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1. [R1] The Philadelphia Inquirer 1/5 · US Subscription with Ads?: I’m paying monthly for a subscription yet still get obnoxious full screen ads that take over the screen and article I’m reading. Really unfortunate. I won’t be renewing my subscription.
2. [R4] The Philadelphia Inquirer 1/5 · US Out of date articles and BIG ADs: I’m really getting fed up with this app. First, while many articles land in the app days before appearing in the published newspaper; there are many “breaking” stories that don’t show up in the app. The inline adds are getting so big you can’t scroll the page without launching the ads webpage. Finally the video ads become so intrusive it’s not worth reading th
3. [R22] The Philadelphia Inquirer 2/5 · US Memory hog: This app eats up memory more than anything else on my phone. How can an app go to 50G of use after a month?
4. [R31] The Philadelphia Inquirer 2/5 · US Ok app but a space hog: Content is good. App is just ok but many others are much better. Main complaint is after using it a while it consumes too much space. Clearing its cache does nothing. It currently has over 7gb on my iPad. Only way to fix it is to delete and reinstall. Also, many times when you come back to the app it loses my place. Doesn’t anyone test this?
5. [R3] The Philadelphia Inquirer 3/5 · US Half-baked app: I really want to support my local newspaper, but this app is not great, and worst of all the only advertising they manage to attract is from Nigerian princes, weight loss “secrets,” and other scams. I wish the app’s support would addresss issues instead of just ignoring them.
6. [R7] The Philadelphia Inquirer 2/5 · US Some articles don’t open: In the newspaper view, some articles do not open at all, or are very slow to open, with only a spinning circle appearing. Those same articles open fine on the website so it seems like an app problem.
7. [R5] The Philadelphia Inquirer 4/5 · US Love the Inquirer, but…: When will the “listen to article” feature be added to the app? Seems like a total miss. Why would I use the app if the convenience is on the website? As for the listen article feature on the website, for long articles, the page eventually refreshes, stopping the reader feature. And there’s no way to pick up where it left off. I hope you solve that glitch too. Keep up the
8. [R35] The Philadelphia Inquirer 1/5 · US Latest update is a downgrade: How do I go back to last version? This one is not switchable to landscape - why?
9. [R45] The Philadelphia Inquirer 1/5 · US Landscape mode gone, please bring it back: What have you done? Latest update forces app into Portrait mode only. Landscape mode is much more comfortable for reading the newspaper replica as I can prop the tablet open in its case. Portrait mode forces one to hold the iPad up to read it. Not conducive to traditional read of newspaper while enjoying breakfast. Please bring back landscape viewing
10. [R51] 6abc Philadelphia 1/5 · US FIX IT!!!!! STILL BROKEN: What is the problem that can’t be fixed with the app FREEZING UP? SAME ISSUE OVER AND OVER. THE AP FREEZES EVERY TIME. CAN NOT USE THE APP WITHOUT IT LOCKING UP. FIX IT!!! Your competition doesn’t have an app that doesn’t freeze up.
11. [R55] 6abc Philadelphia 5/5 · US This App work flawlessly.: I’ve had this app on my phone for a few years now I never noticed any real major issues. The only thing that sort of annoyed me were the endless paid ads, but I do understand that’s how the new station makes revenue. it’s interesting how people complain about how the app doesn’t work how it’s frozen and glitchy. They failed to mention how old their devices which matters
12. [R59] 6abc Philadelphia 1/5 · US ADS: Too many ads
13. [R65] Philadelphia Eagles 5/5 · US Fly Eagle fly: As a Eagle fan that don’t know what happening to the eagles so this goes a long way
14. [R70] Philadelphia Eagles 5/5 · US Eagles: This is hands down the best app on my phone Go Birds 🦅
15. [R74] Philadelphia Eagles 5/5 · US Great app go birds!: Amazing easy to navigate just shows you everything you need
16. [R79] WNEP The News Station 1/5 · US Weather: The latest update messed up the radar. It freezes then jumps ahead.. it sucks
17. [R82] WNEP The News Station 1/5 · US App update: The new app update is horrible!!! How do you even find anything on it? It’s just an endless scroll of nothing. There’s no drop down menu for you to choose anything. No way to find local and regional sports info. No link to the community events page. No link to the Home and Backyard show/videos. The link for the weather doesn’t do anything. The page doesn’t load. I tried to fin
18. [R85] WNEP The News Station 1/5 · US Previously useful app is now garbage: No organization, no dates on stories, no way to search. Just an endless scroll of random articles. It’s supposed to be a news app but is now more geared to social media users. Whoever designed it should find another line of work. They sure didn’t have users in mind.
19. [R93] SEPTA 1/5 · US This app is not user friendly: All I’m trying to do is plan a rail trip to see when the train will arrive to pickup someone at the station and I can’t get it to do that
20. [R101] SEPTA 1/5 · US Inaccurate and glitchy: Some nice features like the favorited routes/stops are helpful. The idea behind many of the features are great but are very glitchy to the point it isn’t worth trying. For example, the app doesn’t stay logged in and the password needs changed way too often (every few months). The login from the app doesn’t work and often have to resort to using the browser version. Addition
21. [R103] SEPTA 1/5 · US Truly useless, and keeps getting worse!: Times are inaccurate or buses just don’t show up. Buses often aren’t tracked but then suddenly appear past the stop you’ve been waiting for. Cancellations don’t show until the last minute or even after the bus was supposed to arrive. I’m continually surprised by how this app keeps getting worse when it’s already so terrible.
22. [R107] Patch 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.
23. [R109] Patch 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.
24. [R111] Patch 5/5 · US Great: It’s wonderful to get a little bit of local news and not have a paywall
25. [R17] The Philadelphia Inquirer 4/5 · US Portrait mode only update?: I love reading the inquirer everyday on my iPad. But today, I noticed the app icon had changed from black to white. And now I can only use the app in portrait mode. It is much more difficult to read this way, and the stand on my case can’t hold it open that way. I didn’t mind that the price went up to almost $30/month, but that is a lot of money for a product that is
26. [R28] The Philadelphia Inquirer 1/5 · US Predatory Subscription Practices: This paper makes it near impossible to cancel without a call or chat.