The MagPi Raspberry Pi

Great app. Even greater support team. Responded quickly and resolved my issue.

My particular beef is with having to constantly restore purchases. This is not unique to MagPi. Likely it is an App Store issue. However, when I tried to write a review in the app, it was stuck in portrait view on my iPad Pro and I could not see or use the right side of the keyboard. Also after restoring my purchases (I’ve been a subscriber for several years) it was downloading the current issue and asking me to pay for back issues.

Can’t figure out where to create an account on the website

Like it says in the title, if you want to know the in’s and out’s of this little amazing computer — from the people who actually dabble in it — it doesn’t hurt to take a look at this app and all the downloadable e-magazines they have.

Not easy to login in lose my subscription all the time. Cant login

I paid for a subscription but old issues don’t stay downloaded and I am asked to pay for them over just to read. Emails to support go unanswered. Don’t waste your money. Update after a month... still no response from support, another email to them sent.

Lost access to editions I had already paid for. Emailed support and after a week still no response. Cancelled my subscription and will just download the free version from now on. If you’re going to take money for something that is normally free you need to provide a measurable advantage.

I’ve experienced very little issues with this app. When I subscribed, I was able to access my magazines without any issue. However, for those people that would like free versions of the magazines, all you need to do his download the PDF from Magpi’s website in safari and then under the shared tab send the document to iBooks. You’ll have the same experience as the app.

I commend the raspberry pi foundation’s commitment to free education by making the PDF issues available for free on the raspberry pi web site, but the PDF download button is disabled in the mobile app. Why discriminate against mobile app users vs. laptop users? 🙁

If you plan to read MagPi on an iPhone, DO NOT buy the subscription. The digital subscription is really only usable on a big screen. Even then I does not take advantage of the screen orientation. I sent the developer a question asking if this was usable on iPhone - specifically if the content formatted for the screen. I never received a reply. I purchased a single issue to test. It is just a digital representation of the magazine. I want to support the Raspberry Pi foundation but the digital subscription is not a usable option.