Excellent App
The coverage of recordings, with which one can always disagree, aside, the app itself is excellent. You can search the entire run of Gramophone and, best of all, most reviews link to recordings on Apple Music.
Beautiful
Beautiful picture-perfect rendition of a top-notch magazine, with a phenomenal archive going back to 1923. The search function is useful and helpful.
Impossible to start sub on App
It appears to be completely impossible to start a subscription to Gramophone on this app. There is no “subscribe” button anywhere. Why is the App available for download if you can’t subscribe from it?
Dreadful Search Engine
I don’t think I’ve ever come across anything with such a chronically dreadful search engine. Try searching Vivaldi Gloria, for instance. Everything you search yields such poor results it is a completely worthless app. It finds nothing you want and everything you don’t. Navigation is also poor failing to remember what you’re looking for. AWFUL.
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December 1940
This issue is missing in your back library, it’s replaced by a repeat of the January 1940 issue.
Perfect companion
With embedded links to Apple Music, this is the perfect companion for perusing reviews and listening.
Appreciated
The app is wonderful (mostly) but I did have an irritating problem where every time I opened it, I got a subscription activated message. Happily, the Exact Editions techies solved that, so it goes back to being a favourite. I’m still learning how best to use search on past numbers.
Subscription
Be aware that if you have a subscription through iTunes and cancel, you lose every every magazine you purchased. Given the cost of a subscription (around 120 dollars annually) that is very disappointing.
Zero stars - Terrible
Almost impossible to renew successfully if you have a subscription to The Gramophone itself rather via ITunes.
Firstly you can ONLY renew by post or telephone - yes really.
Secondly you cannot regain access to your content without ringing them up another time, second call to get access to review database.
Now, I can’t get access to the magazine, email and password not recognised even though they are saved in Safari, and I’ve checked they are correct.
No way to contact the them via the app not even a reset password link.
Shoddy. 1990s programming and it’s not cheap. Utter rubbish
Firstly you can ONLY renew by post or telephone - yes really.
Secondly you cannot regain access to your content without ringing them up another time, second call to get access to review database.
Now, I can’t get access to the magazine, email and password not recognised even though they are saved in Safari, and I’ve checked they are correct.
No way to contact the them via the app not even a reset password link.
Shoddy. 1990s programming and it’s not cheap. Utter rubbish
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Good alternative to printed edition
This has the full contents of the printed magazine and is to be recommended. In addition, on the Mac version (not iPad) there is a text only version of each page underneath the original, good for looking at in other apps once exported or for further study. Only 4 stars because there needs to be better navigation and links to other websites else no complaints and it saves on paper too.
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