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What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 50 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R4] ZINIO 1/5 · US Terrible app: I stumbled on this app while looking for Apple News alternative, but it was nothing but disappointment. I couldn’t even get to sign up for an account because I kept getting notifications that they’re experiencing technical difficulties. What a lame app!
2. [R10] ZINIO 2/5 · US It keeps crashing: Now, it won’t even open, then crash again and again.
3. [R12] ZINIO 1/5 · US Doesn’t open on iPad: All software is current and yet the Zinio app won’t open. Tapping the app icon just opens as a flash up and immediately dissipates.
4. [R14] ZINIO 1/5 · US Doesn’t work on iPad: I’m running iPadOS 26.1 and this app closes immediately upon opening. This developer isn’t responsive nor are they even trying to fix the app!
5. [R7] ZINIO 1/5 · US Doesn’t work half the time!!!: It would be nice if this actually worked!! I constantly have to use the desktop site to see my magazines. Why don’t you make an app that actually works?!?
6. [R9] ZINIO 3/5 · US Have to Delete ZINIO Newsstand App and reinstall to get library to open on my IPad: Then I have to download each magazine to have it available in my library to read. Have contacted ZINIO support and the above was their solution. The app is updated to the latest soft ware version. Have been a subscriber for the last 17 years without this problem. Have to down grade to 3 star rating from a consisten
7. [R16] ZINIO 1/5 · US Will not load homepage or library: The app used to work well. But for the last two months, all that I get is a white screen that never loads either the homepage or my library magazines. I keep the app updated and my iPad has the latest updates.
8. [R28] ZINIO 2/5 · US Open Sesame!: This app worked great for years. For the last several months, every time I click on it there is nothing but a white screen with a never ending loading indicator. A daily delete app, reload, and sign in are required. Please help! I’m sharing this same information that I sent several months ago. It got better for a short while, and I was going to update my response to a positive one. O
9. [R3] ZINIO 3/5 · US There’s an issue with the reader view where the text is really small: In a recent update the reader view text size has become illegibly small across multiple magazines. The slider no longer works where you can change text size.
10. [R24] ZINIO 2/5 · US Issues with text sizing: The text resizing works only sometimes, and usually only after a reload of the program. Very poor quality programing
11. [R30] ZINIO 1/5 · US Zino: I have had this app for years! Up dated my iPad one day and the next thing I know is some of the magazines I bought over the years are there but now they say i have to buy every magazine all over again! I have never had this happen to me before! Goodbye Zino never again!
12. [R39] ZINIO 1/5 · US Magazines not downloading on iPad with new version: It’s very frustrating that magazines start downloading and then get stuck. They used to download very quickly. I even deleted the app and reinstalled again and having the same issue. Please advise.
13. [R40] ZINIO 1/5 · US Subscriptions are broken: It is March 2025. I just subscribed to Auto and Design and the first issue I received was from 2023. The latest issue is clearly displayed in the store, so why am I getting an old issue instead? There is no place to review subscriptions in the app, and no way to download the latest issue. Why is this happening? Poor app. I need resolution to this.
14. [R45] ZINIO 1/5 · US Reset: This product resets all too often and all downloads are lost.
15. [R1] ZINIO 1/5 · US Not enough magazines to pick from: With all the magazines out there ZINIO has very narrow selection it’s also has no warning when your subscription is almost over
16. [R19] ZINIO 4/5 · US sale ordering: The only 2 problems I have ever had with Zinio is when they post an email stating that there is a discount or sale, the magazines that I already have subscriptions to won’t let me pick them. I have to call Zinio, and then get a discount code, but always less than the add promised. Somehow, auto renewal was activated without clear notification at the time of subscription. I wil
17. [R20] ZINIO 1/5 · US Don’t subscribe!!!: Don’t use this app. They make it impossible to cancel a subscription. Every other subscription service through iTunes is super easy to cancel a subscription, but not on ZINIO. Ridiculous! The ZINIO subscription doesn’t even show under my iTunes account even though the billing is through iTunes. Save yourself a nightmare and don’t use this app for magazines.