2020-04-07
Poor
The old download app was working well and easy to use. The new Now App is not. Members need CHOICE of old or new app. This was not well thought out. I have been a member for twenty plus years and wish to have a choice of apps.
Updating
+11
#47 in Top Grossing iPad Apps > Lifestyle
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Description
Start using your digital membership card from day one by downloading AARP Now. As a member, you can access your digital card anytime from the My AARP tab and join/renew with a tap. The app also gives you access to relevant news stories, local events, and nearby member benefits, including limited time member offers. Also, get a first look at AARP Rewards (beta) and sync to the Health app or your favorite fitness tracker to earn points.
Make the most of your membership by downloading AARP Now today!
DIGITAL CARD/MEMBERSHIP
Get instant access to your digital membership card, join AARP, or renew in seconds. Plus, manage your account, wherever you are.
NEWS
Catch up on the latest news in just a few minutes; the AARP Now App features daily stories written with you and your mobile lifestyle in mind.
EVENTS
Explore hundreds of nearby events, from career workshops and movie showings to kid-friendly events, and quickly register for them right from the app.
MEMBER DISCOUNTS
Search for benefits and discounts in your neighborhood. Offers are added monthly.
NOTIFICATIONS
Set push notification reminders for upcoming events or when deals you’ve saved are nearby. Reminders can easily be managed in settings.
AARP REWARDS
Get more from the app with the AARP Rewards program, now part of AARP Now! Earn Rewards points for downloading AARP Now and sync your favorite fitness tracker or Apple® Health app to Rewards in the app to get even more points for steps, swimming, and cycling.
NOT AN AARP MEMBER?
Not a problem. Non-members can still use the app and learn more about how AARP is protecting and improving the lives of the 50 plus.
If there are AARP services or information you are unable to find in the app, we encourage you to visit aarp.org on your mobile phone to access them on the go!
What's New in Version 3.23.0
- Login flow improvements
- Improved login experience with Face ID and Touch ID
- Bug fixes and performance enhancements
Seller
Name
AARP
Information
Developer
Categories
Version
3.23.0
Size
106.9 MB
Game Center
No
VPP Device Licensing
Yes
Rating
Rated: 4+
Compatibility
iOS 11.0 or later
Devices
iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad ProFourthGen, iPad ProFourthGenCellular, iPad ProSecondGen, iPad ProSecondGenCellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)
Languages
English
App Store: Customer Ratings
Ratings & Reviews
3.7 of 5 (335 Ratings)
App Store: Customer Reviews
2020-04-03
Steps backwards
When there were two apps I could access I could get the newspaper and magazine on line - now all I can get is “news”. Also I can’t get anything on the app that comes in the regular emails which was available before. It’s like AARP went back in time technology instead of forward. Senior citizens actually do read on line. Stop killing so many trees!!!
2020-03-17
PREVIEW
I haven’t used the new app much and mostly use an iPhone to access it. I just read about 50 reviews, and they are not good. I have to use it soon just to renew my membership which should be an easy task. We’ll see.
I was sent a “Renew Your Membership” email from you that included the form to do so. I completed the page that only asked for First Name, Last Name, Zip Code. I completed it exactly as it appears on my card. My response was, we cannot locate you on a new page that said Enter Your Membership Number. The membership number box should have been on the first page too. It would have saved me time along with you. Okay, I entered my number in portrait mode and pressed Done. Nothing happened. No enter key came up, No blue arrow, no way to enter my membership number. I tried to view it in landscape mode, no go. I tried both pages a few times no success.
I used your live chat. She was very nice, but as helpful as your renew page. All I got out of her was a question whether I was using a browser or the mobile app. Her final answer was for me to renew through the app. I asked her what to do if I had technical difficulties like I just did and she gave me the number to renew. I could have figured that out. Thought I might get a help desk type number.
Anyway, sorry to be so long winded, but there is nothing worse than a program/app that doesn’t work properly.
In the reviews you answered a lot of them, and the responses are mostly the same. That is, you read all the reviews, etc., and that is great and appreciated, but you should address when you’re going to fix the issues as there are a few. I’m sure the users would like to hear that. I know I would.
Thanks for listening.
2020-03-17
Terrible app
I agree with others her who say this app is awful. And definitely no iPad friendly. Also, there’s no longer a way to download the magazine which I used to like reading on the iPad. AARP makes a ton of money off their members, the least they can do is develop a decent app.
2020-03-10
Charged$$$$
Why did my credit card get charged to download this free app?
2020-03-10
Wishing for a landscape mode
I thought I’d try this app, but I think I will delete it. Something as simple as a landscape mode would encourage more readers. I can’t bother with trying to turn it around or trying to read anything sideways.
2020-03-01
Is this 2020 or 2010?
‘Cuz this app — the NEW app, replacing two no-longer-supported apps (AARP & AARP Member Benefits), looks like it was designed for iOS 3.
First of all, a non-Universal app that doesn’t even support landscape and must be viewed at 2X on an iPad is, IMO, pathetic. Who’s advising you on this stuff, some Windows programmer? And Universal is the minimum. No iPad version is just poor policy, especially for an app that wants to be as much as this one seems to.
But here is what really bugs me: If you are working in the app, filling out a form or registering for something, and need to switch to another app for some reason (e.g., to look something up), when you switch back to AARP Now, it opens back to the home page, all entries one had made being lost in the process. That is completely unacceptable.
This happened to me just the other day, as I tried to sign up for the driver safety course thru the app (my fundamental error, should have used a browser). I was almost all the way thru, then needed to check something in another app. When I switched back to AARP Now, I was backat the home page as described above. Meanwhile, my credit card was charged, but I cannot find any access to the course, and have not received a purchase confirmation. Because the app reset to home before the process was complete.
Fix these please…🤔😉😊
2020-02-29
What a waste (Zero Stars)
I downloaded your app. After all the trouble I had getting signed in, I now find it wasn’t worth the aggravation.
I, too hate the portrait view. I looked at evens in my area and the events repeat over and over and over again. Why is that necessary?
Now I’m deleting your app since I don’t see anything worth keeping it.
2020-02-29
love the fitness feature
Great motivator to exercise more
2020-02-27
STILL NO LANDSCAPE...
Just how incompetent are your programmers? Do you not read the reviews? What a worthless app. I thought that perhaps with the update it might finally happen since the description says for iPad and iPhone. Nope really just a lazy programmers version of an iPad app. In other words an iPhone app.....that runs on iPad in the portrait only mode.
2020-02-26
More info
I see no way to download this app step one step one on how to download this app.
2020-02-25
Navigating
This app is so difficult to navigate through and I’m an technology guy. I think you guys really need to simplify getting to the deals in this app. I’m thinking about canceling my AARP card just because I can’t get to the deals that are in the app.😡
2020-02-07
Poor quality app by non-programmers
The previous AARP app functioned far better in terms of user interface/experience.
Clearly, AARP hired a new contractor whose “programmers” lack the technical capacity/training to simply rotate their screen 90 degrees for landscape mode. Boomers wouldn’t make this mistake.
2020-02-04
Won’t download
Won’t download, aggravating
2020-02-04
Update
Updated my app and when I click on my app, it shows AARP screen but then it just shuts down. It never fully loads
2020-01-30
Unable to Login After App Updates.
This latest update again loses all of its functional ability for users to log on again afterward. The app first asks us to enter our member number, which I did, then says I am already registered, and then won’t recognize my user name, email address, or password. It takes forever to try to reset the password, and of course also totally forgets our fingerprint touch pad set-up which was set up at least a dozen times already. The app was never very functional, and now has been rendered useless. I am glad to now permanently delete it from my iPhone 7 Plus.
Earlier Review from Earlier Update:
During the first week after the latest update the app initially made it impossible to login, and afterward was not able to connect to provide information about savings or discounts. It worked mostly well in this regard until the update. Then a constant “Cannot Connect”notification emerged, which was impossible to correct. All of my other apps had no problem connecting to my WiFi and internet.
The developer suggested I delete the app and then re-open it, but that if not an option with iPhone iOS users since deleted apps are stored on the cloud, and when re-installing, it simply restores the previously deleted app.
After about a week of trying, the app finally started to work again, but I am uncertain it will continue to be fully operational. User login and connection problems after the latest update were especially pernicious. Hopefully future updates will be better executed.
2020-01-22
App doesn’t work!
Way to go AARP! Pay for a membership and can’t even use the app told to use in the welcome packet. NOT IMPRESSED. I will ask for a refund of my membership money.
2020-01-21
Cannot download to phone
Attempted to download but said account is not available. And someone assist?
2019-11-25
Marcos
I just purchased the 2 year membership for 20 dollars. Including a gift wireless speaker. Email saying thank you. And you’re membership will renewal at 16 dollars the following year. Should be after 2 years. Correct ?
2019-11-22
Not what I thought.
I was hoping to find broader information, tap into past articles relevant to me. Maybe some planning information or tools.
2019-11-19
Notice do not take from my bank account
Discontinue AARP
2019-11-16
Unable to download app 😕
Can’t download app
2019-11-14
Syncing to Apple Watch a mystery
I’ve downloaded the app. Where are the directions for linking to my Apple Watch Health?
2019-10-28
Horrible app
Worst app ever.Don’t waste your time. For a big organization this is pathetic.
2019-10-14
Doesn’t appear to work
Always says: something went wrong, try again later. Yes same username and password work fine on PC web site.
Sucky app that doesn’t support password manager on iOS.
2019-10-08
Still cannot sign in
Has been over a week now. Needs to be fixed ASAP.
2019-10-07
Can not sign in...fix this!!!!
Come on! How hard can this be?
2019-10-02
Does not update membership
I renewed my membership online and yet the app does not renew the virtual card.
2019-09-25
Version 2.0
In order to sync my apple health to my account you need to have version 2.0. I have checked my iPhone and iPad and both only have version 2.19 available.
2019-09-24
Apple Watch
On the website to add your activity tracker (Apple Watch) it says I need to install the AARP Now app, I did and there is nothing here to sync the watch to my AARP acct to start earning the 150 points a day.
2019-09-21
Takes advantage of digitally vulnerable population
Sadly neither the AARP app, nor website work well with strong passwords, or basic privacy and security settings enabled.
2019-09-08
Cannot download
I would love to say how this works but I’ve been trying to download for hours to no avail.
2019-08-19
IPad friendly please
Please make this app work in the horizontal mode.
That’s all
2019-08-17
App
I am having difficulty downloading to register the app. My membership is good through Sept 10 th . I need this resolved before my trip as you cannot seen me a replacement card to use in time for my trip . I have never used this card for any discounts but does not seem user friendly when I do want to use it
2019-08-16
Font sizes
Why is the text sizes so small?
In the deals tab, the restaurant name is it’s in a itsy bitsy teeny weeny freaky small font.
It’s like the programmers don’t know their target audience! 🙄
2019-07-30
Why discontinue the old iPad app and replace with iPhone version
I noticed the aarp app on my iPad didn’t update, and the message was it was discontinued and to load the new aarp now app. The AppStore shows it as an iPad app, but the download is an iPhone version, portrait mode only, and shrunk to fit iPhone form.
Is there an iPad version?
2019-07-25
Can this be an iPad app please?
I downloaded his for my iPhone then for the iPad. It’s not an iPad formatted version. Can you create this for the iPad please. Thanks.
2019-07-12
Awe, common guys...
Landscape mode please!!!!
2019-07-02
LANDSCAPE
This app is useless, because it’s difficult to see in portrait. Older people, who you represent can see better if the screen can rotate. (Or perhaps it’s the advertisers) Please do not respond with your usual “landscape is not available at this time.” JUST FIX IT. If you can’t then get a more qualified IT team.
2019-06-18
Bad maps for events
The new app looks great but the maps for our events is the same map for each event. Please fix this. It would be nice to have the correct map for each event. Thank you.
2019-06-15
Landscape
Seriously, landscape mode not available?????
2019-06-13
I’m Really Tired of Tilting My Head!
When I searched for the App and saw one for an iPad, I happily downloaded it. I figured, like many of the Apps, it would just ‘accommodate’ to whichever position in which the iPad was being used. I, like many, have a keyboard attached to my iPad. It’s very inconvenient, as well as uncomfortable to attempt to position my iPad for viewing in the portrait position while everything is in the landscape position! Please! These reviews read as if many others have the same issue that I do! Please upgrade your App to be able to be used either in portrait OR landscape modes! If you do, I’d give you a 5.0, just for the relief of my neck and shoulder pain from trying to work with this App in portrait mode!
2019-06-07
It’s time!!
Landscape mode PLEASE!!!!!!!1
2019-06-06
Viewing format
I've just downloaded the new app & it seems to only open on Portrait format. I use Landscape so find this very bothersome...a royal pain. Soooooo...unless that changes I’ll use the internet. Why in blazes do you & others assume everyone uses the same tilt? Grrrrrr!
2019-06-05
Easy access to my AARP card and discounts!
Great app providing easy access to my AARP membership card, plus news relevant to me and useful info events and discounts.
2019-05-28
Don’t install
There appears to be a bug in this app where it used 2.1GB of my cellular data last month. I may have opened it only once. If you’re running out of cellular data, this is the culprit.
2019-05-09
Useless
Tried the app then went to update my email address. Did as told, looked good. Next login said it was no good. Enough, app deleted.
2019-05-02
AWFUL
To sign up or gain access is an ongoing Nightmare.....AWFUL
2019-04-22
App doesn’t work
App doesn’t work. Can’t login because “sorry, something went wrong on our end, please try again later”.