ZINIO - Magazine Newsstand

Name: ZINIO - Magazine Newsstand
Rating: 4.59625 (12550 reviews)

Magazines & Newspapers

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ZINIO - Magazine Newsstand

Magazines & Newspapers

4.6

12.6K ratings

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Zinio LLC

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User Reviews for ZINIO - Magazine Newsstand

Ugly and ad-infested

Zinio always wakes up to ads for more magazines. Then an ugly pop-up occurs, trying to sell you even more of them. There is no option to avoid this. This could be forgivable if we weren’t paying them a bunch of money already for the magazines, but we are. There’s no option for it to wake up showing your library. Then, when you finally are able to display your library, it’s an ugly white-background display with no option for customization. Come on, Zinio, treat us better. And users of Zinio, stop giving this app five stars and encouraging this arrogant behavior.Edit: the developer explained below how to remove the most irritating pop-up ads (turn off notifications—but since when are ads euphemistically called notifications?). Unfortunately, Zinio still necessarily opens to the “home” page, which is entirely ads, and I still get pop-ups. So it’s still ugly and ad-infested—even when we tell it not to be. We pay more money to Zinio than to most apps, which remove ads when you pay them. Zinio is still treating us badly by forcing us to see ads simply upon opening the app, and the alleged fix doesn’t work. So I’m changing my rating to one star.By the way, I notice that the “most helpful reviews” are five stars and are years old, and my actually helpful recent review and others like it are way way down on the “helpful” list. I’m guessing that Zinio has invested heavily in “reviewers”. If only they’d invested in improving their product...

BD35, Aug 06, 2019

Just keep it evolving

I love Zinio plain and simple. I can get magazines I love for good prices, across different platforms and devices. I love the interactive features that are exclusive to the zinio editions of magazines. I am a collector, and if I had all the space I needed I would love to collect the hard copies of magazines, save them, reminisce with them. I can do all of that with Zinio except my 2 daughters both under the age of 3 can't destroy my Zinio magazines. They may spill water on my phone but that leaves my iPad etc....I would like to see the library expand to include more titles especially when it comes to sports. You can get the big all inclusive magazines like ESPN, but you can't get The Ring if you are a boxing fan or the Bowling Journal if you are a bowling fan etc... But I really enjoy the magazines I subscribe to on Zinio. It's great now and can only get better.

E.J. Werewolf, Oct 22, 2016

Great Platform For Reading

I have had very few problems with Zinio. Sometimes there were magazines that I bought that didn't download, but support always resolved it quickly and efficiently, and were very knowledgable and upbeat. Any problems in the past are just that. The programmers have been awesome about keeping up with updates and technology, so kudos to them. I love reading magazines online. They are usually cheaper, but not always. My only complaint is that they don't offer some of the magazines I want, but I am getting them on other apps. I love the surprise sales and discounts which make the magazines an even better deal. I have access to all the French and English language magazines I could ever want. I love being able to keep magazines and not have to worry about clutter. This is a big win for me because I love magazines and books, and I like to keep them. Epic win.

Jamie Eight, Jun 23, 2016

Pretty OK/ Love It

So far (1yr user) this app seems to be very good. I like being able to delete issues of mags that I'm not currently reading so they aren't just sitting there taking up space on my iPad. However, recently I've been noticing a degrading of the print/type quality; such as being fuzzy or blurred. Most of the time I am able to get that to clear up by closing the magazine & then re-opening.New review as of Dec 19,2016 - I love Zinio. It just works. Nothing complicated. If I can get a magazine that I like on Zinio then that's the way I will always subscribe. It saves paper/trees, gets rid of the clutter problem in my house (I save all my back issues), & can download several issues to read when traveling & may not have internet access. Also how slick is it to be able to carry around 5-10 magazines on one little lightweight iPad. This is just the BEST.

phy3joy, Dec 20, 2016

Good reader with technical challenges

I have used Zinio on Windows for years and prefer digital content (it saves trees and is not bulky to carry around). This app brings that desktop experience to the iPad. It works well. Navigating media content is simple. However, it would be nice if I could queue up multiple items for download. So far my experience is that only one download can take place at a time with no way to specify multiple (to queue up). When I start downloading one item and then select another, the first one stops and the more recent selection is downloaded.I have noticed the app has had numerous user interface changes. It is a little too early to comment on the recent updates. But, I am frustrated by the not-so user friendly interface. It is not intuitive. Plus, I seem to have lost the local copy of a number of items and have had to spend the time to redownload them. This occurred again when I moved to iOS 5. It is quite annoying.I dropped my rating a point today as I have been having problems downloading some publications. Zinio has not been overly speedy to respond to my concerns. I have paid for the content and it is not available through this channel.Many improvements in the app have made it much more friendly. I have raised my rating to a 5 as it runs pretty smooth and has good navigation. Now, if you could allow for background downloads, it would round out the app fully.

poconnor, Jul 12, 2016

Used to Be Great. . . But Now. . .

Zinio is adequate as a place holder for the 5 or 6 subscriptions I currently have through this app. In that respect Zinio is better than having paper pile up in my house and then have to be recycled.However, for account questions and management, Zinio could not be any worse than it already is. Not only is is cumbersome or impossible to make account changes easily, but also if you DO manage, after MUCH difficulty, to connect with a so-called service rep (possible only online, not by phone), he or she has very limited skills to override any Zinio deficiencies. As just one example, I want to stop all my automatic sub renewals, but there is no easy, obvious way to do that. Zinio was GREAT when it started—intuitive and easy. Now, after perhaps an AI robot got involved, it is an impenetrable nightmare for account changes.

Santa Fe Sue, Feb 19, 2019

Love Zinio!

What more is there to say about an app which allows you to carry your magazines around with you. I currently subscribe to 5 electronic magazines and they are all right there when I want them. No more lost magazines or looking all over the place for them. I always check to see if there is an electronic version when renewing a magazine. Is it perfect? No because all my magazine don't come in electronic form. Hopefully they will eventually.There are a few enhancements I'd like to see. I'd like to be able to bookmark my position with a label and possible underline things. When you read a great article in an computer magazine it would be nice to find it some months later without reread several magazines and then having to reread the entire article for two lines. Until that happens, I still keep the paper copies that subscription provides me.I currently use Zinio on my iPhone and iPad. It gets the most use on my iPad, but I have several smaller magazines which are perfect on my iPhone when it needed.

SharonKN, Oct 26, 2016

Enjoy using the app

I really enjoy using Zinio for reading magazines. I have several magazines that I receive this way: PC Magazine, iPhone Life, and Automobile.PC Mag has just done a bang up job of delivering electronic content! It is an interactive magazine with ways to rotate images to get a 3D view of something, scroll up and down a page, links, etc. The scrolling allows you to read more about something if you are interested in it but you can easily skip those pages if they don't provide value to you. So, instead of having 4 pages in a row about something, you have 1 horizontal page and 3 more pages that you scroll vertically. That is very nice!I like that Zinio shows when a magazine hasn't been downloaded. I would like to be able to tell if I have partially/completely read the magazine because I want to download the magazines on wi-fi but read them later. I don't have a way to mark them as just being downloaded and not read at all or just partially read.

timfnb, Jul 08, 2016

Frustrated longtime user

This platform has been around for over 15 years, and was once the best for digital magazines. That hasn’t been true for awhile. If it weren’t for my large library and a few titles that are only available on Zinio I’d switch. Nearly every version has had trouble switching between portrait and landscape on iPad, often hopping to a completely unrelated spot in the issue and sometimes getting navigation in the table of contents so badly out of sync with what’s being shown that a force quit is required. Over time, my library of content I’ve already bought or subscribed to has become deeply buried. One of the benefits of subscribing to a magazine is the ability to enjoy a new issue without having to dig through the shelves to see when it’s available. Not here. I had to turn off notifications for Zinio entirely because they started pushing so many ads, eliminating the last smooth way to see when a new issue was available. The entire experience is obnoxious.

Timmy!, Oct 31, 2018

Still the best magazine reading experience on the Internet

I have always liked the Zinio functionality for reading magazines: there was one standardized method for traversing and reading the issues regardless of publisher. Now with the tablet age upon us -- ushered in by the ingenious and innovative Apple iPads -- Zinio now offers two different repertoires for reading and traversing magazines: the original (in which pages can be stretch-enlarged), and a newer one for magazines that want to offer videos and more sophisticated interactions (but where pages cannot be stretch-enlarged). And having all of one's purchased editions available in the Zinio cloud means that one can read issues on different devices depending on one's location. At home I enjoy reading my Zinio magazines on the big iMac desktop, but when traveling on an airplane, the iPad or the laptop are the way to go. Sometimes I've even read articles in Zinio's Text mode on my iPhone when in doctors' or dentists' waiting rooms. The back-lit photography in magazines on these devices is always stunning. Bravissimo!

wekjr, Aug 01, 2016

Description

Download ZINIO’s award-winning iOS app, trusted by millions of readers, and get the latest news on your iPhone, iPad, Mac or PC. Take your favorite magazines with you anywhere and enjoy them online or offline, at home, on holiday, during your commute, on your lunch break, or even during working hours (we won't tell :). Featuring the best in Tech & Science, News & Business, Food & Home, Art & Photography, Lifestyle & Hobbies, Fashion & Gossip, ZINIO connects you with the stories that shape our world from the magazines that matter to you.

Get annual subscriptions or buy the most recent issue (or past issues) of your favorite magazines, including Hello!, Time, National Geographic, PC Magazine, Playboy, The Economist, The New Yorker, Maxim, Sports Illustrated, Outdoor Photographer, People, Popular Mechanics, and more. KEY FEATURES: • OPTIMIZED FOR YOUR DEVICE: Easily toggle between the traditional magazine layout and the innovative text mode for a seamless reading experience, built for your iOS device. • DISCOVER, SHOP, AND ENJOY: The largest collection of digital magazines from around the world. • EXPLORE FREE ARTICLES: Read our curated collection of articles for free, from top magazines including Forbes, Wired, Bloomberg Businessweek, Fortune, Rolling Stone, and many more. • OFFLINE READING: Download your magazines to your device to read them whenever and wherever you want, even without an internet connection. • EXCLUSIVE SAVINGS: Access deals exclusive only to ZINIO and save on your favorite magazines. • BOOKMARK AND SHARE: Bookmark articles to read later, or share them with your friends. • NEW ISSUE ALERT: Be the first to read the latest issues of your favorite magazines with new issue reminders. • GLOBAL NEWSSTAND: Our magazines come from all of the best publishers worldwide, including USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Africa, Asia and Europe. INDUSTRY RECOGNITION: 148 Apps BestAppEver Awards "Best iOS Magazine App" iTunes “App Store Best of: Top Grossing” Lead411 "Hottest San Francisco Companies" IMA “Best Global Apps Award” WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING: “Zinio has the deepest offerings of any digital newsstand” — Forbes.com “To see magazines done correctly look at Zinio” — Huffington Post “The iPad newsstand that works” — Fortune.com “Zinio is to magazines what Kindle is to books” — Engadget.com “If you're a magazine devourer, this is your app.” — PCMag.com “Zinio editions on the iPad are terrific” — Salon.com TOP ZINIO MAGAZINES: • TECH & SCIENCE: Macworld, Wired, New Scientist, Mac Life, Popular Science, National Geographic, Smithsonian • FOOD & HOME: Better Homes and Gardens, Real Simple, Dwell, Good Housekeeping, Food Network Magazine, Bon Appetit, Saveur, Food & Wine • NEWS & BUSINESS: The Economist, Reader’s Digest, The New Yorker, Harvard Business Review, Money, Forbes • ART & PHOTOGRAPHY: Shutterbug, Amateur Photographer, Architectural Digest, Bead&Button, Photography Week • LIFESTYLE & HOBBIES: Consumer Reports, Car and Driver, Oprah Magazine, Top Gear, Cosmopolitan, GQ • FASHION & ENTERTAINMENT: Us Weekly, InStyle, OK!, Star, In Touch Weekly, Vogue, Elle, Vanity Fair • SPORTS & FITNESS: Men’s Health, Weight Watchers, Sports Illustrated, Shape, Procycling LET’S CONNECT Like us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/zinio) & follow us on Twitter (@zinio).