# Rock & Gem Magazine

> Lifestyle

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id886110381](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id886110381)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id886110381`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** EG Media Investments LLC
- **Category:** Lifestyle
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (52 ratings)
- **Version:** 7.4.11
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-04
- **First published:** 2014-06-10
- **Size:** 54 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-07-01
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rock-gem-magazine/id886110381)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://pocketmags.com/us/privacy-policy](https://pocketmags.com/us/privacy-policy)

## Description

Rock & Gem Magazine is a lifestyle publication for lapidary and mineral hobbyists, delivering entertaining articles, classic deposits coverage, and collecting trends. Led by lifetime hobbyist and Carnegie Award winner Bob Jones, the magazine features the Frugal Collector series and insights from experienced contributors.

This is a free app download. You can purchase current and back issues and subscribe within the app. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You may manage auto-renewal, restore purchases across platforms, and register/login to a pocketmags account to protect issues. Help is available in-app; privacy policy and terms are linked in the app. Help: help@pocketmags.com

## Review summary

Reviews consistently praise the Rock & Gem Magazine app for delivering a print-like experience with high-quality photos and insightful content, presented in a convenient digital format. Users value the monthly issues and easy management, but reliability issues, pay-per-view pricing, and poor support are frequent complaints that affect perceived value.

### Pros

- High-quality photos and informative content about rocks, gems, and minerals.
- Digital edition mirrors the print magazine with added conveniences (less clutter, easy to manage).
- User-friendly and easy to manage the content.
- Monthly issues are engaging and anticipated.

### Cons

- Intermittent functionality issues (Article View disappears, download failures, general app instability).
- Pay-per-view pricing model for content.
- Poor customer support / unresponsive developer.
- Overall reliability concerns: app not consistently working across issues.

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