# American Outdoor Guide — user reviews > 61 indexed App Store user reviews of American Outdoor Guide by Engaged Media Inc., rated 4.00/5 from 127 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/american-outdoor-guide/id633522169/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/american-outdoor-guide/id633522169.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 79 · 4★ 20 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 23 ## What do users think of American Outdoor Guide? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Great magazine content - 👍 Informative and useful - 👍 Good for preparedness community - 👍 Easy downloading (sometimes) - 👍 Well-written and researched **Cons** - 🐛 App constantly crashes - 🐛 Issues lost after updates - 🐛 Restore purchases doesn't work - 🐛 App refuses to acknowledge subscriptions - 🐛 Content won't load - 🐛 Navigation is horrible - 🐛 App is buggy - 🐛 Force closes frequently - 🐛 Paid issues disappear - 🐛 Bait and switch tactics - 🐛 Customer service non-existent - 🐛 App developer blames publisher - 🐛 App is useless after updates - 🐛 New format is disliked - 🐛 Download issues - 🐛 Cannot preview content - 🐛 App crashes when trying to purchase - 🐛 Paid issues require re-payment - 🐛 App doesn't work - 🐛 Cannot open purchased editions - 🐛 Useless app - 🐛 Not allowing purchases - 🐛 App won't download issues **Commonly reported bugs** - App constantly crashes - Issues lost after updates - Restore purchases doesn't work - App refuses to acknowledge subscriptions - Content won't load - Navigation is horrible - App is buggy - Force closes frequently - Paid issues disappear - App developer blames publisher - App is useless after updates - New format is disliked - Download issues - Cannot preview content - App crashes when trying to purchase - Paid issues require re-payment - App doesn't work - Cannot open purchased editions - Useless app - Not allowing purchases - App won't download issues - Spinning circle during update - Navigation bar blocks content - App locks up **Most requested features** - Restore lost paid issues - Fix restore purchase functionality - Improve app stability - Allow viewing old magazine format - Provide better descriptions of content - Rate merchandise like consumer reports ## Newest reviews (10 of 61) ### 2/5 — Not free app *2018-01-18* While this looks like a great actual magazine that I might subscribe to, when you open the app you have the option for a mere THREE MINUTES to scan through it, then you would have to pay $7 to view it for 30 days, or about $28 for a year. ### 2/5 — Missing issues *2018-01-09* I waiting to hear back as I'm like a lot of others and I'm missing back issues or special issues I purchased. I did notice something though, the back issues don't show up on my iPad mini BUT they do show up on my Samsung Galaxy S3. Please fix this issue! ### 1/5 — Bad app! *2017-12-19* Used to be a great app to read the magazine until they updated it. Now navigation is horrible. Issues I purchased are missing. The app developer blames the publisher but no one seems to care about the customer. I cancelled my subscription until they can get their act together. ### 1/5 — Don't .....just don't buy electronic issues *2017-12-10* I bought a number of the electronic issues couple years ago with idea would be good resource data base but now they have disappeared and they can't be down loaded again and company says they have no record. Others have had similar experience. Would recommend not buying from them until problem is fixed. ### 1/5 — Crap new update *2017-11-13* Used to love this app and mag. They updated the app and now it’s horrible. It’s harder to read, I haven’t received all the issues that I bought and they cannot seem to help me. AMG, if you do an update, please make sure it works and that everyone can receive their paid for issues!!!!! I definitely will not renew my subscription to this rag. ### 2/5 — New format *2017-11-09* Hate the new format... would be nice to have the option to view the old magazine format vs. this new reader mode. ### 1/5 — Horrible update, don’t fix what’s not broken *2017-11-09* Every time they do an update, I have to re-download all the content I want to keep on my device. Now a portion of my content I can’t even view as a magazine, looks like crappy homemade pdf files instead of the actual page. Previous version of the app was great. ### 1/5 — Bad app *2017-07-25, version 4.9.99* Force closes all the time. Support just says to delete/reinstall... super unhelpful ### 1/5 — Not a happy prepper *2017-02-02* Keeps force closing right after I purchased the subscription. Not a happy prepper. ### 4/5 — Great mag *2016-03-17, version 4.9.89* This is a great magazine. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Don’t do it *2023-06-11* No longer being published, great mag but no new issues since November 22 ### 1/5 — Lose more money every update *2020-10-22* Every single update you lose more and more of your paid issues. They will not restore them. For years I have been fighting this and finally cancelled my subscription. You want to pay for something that you will not get the product you pay for in the end. ### 1/5 — Horrible app *2020-06-22* The magazine is Pretty good, but the app is the worst. When a new issue comes out, the app ALWAYS refuses to acknowledge that I have a paid subscription through Apple. Multiple attempts to restore the purchase of the subscription did not work. I finally just canceled the subscription. ### 1/5 — Restore purchases doesn’t work. *2020-06-04* I have subscription but I can’t read the latest months issues. UPDATE. customer service is non existent. Still no access. Escalation to Apple next. ### 1/5 — Garbage *2020-05-01, version 13.0.6* I tried to sign up for a free three day trial, got charged $17.49 and the content won’t load on my home WiFi. If you’d like to pay 17 bucks for a pocketmags loading screen you’ll enjoy the app. ### 1/5 — App stopped letting me view issues - Support was unable to help *2019-07-04* I enjoyed the magazine while it worked. App stopped allowing access to my issues, and the only way support would help was if I downloaded the pocketmags app and ran the subscription through there. I chose to unsubscribe instead. Beware the bait and switch. ### 1/5 — No offline/ lost issues *2018-12-12* Lost my older issues and am unable to read offline. The irony! ### 1/5 — Update makes it useless *2018-11-16* I recently tried to get the new update. It will not update- just shows the continually spinning circle before the update starts. I can’t cancel it- even resetting the ipad doesn’t work. I deleted the app to reinstall but that doesn’t work either- it still showss the spinning circle. Now I’ve lost all my past issues as well ### 1/5 — Update lost all previous purchases *2018-06-13* Really not happy on losing all my issues purchased prior. App was good before update. Will not purchase any more issues until I get my prior issues back. Please in the future test your apps before releasing them. ### 1/5 — Great magazine, terrible app *2017-12-29* Newest app version trashes saved downloaded past issues. Why would someone only want internet access to view this magazine? Seems the point is to have the material at-the-ready OFF GRID, no? Navigation bar at bottom of screen blocks content and cannot be removed. Time to cancel the digital subscription. Horrible effort with little thought given to app functionality. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great app *2023-03-05* Works as it should. ### 5/5 — ASG is an outstanding publication *2019-09-02* Downloading issues is easy and portable everywhere. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Has evolved into a good source of information *2018-12-13, version 13.0.0* When ASG first returned to the marketplace it was little more than a catalog of product press releases. Over time, the quality of information has improved and it is covering diverse subject matter of interest to the Prepper community. ### 5/5 — Lots of great knowledge *2018-10-08* Helps you survive the hard times 😎👍 ### 5/5 — Excellent Publication *2016-06-26, version 4.9.89* Covers a broad range of topics that anyone interested in preparedness will find quite useful. Well written and researched. Highly recommended. ### 5/5 — Great Mag, Great App *2016-04-27, version 4.9.89* Don't change anything and f it up. ### 5/5 — Awesome app and magazine *2016-04-01, version 4.9.89* App works great and the magazine is full great information. ### 5/5 — ASM *2016-03-06, version 4.9.89* Great magazine. Informative. ### 5/5 — Awesome mag! *2016-02-28, version 4.9.89* Great mag, lots of useful info, helps you keep a prepared mind that can look at the larger picture. ### 5/5 — Great Mag! *2016-01-06, version 4.9.86* I can't speak for the E-Zine, but I love the hard copy magazine!! Nice, textured, durable cover for outdoor reference/reading/research & the articles are great in keeping me aware of potential pitfalls & remedies for being prepared. I love it! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-08.*