National Geographic Reviews – Page 23
5/5 rating based on 243 reviews. Read all reviews for National Geographic for iPhone.
National Geographic is free iOS app published by Disney Electronic Content, Inc.
Useless
medicated
Won't even allow me to log in, with address or account number. I've had a National Geographic subscription my entire life and have witness the steady decline in quality and care.
A little difficult to get started but good when it works
Joseph's family
The app. is lovely and easy. Our trouble was being able to log in initially, but customer service responded within the 24 hour period and fixed it. I think the problem was that we read the digital abroad but receive the print in the US so the log in couldn't figure that out. All is well now though and the issue is easy to navigate.
Best on iPad
Chenadog
This app should be rated six stars when used on the iPad. Most of the complaints from iPhone users don't apply on the iPad. Photos are full screen and the color and clarity are awesome- even better than the print magazine, which I subscribed to for many years before going all digital. I can always come back to exactly where I left off in an article by tapping the viewer icon,as long as I don't do a full iPad shutdown (maybe even then-- I haven't tried it). And the electronic version offers many extras compared to the print version, like videos, audio tracks from the authors, and interactive charts and diagrams. Definitely worth the price of a subscription.
Fine to read. Other options, not so much
Anonymous DC metro rider
National Geographic is a great magazine, and the app is a nice way to read it. It does now have bookmarks, which an earlier review suggested it did not. But the app's "how to" is laughable. It shows lots of options without any indication of how to actually get them. How to share articles, which it suggests is possible, is still a mystery to me. ------- Update: it turns out the How-to is out of date. The app could use some refinement and updating, but it functions well once you get used to it.
Great App
A_Guy2008
Videos bring the magazine to life with additional content. One of my favorite apps now.
Waste of time
DblBogeyBoy
Stupid app! Need to be a rocket scientist to activate it - finally gave up. Makes you follow an unnecessarily circuitous and bewildering route to register your account - by signing up, signing in, then signing out and in and going back and verifying by signing up which seems to send you back to signing in and out again. When you finally try to sign in you need to activate your account by signing up again??? (Simply further proof that in some app developer programmer labs the inmates are running the asylum.) My advice... stick with the magazine - it's wonderful - and use their website as a visitor which is actually beautiful and a much nicer experience.
crApp
Homeworld
• Doesn't consistently retain prior downloaded issues, even with auto-archive turned off. Download a whole bunch of issues, upgrade something (iOS? This app? Not sure), and all of those downloads vanish. &%@^#*!!! • Doesn't permit simultaneous downloading of multiple issues, even when on a super-fast network • No option to queue multiple issues for sequential download • Inconsistent presentation of Resume (download) button • No option to auto-download new issues • Doesn't cache previously displayed banner images • Forces an annoying "jump into the issue as soon as enough is downloaded" feature, which cannot be overridden, yet for years fails to add modern download management, queueing, and persistent local retention of previously downloaded issues. This thing makes me not want to read NatGeo at all.
Horrible app
Frustrated in DK
Mis-tap an advert/solicitation and one can't get out of it... Simply scrolling through digital contents is endlessly frustrating... Will seek a refund for my digital subscription... Way too much trouble to use...