Great interactive features
The magazine itself is fanatic but the app needs some work. It's especially hard to scroll up and down, it seems like it only works if you go in a perfectly straight vertical line, very annoying. This and the lack of zoom means only four stars but the content as alway is amazing and still makes it a worthy purchase.
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Great iPad content rendered unusable by update
I have enjoyed reading Top Gear Magazine in its printed form for years, but living in New York it was always expensive and late to get hold of.
I couldn't help but think there had to be a better way. Apple rolled out the iPad and as soon as it was available I subscribed to the magazine through Zinio. Their rubbish delivery (late) felt like a step backwards, and I leapt onto the app distributed through Apple's Newsstand. All the waiting was gone and I could enjoy the magazine as soon as it came out. Hooray!
Then came the latest update, and suddenly it's all gone very wrong. No portrait view? No zoom? I can only guess that they released this app without testing it at all. I'm sure there must be lovely features and lots of bells and whistles, but I haven't experienced any of them because they have rendered the magazine unreadable.
Maybe it's all part of an upcoming episode of the show where Clarkson, Hammond. and May take it upon themselves to re-design the iPad app? I don't think so, because even the Hammerhead Eagle iThrust was better conceived, and tested according to the video footage of testing that the boys put together, and the Reliant Robin Space Shuttle was more successful.
SORT IT OUT!
I couldn't help but think there had to be a better way. Apple rolled out the iPad and as soon as it was available I subscribed to the magazine through Zinio. Their rubbish delivery (late) felt like a step backwards, and I leapt onto the app distributed through Apple's Newsstand. All the waiting was gone and I could enjoy the magazine as soon as it came out. Hooray!
Then came the latest update, and suddenly it's all gone very wrong. No portrait view? No zoom? I can only guess that they released this app without testing it at all. I'm sure there must be lovely features and lots of bells and whistles, but I haven't experienced any of them because they have rendered the magazine unreadable.
Maybe it's all part of an upcoming episode of the show where Clarkson, Hammond. and May take it upon themselves to re-design the iPad app? I don't think so, because even the Hammerhead Eagle iThrust was better conceived, and tested according to the video footage of testing that the boys put together, and the Reliant Robin Space Shuttle was more successful.
SORT IT OUT!
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Ridiculous update
Other comments regarding the newly tiny fonts and forced landscape view are correct.
Here's my issue - all previous issues have disappeared, despite using the "Restore All Purchases" fix suggested above by the publisher. After the automated response to an email complaint promised a response "in 24 hours," it took 3 days to get a form email asking me take all the troubleshooting steps I told them I'd already done (force restart app, restart iPad, uninstall and reinstall app).
So now I get animated ads that I can't skip, but none of the previous content that I actually paid for.
Here's my issue - all previous issues have disappeared, despite using the "Restore All Purchases" fix suggested above by the publisher. After the automated response to an email complaint promised a response "in 24 hours," it took 3 days to get a form email asking me take all the troubleshooting steps I told them I'd already done (force restart app, restart iPad, uninstall and reinstall app).
So now I get animated ads that I can't skip, but none of the previous content that I actually paid for.
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the Brits do it again
Much like the Triump TR8 or Aston Maritn Logonda, they have taken a good working idea and added features that are neither needed or wanted, while removing those that were wanted. Lack of zoom, even though it says there is a zoom in the guide, landscape only, I wanted to read a magazine is all!! I hope that they look to the experience of the British auto industry, not exactly a great business and try to restore what we had.
Until it is resolved I recomend that you stay with the old app! Do I really need to read Jeremy's editorial with fake background wizzing by? Don't think so.
Until it is resolved I recomend that you stay with the old app! Do I really need to read Jeremy's editorial with fake background wizzing by? Don't think so.
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No zoom after update
Forced to read in landscape mode if you can call it that as you can no longer zoom in so text is to small and unreadable.
Did someone test this at all I expected more..
Needs to be fixed ASAP as ready is impossible.
Did someone test this at all I expected more..
Needs to be fixed ASAP as ready is impossible.
Only works with microscope
The latest "patch" deletes all your current top gear magazines, leaving you the fun of restoring them again.
And then, it's only in landscape with no zoom ability. What genius thought that taking away the portrait orientation was marvelous, and must be followed by making the type too small to read. And while we're at it, lets change the letters to the Cyrillic alphabet. (The last is an exaggeration, but you'll never know it because you won't be able to read anything.)
At least we can look at the pictures, and guess what narratives should fit each review, perhaps making up our own. Yes, good testing is essential prior to release.
In cars, and not surprisingly, in apps.
And then, it's only in landscape with no zoom ability. What genius thought that taking away the portrait orientation was marvelous, and must be followed by making the type too small to read. And while we're at it, lets change the letters to the Cyrillic alphabet. (The last is an exaggeration, but you'll never know it because you won't be able to read anything.)
At least we can look at the pictures, and guess what narratives should fit each review, perhaps making up our own. Yes, good testing is essential prior to release.
In cars, and not surprisingly, in apps.
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Poor
Very disapointing, no interactivity, videos or anything that makes magazines on the iPad great. Lift your game Top Gear
Poor, very poor
Very disappointing. No interactivity, poor formatting for the medium. So many better apps out there, Motoring for example, and Motoring is free
Need option for Gift Subscription
Great mag as usual but need a option to purchase subscription as gift.
Weak effort
I was expecting more, but the subscription price is obscene for a really poorly executed mag.
I'll go back to buying the hard copy (sometimes) and my subscription to the very excellent Evo mag on my iPad.
I'll go back to buying the hard copy (sometimes) and my subscription to the very excellent Evo mag on my iPad.
