# Honolulu Mag — user reviews > 16 indexed App Store user reviews of Honolulu Mag by PacificBasin Communications, LLC, rated 4.66/5 from 62 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/honolulu-mag/id497952583/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/honolulu-mag/id497952583.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 53 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 3 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Does NOT work *2019-03-09, version 4.0.0* I just subscribed digitally and IT DOESN’T WORK! What the hell?!??? ### 1/5 — Theft of money! Do not get this app, they steal from you! *2017-03-02, version 2.5.31* I have subscribed to this magazine for years with no problem. But as if January 2017, I have been unable to access any issues. I wrote to them in January, February, and now March and they just keep telling me their servers are down and they do not know when they will be restored. They keep telling me yo be patient but three months is absurd. This is fraud, plain and simple. Either refund our money or give us what we paid for! This is ridiculous!! ### 1/5 — App does not work! *2017-02-23, version 2.5.31* I am very displeased with Honolulu Magazine as I am unable to read the digital issues I subscribed to. If this is not fixed soon (was told last month it would be fixed within a week but still not working) then I will cancel my subscription. PLEASE FIX THE APP! ### 1/5 — Honolulu magazine-can't view magazines *2017-02-16, version 2.5.31* UPDATE: Still can not get Jan. 2017 would love a refund for the last three issues I will not be able to read!! I have had this subscription for a couple years and all of a sudden I haven't been able to download the January issue for the last few weeks. I have gone through the Apple steps and contacted the magazine directly with no resolution. I found the most recent subscription and clicked report a problem (to Apple) & that leads to an error message from Apple. I have the subscription through March 2017 but it appears I will never get to see those three issues! Unsatisfied customer! ### 1/5 — Terrible app! *2017-02-15, version 2.5.31* As a new subscriber, I've received my first print issue, but there is no access to the digital editions, even though their website still sells it that way! They'll certainly let u buy the issues that show up however, but why would it allow a "subscriber" to even buy digital issues when it's supposed to be included w the print subscription...makes no sense? All this nonsense is business as usual I suppose, remembering how things work in Hawaii. Buyers, do not subscribe if u want any form of a digital subscription! ### 1/5 — Can't even login *2013-06-05, version 2.5.4* App shuts down when entering login info. ### 1/5 — Can't open an account *2013-03-12, version 2.5.4* Would like to subscribe but the App won't let me - bombs out every time. Even deleted and reinstalled the app. No change. ### 1/5 — No Aloha For Print Subscibers *2012-06-21, version 2.5.2* If New York Mag can figure it out, why can't Honolulu. Pacific Badin Communications should be ashamed of this blatant money grab. ### 1/5 — No iPad subscription with print subscription *2012-02-25, version 2.4.3* Sadly, despite having a print subscription, I have to pay again for the iPad subscription. Come on! ### 2/5 — Just PDFs *2012-02-14, version 2.2.6* I won't comment on the actual content of the magazine, aside from its well laid out and colorful. However, it is not optimized for iOS in any way. It's just pictures of the pages of the print magazine. The table of contents doesn't link you to the articles, and there are ZERO interactive elements like there are in "TRVL" or Engadget's "DISTRO". ## Most praised reviews (6 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Doesn't work *2017-02-03, version 2.5.31* Aloha. I had used the app for over a year with no problems and then it abruptly quit loading both new and existing issues after January 1, 2017. Email responses from Pacific Basin claim a vague IT issues with no definitive date of resolution. If you subscribe, you'll be reading about Honolulu in physical form only for the foreseeable future. ### 5/5 — Our National Rag Rages Famtastic *2012-05-04, version 2.5.2* Where would Luluville be without the nationally syndicated Honolulu Magazine? Whether on your local magazine rack, online, or on iOS, any kanaka or haole with any couth can't be without it. Not just another pink kitty; this App is a must have for any fun loving Hawai‘i social studies/reference/entertainment aficionado. Go Hawai‘i! "Mahalo for what you stay doing," as we say in the islands… ### 5/5 — Great app. *2012-03-25, version 2.4.3* Looks very similar to the print mag. ### 5/5 — Absolute Best App *2012-02-25, version 2.4.3* This magazine offers a residents-eye view of life in Honolulu. A must-have resource for Oahu residents and visitors alike. Nobody covers dining with more expertise than Honolulu Mag. I LOVE this app! ### 3/5 — Please update to support iPad Pro 11 *2019-01-08, version 4.0.0* Otherwise good magazine ### 3/5 — Still does not load new issues without.... *2018-09-09, version 3.0.2* ...deleting and downloading the app again. No offline reading and portrait mode for pictures that span two pages. The ZINIO version was much better, should’ve gone back to them. --- *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 2026-06-10.*