Flipster - Digital Magazines
Flipster
The official app & game
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DESCRIPTION
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Flipster is a free digital magazine service provided courtesy of your library. Find libraries near you that offer Flipster, then explore, download, and read magazines any time on your Android devices.
If you find that your library does not offer Flipster, encourage them to sign up today.
Features:
Locate participating libraries
Browse, search, and play online popular magazines to read offline
Access digital table of contents for each magazine
Read articles in text view
Tap highlighted areas to jump to articles and related websites
Track percentage of magazine read
Now its time to relax, put your feet up and read your favorite magazines with Flipster!
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Developer: EBSCO Information Services
Genre: News & Magazines
App version: 3.3.1
App size: 4.3M
Recent changes: Providing greater app stability through bug fixes.
Comments:
As most reviews below attest, this app is not ready for prime time. That said, and FOR FREE via one's library account, AND, using some serious patience, I was thrilled to find that I had access to Consumer Reports magazines; something I'd missed for decades since being a subscriber! Easy to use and read? NO. Minimally usable with some patient learning curve adoption efforts? YES! This app would be golden with some real development attention.
Good when it works, but i have had numerous issues with the app. It keeps asking me for a login/password instead of just my library card number. I contacted the support dept and they continue to tell me to do things I've already told them I tried. My issue is that the page that should load (where you enter you library card #) after you choose your library does not appear. Instead it asks for a login/password and gives me an error message. No one can tell me what to do. Useless app and support.
Was able to log in effortlessly, and nice that there is access to a multitude of magazines. However, the app leaves alot to be desired, outside of navigating and reading, it does nothing more (except "bookmark). An immediate function that is lacking is the ability to favorite magazine titles, so you dont have to look for them everytime. Stitcher is a good analog. App does its job, but leaves alot lacking, very unfortunate.
This app worked great until recently. Now it crashes when I am reading magazines, and if I go back to that magazine, it keeps crashing. If I delete and reload the magazine, it will work for a while, and then start crashing again. Please fix.
Not bad if you don't mind reading with a magnifying glass. I didn't know it was possible for texts in a reading app to not be resizable. The log in page on the app is different than the browser. It doesn't allow logging via library card number. A few glaring issues. The devs should feel lucky to even get 2 starts."
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