# Model Railroader Magazine

> Lifestyle

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id570676816](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id570676816)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id570676816`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Flying Media Group, LLC
- **Category:** Lifestyle
- **Rating:** 2.10 / 5 (63 ratings)
- **Version:** 12722.1.6
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-13
- **First published:** 2012-11-06
- **Size:** 96 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/model-railroader-magazine/id570676816)
- **Website:** [https://firecrown.com/](https://firecrown.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://firecrown.com/privacy-policy/](https://firecrown.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Model Railroader Magazine is the industry-leading model railroad publication since 1934. This extension delivers a browser-friendly, mobile-optimized reading experience with 12 issues per year, featuring step-by-step projects, photo tours of layouts, and expert reviews. It includes offline reading, bookmarks, a Text View, and customizable Reading Modes with an interactive table of contents for quick navigation.

Practical details: download issues for offline reading, save articles with bookmarks, switch to a distraction-free Text View, and tailor Background colors (light, dark, sepia, gray) and font size. Subscriptions and purchases follow the publisher's privacy policy and terms of use, with renewals managed through the platform account settings.

## Rankings

- #215,798 — Overall

## Review summary

User reviews consistently report that the Model Railroader Magazine app fails to grant access to paid issues, cannot restore purchases or log in after updates, crashes and performs poorly, and provides little customer support. Many users describe the new delivery system and edition handling as nonfunctional. These issues appear across numerous reviews, suggesting the app is broadly unreliab le for subscribers.

### Cons

- Inability to access purchased issues or subscriptions; content remains locked or missing after paying.
- Restore purchases and account login issues; many users can't restore purchases or log in after updates.
- Redesign/updates caused a clunky, unstable, or slow experience; crashes and performance problems.
- Poor or unresponsive customer support; lack of fixes or replies to issues.
- Delivery changes and new edition handling not working; updates do not support new editions.

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