Fine Homebuilding Magazine Reviews

DO NOT - install FineHomebuildingMagazine you will loose all of your previous purchases and you will not be able to log in... please fix this...Update...called customer service several times, some functionality has been restored, then removed. App is still malfunctioning after many attempts...IMHO FineHomebuildingMagazine is poorly executed and poorly conceived.... very disappointed in an otherwise fine magazine. Take three after several calls to customer support, my previous purchases have still not been restored and now I cannot log in... FineHomebuildingMagazine is a mess...

I can barely differentiate sponsored content from member content. While the interface is littered with links to subscribe, it’s irritating as a member to have to scroll down to the bottom of a long pull down menu to log in every time I want to use FineHomebuildingMagazine , only to be directed to a website that returns an error.

FineHomebuildingMagazine seems designed to sell advertising and generate subscriptions, as a member, it’s just plain insulting. Why not make an app for members to conveniently access content to which they have subscribed?

I paid for my subscription on the website and went to sign in FineHomebuildingMagazine with my email as I was instructed to do and I cannot view the magazines without paying again. Hopefully when Monday comes their customer service can fix the problem..

I updated two months ago and lost all of my previous purchases and am still unable to log on, emailed customer service no response....great magazine but total amateur hour when it comes to FineHomebuildingMagazine

I like the new interface. Very responsive when interacting with magazine pages. Downloads seem faster too. Thanks!

Very slow, terrible navigation controls and web links to all of the stupid ads. Eventually you will accidentally click on one then there is no way to return to magazine beside killing FineHomebuildingMagazine !

Seems to be designed to sell ad space and develop internal revenue. Won't link to the account I just purchased, meaning that it's worthless to me as a mobile app.

Something happened with the latest update where FineHomebuildingMagazine now just crashes shortly after launching.

Don’t waste your time if you are a subscriber looking to download the ‘free’ app. I should have paid attention to the write-ups creating a rating of 1.3

This update is completely unsatisfactory. I have lost all my previous downloads and cannot view ANYTHING offline.

Be fully advised, I will be contacting your advertisers.

No matter what, they blame you and ask inane questions.

Read the reviews for the Fine Woodworking app ...all the same apply here!

FineHomebuildingMagazine does not work plus calls and emails to customers service are not responded to.

Worse than useless

app is useless, doesn’t recognize my subscription and asking to purchase every issue i try to read

Fix your app. Unreal.

So I made an assumption that there would be an account with FineHomebuildingMagazine purchase that would be linked to the "online membership" account. But, it appears as if this was an incorrect ( but reasonable) assumption on my part. There are videos titles that I see on the website that I have no idea as to how to get to using FineHomebuildingMagazine . I should be able to use both FineHomebuildingMagazine or the web site to access the same articles, videos, etc. As of now, it seems like FineHomebuildingMagazine is a waste of money compared to what you get with the online version. I did notice a difference with the online version of about 2 or 3 bucks...which does not seem significant. Bottom line, fine homebuilding really should sink the FineHomebuildingMagazine and online subscription...without you having to purchase both. And if users can already do so, then how to do so needs to be made more clear and user friendly.

Fine Homebuilding is awesome for the articles and the how to steps. The interface is the only reason I gave it four instead of five. When turned sideways the pictures don't alway line up like they put their magazine in a photo copier and and the crease is still in the digital print they let us have. The program has crashed numerous times while I'm flipping through pages. When I try to click on a link from a add in the magazine. It takes me to a different browser and stalls. I've even waited a while just to see if it finally links. It never has. Last but not least, and this may be a bit of wishful thinking, in the iBook app you can touch a picture or blow it up and resize it and it is always clear. When studying a certain construction process I love to study a picture to correlate the article description to what the pictures are showing. The only way to do that in FineHomebuildingMagazine is to blow it up and it stays grainy. Like I said the articles are fantastic. I'd just like to tweak FineHomebuildingMagazine a bit. Also I'm sure the advertisers would love the links to work.

This is by far one of my favorite apps. The team at Fine Homebuilding pleasantly surprised me with how effective FineHomebuildingMagazine is, connecting links in the magazine to stories on different pages, ads and even videos. The images are high resolution (used to be very high resolution but download would take forever so they must reduced it a little to decrease download time). They are far ahead of a lot of other major publications' apps.

And it doesn't stop there. Their customer service is exemplary. Whenever I've had issues pairing my device or downloading an issue (maybe twice), they were quick to respond and updated me whenever the issue was resolved. For example, when iOS was updated to 8.0, there were some major issues but they kept me updated on their efforts.

Well done, Fine Homebuilding!

Worked for a month or two then forced me to do a log in to re-subscribe each time for a month or two. Now it won't load at all. It never allowed me to have more than one issue in my news stand. It would take them back somehow. I am forced to download into safari to read them, which is not as good a presentation as FineHomebuildingMagazine and requires being near wifi rather than just clicking on the magazine in my newsstand when I am waiting for my wife to finish shopping. Never thought Taunton would put out something this shoddy and not fix it right away.

As a "do it yourself-er" and general handyman for the family, I learn so much from this publication about design, building techniques and materials, codes, etc. If nothing else, it has given me a sincere respect and understanding for what the building industry professionals do and are worth. Before becoming a constant reader of this pub, I was under the impression I could figure it all out on my own and make the mistakes without paying someone else to make them. Now I research a lot more and can better decide whether or not to hire a professional and what to ask and expect out of the contractors I do hire. Thanks.