Bait and Switch - DO NOT BUY – National Geographic Review

Updating for version 3.0.9 ?????????? Minor tweaks, but the magazine is still not available for download. I guess NG is still looking into it....... Updating for version 3.0.8 ?????????? Sadly, the full magazine is still not available to read or download. Do not buy if you want the real National Geographic Magazine, this is only a small subset. Sad that the developer response states they are still “looking into” making it available to download. How about finally making a decision and announcing it? (Corrected error) Updating for version 3.0.7 ?????????? The full magazine is still not available, do not buy if you want the real National Geographic Magazine, the is only a small subset. Updating for version 3.0.6: Sadly still no option to download the magazine, and I really mean The Magazine, The Yellow Frame as some call it. This app provides articles in the magazine, but you do not get to experience the entire magazine as it is presented in print. That is a real shame since that is all that everyone posting the negative reviews really wants. I know the developer responses state they are evaluating future changes to do that, but it’s about time that a decision is made to either do it or not. Stop stringing us along. Make a decision and we can all move on and decide if this app is really worth it or we should go back to ordering print copies. And if this is really about constraints imposed by Apple, then maybe Apple should chime in and say so. UPDATING FOR VERSION 3.0.5: Still junk, just tried the update hoping for some improvements, but the app can’t connect due to “network connectivity issues” which is a good reason for having offline access to the magazine. But that still doesn’t exist based on other reviews. ******************************** Recent app update removes the capability of offline reading; you cannot download the magazine to your iPad and read it without being connected to the internet. Terrible “reimagined” experience. Did NatGeo inform us of this before renewing for 2019? Of course not because most would not have purchased. I also fault Apple for not putting the most recent reviews first in their store so potential buyers can see the latest reviews rather than seven years ago.
Review by iPadit on National Geographic.