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1. [R7] The Wall Street Journal. News 2/5 · US SLOW: This app just keeps hanging up. I don’t know if they’re doing it intentionally to force you to look at ads, but I can’t get through a single article without it hanging up. Updates seem to make no difference, and I’m on fiber, so not a bandwidth issue.
2. [R18] The Wall Street Journal. News 3/5 · US Issues with app: Newspaper is great, but the app is a battery killer and overheats the phone. Also, reader comments cannot be read, not can you contribute
3. [R21] The Wall Street Journal. News 3/5 · US App is ruining the WSJ experience: I read the Journal every day, making it my primary source for news which I’ve trusted for decades. I switched from newsprint to the app maybe 15 years ago, preferring its portability and searchability. The “Define” function is great, since every issue has a word or two I don’t know. The app itself, though, is buggy and inconsistent. Every few months an update b
4. [R33] The Wall Street Journal. News 3/5 · US Buggy, Ad-filled mess: The user experience and navigation have gone backwards over the past year. The issue is that there are now so many interspersed and slow loading ad blocks in each digital article that the app freezes, and causes my iPhone to overheat. True even on my 1 Gig wifi link. We get it - news is a business that requires ad revenue, but not at the expense of degrading the product.
5. [R1] The Wall Street Journal. News 1/5 · US Opt out bug: If you don’t choose “accept all” it goes into a terminal holding pattern that requires that I delete the app. Until this is fixed, I have to use the browser for content.
6. [R3] 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.
7. [R4] 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.
8. [R10] The Wall Street Journal. News 1/5 · US Can’t login with Sign In With Apple: I’ll change this rating once this is fixed, but I’ve subscribed to the app but can’t login with Sign In With Apple! I’ve tried over and over on multiple devices. It takes me to the Safari browser, I select my account, it signs in and stays on a blank page. It doesn’t take me back to the app, and the app stays signed out. I’m extremely frustrated with this!
9. [R6] The Wall Street Journal. News 3/5 · US no comments: I don’t get why this app doesn’t let you leave comments, only on the website. It’s 2024, how hard can it be to add such a basic feature to the app?
10. [R11] The Wall Street Journal. News 4/5 · US Comments?: It’s a great read, these days, but I have to use the mobile site rather than the app because the app, inexplicably in 2026, doesn’t show reader comments.
11. [R15] The Wall Street Journal. News 3/5 · US Can’t comment: Can’t comment or view comments on iPhone
12. [R28] The Wall Street Journal. News 1/5 · US WSJ App now just a con game: News content is no longer accessible via the iPhone app. Regardless of an active subscription, every attempt to read beyond the headlines will be met with a screen demanding the purchase of an additional $39 monthly subscription. There are ample legitimate news options available via iTunes apps. If you truly need to read WSJ, try a print subscription.
13. [R34] The Wall Street Journal. News 1/5 · US Poly market ads: Get rid of them. I pay for a subscription, I don’t need to see gambling ads here as well
14. [R35] The Wall Street Journal. News 5/5 · US Trash: If you want to read more on an. Article you need to pay up homie lol
15. [R2] 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.
16. [R8] The Wall Street Journal. News 4/5 · US Today’s edition: What happened to the rest of this edition. Only Page One and Opinion show up.
17. [R31] The Wall Street Journal. News 2/5 · US New Format: Where’s the newspaper? I am about ready to cancel my subscription because I can no longer see the entire newspaper and choose what I want to read. Instead, some powers have decided what’s important for me to see. For example, where is the Mansions section? It’s not listed as a section but if I go to the print edition (which is clumsy and difficult to navigate), it is there meaning it
18. [R37] The Wall Street Journal. News 1/5 · US Print Edition?: Why did Print Edition disappear in your last update? Please bring it back!
19. [R14] The Wall Street Journal. News 4/5 · US Please Add Playback Speed Option To Audio: Love the app, love your reporting. Love listening to articles. Please add an option to adjust audio playback speed and make it so my selection is saved so I don’t have to set it for each article. Keep up the great work
20. [R19] The Wall Street Journal. News 1/5 · US AI Listen not working: If you click to read an article and within the article page, hit play to listen to article, it will play. However, as soon as phone locks or you turn off the screen, the article stops playing. However, if you hit play in the screen where you can scroll through all the articles, black earphone icon appears on bottom right, and the article does not stop playing even if you tu
21. [R27] The Wall Street Journal. News 3/5 · US “Breaking News” notification spam: WSJ continues to abuse the breaking news push notification setting by spamming your notifications with fluff pieces that are in no way breaking news. Without useful notifications, the app is useless. Back to the mobile website again.
22. [R45] The Wall Street Journal. News 3/5 · US Too Many Notifications!: Can we please control what type of notifications we get? I want breaking news. I have no interest in some random article. I read the whole thing almost daily. I don’t need encouragement.
23. [R12] The Wall Street Journal. News 3/5 · US Okay App, Poor Reporting: Sometimes is a challenge to distinguish between newsroom reporting and opinion columns. Also I frequently found opinion columns more helpful with presenting facts.
24. [R30] The Wall Street Journal. News 3/5 · US Over Priced/Dwindling Quality: As a long term subscriber, I grow increasingly disappointed. The overall quality of journalism is flagging under the weight of obvious political bias. The headlines read just like the click bait on most social media platforms. Jason Gay (sports writer) has my subscription hanging on by a thin thread!
25. [R52] NYTimes 5/5 · US Such a Great App: The New York Times app has lots of great articles every day I would highly recommend
26. [R54] NYTimes 1/5 · US Well curated: If you like your news well curated, the times is for you
27. [R55] NYTimes 5/5 · US Truthful, and accurate news source: I am continually inspired by the New York Times for its unwavering commitment to thorough and accurate reporting. In an age where information can often be muddied, the Times stands as a beacon of integrity and journalistic excellence. Their dedication to uncovering the truth not only informs the public but also empowers us to engage with the world around us. Eac
28. [R61] 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
29. [R70] CNBC 3/5 · US Live stream on iPad stopped working: I’m so frustrated I cannot stream cnbc on my iPad. I constantly remove and reinstall but doesn’t help. Worked fine before the split.
30. [R72] CNBC 3/5 · US Live streaming not working.: The app used to be great but when they changed the logo it went downhill. Will try deleting and reinstalling.
31. [R74] CNBC 3/5 · US Mute the annoying music: CNBC’s programming is excellent, especially with a Prime membership, it really elevates the viewing experience. However, I do wish they would mute the music or switch to a more calming, visually appealing background when blocking commercials. It would make the experience feel much more polished and enjoyable.
32. [R75] CNBC 1/5 · US Videos Freeze: I don’t understand for the life of me how this is a five star rated app. This app is absolutely horrible and has gotten worse since Versant bought out the company. The videos freeze about 20% into it. The charts are incredibly amateur and lag the videos take so long to come out after they’ve been played. Do better this is garbage.
33. [R83] MarketWatch 5/5 · US MW gives me a chubby.: MW!
34. [R84] MarketWatch 3/5 · US Subscription doesn’t work on IPhone App: After paying for a subscription, the app always wants you to login with the user ID and password. Doesn’t seem to work well on an iPhone.
35. [R86] MarketWatch 5/5 · US Market watch is good reading: App has some great feature stories that are enjoyable to read
36. [R87] MarketWatch 3/5 · US Decent: I generally like the app. Most articles are written well. Some are useful. I find them much better than others. My main complaint is that the app doesn’t allow for a Dark Mode. In this day and age, not having a Dark Mode is surprising.
37. [R93] 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
38. [R94] The Economist 5/5 · US Thank you for adding Audio Timer!: Thank you for adding Audio Timer!
39. [R95] 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.
40. [R97] The Economist 5/5 · US Addition of CarPlay takes this to the next level: So happy to see CarPlay support added to the app. I love the podcasts, but this will help me get thru more of the articles. Please add playback speed controls. 1x is just too slow for me and there are a lot of articles I’d like to get to each week.
41. [R107] Bloomberg 1/5 · US Huge Fail: You have totally screwed up the best financial app ever. The new version has erased my watchlists!!!
42. [R108] Bloomberg 5/5 · US True and Accurate: I’m reliant on Bloomberg as one of two primary sources for business and world news. I can’t remember an occasion when I found something that was exaggerated or misleading. Even the spelling is almost always without flaw.
43. [R111] Bloomberg 5/5 · US Overall great quality app and news - unbiased, serious and to the point: Great app with a lot of details across so many topic. Worth the money paid for the subscription. The best news team for any topic. I liked to read the app, the news articles and listen to them on radio. Their news sticks to the serious middle of the ground view regardless of topic. The opinions are where you expectedly see s
44. [R113] Bloomberg 1/5 · US Paying for a broken app: Pay an exorbitant subscription for the right to view the headline but not the article. They broke the app and now none of the articles open when you click them.
45. [R36] The Wall Street Journal. News 3/5 · US Love the WSJ, don’t love Ads.: I am disappointed that the app has ads, even when offline. I am a paying member of the Wall Street journal, and I don’t find it respectable that you guys choose to have banner ads in app.
46. [R100] The Economist 5/5 · US CarPlay Support Added 🙏: Great app for economist subscribers and now (4/26) even better with CarPlay support added. Easy to listen to subscriber content while driving and to queue up all your favorite podcasts and articles.
47. [R114] Bloomberg 5/5 · US Better than CNBC: I had a sub to CNBC the past 5 years but often found their articles were short and lacked detail. Bloomberg content is more comprehensive, detailed, and a wider array of topics are covered . Goodbye CNBC, hello Bloomberg. Bill in San Diego.
48. [R120] Bloomberg 5/5 · US Best market news: I couldn’t imagine not waking up and reading Bloomberg market commentary followed by watching Bloomberg Markets. Bloomberg provides financial advisors with a comprehensive data stream as well as commentary from some of the most prominent and successful money managers.