# Motor Trend Digital Magazine — user reviews > 155 indexed App Store user reviews of Motor Trend Digital Magazine by Hearst Communications, Inc., rated 4.30/5 from 183 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/motor-trend-digital-magazine/id399144468/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/motor-trend-digital-magazine/id399144468.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 137 · 4★ 15 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 19 ## What do users think of Motor Trend Digital Magazine? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Great content - 👍 Offline viewing - 👍 Practical and informative **Cons** - 🐛 App crashing - 🐛 App not opening - 🐛 Update issues - 🐛 Articles not opening - 🐛 Subscription issues - 💰 Microtransactions **Commonly reported bugs** - Login issues for print subscribers - Frequent crashes - Compatibility problems with iOS updates **Most requested features** - Bring back old app features - Improve offline viewing - Optimize for newer iOS versions ## Newest reviews (16 of 155) ### 2/5 — App crashing *2025-07-15* Keeps crashing before I can open ### 4/5 — Offline viewing *2022-12-23* Rarely allows offline viewing even though the magazine appears fully downloaded ### 2/5 — Unable to download *2021-07-11* Cannot download august edition, check my apple subscription and called apple support and they were not able to find out what was causing the problem other than my subscription was cacelled( I did not cancel it) ### 1/5 — This app barely works *2021-06-20* When I try to make a account it doesn’t let you which means it won’t let me use it and I cant horrible app don’t suggest this Down car magazine if you are looking for a good car news source ### 1/5 — Offline *2021-06-09* Won’t download magazines to the device for off-line reading ### 3/5 — Love the Magazine, but app has bad problems *2021-03-21* Every time a new issue comes out, I can’t access the app. The only solution is to delete the app and reinstall it. Please fix it! ### 1/5 — Waste of time *2021-03-17* Horrendous. Virtually no free material. Money-grubbing as Wal-Mart ### 1/5 — Terrible App *2020-10-30* I have a print subscription and have not been able to access the digital version for a very long time through the app. The first time I had problems resetting the password-the link I was sent to wouldn’t let me reset. Now, I can reset the password but when I go to log in after reset it tells me the password is invalid. I have done this several times as well as delete and reinstall the app. At a loss now on how to get this to work. Emails to the help email have gone unanswered. ### 1/5 — How not to do an update *2020-04-21, version 3.1.7* This app was updated and has kicked out iTunes subscribers. I have tried every conceivable way to retrieve my issues to no avail. I can’t even get the so-called help to respond!! I can’t even get a refund. Very angry about this!! ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2020-03-21, version 3.1.7* I have been a subscriber for a few months now. My login is no longer working and it took me a week to get an email back from customer no-support. The solution doesn’t work and I still can’t get in the app. This is VERY frustrating and I expected more from Motor Trend. Very disappointed.... ### 1/5 — ITunes subscription does not restore *2020-03-16, version 3.1.0* There are issues since the recent program revision and apparently nobody cares. My subscription renewed in October and am not going to make another one just to read the magazine I already paid for. FIX IT ASAP!!! ### 1/5 — App Broken *2020-02-29, version 3.1.0* Kept trying to restore purchases. That didn’t work so resubscribed. Nothing would download. Finally canceled subscription and deleted useless app. Too bad...liked Motor Trend. ### 1/5 — Got a refund *2020-02-22* Since the last update, nothing works. Can't access old or current issues. No reply from customer service. I've been a subscriber on iTunes for years and all these magasines are now lost. I contacted Apple to cancel my subscription and got a full refund of this year's subscription. ### 1/5 — Still not working for iTunes subscribers *2020-02-21, version 3.1.0* The app still does not work for iTunes subscribers MT help is hard to reach and not helpful when reached. They simply re-direct to apple and disavow the problem Library does not appear, App is Asking to purchase the last two months editions despite subscription paid up thru October Apple suggested offloading and re-installing the app. That doesn’t work either as get message that the app is no longer on the App Store when attempting to re-install. Yet it still appears on the App Store The app used to work fine and I like the content. Hope they can fix this issue soon ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work anymore - I’m canceling my subscription *2020-02-21, version 3.1.0* I’ve been a subscriber for a several years. I won’t waste my time with this that just stopped working as of the March issue a few days ago. It wants me to sign in to read the unlocked full version or restore purchase which doesn’t work. I’m canceling after a couple of email tries to get a response from tech support. ### 1/5 — Subscription *2020-02-17, version 3.1.0* It is not fixed. I have e-mailed you and have gotten no response. Please either fix the app or refund my money! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — App won’t open *2024-08-14* I had paid for an annual subscription, now the app won’t open on iPhone or iPad. App and iOS are all up to date… ### 1/5 — Update doesn’t work *2024-07-05* App doesn’t work! Please fix this! **Developer response:** UPDATE. The app is now live for iOS 11 - Hello Valued Customer. We are currently working on updating the app. It should be live within 48 hours. Again, we appreciate your patience. Thank you. ### 1/5 — Update doesn’t work *2024-06-29* I just updated the app and it now crashes every time I try to open it. Please fix!!! **Developer response:** UPDATE. The app is now live for iOS 11 - Hello Valued Customer. We are currently working on updating the app. It should be live within 48 hours. Again, we appreciate your patience. Thank you. ### 1/5 — Stopped working *2024-06-23* Since the latest update, the app stopped working altogether, I cannot even open it as it crashes instantly without any error message **Developer response:** We appreciate the kind words. Enjoy the new Motor Trend magazine app. ### 1/5 — Stopped opening *2024-05-17* Well, great job on your latest update. The app stopped loading on both iPhone and iPad. Keep it up. ### 1/5 — Articles don’t open *2024-03-26* For a while now, the app has been hit or miss opening up articles but lately I can’t open up anything on my phone. ### 1/5 — App so out of date *2022-10-14* I’ve been a subscriber forever yet the app often doesn’t let me open new issues. ### 1/5 — Great mag worst app ever *2022-10-05* The app is the worst. Stories are incomplete, when they download. With magazines vanishing you would think the app would be better….car and driver anyone. ### 1/5 — So sad *2022-06-30* Dear motor trend please bring back your old app, everyone misses Roadkill, hotrod garage and other show. If not please return full episodes to YouTube We miss you the old you please come back!! ### 1/5 — Microtransactions *2022-01-21* Gotta subscribe to even use this app. I’ll stick to free car news apps ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Just charge for the app *2024-05-07* Much of the small offering of free content won’t open. Looks like everything else is behind a paywall. Fair enough. But one full free article would be nice to see if the app behaves the same as Motor Trend’s website. There videos annoyingly autoplay. And when you scroll down until the video is out of view a mini player pops up, also automatically playing. Why have the written article only to interrupt the reading of it? I don’t want to buy a month’s subscription to find out if the app does the same. Besides, there’s many competitors now offering just as good or better content for free without auto play vids. Looking forward to snarky response. ### 5/5 — We will get back together *2023-07-24* I’m not going back to the ### 5/5 — My MT *2022-10-05* Great content ### 5/5 — Motortrend *2021-02-16* Always show details and facts about rating the best automobiles on the planet with nice photos of the automobiles and how much they sale and the comparison of them all together. ### 5/5 — Great App! *2019-04-08* I love technology, cars, and home renovations. I have everything at my fingertips to read. ### 5/5 — A giant leap forward! Thanks, Motor Trend! *2017-10-01, version 2.8.1* I’m a digital subscriber since 2013 and one of those who complained the most when in 2015 (?) the app became a simple PDF reader. Before that, the app was one of the best on the market, with proper digital contents, pictures and videos in full screen mode, sliders for the technical info, etc... it was, in my opinion, second only to the National Geographic iPad app which is fully interactive. Now, with this just released version (finally also iOS 11 compatible), we’re back to a responsive design that’s easier to read, pictures that can be zoomed to full page... it’s still not as good as the 2013 version, but I’m happy with this giant step forward. I can finally enjoy MT on the iPad again, thanks!!! **Developer response:** We appreciate the kind words. Enjoy the new Motor Trend magazine app. ### 5/5 — Love this magazine *2017-01-29, version 2.7.52* Let me start by saying that I have never taken the time to write a review, but after reading so many negative reviews about this app I felt compelled to take the time to give my opinion. I have to say that I really don't understand what these other people are talking about with all the issues. I have been reading this digital magazine for 3 years now on my iPad and never had any problems at all. Awesome magazine! ### 5/5 — Great App for car enthusiasts!! *2016-02-28* Really great app, and really good viewing experience as well! Really easy to restore previous purchases and subscriptions. ### 5/5 — Great *2015-09-28* Nice way to be updated with automobiles. No bugs. ### 5/5 — Practicality *2015-01-17* This it the best and most practical magazine I have read in a long time. --- *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 2026-08-29.*