Skeptic Magazine Reviews

Great magazine

drjefferson

I have been reading this magazine for many years. More than any other is gets at the scientific truth behind so much nonsense disinformation in the world.

Great to have the digital version

Bakari C

Since I read nearly everything on my iPad or phone, the digital version of this journal makes reading the it much more accessible. I can easily read it in bed with even with the lamp turned off. I also appreciate the Reader view feature that turns an article into a single long page for scrolling. The only most important feature missing for me is a highlighter. When I read non-fiction I always want to annotate what I'm reading for later review. It's great that the app allows for copying and pasting selected text, but a highlighter is also needed.

Critical thought.

WRMONDERFULL

Great thinking outside of the bubble.

Well explained articles

Saneape

They go to the trouble to dig into the subjects related to pseudoscience and expose the tools charlatans use against us. A valuable source of info.

Skeptic is great, the app is not

%<>%

The reader mode on the Skeptic app is mediocre at best. It changes article formatting in confusing ways and has typos that are not present in the magazine. The app developer has not issued an update in over a year. Does this mean that they think the app is already perfect?

Should be part of regular education

DDS2010

The education of a society should include technical knowledge of how to continue educating yourself and how not to be fooled by bad or misleading information. This magazine does just that. From articles of atheism, pseudo science, and myths to real scientific knowledge, Skeptic magazine helps me wade through the BS to arrive at reality.

App Does not Work

Marie2525

I purchased a subscription yesterday after looking through the free preview. On my iPad the covers do not show and so far I have not been able to even look at the subscribed magazine. All my devices continuously loop in trying to download from the 3rd party (pocketmags). Have not had success to view my PAID subscription on either my iPad 2, iPhone 5, Mac, or my work PC. Nobody has responded to my two email inquiries. I DO NOT RECOMMEND!!

Primitive App

BBensned

With so many good magazine and newspaper reader interactive apps to use as models, the Wall Street Journal being a laudable example, there is no excuse for foisting this primitive app on subscribers. What you get is nothing more than a photocopy of the print version that is not even scaled for iPad users. Web link citations are not interactive and if that is not annoying enough, there is no way to cut and paste them into a browser either. I am a big fan of Skeptic Magazine but this app is more annoying than useful.

Text is fuzzy even at full page

Hornet52

The resolution is terrible. The text is blurry even when zoomed out completely. Really bad reading experience.

Simply Terrible

RKDPeterson

I have subscribed to Skeptic for more than two years and love the magazine. A few months ago, I subscribed to the e-version. I got one issue to download when I first subscribed, but now I can't get the latest issue to download. The app wants me to pay for the issue or pay for a yearly subscription...again! I use materials from this magazine in the courses that I teach, so I really need to see the latest issue for which I've already paid. I have contacted Pocketmags but so far no response. Skeptic needs to fire that company and get another app provider.