Great articles, garbage app
We all love this publication. The “app” is a dodgy mobile website embedded in an app. Super glitchy and unreliable. Halfway through sn article it refreshes on its own and takes you back to the home page. Ads everywhere. Honestly the worst app on my phone, but at least it’s slightly less worse than trying to access popmech through google news. The in viewer video ads are so annoying. I should also mention that I have a digital and physical subscription. Great articles when you can actual read them. Thanks
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Great articles but the App needs work
I enjoy all the articles that Popular Mechanics puts out. All their gear reviews and in depth stories. However, one of the most annoying issues I have with their App is that it has a tendency to refresh itself while you're in the middle of reading articles. Then, after it decides to randomly refresh, you have to scroll back down and find where you left off and hope that you can read the rest of your article before it refreshes again.
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Very cumbersome
For a company that prides itself in cutting edge technology, the app feels more like a 1980s home computer. So many things I can’t list. But go on it once and you’ll see. You don’t smoothly log in even when your acct is set up. You don’t open to nice graphics or articles. It looks like they are selling individual magazines -Not an app to actually enjoy your digital subscription. I cancelled. Not worth the money.
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No way to search for or navigate to previous articles
No way to search for a navigate to previous articles.
Can't link print subscription with online account
I've had a print subscription for years. Have not been able to link it to online account; paid extra for the online plus and not getting any of the daily emails I'm supposed to even though buttons checked. Terrible online presence
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It’s cool just want more free articles and less of a subscription fee
garbage
in the running for worst app on my device. login is useless. doesn’t have a login through google like the web portal. doesn’t recognize my credentials. even the “done” tab submits a request and won’t exit. nonsense.
Great magazine, terrible app
While reading articles the app will randomly jump back up, making you scroll down to find where you were before it did that. Also my phone gets hot while using this app, and it consumes battery power wildly fast. While using this app on a flight my phone went from 87% to 19% power in just over an hour.
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Popular Mechanics excellent and useful for science
It’s science you can understand.
Interesting
Love reading, it reminds me of my Dad
Customer service
I paid for a subscription but was unable to log in. Sent a message for help but never got a response. Not good.
Less than inviting
Despite paying for access you still have to view ads. What a joke
Good App
This magazine is great, no complaints about that, but my phone lost 40 percent in an hour. That seems a little excessive for scrolling through a magazine.
Gift not accessible
I was given the magazine as a gift, but have no computer access even after many attempts. Nor have I received a hard copy. Wasted gift. Ripped off money from my friend by Popular Mechanics Staff.
Stokes - would nice ready write speaking
Would love you a show you this!
Think hard about subscribing to this magazine
Poor “instructions “ and despite following email from this magazine, I still can’t access my subscription.
Fantastic stories
The best of the best was the story of CC Meyers rebuilding the burned out blown up section of the I 580 in Oakland (the maze). Fantastic story about an amazing accomplishment by an amazing group of men
🇺🇸🙏🏻❤️My Favorite Magazines as a Child❤️🙏🏻🇺🇸
I used to sneak away on my bike to the library to read these magazines at the Port Hueneme Library 🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻. Happy to revisit these magazines & all the epic information & engineering.
Can’t login, terrible customer service
Bought subscription two months ago and still can’t login. Email customer service is useless. They just keep shuffling me around and I still can login to my account and access the digital magazines.
Do NOT buy online! Nightmare!
I decided to get a yearly subscription online and from the very start it’s been a nightmare! From how you “activate” your subscription to getting multiple errors while trying to log in! Not worth the headache
