L'ancienne app Paris Match Reviews

by Tiburonca

I bought an edition several weeks ago, but with the update, I've lost it. Contacted customer support twice and they told me to remove and re-download LancienneappParisMatch , the go to account>restore. It just gives me an error.

by Jtouchpad

Unfortunately Paris Match has abandoned its previous iPad interactive version which was amazing. It probably could not justify the cost of continuing to produce a truly digital version of this magazine. So now it has taken a giant leap backwards to a dull printout out of the magazine. What is lost? The ability to click on an image and see it in high resolution. With a printout you have to pinch and zoom to see a pixelated version of an image. The interactive version had no advertising. Now, with the printout, you see every ad. The interactive version had media links to video and music which was awesome. In the printout version, they have QR codes, which is ironic because they are useless as they are meant for a physical magazine! A lot of thought also went into the formatting and navigation in the interactive version which gave it a special feel. Too bad Paris Match, you had a great thing going and now all your digital subscribers lose.

by Citeprince

One shot, typically in the French attitude : ultra-glam setup, but absolutely no follow-up. After more than one month, LancienneappParisMatch is still offering the same content as at day 1. Who ever said that Paris Match is about NEWS ? Wake up guys !
By the way, I AM French...

by Arizonien

I just updated my PM app and the issues I owned have disappeared. Also, when I look at the list of available issues, I can' t find the 10 year anniversary issue of 9-11 which I had purchased. Finally, the aid button in LancienneappParisMatch does not seem to do anything...

by Dr_punditington

Since this has been updated, clicking on most of the options causes a text box to pop up with a message which seems to translate from French as "The topic has not yet been downloaded. The subject is automatically downloaded when you access the network." What is that supposed to mean? If I was not "accessing the network" at all, then why would some of the options work?

by Vnjdnd

I love the magazine. The ipad edition is excellent and well designed. Now comes the big issue. Since i installed the latest version of LancienneappParisMatch . It costantly crashes. Gives me the red and black paris match page then back to the newstand soooooooo frustrating. I have a subscription and so much look forward to new issues......

by FlyingGS

iPad is all about instant access.... 2 days to download a magazine is simply unacceptable. At least download those heavy adds last!

by Emck8

I tried LancienneappParisMatch but the articles don't seem to want to load and the content is not refreshed that often too bad because it would be nice to read Paris match.

by NITA13579

Three stars because we lie the magazine. 0 stars to the developer for response.
We are avid readers of this magazine and have a subscription. When we have been requested to pay for an issue, while subscription still in force, LancienneappParisMatch store suggested we write the developer. After three communications to the developer the only response was from a machine acknowledging receipt. What an unprofessional behavior.

by Lrbgt

I love the application, and the content is great, but the download of the latest issue (June 23rd) is almost impossible. It stops, and restarts in another section, I have been at it for more than 20 hours and have only half the magazine. Download should be for the whole issue, not parts of it.

by Scurvy Chaser

Make your own decision on content—which I enjoy—but the navigation is terrific, chiefly because of the horizontal ‘band’ that you pull down from the top of the page that allows an easy way to leaf through the magazine. Enjoyable to use.

by AlwaysSmiling;-)

I can’t read it regularly. Tried to buy one Special and one magazine but it won’t download even so it took payment to be confirmed :-((

by Mapp 29

Je suis abonnée depuis plus d’un an via Apple, aucun soucis jusqu’à deux semaines en arrière, impossible de restaurer les achats ou de télécharger les numéros, même si je suis bel et bien débité. J’ai envoyé un e-mail une semaine en arrière et pas de nouvelles... Merci de faire suite.

by Paulbterry

Paris Match is clearly leading the way for magazines of the new millennium. This eMag is fun and engaging.

When can I subscribe?

by Jeff Jawer

Merci Match. The download problems were fixed and I've got the entire beautiful magazine to read. Great job!

by Toopax

The pictures would be worth the five stars alone, but the videos and the ways to browse between articles makes it a must have app. Great job.

by MLV

I enjoyed Paris Match's approach of the iPad. Their design is elegant, almost intuitive navigation - I like discovering links or additional info within an article. Obviously this is not the full newsstand version but the article selection was interesting. Congratulations!

by Hans Blix

The design of the magazine is simply outstanding. I downloaded LancienneappParisMatch just to see the design. Other news apps have much to learn from LancienneappParisMatch. I wish they also had the English version. Download just for heck of it to see an app designed with French creativity.

by Ricardo Kanaka

I used to read Paris Match as a French student, and always enjoyed the photojournalism format. I've long wanted to subscribe to the magazine in recent years, so I am pleasantly surprised to see this free app. It sounds like this is their first foray into app-dom, with more ambitions for the future. Brush up on your French and enjoy the cool photos.

by Kat84

I'm not sure how they intend to deliver more content in the future, will they update LancienneappParisMatch with the next edition or will I have to get a new app (which would be cumbersome). However sustainability issues aside I really enjoyed my time with Paris Match. There were only a small number of stories but these were beautifully done. They featured lovely photos and some interesting commentary, if you speak french. The slideshows, with music, were well done too, however the speed between transitions may be too quick for some non-native speakers to read the captions. I particularly liked that it clearly was adapted to a unique iPad oriented presentation, with everything laid out visually on a single screen to start. It wasn't, just a print publication digitized. Especially given the price it is worth a try for some beautiful photographs and a chance to practice French.