Skeptic Magazine

I used to buy the print version of this mag, and downloaded the app to get the digital version. Everything I read on the way here said "30 days free trial" but, when I got to the subscribe page, it's only 14 days. I don't really care how long it is, but I don't like the bait and switch tactic. Since the existing review here aren't all that stellar, I think I'll put this off for awhile.

Great App you guys, I'm impressed, pocketmags has recently been a pain in the a**. Future improvement, it would be great if the white screen can be turned sepia or yellowish for more visual comfort. Thanks

If you are even considering this app, then you should go for it. Subscribed to the printed version for years, switching over to the digital version recently. Enjoy.

I have an active subscription through Google Play Store, but it is not reflected in the app. Restoring previous purchases does nothing. Beware if you are looking to subscribe...

Order digital subscription 3 days ago and have not received it as of this writing. Also was charged a foreign transaction fee by pocket mags.

Hi apps feature learning new user. Great to nature natural.

What's this update message that's leads me to the play store?

I love the magazine but the app keeps cancelling my subscription and it is not easy to resubscribe. Please fix this!!!!! Make it easier to resubscribe and I'll go back to giving the mag five stars!

Cannot restore purchased issues, as promised. Though purchased digital and printed version, has stopped. Have emailed publisher three times. No response. Enjoyed articles I was able to read, have been robbed of purchases. Maybe this review will help. If so, I will update. To SKEPTIC: Please respond.

Cannot download mobile version

The app crashes on Android when offline

But, the resolution is too low. When you zoom in to a column, which you need to do to read comfortably, the text becomes blurry.

The app likes to without reason deletes a downloaded copy and re-downloads it all over again, therefore wasting bandwidth.

Terrible. For such a great and modern magazine it's odd they're using such a terrible platform. Will subscribe again when using PDF quality format, like Newsstand.

Very bad application.

Really one of my better subs. I have been reading it from the news stand for years but now I'm saving trees and my carbon footprint is much smaller. Plus those niggling thoughts that made for restless night's sleep are going away. Or so I'm lead to believe...

Only thing that would enhance this would be integration into Google Play New stand instead of having to have this standalone app. Otherwise, kudos to skepticism =]

The app works very well. Not quite as good as hard copy but very close and more portable.

Skeptic is the best magazine out there. A good dose of common sense in an increasingly bizarre world. I love having it on my Nexus 7 where I can read it wherever and whenever I want.

Content is always... Implementation wise it would be better if it worked like kindle... In any case highly recommended.

Scumbags and bears, or a dash of insanity. A pinch of success, or the good of humanity

Unreadable. Just a full screen slideshow of photos.

Tight editing, content is also of consistent ly high standard and well written

The App is okay, but, its the magazine that makes this special.

I downloaded the app. I signed up for the free trial annual subscription. It had no trouble performing that function, signed me up effortlessly. It's been two hours now and I can't access the magazine. I have conversed through email with the company but so far all of their efforts are not getting me a viewable version of my order on my apps. So, someone on staff manually entered my subscription, then I had to deleted the app and reinstall. Now the issues I ordered say they are downloaded but I can't view all of the pages. On some of the pages there is just a big grey bar that covers about 80% of the page that is supposed to be viewable. I hope I don't have trouble cancelling this because it is far too much trouble otherwise. I am really disappointed in this app.

Paid 3 times, never got more then the trial issue.

I discovered by going to the skeptic website that this is the official app for the magazine. Overall it has great functionality and I did not have any of the purchasing problems that other reviewers have had. 1 reviewer said that you have to pinch in and out, and this is true, this app does not have an easy read mode like the other magazines on Google Play. But for me personally I am so used to reading PDF documents on my iPhone that reading this on my Nexus 7 was great.

I like how I always have a skeptic magazine in my pocket so I always have something interesting to read. It is a much better way of filling time than twitter or facebook. But it could be so much better: 1- Either increase the resolution of the scan or have the text in text form so it can scale to any size(My phone has a full hd screen and all the text is sharp but skeptic magazine is blurry) 2- Tap to zoom and horizontal scrolling should go the way of the dodo(please look at apps like currents and the verge) 3- If you implement text think about a dark theme(white text on black background) 4- Like another reviewer said: why not give acces to all editions?(I can only read one at a time and what does it matter which one I read?) 5- The articles themselves are as always beyond awesome.

On a 7" screen the text is too small to read without zooming in. However, you can't turn the page without zooming back out. Reading an article becomes a tedious exercise of zoom in, scroll around the page, zoom back out and turn the page. This routine must be repeated on EVERY page.