# Essence Magazine

> Magazines & Newspapers

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1428985622](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1428985622)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1428985622`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Essence Communications Inc
- **Category:** Magazines & Newspapers
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (976 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-28
- **First published:** 2018-09-14
- **Size:** 22 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/essence-magazine/id1428985622)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.essence.com/privacy-policy](https://www.essence.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

ESSENCE is the premier lifestyle, fashion and beauty magazine for African-American women. This Essence Magazine app delivers digital issues of the publication, bringing its bold, stylish stories to your device with offline reading so you can enjoy content anywhere.

Subscriptions are available through iTunes, with options for 1-month and 1-year subscriptions, or single issues. Subscriptions auto-renew unless turned off, and you can manage renewals in your iTunes account settings. Privacy policy and terms of use are available at https://www.essence.com/privacy-policy and https://www.essence.com/terms-of-use.

## Rankings

- #56,312 — Overall

## Review summary

Essence Magazine's iOS app is valued for its format, visuals, and empowering content, and many users are loyal subscribers. However, recurrent issues—loading and downloading latest issues, sign-in/account access problems, and general instability—make the app frustrating and unreliable. Support responses are often slow. Addressing access reliability and login workflows would greatly improve the user experience while preserving the content's strengths.

### Pros

- Great digital format/layout with high-quality photographs/images
- Insightful, empowering content with strong representation of Black women
- Longstanding brand with loyal, multi-generational readership

### Cons

- Cannot download or access the latest issues despite subscription; loading/downloading failures are common
- Frequent sign-in and account access problems (login failures, mismatched account numbers)
- App instability and loading issues on iOS (does not work well on iPhone/iPad)
- Poor or unresponsive customer support and refund handling

## Similar extensions and apps

- [Black Enterprise Magazine](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id486366672) — 3.90 / 5
- [Today’s Black Woman Style Report- The Ultimate Guide to Fashion For Women of Color!](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id490634095) — 2.30 / 5
- [ELLE Magazine US](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id394838174) — 4.60 / 5
- [Women's Health Mag](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id470781670) — 4.40 / 5
- [Identity Magazine](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id551276609) — 5.00 / 5
- [So FN Dope Magazine](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6446943450) — 5.00 / 5
- [NewBeauty Magazine](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id436862386) — 4.70 / 5
- [Fashion Zone Magazine](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1095988976)
- [Forbes Africa](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id599493230) — 4.10 / 5
- [ELLE DECORATION](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id917681695) — 4.00 / 5
- [Woman's Era](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id588133107) — 2.00 / 5
- [Another Magazine](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1376051722)

---

Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1428985622)