Popular Mechanics Magazine US App Reviews

Run inning latest iOS it is buggy and wont download in the background

The cover page for some issues gets 80% loaded but then never finishes. Everything else works great though. Not a huge deal because the cover isnt really something you read.

For many years this has been and still is the best publication on make mechanical devices.

It used to be quite good, but now it just doesnt work. It is just unable to download the recent monthly editions. I am still working with customer service for the past week to resolve the issue. They seem to be clueless.

Pro: Simple, easy to navigate, and intuitive Con: Instructions on the subscription page werent that clear on how to access the issues.

Ive been buying Popular Mechanics off magazine racks for years now and finally decided to subscribe to the electronic edition. I love it; its very user friendly and allows you to save your favorite articles and tips into albums. Definitely worth the subscription price.

Outstanding Appsolutely

Ive been reading the Popular Mechanics magazine since 1967 and I still love it. The digital version downloads at lightning speed because its zipped (unlike other digital magazines I subscribe to). Highly recommended!

Whatever issues others are having with the current release Im not seeing. No crashes, page turns are quick for an old iPad 3. I suggest they delete the app, do a hard reboot to clear out all caches, reinstall the app and try again. My only complaint that knocks the app down to 4 stars is the layout style they use on some pages require the reader to swipe a thin narrow bar, clearly labelled "Swipe here to change page". I urge them to rethink this page layout style vs user inconvenience of doing a normal page turn swipe multiple times unsuccessfully before noticing the yellow "swipe here" bar. As always I love the content.

Used to be great but now it has to load every page and its not exactly quick about it.

Ive been a Popular Mechanics reader for a long time. It keeps getting better and better. The app has nice content links and loads pages quickly. I like the option of being able to view a thumbnail of the pages and save single pages. It would be nice to download issues to archive for future reference.

Dont know why its so difficult to download over cellular service vs wifi. I will just but the hard copy next time.

PM had the best magazine app I had used. Now, it has me thinking of going back to the paper version.

For the last 15 yr. Yr s it would be nice to read. The magazine when I dont have it with me or have a way to read . It with out paying twice

Love the magazine... Hate the app. Download a new issue - zippity quick, problems is that it doesnt really download the new issue. Get on that long international flight, open up the app to read... And find that it still has lots of content to download before you can actually read it. Would be nice to know while I was back in that strong wifi area...

Hit the magazine, it crashes! It tells you to archive and download again. You do that and it still crashes. I want my money back!

I like the app, but as others have said, certain magazines will crash the app even if you archive them. This needs to be fixed for customers who are paying for a subscription.

Cant get this thing to work no matter what! I want my money back. This is a disaster.

Impossible to read any magazine and whats is really frustrating is to acknowledge I am not the only one and for a long time! What has been done to fix it? When? It is not for free so we are paying for nothing...( do not loose your time deleting the app and reinstalling, done it several times for nothing) my rating reflects my actual opinion, it would be a reasonable good app if it worked.

I just purchased a year of your magazine and downloaded the Pop Mech app and all it does is crash??? Is this going to be fixed?? Otherwise I want my cash back. If my money is good then so should the app if I paid for it! Please advise!