# GQ UK Men's Lifestyle Magazine — user reviews > 108 indexed App Store user reviews of GQ UK Men's Lifestyle Magazine by The Conde Nast Publications Limited, rated 4.70/5 from 422 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gq-uk-mens-lifestyle-magazine/id439884658/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gq-uk-mens-lifestyle-magazine/id439884658.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 356 · 4★ 35 · 3★ 15 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 8 ## What do users think of GQ UK Men's Lifestyle Magazine? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Lightning-fast app - 👍 Wonderful magazine content - 🔒 Robust security features **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and bugs - 📥 Download and loading issues - 🔋 High battery consumption - 👎 Unreadable on mobile devices - 🤔 Confusing subscription options - 🚫 Inability to restore purchases **Commonly reported bugs** - Frequent app crashes - Download failures - Login and account issues - Inability to access purchased content **Most requested features** - Offline reading mode - Improved navigation and contents - Consistent formatting across devices - Seamless cross-platform subscription - More interactive and video content ## Newest reviews (17 of 108) ### 2/5 — Not usable offline *2025-08-17, version 35.3* Have been using this app for more than a decade and love British GQ. Unfortunately since the latest app version, all previously downloaded issues disappear making it virtually impossible to use in offline mode and to keep favorites. You have re download previous mag issues every single time you open the app. ### 3/5 — Technical issues. *2024-02-28, version 35.2* Better than it was, at least you can see a double page spread in landscape now - but - I can’t get rid of the GQ header strip at the top of my iPad Pro so you can never see a full page which is really annoying. A while back the App used to function flawlessly, it’s been on a bumpy road for a while now! Any help greatly welcomed. ### 1/5 — Gone downhill and stayed there! *2022-05-09, version 33.3* This was a great magazine optimised for iPad. Now it is just a PDF of the print copy. Having to constantly pinch and expand to read every article is a poor experience, made worse when images straddle two pages in print but are split on iPad. I let my subscription go when the app was downgraded and tried it again today hoping that the publisher had rethought its approach. Sadly there has been no improvement so I won’t be renewing my subscription. ### 1/5 — Can no longer read on mobile devices *2022-03-02, version 33.3* Last five issues have not been optimised for Mobile Devices. Makes this App totally pointless. Get the US App version, which actually does work and has morphed into the same content anyway… ### 1/5 — Gone downhill *2022-01-25, version 33.3* So annoying that the formatting has changed. Totally awkward to read magazine on phone now. Up until a few months ago was perfectly optimised but laziness has crept in. Please revert back to previous system. This is shoddy ### 1/5 — Don’t bother subscribing *2022-01-20, version 33.3* Despite eventually managing to log in and being a paid-up subscriber, the app still wants me to pay to access any issue. Conde Nast have neither explanation, resolution nor apology for this utterly useless app. Will be getting a refund on my subscription ### 1/5 — Why change the contents? *2021-11-06, version 33.3* Previously pulling up the “hamburger” menu in the top right gave you a list of all the article and features, now it just shows you a list off page numbers which is completely useless. Why change good functionality to useless functionality? It’s bad enough that the contents page in the magazine isn’t hyperlinked, but now the digital magazine is just un-navigable. ### 1/5 — What’s happened? *2021-10-03, version 33.3* As others have said the two latest issues have been unreadable on either iPad or iPhone. They’ve gone from specific mobile formatting as magazines to nothing more than a pdf of the magazine. What’s the point in having digital editions if all you’re going to do is take photos of each individual page then upload? Utterly unreadable in the current format. Free daily newspapers have worked out how to get the most from the format, yet a premium publisher such as Condé Nast not only don’t make the most of the the format but regress. Terrible. ### 1/5 — Pathetic *2021-09-03, version 33.3* Of all the apps I have ever used (EVER) this is the worse It really deserves no stars, will not allow me to log in again and from the other reviews I’m not alone. Now, will any one read this and follow up with me, answer not in a million years. Baz Francis 03,09. 21 ### 2/5 — Hard to get the nav bar out *2021-08-18, version 33.3* It’s a good app with quality contents. My only complaint is that it’s so hard to bring out the nav bar. Had to close the app every time trying to switch to another issue. ### 4/5 — GQ: bring the sexy cover girls back! *2021-06-04, version 33.3* Do it. ### 1/5 — Freddy Gray propaganda *2021-03-28, version 33.3* Please stop writing about American politics and “both sides” blaming. ### 2/5 — Not like last app *2021-02-17, version 33.3* What meant before some article comes with short videos Music video ,sport exercises which show how to preform the movement. And became smaller ### 1/5 — Issues take too long to qownload *2021-02-05, version 33.3* Everything else else loads fine but this magazine never downloads completely. All other apps work fine and no problems with anything on the network but this app never downloads issues. Waste of money really. ### 2/5 — Not (down)loading *2021-01-04, version 33.3* Simply will not load. ### 1/5 — Crashes all the time *2020-11-29, version 33.3* Not sure why but unable to view purchased magazine as it tends to crash regularly... Lookforward to the fix ### 1/5 — Crashes *2020-10-10, version 33.3* App keeps crashing consistently on a brand new iPad Pro. Extremely frustrating! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Useless *2026-07-04, version 35.6* After getting a subscription it’s been a complete waste of money. App won’t recognise my email and when it does apparently I don’t have an active subscription. Won’t be bothering with these ever again!!! ### 1/5 — Can no longer read on mobile devices *2026-01-09, version 35.5* Last five issues have not been optimised for Mobile Devices. Makes this App totally pointless. Get the US App version, which actually does work and has morphed into the same content anyway… ### 1/5 — Digital subscription doesn’t work across different platforms *2025-10-27, version 35.3* I bought the subscription on my google pixel while out and about (android google play store) assuming I could login later on my iPad Pro. I can’t! And despite emailing ‘support’ and getting non-sensical responses I still can’t use my digital subscription (using the name email address and profile) on my iPad. I would not have purchased through the google play store had I know it was not transferable to another digital device on another platform. Although, that is surprising and definitely disappointing. I will not be renewing my subscription! Anto ### 1/5 — So confusing *2024-08-09, version 35.2.1* Literally just signed up to GQ, but been an avid reader for years. Pricing is baffling, £1 sign up for three copies and instant access, or 30 days free and £22 per year, or £2.29 a month, or £19 every 6 months? Can’t seem to access anything on the app despite restoring all purchases. Terrible app design and commercial offer OR brilliant incentive to retain hardcopy custom? You decide… ### 1/5 — Online version not workin *2024-05-27, version 35.2.1* Online functionalities zero. When I leave app can’t return to page have to restart selecting magazine and all ### 1/5 — Fake reviews here *2024-05-11, version 35.2.1* This app is not user friendly and their content is out of place ### 1/5 — It took weeks to gain access to my subscription *2024-03-16, version 35.2* As the title says. The app itself is rather unstable, certain menus which should appear do not at first attempts. Then navigating through the convoluted myriad of different websites that require subscribing to in order to generate a temporary username to use on this app. It was like going back to 1997 on dial up on a windows 3.1 pc. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2024-02-22, version 35.2* You’d have thought a major publisher would find this simple? I have a subscription, but I cannot access it. Customer services are clueless and keep sending the same (unclear) instructions. I’ve been trying for days to get this fixed. This app is non functional and Condé Nast should be ashamed of their systems and service. ### 1/5 — Terrible Magazine, Terrible App *2024-01-26, version 35.1* Can’t believe how bad this magazine has become in recent years. ### 1/5 — App asks me to pay even though my subscription is active *2023-04-20, version 3.4* I renewed my subscription thru Apple a few months ago. It had been working fine but for the current (April/May 2023) issue, instead of allowing me to download as usual for free as part of my annual subscription, it wants me pay $3.99 to purchase it. I contacted Apple Support and we tried different things but that did not resolve the issue. I emailed GQ a couple of days ago and they did not reply. Apple can’t offer me a partial refund. This is very frustrating as I basically lost half a year of my subscription that I paid for. I’m not going to subscribe from them again!! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — X *2024-05-04, version 35.2.1* To ### 5/5 — Can’t down the subscription *2023-05-22, version 3.4* I have subscribed yearly through Apple Store. Could not open the magazine or neither download it. It keeps asking to pay for monthly issues even I already paid for 1 year subscription through Apple. After several times contacting Apple and Condé Nast développer, they keep ping-ponging each other, the problem is always from the other side… Meanwhile I don’t have access to what I paid for… and they don’t refund my payment even I canceled my subscription … ### 5/5 — Wonderful *2021-01-31, version 33.3* I have been reading British GQ for years now. From paper to iPad edition. It’s just my favourite magazine. ### 5/5 — Best magazine app *2020-05-06, version 33.3* This is the best and classiest magazine app around. Looks great and very easy to navigate. ### 5/5 — More fashion *2019-12-22* Would like less politics and more fashion ### 5/5 — Interaction is gone *2018-08-25, version 33.0.0* There used to be a lot of interaction and video content etc. when I first subscribed to the app it was a beauty. Now it’s bland and lame. ### 5/5 — Unmissable *2018-05-07, version 33.0.0* The best ### 5/5 — How can you get it so wrong? *2018-05-06, version 33.0.0* Simply awful app. No way to remain logged in so have to input full credentials with pretty much every use. Cannot reset password within the app itself. Issues take several years to download and will not download in the background; thereby forcing you to stare at the loading screen until your battery depletes or you die of boredom, whichever occurs sooner. Is this really the best you can do, GQ? ### 5/5 — As expected. *2017-01-07, version 32.6.1.131.102896* A great magazine... loads in every issue, works really well and technically sound, good value. ### 5/5 — CEO *2014-09-21, version 31.3.0.93.98649* To keep an open mind Always difficult God centered Infinity unlimited All things in this world Is GOD = Good It'd be what we do with it To be a blessing to the lesser < least< humble servant In Jesus name Amen. :-))))$))))!!!!!!!!! --- *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 2026-09-02.*