Worst newspaper app ever
I subscribe to four newspapers and visit many others. The Post Dispatch app is by far the worst newspaper app I visit and quite possibly the worst overall app on the planet that charges subscription fees. The app Constantly requires a re login, articles don’t load or have missing links, tons of articles from newspaper are not on the app and stories are often days old. Literally junk.
I don’t understand how this business doesn’t scrap this app and start over. Obviously they are losing money and don’t feel it’s worth the cost or effort, just as they don’t seem willing to pay for actual journalists? Good luck with that strategy as you continue to turn off customers and swirl around the drain. Once my promotional subscription is over I won’t even think of paying the full rate for this garbage.
I don’t understand how this business doesn’t scrap this app and start over. Obviously they are losing money and don’t feel it’s worth the cost or effort, just as they don’t seem willing to pay for actual journalists? Good luck with that strategy as you continue to turn off customers and swirl around the drain. Once my promotional subscription is over I won’t even think of paying the full rate for this garbage.
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Hope for the opportunity to change my rating…
…But as it stands, I am very disappointed with the digital platform. I am a subscriber, living in California, and the only reason I subscribe is to keep up with the great team of reported y’all have on the baseball beat. I am a huge fan of Derrick Goold and his team, but this app lets down their great coverage with articles that don’t open, sport section links that don’t work, difficult to navigate archives… it’s really a mess. I badly miss the standalone baseball app the PD used to have. It was also buggy, but at least I was able to navigate to the content I wanted. Considering ending my subscription and just getting my baseball news from national outlets. Would kill me, but no point in paying for a service I can’t use.
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Response from developer
I’m sorry that you aren’t satisfied with our app. I would love to help resolve any issue you are having. Please email me at csc-digital-escalations@lee.net and we can troubleshoot the issue. Also, we do offer the stlpinchhits app that you can check out for your sports needs.
Significant improvements
The PD app has been significantly improved since I wrote my first review )below). The app is much more consistent in how it works.
I previously said it was nearly unusable and that is no longer true. While app not as good as some other major newspapers, I no longer want to give up on reading the PD.
The PD app was slow and hard to use before but this new version is much worse. Its behavior is inconsistent. The instructions to download a pdf don’t work. I get no response when I press “view pdf”.
I previously said it was nearly unusable and that is no longer true. While app not as good as some other major newspapers, I no longer want to give up on reading the PD.
The PD app was slow and hard to use before but this new version is much worse. Its behavior is inconsistent. The instructions to download a pdf don’t work. I get no response when I press “view pdf”.
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Response from developer
I apologize for the frustration, please contact digital support at 1‐800‐365‐0820, for suggestions on how to improve the apps performance on your device.