Condé Nast Traveler

While Condé Nast Traveler certainly has a fantastic product in its content, its app is lackluster. Firstly, it has not been updated for the iPad Pro, meaning that the magazine is not displayed on the entire screen, but rather in the middle with black bars around the edges. Secondly, this app does not have functionality that is all but required. The app is effectively a PDF scan of each page of the magazine, instead of being a truly interactive experience. It would be great if Condé Nast could look at some of their competitors with great applications and take a hint from them to make the app as great as their magazine!

Yes, it takes a while to download each month's copy, but you download it once and can flip through it whenever you want without any waiting again. Interactive pages and articles are set up very well. Love it! Just be patient with initial download.

I was a bit reluctant to install based on all the bad reviews but I have to say this is the best magazine app I've used yet. Much better than T+L IMHO. It's so incredibly content rich - each article has expanded views of its gorgeous photography and other content not available in the magazine itself, and it's all built INTO the app as opposed to linking to their website in Safari. The navigation is also really cool with the sliding bar at the bottom of the screen. Pop up windows, short films, the list goes on. VERY COOL. Only downside, and this seems to be a problem with most magazine downloads, is that you have to sit on the download page for the download to happen - it won't download in background while using other apps. And CN Traveler's download size is HUGE compared to other mags - the latest issue was almost 700MB! I assume this is because of the content richness I mentioned earlier. WELL worth it in any event. HIGHEST praise to CN Traveler!