# Doctor Who Magazine — user reviews > 102 indexed App Store user reviews of Doctor Who Magazine by Panini UK Ltd, rated 4.90/5 from 108 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/doctor-who-magazine/id723816459/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/doctor-who-magazine/id723816459.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 100 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of Doctor Who Magazine? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 📚 High-quality magazine content and journalism - 🌍 Global accessibility for international fans - ⚡ Same-day digital release availability - 💰 Cost-effective compared to print subscriptions - 📱 Convenient mobile reading experience - 🎨 Excellent high-resolution scans on tablets - 🔄 Reliable subscription model when working - 📖 Comprehensive Doctor Who coverage and interviews **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent app crashes on launch - 🔄 Subscription recognition failures - 📉 Poor image resolution on iPhones - 🖼️ Blurry comics and small text - ❌ Lack of offline reading capability - 🎯 Intrusive article view switching - ⏱️ Slow page loading and rendering - 🔐 No VoiceOver/accessibility support for blind users - 📱 Not optimized for iPhone viewing - 🗂️ Poor issue organization and navigation - ⚠️ Compatibility issues with iOS updates - 🔄 Frequent need to reinstall and restore purchases - 📵 App won't open or load library - 💳 Charging for issues already purchased - 🎨 Static PDF-like experience without digital optimization **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes repeatedly on opening - App crashes after iOS updates - Subscription not recognized despite active payment - New issues show as purchase-only despite subscription - Library disappears or becomes inaccessible - Downloaded issues disappear from device - Pages load corrupted with pixelated bars - Zoom feature causes accidental page turns - App freezes when loading latest issue - Cannot restore previous purchases after reinstall - Login credentials not working - App incompatible with certain iOS versions - Article view constantly activates accidentally - Page focus/update takes up to a minute - Over-zooming in landscape mode - Text encoding issues making content unreadable **Most requested features** - Offline reading capability - Better iPhone optimization and scaling - Improved issue organization (purchased vs. available) - Disable article view toggle option - Better navigation between pages (tap instead of swipe) - Sorting filters (recently read, purchase order, release date) - Issue content descriptions and summaries - Extended back issue archive - Persistent reading position across sessions - Higher resolution scans for comics and small text - PDF download option for purchased issues - Backwards compatibility with older devices - Better zoom functionality without accidental page turns ## Newest reviews (10 of 102) ### 4/5 — Generally very good app, but… *2023-09-14* …every time I want to open the latest issue for the first time, the app crashes repeatedly the moment the app fires up. I then have to delete it, reupload and then download again the issues I want to read. 1st world problems, I know, but very irritating. ### 2/5 — Digital issues *2023-05-07* Great mag - been buying it from almost first issue in the 70’s. Got fed up with piles of paper cluttering the house so I went digital on my A4 iPad. Had several download problems and issues when there’s an upgrade of OS. Some pages load corrupted with wide pixilated bars across the images which is not acceptable. I’m also waiting for that old trick with app developers which is to not make their products backwards-compatible with older devices that have reached the limit of their software upgrades meaning that if you have to throw more technology into landfill to buy cripplingly expensive replacements or eventually lose your previous purchases. Since the digital mags are not downloadable as pdfs an interaction with the app is necessary to view them. I’m considering giving up on the whole thing sadly but fear that by not subscribing I will lose access to my current digital library. Modern life can be rubbish! ### 4/5 — App failing *2022-12-23* Been using this app on ipad and iPhone for several years with no bother. Now today it won’t open on ipad. Deleted and reinstalled app but but the same result. App tries to open then immediately shuts down. iPhone still or king OK ### 4/5 — Great Mag, app seems fixed. *2022-12-16* What’s happened to this app? Magazine comes up half formed, jumps to higher pages, randomly crashes. Not even been an update recently to cause this. Come on get a grip you’re ruining the experience. Seems to be sorted now, laid out better and with the great new logo as its icon. ### 3/5 — Won't open *2017-07-28* I downloaded the latest magazine, but had to come back later to read it. Now the app won't open! ### 3/5 — Crashy and often needs reinstall *2017-07-04, version 4.9.97* I have to delete the app, reinstall and restore my purchases too many times. The three stars are for content alone, it'd be five stars if the app could impress. ### 2/5 — Latest version very buggy! *2016-11-26, version 4.9.97* Love the app and love the magazine - but - latest update crashes constantly on ios10. Also I don't mind the app asking me if I want to view the mag in article mode once - but on EVERY SINGLE page??? Please have an option to turn this off. Soon as the bugs are sorted out - straight back to five star review :-) ### 4/5 — Great read for my commute! *2016-11-03, version 4.9.97* Really enjoy receiving this magazine each month. Keeps me entertained on my boring commute to work! ### 5/5 — Broken in ios10 *2016-09-17, version 4.9.97* Just crashes every time it launches on iPad Pro with upgraded ios10 ### 5/5 — Great issues.... All of them! *2016-09-15* Easily the greatest magazine ever created and one no whovian could be without! Buy read and fall in love... as I did in 1986 and haven't missed an issue since!! Keep up the good work DWM!!! 10/10 A+++ ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Poor quality images *2026-04-10* Too compressed maybe as photos are not sharp at all. ### 1/5 — A shadow of its past *2023-07-24* Used to be great. Now drenched in woke just like the sad show. The end is night. ### 1/5 — Doctor WHERE *2022-12-24* Everything was fine until the last update, I enjoyed reading the magazine. Now it won’t open, I have no access to my library. I have deleted the app and reinstalled, still no change. We need another update to correct the problem or I’m not paying for magazines I can’t read so I will cancel my subscription. Sort this problem out SOON. ### 1/5 — Not working *2022-12-24* Paid for a subscription digitally and now it’s not loading. App crashes immediately. Tried deleting and re installing and a reset of the iPad but still not loading. ### 1/5 — Don’t waste your money VoiceOver users *2021-05-29* It says the VoiceOver compatibility but it isn’t ### 1/5 — Not accessible for blind people *2020-01-16* Having read a previous review from another blind user stating that the app was not accessible i decided to try it as a few years had passed. Having purchased thee latest issue i have found no change what so ever. I can only conclude that we are being ignored. So to any blind people who are hoping to read the mag don’t waste your time and money as you won’t get anything out of this what so ever. ### 1/5 — Freezes and does not load edition *2018-04-29* Worked well up until a couple of weeks ago and since that time every time I select the latest edition I just get a please wait loading page but get no further. My subscription works if I login using the PocketMags website and I have no problems using other magazine subscriptions on my iPad Pro. I have updated to iOS 11.3.1 since but still no change. I have now cancelled my subscription until the issue is sorted. Disappointed! ### 1/5 — Crashy since IOS upgrade 10.2.1 *2017-02-08* Previous to the upgrade, the app was slow, but otherwise fine. Since the IOS update, the app crashes on opening. ### 1/5 — Sort it out! *2016-10-22, version 4.9.97* It would be nice to read in article view without it reverting to page view and then having to scroll through to the spot you reached. It would be nice to read without the app constantly crashing. Update please . . . ### 1/5 — It was ok before but... *2016-09-06, version 4.9.97* ...then they introduced 'Article View'. I really really really hate 'Article View'. You will constantly activate it accidentally, and when you go back to normal view you will be several pages back at the start of the article. And then 2 minutes later you'll do that again. And you will have annoying borders around everything you accidentally tap. Like I said, it was fine before they messed around with it. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — More than just a magazine *2025-09-10* Doctor Who Magazine, for those who know, started as just another magazine for Doctor Who fans in 1979. The news, which, at that time, there was no internet, was about Tom Baker and the change in his companions. At that point in time, the news about Doctor Who was coming out like a fire hose, especially about Baker’s successor, who turned out to be Peter Davison. Since then, some of the wiser decisions were to tone it down for a month, and to get interviews with the earlier Doctors and companions, especially Patrick Troughton and Frazier Hines. As Doctor Who Magazine hitched itself to Marvel, it still kept producing good quality, especially through the Wilderness Years. Today, Doctor Who Magazine still represents the gold standard for fandom magazines. ### 5/5 — Doctor Who magazine *2024-06-16* The electronic Magazine is excellent ### 5/5 — Doctor Who magazine app review *2022-12-03* It’s a fantastic app and a perfect way to keep track of all the Doctor Who Magazine that are available to buy in the shops or online ### 5/5 — Excellent *2021-02-18* Getting DWM the day it is released was once impossible. This makes it easy ### 5/5 — Great magazine. *2021-02-05, version 6.4.0* Great magazine. ### 5/5 — Bloody Brilliant! *2018-10-27* GERONIMO! ### 5/5 — Fantastic! *2017-06-20* As The Doctor would say, "Fantastic!" ### 5/5 — Article view great idea but needs fixing *2017-05-06, version 4.9.97* Hi. Love this digital format. The article Jew allows me to read quicker as well. Fix the issue that others mention would be the only suggestion. ### 5/5 — Great App *2017-03-18, version 4.9.97* Great app - has encouraged me to subscribe to DWM again for the first time in years. Works perfectly, saves me money and prevents piles of back issues building up in my loft! Some magazines simply don't work in digital form - Riis one does. ### 5/5 — Nice idea, shame about the app! *2016-12-25* Please resolve the crashing issues mentioned in these reviews. The quality of the magazine is wonderful but it crashes regularly and the switch between page and article view is very annoying. It would be great to just open the app and continue reading from where you left off rather than scroll back through all the pages again. --- *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 2026-09-06.*