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  • An app for all weather

    After downloading this, I believe no human requires a second application on their iPhone.
  • Great way to stay up to date

    This app helps me stay informed while living abroad. Love the podcasts and program playlists! Can sometimes get a bit glitchy - stories not loading all the way but I use this app so much I am able to look past minor interruptions!
  • Great app

    Love the NPR app... Absolutely essential for me to stay connected to the USA. If you're having problems with crashing, delete ad reinstall. I had problems after the last update but after reinstalling it works perfectly again.
  • Best layout for news apps

    Love this app - so well designed and great content to boot! Even a few hanging moments and having to reinstall couldn't get me to give it any less than 5 stars :)
  • A killer way for expats to keep up with US affairs!

    It's wonderful that I can use this app to listen to NPR on my local station from back home as well!
  • Useful and glad to have it

    I use this app all the time, haven't had any problems with it crashing. Not only does it give you access to the wide number of radio stations you want to listen to and articles to read from, it allows you to pick out certain NPR shows to specifically listen to.

    Living in the UK I'm glad they have it, as a true Seattleite I don't miss NPR even when I'm abroad.
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  • V 3.6.1 is faster

    Well, the update has improved the speed, so that's very good news. Of course, as usual with the app it wasn't all smooth -- update would just crash, despite hard reset of phone. Had to delete and reinstall app -- lucky no app data to loose.

    So, good app, recommended, but continue to push you on quality control and testing ...
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  • Great Leap Backwards

    This app is so slow and clunky, you're better off getting one of the non official NPR apps.
    Don't get me wrong, not including silly games, this was my most used App, BUT it's now as slow as molasses. Response time for any action on the app takes 10 to 15 seconds, and seeing as just listening to an article requires at least three actions, this quickly becomes very inconvenient. The previous in-dig-nation (little pun there) had its flaws, but was more user friendly. PLEASE FIX OR RESTORE PREVIOUS.
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  • Almost pretty good

    When you want to listen to the playlist, it plays one item and then stops. You have to go back and open the app and then the next item will play. A little frustrating in an otherwise great app for NPR. Would also appreciate being able to listen to the 24 hour cast that is available on the website.
  • No background mode

    Radio stops playing as soon as screen turns black. Which means you can only listen it to a minute or so and then have to turn the screen on if you want to continue. I like NPR but this app makes it impossible to listen to it.

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