# Guitarist Magazine — The Guitar Player's Bible

> Guitarist Magazine provides interviews, gear reviews, and lessons for guitar players. (iPhone/iPad app by Future plc.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/guitarist-magazine/id450488501 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Future plc](https://appshunter.io/developer/378460265)
- Category: Music, Magazines & Newspapers
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 211 App Store ratings · 116 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 23 MB
- Languages: German (Germany), American English, French (France), Italian, Dutch, European Portuguese, European Spanish
- Released: 2011-10-12
- Data updated: 2026-08-28
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/guitarist-magazine/id450488501/reviews.md

## What is Guitarist Magazine?

Each issue of Guitarist contains insightful artist interviews and features with world famous guitar players. We also offer in-depth guitar, amp and effects reviews, plus playing technique guitar lessons with TAB. There are also a whole host of regulars including technical advice on guitar equipment, guitar music reviews and more.

We offer everything you need to help inform your buying choices, learn more about your favourite artists and improve your playing. Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, amplifiers, effects pedals – we cover the whole lot!

Join thousands of others and download our free app now!

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Once you’ve downloaded our app, you will need to take a free trial or purchase a single issue or subscription to access our in-depth content. We also publish specials and guides - browse our publications, read what interests you most, and get inspired.

Back issues, specials, and future issues are available for purchase within the app. Subscriptions are available on various monthly and annual terms, and auto-renew until you decide to cancel it. Check inside the app for current pricing.

*** Please Note: Our digital edition is not printable and does not include the covermount items or supplements you would find with the print edition ***
 
• The free trial offer is only available to new subscribers. If you have previously subscribed then payment will be taken immediately.
• You can cancel at any time during the free trial period and you will not be charged. Simply turn off auto-renew in your Apple account subscriptions page at least 24 hours before the auto-renew is due.
• Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase.
• Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period.
• You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for that product.
• You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase .
• No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period.  This does not affect your statutory rights.
• Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.
• We will be collecting information about your use of the app both when you are online and offline. To find out more please see our privacy policy.

The subscription will include the current issue if you don't already own it and subsequently published future issues for the duration of your subscription period.

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By purchasing a subscription or downloading an app you agree that you have read and accept Future Publishing Ltd's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use:
 
www.futureplc.com/privacy-policy/
www.futureplc.com/terms-conditions/

## Key features

- Artist interviews
- Guitar, amp, and effects reviews
- Playing technique lessons with TAB
- Technical advice on guitar equipment
- Guitar music reviews
- Coverage of acoustic and electric guitars

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 Year Subscription | $39.99 | per year |
| 3 Month Subscription | $11.99 | per 3 months |
| 6 Month Subscription | $19.99 | per 6 months |
| 1 Month Subscription | $4.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Issue 506 | $3.99 | one-time |
| Issue 507 | $3.99 | one-time |
| Issue 511 | $3.99 | one-time |
| Issue 541 | $6.99 | one-time |
| Issue 540 | $6.99 | one-time |
| Issue 539 | $6.99 | one-time |
| All unowned back issues (excluding special issues) | $79.99 | one-time |
| Issue 408 | $6.99 | one-time |
| Guitarist Guide to Amps | $6.99 | one-time |
| Guitarist Annual 26 | $1.99 | one-time |
| October 2011 | $6.99 | one-time |
| November 2012 | $6.99 | one-time |
| Issue 413 | $6.99 | one-time |
| Issue 526 | $3.99 | one-time |
| Issue 524 | $3.99 | one-time |
| Issue 522 | $3.99 | one-time |
| Issue 521 | $3.99 | one-time |
| Issue 520 | $3.99 | one-time |
| Issue 519 | $3.99 | one-time |
| Issue 518 | $3.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Guitarist Magazine?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 📚 High-quality magazine content and articles
- 📸 Excellent photo resolution and visual presentation
- 🎥 Embedded videos and audio content
- 📖 Offline access to downloaded issues
- 💰 Affordable subscription pricing
- 🎯 Comprehensive guitar reviews and gear coverage
- 📱 Works well on larger screens (iPad/Macbook)

**Cons**

- 🐢 Extremely slow download speeds (hours to complete)
- 💾 Massive file sizes requiring 1-3GB+ storage space
- 🔄 Frequent app crashes and freezes
- ❌ Download failures and interrupted transfers
- 🔐 Lost purchased issues after app updates
- ⚠️ Cannot restore previous purchases reliably
- 📵 App becomes unresponsive frequently
- 🔗 Broken links to online media content
- 🚫 Cannot access archived issues offline
- 😤 Poor customer support and automated responses
- 📄 Requires constant zooming to read text
- 🔄 Must keep app open during downloads
- 💳 Unexpected double charging for subscriptions
- 📰 Digital version released later than print
- 🖼️ Repetitive editorial content month-to-month

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes when switching between applications
- Downloads freeze at 30% or fail mid-process
- Cannot access archived library when offline
- App fails to remember reading position
- Store view takes 1+ minute to load and refreshes constantly
- Video audio not working in reviews
- Pages fail to load or load extremely slowly
- Restore purchases function doesn't work
- Login authentication failures
- Failed to Load Store message prevents access
- App closes instead of opening magazines
- Subscription status not recognized despite payment
- Sampler content displayed instead of full issues
- Memory leaks causing 3.5GB+ usage
- iOS 7, iOS 8 compatibility issues
- Cannot download new issues without deleting old ones

**Most requested features**

- Mac app version (requested for 5+ years)
- Optional media downloads to reduce file size
- Text selection and lookup functionality
- Improved page navigation and bookmarking
- Better table of contents with proper sizing
- Ability to read without constant zooming
- Simultaneous access across multiple devices
- Dark mode option
- Faster, more reliable download system

## Recent user reviews (10 of 116)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/guitarist-magazine/id450488501/reviews.md

### 1/5 — App doesn’t even open

*2024-11-08*

Can’t open app it’s basically useless

### 2/5 — Room for improvement

*2024-08-19*

Not all bad and somewhat more useable than the iOS version because of the larger screen on my Macbook. 

Still plenty of room for improvement but that's been the case for years already so I question the effort behind making this a great app instead of mediocre.

### 1/5 — Outdated app, poor user experience

*2024-07-14*

I choose to use digital content so I’m stuck with this awful app. 
You have to zoom each page to read the text which makes turning a page impossible. 
When a new mag comes out you have no choice but to download it which means leaving whatever you were trying to read before. 
You can’t select text in order to do a “look up”. I realise that’s to stop copy and paste but who the hell wants to copy and paste commercial gain anyway. 
The app is clunky and the UX is poor. It makes me want to stop subscribing to the magazine. 
My 2 stars are purely for the content. The app gets -2 stars

**Developer response:** Hi there, 

Thanks for your review, and we're really sorry to hear you're experiencing difficulties. Depending on your device and app iteration, we do include a reader mode in-app, accessible via the navigation toolbar (regrettably, some older issues may not feature this element). As you've noted, we're unable to add a look-up feature for data protection and security reasons – however, this feature is available via other platforms the magazine is hosted on, such as Readly. We hope this helps.

Thanks,

The Digital Support Team

### 5/5 — Guitarist app broken

*2023-08-21*

Always been a great way to read one of my favorite mags, however, since latest app update and latest iOS update the darn app no longer works.
Issues are; slow load times, slow download times, showed I am subscribed but still seems to want me to purchase current magazine, difficulty accessing my library, and last but not least, app becoming completely non responsive.
I do not think this is what I am paying for! This on top of my last working version that no longer included the video and audio links I had come to appreciate.
Think you would do well to address this poorly crafted update to this app.

### 1/5 — Dreadful.

*2021-08-04*

I subscribed to the Guitarist, a magazine I use to read regularly. I thought I would subscribe to the digital version as I wanted to read it again after not reading it for a few years.  The whole experience of trying to get a digital copy was dreadful. I followed all the advice from the “help centre” but to no avail. I persevered for a while but could not get anywhere with downloading a copy I had paid for.  I have cancelled my subscription, hopefully, and will not consider buying anything from Future Plc ever again.
All I can say is get your act together Future Plc, the current customer service is dreadful.

### 1/5 — Great magazine, terrible app

*2021-07-24*

Issues disappear, I pay but I cant get the issues... complete disaster.

### 1/5 — Difficult to use

*2021-07-04*

Been reading this since issue 1 in 1984. Thought I’d go green and change to  digital, which I have done successfully with a number of 
Other publications. Total confusion after I registered. Turns out I don’t have an account, but did I register with iTunes, my favourite magazine or magazines direct? Reply from the help emails takes three days and tells me to use menus that don’t actually appear on the screen. A shambles. To be fair I don’t really need to read identikit articles on vintage Les Pauls/strats every single month, so I’m not missing much in the way of creative content.

### 1/5 — Can’t get the app to work

*2021-04-11*

I was able to download one issue and really enjoyed the digital magazine so I bought the subscription and now I can’t download anything. Whatever is going on needs to be fixed ASAP. This is ridiculous

### 2/5 — Not good

*2021-03-14*

Subscribed but continually shows me the sampler not full issue. Very annoying

### 5/5 — Same issues other have had 2 years ago!

*2021-01-29*

Unfortunately, after 6 months of nice and smooth experience, the app started to be unresponsive and extremely slow in downloading (...the few times that I succeeded!)
I got twice the same “automatic answer” from Technical Support and I tried all their recommendations with no success. 
I believe that all Guitarists love to spend time playing, reading news about Guitars and buy new stuff. 
No Guitarist like to spend time fighting with this app!
As much as I love Guitarist, I dislike this app: please do something!

## Frequently asked questions about Guitarist Magazine

### What kind of content does Guitarist Magazine offer?

Guitarist Magazine provides insightful artist interviews, in-depth reviews of guitars, amplifiers, and effects pedals, and playing technique lessons with tablature. It also includes regular features on guitar equipment, music reviews, and advice for guitarists.

### How can I access the content in the app?

After downloading the app, you will need to take a free trial, purchase a single issue, or subscribe to access the in-depth content. Back issues, specials, and future issues are available for purchase within the app.

### What are the subscription options?

Subscriptions are available on various monthly and annual terms. They auto-renew until you cancel. You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal in your Account Settings after purchase. The subscription includes the current issue if you don't already own it and subsequently published future issues.

### Is the digital edition printable?

No, the digital edition is not printable. It also does not include any covermount items or supplements that might be found with the print edition of the magazine.

### Who is this app for?

This app is designed for guitar players, whether they play acoustic or electric guitars. It caters to those who want to learn more about their favorite artists, improve their playing techniques, and make informed decisions about purchasing guitars, amplifiers, and effects.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 7.1.13 — 2025-02-03

We've refreshed the styling of article view and made some improvements to the usability of the app.

### 7.1.10 — 2024-05-21

• We've fixed a bug with streaming media assets and improved the customer support process.

### 7.1.1 — 2023-08-09

We've improved the initial app loading time and squashed some bugs

### 7.0.12 — 2023-06-06

Hi there readers! We'd like to introduce you to an all-new user interface making your reading experience smarter and easier than ever before. Please let us know if you experience any issues with this update at apps@futurenet.com.

### 6.4 — 2022-08-01

Bug fixes and performance improvements

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