The Philadelphia Inquirer vs 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. [R8] The Philadelphia Inquirer 5/5 · US My Inquirer: I rely on Will Bunch’s column
2. [R11] The Philadelphia Inquirer 5/5 · US Great Way to Stay Informed: And it’s a non-profit, not owned by billionaires! All the news that fits, they print … unlike one larger national paper from New York.
3. [R15] The Philadelphia Inquirer 3/5 · US Great app - Biased News: The app is great, it really is. The sports section is good. My issue is the Political Bias. All the major publications and cable news outlets do it, we all know that. However, I turn to local news to get the facts, not the “journalists’ feelings and opinions”. Sad to see that Philadelphia inquiry do this.
4. [R23] The Philadelphia Inquirer 5/5 · US Excellent, in terms of content and ease of navigation.: I read the Inquirer and (mainly) the Daily News for Philadelphia sports news. It’s all there, everything from game results to stats to analysis and opinion. When the Phillies or Eagles make a roster change, that’s where I find out about it. Their three primary sports columnists each have their own style and are always enlightening. There are
5. [R6] The Philadelphia Inquirer 3/5 · US 16 GBs?!: I love the app for news and viewing the paper but something needs to be fixed with the cache/storage. I don’t download papers and yet the app is still occupying 16 GBs of memory at present and it grows each time I use it. I end up having to constantly delete, redownload, and log back-in in order to use the app and my iPad in general. This has only been an issue in the last 3 months. Real
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. [R9] The Philadelphia Inquirer 3/5 · US Memory Hog: Love the app and paper but it currently is using 9gb of memory on my phone. Why? I am going to have to delete the app.
8. [R10] The Philadelphia Inquirer 1/5 · US Figure out you online access policies: For the 2nd time in the past 12 months I've subscribed to your online paper. And for the 2nd time I am unable to access any articles, as I'm told I've reached my limit of free access, even though I am logged in. This is incredibly frustrating. I am paying for access and can't access.
9. [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.
10. [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.
11. [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
12. [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
13. [R13] The Philadelphia Inquirer 1/5 · US The worst app: This app is an embarrassment to the once great paper. Frequently unresponsive. No wonder a subscription only costs $1.00 a month.
14. [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
15. [R34] The Philadelphia Inquirer 1/5 · US Difficult to use: Recent design changes have made it very difficult to use the app. This in addition to obtrusive ads and the always poor prioritizing of news is going to result in me calling to cancel my underused / difficult to use subscription. It’s very sad what has become of journalism today.
16. [R14] The Philadelphia Inquirer 5/5 · US Recent update doesn’t allow landscape: I always loved this app but the recent app update no longer allows reading in landscape. This is very annoying when reading on an iPad as you have to turn the iPad around and stand it upright. This doesn’t work well with most iPad cases. Please allow both landscape and portrait.
17. [R28] The Philadelphia Inquirer 1/5 · US Predatory Subscription Practices: This paper makes it near impossible to cancel without a call or chat.
18. [R40] The Philadelphia Inquirer 1/5 · US Awful update: New update will not rotate on my IPad. So I can’t read it easily. Not acceptable. I hate it. Might drop my subscription.
19. [R51] 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
20. [R83] Patch 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.
21. [R99] Patch 5/5 · US Great Local News: Patch is a great source for local news briefs. They cover things that I cannot find in my local news paper or cable news network. At one time there was the option to comment on articles. Unfortunately it became depressingly negative. So much so that it became a huge turn off. Unlike some others here, I am thrilled that feature has been removed. For those of you that are bothe
22. [R104] Patch 1/5 · US Nothing local!! It’s an ad app 👎🏼❌: This is an ad and data collection app masquerading as a news platform. I’m subscribed to my city and the city next door, and the feed is filled with clickbait & ragebait 500+ miles away and all over the country. If an app is designed with a feature to select a city for LOCAL news, that is what the app should provide.
23. [R106] Patch 1/5 · US Gave me regional stories while missing our biggest local story.: A 48 foot power boat going 40 MPH with 11 people aboard did not see the Alamitos Bay jetty, hit the rocks and sank at 9:20 last night. As I searched for details from local news providers Patch never picked it up and could only offer where to go to see July 4th fireworks. Thanks for nothing Patch.
24. [R19] The Philadelphia Inquirer 1/5 · US Uses too much space: I like the app but it’s taking up all the free space on my phone (32GB), which is absurd. The clear cache button doesn’t work. The only solution is to delete the app.
25. [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?