Popular Mechanics Magazine app review: get your daily fix of cars

Popular Mechanics Magazine

Price: Free (requires paid subscription)

Popular Mechanics Magazine by Hearst Communications, Inc. is meant for those people with a love of cars.

This publication has been around for a long time engaging its readers with all kinds of fabulous content related to cars. You'll find tips, advice, reviews, ideas, space news, the latest technology news, and even science news.

If you're into DIY projects you'll find ideas throughout the pages that you can try yourself at home. Each issue always features informative DIY animations, links to online material, and videos. If you don't have time to finish the issue, not a problem just use the bookmark tool to mark your place. Navigating through the magazine is simple thanks to the scrolling Table of Contents and the Page Viewer.

Most issues of the publication are under 100 MB so that they are very quick to download. There is also the ability to write message using your email, Facebook, or Twitter from within the app.

Keep in mind while with the digital version of the magazine you’ll be getting some exclusive features and content.

Downloading the app is free and then you can choose your subscription plan. There is the one-year subscription for $19.99 or the one-month subscription for $1.99.

Popular Mechanics Magazine was updated on May 21, 2013 and currently has 2,111 customer ratings with an average rating of two and a half out of five stars.

This app got a fairly low customer rating however since then the developer has been working hard to address some issues. The latest version has attempted to fix all these issues and performs better overall.

For: iPad with iOS 5.0 or later