Just upgraded to the latest version. Now I can see my back issues but I can't load and read them...the cover shows up for less than a second and the it displays ten current issue again. I don't know if the Kindle version does the same thing but I will be checking that out tomorrow.
It keeps hanging, very slow to flip pages, constantly loading every page you turn. It's as if the magazine is not downloaded but you're browsing the web content. So I'm not even sure whether you can read an issue offline on your ipad. I had subscribed and cancelled it after 2 issues. Unless Gramophone learns from other successful magazine apps on iPad, I'm not gonna restart my subscription. Too bad because Gramophone was one of the magazines I was looking forward to read on my iPad. Big disappointment.
It is difficult to read. The fonts look terrible on New iPad. It doen't response to your finger movement well. I have to stop my subscription after two issues.
The new issue just replaced old issue. Why do you do this?
Great content but as many other magazines, such a lousy interface, no effoort intomit at all
If it was redesigned to match interface of let's say Conde Nast magazines then it could work, and also, pricing is a bit to high, 2,99 $ a month is more then appropriate
So we'll see what happens
Yes, you do have to subscribe to the magazine. (Duh!) But the pages are tailored to the iPad and display beautifully. You can enlarge text too (pinch and drag). New issues download easily, and do not replace older issues.
The Gramophone app is one I really looked forward to having on my Ipad, since I enjoy reading the music reviews when I can snatch a spare moment. However, this app has two major drawbacks, one much more annoying than the other.
First, the issues do not download easily. The January 2012
issue would download partway, and then hang. It was exasperating to have the thing stall so often.
Much more serious, however, is the pricing. I had just renewed my print subscription for two years, at a cost of $143, when I came upon the Ipad edition. Could I get Gramophone at no charge on the Ipad, as I do with The New Yorker and other Conde Nast publications to whose print editions I subscribe? Of course not! No price breaks whatsoever! I had to purchase an additional subscription for the Ipad at full price--and I'm experiencing buyer's remorse because I was so weak-willed.
In short, this could be a good app with some bug fixes and a fairer pricing structure. As it is now, it gets my personal "Golden Fleece" award!
Even if you stay subscribed, a newly downloaded issue erases older issues, so you lose them even though you have paid for and downloaded them previously.
I bought a 1 month subscription. At the end of the month my subscription expired, and the month I had bought (November 2011) disappeared. I tried to restore it, and was told I had no current subscription. So I guess they're saying that you only "rent" the mag while you have an ongoing subscription, and if you let it lapse, you lose all your editions. Ripoff!
UPDATE: iTunes have confirmed that you only get content while you are subscribed. So you could subscribe for a year, and once the subscription is over, you have no access to that content, ever again.
Putting aside the subscription issue, the iPad edition of the magazine is devoid of any functionality or features that take advantage of the iPad platform. It's basically just a PDF dump of the print material. So it's not worth subscribing to even if you got to keep all the copies. This is a putrid product.
I love that this magazine is available digitally! The interface is superior to some other magazines that are available. With the magazine in the news stand it is there ready to read even when the wifi is not there. I now have one of my favorite magazines accessible on my iPad. That is so wonderful. The pages render as beautifully as the paper version. It is easy to zoom to make print larger. It is an easy swipe between pages or you can hit the scroll button at the bottom to quickly move around the magazine! Thank you!
After paying for a subscription through Exact Editions, this doesn't allow me to read the entire magazine. Disappointing.
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