Fine Homebuilding Magazine App Reviews

I am a first time subscriber to FHB. I have used digital magazine subscriptions before from other formats. I did not like them. I dont even know if theyre still in business. This app is simple and clean. I read my first issue and it was great. I use my iPad. I think this is the way to go. I have not looked into searching for specific articles via an archive. Long-term use might be a different story.

The magazines is superb, the podcast excellent and the emails very interesting. However, the online press and app are disappointing. The app doesnt work on a pc and I cant get full access to all the online material. I still give it a 4 star because what I do get is excellent

As an experienced carpenter Im always trying to find better ways of doing my job. The magazine as well as other Taunton Press publications help me do just that.

Not the best layout. Hard to work.

FH. Is a great mag in the print version but the app doesnt allow access even after paying for the on line supplement. Costs $7.99 any time you want to see anything. And theres no easy way to contact a human to fix things.

Wish I had room in my house for these in print but I love to be able to read these on my IPAD.

This is a good app. I enjoy that i can look at some back issues. It has crashed a few times. I run an older ios, that may be the problem.

FHB - I love your magazine, but please update / overhaul your app. It takes forever to load issues, and Im getting messages say on your app will slowdown my iPad, and the developer needs to update it.

Wasted too much time waiting for a download that never happened. Id like to see this fixed so I get some value out of my subscription.

Couldnt download this app and now its stuck in installing status. Such a beautiful magazine, too bad about the app.

Crashes, crashes, crashes. Cant even open. Very disappointing..

Tried every fix in the book, still crashing on my new mini. Works fine on my iPhone, but who wants to read a magazine on a phone?

Anyone having problems with the app, I have Fine Cooking, Fine Homebuilding and Fine Woodworking and all apps seam to have the same problem quite often of closing when scrolling trough the magazines. Live their magazines, but when they close up for no apparent reason you need to reopen them and re scroll to find your location. Very annoying. App performance 1 star, magazine articles I would say 4.5 to 5 star. Please look at fixing this app.

This is a great app, love the interactive pages and links to websites.

I have the print magazine delivered and love it but this iPad version doesnt work. Unfortunate, shoddy work for such a great magazine.

This magazine reads well and is easy to navigate. I think I may subscribe to the online version exclusively. Since I am constantly referring back to articles I really like having everything at my finger tips in such a condensed format.

I have subscribed to Fine Homebuilding for almost 15 years. The money spent on subscriptions has been repaid many times over, through the techniques that I have learned from this superb resource. I am still getting used to the app, but that is a minor learning curve issue.....the content is all there, and having access on my various Apple products is very handy. I would definitely recommend this to a friend.

Although earlie4 versions of this app were an absolute joke, the current one works extremely well and downloads quickly. As always Taunton magazines have excellent content and are well laid out.

Love the digital version of the magazine and the online site. Lots of actually useful information. The advertising is getting a bit heavy. Not too fond of the extra books with jacked up prices filled with articles from the year thus far that one already read. Find most of the other offers from the publisher bombarding ones mailbox to be in bad taste. What can ya do?

I take many of my abilities from reading the Fine Homebuilding magazine.