Tricycle: The Buddhist Review app for iPhone and iPad


4.8 ( 8018 ratings )
Lifestyle Newsstand Health, Mind & Body Literary Magazines & Journals
Developer: Tricycle Foundation Inc.
Free
Current version: 7.7, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 01 Nov 2013
App size: 17.6 Mb

Tricycle is the leading independent voice of Buddhism in the West, presenting traditional Buddhist teachings and practices in ways that are keenly relevant to everyday life. Unaffiliated with any one lineage or school, Tricycles nondogmatic approach brings together a global community of practitioners committed to the core Buddhist values of wisdom and compassion. With its innovative design, top-notch writing and transformative insights, Tricycle has been recognized with the prestigious Folio Award for Best Spiritual Magazine for three consecutive years and is also the winner of the 2013 Utne Media Award for Body/Spirit Coverage, the second time it has received this prestigious honor.

Available subscriptions are:

1 - Year subscription available for $24.99, automatically renewed until canceled.

3 - Months subscription for $7.99,automatically renewed until canceled.

Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the next released issue. Paid-for application downloads include one issue of the user’s choice. Future issues and back issues can also be purchased within the app.

-The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period, you will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product.

-You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period.

-Payment will charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase

Pros and cons of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review app for iPhone and iPad

Tricycle: The Buddhist Review app good for

I absolutely love this magazine and I was very excited to see thats it now available on iPad. Please optimize it for Retina display and it will be perfect!
I cant find the iPad app anymore when I switched to the new iPad Air 2. Each time I go to the App Store, it direct me to the newsstand. When I go to the newsstand and sign it, the winter 2014 edition doesnt appear. Ive also lost my bookmarks.
I find this magazine amazing to read, all articles are interesting but not one sided. It gives a sense of reality to the magazine that I appreciate. I like that readers points of view are published and also answered. The poems and short stories are enlightening and relaxing to read.
I subscribe to the magazine since summer of 2015 and picking up the odd issue on the newsstand before that. Being able to read back issues on my iPod allow me not to miss a single article- which if you know Tricycle, every article brings tickles your head and heart.
The best buddhist magazine with an useful and rich IPad version. Congratulations

Some bad moments

Magazines wont download, so whats the point? They download fine on my iPhone, but not my iPad Pro? Please fix or refund my money!
Cant download issue after paying for year subscription, not in the Buddhist tradition to take money for something that is a lie...
There is no 2014winter edition i the app. I sent a note to the developer, no response from them.
Sign in only allows a zip code and not a postal code so you cant use this app if youre a Canadian subscriber.
Initially it will download all your issues. But will not download additional issues after your initial setup. Pretty much worthless if you are a print subscriber and want to read your current issue.
The magazine in paper form is fine. This app, however, never seems to work properly. In particular, it cant seem to download correctly. Always gets stuck somehow. Dont bother with this one. Big disappointment.