The Journal Science Reviews

Since they have introduced the revised interface, the offline mode is not working properly. I was looking forward to catching up on about 3 issues on a flight but despite selecting the “Download” issue button on each issue at home on Wi-Fi and allowing the progress bar complete for the 3 back issues, once I was out of Wi-Fi range, I get the “offline mode doesn’t allow using this feature” message. This is extremely frustrating since the whole point of downloading an issue is to read it when I don’t have a Wi-Fi connection.

Previously, the interface would tell you which issues were downloaded and which were not downloaded but despite repeated attempts to download an issue, the interface never indicates any changes. Although, for some strange random reason one back issue was viewable offline but others were not.

Why does the revised preview interface show progress of downloading but then disappears after 65%? Additionally, this download progress is confusing because it’s separate from the downloading of the older magazine view via clicking on the magazine cover image. It’s unclear what exactly is being downloaded in the newer preview mode.

Please spend some time fixing these quality issues. As always, Science articles are valuable and well written. Accessing them is now the issue.

Version 49, iPhone 10xsmax, ios12.1. Now useable by a professional researcher. Most of us read Science in two phases, (1) gossip /news/ lay summaries; (2) refereed papers in our field. When you’re online, (1) and (2) work well.
Offline, (1) still works well. (2) requires me to have executed further online series of taps and verifications. Then it works. The icons for each issue are misleading on this complication.
Same observations for the iPad version: quite useable, but offline takes special care and verification.
Putting a magazine into an app, including offline reading, ain’t rocket science. The NYer, for instance, did it > 5 yr ago. And most of us spend more on our AAAS membership than on our NYer subscription.

I got TheJournalScience on my (old) IPad to avoid having the print version of Science pile up in my house. For me, TheJournalScience works flawlessly. And the reproduction of the journal on-screen is just beautiful. Hyperlinks in articles work nicely as does the table of contents, etc. I don't know what people are looking for in a journal app that is lacking here, but I am glad I ignored the low ratings and downloaded it. It's just fine.

Seamless transitions from the journal format to a digital-friendly format. Very impressive. You should try. The journal format allows one to appreciate the work of editors and journal designers, to catch one’s attention, while the digital-friendly format makes reading a real pleasure. Thank you!

TheJournalScience won’t appropriately use licenses/account login to give access to published issues of Science (at least for me). It also gives no clear functionality for viewing digital-only publications in a specific area of research. All I have access to - despite having paid for a membership and having access on a computer to all things aaas - is a screen asking me to sign up. I recommend passing this one by and using an RSS reader app instead.

When it works it’s nice. You have access to he print pdf layout as well as a convenient e-reader format. You can also download issues for offline reading which is nice. However after multiple tries to work with customer support this feature doesn't work.

... but often doesn't. I try to open articles and it hangs. Sometimes the download fails. Behaves poorly while it's in the middle of downloading. I find reading on the desktop in a browser a much better experience.

The share button for articles on iPad does not work.

Also the download button does not do anything because you cannot read it off-line. So forget about downloading something in the reading is on the plane it won’t work.

Funny, top science but bottom tech. Just can’t figure it out.

thanks for much! currently, when in “Text view”, tapping the “share” icon (middle button, bottom of screen) doesn’t do anything.

The latest update to TheJournalScience vastly improves usability on mobile devices. It is a far cry from the old version. I urge you to try it.

I love the magazine but too much science and they can’t get a proper app that runs with the new century. Not optimized for iPad Pro, no landscape mode. I like to read books and magazines as they were real paper not some kind of ebook. Please update TheJournalScience according to the new generation.

Love the content and the interface, but the lack of ability to download issues for offline reading is a serious problem. Please address this!

Don’t get this if you purchase the aaas membership through their website. It will not allow you to login in and see the journal. Such a sad waste. Useless, avoid unless you want to buy your subscription through App Store and not an actual aaas membership

Looks like a nice app if you can log in. If I go to a desktop/laptop and use my credentials no problem
Logging in. With TheJournalScience I get a pop up that says it can't find my info for my subscription.

This used to be a great app with flawless functionality, but since the midterm elections it refuses to load full articles, but so does the Science website. You can wait forever and it’s like the 1990s. I don’t know if the trouble is TheJournalScience or the the failure of net neutrality, but someone needs to find out.