AARP Publications App Reviews

AARP a Wealth of valuable education. There are so many interesting and useful articles on AARP to benefit those of us in the prime of our lives.

I love this app!. It is great to be able to open this app to read the articles anywhere & anytime I’m free. If I’m waiting in line, in the car, or just want to read; I’ve got access to all the best & informative articles AARP offers.

Where are the instructions?. Being able to read the magazines offline is a great idea. But where are the instructions? I downloaded it but where is it? It’s not under Saved and it’s not in my files. Why aren’t you more considerate of your audience?

App won’t allow login from IPad. I have an IPad Air with OS 16.3.1. I’ve tried everything to log into this darn app without success. I’ve tried deleting the app and reinstalling. I changed my password but it won’t let me update it because all I get when I hit the login button I get an error message. I keep getting the same error message no matter what I try: Error 15. Other people have been complaining about this in the reviews for a long time yet it seems to still be happening. It’s very frustrating not to be able to read the publications that come with my membership. And it is a waste of my time to be trying every method I can think of to log in. Is this ever going to fixed?

The press is so important but yet again - No fact checking. Article on the presidential candidates review: When someone lies consistently how can we consistently publish their answers with no explanation. I’m sad and scared for our country. Are tax breaks mostly for the rich? Will they add to the national debt? How are plans to be paid for? Lies about eating pets. Then I notice an article for a moody teenager. We have a president contestant that has raped and breaks the law, says how everything is so bad. Took away guarantee of reproductive rights and women are dying. School shootings are constantly happening and nothing is done. Gay and transgender are under attack. My teens don’t want to have kids and I’m sad, scared and disgusted for the country we are leaving them. I won’t renew my AARP membership.

Reading AARP Articles on my phone. I have found articles very informative and a lot of common sense for the elders.. Congratulations and Goo work 😊👏🏼

Low vision. I am 70 years old with very low vision. I am unable to read the AARP Bulletin any longer due to small print. I absolutely love the on-line Bulletin. I can make the font as big as I need it!

First review. Love the app, and I downloaded it because when I saw the cover of the February/March issue, I said the words, “oh, great, for women. I love it.“ Great cover, fantastic magazine.

Great job on providing pertinent information.. It’s reassuring when we see people who are our age with the same or informative views.

Does not work. I can’t log in using my iPad. I keep getting an Error 15 message. If I try logging in without a password, which is an option, I sign in from an email into a browser which gives me no option do do anything. It’s useless for me

Initial review. Not everyone is 100% apple. Reading on my phone, hoping spelling is Ok as nothing I type is showing up. Wish I could read articles on my windows HP computer

Good things…... come between pages. Great reads, good info, good time spent!

Great Information!! WoWzA!!. I love reading articles from AARP Mag! And AARP Period!:)) I’m new to it and am so glad I joined. They make your day with such awesome Info🥰 ThankU AARP❣️ KsK

Can’t view the digital content while on the app.. I just downloaded the app, in order to read something advertised in the magazine, but only available if you had the app. I download the app and all the instructions verified my email address still I cannot read the digital content. Help!

App improved. I deleted my previous review because the app has much improved. You can download and read both magazines with ease, much easier of course if you use an iPad to access it and read.

Can’t get current magazine!. What’s up? I can only get 2015 issues. But on iPhone I can get current issue. I want to read it on my iPad. It’s easier for me to read,as I travel and can’t get a hard copy to read.

1st time app user. Love having your magazine, and all the extra articles, right at my fingertips. Thank you.

Website. Very hard to move around, open a puzzle and can’t get out of it, close the app go to which magazine I want to read and it just keeps going back to same puzzle I had 2 weeks ago I sure hope you keep sending me hard copies of the magazine so I can delete the app

Pass it on. I love this magazine. Fantastic articles that are well written and informative. I usually find an article to rip out for later use such as “Managing money when you’re sick“ (February/March 2024). On occasion I will find something to pass on to our kids.

Great information. Love the technology information you provided. Looking forward for more.

AARP BULLETINS. Really enjoy reading these monthly AARP Bulletins. Find them very informative and keep them for reference in my daily activities. Thank you!

Gone digital. I’ve recently signed up for an all digital access to the AARP Magazine and Bulletin. The format makes it easy to access. Most of all it saves paper, printing, and mailing cost. Makes for a clutter free surrounding.

Please Update App - Does not work on iPad 10. I can log in using my iPhone 12 Pro Max. BUT the app will not allow me to log in using any of my iPads - get an "Access Denied" "Error 15" "This Request was blocked by the security rules" Went to website and reset password - same problem. Deleted the app, rebooted, reloaded, and still no luck. From the other reviews, I'm not the only one having this problem. AARP please fix this as many of your members need to use their larger devices to read the publications. UPDATE: After multiple tries getting the error message = the moving letters to enter for security is a terrible idea for older eyes = was finally able to log in and view the publications. It should really not be this hard to login into an app that is supposed to support the older generation.

Error 15 when attempting to register for AARP Publications.. As soon as I hit Register Now, I get Error 15. I tried App Support and using the aarpbot i got a “do not understand” when I selected Yes to the bot’s question “Do you want to chat with an agent”. Not only is the Publications app slamming the door in my face but so is the App Support aarpbot slamming the door. Rates right up there with SouthWest Airlines these days.

don’t waste your time. No page numbers, very slow, even though I have fast Internet, the pages take too long to load just a waste of time

Informational publication. Each month I enjoy reading this Bulletin with great tips and information for the Senior Citizen. Keep up the good work. Ron from California

A grateful gal. I don’t drive so getting to the post office was a challenge People were taking my mail and sometimes I didn’t get an issue so thanks for sharing the back issues

Print too small to read. Since the news letter is targeted to the older populations, one would think the printed version would have larger print. I enjoy reading the paper copy but struggle with the small print. Please consider increasing font size.

Easy reading and listening to important things. I’m so glad I got this app. I receive the magazine, and this app complements it in very good fashion. I really like I can click a headphone icon and listen through my iPhone speaker to any story in the AARP magazine. Very well done. Easy to navigate. I really like this app!

Well now…. I love the fact that I can listen to the articles through the AARP app. Being a Truck Driver this will certainly make it easier to get caught up on things going on in the world. Thank you so much for this.

No page numbers? No search bar?. No page numbers in contents or on the actual page. No,search bar is just lame.

Hmmm Having some trouble. I’m trying to use the app but keep getting an error message. Reinstall several times and still the same message. I’ll try once more, then may give up.

Not user friendly at all!!. Asked for a phone number at set-up. Wanted a US number with +1 but couldn’t take that many numbers. Duh. Then I tried to play games. Wanted me to login in AGAIN!! I did. So I tried to work the crossword for the day. Wouldn’t let me enter any letters and offered no explanation. I think I will just delete the APP.

Not worth your time. Error message,or processing until it times out, have not been able to resolve problems App just doesn’t work

AARP. I love the updates on government news about social security and medications. I appreciate topics on financial info as well. The magazine protects seniors from fraud encounters of which devious individuals would take advantage of those of us who are vulnerable. The magazine highlights topics centered on seniors to help direct our lives in a more favorable setting. Being informed is essential in this changing world.

Never disappointed. AARP Magazine is my link to what’s happening in the world affecting seniors. Having read manuscripts in my professional life, it is a pleasure diving, into another professionally written piece. The’Music and Mind’ feature (December 23 - January 24) was a gem worth sharing with family, which I did. Bravo.

Scrolling Issue. Every time I scroll down when reading an article on my iPhone my page enlarges so that I can’t read the article until I resize the page. It happens very frequently and is very annoying. Please help.

Doesn’t work. I logged in, but got error 15. I deleted the app, re-installed it, and it does not even bring me to the login screen anymore, just immediately shows error 15 again. I can successfully log in to the AARP website, so this is an app, not a password issue.

AARP is my go-to for important information. I love topics that AARP has in each and every issue so informative for seniors and updated things in healthcare of course and each. Issue has something new!

Good evening. I have a membership until 2030. You gave us a hard time to login my husband, couldn’t Login. I’m not only the member I got for three friends each one for three years. This is embarrassing.

Cannot access “Exclusive Extras!” digital content.. I got the app to view the “Exclusive Extras!” digital content. I found the page in the table of contents, but there are no links on that page to actually view the articles. Poor UI design.

Reading Is Such A Joy. AARP publications are always informative, interesting and insightful; for instance the recent article by Tom Chiarella “Henry Winkler’s 6 Lessons of Reinvention”. Who if any of us could ever forget Happy Days and the Fonz?

App Does not Work with iPad. I received the same security message that others have mentioned. The app gives me a security error after correctly entering my email address and password. This needs to be fixed.

AARP PUBs App is Fantastic!. I have always enjoyed the AARP Magazine, I used to read my mom's before I was able to get my own. The articles are interesting and we'll written. Now that I can read ALL the AARP publications on one app it so much more convenient. The app includes all the newsletters too! I love that when Im sitting in a waiting room I can open the app and read the magazine and any of the newsletters. So easy, so nice 🙌👍👍

Very Informative. This magazine has provided me with a great source of valuable information. Thank you AARP.

Challenging app. It has taken me more than 15 minutes to get this app to recognize me (had to change my password to get in); when I attempt to log into the app, it sits, “Processing…”. One attempt did succeed in logging me in, but then I was immediately presented with a 400 or 404 error, taking me to a page which did not allow me to access the publication. Not sure what's going on…

Wonderfully useful information.. I’ve been retired almost one year and swimming upstream, trying to learn about Medicare, social security, taxes, discounts, insurance programs, relevant legislation, information for caregivers, medications that affect dementia patients (positively or negatively), financial products, the latest consumer cyber security, etc. The useful information in AARP publications via mail and the app has amazed and delighted. Totally worth the time.

Love AARP. Love AARP! Keeps me up to date, easy to navigate & a lot of good information at my fingertips!

Online publishing. A nice touch to access the monthly issues

Use it or lose it. I love to read all of relevant articles that keeps me learning and reading is exercise for my brain.

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Upgraded to IPad Pro and it locked me out. No response from AARP for help. Several password changes which work on the PC desktop will not work here. Outta here!

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Great titles but can't tell if reading everything there. It's nice to the have AARP articles so handy, but sometimes the articles seem to progress down and others to the right. There are sometimes points to click on and then can't get back to the original articles. These multiple directions, clicks are distracting from the original articles. While I am on-line a lot reading, sometimes it might be easier to return to a hard copy book or magazine.

LOGIN doesn’t work. Continue to receive Security codes ugh!!! Please fix app

Podcasts. I can’t get any podcasts to play. Very frustrating.

Missing digital exclusive. One of the April/May digital exclusives is missing. It’s the reason I downloaded the app and now it’s not there. 😔

What’s going on???????. I signed out and tried to sign in again, it just keep spooling. I even deleted the app and downloaded again, it keeps doing the same thing. I appreciated the app especially when I no longer had the print copy. Please help because I do not want to have to hold on to print copies forever. That’s the reason you got such a low rating. I love this magazine. App support need to step up their game and fix the problem with this app. Like right now!!!!!!!!

Can’t login, “Error 15”. I’ve tried too many times. Shouldn’t be this difficult

Great digital media experience. This really is a great app. Great job AARP! This app is the next step in digital media: it seamlessly integrates print, web, social media, video and audio--all at the touch of a finger. If I see a topic of interest it's easy to do a deeper dive. Or, if I prefer, to just move onto the next story. You really got my attention!

So, so. “Clunky” App

Absolutely Horrible. Hasn’t been updated with newest publications since late Summer. Logging out, reinstalling app and signing back in gets you a spinning globe. Please hire someone that knows what they’re doing, preferably a senior. Still not working...Apple please get this piece of 💩 removed from your app store. An embarrassment.

App. Very confusing. How do I find my account information?

Have Not Been Able to Login and Use for at Least 3 Months. Have called twice in the last few months and tried everything they have suggested. They acknowledge they have had problems but have not solved them. It used to work great and I much prefer it over the print version. Natalie today tried the same things with me that I have tried l times but to no avail. She escalated it to their IT people to fix the problem and get back to me. Why change something that had been working well?!

Woman out of a job. I have reviewed this article 2 times but it has popped up on my screen at least 10 times or more.

Can’t login - Useless - an Actual Waste ofTime. I just downloaded this app yesterday since I thought it might be easier to read the magazine in an app, but it won’t let me log in, as seems to have been the case for so many other people that have written reviews. So the app is useless. I would have given It zero stars if that were possible since it has actually wasted my time. I called AARP and they said they are working on it and that I would not be able to login until it was fixed, that I should just keep checking back. I told them that they should have some sort of notification to that affect in the app, and probably also in the App Store since it sounds like this has been an ongoing problem. Or perhaps they would do better to take it out of the store completely until they have it fixed.

Nothing works. Logged In...downloaded magazine.....can't view or open or read ANYTHING :(

Very informative. I have been a AARP subscriber since I became 50 and the hard copy of the magazine and bulletin always have a ton of information. The IPad application is a time saver because I can read both products on the go and forget about the hard copies. I wonder if it is also available for kindle

Customer service. Sally was excellent and very patient with me!!

Can’t log in. Like many others I cannot log into the app. Will this ever be fixed?

Can’t log in. Fix this app!. No new issues have appeared on iPad since the Aug/Sep issue. In an attempt to refresh the screen, I tried logging out and back in. Problem now is that the login attempt just spins and times out. So I changed my password and tried again — same result. Then I tried deleting and reinstalling the app — again, same result. Tech support info is nowhere to be found so at a loss. BTW - Have no problem reading through web browser but vastly prefer the app (when it works). AARP, please fix your app!

Excellent app for their periodicals!. I read 95% of my books and magazines digitally. I was still reading aarp periodicals physically and scanning articles that I wanted to keep. Well, no more! I can now read and keep articles that interest me on my iPad. Less clutter😊. I subscribe to over 15 digital periodicals and this app is on par with most of the other apps like Condé Nast. I have no complaints and I thank aarp for putting their magazines in Digital form for consumption!!

Great. It’s great to get the info via the app!

Dancing. Great reading

Can't log in on iPad. No matter what I try, it will not log me in on my iPad. This is not just me. There are several that get the same error.

Fair, it with limitations. Works mostly as one would expect, with swiping sideways moving to new items, down to continue with a longer piece. The multimedia is mostly useful. The limitation come with saving, sharing and book marking. Bookmarking works, but as usual, only when the issue is loaded, which wouldn't be a problem if one could save or share a page. Doesn't work with Instapaper, my preferred software, and one can't post pages or quotes. I.e. It's not designed well for Social Media, or really the 21st century. Rather, it's a fancy magazine that fits on one's iPad, and can't move or be shared.

English only. Include spanish articles also!!!

Buggy, hard to use, insecure. Just the worst! I use dozens of apps and this is the absolute worst.

Can’t copy and paste. Just dumb that they won’t let you copy and paste your login credentials.

App is broken on Ipad -. Same error 15 as everyone else How did this get past apple app review ? this a basic showstopper bug

AARP app for iPad does NOT work. App still won’t open on iPad Pro because of “security rules.” As of February 2023. I don’t want to read issues on an iPhone

Not kind to people with low vision. I am one of the millions of people who has age-related macular degeneration. I found it difficult to read this publication for the following reasons: 1. Some of the pages could be enlarged on my iPad and some could not, even within the same story. 2. The bars at the top and bottom stayed on a very short time. The top bar was difficult to read because the print was black on dark blue. 3. I prefer to be able to view in landscape mode rather than being locked in to portrait mode.(If all pages could be enlarged, landscape mode would allow for larger letters.) I enjoy the content of this publication, but I will soon have to stop reading it if changes are not made. Thanks for allowing me to share my frustrations. Wilma Griffin Texas

AARP apps *NEED* to work in landscape on my iPad!. (1) AARP apps—all of them—need to operate in *landscape* mode on my iPad. This is the device on which I’d be most likely to use them. (2) Nice to see that most of the content from the bulletin and the mag are available online. To bad the content is so litteredd with ads—I’d expect better since I’m a *paying* member! (3) The print’s too danged smallish. Our local paper’s app has a nifty feature whereby you can click on the article title, convert the article to LARGE easy-to-read plain text, read it, then click to go back. This shouldn’t be so hard to do. Also see the V for Wiki app (for reading Wikipedia) for an idea on ease of reading. Heck, in this AARP even the icons at the top of the screen are hard to see. Atrocious. In the end, the online mag and bulletin are not as enjoyable as leafinf through a good ol’ paper copy at my leisure. There’s just something about the feel of paper. (Especially when the battery runs low 😉)

AARP. Enjoying it!

DoesNOT Work on iPad Mini 6th Gen. I’ve had both AARP and Apple support to assist. Keep getting Error 15 AARP login attempt.

App no longer works. I enjoyed being able to read the publications on my iPad as we are retired and travel all the time. However, i have not been able to log into the app for several months, although I can log into my AARP acct on a laptop. I deleted the app and reinstalled twice. One other note — would love to have ability to enlarge type, which is perfect for the AARP target audience! :-)

Not Friendly. Downloaded app and tried to login but the app would not allow me to paste data from my password keeper. It requires me to manually type the data.

Login spins and spins. Ie fails. Regardless what the developer says in response to reviewers up to a year ago, this issue is NOT fixed. My login works for AARP Now app and website. What a disappointment from org that should easily have resources to quality development team or individual to fix basic login function. Look forward to seeing this fixed but obviously won’t hold my breathe. UPDATE: No new version for over 3 YEARS has to be the problem!! Do you expect your members to have only old un-updated hardware and software. Pull the darn app if you aren’t going to support it!

Access to PDF files. I would like to be able to save the PDF file to my local drive so I can archive it. The current design forces me to loose access to them when I am not in an app

Now I can finally quit getting paper copies. 3 Sep 2014 Just downloaded on an older iPad with the latest ios. Don't have any problems. I suspect those that complain the text stops in the middle of a sentence, for an article they are reading, don't know they need to swipe up or down to get the rest of the text in the viewing field. Try it again, and don't blame the app. Hope this helps! Yep, gotta learn all those quirks of using an iPad, iPhone.

Some directions, please?. Can’t figure out how to get article open

Mediocre app that has been unstable for more than a year; AARP doesn’t care.... Haven’t been able to read AARP pubs for several months because they don't show up in this poorly written app anymore. When nothing else worked, I logged out. You guessed it: once again, I can no longer log in! Since the developer doesn’t care about fixing the app, and AARP isn’t holding him accountable, it give up. FAIL + DELETE. Prior UPDATE: Have been receiving emails from developer saying, “The log in issue has been fixed” but it hasn't. The only way I could get in was to delete and reinstall and then change my password. Raised my review to 2 stars for the effort, but without instructions on how to get it to work, it's another time sink. Still a mediocre app with ineffective support. Original review: I prefer to read AARP mags on my iPad but the app has been broken for months. Changed password, deleted and reloaded app, but still can’t log into app. Can log in using browser so I’m pretty sure this an app bug. Not worth wasting more time on a buggy app...

Good mag. One of the few I read cover to cover.

Another Error 15. Like others I also can’t login, I get the same error 15. Very lame app

Forwarding, Printing and Saving. Not possible in this app.

Unable To Log In. I’m trying to get access to a recent Bulletin but I think the only way I can get to it is through the app. When I download the app I need to log in but am unable to. The little wheel just keeps spinning and it gets hung up. I have to totally delete the app and start over - but same thing happens. I read some of the previous reviews and see that this is an issue that has been around a while. What should I do? And do I have to keep coming back here to get an answer?

Impossible to Navigate. Trying to find the article indicated in my iPad alerts is impossible

Editions not updated on website.. I receive the print versions of both AARP Bulletin and magazine which I like to read, but the website isn’t updated timely on the AARP website. I find it much easier to read online so not having the latest edition of AARP publications online is an inconvenience. Please update your website.

Has bugs. Wish it worked in landscape mode and had an iPhone version to take with me to read while waiting. Texts are missing spaces between words and if it’s interactive, it’s slow and clunky. I haven’t been using this app that long so I can’t speak to bookmarks or other features. But I definitely prefer reading on my iPad because it’s less clutter, while my mom is old school and the opposite.

Magazine. It only appears as a very light shadow.

User unfriendly. C

Access Denied Error 15. Can’t login, just get access Denied error 15.

Times out too much. I was trying to log in and create password and Twice it timed out and I had to start over. I will not use this if it stresses me out!