Patch

What reviewers actually said

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. [R3] 5/5 · US Great: It’s wonderful to get a little bit of local news and not have a paywall
2. [R30] 5/5 · US The only news without a charge: Great new events and weather. Hopefully they can expand their business without charge👀
3. [R85] 5/5 · US Importance of local news: Since the newspapers have staffing issues, and I’m not capable of covering some of the local news, the patch has taken up that void and keeps us informed from the largest to the smallest matters that affect us locally
4. [R10] 5/5 · US Patch: Patch is a great source of news and events happening in my area. I rely on this site to provide the latest and most accurate information.
5. [R16] 5/5 · US Helpful: Up to date local news
6. [R51] 5/5 · US Patch news: I love the Patch news. I can get more information from the Patch news that I can get from regular news on TV. This is why I am always staying in tune with Patch. Patch also gives me more updates. What is going on crime things that are value to know about events parties. New stores and special events in Joliet and the surrounding areas that I added to Patch thank you very much Patch kee
7. [R68] 5/5 · US Love access to differ areas: I find Patch very informative. I subscribe to several different areas so I can keep track of things going on where my family and friends live around the state.
8. [R9] 5/5 · US Patch me in!: I really enjoy reading Patch. I especially enjoy the fact that the print is so large and beautiful that I don’t even need my glasses. It’s up-to-date Florida news, That is local and relevant. Thank you for sending it to my inbox. I’m grateful.
9. [R31] 4/5 · US Quick reads: Right to the story and a general understanding of the subject matter. They could use some editing at times, as I’ve noticed some misspelled words and punctuation mistakes, but overall a good start if you wanted to dig deeper from other sources.
10. [R47] 5/5 · US Really like The Patch: I think the stories and updates are terrific! Neat and clean reporting! Thanks!!!
11. [R49] 5/5 · US Keeps me well informed!: Well written, timely information, and just what I need to keep me aware. Thanks!
12. [R38] 5/5 · US Great News app: The Patch app is a great non-commercial news reporting app of my area. With a diminishment of local news papers the “Patch” helps to fill the gap.
13. [R39] 3/5 · US Keeps crashing now: Used to work very smoothly, but keeps crashing now.
14. [R42] 1/5 · US App started crashing immediately during week of Nov 11, 2024: I had no issues with Patch app functionality until November 2024. Now it’s a nonexistent information source.
15. [R48] 1/5 · US Patch Inoperable: Never got a chance to use The PATCH it NEVER worked! After this app was downloaded to my iPhone.
16. [R58] 1/5 · US App crashes immediately upon opening: The apl crashes constantly
17. [R1] 2/5 · US Patch needs work: The patch app is too disorganized and the some of the stories are old ( like months old). The writing leaves a lot to be desired, the stories often lack the proper detail or they include details that really have nothing to do with the main story. This App could be really useful if it was organized and held pertinent information.
18. [R13] 3/5 · US Local News: I see the potential but unfortunately there isn’t much to read. It’s also kind of messy and all over the place. Very disorganized but again, I do see it’s potential if the right ppl fix this.
19. [R21] 2/5 · US Patch: I’m really disappointed with the paper app as it doesn’t let you delete old news that’s been on there for at least a month
20. [R128] 1/5 · US Old articles: God you keep old articles on this site way too long
21. [R8] 1/5 · US POLITICALLY WOKE TRASH RAG: If only there were any real journalist left who just wanted the truth. People, don’t go to college for journalism learn a trade and you’ll be OK because journalism is dead…
22. [R19] 1/5 · US Liberal: Why are reporters so liberal. All articles bleed left.
23. [R28] 1/5 · US Too political and not neutral: This news source used to be just about local news information and was great. It would stay neutral as far as politics goes. Now it is a liberal left media outlet. Once you go woke, you go broke!
24. [R29] 2/5 · US Too Biased: The Patch is a decent resource for local news. However, if the story is political, they take a biased, left leaning stance. These stories are propaganda, always anti-Trump. They no longer allow comments. I wonder why? I hope the taxpayers are not stuck paying the operating costs.
25. [R12] 2/5 · US Neighborhood Connection: I have had Patch News for years and I liked when I could connect with neighbors until they changed it so you can only connect with people through Facebook. I don’t have Facebook and not everyone one does. Why couldn’t Patch leave it as is for those of us who do not want to go through Facebook. I used to like connecting with neighbors through the Patch app. Stinks. I did fi
26. [R55] 1/5 · US Very limited app - online website is better: Patch app is Limited compared to the Patch website. There is no Neighborly post option for sharing nature posts or uplift posts with others or reading neighbors posts like a social network. You can share articles and classified but no commentaries. All you can see is a few repetitive posts from these categories: weather, events, local businesses. All of
27. [R63] 1/5 · US Another "news" app that removed reader comments.: They claim it's while they improve app. I've seen Yahoo say the same thing years ago and comments never came back. I'm sure it's the same case here as Patch couldn't handle the occasional criticism in the reader comments. Lame.
28. [R66] 1/5 · US No more reader comments?: Patch claims to have removed reader comments while they improve the app. This seems very disingenuous because they could’ve left reader comments on while they made their improvements. So it seems Patch has become just another news aggregate site. The reader comments were a very important reason, most readers went on the Patch. Removing reader comments has made the patch,
29. [R24] 4/5 · US Like the app: Like the info but the ads get annoying but I know that’s how they keep it free!
30. [R65] 1/5 · US Toooo many adds: To many ads
31. [R107] 1/5 · US Mostly ads: I live near Hollywood no news happening I guess since every article is an ad about houses I can never afford to own
32. [R113] 1/5 · US Sellouts: Polluted with ads, can’t even get thru a whole article without clicking on ads 5 times, way to run a business to the ground. Dumpster fire
33. [R92] 3/5 · US Select what news stories I want: I like getting local news about my community but I wish I could tell Patch which stores I am interested in and which I am not. I would like to be able to turn off notifications about real estate since I am not in the market as well as pets and school sports. I just want to know about local government, local crime, and what changes are happening or being proposed wi
34. [R112] 2/5 · US Lacks purpose: Due to the inability to curate local news from the city you’re in, this is a useless app. Who wants to read a hyperlocal news feed of somewhere they don’t live? And the place it defaults me to is just an unremarkable nearby suburb nobody gives a crap about which is nowhere near me, it’s almost 30 miles away. I have written the Patch team a few times about this and they don’t reply.
35. [R18] 2/5 · US Accessibility: I use Apple‘s VoiceOver screen reading software to navigate And listen to postings. The app may be friendly for people who are cited, however, it is not the most friendly four people with low vision or no vision using screen reading software to get the information offered.
36. [R43] 3/5 · US No dark theme: Unfortunately it doesn’t matter how good the content is if I can’t read it comfortably. Hopefully a dark theme is in the works!
37. [R73] 2/5 · US Ok but: Needs dark mode.
38. [R111] 1/5 · US Horrible! Horrible!: That layout is a mess. The influx of ads make it hard to skew news articles or even often tell them apart. There is no ability to clear the apps caches and the app desperately needs DARK MODE. Viewing the articles in the app bothersome on the eyes due to lack of dark mode.
39. [R64] 1/5 · US App crash: App crashes after opening
40. [R27] 3/5 · US More information needed!: I guess because of the lack of staffing the reporting should be more informative!
41. [R23] 1/5 · US Be honest with the people.: We know who you support
42. [R90] 2/5 · US Can’t comment on post: After completing the required information still can’t comment. I’m starting to hate Patch!!!
43. [R101] 1/5 · US No longer works: Not the best app to begin with but it stopped working days ago with new update. And no update or fox has come out since.