Martha Stewart Living App Reviews

If I wanted a PDF, I would just purchase through Zinio or get the print edition. I subscribed to the digital edition because of the features it offered. Now they are gone in favor of "streamlining". Horrible cost cutting move. I will be canceling my subscription and if I could give this less than one star, I would.

With the April version, the Martha Stewart Living Magazine appeal went from one of the very best digital magazines to one of the worst. It used to have links, navigable features, and so many cool things that the print version couldnt offer. Now it is just a scanned version of the print version -- and not even a good quality or properly formatted version, at that. Im so disappointed that we wont be seeing the previous format, and wish there were something we could do!

I thought it was awful when your magazine removed the cover animations, which were really awesome and quite a pleasant and innovative surprise. Now, the newest update removes all audio/visual digital content. Whats the point of having a digital magazine version, paired with such an amazing piece of Apple technology, when you dont take advantage of everything you can develop and curate to your new-age, digital consumers? Your development team should be embarrassed. If youre going to remove content, you should have more time to focus on simple things like page formatting and layout. The pages of the digital magazine dont even fill the entire iPad screen. Im very disappointed, and unfortunately just renewed my subscription a few weeks ago.

What happened? This was a great mag and now its terrible! No videos, print so small its almost unreadable, AND the pages/pictures are hazy. Martha Stewart, is that you?!? So very disappointing. Guess Im outta here...

I used to love the digital version of MSL but this new version is horrible! I really used to enjoy the extra features of the digital version, but now its just a poor quality pdf of the print magazine. The print is so tiny I can barely read it, and when you zoom it its just too blurry. Ive been a subscriber for several years but Ill be canceling my subscription now because its just completely unreadable. What a huge mistake on the part of Martha Stewart Living!

This is not an upgrade, but a down play of all the features that made the e-version a pleasure to read. If you skinny down your offering, you should at least skinny down the price. Rip-off!!

I used to really enjoy reading the digital issue of the magazine. It was a lot of fun and very engaging. Now, the text is difficult to read (so small!). theres no video content, and its basically just a pdf version of the magazine. If the goal was to save money, perhaps theyve done that, but it will be at the expense of customers. I have been a subscriber for years, but i am discontinuing my subscription.

Love reading Martha Stewart Living on my IPad while sitting in my bed. Ive never been a fan of the feel of paper or newspaper on my fingers so this is a perfect option for me. Love the creative colorful layouts, recipes and inspiration. Where would we be without Martha? I just love her and this subscription!

What an absolute SCAM, I am so mad right now. I just resubscribed to one of my favorite digital magazines for a whole year - and the first issue I get isnt even as was advertised when I bought it. It should be interactive and easy to read - essentially what theyre putting out now is a PDF of their print issue, which is not what I paid for. Its very difficult to read and it doesnt even match the size format of the iPad. And the line theyre feeding us about "getting it to be more in line with the print copy" is absolute BS - they just want to save money by not making it interactive. I know for a fact they are just exporting their InDesign file as a PDF, its shameful for such a huge company to try to get away with this. How do I get a refund for this scam?

See recent reviews - this has become unreadable. Total fail by publisher.

I have been a subscriber to the digital edition of this magazine for several years and have always loved the interactive content. The new format is just awful. I can hardly read the text and all of the lovely videos and details I have always looked forward to are gone. I am glad my subscription was supposed to renew in May so that I didnt end up paying for an entire year. Such a disappointing move backwards in an age when so many publications are creating beautiful digital formats.

I’ve been getting this publication for years and I just noticed they changed up the format this month and it’s really, really, bad. I am completely flabbergasted as to why they chose to represent the magazine in such an inferior way. Basically, they ‘flattened’ everything so text and images are no longer scalable and when you try to zoom in to read something it looks pixellated and horrible. What a mess. Has MS completely fallen off the wagon? If I could give their change in direction an negative score I would. I immediately cancelled my remaining subscription and don’t plan on coming back unless MSL gets their act together and produces a digital magazine worthy of 2015, not 1995!

Martha Stewart must not care about her brand any longer. Try reading her magazine on an iPad mini. You cant. It used to be interactive. It used to scale for the right mobile device. No longer. You cant even read it. Its just a digital page turner. Shes gone back about 15 years as far as technology is concerned. Clearly, theyve done some cost-cutting. This was not the place to do that. How can she even compete with other magazines? I will NOT be resubscribing to this piece of pedestrian junk.

If I could give this zero stars, I would! I used to love this digital magazine but now it is a very horrible cheap version. The editors dont even bother to optimize it for the screen, making it very difficult to read. Ive canceled my subscription and wont renew until its vastly improved. Dont waste your money.

UPDATE : Thank you for digitizing the text. Im changing from one star to two. Oh no! I really enjoy the content and design of this beautiful magazine, but all of that is lost with the new April issue! The format that looks great and works well in print is SO hard to read in a digital format. The text is way too small -- even on a large iPad screen -- and when I try to zoom in, the text is blurry. I loved the links and videos from the old version, but even if those have to go, I would REALLY appreciate if the text was at least readable. I generally adore small type in print materials, but it doesnt work in this digital publication. I usually dont write reviews, but this new format is so heartbreaking! Please, please reconsider!

Scrabbaholic, Martha Stewart doesnt care about her brand any longer. Go online and read all the many pages of complaint after complaint about the entire MS product line. Everything from cheap paint fading and peeling... patio furniture falling apart... Cookware failing and breaking after one use... Bed sheets and towels coming unraveled after a couple washings... It just goes on and on. At one time, MS products were top of the line, now they are just pieces of crap, same as both her print and online magazine. For years I was a Martha advocate, but I now feel it is time to move on.

This was the digital magazine that made me fall in love with magazines on the iPad. No more - as others have said they are literally just using terrible quality scans from the physical magazine and plopping them into the app. They dont even have hyperlinks to products or websites which would be easy to implement and is very basic. Truly disappointing, and I feel a little scammed. I havent even made it through more than a few pages since the switch because the quality is so horrendous. Guess Ill just stick to back issues when my subscription runs out.

MSL led the way in creating a gorgeous and user friendly format for iPad. But no longer. No thank you on this awful, ugly, hard to read PDF version thats not even sized for the screen. Id be happy to resubscribe if they reverted back to the lovely digital interface it had pre-April.

I really liked the digital subscription. There were videos and it was pretty interactive. The only reason why I decided to go digital for this mag was for those reasons and its all gone! Please bring back the videos and such that comes with being a digital subscriber!

Time ti switch! The brand doesnt café about our Comments! And why buy the magazine when they put everything in their Instagram account and website?! Im definitely OUT.