This app is pure trash.

No offline reading. It does not remember where you left off. This app now has an overwhelming number of one star reviewed and it has been for a couple of months. This needs to be fixed asap, then I'll change it back to 5 stars.

The old UI was so much better. It is now just a website in an App. Also, I get errors all the time when trying to download the latest issue. Sometime it acts like I don't have a subscription. Other times it give me a download error.

The whole purpose of using the app on a tablet is so that I can read the issue on the road even if I don't have an internet connection. The app is so unreliable now I am thinking of cancelling my subscription.

Offline viewing is unusable. We're three months past the broken 5.0 update and they haven't bothered fixing. Temporarily pausing subscription until they fix their broken app.

Was your update hacked by the Russians? Issues never actually download for offline viewing. That was ideal for the 6 hr plane ride I just had. No easy way to link to a specific article. None of this was a problem in the past. Fix this or you will lose this 25+ year subscriber.

The new UI is pretty bad.

Ruined the app with this new user interface and everything

Please bring back or come up with something useful

I actually like the look of the new version, easier and more interactive to navigate

Cons: it doesn't remember place from session to session

Major issues accessing my subscription since the latest update.

Years' long subscriber. Latest version is simply terrible. Layout. Download. Offline use is basically unusable, broken. Once issues downloaded, if you attempt to access library, issues, an issue, there is no content, and crashes repeatedly. A real POS. Once again CN has managed to deploy utter crap software.

Jumped on here after months of not using to find the app completely changed. All the good functions are gone!! Looks like it's been like this since April. And still no fix? Shame on you Conde Nasty

Please bring back bookmarks and page memory. It is frustrating to come back to an issue and have to start from the beginning.

The old interface was elegant and clear. The new interface is muddled and does not help the reader navigate.

No issues show up but a gray screen telling me that the app cannot connect to GQ...

Updated App and it wiped my issues pre June 2011. Seems to be no way to get them back.

It does not seem to me like GQ cares about fixing their buggy and terrible upgrade as they do not seem to read their reviews. Or if they do read, they do not care about customer service. Why not push out their previous vesion while working on fixing this new one? Why even have the new one? It is terrible. For anyone thinking about purchasing issues, DO NOT UNTIL THIS IS FIXED.

I used to just open my iPad and the app and I'd have instant access to my subscription and all the issues. With the upgrade I now have to remember my GQ account info? Do I even have that? Didn't I just subscribe through iTunes? Easier to just buy the magazine at the store.

Why did they mess up the app. I can't access my downloaded magazines offline. It never opens to the pages I stop reading. Gq was my reading travel companion when I traveled now the app is terrible. Complete waste. Might have to cancel my subscription and start reading menshealth.

The login process is hard, then the layout is trash.

Unable to save downloaded issues. Every time I get on a plane and open the app to read GQ, I'm out of luck.

The new 5.0 update has completely ruined this app for me. (iPhone + iPad) Most annoying is the removal of the Bookmark feature. All of my previously saved articles were deleted so you can forget about ever looking at older issues again. Not that I could if I wanted to because my library of downloaded issues were removed and offline mode barely loads the current issue. Not to mention the app is buggy, slow, doesn't save where you left off, and removed the navigation bar at the bottom.

I understand why they made the updates they did, but they didn't have to kill off the features that made it great to use. Canceling my digital subscription.

Huge step backwards from previous version which worked pretty well. New user interface is amateur-hour; very poorly done. Biggest problem for me though is that it now takes forever to download an issue (like 50x longer than before) and the app often just hangs up and stops downloading all together. Basically makes it completely unusable; I feel completely ripped off that I'm paying for this alleged "access". They need to scrap this version immediately and go back to something that actually works.

One of my favorite aspects of the app was to save articles or looks I wanted to copy. This is now gone as is my metaphorical personal GQ private Pinterest board. At the very least bring that back.

Terrible app now. Used to be easy to navigate, now it is impossible to even get it to recognize my subscription, let alone to actually read an issue

They completely changed the UI, eliminating a layout that resembled the print edition for a bland layout that resembles a website with endless scrolling. I had several issues saved on the previous version and all were deleted with the update. When I try download through the new app, it either says No Internet connection or begins to download only to freeze at around 95%. So I can't have issues saved for offline reading.

My library of available back issues is also incomplete. I used to be able to download issues going back to mid-2011, but my favorite issue in early 2012 no longer appears. Also iPad exclusive content doesn't appear to exist in back issues anymore.

If I could go back to the previous version of the app, I would. The 5.0 version is too buggy and should never have been released as-is.

May be add an option to book mark or the app shall open were we left , instead of flipping through the entire magazine .

Download the previous version if you can or just subscribe to the print edition. This version is absolutely terrible - bad UI, clunky, buggy, slow, and generally unpleasant.

Broke a perfectly good app. Every time I open it, it says "subscribe" on the top left where it's supposed to say "signed in." However when I go to sign in, it says I'm already signed in. The problem with this is all my downloaded issues are lost every time I open the app. So basically the app is worthless.

Why'd you over engineer something that was working perfectly fine? The app is trash. For someone that flies a lot I don't like carrying magazines. So therefore I will be cancelling my subscription. Thanks for ruining it for me.

I'm not sure what they were thinking when updating this app. Navigation through the magazine now is horrible. Where is the scroll bar that tells me how far along I am in the magazine? The snap back button is gone to help me walk backwards? All of this is replaced with a hierarchical navigation window that is nowhere as useful as the old format. This feels like a 1.0 release, not a refinement (and a crappy 1.0 at that).

And another stupidly pointless bit of behavior with the new app. It doesn't remember my place in an issue between sessions with the app. The old app did this. So let's recap: so far, stupid update on the navigation of issues that takes away feature; stupid update that looses its mind after going to other apps.

Missing issues. Slow and bad internet connections. Worst customer service. Terrible.

Offline use is impossible. Please fix this.

Please bring back an app that works. Latest version is slow, hard to navigate, and not user-friendly at all in terms of download and managing off-line content.

Agree with other recent comments on lower functionality and saved issue, etc. The latest update is terrible.

Which I just did, and which you might want to do as well. Google "how to restore previous app in iTunes." You'll need to sync your computer, but it worked for me.

Terrible update!! Did they run beta on this one? Lost worth months of saved articles. I don't think even even Roger Federer can make a comeback

Wiped out my previously downloaded issues. Slow to load. Took away the swipe bar at the bottom to allow you to skip ahead or go back easily to other articles. Awful. Not user-friendly.

1) Update wiped my saved downloads. I got them back, but it's annoying because I'd like to have been able to pick up on the page and issue I left off on.

2) ***WORST*** Download speed to save to device is horrible for some reason and often appears to just hang.

3) Why take away the option to bulk remove issues from device? Stupid. Also, where did the auto-download option go?

4) After I had to re-sign in, the app was too stupid to realize I was a subscriber. I still had to force quit it and reopen (after going to the website to confirm that I, in fact, still have an active subscription).

The update made me lose all of my previous issues and there's apparently no way to get them back...

Garbage update and garbage app. Deleted all of my previously purchased and downloaded issues and now I cannot get them back. I feel ripped-off!

This new update is trash.

Keeps saying its trying to download.

I got a free one year subscription from Tmobile like a month ago and what good is it when I can even download the GQ app! I thought I'd come back and check after 2 updates and still Nada. I've had my iPad for years now and this is the first time I've ever written a review. Thanks a lot!!!! (NOT)

Used to be a great magazine...now it's all ads. Cancel!

This app is one of the worst pieces of crap I have ever tried to use.

Its full of ignorant propaganda. $ talks and your reality to them is bull***it walks. They bring baboons in to do articles.

Absolutely horrible! Errors downloading, customer support takes weeks to respond, and when they do they offer no assistance. Spent hours waiting for restore purchases to work. It's been almost two months and customer support now points me to iTunes. It's for the best GQ is irrelevant these days and their magazines is just a bunch of advertisements. I'm starting far way from them and affiliates such as golf digest

Stuck on restoring purchase. Always get error stating to try your download again.

I used to enjoyed the app, but I no longer use my iPad. My iPhone Plus is the one I have ALL THE TIME... As a subscriber I would enjoy having the GQ magazine app on my iPhone. Its been YEARS!!! Is it that difficult to have an app for both iPhone and iPad, instead of just exclusively on one??? There are tons of apps like this. PLEASE FIX ASAP! Thanks!

I have a subscription, but cannot log in. Keeps saying 'connection error, please try again later'

Worked perfectly before. Please fix!!!

I have the same problem. Since update new issues are not available to download. Still asks me to purchase issue.

This app should be called 'can't connect to server try back later'. I have 3 subscriptions to magazines from this publisher and all of the apps suffer from the same issue (they are all basically the same app - different content). I'm currently trying to restore about 10 issues (switched devices-had to re-download) and I've been trying to download at random times through the day for 3 days... i still have 5 issues to go (for reference it took around 30 minutes to get 15 issues of a different magazine in that same time period). No download queue either... just one at a time then hope you can connect to get the next one. Even when you can connect to their servers or once you've finally downloaded an issue they are constantly in your face with buying subscription services (which most people probably have if they are using the app), or overpriced individual back issues which as far as i can tell you can't seperate out from the content you have paid them for. I have nothing positive to say about this app.

I enjoy GQ magazine. You would think in this "Save the trees" world, they would have begun to focus on the electronic version of the magazine instead of the paper copy I had a subscription for a year and really enjoyed it. I decided to renew, and like others I have seen writing reviews, they assigned me a new account number which is not recognized for some reason. There is no phone number to call to fix this, and nobody responds to my emails. Unfortunately, I have to put up with paper copies of the magazine instead of the electronic version for the remainder of my subscription. However, you can bet I will NEVER SUBSCRIBE OR BUY ANOTHER magazine from this company. Not just Gq, but any other under the Conde' Moniker.

Nate Fisher

I love GQ and have been a subscriber via iPad for 2 years now, print version for several years before that, but there is one thing I don't like about this app. If for whatever reason you lose your connection while downloading an issue, it's like the app just deletes part of what it already downloaded. This is usually not an issue except when I'm deployed and the internet is kinda sheisty. I'll get to about 75/80 percent downloaded then it'll disconnect and the download will be set back to like 25-30 percent completion. Just thought I would share.

I love this app. No need to buy magazine. The interactive videos make this subscription worth every penny. I can carry 12 months of issues and refer to any time. The quality of photos outshines the hard cover. Pictures jump off the page. Can't get that in the magazine edition. Even the audio portion adds a quality not available in print (duh).

Thanks

Gentleman's Quarterly has been helping us guys out for decades and with this digital version they have maximized our reading experiences.

People always complement me on my attire and style and I always reply, "Hey, I gotta thank GQ for that." Plus, they always have an abundance of great men's products, from colognes to shaving products, in every issue.

I've been reading the digital issue for almost a year now and I love it. It's so convenient to just download the latest issue once it is released. Plus with features like myGQ and integrated video clips, it just makes our reading experience that much better. It's easy to use and looks great on my iPad with retina display.

GQ is doing it right. I will be a subscriber for a very long time. It is worth it 100%.

I've had a subscription to GQ for years, but it reached a new point of excellence with its newer electronic capabilities. Flipping through stories is a breeze with the side-to-side swipe, or continue reading a story by swiping down, and access to retailers and other "where to buy" links are just a click away now. Not to mention additional videos of the Women Of GQ alongside their photoshoots, as well as other stories, this developed platform exceeds expectations and really blows you away.

I've used the app for 18 months and, overall it does most of what you would expect in 2013. Beautiful content, acceptable navigation, and some nice feature that aren't available in magazine.

Of course, sometimes small changes or glitches can make you pull your hair out. For me, the most recent is the "my book" icon that pops up on the top right corner every time you land on an advertisement. I get what GQ is trying to do, but from an UI perspective it's distractive and with no way to turn it off, it's unacceptable. It muddles the simplistic (and enjoyable) page by page browsing a user would expect. Imagine, while reading your favorite novel, every time you flipped a page, you saw a blinking light. At first, you would just ignore, then you would start anticipating it, then you would do anything to get rid of it (while mumbling about the downfall of society and yelling at the neighborhood kids to get off the lawn.) I digress.

Yes, GQ I get it. You are doing everything possible to make me spend a few extra dollars on one of your advertisers products. And in some brainstorming meeting some Sr Mgr said " we need to make it easier or more convenient or increase rev" while really saying "I have no good ideas but I need to be heard"...

Bottom line, allow me to get rid of the "my book" icon, and I'll stay a customer.

The latest update introduced a new layout for the library, which has either changed the method if deleting old issues to something that is undocumented or completely removed the ability to delete ("archive") old issues. There is a reference to auto archival of old issues in the almost nonexistent app settings.

This is a basic functionality. Users should not have to delete the entire app each month to delete old issues. It is unacceptable that Conde Nast has "updated" the app without consideration of basic functions of the app.

This is one of the worst apps I've seen, mainly because the only way to download the content is to have it open and your iPad not sleeping. At 650MB per edition this means you've got to constantly keep tapping on your screen to get the whole thing downloaded. Why they don't have bAckground downloading is beyond me. Also, have yet to find a way to turn off the automatic subscription renewal, and support from Conde Nast is non-existent. I have sent five emails to their customer support over the previous 4 months and have yet to get an answer. Looks like I'm a calling my credit card to block their charges going forward, this seems to be the only way to get out of this poor excuse of an app.

Good app overall but there are a few key missing features: no access to the dictionary, no ability to enlarge the text, no ability to decrease the brightness beyond the Apple "limit" (the Kindle app, for example, lets you decrease the brightness even further than the minimum you can set via the Settings), no ability to bookmark a page or section in a text. Also, no ability to download issue when app is running in the background or if iPad is in sleep mode. App must be running for entire duration of download. Pia.

Plus side: easy and clear navigation, fast loading time of pages, high resolution of text and images. App never crashes.

The content seems to be of the quality you would expect from the publisher but, as with most newsstand apps, the actual app is frustrating.

My issues won't download unless I have the app running in the foreground. Before you correct me, I have enabled automatic downloads on my iPad. If I switch apps or the screen is locked, downloading pauses. This means I have to sit and watch all 300 MB's to download if I want to open an issue. At 0.1 Mbps, this is tough. No idea why it doesn't download at my normal wifi speed of 15 Mbps.

I must agree that the download is painfully slow, not to mention you have to keep the app up and active in order to download. If you move to a different app, or leave your iPad open and leave for a few minutes while the screen goes to sleep, the download will backtrack to where it started. BUT, I really enjoy the interactive interface and having all of my issues in one place, as well as being able to get old issues (cough cough Kate Upton cough) as I am a new subscriber. I really like the workout stuff in this past issue, keep those up and expand more on them with stuff to do, I'm getting bored with my usual workout routine.

I don't know why everybody's talking about, I download the app I'm only digitally subscribed to the magazine, I don't have any problem downloading the content (it takes about a mint or tow depending on how many pages). If anything I wish they make the pages interactive with links to stores and prices of items shown on the pages, and also the option to zoom in. Other than that I think the app is great and subscription is very affordable !!

I have a magazine subscription. I entered my info into the all access section and it accepted my info. However it still sees me as a non subscriber. I've emailed them multiple times and they keep asking me to log in using my email address, and I keep telling them that I am. We've been going back and forth with this nonsense for days. I think they respond to you with scripted responses. It's been over two weeks since I signed up for all access and have yet to download anything because it wants me to "buy" the magazines that I should be able to download. Until they fix their support quality I'm going to keep my rating to one star.

The GQ Magazine app is one of the best out there. Easy to navigate, well laid out, and not overly cluttered with unnecessary videos (like Esquire). The only think I don't like about the app is the size of each issue.... 450+ MBs.... Seems really large and takes a long time to download. This is especially annoying for me because I travel internationally for work a lot and the wireless in other countries, especially developing countries, is never very fast (or even available). I wish I could download an issue on the computer and just update my iPad when it finished. If that happened, I'd give this app 5 stars.

The app is awesome first of all. I used to only skim through the print edition pick what I want to read if anything but I love the iPad so much I usually read the whole mag. 2nd to all those people that right reviews that the app takes up to much space....there is an archive feature! It's in the library on the app next to all the pics of the mags. You can archive and it frees up space.

1. GQ needs a "how to" on the app for those non-techy people

2. GQ needs to get the iPad editions out at the same time the print edition arrives. Not a few days later.

The content is great. Witty writing, interactive elements, video content, etc. I was never a subscriber to the print edition but I am impressed with the digital version.

As to the download experience I didn't have any issues at all. The 677MB file downloaded in 14 minutes on my Fios connection. As for the review that said it would take "days to download" I would suggest dropping that dial-up connection and grabbing some broadband. Yes, you must also leave the app open to download content so put down the iPad for 15 minutes and go for a walk!

Can't wait for the next issue!

Honestly, the tablet version of this magazine is quite satisfactory. There are some features that really make good use of the technology. It's great!

Only, it's not! Outside a purchased issue, there is nothing fantastic about GQ. Their customer support, or lack thereof, is a disgrace! Five times I've attempted to get support from them! I have gotten not a single response.

My inquiries are about changing/managing a subscription. It is impossible to control the monthly-requiring subscription. When a new issue is available and I open the app, sure enough, it begins download. And yes, the automatic download is off! I basically wanted to change my subscription to the annual option, but can't.

Conde Nast needs to upgrade this. I am very disappointed!

Wanted to get my two cents after having read the comments, feeling ambivalent over getting the app, and then getting the subscription any way.

The digital magazine is kind of incredible. If the digital edition comes out a while after the print, I wonder if it's because the digital edition is interactive and changes layout between landscape and portrait. Kind of incredible. I don't think some of the reviewers appreciate how interactive and dynamic the digital edition is vs the print. It's not just a copy of what's in the magazine. It's much easier to navigate than a magazine and more fun to go through the content.

Finally, the downloads are huge. But you can delete at will and re download your old editions when you want. Should be careful about downloading over cellular data. It would absolutely eat up half a gig.

Won't comment much on the magazine content itself. I think gq is interesting enough. But if you like the magazine you will not be disappointed with the digital edition period.

The magazine as a whole is great, but the experience on an iPad is amazing. Scrollable articles, linked videos, convenient shortcuts, and all sorts of things. I am/was a mail-in subscriber and it was to my amaze that I could easily create my account and now have the option to download my previous issues for free. Once I'm done I can simply archive the issues so that it doesn't take up so much space.

I have been subscribing to GQ now, for over 2 years and never thought to try the tablet version. This is a very well done app and I love all of the extras that the tablet version gives you. The alternate photos, video clips, and interactivity of it all is just amazing. While tinkering around with other magazine apps, I realized how that this one is head and shoulders above the rest. Keep up the good work ! The only improvement to be made now is to figure out a way to incorporate smell with the cologne samples.

I got the printed subscription of this magazine and now I can use it not only in my iPad, but in my Kindle Fire too! In my opinion that's enough to give this app a 5 star review. No other major magazine does that. I don't know why so many low reviews on this app, seriously!

About the background downloads: this is not a problem just of this magazine, but of any other in the newsstand. In think there may be some restriction from Apple about that. iTunes and App Store are the only apps that let you do background downloads, any other app won't let you.

Clean, elegant implementation of the magazine that provides the "potential" for wonderful interactivity. The most negative aspect of this version is the lack of background downloading for individual issues. File sizes are large and users with slow internet connections will find themselves unable to fully download an issue without remaining within the app itself. If this issue is fixed this could easily be a 5 star publication. Until then it is a wonderful exercise in frustration.

I've been a subscriber for more than seven years and this digital version has pushed this magazine to a new level. Not only is it much more Eco friendly, saves bookshelves space, but now I find it offers more content.

More pros: The layout is beautifuly designed and easy to use. Landscaping mode gives you a whole new layout and hidden contents. The ability to flip to "home" or "bookmark" quickly. Extra footage videos inserted with photos. Photos look stunning. One less thing to carry while traveling. Reading GQ on iPad is now more "fun" than just flipping through pages.

Cons: No background downloading, but maybe an issue with how it's setup with Apple. Can't read it at times and places where you can't use electronics, i.e. during takeoff and landing. Should be less expansive since they don't have to print it, but that belongs to a complain to Conde Nast, not here on the rating about the app itself. I'm sure the developers/layout designers don't have much say in pricing.

Overall I can't be happier and will never go back to the paper version again.

Condé Nast should be embarrassed for putting this app out. Content doesn't download, crashes, and extremely dull compared to GQ UK. Every time I open the app I'm just waiting for another error to pop up...and I'm rarely disappointed. The worst part about it is I called them for over three weeks about the problem I was having. I was just pushed off, pushed off, until I just stopped calling and never got my problem resolved. I obviously enjoy the content of the magazine but it's a terrible way to do business. I LOVE the UK version and am way more likely to open that then get a headache looking through this. I care about my iPad dearly but this app has made me contemplate throwing it through a wall. My advice, get the print version and download GQ UK.

Just want to say thanks for making this available to current print subscribers at no additional cost! Nothing is more irritating than finding out you have to pay twice for a magazine you're already subscribed to if you want it available on the iPad. You guys should consider making a health magazine, I'm sure you'd eventually replace them (ie men's health). As far as the app goes, it works great, haven't found any issues or problems navigating, definitely beats the print version! I'll keep my subscription till I die!

I absolutely love what y'all did with this app. The zoom out article navigation makes browsing a cinch. What I love most are the interactive buttons riddled through the app so I can buy a pair of shoes shown or see extra pics. Please continue to iterate on the interactivity as it will set you apart. Currently they are a little hard to notice and are rudimentary in functionality, but I can see the potential.

My complaints are that the size of each issue is humongous, and that you don't have background downloading. Being in software development, I understand how some priorities have to wait so I applaud you with what you have and can't wait to see how you improve.

I love the magazine and I also enjoy the iPad experience. But it's just painful to have to keep the app open to download every issue. Considering how large the files are, it can sometimes take forever. The only thing that would make this app perfect is being able to download new issues in the background. I'm sure that the GQ iPad team can make this happen. Or at least make it an option for people that don't mind using their data all the time. Other than that, the app never crashes, and the experience itself is pretty amazing. Its not too different from the print version, but its much more interactive and feels more personal. Most of the time I don't even bother opening the print issue and I do all my reading on my iPad.

Attempted to login to my account and it refused my credentials even though I know that I entered everything correctly. I changed the password 3 times even though it would work in the website the App kept telling me Authentication Failed. Its not worth the bother or trouble to pay for something you cannot use. I WILL NOT go back to the paper magazine as my point of buying my subscription through the iPad is so I would not have a stack of magazines i would end up throwing out. The fact that I had to reset my password 3 times and then only for it to fail on my iPad is not something I am happy about. I will be canceling my subscription. I have had nothing but trouble with this app before and after it was added to newsStand. None of my other news and magazines are having this issue.

While I love the interactive content and the ability to read GQ on my iPad, I can read the print magazine faster than it takes to download the electronic version. After upgrading to OS5, I needed to re-download my previously purchased issues (I hadn't read a couple of them). Every time I try, I receive an error in downloading. I've deleted and reinstalled the app several times to no avail. The latest issue is fine. If you"re thinking of upgrading make sure you"re caught up on your past editions. I'm also hoping there"s no problem with future ones ore the next app upgrade addresses these issues. Good luck!

First of all good magazine to read but HORRIBLE when I log into my account. No expiration dates on my Subscription and No Account number when I log into my account. I downloaded the GQ app and can't even log into my account to download magazines. When I contact GQ its like an automated system that keeps giving me steps on fixing the problem. I've tried over and over but if its this difficult to keep up with the technology well GQ magazine has alot work in there hands besides there wont even be anymore paper magazines anymore, look what happening with books. Total Dissapointment!! I'll have to try another magazine to read and upload.

After upgrading to the current version that was released for Newsstand compatibility I lost the ability to view any of my issues. What ever tinkering was done has rendered the application useless. I am a subscriber and don't want to have to buy each issue if I'm already subscribed. I contacted Condé Nast and I just keep getting the same form letter stating to make sure I'm signed in and to restart the application. They also ask for you to reply if the issue wasn't fixed. Did that, and guess what my response is? The same form letter! Their customer support is a joke. Overall, I'm Very disappointed in this application. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

I have no problems what so ever with the new version.

I can get my iPad edition w/o any issues being a print subscriber. The first time in it asks me to give them the print information, I submit that. Then it asks me to create an account to login with or use an existing conde nast account. I put in my wired account info (both the same account) and it syncs up flawlessly.

If you can't get it to work, then you're doing something wrong.

This app is totally unusable. I've mistakenly purchased a print subscription as well as a digital subscription and you know what? I can't get either of them on my iPad. Every time I open the app, the new issues appear, but it wants to to rebut the issue or subscription even though I've signed in and out multiple times to no avail! And when I have re-bought individual issues out of frustration, the downloads are sometimes over 1GB in size! It's quicker for me to go to the store than download this behemoth. Forget it when I'm traveling, which is the whole purpose of getting a digital subscription! No wonder the print industry is going down the tubes, with pathetic execution like this, they deserve to.

I haven't experienced the app-crashing problems others have mentioned, and I really enjoy the additional content (extra pictures, videos, interactive items, etc)... and really only have one gripe: the Library automatically pauses downloads if you leave the app or if the iPad's auto-lock feature activates. At ~700MB /issue, it would be wonderful if we could have a Settings toggle to allow background downloading (and to go with it, a toggle for WiFi-only downloads)

I am in love with having GQ on my iPad! The inclusion of videos, song previews, and direct links to websites are all awesome details that I really appreciate. There's one thing about these digital issues that has been frustrating me though: the inconsistency of photos/ads when compared to the print version. I always enjoy looking at the ads presented in GQ and I hate that they're different depending on which direction I rotate my iPad! There will oftentimes be completely different images depending on whether I'm in portrait or landscape, and even within articles that include images, they can sometimes get cropped so severely that most of the image is gone.

As the digital magazine evolves I hope the GQ team addresses this inconsistency and more accurately mimics the print version.

I love that they have taken full advantage of this medium in building an eMagazine rather than just a PDF-like copy of the paper version. I also love that I can finally pay the same annual subscription price rather than pay per issue. The design is great, but it's a bit buggy and constantly crashes. A couple of times I have needed to delete the app and re-install it just to get it to stop crashing before I have time to read a single word. Condé Nast, please fix the crashing problem and I'd be happy to give it a much higher rating.

The Better Business should due notified that Conde Nast is falsely advertising that their publications are FREE and available as an IPad app: it's not true. And the most hilarious part is reading their emails from customer service where they suggest they are looking into it. As a subscriber who pays $12 a year for a magazine, it seems quite unreasonable to pay $4.99 for one single issue, and as a current subscriber, to actually have to pay for an issue is an insult. But the real insult is the shananigans they are pulling by sending with each issue a subscription number that one imagines is the way to access the digital issue, when i suspect they are actually saying this is how you can access the site where you can purchase the issue, as if getting the app was about having to spend some money. This is a fiasco and Conde Nast should immediately issue clarification about whether or not, subscribers are entitled to the digital issue. Period.

One of the only magazines that I subscribe to, that allows you to download digital issues for free if you're already a print subscriber. The digital issues themselves are very well put together. I love the picture functionality, that allows you to tap to view the different pictures from the photo spreads. Also, the fact that they include their various videos directly in the issues, is awesome, since there's no need to leave the app an search for them.

There are numerous apps with state of the art graphics, complex functionality (Korg iElectribe etc.) and others that are simple but user friendly.

But some reason, magazine apps tend to be disastrous even though they should be fairly simple. This GQ app will leave you frustrated, as the first magazine you buy will take hours to download (if at all).. not to mention during the download phase you constantly have to hit 'resume' because it consistenly pauses itself for no reason at all.

Other than that, it's just another basic magazine app which you would buy for convenience and eco friendliness (too bad it offers neither).

I bought this app and subscription despite reading the many reviews that said it constantly crashed. I naively thought that the bugs would be worked out since many of the reviews were from may, I was wrong. I've had the app for about 2 hours, 30 min of which was spent downloading 1 issue. The rest of the time actually went well, although the swiping and scrolling were not as responsive as I expected. Then, as the reviews warned the app began to crash, over and over as I was attempting to read an article (very frustrating). I'm hesitant to ask for my money back because I have confidence in believing that GQ being such a classy magazine would rectify these problems as quick as possible, which I'm sure would satisfy their many fans. But if this persist I would be forced to ask for my money back because I cannot use an app that doesn't work. - frustrated customer-

It might be great if the server would complete a download. I am currently on my 15th attempt to download the first issue of my paid subscription. Serve continually times out even though I am not having issues with other apps, and I tested the speed of my connection and everything is fine.

Right now I am less than a third of the way to a complete issue and frustrated enough to request a refund on my subscription.

Two weeks later, still haven't been able to connect long enough to get a complete issue. I have no other connectivity problems with any apps or online

Conde Nast makes great iPad apps -- GQ, Vanity Fair, New Yorker, etc. -- which all have more or less the same UI and functionality. My A1 gripe with the GQ app is the timeliness of delivery.

Unlike New Yorker's iPad edition, which is available late Sunday night before the weekly print edition delivers by mail or lands on the newsstand, GQ's July issue is already on the rack right now but still no iPad edition.

A few pages into the July print edition is an advertisement promoting the iPad edition, but it is not available either for purchase as a single issue, iPad subscription, or free to print subscribers.

Even though I have been a GQ reader for about 10 years, this app has renewed my interest in the magazine! Getting used to browsing took some time it was an enjoying experience. You can tap on images to get details that may have been omitted from the actual print edition, VIDEOS of shoots, etc. And best of all, NO subscription cards falling off of you when you read :)

Love that it downloads all the content so I can play while in Subway.

Thank you for the awesomeness!

PS: I am a print subscriber and get iPad version for free. You have to enter your customer number from the cover of the print edition to get this for free. Just signing in isn't gonna work.

I love this app and thank you for allowing me to link my subscription. I've subscribed for many years and was disappointed to originally see I had to pay $4.99 per subscription. Thank you for changing that and valuing your subscribers.

I travel frequently and this will make reading GQ more pleasurable and efficient. I won't have to be home for my subscription and I won't have to lug a big magazine in my bag.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I was very annoyed when I didn't have access to the digital version because I had a print subscription. With the update I now have access, and I must say that this is one of the most beautiful apps I've ever used. This is an app that really takes advantage of all the things that are great about the iPad (namely the stunning screen and fluid interface.) If all magazines had apps like this I'd never read a print magazine ever again.