Retro Gamer Official Magazine App Reviews

Wanted to try and contact them before leaving a bad review, but after trying to figure out how to contact them I gave up. Ive bought 2+ years of retrogamer from them, plus Im still a current subscriber and I cant view any magazines since the upgrade. Ive tried removing the app, reboot iPad, etc. When I try to do restore previous purchases it asks for my apple id, and then does nothing. So not only am I loosing money on my current subscription Ive lost all access to previous purchases. Maybe sometimes paper is better? Please fix the app, or tell us how to get our mags.

Will not restore purchases on my iPad. Cant access 2+ years of subscription issues. And MONTHS with no fix?

Apple. Zero stars is a rating!! Deletes your existing library so you have to download everything again. But cant do that as the restore function doesnt work. So now I have nothing. Total rip off. If it doesnt work dont release it. Its updates like this that make you regret the app auto update feature in IOS 7!! Fix this mess. *** As a workaround if you download the old stand alone app (not the news store one) you can still get your mags and all your old issues restored in that. Unfortunately you still have to download them again but at least you can still read them. Look in your app purchased history as well if youre struggling to find it in the app store *** Magazine is great, this version of the app is used toilet paper.

Tried 3 different iOS devices. Cant download previously purchased issues.

I switched from print-only to this digital subscription a few months ago. The magazine content is great which is why Ive been a subscriber for years. This digital presentation is a duplicate of the magazine. No effort was taken to format the content to the medium. Its useable but why cant it remember which issue and page I last read and open back to that? Instead it opens to the store page and I have to select the issue and find the page I was reading. That should be an easy fix, please?

Love the mag, love the app....add move retro video content into the articles plz

Restore purchases feature is still broken. :(

Updating caused all of my purchases to be lost!

Do not buy till this is fixed! Its amazing how this app still isnt fixed, its been over 9 months since Ive been able to access the issues that I have purchased! Do not buy any issues on here if you ever want to be able to access them later.

The magazine itself is really good. Well researched articles with depth. However, the app is buggy. It will not restore previous purchases despite having an option to do that. They dont see to be in much of a hurry to update it and fix the bugs either.

I was a reader of this magazine until they decided to cut off iPad 1 users from getting the newer magazines by requiring ios6. Why do that? The first iPad is still widely used and had no trouble displaying these magazines. Boy am I glad I bought the magazines on a one at a time bases instead of subscribing. I was not aware this publication was the kind to turn around and stab their loyal readers in the back.

This app has been a nightmare. Over a year ago, they sent out a update which prevented many users, me included, from accessing their previously purchased content. It also, like every other update, erased everything already downloaded, meaning you had no choice but to download everything again. Over a year later, they send out a code to supposedly restore those purchases. After finally getting the code, which I had to email customer service for, Im still missing over a years worth of purchases. Luckily, I have receipts, which Ive emailed them twice, to no avail. Ive just about given up because I dont know what else I can do. Its infuriating to have to write off $60+ of purchases, but it seems as far as they are concerned the matter is settled. I guess I should be thankful that I finally have access to some of my purchases again, even if it took them over a year to make that happen. Still, I cant express the frustration and disappointment Ive had with this app. Im extremely leery of updating this app ever again now that its somewhat working, but needless to say I wont be renewing when my subscription runs out and Id encourage anyone thinking of going in Retro Gamer to steer clear of this digital version.

Living in the US, would have to rely on Barnes and Noble for a ten dollar copy and sometimes miss issues. Now can never miss an issue! The interface is wonderful as well.

Buggy. Does not always show latest issue. Often forces me to restore purchases. Annoying. Mag itself is ok but too many interviews with obscure developers on useless things.

Great magazine. This app has seen much improvement since its inception.

Love the mag. Takes me back to the days of the ZX spectrum and c64.

Just another PDF dump. I read the physical magazine instead, and its absolutely wonderful. It shows great insight into the history of games.

Excellent app, retro goodness all the way!

I love love love Retro Gamer the magazine- by all means read it! But the app is INCREDIBLY SLOW and doesnt save your progress within a magazine so every single time you want to use it you have to wait a ridiculously long time for it to load and then find your place within the magazine all over again. Buy the printed magazine by all means, but avoid the app until these issues are fixed.

Slow, buggy (I cant restore purchases, nothing happens), doesnt support the large screen iPad Pro. Id get a paper subscription if I could, but its too expensive in the USA.