FORTUNE Magazine Reviews

by Rhodegia

Great articles. Emails are pointless because there’s no app a subscriber can go to and utilize those articles. I click an email link and get errors, or have to log in to their website in order to read an article. Going to put my sub on pause until management steps up to 2022 tech. My iPhone 12 has had nothing but problems with FORTUNEMagazine. Needs major updates. Once again. Material and articles are great, this is a review on technology.

by $RUM

I'm disappointed Fortune didn't get it's ducks in a row before releasing FORTUNEMagazine. The sign-up process is buggy requiring 3 tries before it would recognize my print account. Then after it finally did recognize my account it asked for a password to be set up. This process returned an error saying I needed to include at least one number and one letter in my password (which was already in the password)

10 minutes and 7 tries later it finally accepts the password, gives me access and allows me to download the desired issue. Of course the issue died halfway through. And low and behold upon reentering FORTUNEMagazine it again did not recognize that my account had already been set-up and asked me to set it up again. Waste another 30 minutes on my life? Thanks but no thanks. Fortune you need your QA people to do a better job of test driving FORTUNEMagazine before launching...

How annoying was this UX? I went ahead and cancelled my print subscription too.

by MJKapp

FORTUNEMagazine has too many serious shortcomings to be released by anybselfrespecting publisher that wants to be taken seriously in the digital age. 1) no digital subscriptions available. 2) prices for individual copies still from the paper age 3) can't download while doing other things, so you have to sit there and stare at the screen while it downloads (you could read a hard copy in that time). 4) Crashes just before it's done downloading 5) will not continue downloading where it left off, has start all over again. Not a usable app. I wish Time would just make it's magazines available on Zinio. :-(

by Alvicoca

I love the Fortune magazine. I have been subscribed for most of the last 20 years and then it with me to assignments around the world. I just cannot understand that a company that lives by telling us the trends of the modern world, just do not seem to get digital. I decided to come back to the magazine with some of their recent communications on the new platform. I subscribed from my phone and that application seems to work great.

Next, I came to my iPad Pro and the horror story started. The iPhone app does not properly resize for the iPad. I had not seen that experience since the very beginnings of the iPad. Then I found FORTUNEMagazine. It just does not recognize my user id and password (the very same that works on the iPhone app).

Sincerely, I do not get why you cannot have one single app with an adaptable interface...

by Atawakkol

There is no way I can even judge the content and it's interactivity. I'm a Fortune reader for a long time now and I know the quality of the content, but with FORTUNEMagazine, there is no way on earth I could even get to the point to judge the content with the extra value of interactivity. I purchased the latest issue from inside FORTUNEMagazine (that is the only way) and since then I have been struggling to download it - endless time with an annoying message box telling me "Attention An Unknown error has occurred". And when it finally downloaded - that took hours of trials - it changed to installing and the same ugly message started coming up time after time with no success what so ever in installing it. Stuck so far at this stage and all what I get is: "Attention, An Unknown error has occurred."
Its double waste, Money and Time. can't believe the released such an experience. Don't download FORTUNEMagazine, and if you download don't waste your money buying any issues.

by JaneSoy.11.10.2014

I use to read the magazine on my iPad. FORTUNEMagazine was never up to par, but it was readable. With arrival of iPhone 6 Plus, it becomes obviously that Fortune do not care at all about their digital addition (the same reviews are all over kindle store). The boxes with small text size is useless for any reasonable reading. I wonder if there was any testing before FORTUNEMagazine was released - not likely. I also question how/why FORTUNEMagazine with no quality is certified for Apple Store...
Fortune need to look at digital addition like VF, if they want to be around.
If there is no update in a near future they will lose subscribers - my auto renewal option was turned off before writing of this review :)

by #dissatisfied

Signed up for trail through iTunes. Unable to access content and app doesn’t recognize my user id or ability to restore from iTunes. Also asking from a print version 10 digit account, I don’t have a print version with a label. VERY FRUSTRATING

by Rjg Buckeye

Long time subscriber- somehow subscription lapsed. Thought I renewed 11/20. Even though cc renewal finally went thru and just recd Feb issue still unable to access my digital copy. Looking through comments may be a common theme. Many attempts with help desk.

by Farad23

Tried several times to restore my purchase but FORTUNEMagazine simply doesn’t work. I switched over to new phone and was trying to restore my purchase but after many attempts I gave up. You can see there have been many reviews describing the issue that FORTUNEMagazine having but I can’t understand why don’t they make FORTUNEMagazine better.

by Blumenbach

At $5 an issue for the digital copy, traditional print publishers are making themselves sitting ducks for up and coming startup publishers, a la Huffington Post, who will know how to leverage the iPad platform. If they don't adapt to this new world of digital, they're going to whither away (as they have been) with freebie Websites.

Fortune, here's how you do it (from the Basic Business 101 textbook): you build your iPad reader base at, say, a $1.50 or $2 an issue. At this low price point, you are getting them used to paying (which is about as convenient as it gets with iTunes). You then actively gather user input from your readers, progressively optimizing your new digital magazine for this powerful platform. Readers become increasingly devoted to Fortune as new features and 'wow factor' elements are added. As readership grows, you gradually introduce modest price increases (from, say, $1.50 to $1.99 and up). Make sure you don't alienate your readers by the price increases, and do so only to get your bottom line profits to acceptable levels.

That's it, it's not rocket science! What you need to do is get rid of the old fuddy duddies in your management ranks who are clueless about this strategy. Bring in young people who are devotees of people like Steven Jobs, management leaders who do get it. It's ironic that I'm having to tell a magazine like Fortune about how it's done, but you clearly need help!

by Florida Terry

the table of contents link at the bottom of FORTUNEMagazine takes you to the publisher's message, not a table of contents. I can't find a TOC. I know everyone's seeking a "new publishing paradigm" and all, but I don't want to have to scroll through a huge set of thumbnails to guess at what's where. Am i missing something? (comments based on the free sample issue). And I think speccing an article in underlined italic is a mistake (see pp 42-43 of the sample issue). Bring me new stuff, but don't abandon things we've learned from the past.

And if Apple wants to see publishers succeed, it better offer them an acceptable way to sell subscriptions, not costly individual issues. In this instance, something apple should have learned from publishing's past.

Lastly, I assumed (I know, I know...) the mag issues would show up in iBooks, which I (again) assumed would become the central "library" for my books and mags--I've even loaded some digital camera manuals into iBooks. My sample Fortune issue did not appear on iBooks' shelves.

by Codamatrix

What a shame...off to the economist

by SocialmediaNYC

Overall FORTUNEMagazine is good but it would be very helpful if you were able to highlight and save selected articles to folders or 'favorites' files. I have been a print subscriber for many years and tear out and highlight articles I may want to reference later about retirement, home finance and so on. While I like FORTUNEMagazine I have ultimately given up on it and gone back to print. If they added this functionality then FORTUNEMagazine would be perfect (the same goes for the TIME and Money mag apps).

by C.P. Ross

Overall, this is a solid app that I frequently use to read the magazine. App updates are still needed and slow coming.

Good: The iPad edition of magazine contains enhanced ("bonus") multimedia content. Issue file sizes are more reasonable than many other magazines. Tablet optimized pagination supports both vertical and landscape orientation - this is more than just a PDF-style conversion of the magazine. Also, print subscribers can use FORTUNEMagazine at no additional cost. (Thanks!)

Needs improvement: Six months after the iOS 5 release, there is still no Newsstand or background downloading support. Some text appears a little choppy, as if low resolution. In-app subscriptions need to be available at prices competitive to the print edition.

by ScottJGoldman

From a sheer aesthetic perspective I believe that FORTUNEMagazine is emblematic of the way an iPad app should look. It is clear, simple to navigate, colorful and easy to read. The problem arises when trying to share, print or search in FORTUNEMagazine. Those functions are non-existent. How a publication of this stature does not provide a Twitter link or the ability to email a link to someone is beyond me. More importantly, there is no search function whatsoever. This alone disqualifies it from a four or five star rating.

Fortune is on the right track here. If you read the paper version of the publication with any regularity you will probably enjoy the iPad version, too. However it needs some significant improvement before this reviewer will give it four or five stars.

by Viber Fanfan

I was trying to find the investment guide in FORTUNEMagazine and to my surprise you cannot read it in FORTUNEMagazine . It is only accessible through a browser, kind of missing the point of having an app , although the newest version is better than the last revamp.

by Oso Rubito

Reading Fortune on the iPad or the iPad mini is better than having a copy of the magazine in from of you. Beautiful artwork and it runs great and once you have a magazine downloaded you don't need a network connection to view the magazine. I would give a five star rating except for the fact that this application is does not have a version optimized to a small screen like iPhone 6. However I actually can read it even on my iPhone 6, although the font is a little small on that device.

by Ceedub123456789

First of all, thank you for letting me use my paper subscription. That took this from a 1 star app to a 4. Now I have a small nit picky issue before it's a 5 star. Unless I am missing something, you can't download an issue in the background. You have to sit there and watch it download, otherwise it pauses. This is more than mildly annoying. Fix this, and I am in financial reading heaven!

by Roland Recommends

Not sure why FORTUNEMagazine has so many bad reviews. My experience is fast downloads of huge magazine files (30-60 seconds per full issue), read while downloading feature which is very cool,and easy to restore purchases in the Library by clicking the settings gear icon in the upper right corner of the screen and entering your Apple ID after clicking the Restore Purchases button.

Don't let the bad reviews scare you off. This is a great app!

by Robilton

I got FORTUNEMagazine specially for the latest issue but ended up just signing up for a year print subscription for 20$ because it came with the digital copies! Once FORTUNEMagazine is open and you get your issue, it is 100% the best way to read a magazine, it is weird to say, but even the advertisements are not intrusive and they almost go right along with the articles.

The integration of the articles with videos and stock quotes is simply fantastic along with ease of navigation to and from articles. I can not say enough about how great FORTUNEMagazine really is because this is the direction that magazines should be heading and everyone else should take after it!

FORTUNEMagazine had 4 and a half stars until a ton of people couldnt download an issue, so dont let those negative reviews hurt your experience. I am sure the developer knows that there is an issue with the downloading of one of the magazines and will have it fixed shortly. Once you get this downloaded it is a simply wonderful experience.

by Vlshankar

I cannot download the latest edition of the magazine as FORTUNEMagazine is not recognizing my subscription. I have logged out multiple times, logged back and still cannot download the magazine!

by Reviewing From The Heart

It bugs down every time a magazine is released.

I have a subscription and never lets me read the new magazine. Always tries to make me buy it individually.

I call the customer services and they don’t know what to do. Send you all over the place and don’t solve your issue.

It just doesn’t work.

by Chimddy

I have a valid subscription but cannot access new issues. Please fix

by Hazanan

Been a subscriber for a long time. FORTUNEMagazine is terrible...even the updated versions. Don’t waste your time with it. You would expect better from Fortune Magazine.

by Escary

With the latest app I have write to technical support to download the current publication. I tried all of their recommendations from syncing to logging out and back in again and retrying a day or two later. For me the “improvements” to the customer experience is such an enhancement that I don’t get an opportunity to read what pay for. It’s frustrating as I have been a long time subscriber - it’s nearly as frustrating as my Sunset magazine subscription- there technical support does not exist, well they never respond to my email for help.

by Jeff Gerth

With every new issue of the magazine I have to contact customer support to access the issue. Every time they respond, and I’m able to get the issue. But they refuse to acknowledge or fix the core problem, which is the need to contact them for every new magazine. Why don’t you address this .

by Jem57

I am a print and digital subscriber that has never been able to log into FORTUNEMagazine . I reached to support and they weren’t able to help. This has been going on ever since Meredith bought them. I keep seeing ads about the great new Fortune app, website, and magazine. I think they have some work to do on the customer experience part.

by Wodonnell

I’ve been a loyal reader of fortune for 20 years, however their app is terrible. Every month I run into issues downloading the current issue and have to communicate with their customer service multiple times. It baffles my mind that they can’t figure out in a digital world how to create even a mediocre customer experience. It’s beyond frustrating.

by GT COS

Every month my subscription is not synced & FORTUNEMagazine wants me to pay for the issue even though I am a subscriber.

by Malts20

Each issue is a problem. I have to contact customer support to download each issue. It is a pain.

by Frankcheung2012

I have done all the possibilities to download the jul magazine, but in my labs just the olders....couldn’t believe FORTUNEMagazine...

by Monj23

The fact that I cannot click on toc list to get to an article is super archaic.

by Smockrunner

FORTUNEMagazine usually works great to navigate the magazine but it has not downloaded iTunes new issues multiple times which requires me to logout delete FORTUNEMagazine and restart. Eventually they come back but it’s annoying...my only app concern. Other than that it’s very well constructed...

by The Albert' File

Thank you for all of the informations.
Great magazine! Such a rare gem nowadays in a world of fake news!
Way to go now and in the future!