# Real Simple Magazine — user reviews > 144 indexed App Store user reviews of Real Simple Magazine by TI Media Solutions Inc., rated 4.50/5 from 374 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/real-simple-magazine/id473332324/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/real-simple-magazine/id473332324.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 300 · 4★ 32 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 30 ## What do users think of Real Simple Magazine? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 📚 Excellent magazine content - 💻 Convenient digital access - 🖼️ Beautiful layout and visuals **Cons** - 🔒 Unable to access subscription - 🐛 Frequent app crashes and bugs - 📥 Issues with downloading and restoring content - 🔍 Poor customer support and troubleshooting **Commonly reported bugs** - Unable to log in or access purchased content - Inconsistent behavior after app updates - Incompatibility with newer devices or OS versions **Most requested features** - Bookmark and annotation tools - Offline reading mode - Integration with Newsstand or other magazine apps ## Newest reviews (18 of 144) ### 2/5 — Not great *2026-04-18, version 103.9.4* App never opens anymore ### 4/5 — Excellent way to decrease clutter *2023-07-28* The one thing so far is it won’t expand the page to read the smaller print on ads **Developer response:** Thank you for taking time to give us a review. We are sorry to hear about your experience we certainly understand you are disappointed. We will be happy to solve all the problems reported by you. Kindly contact our support team at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting 1324228 so they can help you with this. Thanks a lot once again our apologies for the trouble. ### 3/5 — Links *2023-05-26* The page in the magazine with links to your website are not easily found in the app. I have to get to it from the web. Why not put QR codes on the page instead of the link so rates can get right to the article/ recipe/ ideas, etc **Developer response:** Thank you for taking time to give us a review. We are sorry to hear about your experience we certainly understand you are disappointed. Please be rest assured that you will get access to all your issues included in your account. We will be happy to solve all the problems reported by you. Kindly contact our support team at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting 1303603 so they can help you with this. Thanks a lot once again our apologies for the trouble. ### 2/5 — Trouble downloading on iphone *2022-11-02* Can’t download on iPhone **Developer response:** Thank you for taking time to give us a review. We are sorry to hear about your experience we certainly understand you are disappointed. Please be rest assured that you will get access to all your issues included in your account. We will be happy to solve all the problems reported by you. Kindly contact our support team at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting 1250363 so they can help you with this. Thanks a lot once again our apologies for the trouble. ### 1/5 — Real Simple *2022-10-30* You guys have been charging me for a year for this subscription, but I have never been able to read it without paying for a second time. **Developer response:** Hi weewalee, thank you for taking the time to download our app and give us this review. We are sorry for this inconvenience. Please write to mdphelp@ziniopro.comquoting reference #1249828 and your account number/email so we can escalate your issue and get this prioritized for you. Thanks for your understanding. ### 1/5 — cannot access issues *2022-10-26* i want my money back. i’ve gone back and forth with support 3x and still not able to get issues I paid for. My other magazine subs work fine. **Developer response:** Thank you for your review, readingready3261. We are sorry for the trouble. In order to help you enjoy the app more we would love to have a better understanding of the particular issues you are facing. Please contact us at with more detailed information at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting ref #1248860. ### 1/5 — Can’t access my subscription *2022-10-20* I haven’t been able to read my subscription for months. It keeps telling me that my email is wrong. **Developer response:** Thanks for taking the time to give us a review, Altjaqsal. Please be assured that you will get access to all the issues included in your account. I If you require further assistance, please send an email to meredithapps@ziniopro.com referring ticket ID 1247172 so our Customer Service team can help you accessing to your magazines. Thanks and have a great day! ### 1/5 — Pay for the app via iTunes, cannot access new issues or restore old issues *2022-10-20* Cannot chess any new issues or restore past issues, subscription to August 2023. Would like a refund. **Developer response:** Thanks for taking the time to give us a review, Yingei. Please be assured that you will get access to all the issues included in your account.For further assistance, please send an email to meredithapps@ziniopro.com referring ticket ID 1247055 so our Customer Service team can help you accessing to your magazines. Thanks and have a great day! ### 1/5 — I pay for Real simple through the App Store for my I pad and can’t access new issues. *2022-10-03* I like real simple and can’t access it through the app on my tablet honestly I want a refund my subscription goes until April of 2023 and it won’t restore my purchases. Waste of hard earned money. **Developer response:** Thanks for taking the time to give us a review, OTsrhot . Please be assured that you will get access to all the issues included in your account. For further assistance, please send an email to mdphelp@ziniopro.com referring ticket ID 1241992 so our Customer Service team can help you accessing to your magazines. Thanks and have a great day! ### 1/5 — ONLY ONE ISSUE AVAILABLE *2022-08-12* I purchased a year yet can only access the current issue **Developer response:** Thank you for taking time to give us a review. We are sorry to hear about your experience we certainly understand you are disappointed. Please be rest assured that you will get access to all your issues included in your account. We will be happy to solve all the problems reported by you. Kindly contact our support team at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting 1225255 so they can help you with this. Thanks a lot once again our apologies for the trouble. ### 1/5 — Update erased everything *2022-06-26* Wish I could give zero stars. Loyal subscriber for many years through iTunes. The last update erased years of downloads and cannot restore or get new issues (that I am STILL PAYING FOR). Ridiculous. **Developer response:** Thanks for taking the time to give us a review. Please be assured that you will get access to all the issues included in your account. For further assistance, please send an email to meredithapps@ziniopro.com referring ticket ID 1213455 so our Customer Service team can help you accessing to your magazines. Thanks and have a great day! ### 1/5 — App not working *2022-05-22* Can’t access latest issues despite having active subscription. Like another review, I see the covers but can’t read the content - the app says I have to subscribe, but I already have. Very frustrating. **Developer response:** Thank you for taking time to give us a review. We are sorry to hear about your experience we certainly understand you are disappointed. Please be rest assured that you will get access to all your issues included in your account. We will be happy to solve all the problems reported by you. Kindly contact our support team at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting 1205134 so they can help you with this. Thanks a lot once again our apologies for the trouble. ### 1/5 — App not working *2022-05-06* Love this magazine but can not get it to work on my ipad pro. So fustrating. **Developer response:** Thank you for taking time to give us a review. We are sorry to hear about your experience we certainly understand you are disappointed. Please be rest assured that you will get access to all your issues included in your account. We will be happy to solve all the problems reported by you. Kindly contact our support team at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting 1200641 so they can help you with this. Thanks a lot once again our apologies for the trouble. ### 1/5 — App not working *2022-01-23* Despite the fact that I have an ongoing subscription, the App Library will only show issues up to November 2021. The December and Jan/Feb issues show upon the front page of the app but not on the App Library. When I try to download from the front page, the app tells me I have to pay for them and subscribe, even though my subscription is paid thru the iTunes Store til November, 22. I tried resetting, deleting and redox loading the app and still get the same results. **Developer response:** Thanks for taking the time to give us a review, Pulmodoc. Please be assured that you will get access to all the issues included in your account. If you require further assistance, please send an email to meredithapps@ziniopro.com referring ticket ID 1171596 so our Customer Service team can help you accessing to your magazines. Thanks and have a great day! ### 1/5 — Real rip off *2022-01-11* I’ve been a subscriber for years and just re-subscribed in December. No January issue? Contacted the publisher, contacted this app to learn that they have decided to do combined issues for this year. Requested a refund for the missing issues and was refused. Will dispute the charge on my credit card I have a receipt for 12 issues. Do not subscribe unless you want to throw your money into the trashcan. **Developer response:** Thank you for your review, podgirlfromtheblacklagoon. We are very sorry to hear about your experience. Please note that the January/February 2022 issue is scheduled to go live on 2022/01/21. Please contact us at with more detailed information at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting ref #1167965 for further assistance. ### 1/5 — Can’t restore issues *2020-11-14* I’ve been a subscriber for many, many years and can no longer restore issues via this app. Please fix this. **Developer response:** Thanks for taking the time to give us a review, IJJL. Please be assured that you will get access to all the issues included in your account. If our support team have not already resolved this for you, please contact them at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting ref 1039196 so they can help you with this. Thanks a lot. ### 4/5 — Still having trouble with iPad mini app *2020-07-03, version 35.3.6* All of the issues available to me will not show up on my iPad Mini5. I’ve completed all the troubleshooting steps: syncing, restoring purchases, deleting and redownloading the app, turning the iPad off and back on ...nothing works. Can someone help? **Developer response:** Hi cajuncocoa, thanks for your comments. We are very sorry to hear about your experience. In this new app upgrade you need to go to Account > Sign in > Print + Digital Subscriber then enter your 10 digit account number or email address. You will then get access to you magazines. If you have other feedback about we are here and happy to help, contact us at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting ref 981448. Thanks for your review! ### 1/5 — Disappointing app *2020-01-05, version 35.2.0* The app will not recognize print subscription account number, so my current subscription are not available in my library and so in available to view or download. This seems to be an issue with most review and is bringing down the apps ratings. It is so frustrating. I doubt that I’ll renew my subscription if the app bugs aren’t fixed. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Incredibly buggy app *2026-04-01* Offline reading only works sometimes, tech help nonexistent. Declined to renew my subscription 2 months ahead of renewal and then lost all access to issues despite them being part of my subscription. Contacted CS and no reply. I live overseas so can’t buy the print edition. **Developer response:** Hi KateReadsALot, we’re sorry for the inconvenience. You should retain access to all issues from your subscription period, and we’d like to fix this and the offline reading issues immediately. Please contact us at support@zinio.com quoting ref #1541597 so we can resolve this for you. ### 1/5 — Had to cancel my subscription *2026-01-26* Cannot log into the app and there is no help available unless you also have a print subscription. Literally not even a password reset button. I’ve had this subscription for many years and loved looking through old issues but since getting a new phone after my last one was stolen, I’ve completely lost the ability to log in, so have no access to my many years worth of issues. Ridiculously poor customer experience for what is a wonderful and very beautiful magazine. So disappointing. **Developer response:** Thank you for your review, Sarastron. In order to help you enjoy the app more we would love to have a better understanding of the particular issues you are facing. Please contact us at with more detailed information at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting ref #1531080. ### 1/5 — Love the magazine but…… *2025-03-26* What good is this app if you can’t even get into it???!! Fix the bugs!! **Developer response:** Thank you for taking time to give us a review. We are sorry to hear about your experience we certainly understand you are disappointed. Please be rest assured that you will get access to all your issues included in your account. We will be happy to solve all the problems reported by you. Kindly contact our support team at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting 1477926 so they can help you with this. Thanks a lot once again our apologies for the trouble. ### 1/5 — Updates? *2025-01-19* I have not received new issue for January… it’s already half month in. Is there a tech issue? **Developer response:** Thank you for your review. Please be informed that the January 2025 issue was cancelled by the publisher. The subsequent February/March 2025 issue is scheduled to be released on Friday, February 21, 2025. Should you require further information, you may contact us at support@zinio.com and kindly reference #1462570. ### 1/5 — Worst app *2024-06-09* I have written at least 1/2 DOZEN reviews with no outcome. This is the worst app developer. It is beyond frustrating to say the least. I don’t know how Martha Stewart can actually support this magazine and not hear the voices of the people that have paid subscriptions. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO OPEN ANY NEW ISSUES FOR MONTHS. I HAVE A 1 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION THAT EXPIRES IN OCTOBER/24.. I WANT MY PAYMENT REFUNDED SINCE I CANNOT READ ANY ISSUES. I HAVE CONTACTED APPLE AND ‘NEVER’ GET ANY TECH HELP. THE APP DEVELOPER NEVER RESPONDS EXCEPT WITH A STUPID ‘THANK YOU FOR YOUR REVIEW’ HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE .. **Developer response:** Thank you for taking time to give us a review. We are sorry to hear about your experience. The new issue for Real simple will go live on the 20th of January 2023, if you have any more questions Kindly contact our support team at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting 1269874Thank you for taking time to give us a review. ### 1/5 — Have to report a problem every month. *2024-01-20* Every single month I have to report that my iTunes subscription is not working. What a pain. **Developer response:** Thank you for taking time to give us a review. We are sorry to hear about your experience we certainly understand you are disappointed. Please be rest assured that you will get access to all your issues included in your account. We will be happy to solve all the problems reported by you. Kindly contact our support team at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting 1377130 so they can help you with this. Thanks a lot once again our apologies for the trouble. ### 1/5 — NEW ISSUES *2023-11-18* I have a paid subscription thru 2024 and cannot open up new issues, it’s telling me I have to pay for the issue… this has to be the 2nd most frustrating app since the IOS update. I’m getting no technical help at all … when I requested refund thru Apple I was denied for reason unknown. It’s bad enough I lost all the issues of Martha Stewart’s magazine that I had for years. It’s sickening when I see the celebrities who push there products, books etc that live like queens off people like myself who have supported them for years. **Developer response:** Thank you for taking time to give us a review. We are sorry to hear about your experience. The new issue for Real simple will go live on the 20th of January 2023, if you have any more questions Kindly contact our support team at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting 1269874Thank you for taking time to give us a review. ### 1/5 — Might be the worst app ever *2023-05-15* And also I’m not a big fan of the magazine overall with the new editor. This magazine has seen WAY better days :( **Developer response:** Thank you for your review, sephora. In order to help you enjoy the app more we would love to have a better understanding of the particular issues you are facing. Please contact us at with more detailed information at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting ref 1301032. ### 1/5 — Cannot access issues on app *2023-01-21* I’m having the same issues as everyone else. I cannot access my issues in the app without paying for them. I have a subscription,so I’m getting the hard copies in the mail, but I would like to use my tablet as well! **Developer response:** We are continuously working to provide an enhanced user experience and appreciate your feedback. We experienced a slight glitch in our system yesterday which temporarily removed the September issue. The issue is now available and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. ### 1/5 — NEW ISSUES *2023-01-16, version 103.7.2* When does the Jan/Feb 2023 issue become available? **Developer response:** Thank you for taking time to give us a review. We are sorry to hear about your experience. The new issue for Real simple will go live on the 20th of January 2023, if you have any more questions Kindly contact our support team at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting 1269874Thank you for taking time to give us a review. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — App not working *2022-02-08, version 103.6.3* Have had subscription for years fir real simple and paid thru 2/23/22 however I have not received an issue since december 2021 ### 5/5 — Real Simple *2021-01-01* Love the app **Developer response:** Hi MrAlHand, thanks so much for your comments. We are delighted that you are enjoying reading your Real Simple magazines anywhere/anytime thanks to our App. If we can help you further enjoy our app, please contact us at mdphelp@ziniopro.com quoting ref #1057226. Thanks for your review and have a great day! ### 5/5 — Simply it is. *2019-06-26, version 35.0.2* Thanks for sharing Real Simples. ### 5/5 — Updated app is the worst *2019-01-19, version 35.0.1* Updated to the new app. Sorry I did. I have now lost all my issues that were downloaded. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app. No good. If it wasn’t broken, why did you fix it. Very disappointed. If I can not download my back issues, I will be cancelling my subscription, until you can fix this. Disappointed user and reader. Have been in contact with customer support and they still can’t fix my problem. Have been sending them emails with info they requested and I still can’t download any issues,especially the latest issue. Why should I pay when I already have a subscription. Think I will not be renewing. ### 5/5 — 日本版も復活して欲しい *2015-11-18* 大好きです。 ### 5/5 — Love it so much! *2015-05-18, version 32.4.6* As the mother/step-mother of 3 very unique individuals, life is never dull. Two of the children are incredibly resourceful & self-sufficient. The third (and oldest) either forgets that he has a project altogether or just doesn't care. Getting this child to do anything is the most stressful thing in my life. The battles span the gamut from his wearing deodorant to washing the sheets I purchased for him 5 months ago (and he hasn't laundered them not even once). THIS, my friends, is where Real Simple comes into the picture. Aided by the fantastic articles, checklists, demonstrative photography, plus the handy take-along apps, I am never without the calming influence that is Real Simple. While one very small corner of my life is in total chaos, thanks to Real Simple, the important parts of my family's life is fresh, comfortable and organized...all thanks to Real Simple. ### 5/5 — Love the magazine, love the App! *2014-06-04* I do not live in the USA, and I travel a lot - I love being able to read my favourite magazine wherever I am. Annual digital subscription is great value at less than US$2.00 per issue. Digital magazine is easy to read and easy to navigate. ### 5/5 — Didn't expect to be reading magazines on my phone *2014-02-03, version 28.2.4* I never expected to be reading magazines on my phone, but when I saw that Real Simple was available on iPhone, I jumped on it. My kindle fire isn't great for magazines because the file size is so huge and it's always filling up, but on iPhone it actually works! The zooming is super easy so I can read it even though it's tiny compared to the print edition. I love being able to read Real Simple without shoving my rolled up magazine into my purse. ### 5/5 — Real Simple - exactly that *2013-08-16* This app allows me to read Real Simple magazine in the UK. The app works smoothly and efficiently giving full access to the magazine, in fact, it is just like reading a magazine. ### 5/5 — Good app *2013-05-15* I love it --- *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 2026-09-01.*