Ok
My original review said that I could not download my magazine but I eventually found the restore option.
Not very clear ?
Not very clear ?
Very poor and no easy way to cancel subscription
Very poor and no obvious way of cancelling subscription
Design Fault
This app is quite jerky when it comes to turning pages and does not flow - annoying with a magazine that puts photos across two pages. However, the most infuriating thing is the non-appearance of the regular supplements that the print editions carry. Other magazines manage to do this perfectly well so I cannot see why Grand Designs cannot provide a digital version of supplements. I have asked, but have been totally ignored. I won't be renewing.
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Unable to read previously bought magazines
I had a subscription to this magazine I have just come back from a working trip abroad to see I can no longer access the editions that came with my subscription because I don't have a current subscription.
Would be great if it could go five minutes without crashing
Visually stunning but crashes every few pages, rendering it completely unusable. The developer needs to sort it out. Until then avoid!
Total CON!
I had what I thought purchased 30+ issues, only to find when THEY changed the format my so called subscription was canceled and now I can not retrieve and previously purchased issues. They expect me to pay again.
Disappearing GD
Love GD mag. Much improved recently. But it no longer shows up on my newsstand?!
If I wish to read an edition I have to go back to GD's app. What is happening?
If I wish to read an edition I have to go back to GD's app. What is happening?
Omg
Absolutely fan savvy
Great app
I found this to be a great magazine app. It took me a while to work out that you could sync back issues (star button to download for offline use) but after that it was perfect. Bear in mind if you save back issues it will take up space on your iPad. Love the active links like page buttons and website.
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Ground design
Very Good.
Very Bad ! .........
I downloaded the magazine thinking this will be great but took ages to download so started to get annoyed as can imagine...... Finally it downloaded so I clicked on. Nothing came up it won't do anything. Nothing ! I am angry! DO NOT DOWNLOAD !!!!!! ( even if its free .) A waste of my time. Thx !
Crashes a lot
Crashes every few minutes (can't turn the page). Have to quit, force it closed and reopen. Usability is poor in comparison to other magazine apps out there.
Don't buy, does not work!
I had subscribed to Grand Design, first edition downloaded ok - that was the first and last time! It will not download any new editions, stuck in perpetual "restore in progress" now. Do not subscribe to this magazine!
Unstable and poor content.
Crashes regularly, very slow to load even with wifi and following advice of others on here and the majority of free pages are adverts, can't see enough to decide if it's worth buying the full version. I'll be going back to paper although that's difficult to find as not many places have it.
Buggy
The magazine itself and its content is amazing. The app however leaves a lot to be desired... It gets stuck on the page you try to resize and you have no option but to shut down the app and restart it. They should do something about it ASAP.
Sync entire monthly issue
To those who complain about load times; touch the star to the left of the issue in the menu list- syncs entire episode. No more load times.
Great content but shocking execution
The superb content is spoilt by the appalling time it takes to render each page. I can turn a paper page in the blink of an eye - I thought technology was supposed to offer advantages but the 20 seconds it takes to render each page is tedious and unacceptable. Subscription now cancelled. Great shame.
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Grand designs junk
This is a disgusting app. The publishers should be ashamed to put such garbage on App Store. Apple should also be ashamed for shameful quality control. The app freezes, gets stuck on pages when you resize, it's almost as if they just uploaded a PDF and said that will do let's charge for it. Content is good its just a very bad app.
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Not free
The only pages free are the first fell.
Not Free
Takes time to download the free app then you have to pay from 3rd click
