Zinio for Libraries App Reviews

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Could be good but...

Cant delete from library, just the content from the device. Even items deleted on my library at the Zinio web site still show up in the app. Cant search for new magazines from within the app. Must switch to a web browser. Help text does not scroll properly on my iPad at least. Magazines display nicely, so that is good.

Bad.

Using this app is a constant pain in the ***. What a mess.

Not useful

Found out you need to add the magazine from the web page first. Then, you will see it in the app and download to read offline. Cannot search any magazine within the app.

No delete option

This app would be great if there was an option to delete titles you no longer wanted from your reading list. Now my reading list is clogged with magazines that I will never download and read again. Please fix this!

Cant create an account

Tried logging into the library in Hawaii and my library back home in Canada. Doesnt allow me to create an account for either location. Asks for my email address not my library card?

(Still) Completely Useless

I thought that after the most recent (Sept 15/15) update that some bugs would be fixed, but the app is still terrible as ever. Magazines seem to download fine, but when I open them up, I get blank page after blank page. Joyous.

Most of the magazines are purple

Most magazines, except for national geographic, are purple and appears to be negative colours. I know its not my settings, because within the same magazine with colour issues, there are pages within it that are normal (mostly ad pages). I tried to go into my ipad settings and inverted the colour setting, but that didnt resolve the issue.

Fix deleted issue problem

Works well, except the deleted issues still continue to appear on my list (tried deleting it on account in library website; no luck). Please fix so when a user "deletes" a magazine issue, its deleted permanently. It should be up to the user to re-download the issue (should not have a restore option). EDIT: great update. You can now delete issues permanently from your library yay

impossible

this app is impossible; it keeps asking me to sign in with my email but then wont take it and it will not let me open a new account. I went to my calgary library and they couldnt get it working for me. This app is terrible

What a waste

App will not accept my id.

Cant log in

Cant log in but am reading magazines fine when logging into zinio via my library account.

Choose mags on website to view in app

Its not clear in the blurb but you have to go to the website and sign out magazines. Then they appear in the app. However because the app doesnt tell you this, you dont know until youve played about and got extremely frustrated !

Tricky to get working

It wouldnt let me log in and just froze when I entered the correct username and password. After restarting the app and restarting Safari on my iPad it worked. Not intuitive at all. But once loaded the app is fine. You have to use the library website first to get the book and then it opens it in this app. On the other hand ... Free magazines on my iPad, cool!

Would be good if it worked

This app sounded promising BUT it never worked, crashed every time I tried to put in my password....hope this issue is fixed soon!

Log in not working

Cant login on the iPad mini 2 iOS 9. Safari got stuck on the password page. :(

Cant log into my account

I noticed today that I cannot log into my account. I put the correct information in (e-mail, password) and once I hit the button on the password page, it just sits there. I used to be able to use this app and it was great! I loved this app,9@

Doesnt work...

This app hasnt worked at all since the last update, please fix!!!

Worked good for a few months-now not at all!

This app was a good idea. However there are too many problems that have not been addressed.

Freezes when trying to log in

The app freezes when trying to login.

Useless until they fix login issues

Until Zinio file their login issues the app is useless. Furthermore no response from Zinio and their support team regarding the issue. Perhaps they are doing this on purpose to force people to use their other app where you have to purchase the magazines from them rather than go through your public library. Either address the issue or remove the app.

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