Mountain Bike Action Magazine User Reviews

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Doesn’t work on Apple devices anymore!

This APP no longer works on my Apple devices. The screen just goes white and I can’t access my paid subscription or past magazines.

Unusable after last update.

Canceled subscription after many, many years because latest version of app is unusable. App will now not open on iPad Pro unless I’m connected to Wi-Fi. Brilliant - let’s make an app on a portable device that you can’t use if you’re outside of an internet connection. It’s like they’re trying to get subscribers to bail. Well, congratulations, it worked. See ya.
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Awful app

I love the magazine and desperately want to support such good journalism but I don’t think I have ever found a worse app for a paid subscription. The potential looks good and it’s readable and nicely laid out until you ever-so-slightly touch the screen incorrectly to scroll an article and then it immediately exits back to the cover page to make you start all over again. Simply the most frustrating and awful experience.
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Slow to load..

Pages slow to load even after so called downloaded the latest issue and can’t read offline. No update for 2 years as the developers/hi-torque doesn’t care about its subscribers anymore.

Outdated

2yrs since last app update. Not optimized for any more recent versions of iPhones, looks like it was last revised for fitting iPhone 8 screen ratio.

Offline Reading?

Recently travelled via plane and hoped to catch up on some reading; however, I discovered that I can’t read the magazine when off line.

Disappointing for sure

disappointing

it just doesn't work, download it, but don't open the magazine!!!

Works like balls

Waste

Totally unstable/unusable

You would think developers would read reviews. I’ve had this app for years and still the same buggy app.wont let you read downloaded magazines, takes ages to download and then after you download it starts to download again, then refuses to open if you don’t have online connection.
If only there was someone that could give the developer a kick up the backside for a poor product.
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ERROR

I purchased all magazines from Jan 2019 - Aug 2019...and then proceeded to download all onto my iPad for offline reading. I can only view 2 of the magazines. All the others tell me there’s an error, with no way to fix. What a waste of money!! DO NOT DOWNLOAD!

Tiresome

I love the magazine, but the app is next to worthless. Get the print edition and save yourself some headaches.

Don’t waste your money

Bought this app on my Android. Switched to apple platform and have emailed them several times to get log in fixed. They will not respond. Just like others have said don’t depend on this content as it only works occasionally anyways. They took my money don’t let them take yours.

Mountain Bike Action not

Constantly have to download the mag then do it again and again. Really poor work by the developers. Not even worth the one star. Like the physical mag but the app is a waste of time. Canceling out. Better stuff out their.

Cancelled my subscription

I love MBA, but I’m so frustrated by this app I cancelled. I’ll try another mtb magazine.

Update crashes

Since the update I can no longer access the mag

Terrible

Constant problems

Love the magazine hate the app

Have been a subscriber for over 10 years. The magazine is a great product for the mt bike community!! This app... no this excuse of an app doesn’t store the issues for offline use and now on my iPad Air it’s not even allowing me to view or attempt to download the issues. I’ll miss the magazine but not this app. Deleting this with a little over two months left in the subscription period because it’s absolutely useless.
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Buggy and unusable offline.

Will not retain downloads. Deleted and reloaded app several times and still will not retain downloads. This app has had this problem since its inception. Hi-Torque either doesn’t care or is too incompetent to fix it.

Horrible - buggy and no offline viewing

For over a year now I've been having to delete and reinstall the app for it to hold downloaded content (or even to be able to turn on the App). That and the hours of back and forth with their “customer support” (another 1 star) is unacceptable. It was so frustrating that I cancelled my two subscriptions after4+ years. Thee are better magazines out there that you can actually read.
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Doesn’t retain downloads

I hate the time I have to waste deleting the app and reloading each time I’ve had an app update to try and rectify loss of offline reading. Combine this with then going through the back and forth with the app developers when that doesn’t work. I do most reading while traveling, so losing ability to read offline defeats value of having magazine on my iPad. It was a stable app for years, but last 2 years not so much.
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