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Head-to-head

The Atlantic Magazine vs ZINIO

The Atlantic Magazine 4.9★ · Free + IAP 90
Winner The Atlantic Magazine
ZINIO 4.6★ · Free + IAP 40

The Atlantic Magazine is the clear winner due to its superior reliability and user experience, while ZINIO suffers from widespread technical issues.

Full reviews: The Atlantic Magazine · ZINIO

The Atlantic Magazine offers a highly-rated and reliable reading experience for its content. ZINIO, a broader magazine platform, is plagued by severe technical issues, including frequent crashes and inability to open, despite some users appreciating its selection.

Head to head

Content Selection edge: ZINIOR1R6R23R25
The Atlantic Magazine Reviews for The Atlantic Magazine focus on the quality of its specific content, implying satisfaction with the available articles.
ZINIO ZINIO offers a broad selection of digital magazines, with some users appreciating the variety and ability to customize subscriptions R6R23R25. However, other users complain about a narrow selection for certain magazines R1.
Ease of Use & Reader Experience edge: The Atlantic MagazineR3R22R24
The Atlantic Magazine The Atlantic Magazine reviews generally indicate a smooth and enjoyable reading experience.
ZINIO ZINIO has significant issues with its reader experience, including illegibly small text that cannot be resized R3R24 and the app failing to resume reading where a user left off, instead showing marketing screens R22.
Reliability & Performance edge: The Atlantic MagazineR9R10R12R14
The Atlantic Magazine The Atlantic Magazine has a very high lifetime rating and no specific complaints about app crashes or performance issues were found in the provided reviews.
ZINIO ZINIO is severely unreliable, with numerous reports of the app crashing on startup R10R12R14, failing to open , and magazines not downloading or appearing in the library . Many users resort to reinstalling the app to temporarily fix issues R9.
Customer Support & Account Management tieR13R17R19R20
The Atlantic Magazine No specific reviews regarding customer support for The Atlantic Magazine were provided.
ZINIO ZINIO's customer support receives mixed reviews; some users report issues being fixed after contacting support R13R17R19, while others state there is no reply from help . Users also report difficulty canceling subscriptions R20 and issues with auto-renewal R19.
Price & Value edge: The Atlantic MagazineR23R30R40
The Atlantic Magazine The Atlantic Magazine is Free + IAP, and its high rating suggests users find value in its offerings.
ZINIO ZINIO is Free + IAP. Some users find it well worth the minimal cost for the variety of magazines R23, but others feel cheated when past purchases disappear or old issues are delivered instead of new ones R30R40.
Pick The Atlantic Magazine if

You want a highly reliable and well-regarded app for reading content from a specific, quality publication, and you prioritize a stable user experience.

Pick ZINIO if

You are looking for a platform with a wide selection of various digital magazines and are willing to tolerate significant technical issues and potential frustration with app stability and customer service.

Evidence note: The reviews for The Atlantic Magazine are overwhelmingly positive, leading to its high lifetime rating, but specific detailed complaints were not provided in the given dataset. In contrast, ZINIO's reviews are heavily skewed negative, particularly recent ones, detailing numerous critical app failures.

Frequently asked

Does ZINIO work reliably on iPads and iPhones?
No, ZINIO frequently crashes on launch and fails to open on various iOS devices, including iPads and iPhones running recent operating systems R12R14R26. Many users report having to delete and reinstall the app repeatedly to access their content R9.
Can I easily manage my subscriptions and purchases on ZINIO?
Users report difficulties managing subscriptions on ZINIO, including issues with auto-renewal being activated without clear notification and problems canceling subscriptions, which some found impossible through iTunes R19R20. There are also complaints about purchased magazines disappearing or old issues being delivered instead of current ones R30R40.

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. [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
  2. [R6] ZINIO 3/5 · US Started for school: I started using this to read one of my most coveted magazines that were not really found in stores. Azure Magazine. Well I found other digital magazines in its shelves and decided to download it back in 2011 when I discovered it. Right when iPad was introduced and I was enrolling in school after that. Well it stuck with me for a while then pattered out now I’m back on it catchi
  3. [R23] ZINIO 4/5 · US Easy, well worth the minimal cost, Enjoy!: You can pick and choose issues you’d love to read, and leave others behind. There’s SO much to choose from! Why not customize a year of magazines (6 or more) from various publications, instead of buying issues you won’t read? Variety beats boring every time!
  4. [R25] ZINIO 5/5 · US Top app: Love it has a lot of everything. Highly recommended
  5. [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.
  6. [R22] ZINIO 1/5 · US Can’t pick up where you left off, have to see the marketing screen every time: Deal killer to have to see the marketing screen every time I come back to read. I’m going back to analog. So much more joy in reading real media.
  7. [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
  8. [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
  9. [R10] ZINIO 2/5 · US It keeps crashing: Now, it won’t even open, then crash again and again.
  10. [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.
  11. [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!
  12. [R13] ZINIO 4/5 · US Cannot access eight years of magazine subscriptions: For the last week I have been emailing support and they were able to fix the problem.
  13. [R17] ZINIO 4/5 · US Problems solved: Updated review problems solved
  14. [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
  15. [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.
  16. [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!
  17. [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.
  18. [R26] ZINIO 2/5 · US Doesn’t work with IPad Pro: I’ve tried to use this with my iPad Pro and it simply doesn’t work- it crashes every single time and while I can use it on my very old iPad- I find it odd it won’t let me use it on my iPad

Synthesized from 50 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store