Guitar World Magazine Reviews

Crashes constantly and can’t access content.

80

I don’t know what the problem is, but they just can’t get it correct. I feel Customer Service, is not doing it’s job. I’m thinking about canceling permanently. I can’t download any of my digital edition copies. Absolutely ridiculous.

I bought the pdf subscription online, and apparently the only way to access my magazines are through GuitarWorldMagazine. Yet there is no way to login to my guitar world account on GuitarWorldMagazine so I cannot access my magazines!!!

These issues used to come with 4-5 song transcriptions of current songs. For example, if Petrucci was on the cover, they would have a transcription of one of the new Dream Theater songs. Seems like they are just recycling transcriptions from the past.

Launches and immediately crashes and now I can't access a magazine I purchased to read on my computer. Nice one. Same thing with Guitar World, btw.

I've been a Guitar World subscriber since the beginning, literally, when I used to wait each month for Guitar For the Practicing Musician and Guitar World issues to come, and both grew up on it and taught myself how to play guitar with it.

Guitar World has been a part of my life for the better part of two decades. After I upgraded to iOS 5, I was having a look around newsstand or whatever it's called for Revolver and Guitar World, and was TOTALLY stoked when I saw Guitar World.

Immediately paid for a year subscription to compliment my print subscription.....

BUT first flag went up when it says FREE and not jack is free...deceit right out of the gate, and complete false advertising. Strike one.

Then, as I made my way through the clunky interface and began downloading the first issue with much anticipation, when I began to navigate the first issue, I was underwhelmed to say the least. As a few of the other reviews have said, it simply the pages of the magazine scanned in. The pages are a bit slow to render, and it's a big disappointment to say the least. An interface like People Magazine, or something taking advantage of the rich features that could be possible would make this an incredible publication. Instead, it's an underwhelming dissapointment, and I'm considering a refund, as much as I don't want to.

Buyer beware after years of being a loyal reader, o suddenly lost all my magazines. I had purchased all back issues and was up to date. Contacted support and we are now 10 emails over 2 weeks in and they are not able to restore my purchases. Customer support is non-existent

If I could access my digital subscription it would be awesome!

This might be the worst, most useless magazine app I’ve ever seen. An absolute waste of time. Use the website...

No real support, lose all your past issues, no phone contact for United Kingdom who controls GuitarWorldMagazine . No fixes. Apple will not get involved with this as many reviews complain of App Failures and lost already paid for issues. Downloads gone, not in the cloud. Emails of dozens take days and days to get a non fix response, then days pass before another non fixed response. Screen shots sent fail to get delivered, mail box full is response , or logs go to another Future company that says not them yet on App Future is main name of App and help menu asks for log and controls where it goes ? They must believe we Americans are idiots !! Apple needs to shut this one down. Enough of this 3rd party hide behind, your customers are being robbed of paid for content !!!! Stay away from all their Guitar Magazine Apps from My Magazines Direct and Future Publishing Apps !!! APPLE HELP US !!!! No real support at all, things go from bad to worse when you email. Their help inside apps that instructs what to do crashes you and you lose more issues. I have 2iPads, different versions, problems are on both and on their Guitar apps only, more sofistcated software works well, stupid magazine dumb app fails. The editors of these magazines , the advertisers all should also be ashamed of their loyal customer base being ripped off. App needs a total overhaul or shut down refunding all. There are plenty of reviews all with same app problems...What will it take ? Class action lawsuit possibly ? Lastly receipts from purchases to prove you paid are links that go no where all of a sudden. Until fixed if ever save your money.

App crashes too much. Can’t view magazines offline

When GuitarWorldMagazine actually works it’s ok

If you really want to read GW on an iPad, then buy a separate iPad for each copy you download. (Forget the iPhone version as the issues are unreadable on the small screen.)
If instead you want Guitar World with a good user face, then your only option is to buy the print version. With the print version, you can clip the tabs you like for convenient use, quickly flip through the issue to find that page that grabs you, and keep multiple copies on hand for easy reference.
NONE of this is possible with this clunky app. It is dreadful. On top of that, new issues cost $8 each, yet you get less than what the print version offers.
I gave GuitarWorldMagazine 2 starts instead of 1 because no matter what your taste is, GW always has content to offer. But GuitarWorldMagazine version is a huge disappointment.

Being a paper subscriber I am highly disappointed that wasn't able to transfer my subscription. So, I purchased one magazine to test it out. (it's not like 8 bucks ever killed anyone). The digital version seems to hold true to the paper edition, but with the CD or other special content not included, you're not getting your monies worth.

For now, I'll leave the 3 star rating until those two issues are resolved. And once they are I'll gladly give a 5-star rating and continue my subscription exclusively on the digital format.

P.S. to the users complaining about GuitarWorldMagazine being "free", you make a moot point. It sounds like to me you would rather them make you pay for the reader app AND then purchase issues once inside. No? I thought you might say that. So until the checker at 7-11 forces you to pay a dollar to just LOOK at the magazine, I would say it's a pretty straightforward system. Cheers!

Says my subscription is active. Wants more money for the next issue. Lame.

I used it and it helped me alot

I haven't been able to read the past four months worth of magazines and am getting quite fed up. Even before recently it was hit or miss with fingers crossed as to whether or not it would open. I've had an iPad subscription to this mag for a long time. Fix it. Just fix it. Future PLC's magazine app for ImagineFX, which I subscribe to also, was finally fixed a few months ago, as it always crashed as well. It's ridiculous that people have to complain for months to get anyone to work on an app that already wasn't terribly complicated nor functional.

App has gliches, pages do not always load well, links do not work....It's a real drag as I used to love the original GW with all its gear reviews and demos...sadly, it's gone, and replaced with a digital version that has less material, no gear demos like before and the magazine is poorly edited. Last couple issues several of the links did not work. I sent an email to customer service and the guy wanted exact page numbers...he said he could not do anything unless I told him the exact pages that have problems. WHY do I have to do the editors job? He is still asleep at the wheel as this month's August issue has page 166 repeated at page 168 and the end of the EVH interview (page 168) is missing/not finished. Editor: If you are reading this THE MISTAKE IS ON PAGE 168.

GuitarWorldMagazine is so cool👍🏻

Lousy app design and terrible support means I can no longer access the issues that I purchases through two years of subscriptions. Asked GW for a refund. They said Apple handles that. Apple refused the refund so I am basically out of the money I spent on two years worth of subscriptions. At least with the paper issue, I would still have my copies.

The way my issue was handled made it clear that digital subscriptions to magazines are not superior to traditional paper types. Due to an atrociously poorly developed app (Guitar World) I'm unable to acces past issues that I should own. With Apple saying I can't get a refund, I'm basically out the cost of two years worth of subscriptions.
I also like how if you do something wrong when writing a review, it makes you start over.

I'm not sure how to rate GuitarWorldMagazine if it's going to tell me to pay for an issue I already paid for once. I suppose if I subscribe, the same thing will happen? From what I can see in other reviews, GuitarWorldMagazine works on iPads & iPhones, but not iPod touch. Very disappointed :-(
No where do I see it is not compatible /W iPod. So happy for those of u that have it on ur iPads, but those of us with other iOS devices are SOL. I am not complaining about a free issue that is not free, cuz one must buy an issue or a subscription in order to download the "free" issue. The whole idea we have about the "free" issue is to see if 1. Will it work on our iOS device, and 2. Will we like what we see? Well, it doesn't, and I don't. That is NOT worth $7.99 US dollars! Avoid GuitarWorldMagazine like the plague and stick to your print issues!

This is great and I subscribed for a year but they haven't given us the newest issue yet!! The newest issue is the one with Hendrix on it and I've been able to buy it at my local grocery store for a week now but was waiting for it to come to my iPad since I subscribed, but nothing yet!! I thought subscribing this way would bring the issues to me a little quicker or at least the same time the stores get them, but I don't know what's up and I'm not gonna go buy it at the store when I already paid for my newsstand subscription version. I would give it 5 stars if they were more on top of it and didn't leave us hanging. Get it together Guitar World! I've been buying this magazine for 20 years!! Where is the new friggin issue already?!

I had previous issues with my subscription and even after downloading the 1.2 update, I was still being asked to purchase subsequent issues as they hit the Newsstand. My iPad was updated but after manually syncing and pushing through iCloud, my iPhone was still 'pay-per-issue'. After reporting a the problem to iTunes, Guitar World and Future Publishing (all to no avail), I gave a two-star rating (even though I praised the magazine & app's look & functionality). Anyone having the same problem should take the time to use the HELP tutorial button. Anyway - Great mag! Amazing on iPad! Buy it!

It comes with a free back issue so I don't know what people are complaining about. Download GuitarWorldMagazine , download the free issue and see if you like it. If you do then you can in-app purchase the latest or subscribe for a year.

GuitarWorldMagazine renders an excellent facsimile of the paper magazine. The graphics are awesome. Nothing seems to be lost reading it on an iPad. The file for each magazine must be huge (which is understandable) - the free one took about 10 minutes to download through wifi.

If you like the magazine (which I do very much) then you will not be disappointed with GuitarWorldMagazine.