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Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R1] Washington Post 1/5 · US New version downloads, but doesn't work on older iPad OSs!!: Doesn't work on an iPad 9 with iPad OS 17.7.2. Tap the icon and it opens to a blank screen. Thought the Apple Store blocked downloading incompatible apps! Please fix this, Post! Upgrading the OS is not an option as it slows down the tablet, uses more battery life, and breaks older apps. If you can't fix it, at least let us download
2. [R4] Washington Post 1/5 · US Good when it works: I subscribe to both the NYT and The Washington Post. When the NYT sends me an article by email, I can click on it and enter the article, including the audio. But with the Washington Post, you click on it and then they want you to prove that you’re really a subscriber. What’s your password? What’s your pets first name? It’s too much work. The Post needs to make it easier to be a
3. [R14] Washington Post 5/5 · US I would like to select an AI voice reader not have WaPo randomly assign one.: I’m thankful for WaPo allowing me to listen to articles. However, we all have differing hearing levels. Certain voices can distract from the message. That’s the case in your approach to assigning AI generated voices to read articles. For me a higher pitched voice that sounds like a teenager reading a serious article di
4. [R30] Washington Post 3/5 · GB Laggy: User interface is not as hassle free and easy to navigate as the New York Times or Apple’s news app. There are lags.
5. [R3] Washington Post 3/5 · US WaPo is center right now and an apologist for plutocrats and economic inequality: WaPo is center right now and an apologist for plutocrats and economic inequality. They got rid of most of their liberal writers and dropped their sports coverage. They still do some decent investigative stories.
6. [R6] Washington Post 3/5 · US Not the same under Bezos: WaPo no longer has its reporting edge. Sad.
7. [R7] Washington Post 1/5 · US Darkness: The Washington post is bending at the knee to trump. It is awful
8. [R9] Washington Post 3/5 · US Post was better when Bezos butted out: Ever since Mr. Bezos put pleasing the Demander in Chief ahead of journalistic integrity, the quality and content of the Post has suffered. Personal integrity has also suffered as a result of the fear of losing lucrative government contracts to a miffed post adolescent narcissistic personality. How much wealth is enough?
9. [R13] Washington Post 2/5 · US Little new news: Just so little new news every day. 90%+ seems to just be recycled from the day before or even many days before. I returned after almost a year with another paper and I am now remembering why I left. Disappointed.
10. [R21] Washington Post 3/5 · US Why you got a Low Score: The Comic section. Bring back ‘Liberty Meadows’. It is the funniest and they have local reference . Good work Mr. Chao. Your ads in the comic….BoRING.
11. [R24] Washington Post 3/5 · US No pleased: Much less writing & national coverage. I would have given it an 8 Stars before the cuts!
12. [R49] Washington Post 5/5 · US The new Washington Post: The good news is that the new op-ed and opinion pages are much better, reflecting more balance and support for freedom and free markets. Unfortunately the sports page and metro section is a shell of its former self, while the Style section is a parody of these sort of things.
13. [R51] NYTimes 1/5 · US Well curated: If you like your news well curated, the times is for you
14. [R54] NYTimes 2/5 · US Slower: The app is now slower and buggier than it was before. Please fix
15. [R55] NYTimes 4/5 · US Some bias but you don’t have to click on it: I’ve learned the opinion pieces are pretty liberal, but I don’t have to click on the links to read the articles. So no thanks to opinions! The news does mostly stick to the news with sometimes some micro aggressions towards Trump or conservatives. I just roll my eyes and move on. But overall I read the morning newsletter I get in my email and evening ne
16. [R56] NYTimes 3/5 · US Bring back the comments button to the bottom + Bring back pagination: Please move the comments and other toggle buttons back down to the bottom, kind of annoying for these tall iPhones to place them at the top. Also, I would LOVE the option to read in pages, just like when the first iPad version came out. Please bring it back!
17. [R66] The Wall Street Journal. News 4/5 · US Sustainable business went dark: Always have appreciated the quality of reporting especially with the Sustainable Business section. Too bad they took it out.
18. [R67] The Wall Street Journal. News 3/5 · US Gift Links Don’t work.: Please fix app so I can send gift links This used to work. Now link says it copies but recipients can’t open. Sends them to subscriber/log in page.
19. [R68] The Wall Street Journal. News 2/5 · US Crossword fan: You broke the crossword with the recent update. The keyboard is not ergonomic on iPad, clues bizarrely jump around when inputting letters and the clue being answered no longer appears as a separate line. Please fix or revert to the previous iteration.
20. [R69] The Wall Street Journal. News 5/5 · US They solved the comments issue: They finally solved seeing comments in the app. Thank goodness.
21. [R79] AP News 2/5 · US Heavy censorship in comments section: The app itself is fine, and AP is one of the best sources for US breaking news and election results, however the recent integration of the comments section into the app has exposed serious censorship, which appears to be associated with certain viewpoints rather than moderating uncivil discussion. I have also noticed how AP’s reporting has more of an editori
22. [R80] AP News 4/5 · US Today in History stuck at February 25!: The app works well most of the time. Unfortunately the date on the “Today in History” image is stuck at February 25. Let’s see if the AP’s app developers read reviews as I can’t find any other way to feedback on a bug.
23. [R81] AP News 3/5 · US Not good on local news at all: The only “local news” this app ever provides for Delaware is other states sports news. Lame AP. Can get that info in any sports section of any paper. Hate sports in general. How about you have actual local news - or stop saying you do.
24. [R82] AP News 1/5 · US AP is Now Proudly Biased: They leave out context and give ridiculous one-sided opinions.
25. [R93] USA TODAY 2/5 · US Super Slow Loading: I like the content of USA Today, but why does this app take about 20 seconds to load on my iPhone 16 when every other app loads almost instantly? Can you please do something about that?
26. [R94] USA TODAY 5/5 · US Great news all!: I look at the USA Today app everyday. It's great with tons of great articles to read daily!
27. [R95] USA TODAY 3/5 · US Missing links and unwieldy navigating: The subscription information mentions access to 200 affiliated publications but I can’t find a link in this app. Reading the comics is awkward compared to having a complete page of comics like you’d find in a printed edition. Put the comics on one page like they appear I. Your Reno Gazette Journal
28. [R96] USA TODAY 1/5 · US STOP THE ADVERTISING! AD FREE Subscription SHOULD BE AD FREE!: This is at least the 6th time I've said this. I pay for AD FREE and USA TODAY inserts ads anyway, as well as countless SHOPPING articles throughout. What a rip off! USA TODAY always shows my Ad Free Subscription as Active. Then why all the ads?
29. [R107] The Economist 1/5 · US Clunk and Hard to use: The app continues to be an abomination, with what should be “basic” features missing. Downloaded issues continue to “spin”; briefly leaving the app results in a long start up load and back to the main page, instead of continuing where left off in the weekly edition. Weekly edition articles have too many links. the previous version of the app was simple, clean, and easy to us
30. [R108] The Economist 5/5 · US Thank you for adding Audio Timer!: Thank you for adding Audio Timer!
31. [R109] The Economist 3/5 · US I miss the old audio narrations: The Economist app lost a lot of character when it switched to AI narrators. I didn’t mind that only select articles were narrated and there was some delay. Intentionally absorbing articles is more difficult now.
32. [R110] The Economist 1/5 · US Audio gone from most recent app update: Hundreds of articles fed to us about AI yet economist can’t figure out how to update their app without completely breaking it. Great job!
33. [R2] Washington Post 5/5 · US The Washington Post: I really trust the news in the Post. I don’t think they lie about it!
34. [R8] Washington Post 5/5 · US The Post is Truth: Reading the work of professional journalists at The Washington Post reveals a dedication to the truth, reveals moral courage, reveals the true legacy of our nation’s founding fathers. It’s the perfect antidote to so much republican dishonesty & so little moral courage from right-wing politicians pundits judges.
35. [R11] Washington Post 5/5 · US Great Journalism: While I’m not a fan of Bezos, the journalists at the WaPo are independent and do the hard work of reporting facts. Well worth the money considering how easy it is to come across garbage being published online these days. By far my favorite paper!
36. [R20] Washington Post 5/5 · US Great App: The Washington Post to me is a reliable source of news. I feel that it is one of the premier newspapers in the country. I have found its reporting to be accurate and unbiased. I like it’s science and medical reporting as well as its recipes.
37. [R10] Washington Post 1/5 · US Sharp decline: The journalist quality of this newspaper declined steadily at first after its acquisition by Bezos then sharply in the last two years after Bezos forced management changes. Now, I still subscribe because I live in the DC area, and some good reporting is done. But the paper often is a mindless cheerleader from Trump and his oligarch pals. The newspaper should be given to a responsibl