Scientific American User Reviews

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I like it but Search is annoying

I’m really into Physics and I love the “Recent” section but the magazines I don’t like so I tried search but you have to pay to search!? That’s just a rip-off But it’s good otherwise

I like it but Search is annoying

I’m really into Physics and I love the “Recent” section but the magazines I don’t like so I tried search but you have to pay to search!? That’s just a rip-off But it’s good otherwise

Well written articles.

Very professionally written and entertaining science news

No dark mode

Dark mode is so standard that I’m really surprised isn’t an option for a paid subscription

No Title

I’d like to continue reading the article first, thank you and please.

Real Science

Just love this publication! Came back to it after twenty five years and am not disappointed. The app is easy to use and easy to navigate through issues and articles. Those who call SciAM liberal simply don’t understand real science. Very enjoyable!

Broken

Broken by new iPad update

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My Scientific Journey

This app is unique and allows me to understand what is going on in our scientific community allowing me to have more cosmic insight and thought experiments.

Informative

Very informative I love it!

Writing Quality is going down

Articles don’t flow analogies don’t actually demonstrate a grasp of the underlying topic. Clickbait feeling and sometimes obviously politically leaning or inflammatory.

Very informative!

Previous concerns about privacy remain. Notwithstanding, the magazine is very informative and knowledgeable. Enjoy reading it.

Galaxium

wow super cool
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Son lo mejor

No sync, no dark mode

Slick app, easy to use. But no option for dark mode hurts nighttime reading in low light conditions, and reading progress isn’t synced between devices. Both are pretty basic features in 2025.

Past issues

Poor. If I pay for a print edition, I should be able to access recent articles

Great news

App does its work. Easy to read and easy flow. Live the science and articles. Brilliant.

Stop politicizing science

There's more hate Trump articles than CNN and MSNBC COMBINED. It makes for an easy boring all to often need of a swipe of the finger or the delete of an app. I downloaded this app to learn actual fact

Robert Allott RN

I have long loved reading My
Scientific American
Magazine!
It has launched this inquisitive mind into the Cosmos
Above and the Stunningly
Deep Universe down below and all of the wonders sandwiched within!!
Thank you SA. From RA

Where’s the science?

full of tangentially-related political filler that barely counts as scientific content. good luck finding any updates about actual technological advancements among the “doctors say ice cream is bad for you!” and “heres how trump was mean to a tech company this week!” articles.

Good UeX

A greatly built app. An ability to search content as per topic tags would have been amazing.