# FLYING Magazine — user reviews > 170 indexed App Store user reviews of FLYING Magazine by Flying Media Group, LLC, rated 4.30/5 from 366 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/flying-magazine/id397992129/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/flying-magazine/id397992129.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 284 · 4★ 25 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 47 ## What do users think of FLYING Magazine? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Smooth performance - 📚 Great content - 👍 Convenient digital format **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes - 🔍 Difficult to navigate - 🔒 Login/account issues - ⏱️ Slow downloads - 💰 Expensive digital subscription **Commonly reported bugs** - Unable to download new issues - Lost access to previously purchased issues - Incompatibility with newer iOS versions **Most requested features** - Offline reading mode - Ability to view full-page layouts - Better organization of past issues - Improved customer support ## Newest reviews (16 of 170) ### 2/5 — Not great *2025-01-16* Been a Flying subscriber since the 80s. This digital app could be much better. The biggest annoyance is the 2+ weeks delay from notice of new issue to availability on this app. Why such a long wait in digital times!? ### 1/5 — Who would call these “improvements” *2023-02-21* You limit the number of issues, the app won’t allow reading offline, you tout the new feel of better paper… seriously? These are things that would be fixed by the old subscription and owners. My subscription is cancelled and Plane and Pilot is the beneficiary. **Developer response:** Hi - We have just updated the app to a major new version. We hope it addresses the issue you had reading the digital subscription! Over the next couple of weeks, we're loading a lot more back issues (10-15 years) so there's a lot more coming. ### 2/5 — (UPDATE) Frustrated subscriber cannot read my latest issue *2023-02-21* There is no account management or ability to sign in and I cannot figure out how to read my flying mag digital edition. The application just seems to bloated with advertisements and impossible to use. I just want to be able to select library, select my issue and have a great reading experience. Update: The latest app fixes the ability to actually read. Your login is your customer ID. The reading experience is lack luster trying to get full screen. Also it crashes if you try to press the top right button (I thought that would expand the view) but crashes on all iOS devices. **Developer response:** Hi - We have just updated the app to a major new version. We hope it addresses the issue you had reading the digital subscription! ### 1/5 — Very disappointing changes … cancelled subscription *2022-10-23* I’ve been a long time subscriber (and decades long reader) of Flying Magazine. The dramatic changes to the app were all for the worse. The readability of the content suffered and virtually every new “feature” of the app and interface detracted from the user experience - and the social media like format has compromised the benefits of longer form and more in depth content. I was hoping they would recognize that these changes are unwelcome and revise the app significantly, but I’ve seen no indication that’s going to happen and have reluctantly cancelled my subscription. **Developer response:** Hi - We have just updated the app to a major new version. We hope it addresses the issue you had reading the digital subscription! ### 1/5 — Era excelente, ficou péssima *2022-09-22* Antes da atualização de software que foi feita era uma excelente revista, conseguia acessar todas as edições. Fui assinante por mais de dez anos, agora nem para abrir as edições funciona, mais parece um blog que uma revista. Lamentável. ### 1/5 — Back Issues *2022-06-05, version 7.6.0* I lost all my back issues library Want my back magazine back , I pay for them!!! Awful App , dont waste your money ### 2/5 — Past and current issues are gone! *2022-03-31* Very frustrated that I can’t read even the current issue via the app without clicking on each article one at a time. Might as well just surf the web. And the past issue library is completely gone. I stopped saving the paper issues some time ago because I thought I would always be able to access past articles online but now all the great past articles are gone. Very sad to lose the archive as many of those older articles were an aviation treasure. **Developer response:** Hi - We have just updated the app to a major new version. We hope it addresses the issue you had reading the digital subscription! Over the next couple of weeks, we're loading a lot more back issues (10-15 years) so there's a lot more coming. ### 1/5 — Bad update *2022-03-19, version 7.5.0* This app really went downhill ### 1/5 — Subscription Not Working *2022-03-18* The digital edition is a joke. The latest app revision made it so I couldn’t access my downloaded issues offline, so I deleted and reinstalled the app. Then it didn’t give me an option to restore my iTunes purchase. I e-mailed technical support a few days ago but no response yet. I called Flying customer support today but they said they don’t provide support for the digital app. Then they told me the e-Mail address I used was wrong (it was the one in the app) and proceeded to give me another e-mail address to contact them with. I’m about to contact Apple and request a refund for my subscription. It’s pathetic. You guys could do so much better. It’s probably time for me to pull the plug for good until you decide to go back to monthly issues anyhow. So long Flying Magazine. I’ll stick to my monthly AOPA mags and maybe add Plane and Pilot instead. **Developer response:** Hi - We have just updated the app to a major new version. We hope it addresses the issue you had reading the digital subscription! Over the next couple of weeks, we're loading a lot more back issues (10-15 years) so there's a lot more coming. ### 1/5 — Flying Magazine Ruined *2022-03-15* This app has ruined Flying Magazine. It has basically become a newsfeed service. For aviation news, I check AvWeb who does a good job. The articles are not organized in any meaningful way so it is impossible to find your favourite author or column. The current magazine (Q1, 2022) has to be read like a webpage by scrolling down and clicking. Why can’t I read the magazine like I did in prior versions of the app?!? I have subscribed to Flying for decades and it is sad to see it in its current sorry state. ### 1/5 — This app made me cancel subscription *2022-03-13* After purchasing paper magazines and then subscribing to the flying magazine on line service, the latest app is a huge disappointment and will push me to cancel subscription. All past magazine downloads disappeared, no « scrolling « through the magazine anymore, no index, no value. ### 1/5 — Canceled subscription *2022-03-11* What happened? I’d just like to read the magazine on my iPad.. is this so difficult? After much frustration, I give up. Subscription canceled.. and I wish I could get a refund for the remaining few months, as I won’t be attempting to read this confusing and unstable app. **Developer response:** Hi - We have just updated the app to a major new version. We hope it addresses the issue you had reading the digital subscription! Over the next couple of weeks, we're loading a lot more back issues (10-15 years) so there's a lot more coming. ### 1/5 — Latest upgrade isn’t *2022-03-03, version 7.5.0* Now I can’t access the magazine offline. I can’t imagine who thought this was an improvement ### 1/5 — Not What It Was *2022-02-14* It used to be a decent app. It had its problems, but you could easily find your saved issues. Most importantly you could scroll though a digital magazine, page by page pretty much like a print version. Now an issue appears like a collection of FaceBook posts. Hugely disappointing. Probably the end of a lifelong (since I was 16 - I’m 63 now) relationship with first the print editions and for the last several years, the digital version. 😢 ### 1/5 — Not good *2022-02-13, version 7.5.0* I just cant download new issues. I have a valid subscription until april22 but cannot find the latest issue ### 1/5 — Useless Garbage *2022-02-11* Can’t log in, can’t restore purchases, can’t view issues. I don’t care at all about flying mag’s facebook page. The last thing I ever want to see is facebook content. Unbelievably useless app. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Disappointing Update *2026-07-22* The new app removed the ability to make single issue purchases and I was unable to restore any purchased issues prior to 2023. I would still purchase single issues but will never pay $50 for a subscription. Seems like a poor move on the part of the new publisher. ### 1/5 — Bad App *2026-01-23* Impossible to read my old mags. The app doesnt restore my old mags… ### 1/5 — Grounded *2025-12-07, version 108.0.3* FIX THIS Damned APP. It has NOT worked on either IPAD nor iPHONE since iOS 18.6 or iOS 26.0 . ### 1/5 — New App needs work *2025-10-09* My subscription is with Flying magazine thru 2027. New app version wants be to subscribe or buy the current issue. Logging in gets be issues from 2022 and 2023, nothing this year. I wish I could go back to prior version. That recognized my account. ### 1/5 — Why bother mags don’t show up for weeks after release *2025-01-14* Just download the pdf from the website. This app doesn’t show the availability of new editions for weeks if at all. Tried reinstalling several times to little success and no response from support. A fine mag shot down by a stupid app. ### 1/5 — Horrible app *2024-05-21* Worthless app. No way to read offline (for those times when you would really like to read a magazine because the Wi-Fi is down on your 14-hour transpacific flight). There is also no way to restore a purchase once the app has decided that you’re no longer allowed to access your paid subscription. Removed app and canceled subscription. ### 1/5 — Are they still publishing??? *2024-02-13* Last issue I got was December 2023. Jan and Feb 2024 so far are no shows despite an active subscription. I am a very loyal reader since 1994 but now considering to give up on then. ### 1/5 — New owner has ruined a once great publication *2023-10-31* Long time subscriber. Enjoyed the hard copy version the most. The latest owner has reduced content and raised prices. I still decided to stay. I subscribed to the email version back in June 2023. I received one email link to one edition. That’s it. So I called in October and a recording stated to call back because the phone system was being updated. I emailed requesting a refund. No response. Summation of new owner: raise prices, cut content and ignore your subscribers when they contact you. I’m done. The end of a once great publication. ### 1/5 — Cannot restore purchase using Apple account *2023-05-30* I’m have tried for a year. No customer support ability. Will cancel subscription ### 1/5 — Poor *2023-02-25* I paid but cannot access the current issues. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Review *2024-12-02* I wish they would allow the readers to purchase hard copies of the back issues they have missed, if they allow the reader to purchase hard copies of back issues they don’t make it easy too! ### 5/5 — New version!! *2023-02-20* So much better. Now I can read back issues!! ### 5/5 — Terrible *2022-08-28, version 7.6.0* The new app is terrible. How hard can it be to just simply provide a magazine I have paid for and allow me to read it with ease. Dump this app. I no longer have access to all my past issues that I have paid for. Very sad Flying. You used to be my favorite aviation magazine. **Developer response:** Hi - We have just updated the app to a major new version. We hope it addresses the issue you had reading the digital subscription! ### 5/5 — Previous version was 5 stars *2022-02-18* I’m trying to figure out how the latest version of this ap is an improvement. The previous ability to scroll each issue and page in digital format like reading the print version was great. Hopefully this previous feature will be restored with enough pushback from readers. **Developer response:** Hi - We have just updated the app to a major new version. We hope it addresses the issue you had reading the digital subscription! Over the next couple of weeks, we're loading a lot more back issues (10-15 years) so there's a lot more coming. ### 5/5 — Flying *2020-12-15, version 7.3.2* I have been reading this magazine for more than 50 years it has maintained a consistently high standard. ### 5/5 — Drama with App *2020-10-13, version 7.3.2* Why is my subscription not working. Always have dramas with this App? ### 5/5 — Update still doesn’t work *2019-08-24, version 7.1.0* 08/23/19 After 3 days of frustration I can finally log in, but it won’t download anything. All of my downloaded issues are gone, it won’t restore them. It worked fine before this. ### 5/5 — Vale muito a pena. *2019-04-06* Compensa demais a assinatura anual. Funciona direitinho o aplicativo e a qualidade da revista é excepcional. Sempre com artigos atuais e temas realmente de interesse do público da aviação geral. ### 5/5 — Flying Magazine *2019-01-08* Impossível abrir! ### 5/5 — Not a good app *2018-12-31* Crashes and is slow. --- *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 2026-09-01.*