Fine Cooking Magazine App Reviews

The visual clutter as you run your finger across the page is really frustrating. This is one of the few magazines that I find is so much better and print them in their app. Painful and frustrating.

The magazine and the app are both family favourite. The app is easy to navigate and the recipes are always top notch.

I download this and I cant even see it on my phone!!

I have not ordered this magazine and do not want to be charged for it as in the past

Every time I try to download the June/July issue it says there is a download error and to check my connection! There is nothing wrong with my connection! Im even currently hooked up to wifi!

Strange things happening with Taunton. Latest FC mag would not download. Then app began to dump to IOS. Delete and reload. Pair with mag subscription. Same problem. Repeat. Paired. Now, not authorized to make purchase (FC only). Called Taunton. Never heard of such a problem. Solution suggested: call Apple. Let the finger pointing begin. When the app worked it worked well. Now for me, useless. Also Fine Woodworking is having graphic bugs. As I described them, Taunton never heard of that problem either. One app bad I can work with. But the second one getting buggy: a trend. Addendum: deleted and re-downloaded again. Invoked the app which then disappeared from the screen. Apple store now indicates that its there to open but its now assumed the characteristics of an invisible app! Dont want to go through a complete iOS reload. And it may be an iOS problem. Decision time. Taunton apps are the only ones giving me a hard time.

Installed app on new iPad and paid for subscription. App will not open. Tried to uninstall/reinstall, tried to reboot, tried to contact apple to file a complaint and receive a refund with no success. Dont waste your time or money!

I downloaded the app a while ago and I love having the magazine on my iPad. I did experience a similar problem as other reviewers in that the latest issue download failed and told me to connect to WiFi. I emailed the help desk and they were so helpful and diagnosed the problem as being low memory on my iPad. I took off some of the photos and videos stored and it worked just fine after that. Thank you so much for the technical support,a even though it wasnt your fault. Im now back to normal and testing out new recipes on my family every week.

Just downloaded and input my print customer number. Paired successfully but crashes every time I open. Deleted, duplicated process, same outcome.

I cannot open this App!! Downloading errors. Cant even get to a help screen. Just takes me back to my iPads home screen. I have deleted and reinstalled. This is my favorite magazine subscription.

This app crashes and freezes way too often. Support requests via e-mail are never answered.

I want to re-iterate what was just said. It is very sad that a fine print magazine cannot be current with technology. I have tried using this many times on my iPad and it continues to crash. It is extremely disappointing.

Where is the sample issue with the app? I had to buy.

I have been a fan of Fine Cooking for many, many years. When it arrives in my mailbox, I read it cover-to-cover. I love the articles, tips, how-tos and, of course, the recipes. But they have failed to successfully optimize all of this excellent content for digital - and particularly mobile - consumption. All this really is is a digital edition of the magazine. And they have made the same exact mistake so many print pubs make (or used to make) with their digital efforts: They take content designed for the print format and, more or less, slap it down as-is onto a digital platform, rather than redesigning the content for the digital medium, keeping in mind the user experience. All they would have to do is ask themselves, "How do our readers want to use this content digitally?" In virtually all cases, the answer will just not be the same as it would be for the print medium - even when youre taking about the exact same content. What I really get the magazine for are the recipes. And unfortunately, this app just does not do what I want it to, which is compile all the recipes into one simple, navigable interface so I can search for what recipe I want or by ingredient, type of dish, etc. - or just browse all of the recipes without having to go on and out of different issues and without having to zoom in and out on a recipe index "page." I mean, if I know what issue a certain recipe is in, I can just go pull it off my bookshelf. I love you, Fine Cooking. But, as-is, this is a useless app.

I just found Fine Cooking today, and I immediately started saving recipes to my new account! I was so excited I couldnt stop searching. The wealth of recipes is fabulous! Then I saw the app, and immediately downloaded it. Thats where my excitement fizzled. Why cant I access all the recipes I saved? This app is 100% useless unless you have a subscription. Id have happily paid for the app if I could get to my recipe box. I was also considering ordering a subscription too, until I read all the reviews for the app. There isnt a way to save and search for recipes? How am I supposed to remember what issue a recipe is in? So very sad. The only way for me to get to the recipes I saved is to access them via the website. I was greatly hoping to be able to take my iPhone with me to the grocery store and shop from a recipe list within the app. I had such high hopes for this app. Im so very disappointed now. Im not much of a print reader anymore, but being to access that wealth of recipes on the go would have been priceless to me. Id have paid for the app and a subscription to get it.

App does not work after you buy a subscription. Either a bug or a scam. Either way, I am down 30 dollars and very angry.

This is just a copy of each print magazine page and, because the copy is one inch shorter than the iPad screen, the type and photos are small. The resolution is not equal to the clarity of the retina display so this is a digital copy rather than a digital "edition". The price of this subscription is the same as the print plus digital subscription price which makes little sense considering that the digital quality is far inferior to the print magazine quality.

I downloaded the most recent update, and like the other reviewers Im unable to launch the app. Ive gone through multiple troubleshooting activities, and the app still crashes. Ive also downloaded the app on my ipad mini and it crashes on that device as well. I cannot recommend that anyone purchase this app at this time.

Unfortunately, the app crashes soon after it is opened. I only have a digital subscription and cannot access it. Hopefully, its fixed quickly.

Love the magazine and the app keeps it with me always. Easy to navigate.