subscribe to offers this for free. I will definitely reconsider my HB subscription going forward.

Poor decision House Beautiful. As a print subscriber, I have been waiting to be able to read HB on my iPad. If I'm traveling, it's nice to have the option to read my magazines online. Many other magazines respect & reward their print subscribers with access through their digital APs at no charge. It's sad that you have chosen not to do that. With many magazine choices out there, this really would have been a chance for you to keep your loyal customers, instead you use this as an opportunity to cause a huge amount of dissatisfaction. I hope you take the feedback to heart, and reverse this enormous mistake you have made. If not, I know you have lost me as a customer, and I'm sure I'm not going to be the only one.

What's the point?. I have been a subscriber to HB for a long time. Having recently renewed my subscription and having just received the January 2013 issue I was excited to try out the iPad app the issue repeatedly boasts about. I followed the instructions on page 6 of the magazine and was unable to get any of the images to scan and upload. I was also disappointed to find that HB wants me to pay again for the same exact content I already have in the traditional format. What a waste!

Wish I could give zero stars!. Like other reviewers, I am astonished to discover that print subscribers don't get the digital version as part of their subscription. Wow. My other magazines all allow access to digital content. Guess I will just enjoy BHG on my iPad and skip HB for now!

New platform is horrible, worthless. The new platform and update is horrible. They got rid of all my saved pages (I was warned but I had 4 years of magazines!). Thanks Hearst. Most importantly, Photos cannot be zoomed in, the cut and paste shows up randomly as opposed to the photo I want. It's easier to just go the website and pin it from there. I really enjoy HB, but way to lose a longtime customer! I'm dropping my subscription.

A real product review.... ...Not another disappointed "print subscriber" review. I'm new and wanted digital subscription options. Which they offer here. The download is fast. Let's you purchase individual issue or annual digital subscriptions. Interface is smooth. Pictures are great! Content is good. Now for the downsides: The magazine is displaced as a full shot of actual magazine page on one screen. This leaves the print hard to read. Be prepared to pinch larger often. Not optimized for iPad reading. Does not take advantage of scrolling down for overflow of font to make it easier to read. Tons of full-page ads. Ever-other-page is an ad. Sigh. Hoping this great magazine can take this up a few stars. I'm ready to rate it as such should it happen.

Not perfect. The magazine is as beautiful as my print version but there does not seem to be any way to highlight or "favorite" a page. I'm trying to eliminate the magazines all over the house but I am used to coming back to all my dog eared pages with my favorites. This app is disappointing for that reason. My Traditional Home subscription for iPad has all the options needed and I really enjoy that digital subscription.

This app needs a "favorites" function. It is great to look at the magazine online, however it is missing so much of the functionality of other magazine apps. It would be nice to have a way to access favorites or reference previous issues without having to search through a stack of magazines. At lease with a paper magazine I can rip out a page. House Beautiful is a favorite of mine - a great mag, but it's time to up their game on this app. They are being left behind by other mags.

Very disappointed!!!. As others have said, I can't believe that as a current paper subscriber I have to pay to view them in the app!!! Almost makes me want to cancel the paper subscription, am seriously thinking about it. How greedy can they get???

Didnt download all, some pages twice. Didnt download all. Some pages were in there twice.

I am having problems and getting no help. I have missed February’s please

Think again.... Why would I pay for something that I already get in the mail? Sure it's nice to have both available but I am not going to pay twice for it. Think again. FYI. All of my other magazines are offering free online for print subscribers. It's just good business.

All ads and impossible to cancel. BEWARE.. This magazine is a joke and a scam. It is sold through multiple layers of fly-by-night 3rd parties and is nearly impossible to cancel. They are completely unresponsive scammers. Moreover, you are paying for a bunch of ads. There’s no journalism or real writing of any sort taking place here.

This is a terrible app. I’ve purchased other magazine apps with no issues. This is difficult to access and doesn’t even have the current issue. If you sign in or subscribe using the website, you cannot access the digital subscription from the app. It says “You are already a subscriber,” then proceeds to block you from content. Super frustrating.

Inconsistent and inconsiderate. I downloaded this app just so I could give it a review. Every other physical magazine that I subscribe gives their subscribers gratis access to the iPad version. I'm disappointed that HB doesn't have the same common courtesy. Will be deleting this app- and may even rethink my subscription to the magazine.

Meh. While I agree with the other reviewers that paper subscribers should have access, I also understand this is a new technology and will give Hearst the benefit of the doubt (at least for a while). I am actually switching to digital subscriptions for as many mags as possible. I miss the paper magazines, but I don't miss my piles of magazines that clog up my office. The thing that disappoints me most about the app is the fact that they aren't taking full advantage of the digital options available; for instance: links to products and sharing options. BHG mag does a much better job at this. In addition, they should take cues from digital mags like Lonny and try to develop something more interactive.

Not for print subscribers. I can't speak to the usability of the actual app since I haven't gotten to use it. I'm a long-time print subscriber and was excited to hear that HB'd finally created an app - I love reading BHG on their app because it's so interactive with links right to many of the products so I thought this would be great. Not so much - I'm not going to buy the issues on the iPad when I already pay for the magazines...I think this was a poor choice by HB.

Uninspired. What a waste! Come on House Beautiful..develop this digital edition into something that's worth the cost of the subscription. Look at Canadian House and Home...even Time Magazine digital editions for some inspiration. I am so disappointed. This is simply a digital shot of the magazine. It renders the print too small to even read or to read comfortably...video content that sends the reader to You Tube (really?!?!!). I'm not a print subscriber..but I can't believe you require your print subscribers to pay extra for this junk. For a publication that's supposed to be about artistry, creativity, composition, taste, aesthetics....you should be embarrassed by your digital magazine.

Why bother?. Great magazine, worst app on the internet. Just get it in print form; the headaches otherwise are not worth it

Lonely plant 777. Nice home for my sons and grand baby and friends to call home I miss my family and friends I sure wish I could have Jim he a great guy we meet back in 89 and meet again in 2013.

Hate this app. This thing is terrible. The last app upgrade I show for this ap was just last month, July 2017. I've been trying for four days to download my Sep. issue but the app says I need to upgrade in order to download but there is no upgrade! So I'm stuck going in circles. I love the magazine but every month it seems I'd get it sooner if I just purchased it from a rack. Makes no sense!

House Beautiful Failing to Download. Along with previous review, the latest issue of House Beautiful will not download to my iPad. When will this be resolved? I have contacted geniuses from apple about the problem, however it has not been resolved with their help as of yet.

So disappointing!. Really, I have to pay $5 for a magazine I already own?! Every other magazine app let's current subscribers view magazines for free except for this one. So disappointing & makes me want to not renew my current subscription! If I could give negative stars I would!

Cannot access with paid subscription!. I have subscribed for 20 plus years & will not renew my subscription with House Beautiful. Just got my iPad, love reading Martha Stewart, Vanity Fair, Better Homes .& Gardens, Glamour , Coastal Living who all include online access to the IPad. Enough is enough House Beautiful. You just lost a lifetime subscriber.

Sadly disappointed. I love my new iPad and one of the greatest thing about it the ability to take MY magazines along with me to appointments, while traveling and any time I can grab a few minutes. I have loaded all my subscriptions ... Except one! House Beautiful is the only magazine I subscribe to that does not offer free online access to print subscribers. I will not be renewing my subscription.

Cannot view entire photo at once. Both the vertical and horizontal viewing option on the iPhone do not allow the viewer to see an entire photo at once. You have to swipe around to see the rest of the image if it is a larger horizontal image. This doesn't make any sense to me and is seriously frustrating. Even though the image would be smaller I would still like to have an option to see the entire image in one screen.

Get with the times.... Agree with the other reviewers that HB should be encouraging early adoption of the digital format by allowing current, and often long time, subscribers to make the switch. I guess I have to let my paper subscription run out and then start anew digitally. HB should be looking at seamless integration with print and online particularly with mobile adoption skyrocketing. Don't lose out by being slow to convert. Look at digital as a way to bring your beautiful content to life as others have done -- Martha Stewart Living, National Geographic for starters.

How do I access this pain in the neck site?. I have an active magazine subscription but apparently can’t access the app. Because of this I went to the app’s subscription site and bought a year of what I thought was just the digital access. However, when I went to make a new account, the site won’t allow it saying that I am already a subscriber. Go figure. Unfortunately I have no password so can’t get any of the digital magazines and there is no password reset tab. Ridiculous!

Terrible. This new publishing platform MAZ is terrible. I cancelled my subscription after 5 years because of it. The pages don't render correctly and worst of all, the advertiser's pages are set up to click through to their web page when you touch any part of the screen to move forward. Once you get redirected, you can't get back to the magazine and have to shut down the app. With 70% of the magazine being ads, it is not worth the frustration.

Print subscribers must pay again. Ridiculous.. I'm very disappointed with this publication. I'm a print subscriber but I have to pay again for the digital?! Both House Beautiful and Country Living (both from Hearst publishing) have this greedy policy & show no respect for loyal subscribers. Allure, Real Simple, Glamour & Travel & Leisure magazines (among many others) provide free digital copies for their paid print subscribers. House Beautiful should seriously consider this or risk losing loyal print customers. Shameful.

Visually pleasing. I really like this app. the pictures are beautiful and the pages are fun to navigate. My only problem is that there is no way to bookmark or tag a room or item you like the same way you would tear a page out of a magazine to add to your idea book for remodeling/redecorating.

Disappointed. Must purchase another subscription.. Unlike most other magazines that give you a digital subscription when you already receive a subscription by mail HB will make you purchase content you already receive but in digital format. Ideally I'd prefer to not receive the print version and switch to a digital, however I'm not going to pay the same amount to have the same sub in two different versions. At least offer at a discounted rate for print subscribers.

Crashes. The app just stopped working about five days ago. I can't download anything, the app just crashes constantly even after reinstalling it several times. Waiting for a response from App support. Is anyone else having this problem? The previous two issues were fine, so I don't know what happened.

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Sample Issue!. Great Issue. Good ideas!

Problems. There is a problem with this app. House Beautiful please fix. I have been charged for two magazines and can only download one.

Crash. I cannot get this to work at all. Sometimes I can get to the download stage before it crashes. Other times I just crashes right away. Waste of $20 subscription.

Irresponsible that Hearst hasnt fixed the download problems. July 3, 14 Havent been able to download at least 6 months of thedigital versions....i am paying for it on a monthly auto renew. ITunes support very helpful. Thank goodness. I am cancelling this subscription even though I am loathe to do it because I love the magazine. Management of opns should feel the wrath of the excellent editors cause they arecausing loss of fans like me. Grrrrr..

House beautiful. This app does not work properly. The download keeps freezing and after several tries throughout the day it still has not loaded. How do I get my money back for the annual subscription? I don 't need to go through this for each month's publication!

Fixed! Crashes every time I try to download. Update! The issue with the download has been fixed. I just finished downloading 3 issues. Thanks for fixing this problem Hearst Communications. Feb 18-Very unhappy! This app crashes every time I try to download an issue. I deleted it and reinstalled 3 times but I still have the same issue. Not impressed- especially since I paid for a years subscription

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Hearst wake up!. In an age when pubs are disappearing loyal customers are still subscribing to the print editions of magazines because we want then. But to have to pay twice to have the digital version of the same magazine is outrageous! Already paid why do it twice?

House Beautiful App -Thumbs Down for charging subscribers :(((. It's an unbelievable shame that subscribers are being asked to pay for an electronic version of a magazine we already paid for!!! This needs to be corrected immediately. Rating: Below Zero! :(((

Ridiculous. I think it is ridiculous to expect me or anyone else to pay for both a print subscription and the iPad edition. Had I known this before I subscribed; I would not have bothered.

Rediculous. Canceling the print version and only subscribing to magazines that offer both print and electronic for one price. Its not that good that I need it twice! Real Simple does this well.

Terrible waste of money. I can never access any of the issues on my ipad. It never knows who I am and the at I ordered a subscription. Very frustrating.

Yuk!. iPad version is a disappointment. It's nothing more than a digital version of the print version. There are no special features that are part of the fun of iPad apps. How foolish of me to assume the HB ipad app would be designed for the iPad. Not! Print is the better option for this title.

House beautiful. Love the colors and ideas

Crashes. This app worked fine for one download. Now I get nothing but a black screen, which is awesome since I've paid for my magazine that I can't actually view. BAD JOB!

Does Not Open. Subscribed but the password they sent gives me a message that it is the wrong password. Tried three times. Cannot open the magazine. I am going to do a chareback on my credit card.

Terrible money stealing app. This app is obviously not compatible with the iPad. They should give a refund to all subscribers all my previous issues and future ones won't download. Customer support is non existent. They send automated replies. This magazine does not care about its customers.

Disappointed!. Extremely disappointed that I cannot view on my iPad as a paid subscriber of the print magazine. In the future I will renew only if this policy changes.

Don't bother. This is a disappointing app because you can't even view the cover of the current or past issues unless you purchase it, nor can you preview any of the pages inside the magazine. Don't install it.

Disappointed. Disappointed that as a subscriber to House Beautiful, I have to pay to view the issues with this app. I will not be using this app until this policy changes.

Surprised. Can't believe I have to pay to see the magazine on my iPad since I subscribe to the print mag! I won't pay twice for the same magazine.

Hearst Publishing...DISAPPOINTS, AGAIN!!!. The same thing month-after-month and no light at the end of the dark digital tunnel. Only one publication (Elle) from a storied publishing house that can't seem to get rolling into the electronic age and provide complimentary digital with an existing print subscription??? There is no reasonable excuse...just more corporate greed.

Disappointed. I'm extremely disappointed that with my paid mail subscription I'm not able to download the iPad version!!!!

Unhappy customer. I've been subscribed to this magazine for over a year! I am upset that I can not receive the free iPad magazine when I pay for the one in the mail. Looks like I will have to find a new magazine because this is bull!

Do not download!. This is simply an app to purchase an online subscription. If you have a subscription by snail mail, you will not be able to get this. Also, you cannot view any content whatsoever.

Not useful. House Beautiful needs to take a look at Better Homes and Gardens iPad magazine for some tips! Nothing clicks- no interaction with websites, no scrolling or videos. What you see is what you get. And for $4.99 they can do so much more- and readers expect it. Blah.

What?!?!. Seriously? No way am I going to pay twice for the same magazine (paper and digital). Makes me wonder if I should renew either!

Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous that they don't give print subscribers iPad access like so many other magazines do. Really makes me rethink renewing my subscription to HB

This app is useless. I cannot believe that this app will not allow me to access my print subscription for free. House Beautiful needs to catch up with every other magazine - ASAP. I am not paying twice for the convenience of having an electronic version of my monthly magazine.

Useless even with a print subscription!!!. Not paying extra for iPad version when I've already paid for my print subscription. WILL REMOVE APP

Keeps crashing. As soon as I try to open it crashes...have deleted multiple times and downloaded again but the same thing keeps happening...don't bother with this app

Subscriber. Downloaded the app and then found out I have to pay for it and I'm a subscriber! What a waste! Shocked that I have to pay for something, in a sense, twice!

Keeps crashing. Just paid for a subscription and when I try and download issues the app immediately crashes. Not a great start.

Print subscribers. It would be awesome if you could allow your print subscribers to get a digital copy for free. Seems as if all my other magazine subscriptions allow this except you :(

Major bug issues. I have terrible trouble with this ap. New issues don't load, and I constantly have to delete and reload the ap just to look at my issue. Once my subscription ends I will think twice about renewing.

Lovely. This magazine is always lovely and accessible to normal folks. The ezine aspects make it more fun and useful. Kudos for employing this platform well.

Awful app. This app is a disgrace? It never recognizes my purchase, and it's so poorly designed that the FAQ section gives directions which do not correspond to the options in the app (ie in "My Account"). A huge waste of money and time.

Useless for inspiration. No bookmarking. Can't copy an image. Buy the print edition. Can't search. Crashes constantly. Don't bother. ;-(

Disappointing update HOUSE BEAUTIFUL. After the SECOND update all my old issues are still gone. Customer service keeps silence. Same problem with COUNTRY LIVING. Restoring the issues still not working. I will quit my monthly subscription. Very deeply disappointed...

Don't download it. I already have a subscription for the hard copy. I will not pay anything to get this on my iPad. No other magazine I purchase requires me to pay for the hard copy and also pay for the soft copy,😧😧😧😧😧😧😧😧😧😧😧😧😧

Back to Zinio. I have been reading House Beautiful on Zinio. Loved it. For some stupid reason I thought I'd try it directly from the publisher. AWFUL! Now I'll go back to Zinio because I love the magazine and just give up the price I paid. Now if I can only get it to not auto-renew next year.

Not free for print subscribers. I see you've updated your digital issues "...based on subscriber feedback...." But you're still charging your print subscribers. Tsk tsk. I won't be updating or using until it's free.

Crashes. This app doesn't work, even with the May 15 update! If it loads at all, it crashes almost immediately. I love House Beautiful magazine and would love to use this app. Please fix it!

WASTE!!!. App doesn't even open. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling and nothing. Just doesn't work! Don't waste time or money on this crap

House Beautiful. I didn't want to give this app even 1 star. I have digital subscriptions to 1/2 dozen magazines. House Beautiful is the only one I have problems with. Every month I have to delete/reinstall/send emails asking for help.

Wise Up Hearst. I will no longer subscribe to a magazine that makes you pay twice for the convenience of reading it on an IPad.

Bad for print subscribers. As a print subscriber I should not have to pay for the magazine twice! Better Homes and Gardens allows print subscribers have the digital version for free, so why shouldn't HB? Terrible and hope this will change ASAP!

Disappointed. Why do I have to pay for issues as a subscriber?! They should change this policy...why would I pay for the magazine twice?! As a paper subscriber it should be free to view the magazine in the iPad.

CRASHES. App continues to crash and am not able to download issues. This needs to be resolved or subscribers should be credited.

Print Subscribers should be free!. Print subscribers should have free access to the iPad version! Why should I have to purchase the same mag twice. Others give free digital access, they should too.

Poor. I agree with the rest of the comments. House Beautiful should allow it's print subscribers access to the digital copy. Most of the other magazines I subscribe to do.

Low functionality. The only option you will have is to buy an issue. No subscriber account information is available.

Crashes constantly. Crashes constantly despite redownloading, updating, and rebooting my iPad. Loved it until last 3 editions, none do which I've been able to read because of constant crashing. No such problems with BHG or VF....

The app is not working. Whenever I tap on the icon, it crashes. And since this is a digital subscription, I don't have the account # in order to complain. A real Catch-22!

On Line with Paid Subscription. Very disappointed that I can't review why traveling on my ipad. I travel for work and it would be nice to get the app along with my paid subscription. I get my other magazines.

Stolen money. Subscribed and the issues will not open - just shows black screen. I even downloaded the update and this will not work. I don't know how to get my money back.

Not free for subscribers?. It sure would nice to be able to download to my iPad for free since I already pay for the magazine. Martha Stewart and Better Homes and Gardens give me a free download.