Decibel Magazine

Decibel Magazine

By Red Flag Media, Inc.

  • Category: Music
  • Release Date: 2012-11-01
  • Current Version: 100.9.0
  • Adult Rating: 17+
  • File Size: 11.21 MB
  • Developer: Red Flag Media, Inc.
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
Score: 2.0625
2.0625
From 16 Ratings

Description

Decibel is an extremely extreme music and entertainment magazine based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 2004 by a well-intentioned, somewhat studious (let’s not forget record-collecting) dude, Decibel’s credo was to examine and expose the best extreme music had to offer. We were the new kid on the block, but we knew our noise was louder and nastier than anything out there. To quote ourselves, Decibel was “the new noise.” Since our debut issue (the Dillinger Escape Plan, October 2004), Decibel went from the quiet longhair with the Entombed "Left Hand Path" T-shirt to the Grand Pontificator of all things metal. Now, when we speak, people listen. Maybe they heckle. But, nearly nine years later, Decibel is America’s only monthly metal magazine. ================================== The magazine offers a yearly (24.99$) and monthly (14.99$) auto-renewable subscription - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase ================================== This magazine is proudly powered by PressPad. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: https://presspadapp.com/terms-apps/

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Reviews

  • New update is terrible

    1
    By Phodg50
    Been a Decibel subscriber for years. App always works great. Until I downloaded the latest update. Now it crashes every single time I try and open it. I've rebooted, deleted and downloaded and installed it again. I'm done. Edit: Tried new and "improved" version. I can now open an issue, but it crashes every time after about a dozen pages. Still a garbage update. Tried April 15th update. Now won't even download. Gets stuck on "Stopped - Resume ?". Every other magazine app I have works fine, like this one used to before it got ruined. I'm done with it. Deleting and unsubscribing.
  • New App

    1
    By Noobelheim
    I really enjoyed the prior versions of the app. This new one, however, is not my jam. For starters, all my prior purchases were lost and I cannot restore any of them despite clicking the restore option. Second, the app is not user friendly at all. I have a hard time scrolling through issues and finding issues that I’m interested in. It just feels like the sorting interface sacrificed ease-of-access for having the images of the magazine covers. This is annoying and I have a hard time finding anything. Third, the app itself appears to be bare-bones with little support or other features to get help, hence why I’m posting a review instead of contacting customer or tech support. In sum, the new app feels half-baked and is, in my opinion, unusable. I really do hope the app is reverted or greatly improved on as the Decibel does have good content but I cannot consume it like this.
  • Great Magazine but tons of App problems

    2
    By hybrid47
    In the past month or so, the App disappeared completely for a few days and came back with a less functional design, then got a second overhaul where only the most recent 16 issues currently available. I no longer have access to the majority of the issues I purchased including all the special editions.
  • The app keeps getting worse

    1
    By benbminnich
    Restore purchases doesn’t work and now less mags show. C’mon this is frustrating. So basically I lost all of my purchases throughout the years of being a dedicated subscriber. Considering dropping my subscription if this app keeps getting worse.
  • What happened?

    1
    By Wallabychamp
    The app updated and now I can’t read the magazine that I pay $25 a year for. I guess I need to cancel my subscription since I can’t actually use what I’m paying for. Pretty ridiculous
  • Not currently working

    1
    By grimacelover
    Not currently working. All that comes up is a screen without any icons or menus to choose from. I have about 16 digital issues I bought that I can’t access now. I hope they get it fixed soon
  • This app is a bummer

    2
    By NBC HATING HAMMER
    I pay for this app and it’s basically unusable. It constantly reverts to the cover, doesn’t zoom enough and crashes. Decibel, it’s been a month. What’s up? When can I read my metal fix again??
  • 2021 update is unusable

    2
    By thebenkahn
    ****Update: thanks for the nice message. I'm glad it's being worked on. The download and data deletion issues seem to be resolved. I hope the new app gets back to feature parity as I do of course still need my Decibel fix but miss the navigation and pick up where you left off functions. Wishing you guys much success this year! ****I've been reading Decibel on iPad for years and it worked pretty well. The new update is totally broken. Issues won't download, the few that have downloaded delete themselves and it crashes frequently. When is it did work at a basic level the interface is a huge step back. There is no way to skip ahead by page and the app starts at posts one each time you reopen an issue. Brutal, and not in a good way
  • 2021 App Update is ATROCIOUS

    1
    By goforthanddie7
    I’ve been reading Decibel on iPad for a few years now, and up until the newest update, I had very few issues with it. Sure, there was the occasional crash or failed download, but in general it always worked fine. Flash forward to today, and I opened the app to see that it has been completely reworked, and the new version is absolutely unusable. The download speeds (if you are lucky enough to even get the issues to download at all) are 2 to 3 times slower than they were before. The app has inexplicably deleted my downloaded issues multiple times, with me needing to re-download and hope that the app doesn’t crash. If you manage to download an issue and actually open it successfully, you’ll notice that the new interface has removed every single useful feature from the previous version. Gone is the ability to quickly skip to other sections of the issue, export or share, and even fit each page to the window. It behaves more like an image previewer than a magazine app. I don’t know what the thought process was behind reworking this already functioning app, but it blows my mind that this is the accepted result. PLEASE fix this app or re-release the older version. This is unusable garbage. UPDATE: Thanks to the powers that be for responding to this review! I’m glad to see you guys are working on addressing these issues and I look forward to trying the fixes out in the future. I’ll be sure to update my review when that time comes!
  • Worst update ever.

    1
    By itskflo
    I’ve never been so mad and disappointed in an app update like this. It pisses me off so much that I wrote my first app review. Don’t waste your time, decibel has killed their app. They obviously don’t want people reading digitally.

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