How It Works User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience32.0% of reviews
Neutral7.6% of reviews
Negative experience60.4% of reviews

~ Based on 275 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is How It Works Safe?

How It Works: digital edition appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for How It Works is 91/100.

This assessment is based on 159 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

92.5% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.1% of ratings suggest some concerns
4.4% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 159 App Store ratings for How It Works.

Is How It Works Legit?

How It Works: digital edition appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for How It Works is 85/100.

Based on 85 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Total joke

What an absolute joke of a system. Supposed to have received this magazine subscription as a present. However, four weeks on I still canโ€™t access the digital copy. Bounced around three different websites, magazines direct, pocket mags and magazines the sign up process is about as clear as a scrumpy cider
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Response from developer

Thank you for your review, and we're really sorry to hear you're experiencing difficulties. For further assistance please contact apps@futurenet.com quoting your customer/subscription number, a brief description of the problem you're facing, and any relevant details or screenshots, and our app support team will be happy to escalate this for you. Thanks, The Digital Support Team

Almost Perfect >>>> Future Perfect

Contents are interesting covering vast various topics. The graphics are great and photographs are exquisite.
Downsides: 1. give us the print button or ability to save it in PDFs because when I purchased a mag I own it.
2. Whereโ€™s the videos? This is a digital era where multimedia is a must. Preferably videos included in the mags so can be viewed offline, NOT STREAMING CONTENT PLEASE !
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Really Works

Excellent information, highly recommended. Apps works excellent

Needs an update

Obviously the content is good, the content isnt what Iโ€™m reviewing though. The app is a bit messy and its hard to focus on stuff, there hasnโ€™t been an update for the new ipad sizes so it doesnt fit the screen properly and it just looks old and tired.
Still love the content though

My kids love this.

I have the digital version of this magazine on our iPad and I am able to download the whole magazine and the kids can check it out whenever they want it works really well I really like it and so do the kids.

Superficial overview of subjects.

Magazines skim the surface of topics without going into much depth.

Great mag, horrible app

App takes over 5 min just let me view my purchased magazines. Horrible navigation to find the mag I am looking for. Canceled my subscription.

Family sharing

Be aware, my wife bought a subscription to this mag, but despite having family sharing turned on, and it previously being accessible, the app no longer seems to support family sharing.
Very disappointing, I was enjoying the content.

Love it!

This magazine is so damn good! I normally never spend money on apps. But I spend on this app for the first time. Money well spent! If you're curious about how the world works this app is for you!

Good but bugs

The magazine is one of the best with awesome content and knowledge. But every time there is a main update the stored or bought mags cannot vanish and doesn't have to be restored again. It's so irritating and this also leads to recurring wastage of download data package for restoring. Please address this issue at the earliest.
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Zooming in and out

Basically a PDF reader have to zoom in and out to read content. Not optimized for the iPhone

Interesting content however no access to old magazines like the new scientist subscription model

It would be better if they included the specials in the subscription fee - was clear as mud when paying for it thinking all was included.

Saying that the actual content was entertaining and enjoyed learning new and interesting facts.

Quality information

This app is really great and I usually never write reviews because it's a waste of time. I'm writing this because the other negative reviews probably stop people from learning and that's not cool. It cost 3 bucks a month for a 75pg informative piece of literature. You spend more on lunch in one day.. You can actually learn something informative in this rather than your little Debbie cakes.
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Great reading

Definitely deserves 5 stars, just wish the subscription gave access to more without having to pay extra

How it works

Excellent read, wide ranging topics, always interesting.

How it works

Excellent magazine. Long term subscriber.

Great

Great magazine i wish you combine US with British english because it's perfect for english learning.

Good app

I really like this app. The content of each subject matter is excellent; the colors on each page of the magazine are very vibrant. Great photography and computer graphics.

Bubby

Could be better.

Pricing structure needs review

This is a good publication but the pricing structure makes it an expensive read. Not only are there subscription fees, that subscription does not cover all the magazines. The Special magazines are over $13 each and for a digital publication this is too much.....add the monthly subscription and the cost of the ever increasing Special magazines where the bulk of the content is and the sums get too big to continue to look at this magazine.
It's a shame......
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