Not good – Automobile Magazine Review

First, understand that reviews older than 2017, apply to the previous app which was excellent! Automobile is a premium magazine. The previous app was a premium app. This is comparable to a pdf, with the added disadvantage that you have to put up with banner ads telling you to subscribe even though you have been a subscriber for over 20 years. You, also, have to put up with deleting the app multiple times a year in order to “fix” a problem the developer cannot otherwise resolve. This might be days or weeks after a magazine is found to be unreadable. Of course, while the previous app let you access any magazine going back many years, this one gives you around a years worth, no matter how long a subscriber. Sad, very sad, but I doubt the new publisher will change their decision, despite the need for a good digital product as people continue to move away from print. False economy! I read it less now because of the frustrations, especially the deleting, reinstalling and downloading the magazines, repeatedly required. At this writing, most lately required to read the March 2018 edition. My subscription, initiated when David E. Davis Jr. created the magazine, will end soon, and this time will not be renewed. Perhaps this detailed review will create a response more appropriate than the “tell us what’s wrong and we’ll help you ‘fix’ it”, again, and again, and again......................... April 6, 2018 update. It is interesting to me that, even after a long, thorough critique of this current Automobile App, I once again receive a “please tell us what’s wrong” message. Perhaps it is automated.
Review by RickF80 on Automobile Magazine.