Edge magazine Reviews

Edge is a good publication with thoughtful, articulate writing. However, after two years of subscribing to Edgemagazine and dealing with numerous issues trying to keep the downloaded issues on my phone, I decided to warn others considering subscribing about my experiences with the digital publication.

I am using an Iphone 11 Pro Max with software version 14.7.1. Edgemagazine will often lose all of my downloaded issues forcing me to redownload the issues, which may or may not work. it has been so problematic the last few months I dread using it on my phone. Edgemagazine works more consistently on my iPad, but still has occasional problems (i.e. needing to "restore Apple Purchase" so it knows you subscribed, having to re-download issues, waiting many minutes for a single issue to download, Edgemagazine itself freezing during processing dowloads and more).

The Edge App is exactly like a game that has good ideas and art, but is (very) poorly executed.

Edgemagazine is absolutely worth the digital subscription price to utilize. The magazine has a lot of interesting articles not just for the gamers, but for the tech-savvy in general. Edgemagazine makes navigating articles a breeze with hyperlinks from the table of contents and from within articles themselves.

Edge is more than a magazine, it's a way of life. I've been an avid reader for close to a decade. Not only has it become my single source for news and reviews, but it has dictated the games I choose to play. Suffice to say, I've never been disappointed. By the way, Nathan Brown is a beast!

I have been reading Edge for few years and I think that they are by far the best magazine out there. They treat video game as an art and the reviews marks are most of the time spot on. They have access to all the industry top influencer and it gives its readers a unique view of the industry.

Love Edgemagazine! I’m so happy the newest update supports the full iPad Pro screen! It really makes a difference. Great content, great app! I’ll be “Completing my Collection” today

Free trial doesn’t work. You’re supposed to get the latest subscriptions with the trial, however, it still prompts you to buy every issue. Future needs to fix this.

Works as intended.

The free trial isn’t actually free. I JUST WANT SILKSONG NEWS AAAAAAAA

Edge is an excellent magazine, but Edgemagazine has a few small problems. It's a little slow and buggy when starting up and downloading, but nothing too bad. The most glaring problem is that it doesn't remember your position unless it's still running through multitasking. If you have used it recently and it is still in RAM it will remember your position, but as soon as it is forced out of RAM it starts back at the first page. It shouldn't be hard to fix this, the kindle app had this ability way before multitasking was introduced.

These issues are small and don't detract much from the great content of the magazine. I would happily give Edgemagazine 5 stars if they fix it so it always remembers your location.

Despite its obvious strengths as a media platform, magazines are struggling to build a product that leverages the iPad's unique abilities. Too often we get little more than overblown PDFs with a sprinkling of touch interaction, or magazines crammed into the (very limited) confines of Adobe's publishing tools for iPad.

With its new incarnation, The Edge has come up with something that truly works. It's intuitive, fluid, well-considered and beautiful. And that's just the icing - the content is fantastic.

If you are a gamer and you enjoy a well-made, thoughtful product, getting a subscription to this magazine on your iPad is a no-brainer. You owe it to yourself, and the magazine is deserving of recognition for such a fantastic piece of work.

What a pleasure to be able to read Edge abroad at an affordable price, however one has to note that the reading experience is very basic, as close to pdf reading as you can imagine it to be, which can make it sometimes painful considering how much there can be in a page of this magazine. An enhanced iPad experience, even at an extra cost,would make a big difference!

The first thing I noticed about Edge Magazine when I started reading it in 1995 was the quantum leap in quality over other mags. Interviews were intelligent and frank, reviews were helpful even if you disagreed with the score, and the business aspects of gaming were as front and center as the games themselves.
Edge, particularly in the states, is a must-buy for the iPad, especially considering how much it costs to subscribe to the airmailed British hard copy. My only reservation would be to suggest the Zinio version over this one. The format is identical, plus a nice plain text "reader" option and the ability to view on a Mac or PC also.

This is a superb version of the magazine. I've subscribed to the printed edition of Edge for many years but it had got to the point where I didn't really read it any more. I downloaded a sample and was blown away by how much more useful it was. Games are a visual medium, this magazine exploits that to full effect with embedded videos and more screenshots. The added interactivity brings the articles to life and makes it a joy to read again. Plus for us folks who aren't in the UK it means we get the latest edition in a timely and reliable fashion.

This is exactly the sort of thing I bought an iPad for in the first place.

I have downloaded a lot of magazine apps and subscribed to their content before this one and I have to say, this one is top notch. I have read other reviews but that must've been before they went digital because there's videos here, there's no loading issues, there's really high res screen shots, things are animated. Looks really nice. Compared to the rest, this is what I expect an iPad magazine to look like. Something interactive, not just something to flip pages through. Their most recent issue is something to check out. Just give it a try

I will second the fact that the update lost track of all the issues I had already downloaded, 5GB. I tried to download issues i already had to see what happened, and it used additional space and didn't replace the issue already downloaded. I had to delete the application in order to free up all the used space. It will take me hours to download and install all the issues again. But I haven't redownloaded Edgemagazine . Edge has been a very nice app in the past. I hope there is an update to fix this.

With the plethora of gaming journalism online, few magazines are worth purchasing. This is definitely one of them.

However, there are a few issues with Edgemagazine that get in the way of enjoying this otherwise excellent magazine. The main issue is that it doesn't save my place in the issues, so if I close Edgemagazine or leave the issue, I have to scroll through the whole magazine to find my place again.

Another issue I have is the home page, which is where you buy all the issues. It is UGLY. I want to see all the issues I purchased displayed aesthetically, like the newsstand app, and separate from the storefront. I can be alerted to the fact there are new issues available without being forced into the store every time.

My ideal experience would be opening Edgemagazine in Newstand to immediately see all the issues I purchased on a similar shelf, then tap on an issue to be taken to the last place I left off.

From a superficial design point of view, everything looks really impressive and there is a definite "wow" effect the first time you see all the animations etc. But when you actually want to read the content, it becomes clear that the devs chose style over usability. Some of the main things that annoy me:
1) No landscape mode possible
2) No zooming possible
3) It's really inconvenient having to scroll text in a tiny box because some pictures at the bottom of the screen are static. Looks cool, but as Edgemagazine in general it's not very reader-friendly.

I am extremely impressed with the amount of effort that has been put in this magazine, it's layout, and original content. Price is right for the sheer quality and quantity of original content.

A couple of UI suggestions:
1. Speed up page to page transitions. Sometimes I feel like I'm waiting too long for page to animate before reading it.
2. Enlarge the 'x' target. I feel as if I have to tap it at least 2-3x before I close a picture.
3. Some film strips can be cumbersome to navigate. You have to close one and click on next photo instead of just swiping over.
4. Why is the cover in newsstand an advertisement?
5. It can sometimes be a little confusing knowing on what pages you need to scroll down for more content.

I contacted the guys who developed Blek with a question. I never thought I would get a response, but I did. In the response, there was a link to an article from Edge, that further answered my question.

What is the point of that long story? Well, it was really well-written and interesting. Deep and sincere. Not what I expected from techie magazine. I'm a new fan. The next thing I saw was about Red Dead Redemption! I was sold for life! :)

Most annoying bug - issue marked as unread though I've read long time ago. Decoration of app is not so fabulous too.
About the magazine - font size is too small for reading on tablet, I always have to zoom in, it's annoying.
But everything else is cool.

It is a shame that a great magazine like GAMES (TM) is swallowed by the publishers of EDGE. I suppose the only way they could beat GAMES was to buy and kill them.

DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THIS.

Content: I have been an avid reader of this magazine since it began in 1993. The reason why its the best gaming magazine, is the focus is more on the innovation of the gaming industry, rather than what's popular. This is noted by the fact that there have only been about 14 games to get a 10/10 rating!
If you want to know how the gaming industry is changing and what's on the horizon; this is the magazine for you. Price is $4.99 because its a UK magazine, but well worth the price for the articles.
Tech: Recently they fixed a few issues with the graphics and the annoying advertisement that appeared, instead of the cover in Newsstand.
The main problem - CONSTANT ZOOMING in order to read an article.
Fix it please and I would subscribe in a heartbeat; but for now I wait.