Terrible
I downloaded the app and almost instantly deleted it. It's literally the pages of the magazine on your phone screen. You have to flick through six pages of ads before you get to anything. Then it's far too tiny to read. Really poor.
Appalling customer service
Astonishing complex to get information on your subscription order cancel. Do not subscribe.
Why can’t you hide the toolbar?
Completely ruins the experience on iPad.
Just terrible
The worst digital publication app ever developed.
The devs should be sacked!
An beautiful yet elegant monstrosity that routinely locks subscribers out and constantly requests payment for editions already paid for.
Multiple issues
Too bad I have problems accessing this app way too often. It crashes since installing iOS 17, but had problems before as well. Invest some money in your digital presence please.
The app doesn't work won’t open
I want to see my vanity fair magazines that I bought again 😿
Cannot link to VF articles on Twitter
Easily subscribed to VF via AppStore so I can access articles on Twitter. It’s proving difficult if not impossible. Days spent negotiating with online customer service with no result. Ready to cancel.
The app is dead
The app does not show you anything. Can’t log in, can’t see My Account section, or anything at all. Links inside the Help section get you to an Error page. Fantastic!
This app is literally useless.
Pages are cropped by the notch. Top bar blocks content. Just delete this and refer to the website. The lack of quality makes me consider quitting my subscription. Icing on the cake is that there is no other app in GER and it’s only possible to read the magazine.
Please typeset your content for the screen
Don’t use arbitrary text columns. Text should be zoomable and always fill the screen – panning a zoomed page to find the next paragraph detracts from my reading experience.
Use high–resolution, full screen images. VF photography is so lush and this app is not doing it justice.
Don’t split articles and bury the text in a “ghetto” at the back of the magazine. Digital means you don't need to, and your readers have always resented this.
Another Conde Nast publication has a fantastic app that recreates the experience wonderfully – Wired. Wouldn't it be fantastic if all magazines read like this. A better digital experience might also save the world – no paper, no shipping; pure stories and imagery.
Use high–resolution, full screen images. VF photography is so lush and this app is not doing it justice.
Don’t split articles and bury the text in a “ghetto” at the back of the magazine. Digital means you don't need to, and your readers have always resented this.
Another Conde Nast publication has a fantastic app that recreates the experience wonderfully – Wired. Wouldn't it be fantastic if all magazines read like this. A better digital experience might also save the world – no paper, no shipping; pure stories and imagery.
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Great to have on hand
Enjoy ing
Old app allowed searching this one doesn’t
Old fashioned app
No way of sorting the articles by subject or length
Formatting on iPhone is terrible
No way of sorting the articles by subject or length
Formatting on iPhone is terrible
The format
I love vanity fair however the format for the ap is terrible it makes reading un enjoyable experience This really needs to be reviewed as I will not be renewing in the future if this is not rectified which is such a shame
Terrible app
App remains malfunctioning for years. Despite readers complaining about it, Conde Nast doesn’t seem bothered to fix.
Content unreadable on iPad and iPhone XR, despite settings being adjusted: page doesn’t fit the screen but rather is pushed up to the top of the page.
Content unreadable on iPad and iPhone XR, despite settings being adjusted: page doesn’t fit the screen but rather is pushed up to the top of the page.
Things have changed.
I think it is the selection of stories.
They are more “distant” from the real world - detached. Adventurous, perhaps.
But that is not what I loved under Mr Carter.
Yes .....I loved the insights provided into the events and stories of the real world.
Ashley Muir
They are more “distant” from the real world - detached. Adventurous, perhaps.
But that is not what I loved under Mr Carter.
Yes .....I loved the insights provided into the events and stories of the real world.
Ashley Muir
Unreadable because of app design
I love the content of Vanity Fair. But man, I just wanna read the articles in a comfortable, easy to read format. This app can’t do that for me. It’s nothing more than a glorified scan. It’s wildly uncomfortable to read in a digital format. It’s unfortunate, because the content is great. But this app is so badly designed it’s totally unusable. I have a handful of other magazine apps, all of which have been adapted to the format. Why can’t Condé Nast do it? I bought a year-long digital subscription. I wish I hadn’t.
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BRING GRAYDON CARTER BACK
the magazine has become lightweight since Carter left. I hate the new format and I am contemplating cancelling my subscription
Quite a bad app but great VF content
The page links are not accurate and don’t take you to the right page. The magazine is just a scan of the paper copy which is terribly formatted for iPad. They need to have it designed to read on an iPad. Fit the pages properly, have the pictures set up properly. A lot of work needs to be done to the app. Great content though
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Retrograde user experience
The iPad app is terrible now. Upgrades should be an improvement, not harder and clunkier to use.