Country Living UK Reviews

Just had to shift from the kindle version of the digital magazine to CountryLivingUK made by the magazine itself. Baffling that it is this awkward to use when kindle already made a digital interface that is perfect for iPads. Why change it? Downward swipe to go through articles and then right left swipe to turn pages, doesn’t seem to save the page you were on, doesn’t show pictures or blurbs for the articles in the table of contents so it’s hard to navigate. Really unfortunate. All the hearst apps are terrible in this way.

Content remains amazing but CountryLivingUK is shockingly bad for the price of the year subscription. Shame on you. Go work on your interface.

As several others have written in their reviews, CountryLivingUK is not updating to the September issue. Using CountryLivingUK support link takes you to Hearst magazine support and they say it’s an Apple problem.

I can no longer can access issues I have already paid for. WHY!
I will not consider paying for this service again if not corrected.

There is an error with CountryLivingUK and the magazine no longer opens to the cover. There is a list and on selection of an article, one can then flips back through pages to start at the cover. This error in CountryLivingUK detracts from the pleasure of reading cover to cover. Additionally all historical issues are no longer downloaded and available offline. What a tiresome time it has been to download years of issues.
Please resolve these items.
Thank you.

I guess I’m not alone and other people are not getting the September issue.
I contacted Hearst and got no help! Kept referring me to Apple, they assumed it was a subscription issue and didn’t read my email properly. Finally got a reply saying they were looking into it and to try CountryLivingUK in a few days, well its now a week later and still no Sept issue. Question, will the October issue show up???

App not updating!

There is a problem with CountryLivingUK — the September and October issues are not available. It stopped updating after the August issue. Customer service claimed that if I reloaded CountryLivingUK it would be “fixed”, but it is not. Please fix!

App is not updating. Never received September issue. I’ve sent at least 10 emails with no success. They either send me to Apple or say “they are looking into it.” Probably just a bot response. I’ll be cancelling my subscription.

Can not zoom in anymore and turning pages back brings you to a black and white list that you have to try and figure out where you were. What is going on?

I was so glad to find CountryLivingUK in 2020 when I was completely unable to get my hands on an actual copy of my favorite magazine. Once I started being able to find paper copies, I wasn’t able to get them consistently, so I would download those issues. I was able to see which ones I had purchased previously, and able to zoom in on images to be able to see what would normally be in a much larger version. I can no longer do either. Please put it back the way it was! The updated version is so disappointing!!!

For some reason I have been unable to acces the latest issue. I cancelled a renewal after getting no help, signed up for a new one but had exactly the same problem and was again bounced around from the magazine and apple and advised to do what I had already done and reported, namely deleted and reinstalled CountryLivingUK and shut down my iPad.

CountryLivingUK is not updating but September and October are available on ZINIO??

Like another reviewer, would not have upgraded had it been made clear up front that any issues bought more than 12 months ago, would no longer be available in CountryLivingUK upgrade. Is it possible to restore the old version?
Love this magazine and it's a horrible loss of a few years of digital editions and many saved/bookmarked pages.
Stopped buying the print magazine to build a virtual library and save space at home. This is making me reconsider going back to print.
Was getting ready to re-read all of the old holiday issues and favorited pages for baking and decorating inspiration. All gone.

Great magazine

I’ve been subscribing to this magazine on iPad for 6 years without problems, but CountryLivingUK stopped updating in August. I emailed Hearst Publications for help but they said I’d need to contact Apple since I purchased in Apple’s App Store. Apple told me my subscription is up to date so there’s no reason on their end for me to not get the magazine. They told me to contact app developer (Hearst) but Hearst didn’t help me and referred me back to Apple. There is also no link here to App Support. Very frustrating! I cancelled the subscription. I’ll just read it for feee at my library.

Not dumbed down like US magazines. IPAD app works well.

Country Living UK is wonderful. I’m glad the through-the-cracks glitch was miraculously resolved. Hearst Publishing said it was Apple’s problem; Apple assured me it was Hearst’s. Regardless, a few days later, my digital issues appeared. I am HAPPY!!!! A bit confused, but utterly happy.

Update:
I’ve been patiently waiting for my September issue to appear. It should have appeared by early August at the latest, and it has not. I renewed my subscription, thinking maybe that was the problem, but still no September. Based on the cover, it looks like a great issue!

When I tried to get help, I couldn’t “send” my complaint! My only available option was “cancel,” which is what I’ll do if this isn’t resolved soon! No matter how great the digital version of this magazine is, it’s no good, if you can’t access it after you’ve paid for it!

Is anyone addressing the issue of CountryLivingUK not updating??????

Moments of joy every time I read Country Living.

It’s so relaxing to curls up with Country Living and dream of a country house, and sketch out ideas for meals and gardens.

Put me down as another who can't access the September issue. What's going on Hearst? Is this a ploy to get us to join that Porch club thingie?

I am happy to be able to download the latest two issues. Thanks to customer support. I love this magazine and hated to be without It!

I love this magazine it is far superior than the U.S. version even the paper is better quality. Now I subscribe to the digital version. I love reading about the countryside and seeing the beautiful cottages. The recipes are great too. Well done!

The September and October issues finally arrived a month late but now CountryLivingUK will not restore the previous issues bought through a subscription that I’ve had for years. Let’s fix CountryLivingUK once and for all and make it work like it should. Too frustrating for words...

Great photography. Lovey articles!
One of my favorites!