Name: Scientific American
Rating: 4.5 (250 reviews)

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Scientific American

Nature Publishing Group

Released: 2012-07-17

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Version 2.0.3

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Free 0%

Version 2.0.3

12+

Released: 2012-07-17

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Description

The Scientific American Tablet Edition includes all the editorial content from the print edition plus interactive features and video.

Available through Scientific American

Active subscribers to the Scientific American print edition who purchased their subscriptions at the publisher’s suggested price of $34.99 in the United States/$49 in Canada/$59 International are granted access to the Tablet Edition. Other subscribers may upgrade their subscriptions. Please contact customer service for more information.

Access to the Tablet Edition for iPad is included with all Scientific American Digital Subscription Plans.

If you have questions about your Scientific American Subscription Plan, Tablet Edition entitlement or if you would like to upgrade your current subscription to include the Tablet Edition for iPad, please contact customer service or visit our Terms of Use.

Scientific American Customer Service:

Email: mobile@sciam.com

Phone: 800-333-1199

Available through iTunes

A 12-issue, annual subscription to the Tablet Edition for iPad is available through iTunes for $34.99 and is renewed automatically at the end of the subscription term, until cancelled. Individual issues are $6.99 each. Payment for all purchases will be charged to your iTunes account. For more information, please visit iTunes Terms and Conditions:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/page/terms-of-use/

Founded in 1845, Scientific American is the longest continuously published magazine in the US and the home of the most exciting authors presenting the most dynamic ideas in science today. As the leading popular source and authority on science, technology, and innovation, Scientific American’s award-winning scientist-authored content engages, educates and inspires current and future generations of curious citizens and public and private sector leaders.

What's New in Version 2.0.3

- Optimization for iPhoneX users to improve the usability

- New edition labels on the buttons within the storefront

- New filter bar to highlight filters found in your feed.

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Nature America Inc

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Information

Developer

Nature Publishing Group

Version

2.0.3

Size

16.7 MB

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VPP Device Licensing

Yes

Rating

Rated 12+ for the following:

Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References

Infrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment Information

Compatibility

iOS 9.0 or later

Devices

iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, 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 2 (Wi-Fi), iPad 2 (3G), iPad (3rd Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad (3rd Generation) (4G), iPad (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad (4th Generation) (4G), 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 (Wi-Fi), iPad mini (4G), 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, iPod touch (5th generation), iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation), Apple Watch Series 4, Apple Watch Series 5

Languages

English

App Store: Customer Ratings

Ratings & Reviews

4.5 of 5 (250 Ratings)

App Store: Customer Reviews

2019-10-23

App deletes your content without asking!

I am SO angry that issues of SA I have downloaded are removed without consulting me! The excuse is “to make more space” but there are gigs and gigs of spare memory on my phone. HOW DARE YOU take back stuff that I have paid for without asking?! That’s theft.

2019-09-20

Good app but not great

The app works well apart from one constant reoccurring problem. It keeps logging me off requiring me to login every time I need to download my next issue.

2018-08-16

Poor app

It looses my log-in details repeatedly.

Hard to navigate publication and app.

2018-05-27

Impossible to navigate

How can a science magazine be so incompetent. Did I buy it? Where is it? Have you lost it?

2018-04-25

Corrupts credentials

The magazine and its content is excellent. However, the app is frustrating. It regularly tells me that I am not authorised to view content or there is a charge. I log into the site via web browser and am able access the same material with my subscription. Logging out of app and back in again fixes the problem. App doesn’t remember where I have got to in reading an article and resets me to the top or front page. Far from the digital experience I’d expect. Tempting to revert to old school paper editions delivered by snail mail. 4 out of 10 - Could do better. See me after class!

2017-06-20

Excellent magazine

Excellent magazine. Easy to read and very interesting articles.

Best science magazine in the world.

2017-05-29

Quite good app

Nice science magazine with very interesting articles. And I can watch from different items, iPhone or iPad the same purchase

2017-03-07

A Right Rip Off

Lost access to my content. Again. Very poor, which is a shame because the magazine is good.

2016-12-07

Useless

Gives error message about 'technical difficulties, please try later' at every login attempt. Never managed successful login with app (ok in browser). So, unable to access digital edition included in my subscription. Email to help desk not even acknowledged!

2016-11-14

Really Quite Poor

Just a whole heap of things that don't work right. Biggest problem: some articles in issues don't download, it says 'update edition', which you can't do...

2016-09-29

Fails to provide access to all paid for issues

Very disappointed with the latest update. It fails to display all my paid for issues. These were available in the previous version. Again in attempting to "improve" the app SA have screwed up.

Regret having a digital only subscription and if the app does not improve before renewal is due I am reverting to occasionally buying on the local news stand.

Very disappointed in SA digital editions

2016-08-28

Where did the library management go?

Where is the option to remove an edition from the iPad ? I usually delete the ones I have finished reading - in the belief that I can download them again at any time - but the option is no longer there. The FAQs don't help either.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it"

2016-08-20

Terrible app

I paid a lot of money for two annual subscriptions but since signing up the app has refused to work about 95% of the time. It either refuses to download or asks me to pay again for each issue. Biggest waste of money ever.

2016-08-11

Mr

I can't believe how bad this app is. They really need to remove the word 'Scientific' from the title. I pay a (multiyear) sub but each time I try to download a new issue I get asked to pay. So I delete the app and then it doesn't recognise my login details. Are "Scientific" American a scam or just incompetent?

2016-08-07

SA

Absolutely dreadful! I am cancelling my subscription.

2016-07-21

Really pretty poor from such a respected publication

The app is basic at best, offers very frustrating functionality to view the magazines. When downloading the different issues, the app serums to have a mind of its own. It doesn't seem possible to reliably download a bunch of issues to read offline (like on the plane). You'll think you've downloaded them only to find the downloads incomplete or not happened at all. I expect better.

2016-06-10

Simply brilliant and informative

Simply brilliant and informative for the professional and lay person

2016-06-10

Can't get issues I have paid for

I can't find the issue of Mind that I have just paid for and although my main subscription lasts until January, it shows most recent issue as needing paying for. I mailed Sci am but have had no reply. It's not a great UI in any case. I expect more from a reputable supplier and the App Store.

2016-05-26

Dr

This new app is Useless. I too have problems with missing issues from my paid library. Currently it is not allowing me access to the current issue even though I renewed my subscription earlier this year. I am also having similar problems with the SA Mind app, which I presume emanates from the same source. Back to the drawing board, I'm afraid, guys. Fortunately, SA issues are still downloadable from the web site but that's not the point.

2016-04-20

Terrible

All the issues look so badly designed now. No full screen images for feature articles, no proper interactive diagrams. Looks terrible. No longer even enjoyable reading on iPad. Absolutely rubbish!

2016-04-14

Theft of issues I've paid for!

Where the hell are have all my issues gone? I've paid for this mag for years but they have removed a lot of the old issues and I no longer have access. Why did they delete the issues I had downloaded from my iPad without my permission? I won't be renewing my sub; that's a given. It's tantamount theft if you ask me. Where is the 0 star option?

2016-04-11

SciAm Trash A Once Decent App! SciAm=CrapApp

SciAm used to be about great graphics and a great read. Pay for this app and you will get a great deal of white space and typeface to read but not a great deal!

SciAm=CrapApp.

Don't bother. (I warned you...)

2016-04-10

They completely destroyed this app!

What have they done to this app? It used to have great presentation and interactive features that gave it added value. Now it's been completely gutted and all you get for each article is lousy blank white space and plain text. The pictures have to be clicked on separately and load in full screen. It's like they took a worthwhile app and gave it to a 5 year old child to develop this Mickey Mouse version. Now you get a better experience from visiting the website online so this app has absolutely zero value... unbelievable.

2016-04-01

Rubbish

This update removes access to all issues prior to August 2014 - issues that have been paid for. It also deletes all downloaded issues and wipes out the saved article database. Dishonest. Would give 0 if it were an option.

2016-03-31

New Scientific American App

This is the worst app I have come across. As a subscriber for the last 40 years, I expect to login and download without trouble. Instead all I am offered is to pay for the next edition. It's about time those who proclaim to know about science learnt how to construct a user friendly app

2015-12-20

SLOW

Why so SLOW????

Sci Am, perhaps you should make the digital version easier to download! Seems like everyone is having issues!

2015-05-31

Not working

After update to iOS 8 I could not download the issues any more. The support team denied any problem, as is reported by other people. I lost about 8 issues. Despite I love this magazine I have to cancel my subscription.

2014-11-25

Poor app.

For a scientific publishing house you would think they could do better and produce an app that actually works. Poor download performance, slow, hangs etc.

2014-11-17

Doesn't work anymore

Downloads get to about 70% then stop with a server error. Would rate zero.

2014-10-20

Still not working

Even after the latest update to app the magazine still does not download. To add insult to injury the help desk is blaming me! Not acceptable.

2014-10-14

Still not working for me

Still not working on iPad Air running latest iOS 8 with plenty of space on it ?????

2014-10-11

works again

Thanks for the update!

2014-09-27

Doesn't work under IOS8

An adequate app under IOS7. Does not work at all under IOS8.

2014-09-25

Ok when it works

Pretty good when content is downloaded. But - no background download, crashes on download with ios8, demands religion often. Generally too clunky.

Please fix the ios8 version Asap.

Truly awful. Ios8 has been out for a while and bugs have not been fixed. I expect much better from the premier sci mag.

2014-09-22

iOS 8 no-run

To echo other commenters, this otherwise fine app crashes when downloading under iOS 8. Hope for an update? It took an age to get good iOS 7 support, so no, I'm not hopeful for a fast solution.

2014-09-22

Useless...

Yes, this really does crash under iOS8. Hard to believe they didn't test a major title before the system update. Needs fixing fast - till then, avoid.

2014-09-21

Crashes on iOS 8

And repeatedly asked to reinstall

2014-09-21

Does not even run in IOS8

Crashes on download of magazine. Reinstalling the app does not resolve the problem. Let's see how long SciAm take to fix it. I'm guessing not for a few weeks.

FYI it crashed occasionally before the upgrade too. Pity, the content's great even if the shrunken display on an IPad Mini strains the eyes a little. Glad I paid the extra money for a print subscription.

2014-09-19

Crashes in iOS 8

The app wasn't too bad in iOS7 but it crashes for me in iOS8 (on iPad Air) after I try to open an issue to read. This needs to be fixed quick!

It doesn't help impressions at all that the support link in the app store leads to a "Page Not Found" error on SCIAM's website!

2014-09-18

crashes since update to ios8

I re-installed it.

I restored my purchases.

I started to download previous issues.

It crashed.

I tried to resume the downloads it told me I needed to quit the application and restart.

I did so it but it did not help.

I had to delete the application and re-download the application and re-download the issues and it crashed again. I don't know if it's due to iOS 8 or not.

2014-09-18

Poor customer support

SA Tablet delivers insightful reporting in a beautiful package. This is undoubtedly true.

Having said that, their customer support is non-existent. I made a very basic feature request, asking for the ability to look up the definition of words. I got a boilerplate response saying that they would look into it. Then I got no follow-up for well over a year.

When I remembered to follow up my request, I was then told that they couldn't support this very basic feature, without giving any reason whatsoever.

In contrast, when I made the same request to the Guardian app, the issue was fixed within two weeks!

Very disappointed with such poor customer support that does not fit the high caliber content the magazine provides.

2014-05-08

Awful user experience

This is a terribly designed app, which is painful to use for paying subscribers.

Vertical page alignment is enforced and I have no idea what is going on with the scrolling: it's a constant struggle to be able to read any article.

I'd be much happier with a plain HTML page per article as it would be a dramatic improvement over this shambles.

2013-10-25

Useless on iOS5 with latest compatible version

Current version on my iPad 1st gen (iOS5) can no longer refresh or download old issues. I am stuck with 1 and a half issues which I downloaded a year ago. Paying for digital subscription and now am forced to upgrade to a newer iPad. At least some minimal backwards compatibility, even just for older issues, would have been appreciated.

2013-10-16

Excellent mag BUT

Excellent magazine, one of the best around, BUT I can't download the latest issue November, it keeps asking me to download the latest app, and I already have the latest one. Please guys sort this out.

2013-06-12

Highly engaging format

I love the interactivity built into the app version. In many ways it's a superior format to the paper copy.

2012-12-23

No zoom and iPad mini

Like it a lot! Three stars for one reason and one reason only:

On the iPad mini the text is too small. Which would not be a problem if the app would support zoom via double-tap. But it doesn't. Only way to get zoom is to enable zoom in the accessibility option in the settings, but that is then global for all apps. So please support zoom in the app via double-tap and you'll get full 5 stars.

2012-10-02

Individual issues are way too big

Editions for iPad are approx. 10 times those of PDF versions. This might be manageable if you could archive via iTunes but alas this is not possible. Archiving just removes the issue and it has to be downloaded in its entirety again when required! Much room for improvement.

2012-09-18

Has flaws which need to be resolved

The file size for each edition is over 600Mbytes, compared to around 30Mbytes for the PDF version. Downloading frequently stalls and just leaves one hanging and having to start again. Navigation is along similar lines to the Engadget Distro App, but not as easy to use in part because of the amount of content. Whilst the quality of the photographs is superb compared with the PDF edition, such quality is very rarely warranted. Whereas the PDF edition is a page facsimile of the print edition, the retina edition requires one to scroll up and down the page which is very annoying if you just want to skip through the magazine looking for interesting content when on a limited time budget. However, the real killer is the size of the download and the space required to store each edition. Keeping 12 editions within the app on your iPad would occupy around 7Gbytes! Nice try but a redesign is required before the app is useable in practice.

2012-09-09

Rip off

Subscribed - but can still not download issues - waste of 24.49