Needs lots of work
I subscribe to both the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the St. Paul Pioneer Press, so I receive both the print and digital editions. For years, I've noticed the overall quality of the MSP newspapers tips in the Star Tribune's favor. However, since I live in St. Paul, I subscribe to both.
The Pioneer Press is a good newspaper; however, the app is awful. It is on a horrible interface, very hard to read, to the point where I haven't opened it in weeks. I would much rather receive my news on the Star Tribune's app, as it is crisp, clean, and very easy to read. If I were the head of IT at the Pioneer Press, I would invest lots of time, energy, and money to upgrade their app, as the Star Tribune's blows theirs out of the water.
The Pioneer Press is a good newspaper; however, the app is awful. It is on a horrible interface, very hard to read, to the point where I haven't opened it in weeks. I would much rather receive my news on the Star Tribune's app, as it is crisp, clean, and very easy to read. If I were the head of IT at the Pioneer Press, I would invest lots of time, energy, and money to upgrade their app, as the Star Tribune's blows theirs out of the water.
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Laid an egg with this app
The current app is poorly designed and difficult to navigate. It is not intuitive. I am disappointed as I enjoy reading my news on my device but find the experience frustrating. It's difficult to find articles and once one is found navigating through the article is arduous if not impossible. I would LOVE to know about the 8 east metro restaurants I should know about (as the teaser suggests) but when I got to the article I couldn't figure out how to navigate through it. Very disappointed.
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Format
So far this version is the one I like best. They still have one problem....there is no search option....finding sainted/tainted, dear Abby or anything I know is in the paper...
Huge improvement
Much faster than old app. Well done.
FIVE STARS OVER THE OLD APP
Big improvement over previous version. Great way to stay on top of local news and the PP is more generous with stories then ACROSS the river at the Tribune.
Snappy
Snappy and simple - it's a lightweight summary of the full version. Think USA Today version of the Pioneer Press. Like the traffic function.
Hangs up on some of the banner ads, but I have not encountered ANY pop-ups. Hopefully the PP keeps it this way.
Hangs up on some of the banner ads, but I have not encountered ANY pop-ups. Hopefully the PP keeps it this way.
Pop-over ads, crashes
This app crashes on my iPad 2 when starting.
The full screen ads with video and audio frequently pop up and completely cover the display. Very annoying. Comics are frequently stale and several comics always fail to update on Sundays. This app continues to rate as my worst app despite the valuable news content.
The full screen ads with video and audio frequently pop up and completely cover the display. Very annoying. Comics are frequently stale and several comics always fail to update on Sundays. This app continues to rate as my worst app despite the valuable news content.
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Garbage
This app is so aggravating, you can barely click on write review to enter this. Maybe my expectations are too high? Shouldn't something work if you pay for it? The app looks nice and is easy to navigate however, its main functionality seems to be crashing. Take some lessons from other news apps I.E. USAToday or CNN and get this figured out. It shouldn't be that hard. Fix it.
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Subscription required
I wouldn't know if any of their content is good since you can't view any articles without a subscription. So instead I use KSTP, Fox and Kare 11 apps; no subscription required.
Nowhere in the App description does it tell you that you have to subscribe to their paper. I can at least read the NY times with out one.
Nowhere in the App description does it tell you that you have to subscribe to their paper. I can at least read the NY times with out one.
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Frustrating App!
I use this app daily , but find it very frustrating.
For one thing, when u first open the app, I want it to open at Top Stories. No, it opens in some random place, sometimes in the section I last was reading, sometimes at All Stories.
For another thing, newer content is slow to load. A page will load with older content that I have already read. Then a notice comes up that newer content is available. Finally the newer content will appear. Why put me through all that? I shouldn't have to wait that long for the most recent news!!
Please make improvements!!
For one thing, when u first open the app, I want it to open at Top Stories. No, it opens in some random place, sometimes in the section I last was reading, sometimes at All Stories.
For another thing, newer content is slow to load. A page will load with older content that I have already read. Then a notice comes up that newer content is available. Finally the newer content will appear. Why put me through all that? I shouldn't have to wait that long for the most recent news!!
Please make improvements!!
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