# Women's Health Mag — user reviews > 115 indexed App Store user reviews of Women's Health Mag by Hearst Communications, Inc., rated 4.40/5 from 1,182 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/womens-health-mag/id470781670/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/womens-health-mag/id470781670.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 931 · 4★ 82 · 3★ 31 · 2★ 20 · 1★ 118 ## What do users think of Women's Health Mag? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 📚 Great magazine content - 🎥 Interactive features like workout videos - 🗓️ Convenient digital access **Cons** - 🔒 Subscription issues and login problems - 🚫 No free access for print subscribers - 🐛 Buggy app performance - 💰 Expensive digital subscription **Commonly reported bugs** - Pages fail to load or download - App crashes or freezes frequently - Login credentials not working **Most requested features** - Bookmark/place-holding feature - Ability to delete downloaded issues - Seamless integration between print and digital subscriptions ## Newest reviews (18 of 115) ### 1/5 — No access *2020-07-28* Paid for the digital access and still don’t have access to any articles after signing in. Tried through website and the app. Always get the pop up out of free views. Please refund! ### 1/5 — Awful *2020-02-01* Nothing like print awful ### 1/5 — App won’t load issues; developer won’t respond. Ridiculous *2020-01-27* App won’t load issues; developer won’t respond. Ridiculous. I’ve been waiting a month for response from the developer. App used to work fine but has not displayed issues for 6 months. ### 1/5 — Terrible app *2020-01-27* Magazine is awesome, app doesn’t work ### 1/5 — App doesn’t work *2020-01-17* I’ve had a subscription for a few years and about two months ago the app stopped working. I have a bunch of blank pages in the app. I reached out to the app developer and heard nothing back. The magazine is great but the app is terrible. I recommend a print subscription. ### 2/5 — Not worth it *2019-12-29* When the app works, the magazine is great. But the app often glitches—it will randomly close out, freeze, double each page, and not show pictures. I recommend getting a paper subscription instead. ### 1/5 — No content *2019-12-27* Pages are blank, can’t download or view. The monthly editions have always been slow to load, but now the app just freezes. Magazine has good content/articles if I could actually get it to load! ### 2/5 — Bookmark/Page Holder *2018-11-27* It would be nice if it could stay on the “page“ I was last on. In fact that would be invaluable! ### 3/5 — I wish it would hold my place *2018-11-05* I wish it would still hold my place. ### 1/5 — So buggy that I am going to cancel after. Had a subscription for years. *2017-06-11, version 9.5* Can't delete previously downloaded magazines. Can't delete sections. Doomed to have the magazines waste space on my iPad. ### 1/5 — HATE the new version *2017-03-22, version 9.0* I'm canceling my subscription and wish I could get a refund. I used this app to download magazines and read them offline, but with this update, it is no longer possible. I lost all the versions I had downloaded on previous versions of this app. I tried to download a few recent versions, but I still cannot access them without an internet connection. Also the layout is more like a poorly organized blog rather than a magazine. What a waste of money. After 3 years as a subscriber (and 33 lost issues that I had stored locally), I guess it's time to find a new health and fitness magazine. ### 1/5 — How to Lose a Customer *2017-03-11, version 9.0* This Powered by Maz format is awful. It does not feel at all like you're reading a magazine, and it has lots of bugs. Pages load slowly (I have great wifi), and the reading offline option is the worst. I have cancelled my subscription to both Rodale magazines I had because they all use it. ### 3/5 — Page loading so slow & glitchy *2017-01-17, version 9.0* I HATE that in order to "flip" through the magazine I have to change it to PDF view. I hate that when scrolling to the next page the pages take quite awhile to load and stay fuzzy for well over a minute. For the price of this subscription the app should be better. I'm considering cancelling my subscription because of this. I can't even read the magazine because of how slow each page loads. Very frustrating. ### 1/5 — Horrible New Format *2017-01-07, version 4.2* I hope they are paying attention to their reviews because it's so hard to navigate. I'd like the option to go back to magazine format , I didn't have the patience to try and find articles I was interested in! 😡 I have one month left , if this isn't corrected , I won't be renewing . ### 1/5 — Get it together, Rodale *2017-01-01, version 4.2* You'd think they'd make sure their app was in working order for new years resolution customers but no. Purchased a subscription in-app but it won't let me access anything and continues to treat me as a guest/trial user, even though the subscription page says I'm active). Tried all the suggestions in their FAQ on how to fix it (quit app, reinstall app) but nothing works. Super frustrating that they know this is an issue for users since they cover it in the FAQ, but can't help you actually solve it. ### 1/5 — Impossible to read, digital magazine *2016-12-29, version 4.2* This format is obnoxious. The former app platform worked so well. They replaced it with a system that only allows you the full magazine file to browse if you create an additional account. Want to use Facebook to log in and make the account for you? Sorry, that doesn't quite work and crashes. This is all for a previously purchased subscription through iTunes that suddenly gets you nothing except a bad "text version" of a few pages at a time. In the current market that digitally pushes accessibility of video content and links to audio and Internet content, this app makes zero sense. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2016-12-23, version 4.1* They have completely ruined their digital format. The app is unusable, you cannot delete issues which is a huge waste of space (the directions are useless), my username & password no longer work, and the magazine is ridiculous to navigate. To make matters worse, they will not issue a refund for the unused portion of your subscription if you cancel. Total waste of money. ### 1/5 — Unreadable *2016-12-18, version 4.2* The new app has rendered the magazine unreadable. You can't scroll thru pages; you can't pick up where you left off, and it is just awful. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Useless *2026-01-11* I have the paid, premium membership that is supposed to have all-access and this app is completely useless. The only content is the magazines and your membership website login does not work for the app, so I can’t read anything via the app. You have to go through the website. The whole membership is actually very confusing because you don’t actually have a member hub, so it is very difficult to access all the features you are paying for. ### 1/5 — Cannot access my subscription *2025-07-31, version 26.0* I’ve been trying for months to access my subscription (email and zip code log in) every time I put in my information I get an error that says contact support. The magazine company (Hearst) does not have control over the app, and if you attempt to contact the app developer, their website does not exist anymore. I have to use my browser to access my digital content which is bizarre. Why use a browser when I have an app for that?! FIX THIS LOG IN ISSUE. HAVE PRIDE IN YOUR APP. ### 1/5 — Can’t log in and didn’t receive magazines *2025-01-18* I subscribed to the app, content, and magazine last year yet only received one magazine. I can’t log into to update my account without the hard copy magazine number as I no longer have the one magazine I received over the past 13 months. I tried the chat help and was told they couldn’t help me. So, right now I’m stuck with a $35 yearly subscription and no magazines or way to cancel my account. ### 1/5 — Terrible support *2023-11-25* Unable to logon and no email for support is responded to. Wish I didn’t spend the $20 on a subscription. ### 1/5 — The app is a let down *2023-06-10* It’s nothing like how the website operates, whereas I expected it to be a better functioning tool. It’s basically a generic, old school, magazine, that you flip like a grocery ad online. ### 1/5 — Totally confusing *2023-01-04* I read a great free article on the web that included workout videos and decided to subscribe. The app doesn’t look anything like what I was looking at on the web. I signed up for all access, but on the app I can’t see anything that looks like women’s health plus. There is another app that’s titled women’s health plus but it downloads in Polish. I am not sure if I mistakenly signed up for some thing on that website when I opened it. In the women’s health app, I can’t seem to find any access to customer support to figure anything out. I really liked what I saw in the article that led me to subscribe, but I can’t find that anywhere in the actual app. Hoping to figure this all out, but will otherwise cancel. ### 1/5 — No Access After Subscription Purchase *2022-09-17* I just purchased a digital access subscription on the website and followed the instructions for downloading the app in my confirmation email. After several attempts to log in, it continued to tell me that my subscription wasn’t valid even though my payment went through and the Hearst website says my subscription was active. I immediately canceled my “subscription,” if you can even call it that since I never got to view the digital magazine. Thankfully, I had only paid for a monthly subscription, but it’s still $3 wasted on nothing. ### 1/5 — Still awaiting response *2021-08-02* I sent a request about missing issues in app. I never received a response. Poor customer service. ### 1/5 — Lost its quality *2020-11-24* After several months of subscription, you’ll see that it repeats itself with big headlines and not really interesting health or fitness facts. All well-known facts just repeat itself over and over again. ### 1/5 — This app is a piece of crap *2020-09-24, version 22.0* I create an account on WomensHealth magazine's website easily enough, however no matter what I do, the app will not accept the same login credentials. I have tried completing refreshing the app and reinstalling it to no avail. Absolutely no support for this issue. There is one email address they give you for "subscription support" (a link for which you MUST use the Mail app for or it won't give you the address), but after sending them an email, it was returned to me, unsent to WomensHealth because THIS ISN'T EVEN A WORKING EMAIL ADDRESS. Is there any other way to contact anyone on their website? No. In app? Sure, if you can log in first. Idiots. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great tips *2019-08-26* Magazine gives great advice on workout and shows you pictures to improve you self. I love this magazine. I enjoy reading it, looking at different ideas for working out or even there are times when they explain something to you that is a trend going on...,just adore this magazine. ### 5/5 — Cool update *2017-03-03, version 9.0* Loving the extra content they've added in ### 5/5 — Like it better now *2016-12-13, version 4.1* I like their new app. I'm actually going to start reading more of the articles now that it looks better on my phone. I wasn't a big fan of the old magazine format. Definitely things that can be improved but it's a good start. ### 5/5 — Love print and digital *2015-12-16, version 2.1.21* We go away for months at a time and love that I can keep up with my magazine still. So thankful for getting digital with print! Love contents of this mag too ### 5/5 — Interactive *2015-06-30, version 2.1.21* I love that I can see the workouts. ### 5/5 — Awesome app!!! *2015-06-30, version 2.1.21* Love the convenience of opening this app for my daily reading ### 5/5 — Love it *2015-04-23, version 2.1.21* I love this app ### 5/5 — Love it *2015-03-13, version 2.1.21* I get a few magazines and so far this is the only one that gives me digital access along with print copy for no extra cost. I'll definitely keep this one ### 5/5 — Handbook *2014-08-27, version 2.1.4* My own handbook on being a women. Incisive and focused on the topics all women need to know or want more info on. ### 5/5 — Great *2014-07-27, version 2.1.4* Love this! --- *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 2026-09-10.*