# Hot Rod Magazine — user reviews > 62 indexed App Store user reviews of Hot Rod Magazine by Hearst Communications, Inc., rated 4.80/5 from 47 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hot-rod-magazine/id495992183/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hot-rod-magazine/id495992183.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 45 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 2 ## Newest reviews (11 of 62) ### 3/5 — Same issue as others. Cannot download Feb 18 issue *2017-12-22* Have deleted and re downloaded app with no success. Bought my subscription through iOS app store on my iPad. Tried restore and no luck. My subscription is for a year. Sent two emails with photo of my subscription verified on the app store. Still no luck. Thank you. **Developer response:** Hello Valued Customer. Please email us your detailed problem to ziniouser@enthusiastnetwork.com so that we may further assist you. Thank you. ### 4/5 — Good mag, but app is slow *2017-06-25* I've been reading Hot Rod for more than 20 yrs. I like the magazine. Recently I switched over to an I pad for subscriptions. I've had some trouble getting to display older issues of my subscription. More frustrating has been it keeps "losing " my subscription ### 4/5 — On the go *2016-12-22* Love having my favourite magazine in the palm of my hand for the price of two new stands thanks HotRod ### 4/5 — Hot rod magazine's the bomb *2015-03-14* I have been reading Hot Rod magazine since I was a kid. If that doesn't say it all nothing will. Best of all ridding magazines bar none. Keep up the good work. ### 1/5 — No ios8 support *2014-09-26, version 1.0.40* No ios8 support!!!, tried redownloading stil doesn't work. Ios7 worked fine just trying to stir up the update. ### 1/5 — Broken App *2014-09-25, version 1.0.40* Fix please! Throwing my money away! Can't download issues I have paid for. ### 1/5 — Download *2014-09-25, version 1.0.40* Will not open in IOS 8.0. Keep getting error message "cannot download folio". ### 2/5 — Funktioniert momentan nicht *2014-09-23* Gekaufte Magazine lassen sich nicht laden oder sind nach Absturz der App wieder weg. Bis zum Update auf iOS 8 mit dem iPhone 5 funktionierte alles gut. Auf dem iPhone 4 mit älterem Betriebssystem läuft es gut. Die inhaltliche Qualität des Magazins steht außer Frage, wenn die Probleme nichtmehr auftreten gibt es auch sofort 5 Sterne. ### 1/5 — Terrible! *2014-09-21* The magazine will not stop crashing! 2-3 pages in everytime. Then delete, install and try again. Bam, crash. Repeat. No other magazine does this on my iPad. ### 4/5 — Hay it's Hot Rod watts not to love *2013-08-21, version 1.3* Hot Rod is the staple for Car Guys & Girls ### 1/5 — Not worth it yet *2013-06-06* This is simply a copy of the magazine. It is not worth ANY extra money. Keep your magazine subscription until they actually produce a truly digital version like Wired magazine. (Wired does not charge extra for it's digital version like Hot Rod does.) Hot Rod is a great magazine. This digital copy is pitiful. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Terrible. *2021-06-13* Not worth trying. ### 1/5 — Won’t open magazines without WiFi *2021-05-16* I have cleared cache and reload the app but when I don’t have WiFi I can’t view downloaded magazines ### 1/5 — You have to purchase past issues :-( *2020-05-08* I was excited when I saw past issues in the view list but found out that you have to buy them at $5.99 each. You do get access to the current and all future magazines, but no past issues are part of the subscription. Very disappointed as there was no indication of this until I subscribed and that would have influenced my choice to subscribe. The issues are basically copies of the magazine, ads and all. Not bad, but some access to past issues (even a limited number) would have been nice. Or at least a discount for members. $5.99 for a single past issue vs $9.99 a year is pretty steep!!! $.99 each would seem to be a compromise that would be a slight gain over membership prices. ### 1/5 — The magazine is great. The app is horrible. *2020-03-17* I’ve had the digital subscription for a few years now and it is horrible. Randomly it will log you out and you have to contact the app to get logged back in. They think this is ok. In the help section they say that you will have to log in multiple time in a 24 hour period to get logged on. How is this ok? ### 1/5 — Paid but no access to issues *2018-03-17, version 2.2* I paid for a year subscription a few weeks back and still cannot access March or April 2018 issues. Do I get a refund? ### 1/5 — New app is awful *2017-12-02* Content is as good as ever, but the new app is awful. Doesn't download new content. When the app does occasionally work it is very slow. ### 1/5 — New update *2017-11-29* The old version work great. New update and now I can not view my purchases. Have tried for days now to restore them on my iPad and iPhones and still nothing. I should not be this hard. I would really like to do a little reading but sadly I can’t. **Developer response:** Hello Valued Customer. Please check this link > http://www.enthusiastnetwork.com/restore-purchases/ to verify that you are following all of the steps to get your issues restored. If you still are experiencing problems, please email us at ziniouser@enthusiastnetwork.com for more assistance. Thank you. ### 1/5 — Where did it go *2017-07-30* Now I have to use Zinio to see roadkill magazine since the update. Ugh. ### 1/5 — Hot Rod & Muscle Mustang and Fast Fords apps are broken *2014-09-26, version 1.0.40* Apps stop and blank out after unexpected stop. After reinstall get popup: index.html unable to download folio. Please fix asap. I like to read my magazines. Kevin ### 1/5 — Crashing ! crashing! *2014-09-26* Keeps crashing since iOS 8 installed...can't download previous issue... Very desapointing😣 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Hot Rod *2015-06-08* Great magazine. ### 5/5 — Easy to use and a great price *2015-01-12* This is really easy to read on the iPad and a great price for the annual subscription. ### 5/5 — X63 lightweight SS *2015-01-11, version 1.0.70* Excellent!! Well executed. ### 5/5 — Broken in iOS 8. *2014-09-20* Great app, but it is now broken in iOS 8. Please fix. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2014-03-22* Great read I no longer have to wait for my copy to show up !!! ### 5/5 — Wow!!! *2014-03-18* Super Zeitschrift , coole Karren und sehr informativ :)!!!!! ### 5/5 — Great App *2014-03-18* I have used other magazine apps that were glitchy and dropped out to the background screen so I was apprehensive to subscribe for the online Hot Rod. I could not be further front the truth with this app. It works perfectly, even allowing me to leave to lookup up more info on the internet and come right back to where I left off. Very happy and now I can take my Hot Rod on the road without packing anything more than my iPad. Obviously this wasn't designed by the Roadkill guys! ### 5/5 — Works great *2013-09-10* Works great ### 5/5 — Freiburger's genius at work *2013-08-26* Always been a huge fan of Hot Rod Mag, and that hasn't faltered. Still the same, fantastic magazine; demonstrating a true balance between intelligence and pure amusement. Cheers. ### 5/5 — App is great *2013-04-01, version 1.2* Love this app...Love HotRod magazine --- *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 2026-08-24.*