App Profile: New Mexico Magazine

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Rating: 2/5

I have been reading a lot of digital magazines during the pandemic and recently decided to resubscribe to New Mexico Magazine, having let my hard copy subscription lapse some years ago. Digital magazines go different routes — some through their own site/app, some through third party sites/apps. This is by far the worst interface I have experienced for a digital magazine. The others give you the feeling that you are reading the magazine, just in digital form. This one has a popout sidebar table of contents that lists titles and (irrelevant) page numbers but no descriptions at all. You only find out the topic by clicking, which takes you to a disembodied “page” with only that article. You never see the entire page as you would with a hard copy. This is the only digital magazine where I wish I had subscribed to the print edition instead.

Hatch Illinois

Rating: 2/5

Since they switched, I have had to send “proof” of my itunes purchase every year. Now I get a message that says download new app version, which I already have.

PGbola

Rating: 1/5

I’ve finally had it. Because of my frustration with repeated subscription troubles with this app, year after year, I have deleted it from my iPad, and will never attempt to subscribe again. I say this with sadness, because I live four months each year in Santa Fe. But I’ve decided that my current subscription to the Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper, and regular visits to the website for the Santa Fe Reporter, will do just fine instead. Shame on you, New Mexico Magazine, for your continuing technical incompetence.