Scientific American Reviews

Great content, frustrating app

jdawgnickname

I always enjoy the content of SA, and I liked the features of being able to download issues for offline use. I had about 60 hours of flying ahead so I said, hey why not subscribe and download some backlogs. So I downloaded 8 or so issues, ready to kill some time. I get on the plane and get on the app and my issues are gone.. I’m told they were automatically deleted to save space. I check my storage, had 9 or so GB of space left. Feel like a chump that wasted his money big time.

Confusing. Hard to use. Easy to make a mistake and get carved for issue you paid for already

not ok 123

Confusing. Hard to use. easy to make a mistake and get charged for it an issue you’ve already paid for.

Scam alert

Chris2468642

I was offered four years of digital content if I subscribed. Once I did I was told no such offer exists. I even sent them a copy of the offer I responded to and they have yet to rectify the situation.

App is terrible

catsueaig

The app itself is terrible. You’re better off reading the content from a better app like the ones from apple or google.

Good enough if you can get it to recognize you as a subscriber

Ocean Renter

I LOVE SciAm, so I’m stoked I can read on iPad. One minor issue is every time I open the app it doesn't recognize that I am a digital subscriber and asks me to pay for the issue. Workaround is to sign out and then in again.

This app blows

Jhub91

The magazine is full of good content, and that’s what you get with a mag subscription. It’s also what you get with the app- the magazines you’ve already gotten in the mail. What you don’t get in the app is all the other published material on the Scientific American website. For that- you have to go to the website on your phone, and sign in. So, if you have to go to the website and sign in anyway, isn’t it redundant to even have the app? The answer is yes. Isn’t it also redundant to have an app that ONLY shows you what’s in the magazines you’ve already received? The answer is, once again, yes. A good app should negate the need for users to go to a different app- their browser- and log in to your website. And just think of all that valuable user data you’re leaving on the table by making them go to Chrome instead of your app! Abominable. Back to the drawing board dudes. Or if you outsourced, time to get a new development agency.

Beware Insubscribing

Tomás C

They make you call in during business hours to cancel your subscription. Super inconvenient.

Great Magazine

Proto Loco

I have been subscribing Scientific American for the last 52 years. I read ever, recently some articles have been slanted to the left of the political spectrum. I would the magazine to publish various points of view. Seas have been rising for centuries and 250 million years ago the Georgia Coast was at Macon GA. Why can the magazine publish articles which describes those events, instead of blaming CO2 from fossil fuels as the culprit.

Interface is dreadful

lisaks2019

Love this magazine so much. But the app is rather dreadful. They should check out The New Yorkers app

Figures Are Empty

Tedtoal

This is a nice app that works pretty well, except that most of the figures are just empty boxes on my iPhone!