Empire Magazine User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience27.5% of reviews
Neutral7.5% of reviews
Negative experience65.0% of reviews

~ Based on 80 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Empire Magazine Safe?

Empire Magazine appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Empire Magazine is 89/100.

This assessment is based on 153 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

90.2% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.6% of ratings suggest some concerns
7.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 153 App Store ratings for Empire Magazine.

Is Empire Magazine Legit?

Empire Magazine appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Empire Magazine is 85/100.

Based on 85 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Love the magazine but member benefits needs more variety

The magazine is great and keeps folk like me in the film business up to date, but the benefits are not so good. Probably fine for anyone living in London but for those that live elsewhere we really have no way to fully use everything. Such a shame 🎬

Unusable

Got a subscription for empire a few months ago but the app doesn’t acknowledge it. I click restore purchase and it says “purchase restored successfully” and returns me to a page to subscribe.

Empire lover

Loved the mag since the very first issue!

Login doesn’t work

It’s a pretty basic thing to get wrong.

Complete junk

Good luck trying to buy a magazine to read

This pointless, we don’t have a cinema in swindon anymore

We don’t have a cinema in Swindon anymore

Sad Sudden Demise of Swindon’s Greenbridge

WHY ….WHY. …WHY did it have to go ??? 😢😢😢🤷🏻‍♀️😢😢😢🤷🏻‍♀️

This app is awful

Great magazine, the app is awful

Vip is a waste of money

I've received nothing. No cinema membership no first copy of magazine. It's an absolute scam. I have requested to cancel

Duncan Cook

Crap Doesn’t Work

Almost useless offline

Most of the time the app and content is great. However if you download the magazine and go offline it more often than not does not work. Gets stuck on the “loading dynamic content” and you are left with nothing to read. Very frustrating.

Response from developer

Hi, thank you for leaving your experience here. We are sorry to hear of the trouble you have had accessing the issues offline. This is something that has been passed on to the IT team for improvement. It usually helps to make sure the app is in airplane mode, after the issue has been downloaded and the app has not been closed completely before going offline, but just resting in the background. If you have further trouble with anything, please do not hesitate to contact us using the contact form in the app menu, or just send an email to: appsupport_uk@bauermedia.com. Kind regards, your app team

Unusable

I’m at a point now where I can’t download any editions to my iPhone 13. I get an on screen message telling me I can’t download the latest issue and to check my Internet. I can’t remove the message, have to exit the App and when I reopen it, it repeats. Goodbye to my subscription which I’ve had long before the digital edition was a thing. Shame.

PS any advice from the developer would be appreciated.
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Response from developer

Hi, we're very sorry for any discomfort caused by our app. Please contact us at appsupport_uk@bauermedia.com or send us a message out of the feedback of the app. We can help work out access for you so that you can start reading soon. Hope to hear from you. Kind regards

Slow…

You know when you go to the pictures, and you have to sit and wait through seemingly interminable ads waiting for the film to come on… Empire has recreated this experience with its download times. So, although I would love to read this magazine, I often wander off to buy popcorn while I’m waiting for the feature to start, and, well, just never come back…
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Response from developer

Hi Kalahari, thank you for your feedback. Please contact appsupport_uk@bauermedia.com for help. Kind regards

Really hard to read on an iPad

I love Empire, but find the latest version of the app dreadful.
The magazine view makes you scroll around the screen trying to find the next bit to read amongst the pictures & the digital view won’t save your current reading place or bookmarks.
Downloads on either often have blank pages meaning you have to delete the edition & download it again to find the missing pages.
Now switched to reading it in the Apple News app - whilst I have a free trial to the Apple news

Please fix the app!!
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Love Empire!

The best independent movie-related content, reviews and insights. Great writing & design, app could be improved but ok. The content in it is what counts!!!

Great digital version

Empire have clearly put a lot of thought into the UX and design of this app. It’s got great readability and accessibility with good zoom features and interactive swiping. I love it in this format.

Go vip if you can

It’s a great deal and I was already paying for digital and the spoiler specials. Been reading for over 20 years and it felt good to read a paper copy again

App doesn’t work

I’ve been a subscriber for 20+ years. Following the recent huge price increase I was offered the digital as a free add on. I tried it but it did not work - it allows me to log in but constantly goes around in a loop, asking me to log in. So frustrating. So not worth the significant price increase. ;-(
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Confusing and a further charge?

I’m a subscriber to the magazine and was notified that my membership has been updated to the ability to use the app. However, when downloading the app, all I get is the (limited) free content and am told I need to pay to access further content. So, in reality, I haven’t been updated at all.
My original email stated I needed to use my customer number. Nowhere can I actually use it, seemingly
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Response from developer

Hi! Thank you for your feedback! We're very sorry for any problems that occured. We'd be happy to answer any questions you have about the app at, appsupport_uk@bauermedia.com.

A complete waste of money now

With the latest update, they’ve turned a once great interactive app that was formatted and easy to read on an iPad, into what is now just basically a pdf viewer that is much trickier to read.

Obviously, cost cutting going on somewhere so don’t waste your money. I’ve been subscribing for over 10 years now & won’t be renewing.
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