Martha Stewart Living App Reviews

I used to love this app...one of the best! These new changes are horrible and Ive canceled my subscription!

Ive been a subscriber for many years and had happily switched to the digital version when I stopped all of my paper subscriptions. Sadly, the publisher has changed and downgraded its format and the digital format is no longer readable. I just killed the automatic renewal setting and am grateful I caught this sad development before the renewal went through this month.

The magazine is now nearly illegible. I will cancel if future issues continue to look like May 2015. The experience of reading the digital edition is gone. There is nothing special or luxurious about it now. Formerly, the graphics were beautiful and the text never used to require double-taps or squinting to read.

Ive canceled both my digital and print subscriptions to Martha Stewart Living magazine. When Martha decided to stop publication of Everyday Food Magazine, my interest in Martha Stewarts brand took a fall. This past April, the digital version of Living became nothing more than photo copies of the print version. The current version of this magazine contains no interactive features. Boring!!! Living magazine has less and less articles on food/entertaining and more and more articles about beauty tips! I was a subscriber since 2005. Sadly I am no longer. Martha has lost her edge.

I try to read all my magazines digitally, and Martha Stewart Living was the cream of the crop. I loved telling people how tech-savvy the magazine was and how it was a great representation of all you can add with an interactive medium. It was truly a pleasure to read on the ipad. Not anymore. Ive been a little behind with my issues, so when I started reading Aprils issue this morning, it was quite a shock. No videos. No ipad formatting. No interactive stories. Just what looks like a PDF version of the magazine. I understand that this must be significantly cheaper to produce, but I would be willing to pay more for the interactive magazine I loved. (Martha Stewart is the cheapest magazine I subscribe to right now by far.). Please, please, please bring back the magazine that was such a shining example of what the future of digital magazines should be. Not this PDF dinosaur.

Like other reviewers, I am very unhappy with the redesign. Ive been a subscriber to the digital edition for several years and used to enjoy the easy interface and digital features including videos and additional content, and easy recipe searches. Not only has all that gone by the wayside, but the print is now so small as to make it nearly impossible to read, even with glasses, and theres no way to resize it. Im hoping this changes for the better soon, or I wont be renewing the subscription.

When MSL switched formats in April 2015 the digital magazine layout has been abysmal. The print is now too small to read and there is a large white border around every page that reduces the overall viewing area. I have subscribed to MSL print and digital since 1996 but they just lost a customer. Ive read that despite a deluge of complaints in iTunes about the changes, Meredith Corporation, the company responsible for the new format, isnt likely to remedy the situation. Maybe Ill check back when their 10 year contract ends to see if there has been an improvement.

This app always has problems. The one Im dealing with now is that it wont remove issues. Tried deleting app and reinstalling. And of course redownloading my issues but then I cant get rid of them later. Think Im going to stop this subscription. Just not worth the hassle.

:( the previous versions of the digital magazine on iPad where the best! Now it is just like any other magazine. I really miss the old format. Please bring it back.

This app wont update on my iPad 2 running latest IOS. Please fix this app.

Pictures are gorgeous as always and I still value the content but for such a media giant it is impossible to believe theyre not intentionally obfuscating their subscription policies. Having been a continuous print subscriber since the beginning (1991) I find it infuriating how impossible it has been to understand and follow their constantly changing plans. If is also difficult to wade through the multiple portals/vendors etc. In short they have finally convinced me to abandon my subscriptions.

Lost almost half a gig of storage! Not to mention the constantly changing interface and the fact that the print is tiny and doesnt seem optimized for iPad viewing. Love the mag and have been a subscriber for years, but Im done with this app and going back to print!

The last time I subscribed (a couple years ago) the iPad version of Martha Stewart Living had truly imaginative and delightful interactive/animated features that brought the magazine to life. Giving 3 stars for content. Unless March 2016 is a fluke or Im doing something wrong, I wish I had spent the money on a paper subscription. Bring back the exceptional user experience that MS Living is capable of producing.

Gorgeous photos and features, as one would expect. But the confusing sign-in process and weird downloading experience make this a 1-star experience. Why so difficult? Why no status bar to see how the download is going. Your "improvements" have taken you a few steps backward...very unlike the perfectionism we have come to rely on. J

Content is basically a PDF version of the print magazine. Viewing is not optimized for the iPad and hard to read. What happened to the wonderful interactive content of the old versions? If something doesnt change in the next six months, Im not renewing my subscription.

So sorry to say that the magazine is just a PDF document. Where is the interactive app? Brilliantly done, but for just a month or two. Waiting for it to get back, otherwise whats the point?