WWD: Women's Wear Daily App Reviews

When this loads it flips my iPhone time bar to the bottom, upside down. Although that goes back to the top when the app opens, when Im scrolling down in an article the gray summary screen will pull UP, from the bottom. Screens will also randomly stop scrolling as though your finger werent touching the screen, even though it is. This can be really frustrating. Also, if you accidentally bump the article left or right, the top half of the screen goes blank and you can now only read the article in the lower half. I also think this app doesnt show all of the actual WWD content. I used to have access to the print version and it had loads of pieces in there. This only seems to have about 15 articles a day and they arent as good as the ones in the print. Really wish this app worked properly, or at all. Im considering canceling my membership as I dont even want to read it - just makes me frustrated first thing in the morning.

Yes its nice to read it like a newspaper but the app itself is deeply flawed and its a surprise and shame they havent updated it so far....they obviously dont care too much about technology as the website isnt great either...typical fashion industry mentality. 1) the app is extremely slow. The download freezes at the 98% download mark every time I try to download an issue. I usually have to wait a good ten minutes to download a single issue and I have extremely fast Internet. 2) reading articles isnt easy. Zooming used to be much better but now its hard to zoom then scroll around the page...again doesnt work. The biggest problem though is the downloads, its ridiculous that its how it works. If they are going to take notes from another its the NYT, a seamless app that delivers content almost instantly. Once shouldnt have to wait more then a couple sends for content download, if that. Technically it should be downloaded automatically so that when we open it we already have it downloaded on our iPads. WWD, step it up! I dont pay almost $200 a year for this kind of service!!!!

The technical glitches are ridiculous! Its ironic that WWD touts 100 years in the app description because it only highlights just how much they are failing the embracing the future. I have been impressed with how other print publications have evolved to survive this digital age. This app has only hurt their brand.

Once I updated this app, I can no longer log in with my school account. I tried to log in on my pc, and everything works fine. Please fix this update ASAP!

New issues do not download properly. Get stuck at either 1 or 98%. Please fix !!!!!!

I love WWD and avidly read it daily. Since renewing my subscription this year, I have not been able to successfully download an issue. It is very frustrating and if the app is not approved I would not recommend maintaining your subscription - especially if you are hoping to read it daily via the iPad app.

Crashes multiple times on opening, before it takes me to "automatic" download. Downloads only when I tap it, then progresses up to 99%, then goes backward to 98%, then freezes without any download. YES, I have auto-archive set up. Even this is useless, so I physically archive every single issue (if Im lucky enough to successfully download it). I have to delete the app once every 2-3 weeks to even get a low rate of success with downloading. Customer service told me to set up Auto Archive, even after I already explicitly told them I had. Then told me that a new version was coming soon. When I enquired when this would be, they stopped answering my emails. Disgraceful to take our money and not deliver the product.

Ive been reading WWD for many, many years, and was thrilled when this app came out - no more piles of papers to deal with. But this app is atrocious. It would be bad enough if it were just the auto download and archive features didnt work as promised - they never did - but since the last "update" it wont download at all. For your subscription price, you get the sidebar article teases, and the issue covers - thats it, no content, no full articles, no web access. Plenty of other publications have figured this technology model out, so I can only assume that WWD does not wish to be in this space at all. All digital subs from this point should be refunded immediately, and this app should be pulled - it is an embarrassment.

The app is very disappointing. The update has now caused repeated crashes. Before the update, another limitation was lack of landscape mode. This situation is about to cause a subscription cancellation.

This is the first review I have ever wrote and this app is worthy of the honor. I am a loyal WWD reader and this app does not allow me to think about retail news. Do not download or buy the online subscription. I wish I wouldnt have. This app is the worst even with the update.

Still very slow to load and keeps freezing at 98%

Issue with download. The app continues to freeze at 98%. When then trying to reopen the app, it crashes. Would be great if WWD would ever figure out how to improve its mobile app for iPad!

After subscribing for a year Ive decided not to renew. The paper issues often dont arrive, which would be fine if the app worked consistently. Instead, photos fail to download, page scrolling is wonky, the app crashes, and its just a mess. Love the content but Im tired of the frustration. Its really too bad.

I purchase the newspaper and finally going to get the digital version, and I am excited.... I know its going to be amazing

If I could give it zero stars, I would. This is such a waste of money. I paid for a subscription specifically so I could read it on my iPad/iPhone, and I have not once been able to log in. Save yourself the money and dont bother. I emailed customer service and explained that it kept saying "system error; please try again later," and their response was that I could log in with my email and password or with my account number and zip code...I already tried that, thats why I sent an email in the first place!!! So I called customer service and was assured their technicians were hard at work trying to fix the issue, but they couldnt tell me when it would be fixed or even how long this had been an issue for them. WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY, CANCELING MY SUBSCRIPTION.

Oct 19 2014. Havent been able to read the paper into weeks. Hangs at 98 or 99% This is a persistent problem with this app. They have reported it as fixed but it is not. The app allows you to download the daily edition of the paper in a PDF form. The download is very very slow and often locks up at 98%.

The App doesnt seem to be working at all right now and its been over 3 days. Who knows if it will ever be running again. Im very disappointed.

The worst. I really want this to work after several years trying, but its just the most horrendous excuse for an app ever. Crashes constantly, print version wont upload. Cant log in because its an iTunes app. Just awful. Oh, and its $127 a year subscription. Do I smell class action?

It used to work fine before but all of a sudden it would crash everytime I try to open an article. Also the daily editions wouldnt load any news, so now the only way i can use this app is to read the captions under "the latest news". Nightware....

Worked fine until recently when it started crashing. I cant read any articles in the app bc it will crash as soon as I click on the headline. Disappointed.