Fine Woodworking Magazine App Reviews

The app is slow and has no preview, but FWW is the best and most interesting woodworking magazine around.

The reader portion of the app works well and remembers where you last were, but wish the digital and print versions were syncd better as far as release dates. The bookshelf portion of the app needs improving a lot. Seems every time an update occurs, all the previous downloads are cleared. This severely limits the ability to read the digital editions when not in a wi-fi area. A visible bookshelf of downloads that doesnt get cleared by updates, separate from the available issues, would go a long way to improve the app.

Imagine having to look through every magazine and book a publisher has published just to find the book(s) you purchased! Thats what this idiotic application forces you to do. Every. Single. Time. Id give it zero stars if I could. Ive never seen a newsstand app this hostile to readers who might want to revisit a book theyve purchased. If you read what you buy immediately, and never look at it again, ignore this review. But if you plan on using anything you buy here a a reference later, stay away. Stay far away. Youll spend more time scrolling through the list of books than you will reading them

Will not open under the new update. Get message that there are no issues setup.

I have a subscription with Taunton till 7/15 and have one with Apple but I lost all my downloaded mags and it just says no active magazines and does not allow anything to be done. Except go to the App Store that shows me the option to OPEN the app.

Ive lost all my prior issues, and keep getting a message that there are no issues available, even though I was just billed for one.

I really like the ability to access Finewoodworking on my I pad. Like the ability to be able to review articles when I find myself waiting for appointments etc. Easy to read and quality of the electronic version is very good. I have a problems with loosing my downloaded magazines and have had to re load the app and all of my electronic copies on more than one occasion. Wish that this could be corrected. I am sure I would use it more if it ran more smoothly and I didnt need to re load so often.

Ive been a subscriber for a few years now. Love it. Definitely learn new things every issue & love the ability to watch the videos.

I work out in the oil fields of west tx on a 14 -7 schedule. It a great read through the iPhone when I have time on location and when I get back to NJ to unwind I head straight down to my shop and try out the awesome tips and techniques I learned from all the great article in FWW. And it a pinch to go back if I missed a step!

This is invaluable to me as a source of woodworking knowledge

The app never loads past the front splash screen.

This app only seems to work when there is a new issue to purchase. Otherwise it locks up at the start screen making all purchases useless for the most part. It works sometimes but not consistently.

Love web access to FWW content. Like having an e-access subscription. However, search features are lousy, no annotation is possible, and access to pre-subscription issues is per-issue expensive purchase.

I love this app! I like the ability to access the online extras from the articles without having to go to my desktop computer. Any interested advertiser can be web accessed directly from the app and I can return to the page or article that I was reading or referencing. It may not be perfect but it sure is convenient. It works well with iOS 8.1.1. Sometimes the IPad must be restarted because it freezes in must apps when the device memory locks up.

Nice to have on business travel. Would be nice to be able to highlight, bookmark, or make notes. Just wish my tablet was bigger.

Ive been a subscriber for years. The e-edition is OK except for the little twinkles that flicker every time a page is turned.... annoying and benefiting the advertisers not the subscriber.

FWW is my favorite content on the web. I love being able to access it on my iPad. At times it is buggy but overall it seems to be getting better, I hope that in 2015 I wont have to contact support when the app "forgets" me

Just like the print edition; it doesnt disappoint. Its a little clunky on startup sometimes, or fails to launch. Thats why I give it four instead of five stars.

Nice to be able to take FWW with me. As I am a bit "old school," however, I will always keep my paper editions, all the way back to FWW #1.

I really enjoy this publication and the beginning woodworking website they offer AND the podcast that is free out there. Expert and approachable information. It is inspiring to me and a bit intimidating but I am OK with that. Nubs rejoice. Hats off to the content. You cannot complain about that.