# Sunset Magazine — user reviews > 64 indexed App Store user reviews of Sunset Magazine by Sunset Publishing Corporation, rated 4.60/5 from 2,211 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sunset-magazine/id1368178530/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sunset-magazine/id1368178530.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,814 · 4★ 180 · 3★ 62 · 2★ 46 · 1★ 109 ## What do users think of Sunset Magazine? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Innovative graphic design layout - 💡 Vintage magazines - 👍 Pretty slick App! - 👍 Loving the Newness - 👍 Intuitive UX with Good Content - 👍 Love Sunset! **Cons** - 🐛 Very disappointed with Sunset magazine! - 🐛 What a shame! - 🐛 Buyer Beware - 🐛 The e version of sunset is awful - 🐛 Disappointed with Sunset - 🐛 App is not user friendly - 🐛 A Miniature Sunset - 🐛 App version of Sunset just doesn't cut it - 🐛 Be Careful - 🐛 Digital is not better for customers, just cheaper for Sunset - 🐛 User unfriendly - 🐛 Digital is not my thing - 🐛 App is pure crap. - 🐛 Horrible customer service - 🐛 Difficult to use - 🐛 Impossible to read - 🐛 No substitute for print - 🐛 Lost all old issues - 🐛 Functionality - 🐛 Horrible - 🐛 Can't even log in - 🐛 Worthless - 🐛 Cannot access app - 🐛 Pro Tip: don't release apps that haven't been user tested! - 🐛 Can't login to restore purchases - 🐛 Can you give zero stars? - 🐛 Sunset - WORST app I've ever had - 🐛 DOES NOT WORK - 🐛 New Owners are incompetent - 🐛 Try deleting and reinstalling app! - 🐛 Doesn't recognize that I have a subscription - 🐛 What is wrong with this app? - 🐛 Can't get into account - 🐛 What is wrong with this app?.. **Commonly reported bugs** - selling Special Magazines...but not honoring Subscribes - Sunset didn't bother to tell subscribers they were no longer doing print. - Not receiving my magazines - Every time the app updates I lose access to older issues. - This is not the Sunset We Knew & Loved - I miss the paper copy of Sunset. - Why didn't they inform us about the new app? - The app just hangs——nothing happens. **Most requested features** - Want the print edition back - Print magazine ? - I miss the actual magazine. - Why? - Is the print edition done? - I want my magazine back!!!! ## Newest reviews (13 of 64) ### 2/5 — What a shame! *2023-02-11, version 4.1* I am disappointed how the magazine handled existing subscribers (longtime subscribers) when COVID hit. I haven’t seen a physical copy of this magazine delivered to my home since 2019 and I specifically paid more to have the dual subscription. The app allows me to flip through the current issues, but after deciding not to renew this year, it’s glitchy when I try to access the issues I previously downloaded and paid for. Disappointing. ### 2/5 — Buyer Beware *2023-02-06, version 4.1* This company made it impossible for me to cancel. Easy to subscribe, wait on the phone forever to cancel business model. ### 4/5 — Print magazine ? *2021-02-26, version 3.2* I thought I No ### 1/5 — This is not the Sunset We Knew & Loved *2021-02-04, version 3.2* This is a weak imitation of the Sunset Magazine we knew and loved for decades. Google it - the old Sunset was sold off and all the staff are gone. And though COVID hasn’t helped the new owner and team get up to speed, all indications of the new Sunset are that they won’t be able to come close. The garden tips are laughable, the homes featured are ordinary at best. I am giving up my subscription because not only is the cost not worth it, it’s just too painful. ### 1/5 — On line magazine *2021-01-26, version 3.2* I do not like the online version of the magazine at all. It’s harder to read and appreciate. Sunset has always been one of my favorite magazines but I will not renew until it has come back in paper form. ### 1/5 — I miss the actual magazine. *2020-12-21, version 3.2* The app is very hard to navigate and not nearly as enjoyable as a real magazine. ### 1/5 — App is not user friendly *2020-12-14, version 3.2* I really miss the paper copy of Sunset. I find the app hard to navigate and, consequently, haven’t read any issues since COVID restrictions hit. I just took 10 minutes trying to figure out how to navigate to the available issues. My renewal is unlikely, which is sad because I’ve subscribed for so long ### 1/5 — A Miniature Sunset *2020-12-04, version 3.2* If I was the size of a Barbie doll I would love this itty bitty magazine. It doesn’t download on my computer & I don’t own an iPad—so the teensy screen on my phone is my only way to squint at the pages. Whoever thought this would be an acceptable alternative to the paper periodical I once looked forward to seeing in my mailbox must be living in a Dream Home. Sunset should offer a refund to any of us who in good faith had paid ahead on our subscription. Or at least mail us a free magnifying glass. I will not be renewing my subscription. ### 1/5 — Why? *2020-11-23, version 3.2* Sunset didn’t bother to tell subscribers they were no longer doing print. ### 2/5 — App version of Sunset just doesn’t cut it *2020-11-03, version 3.2* The abrupt cessation of a long-time, much enjoyed paper subscription was, in my opinion very poorly handled; communication was practically nil. I am sympathetic to the financial burdens of publishing a magazine in today’s electronic culture and truly tried to adapt to an app. But the app just doesn’t have the substance and content I enjoyed for so many years. The occasional email indicating a new “issue” is a sad reminder of the subscription I miss so much. ### 1/5 — Be Careful *2020-10-19, version 3.2* Be careful what you look at on the website. It purchases and downloads without verifying purchase confirmation. ### 1/5 — Digital is not better for customers, just cheaper for Sunset *2020-10-02, version 3.2* What a cop out on sunsets part ### 2/5 — App *2020-09-26, version 3.2* The digital app is not user friendly ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Very disappointed with Sunset magazine! *2024-01-02, version 4.2* I paid for a year subscription to both online and hardcopy. They have not mailed me one magazine yet and it’s been 10 months. I have called, and email at least 10 times with no reply. Terrible terrible magazine now Mark Agnello. ### 1/5 — selling Special Magazines...but not honoring Subsceibers *2021-08-05, version 3.2* We’ve subscribed to Sunset prior to COVID-19 for at least 8 years. During Covid sunset decided not to send subscribing patrons their magazine but rather force those who have paid ahead of time to use an app to download. That’s great when you have a good Internet connection, but we don’t. How frustrating to recently see in the grocery store a special seasonal sunset magazines available for purchase. Why not honor a prior commitment to send US mail to paid subscribers? Ridiculous! ### 1/5 — Want the print edition back *2021-08-04, version 3.2* I like to save recipes and the app only allows you to email a link. I want a PDF to save. I will not be renewing. I have no problem with digital newspapers, but I want my mags to be in print. ### 1/5 — The e version of sunset is awful *2021-06-24, version 3.2* It’s bad enough that they canceled the print version for subscribers without informing us, but at least they could create an interesting electronic version. This is just the print version online, difficult to read and navigate. This magazine has really declined with the new owners ### 1/5 — Disappointed with Sunset *2021-06-03, version 3.2* It’s too bad I paid for a two year subscription in 2019 and failed to get a hardcopy as advertised that I should have had. But I understand due to Covid they’re not processing hardcopies. But now moving on they now want to charge me a premium fee to continue getting a hardcopy. Shame on sunset not honoring their renewal subscription from 2019 the 2022. With adding a premium charge to continue something that you already paid four. I will not be renewing my subscription that I had for many years. Poor customer service. ### 1/5 — Review *2021-04-29, version 3.2* Would like the magazine in hand ### 1/5 — Rip Off *2021-04-18, version 3.2* Bought the print plus digital just when pandemic hit. Print version was cancelled supposedly because of COVID ...as if we didn’t go shopping and bring home all that stuff. No refund given because I still have digital version. I don’t try to read magazines on an iPad mini with my eyes. ### 1/5 — Out of touch. *2021-04-14, version 3.2* Is the print edition done? ### 1/5 — Disappointing *2021-03-03, version 3.2* You can’t tell what the latest magazine is. Some of the magazines seem to be unavailable. It’s hard to read on a phone. ### 1/5 — Negative 5 stars *2021-02-12, version 3.2* Every time the app updates I lose access to older issues. Then it takes a few months for customer service to respond. I’ve been subscriber for years. But the customer service has been atrocious for the last couple years. Adios sunset. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Still my favorite “magazine” after ALL these years. *2026-05-19, version 4.3* Your quaint article about the Grand Canyon speaks volumes to me, being one who “loves with a passion the Grand Canyon” and to share this fabulous alluring beauty with all my friends and travelers that visit our beautiful state. Thank you for putting to words how magnificent the Grand Canyon truly is. I am hopeful to hike rim to rim and havasupai in coming years. ### 5/5 — Vacation possibilities *2025-07-29, version 4.3* I have enjoyed the articles and would recommend it for everyone to read. ### 5/5 — Love this magazine *2024-10-02, version 4.2* I had subscribed to Sunset magazine for many years and then stopped for no good reason. Recently I was going through an old file folder and found all these wonderful articles I had torn out and saved over the years. I realized how much I miss reading about all the food, drink and travel in the west and renewed my subscription. Somehow when I read this magazine I just unwind and get lost in the great stories and pictures. Thank you for that. ### 5/5 — Innovative graphic design layout each month *2023-06-25, version 4.2* Each issue of the magazine’s layout is visually unique. The design enhances the text and photo presentation. It’s just another way the Sunset staffers show us that they are contemporary, not only in the content, but also in their medium. ### 5/5 — Vintage magazines *2023-02-24, version 4.1* Like the vintage magazines far better than the ones nowadays. They are far too trendy! Not enough practical garden or decorating advice. ### 5/5 — Pretty slick App! *2021-07-24, version 3.2* Well thought out. The GUI is complete enough without being cluttered or busy. This is how an App should be, the big boys I.e. Amazon should take a lesson from these guys! ### 5/5 — Sunset - How I lost my way, and regained my foundation *2020-12-01, version 3.2* As a native Californian, Sunset is as iconic as baseball and apple pie (without politics) and very Americana. I grew up withSu set magazine around the house as a kid in San Francisco, then I grew up and wondered what was missing in my bubble. After visiting Sunsets experimental grounds in Sonoma, I realized as an adult home owner, how I cherished those wonderful ideals of nature and the accompanying good California cuisine you can cook at home and recognize we live in a slice of Heaven. My wife has subscribed to Sunset Magazine and that comforting feeling of place and people and of being secure has returned. Thank you Sunset you have “nourished my roots”. ### 5/5 — Digital is not my thing *2020-09-06, version 3.2* I miss the magazine. I miss being off a device and being able to take this magazine anywhere. This app is not user friendly. Unsubscribing after 10 years. Sad. ### 5/5 — Keep going please! *2020-08-02, version 3.2* Love this mag. I’m hoping it keeps going even as dire the circumstances seem ### 5/5 — Loving the Newness *2020-07-10, version 3.2* I admit it, years I was a hold-out. I didn’t know ant to give up my good ‘ole paper magazine that allowed me to “save the articles”. But over the years (and I’ve been reading Sunset for over 40 years) I have no cataloging system and items of interest were lost. Besides the clutter was getting to me! Enter Sunset’s electronic version where I can scan each month’s issue at my leisure, save interesting articles, and eliminated the clutter (and the guilt) of recycling those beautiful magazines. I am an electronic convert! Also, loving the return of color to decorating trends, and the bountiful and richly photographed gardening articles. I couldn’t be happier with the “new” Sunset. Thank you!!! --- *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 2026-08-20.*