Buggy app
I just paid for this subscription and all my magazines are either queued or have a price tag next to them. You might want to try testing the app.
ANOTHER CASTLE
Since the redesign, this app is much better than it used to be, less buggy and more responsive. It could still do with some levelling-up, though; the initial load still takes an ice age if your library is full (what else are 2TB iPads for), and the app, oddly, keeps sending me notifications for News stories that aren’t there in the News section.
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It’s broken
After downloading a few issues, all I get is a loading/spinning indicator when I start the app. It spins for minutes. It’s useless to me.
Subscription through iTunes is frequently not recognized
It frequently disregards your subscription through iTunes. I’ve tried using the restore function and it doesn’t work.
Overall very good
Like others have said, this app dies the job, and the magazine content itself is great.
Great magazine, but the app …
The issue downloads are a needlessly huge. Please offer smaller downloads so I can have more issues on my iPad at once.
Please update for iPad mini 6
This app does have its issues mostly down to the way apple handles purchases etc but it’s main problem is lack of support for the iPad mini 6 I enjoy reading on the tablet and it’s frustrating that this app doesn’t utilise the full vertical resolution of the device !!!
So slow…….
this is an excellent magazine for the enthusiast. has many excellent articles each month AND occasionally they release Annuals . HOWEVER…this app is just tooo slow. i have an iPad air 4 and this app takes forever to open. even if the app is running in the background and you reopen it……takes forever. theres to much going on. it needs to be simplified so the basics open and you can get to your magazine. an app like zinio opens quick and downloaded magazines open quickly with out the need to make a hot drink while it thinks about it. at times when its thinking about open and looks like its loading something all i get is an error code (no products found. error 442345) and “retry”? i honestly rate the magazine 5/5 but this app needs a lot of work so 3/5!
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Just kinda weird
The app is not as functional as it should be. It’s not like reading a digital book on a Kindle app, it is more like a scanned version of a print copy. Not practical as you must make an effort to zoom in and out of each page so that you can read the font. I cannot recommend this app
Great mag, terrible app
Future, this app is terrible. The subscription models just don’t work. Even the help pages make no sense at all. You spam me with SALE ads daily even though I’ve already bought and can’t download the back catalogue. The user interface is shocking. Really disappointed in this app, get some new developers and sort it out!
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Great idea ruined by poor app
While it’s great to have all the issues of retro gamer in one place, purchasing them is not straightforward. I purchased an issue that was previously a sample and the full version would not appear in my library. Deleting and reinstalling meant I had no choice to purchase it again. So I tried to delete the app and reinstall it and can’t even use it as there is an error message. Now all my downloads are lost. Very disappointing
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Mags are not readable offline!
The Magazine is great by no means! Unfortunately there is no offline support. Once i downloaded every single issue (200+) and went offline the app was rendered unresponsive. Even when the iPad was online again the app kept unresponsive. The only way to get the app up and running again was to delete and download it again from the app store, which means to download every issue again. This makes the app unusable for my use case :/
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Horrible app
This app is fundamentally broken. It constantly refuses to load the storefront which prevents you accessing the magazines you’ve paid for. I normally read Retro Gamer using the Pocketmags app which is flawless, but I bought a back issues bundle on this app when a deal came up. I’ve now been charged £23 for magazines I can’t read.
This app should be removed from the App Store and everyone who has made purchases on it refunded.
This app should be removed from the App Store and everyone who has made purchases on it refunded.
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Nostalgia review.!
As a 30 something I’m collecting my childhood consoles again, and to find this magazine that takes me back , yet also it’s great to see how the games were made and designed, found it late in life but love it.!👌
App startup takes a long time (if online), does not fill full ipad pro screen
PROS:
This is the highest quality version of the mag, out of all the online options. Almost no noticeable compression and no formatting errors (vs Kindle, Zinio). Zinio does offer Text-to-Speech, which is great.
FIXED: I can now read issues offline and it fills up the full iPad screen. It’s really fast if you are on airplane mode. I added two more stars! :-)
CONS: Store take a long time to load. (updated November 2020)
This is the highest quality version of the mag, out of all the online options. Almost no noticeable compression and no formatting errors (vs Kindle, Zinio). Zinio does offer Text-to-Speech, which is great.
FIXED: I can now read issues offline and it fills up the full iPad screen. It’s really fast if you are on airplane mode. I added two more stars! :-)
CONS: Store take a long time to load. (updated November 2020)
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Great magazine. Bad app
I love the content but would be happier if it was in a better made app
App not fit for purpose
Magazine is 5 stars but let down by this clumsy slow and buggy app!!
Great but could be better
Love the content. Pages are very clear and easy to read. Only complaint is offline viewing & library are annoyingly slow. Would like to see significantly better performance here.
Over charged then zero customer support.uncontactable.Dodgy
I was offered a supposed discount of approx $80 to have all the back issues,which I bought.Then a day or 2 later they offered again the whole back issue for approx $12 .
I’m unemployed have less money and given the close proximity of the 2 offers emailed them if they could just refund the difference.And hoped they would do that in good faith.
I was completely ignored.And approx 4 weeks and counting have passed.Thanks Retro gamer for ripping me off then ignoring me,great company you run there.Others be warned.
I’m unemployed have less money and given the close proximity of the 2 offers emailed them if they could just refund the difference.And hoped they would do that in good faith.
I was completely ignored.And approx 4 weeks and counting have passed.Thanks Retro gamer for ripping me off then ignoring me,great company you run there.Others be warned.
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Love the magazine, but the app is subpar.
There are several areas for improvement with the app, and I really hope the developers will address some of the many complaints over time. The performance is pretty terrible. The library section still has tons of screen space consumed by store, sub, and sign-in. There is a separate store section, so taking up real estate for the library view seems like overkill. There are so few options for organizing the library. Just adding the ability to manually adjust the order would be a huge plus.
Anyway, I love the magazine enough to tolerate the issues with the application, but things good be so much better.
Anyway, I love the magazine enough to tolerate the issues with the application, but things good be so much better.
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