You can now read The Good News magazine on your iPad! A digital version of The Good News can now be dowloaded from the iPad App Store. The new app is available in the Newsstand category of the store.

The Newsstand store features magazines that you can subscribe to and read on the iPad. TheGood News magazine app is one of only a few Christian magazines listed in search results within the Newsstand category, which greatly helps raise our profile.

The digital issues of The Good News contain the same articles that are available in the bi-monthly print edition (and on the Good News website). As you flip through a digital issue, you will notice areas within the magazine where you can tap to access Bible study aids (booklets or articles at UCG.org) or watch Beyond Today videos. Additional digital pages have been added that feature content that can be accessed from the iPad, such as United Church of God booklets that are available within iBooks or Beyond Today podcasts that can be downloaded from iTunes.

Once you download the free Good News magazine app, you can download each issue to your library (starting with the January/February 2012 issue) and subscribe to get new issues when they become available. TheGood News app functionality allows you to view the table of contents for each issue (and navigate directly to an article), add bookmarks to favorite pages, e-mail a page from the digital issue to a friend and search for particular keywords inside the issue. New functionality might be added over time as we try to improve the experience of reading a digital magazine.

The Good News app became available in the App Store on May 15, 2012. Since the release date, the app has been downloaded over 220 times from various countries around the world without any advertising on our part. Here are some of the App Store locations from where iPad owners have downloaded the app: United States, Canada, Australia, Malaysia, China, South Africa, India, United Kingdom, Germany, Colombia, Singapore, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Brazil, Belgium, Japan, Philippines, Denmark, Republic of Korea, United Arab Emirates, France, Costa Rica, Portugal, Argentina, Thailand, South Africa, Lithuania, Israel, Russia, Norway, Barbados and Saudi Arabia.

This brand new app is available around the globe and being downloaded in numerous places. Those locations (and downloads) will only increase over time as the iPad is becoming one of the most popular mobile devices used to access Web content, including for visiting the UCG.org website.

At this time we only offer the English digital edition of the Good News within the iPad app. But, we are planning to expand the app to feature our other Good News magazine language editions beginning with the first issue published in 2013. By way of reminder, this app is only available for the Apple iPad and is not available for the Apple iPhone or iPod Touch nor is a Good News app available for any Android supported devices at this time.

Here is how to download The Good News magazine app (you may need to download the Newsstand app first):

Go to the App Store on the iPad.

Search for “Good News Magazine.“

In the iPad Apps search result, locate The Good News Magazine app and tap on “INSTALL.”

Enter in your necessary Apple ID Password.

Once the app is installed you can the download any issue and/or request a free digital subscription.

Enjoy your digital version of The Good News.

We would like to thank the app development company TapEdition (and their helpful staff) that has graciously built this app and provided us the means of saving thousands of dollars. We are excited that we can now provide The Good Newsmagazine iPad app for those around the world who are seeking to understand God’s way of life. Thank you!