CNN vs FOX News

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. [R2] CNN 5/5 · US CNN: CNN provides timely news coverage and keeps me informed about important events happening around the world.
2. [R6] CNN 3/5 · US Paid subscription still has ads????: Thought I was subscribing to not have to deal with ads, the way subscribing at the most expensive level gets you with most other streaming services. What’s the benefit??
3. [R69] FOX News 3/5 · US WAY too many ads: I am getting absolutely fed up with all of the ads that constantly pop up on Fox News. Not only that, but now they put an ad banner down at the bottom of the app so every time your thumb goes down there to scroll up to the next news article, it opens up another ad! So dang frustrating!!!!!
4. [R120] FOX News 2/5 · US Ads are overwhelming: Good luck trying to read the news without being interrupted by ads that automatically open Expedia or launch something like Monopoly Go. The constant intrusion has made this app feel less like accessing information and more like being bombarded by aggressive marketing. At this point, the level of advertising has become overwhelming and difficult to tolerate.
5. [R3] CNN 3/5 · US Disappointed: Since purchasing a subscription, the app now freezes while reading articles requiring me to restart the app in order to read articles; jumps backward while scrolling through articles; and goes to a black screen partway through an article which sometimes can be cleared by going backwards, but not always, and then trying to scroll forward again. I expected to have at least as good of
6. [R11] CNN 5/5 · US Horrible user experience for a paid app: I travel a lot and like to listen to CNN via the paid streaming service on their app. Unfortunately it is bug filled and very difficult to use. I have a new iPhone, and I’m using the current app so I know it’s not that. It starts off streaming the audio correctly, and then any sort of notification from my phone like a text or anything like that at all pau
7. [R77] FOX News 2/5 · US Worst app: I find it asks me to sign in so often.Last time it said app sign not working?It is tne only app I have which does not work smoothly..And at times the speech does not synch…..I love fox but have endless problems with it
8. [R112] FOX News 2/5 · US Very unstable app: 1) Fox News, if you want people to continue to use this app you need to fix it. When I go out of a story to the feed it whips up to the top. Maybe six to seven times out of ten. 2) While I enjoy the political cartoons, sometimes when I go into one it will disappear. Going back out it shows up again (when it doesn't automatically scroll back to the top). I'm sure you have inte
9. [R4] CNN 1/5 · US Pay for CNN is malfunctioning: I paid the annual fee of $29.99 but I keep getting kicked off the app. Please fix it! UPDATE: 2 years later, I continue to be kicked off the app. Fix it, please. Also, fee rose to $69.99 this year!
10. [R12] CNN 3/5 · US Daily Validation??: Used to, I could sign in with my TV provider and it would keep working. Now, it makes me verify my TV subscriber every day and it will not let me do that until the 60 second free preview timer runs out. This needs to be fixed.
11. [R61] FOX News 1/5 · US Not working: App does not work very upsetting, the wheel keeps spinning. This is on an Apple TV. I am unable to authenticate a cable subscription. Everything else works but live tv. This is the only app that has this problem.
12. [R106] FOX News 2/5 · US App freezes all the time: App just freezes on its own too often. Forces me to close app to get past the freeze. Appears to be related to new header and footer adds
13. [R40] CNN 1/5 · US Why download CNN: It has turned into one of the most useless news apps that I have ever downloaded. Virtually every news article is behind a paywall. It’s basically just click bait at this point.
14. [R83] FOX News 1/5 · US Annoying adds: Love the app, not so much the full page adds that pop up right in the middle of reading something
15. [R102] FOX News 2/5 · US Too Many Ads: I do enjoy Fox News Network, however their app is very lacking. The primary concern is the amount of ads you encounter when trying to read the news articles. One such ad, “EXPEDIA” will open a web link to their site, and this happens very often.
16. [R5] CNN 5/5 · US Great response: I had given the 3 stars this morning when all of the sudden I was getting a message telling me to Subscribe when my subscription was good until next May. I could not get it to work on either iPad or iPhone. The AI system provided a way to email for help. They responded quickly and were able to unlock my account. Thank you for all your help.
17. [R17] CNN 5/5 · US Still could use improvement: I’m now a subscriber and I’m satisfied with the service on my TV and devices. A few things really irk me though. The app: Having to sign in every darned day is really irritating. Streaming: I expected the same programming as you get on regular TV but apparently that’s not the case. Some of the programming is different. Why? I hate having CNN headline news shoved in th
18. [R67] FOX News 1/5 · US Can't watch Fox on app: Keeps saying provider not authorized however, I can't find the "For You" on my iPhone app to complete the steps. Very confusing
19. [R82] FOX News 4/5 · US Comments are a nightmare: Often get logged out, mid-session, then need to go through multiple sign in attempts (not wrong password, bad tech) and still can’t comment or respond. Not a once off, happens regularly. Please fix
20. [R7] CNN 2/5 · US Deleting app: Every time I try to read an article newsworthy it says I reached my free limit. DELETED!!!
21. [R46] CNN 1/5 · US Greedy: You can only read 5 articles until you have to become a paid subscriber to keep reading