Fine Gardening Magazine User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience33.3% of reviews
Neutral4.8% of reviews
Negative experience61.9% of reviews

~ Based on 63 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Fine Gardening Magazine Safe?

Fine Gardening Magazine appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Fine Gardening Magazine is 87/100.

This assessment is based on 395 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.4/5.

Safety Analysis

87.1% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.3% of ratings suggest some concerns
10.6% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 395 App Store ratings for Fine Gardening Magazine.

Is Fine Gardening Magazine Legit?

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

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

Top reviews

This app doesn’t work

This app has charged me several years and it never works.

Love the App!

I appreciate the new layout of your app. I’ll always love having the actual magazine in my hands, but slowly becoming accustomed to viewing online. FG is my favorite gardening magazine!

Canceling- doesn’t work

I’m canceling my subscription. They have my money, but won’t let me read the magazine. It keeps prompting me to pay them again.

Scam app

Pay for a subscription and can not access anything. Continues to tell me to subscribe.

SCAM

This app does not work! After I purchased my subscription, I was not be able to access the issues! Think they will do anything to help? NO. DONT BOTHER WITH THIS APP!

New App, lost most of my downloaded magazines

I consistently had to contact customer service for years to make my paid subscription issues downloadable. Now there’s a new app and I’ve lost years of magazines. The worst IT department and customer service is a 3rd party. I want my magazines.

Reintroduced

I worked in the nursery business 20 years ago so I have been enjoying my subscription with a lot of new plants and products. The new developments have been intriguing! Thank you!

App does not work

Update:
Appalling! After calling to have my access fixed AGAIN, my ability to access content on the app is broken again. Instead of fixing the problem, customer support said I needed to access from a web browser. I CANCELLED my subscription. It should not be this difficult.
I have been a subscriber for many years. I love the content but an frustrated with the platform. Until recently the app worked okay. However, after renewing my subscription a month ago, the app continues to ask for payment to view the issue I should be able to access and have already been sent in the mail. Customer service contact information in the app is incorrect. Luckily the paper magazine includes a working customer service phone number. The helpful agent explained that Taunton Press has outsourced their customer service and subscription services. He also confirmed my subscription and explained that there is a known problem with the app and access to issues. He took my information to send a request to another organization to resolve this problem and explained this issue usually takes a week to have fixed. Meanwhile, TAUTON PRESS, you are paying your subscription management outsourced to answer questions about technology problems. You are wasting their time, and the time of your members. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, TAUTON PRESS, if this is a known issue, please address it PROACTIVELY. Do not wait for your loyal, paid-up members to become frustrated, call a customer service number that has been disconnected, find the correct customer service number in your magazine, only to finally to be told to wait a week for someone else to hopefully address the problem. PLEASE fix the app access for all entitled members and then notify them that this has been done. This just makes good business sense.
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Ripoff

I just got this app I was pretty excited! They just want to sell you subscriptions! What’s the point?

App does not work

I have been a subscriber for many years. I love the content but an frustrated with the platform.

Until recently the app worked okay. However, after renewing my subscription a month ago, the app continues to ask for payment to view the issue I should be able to access and have already been sent in the mail.

Customer service contact information in the app is incorrect. Luckily the paper magazine includes a working customer service phone number. The helpful agent explained that Taunton Press has outsourced their customer service and subscription services. He also confirmed my subscription and explained that there is a known problem with the app and access to issues. He took my information to send a request to another organization to resolve this problem and explained this issue usually takes a week to have fixed.

Meanwhile, TAUTON PRESS, you are paying your subscription management outsourced to answer questions about technology problems. You are wasting their time, and the time of your members.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, TAUTON PRESS, if this is a known issue, please address it PROACTIVELY. Do not wait for your loyal, paid-up members to become frustrated, call a customer service number that has been disconnected, find the correct customer service number in your magazine, only to finally to be told to wait a week for someone else to hopefully address the problem. PLEASE fix the app access for all entitled members and then notify them that this has been done. This just makes good business sense.
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Log in does not work

Can’t log in! Annoying, please use money from subscribers to fix app!

Well, THIS was a mistake!

I subscribed to all access. Am now looking at reviews from customers facing the exact same frustrating issues I am dealing with on my iPad—only to realize these reviews were written 3 years ago! 5 years ago!!
Hope my print issues actually make it to my mailbox!

Fix the app

I paid for full access to digital subscriptions and the app won’t give me access. The app insists on trying to charge me for what I already paid for. I paid for full access via the website.

Irritating

Every single time I want to read or reread an issue I am have to go to go to my account, restore and download the same issue I’ve already downloaded once and maybe many times if I don’t read the issue in one setting.
I can’t even login to my account, as it won’t accept my email. Also, I can’t find a way to get the app to stop my auto renewal. I’ve called for help and just get the run around. A great magazine, but a stupid app
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Fine Gardening App

It appears that the only thing the app wants to do is sell you a subscription even though I already have one but it will not allow me to log on to access web based material. VERY frustrating and useless.

Beware of false advertising

Fine Gardening Subscription clearly states “Your subscription also includes access to digital editions.” They conveniently did not mention the fee for each online edition is $7.99
TOO BAD AND BUYER BEWARE

Useless

What’s the point of purchasing an all access digital subscription + archives when the app only allows you to see current issues?

Worse of the worse

If I could give a 0 star review I would, not only is the app unusable, but when you try to contact the magazine customer service, you will meet the rudest agents ever.
I paid for an all access subscription, it includes, the print version and access through any digital device that support the app. I had been getting the printed magazine, but when I tried to open it from my cellphone or iPad, the app system want me to paid per each item.
Even as I’m logged with my email and password, it still wants me to paid separately per issue!!!

Tired of it, I decided today to contact customer service..

As my call was transferred to the Online Subscription Deparment, this agent who goes by Keith, said “well I’m sorry if you can’t read your subscription online. If you would like to cancel your subscription I can do it now.”
I did cancel this rip off magazine scam
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Fails to recognize my ‘all access’ subscription

The app on my iPad has been a big hassle and disappointment. It doesn’t seem to recognize my subscription (which is ‘all access,’ so includes full digital archive and the print mag). I’ve emailed customer service and am hopeful someone can fix this.

Buggy

Looks good but has functional problems. Jump-to highlights don’t work. Bookmarks don’t work. Navigator thumbnail won’t go away.