L'ancienne app Paris Match App Reviews

Not being french, i still think this is One of the Best iPad apps around so far!

Unfortunately Paris Match has abandoned its previous iPad interactive version which was amazing. It probably could not justify the cost of continuing to produce a truly digital version of this magazine. So now it has taken a giant leap backwards to a dull printout out of the magazine. What is lost? The ability to click on an image and see it in high resolution. With a printout you have to pinch and zoom to see a pixelated version of an image. The interactive version had no advertising. Now, with the printout, you see every ad. The interactive version had media links to video and music which was awesome. In the printout version, they have QR codes, which is ironic because they are useless as they are meant for a physical magazine! A lot of thought also went into the formatting and navigation in the interactive version which gave it a special feel. Too bad Paris Match, you had a great thing going and now all your digital subscribers lose.

Im not sure how they intend to deliver more content in the future, will they update this app with the next edition or will I have to get a new app (which would be cumbersome). However sustainability issues aside I really enjoyed my time with Paris Match. There were only a small number of stories but these were beautifully done. They featured lovely photos and some interesting commentary, if you speak french. The slideshows, with music, were well done too, however the speed between transitions may be too quick for some non-native speakers to read the captions. I particularly liked that it clearly was adapted to a unique iPad oriented presentation, with everything laid out visually on a single screen to start. It wasnt, just a print publication digitized. Especially given the price it is worth a try for some beautiful photographs and a chance to practice French.

I enjoyed Paris Matchs approach of the iPad. Their design is elegant, almost intuitive navigation - I like discovering links or additional info within an article. Obviously this is not the full newsstand version but the article selection was interesting. Congratulations!

I used to read Paris Match as a French student, and always enjoyed the photojournalism format. Ive long wanted to subscribe to the magazine in recent years, so I am pleasantly surprised to see this free app. It sounds like this is their first foray into app-dom, with more ambitions for the future. Brush up on your French and enjoy the cool photos.

Paris Match is clearly leading the way for magazines of the new millennium. This eMag is fun and engaging. When can I subscribe?

Excellent idea specially for French speaking people living abroad.Cannot wait for the next edition.

wont load beyond splash screen. ...nice logo.

The design of the magazine is simply outstanding. I downloaded the app just to see the design. Other news apps have much to learn from this app. I wish they also had the English version. Download just for heck of it to see an app designed with French creativity.

The pictures would be worth the five stars alone, but the videos and the ways to browse between articles makes it a must have app. Great job.

One shot, typically in the French attitude : ultra-glam setup, but absolutely no follow-up. After more than one month, the app is still offering the same content as at day 1. Who ever said that Paris Match is about NEWS ? Wake up guys ! By the way, I AM French...

I tried this app but the articles dont seem to want to load and the content is not refreshed that often too bad because it would be nice to read Paris match.

Since this has been updated, clicking on most of the options causes a text box to pop up with a message which seems to translate from French as "The topic has not yet been downloaded. The subject is automatically downloaded when you access the network." What is that supposed to mean? If I was not "accessing the network" at all, then why would some of the options work?

I love the application, and the content is great, but the download of the latest issue (June 23rd) is almost impossible. It stops, and restarts in another section, I have been at it for more than 20 hours and have only half the magazine. Download should be for the whole issue, not parts of it.

Nice try but this app is not ready for prime time. It has so many bugs it is a pain to read... Save your money for now...

Merci Match. The download problems were fixed and Ive got the entire beautiful magazine to read. Great job!

iPad is all about instant access.... 2 days to download a magazine is simply unacceptable. At least download those heavy adds last!

Another download manager masquerading as a "free" app. Complete BS.

Definitely the future is here as far the potential of the iPad. Interactive ads, movies, additional pictures to the stories. Fantastic. Maybe the American magazines could learn from that? Maybe too much to ask.Unfortunately is not free (just the first number) and I will never pay for it. It should make it clear from the beginning that its not free, just a download manager.

Doesnt work for me, keeps crashing on start! It just wont work on my iPad