# Better Homes and Gardens — user reviews > 168 indexed App Store user reviews of Better Homes and Gardens by Meredith Corporation, rated 4.70/5 from 332 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/better-homes-and-gardens/id411903182/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/better-homes-and-gardens/id411903182.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 291 · 4★ 16 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 21 ## What do users think of Better Homes and Gardens? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Convenient digital version - 👍 Interactive features like audio clips and videos - 💡 Utilizes iPad capabilities well - 🎨 Vibrant colors and visuals **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and login issues - 🔍 Difficult to navigate and access content - 💰 Expensive digital subscription - 🤔 Misleading as US version, not Australian **Commonly reported bugs** - Unable to restore previous purchases - Inconsistent behavior when downloading new issues - Incompatibility with newer iOS versions **Most requested features** - Ability to save recipes and articles - Landscape mode support - Seamless integration with print subscription - Improved customer support ## Newest reviews (15 of 168) ### 4/5 — Love This Magazine But….. *2025-03-31* Update: yah ok now that I deleted the app and redownloaded again it’s better….For now. Until it isn’t again! I can’t even get into the app. I click on it and nothing happens. Even tried opening from the App Store itself but NOTHING! What good is it??!!! **Developer response:** Thank you for taking time to give us a review. We are sorry to hear about your experience we certainly understand you are disappointed. Please be rest assured that you will get access to all your issues included in your account. We will be happy to solve all the problems reported by you. Kindly contact our support team at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting 1477928 so they can help you with this. Thanks a lot once again our apologies for the trouble. ### 3/5 — cannot download new issue *2022-02-25* Have followed all directions both through App Store and through BH&G app. Reinstalled, Restored Purchases etc but still cannot download latest issue (March 2022). Renewed 6 month subscription in January. What is a subscriber supposed to do? When it worked, it worked well. Enjoyed reading the mags through the app. Now? I can’t even GET the new issues I paid for! **Developer response:** Thanks for taking the time to give us a review, ArlyAnn. Please be assured that you will get access to all the issues included in your account. I If you require further assistance, please send an email to meredithapps@ziniopro.com referring ticket ID 1181980 so our Customer Service team can help you accessing to your magazines. Thanks and have a great day! ### 1/5 — Cannot download editions *2021-05-30* Receiving error messages when downloading any editions. **Developer response:** Thank you for your review, York1722. In order to help you enjoy the app more we would love to have a better understanding of the particular issues you are facing. Please contact us at with more detailed information at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting ref #1106069. ### 1/5 — Update needed! *2021-03-23* Wont open the magazine 🤨 **Developer response:** Thank you for your review. We are very sorry for any inconvenience. In order to help you enjoy the app more we would love to have a better understanding of the particular issues you are facing. We are not aware of the error you are receiving. Please contact us at mdphelp@ziniopro.com with more detailed information quoting ref #1087017. We are happy to help you! ### 1/5 — No Free Trial *2021-01-07* I submitted a one year subscription with a one month free trial. Could not download the current month’s issue. Instead the app asked me to buy the current month’s issue rather than viewing it for free during the trial period. **Developer response:** Thank you for your review. We are sorry to read that you can't access your free trial subscription and would really like to help you reading and downloading the current issue. To be able to help you better, we kindly ask you to contact out Customer Service team sending an email to mdphelp@ziniopro.com, quoting ref #1059416 in the subject and providing us with all details you consider relevant for your subscription (email address, purchase date, order number, etc). We look forward to hearing back from you. Thank you and have a great rest of your week! ### 1/5 — Constantly buffing *2020-11-03* My app has been buffing for over a month now ,has the app been discontinued,I miss my app and I have paid for it and would like to now what to do from here. I was wonder if there is any other alternative for this issue. Thank you **Developer response:** Thanks for taking the time to give us a review, mz.friday. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. The good news is that upon escalating this to our development team they confirmed to have identified the root cause and are busy working to release a fix as soon as possible. Meanwhile, please access the magazine through Better Homes and Gardens website (https://bhg.zinioapps.com/shop). For more detailed information, please contact us at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting ref 1035274 so we can help you with this. Thanks a lot. ### 4/5 — Difficulty paying with PayPal *2020-10-25* Had issue with PayPal but developers responded right away, good customer support. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback Big Fat Honu. Zinio is committed to delivering the best reading experience possible, and feedback like yours is the most important part of the process. If we can help you further enjoy our app, please contact us at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting ref #1031621. ### 1/5 — I can’t see the magazine *2020-09-30* I’m not able to download it says purchase notfound **Developer response:** Hi Lailaty, thanks for your comments. We are very sorry to hear about your experience. In this new app upgrade you need to go to Account > Sign in > Print + Digital Subscriber then enter your 10 digit account number or email address. You will then get access to you magazines. If you have other feedback about we are here and happy to help, contact us at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting ref 1023190. Thanks for your review! ### 1/5 — Slow to download *2020-06-10, version 5.6.5* Takes too long to download the magazine! ### 1/5 — Useless *2020-05-09* I thought this was an app - it’s not. It’s just links to buy issues of their magazine. I don’t need an app to do that. **Developer response:** Thank you for your review, Dar Dar Binx . In order to help you enjoy the app more we would love to have a better understanding of the particular issues you are facing. Please contact us at with more detailed information at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting ref #961256. ### 3/5 — Advertisements *2020-03-27, version 5.6.3* Most pages are adds. App is ok. I was not impressed with the magazine. Some small articles mixed between the many pages of adds. Easy to scroll through quickly though. ### 2/5 — Can’t download *2019-09-15, version 5.4.0* I’ve had digital subscription for years. For the past several months I’m unable to read offline. Help! ### 3/5 — Was better years ago *2019-05-21, version 5.0.3* Bh&G used to have a better app. This app does not immediately open the magazine to where you left off - you have to click through a few screens to get to where you were. And when paging through the magazine, you often get a blank page and a spinning wheel - even when the magazine has been fully downloaded. The wheel doesn’t go away until you swipe back a few pages. You may get the blank page when you swipe forward again. May need to try a few times.... Good content, the app is just meh. ### 1/5 — Broken! *2019-03-31, version 5.0.0* Updated the app and it’s utterly broken. I can’t restore my purchases through iTunes so not only can I not get the most recent issues, but I can’t access the older issues I’ve paid for. The “Restore iTunes Purchases” instructions IN the app don’t work, then I tried the instructions that the developers left on other poor reviews and that didn’t work either. I’m letting BH&G know that this app is costing them customers. ### 1/5 — New Updates lose all old issues!!! *2019-03-17, version 5.0.0* No instructions on where to find account number to restore old purchases. By the way- your account number is the first 9 numbers after "BHG" on your mailing label. Once I got into it that way I still only had the last three issues available. My subscription is so old that the email connected to my account number isn't even around. There is no way to update your email address- only the password. And to update the password they send a link to -guess what- your email!!! I've had so many issues when they update these magazine apps over the years. Every time I try to use it there's a new update and I start from scratch. It's SO frustrating. The "help" section has NOTHING! Please fix and restore our old issues and make it more user friendly. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Updated App on iPad, no longer opens on device *2025-02-19* I just updated both my iPad and the BH&G app, restarted and the app will not open. **Developer response:** Thank you for your review, SLS23664. In order to help you enjoy the app more we would love to have a better understanding of the particular issues you are facing. Please contact us at with more detailed information at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting ref #1469801. ### 1/5 — Subscription Issues *2024-05-06, version 6.0.8* I purchased a one year trial for $14.99 that I have not been able to access after two e-mails to Meredith, a 41 minute conversation and screen shadowing with Apple, and a phone call with Better Homes & Gardens. I get a message that even if I cancel my subscription, it is active until January 2025 a year from when I first purchased it. I did end up buying 4 individual past issues back to January/February at $4.99 each, so I will have them to read on vacation. Circular blaming without resolution, the worst customer service run around EVER. Paid $35 for 4 magazines because ) I really like the magazine, 2) I cannot find anyone that can resolve the issue, and 3) I really want to read them while of vacation. Highway robbery. ### 1/5 — Can’t download ! *2024-02-22* Terrible app! Terrible customer service. Won’t download. Won’t restore iTunes purchases. I signed out as recommended and now the app doesn’t even recognize my id. I updated the app. I can access my old library but such a bummer I can’t access new content! **Developer response:** Thank you for your review, T7237. In order to help you enjoy the app more, we would love to have a better understanding of the particular issues you are facing. Please contact us at with more detailed information at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting ref #1386285. ### 1/5 — App is always crashing *2022-08-28* App is always crashing and the special issues don't always open. **Developer response:** Thank you for your review, vename2. We are sorry to hear about your experience. In order to help you enjoy the app more we would love to have a better understanding of the particular issues you are facing. Please contact us with more detailed information at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting ref 1023294. ### 1/5 — Stopped working *2022-07-07* I have not been able to download magazines on a subscription paid thru next November for several months. I was able to restore last year’s content, but nothing for the current year although it shows a current subscription. **Developer response:** Thank you for taking time to give us a review. We are sorry to hear about your experience we certainly understand you are disappointed. Please be rest assured that you will get access to all your issues included in your account. We will be happy to solve all the problems reported by you. Kindly contact our support team at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting 1216355 so they can help you with this. Thanks a lot once again our apologies for the trouble. ### 1/5 — App will not restore purchases *2022-04-18* I upgraded my phone and I went to restore purchase and it says restoring purchases but it doesn’t.. 3 issues have come out that I paid for! **Developer response:** Thank you for your review, Shelly. In order to help you with restoring the issues, we would love to have a better understanding of the particular issues you are facing. Please contact us at with more detailed information at support@zinio.com quoting ref #1195283. ### 1/5 — Impossible to download magazines *2021-08-15* I struggle to download magazines every time i open the app. Spinning wheel and i never get anything. Love the magazine, just wish the app worked. **Developer response:** Thank you for your review, Daniellecdmnt. We are really sorry for the inconvenience. In order to investigate this and help you in a better way, please contact us at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting ref #1127872. ### 1/5 — Downloads error *2021-07-07* I’ve tried to send communication through the app, but it doesn’t go through. I’m not able to download any magazines for months. I have an iTunes subscription and signed in with email address. Tried deleting and reinstalling the app several times. My software is up to date on a newer iPad. **Developer response:** Thank you for your review, Mmcc5.If you purchased your subscription in-app via your iTunes account, please try to "Restore Purchases". To do this: Firstly double check that you are logged into the correct iTunes account and you have purchased a magazine under that Apple ID In the app go to Account > Restore iTunes Purchases Tap Restore Go to Account > Settings > Preferences > Sync your library > Sync Now > To update the library to show the restored purchases Go to Read and you should now be able to download your issues. If this is not the case, please close the application and open it again to make sure the Read menu reflects the latest information. Please contact us at with more detailed information at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting ref #1118347. ### 1/5 — Great magazine/ difficult APP *2021-07-04* I have been unable to download June or July issues No response to support requests **Developer response:** Thank you for your review, LegalQltr. We are really sorry for the inconvenience. In order to help you access the latest issues from your subscription, please contact us at mdphelp@ziniopro.com with a screenshot of your latest purchase receipt and quoting ref #1117230. ### 1/5 — Magazines do not download and no support *2021-06-29* I have enjoyed my online subscription for the past three years. However, after my subscription renewed this May, I lost access to all previously downloaded magazines and was unable to open or download current magazines. Restore purchases says it works, but no restoration. When I called the magazine, they said subscriptions and subscription problems must be resolved by the Apple Store. However, I cannot find an avenue, site or contact for support services for this subscription. Conclusion: This app does not work. There is no support. Better to subscribe directly from publisher. **Developer response:** Hi MacRox0910, thanks for your comments. We are very sorry to hear about your experience. In this new app upgrade you need to sign in with email address /account number. You will then get access to you magazines. As you have purchased through iTunes and to fix this issues please contact us at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting ref 1116079. Thanks for your review! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Perfect app *2022-05-01* This app is perfect! I love the magazine and having such a great platform for its digital version is a great pleasure. Very easy to use, very quickly to download and browse and at the end of the issue there is a manual button if you'd like to close it. Portrait and landscape view - both quickly switch without fragmenting. Thousand thanks for people who developed such a user-friendly tool for BHS's lovers! **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback VestaD. We are delighted that you are enjoying reading your magazines on our app. We are committed to delivering the best reading experience possible, and feedback like yours is the most important part of the process. Thanks a lot. ### 5/5 — Does not load/always in buffering, updated *2020-11-05* This app is terrific, with colorful articles and great resources to help you beautify your life, as well as your home! UPDATE: The fix came quickly and the app uploaded faster than it previously did. Thanks for listening to the users. We greatly appreciate it! **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback NiaMassage. ZinioPro is committed to delivering the best reading experience possible, and feedback like yours is the most important part of the process. If we can help you further enjoy our app, please contact us at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting ref #1035943. ### 5/5 — Janette Hill *2020-06-03, version 5.6.5* Great, great, great magazine....I have been a subscriber and fan for many years. ### 5/5 — Greatest Magazine Ever! *2019-09-06, version 5.0.5* I love everything about this magazine! It is the cornerstone of the American Way! I am obsessed with Interior Design & I was also able to design pools with conscious materials last month with 1 2 page spread. I plan to give subscriptions away as stocking stuffers this year because I am big on buying American these days & I think this magazine boosts the way of the family with wholesome products! Can’t wait for next month’s issue. Bravo! ### 5/5 — Disappointed!! *2019-03-31, version 5.0.0* I’ve held an account to BH&G via iTunes for several years & can’t believe that an app could be updated & then be provided with directions that don’t work! I’ve followed all the directions given to previous disappointed subscribers. It simply doesn’t work. I’ve put in in email as requested but it says “the user doesn’t exist”. I’m so very disappointed with your app development team!! ### 5/5 — Updated app doesn’t work *2019-03-08, version 5.0.0* I updated this app and the instructions for iTunes subscribers simply do not work. ### 5/5 — Great Magazine *2017-02-19, version 2.24* Love the photos, typography & visual elements. I sometimes read the articles:) ### 5/5 — Love it *2015-08-21* I'm Australian deaf mother, I love this magazine. I wish you will avoid too many advertising in this magazine that we don't need it as we see it all the time at the shops :) ### 5/5 — Easy process but must follow directions *2013-06-05, version 2.14* I was concerned about using this app after reading the other reviews. It took me only 5 minutes to download the app and start reading. Just make sure you sign in under the print subscribers if you already get the magazine. Also you will need to Create your account. I had already done that part but forgot my password which I had emailed to me. Really cool digital version. I would recommend trying it. Good luck. ### 5/5 — Great app; print subscribers get free digital version *2013-02-16, version 2.14* This app is easy to use and digital mags look great. Print subscribers get free access to digital versions of app. You just need to log into the section for print subscribers and follow instructions. Then you can download the digital versions of the magazine you subscribed to. I think this is great because I don't have to scan all the articles/recipes I want to keep, plus you get to lounge and read the hard copy if your'e used to that, plus you can give it away. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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