AARP Publications User Reviews

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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

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 CondΓ© Nast. I have no complaints and I thank aarp for putting their magazines in Digital form for consumption!!
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Useless since I can’t log on

I cannot log in to the AARP Publications Tablet App on my iPad Pro 9.7 running iOS 11.2.1 - I’ve tried deleting and reinstalling the app, verified that the email and password are correct and tried to log in several days apart β€” it gets stuck at the login pop up, the progress dial keeps spinning and I have to close it. The same credentials work perfectly when I log in to the AARP Now App on the same iPad and also when I log in to the website so this should have worked seamlessly.
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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.
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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!

Good app

This app has great graphics and is easy to use. However, I think it frustrating that AARP makes you download so many apps for their various services. For an organization that gears itself to an older community you would think they might make it more concise for the possibly (not implying here - I said possibly) less tech savvy.
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Bad app recommendation by AARP

I just tried the CareZone app your last magazine recommended. This app didn't scan one rx bottle, said type in instead. It made you register before you even tried. It's a way for them to get your info and sell it to everyone. I can't believe AARP recommended it. It's the last time I'll use anything recommended by AARP. Too and I can give no stars.

Also, I don't appreciate the constant AARP related advertisements mailed to me all the time. Take a break and really help protect us from identify theft by stopping all the mail.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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