Keeps crashing
Overall a nice app however it keeps crashing which means you have to relaunch the app and this is really annoying. I'm running a 128gb iPhone 6 so the phone is more than capable.
More fashion
It is not as it was few years ago
Boat International digital edition
Beautifully presented digital issues, but released later than the hard copy subscription issue.
Downloads are the worst feature of this app
If you are thinking of downloading this app, look for some other boating magazine. Boat International takes most of a day to download, fails and then starts the download again. Very slowly. I have never had such a dismal and frustrating experience.
If you do mistakenly subscribe,make sure you disable the auto renewal function so you don't have to suffer this app again.
I will not be renewing. I can download National Geographic in a few minutes and that publication has much higher quality photos, videos and graphics than Boat International.
If you do mistakenly subscribe,make sure you disable the auto renewal function so you don't have to suffer this app again.
I will not be renewing. I can download National Geographic in a few minutes and that publication has much higher quality photos, videos and graphics than Boat International.
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Crashing
Had it before. Now on my ipad air it keeps crashing. Can't get past the first screen.
Magazine size is huge as well! Get popular mechanics with videos and all that are about half the size.
Magazine size is huge as well! Get popular mechanics with videos and all that are about half the size.
Won't download
You pay for magazines and they won't download tou your iPad.
Pointless waste of time
I've yet to be able to even view one copy of this - takes F O R E V E R t o load a copy, then crashes, then deletes what you have just spent 3 hours downloading.
P. O. S!
P. O. S!
Frustrations
I have followed BI since issue 18, and on the iPad for nearly a year. This latest update has made it inaccessible for me and can only be described as a total letdown. It has let me once get far enough to buy the latest issue - but have not been able to read it. Have tried to find the proper route for tech support - but can't find it!
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An above average magazine App.
I have multiple magazine subscriptions across the varied app's available (Newsstand, Zinio, stand-alones, etc.) and find Boat International to be plagued with some issues.
While not National Geographic, there is plenty of interactive content to make each issue an upgraded digital version of the print magazine. The Zoom feature is better than most, and combined with the ability to see the featured photos as a gallery make detailed observations of the vessels a snap. Each issue is large (think Wired) so expect a chunk of download time.
The problems began, for me, with "Updating the Shelf". Seemingly an endless process, I have resorted to doing a full iPad turn off/on to simply read the magazine in a reasonable time. I don't know if it's related to the NISI video played at start-up, but it's annoying at best.
Clearly the defect is the application, not the content of the magazine. I'm surprised frankly, that a publication intended to appeal to the most discriminating of readership would allow its digital "face" to be so poorly received.
Here's to hoping an update will right this ship.
While not National Geographic, there is plenty of interactive content to make each issue an upgraded digital version of the print magazine. The Zoom feature is better than most, and combined with the ability to see the featured photos as a gallery make detailed observations of the vessels a snap. Each issue is large (think Wired) so expect a chunk of download time.
The problems began, for me, with "Updating the Shelf". Seemingly an endless process, I have resorted to doing a full iPad turn off/on to simply read the magazine in a reasonable time. I don't know if it's related to the NISI video played at start-up, but it's annoying at best.
Clearly the defect is the application, not the content of the magazine. I'm surprised frankly, that a publication intended to appeal to the most discriminating of readership would allow its digital "face" to be so poorly received.
Here's to hoping an update will right this ship.
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Terrible
I downloaded 6 of them (over 7GB data) to read at my flight. I read one at the beginning of the flight . Then after my lunch, when i reopened the app all of my downloaded magazines were gone! Very dissapointed and yet this is not the forst time this has happened to me. Just dont waste your money guys, go buy another app.
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