# Australian Financial Review — user reviews > 99 indexed App Store user reviews of Australian Financial Review by Fairfax Digital Australia & New Zealand Pty Limited, rated 3.20/5 from 5 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/australian-financial-review/id524599864/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/australian-financial-review/id524599864.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 2 ## Newest reviews (15 of 99) ### 2/5 — Excessive notifications with no control *2026-03-01, version 5.6.3* Decent app, good articles, but the notifications are ruthless. No options to tone it down or select specific alerts only. Oh and you still get ads despite paying an expensive subscription already. ### 2/5 — Subscribe for ads *2025-10-24, version 5.3.0* Imagine paying for a subscription and still getting ads on your app ### 3/5 — Audio *2025-07-15, version 5.0.0* The updated app now cancels any audio being listened to via other apps. For example, you might be listening to Spotify and then open the AFR app only for all the audio to be cancelled from other apps. This has happened with numerous audio apps I’ve been using. ### 2/5 — App laggy and not as good as website *2025-07-01, version 5.0.0* Freezes while scrolling and not as smooth as viewing the website in Safari ### 3/5 — Ok user experience but… *2025-06-08* I have been a subscriber for the past 2 years and have good experience using this app. However I am disappointed to learn that it will soon stop working past iPadOS 15, as I don’t find there’s anything that warrants a higher version of iPadOS other than security. I have saved the weekend editions on this device that I hope can still be retrieved on a newer device, as I find that past issues after a certain date are no longer available ,which I find highly irritating. **Developer response:** Hi there, thanks for reaching out. Rest assured, you can continue using your current version of the app. If your iPad cannot update to iOS 16, the only change is that you will no longer receive new AFR app updates. We're doing our best to support compatibility with older devices like yours, and moving forward, we would only consider a mandatory iOS update if there was a critical issue, such as an important security update. Cheers ### 2/5 — Freezes frequently *2025-05-29, version 4.9.2* Freezes frequently ### 4/5 — Pretty good *2025-03-30, version 4.8.0* Don’t mind it, but the ability to download today’s paper would be ideal to read on the plane. ### 2/5 — Flaky software *2025-03-17, version 4.8.0* Content is good but app locks up and doesn’t respond to scrolling, might go back to reading the paper on the weekend. ### 1/5 — What have you done! *2025-03-15, version 4.8.0* For several weeks now the app will not scroll.there is a constant delay in all responses. Today it has become virtually unusable. I have checked and I have the latest version. Please fix this quickly, I am paying over $60 a month and expect a return to a usable service. ### 1/5 — Frustrating App *2025-03-07, version 4.8.0* Today 7 March, I dropped in to see if App is any good. An article from March 1st and another from Feb 27 are on the cover, i.e. Home page of the App. 😂😂 see you perhaps never Dropped in to see if anything has changed. Doesn’t look like it. Nothing has improved in App or web access. Makes me wonder if developers have any pride in their work. Very painful and frustrating to navigate different sections etc. Hard to keep track of latest articles and track your last read articles. This new version is a big step backwards. I have stopped updating, in case the updates are even worse, and since I rarely use the App Request to developers, Can the top menu bar, home, companies etc, in browser access of AFR, be frozen when scrolling down, please. If that can be done, access and reading of AFR, will be just about perfect.. Thanks ### 3/5 — Repetitive annoying notifications *2025-03-06, version 4.8.0* Can you stop sending me updates about the star? I am sick of hearing about them you’ve probably sent me 20 notifications about this in the last month or so Let me customise my notifications ### 2/5 — Poor upgrade *2025-02-18, version 4.7.2* Screen freezes when opening articles ### 3/5 — Please fix app *2025-02-14, version 4.7.2* Please fix your app ### 1/5 — Universal Links not supported *2025-02-06, version 4.7.2* Please support Universal Links/deep linking so AFR links open in the app where I’m signed in, not in the browser, where I’m not signed in. ### 2/5 — Buggier Than Before *2025-02-04, version 4.7.2* Unhappy with the recent update. It’s stuttering and twitching. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Couldn’t be more painful *2026-07-29* Occasionally, I get a page who asked me to login. So I logged in today using the Apple password. A warning message came up saying I needed to change my password. So I just followed the prompts that Apple’s password app gave and I just entered the world of limbo. Thanks Apple thanks AFR. Here’s a tip. Maybe if you’re developers actually used Apple products and were subscribers of your newspaper, there wouldn’t be this hassle. I didn’t see any icon saying your password has been successfully changed. ### 1/5 — Has gone backwards *2026-05-03, version 5.10.0* Used to be the gold standard in journalism - now way too much fluff, articles on lifestyle & art ### 1/5 — $69.95 per Month *2026-03-15, version 5.7.0* It’s $69.95 per month yet the AFR writes articles on why the government isn’t doing enough to get the cost of living down. I’m happy to pay $20 per month & you’ll have me as a lifetime subscriber. Nine Newspapers should think about the lost opportunities on their high subscription model. ### 1/5 — Frustrating App *2025-12-02, version 5.4.0* You cannot do “lookup” in the App to find meanings of words A basic necessary functionality especially for a News App. What are the developers thinking, ???????? ### 1/5 — Hopeless *2025-11-01, version 4.9.2* Why doesn’t the AFR just copy the functionality of a good website like the NYT - why do I keep getting logged out and it’s a nightmare to change password which logs me out of The Age too. Why does the AFR do this ### 1/5 — App should be called Pay $30 before downloading *2025-09-30, version 5.2.0* Rubbish paywall gated low function low interactive UI ### 1/5 — Takes over audio unnecessarily *2025-07-05* Stops playing audio in music or podcast player when launching app. There is no reason for an app with written material to take over audio on first launch without waiting to see if the user wants to access audio or video content. **Developer response:** Hi Cantabuio, thanks for flagging this issue with us. We've found the bug and resolved it. Just update your AFR app to the latest version, and your audio will no longer be paused on app launch. Let us know how it goes. Cheers ### 1/5 — Hopeless *2025-05-31, version 4.9.2* Why doesn’t the AFR just copy the functionality of a good website like the NYT ### 1/5 — App constantly freezes while scrolling. *2025-05-17, version 4.9.2* App constantly freezes while scrolling. Happens every time I use the app. Very frustrating user experience. Considering cancelling my subscription. ### 1/5 — Scrolling *2025-03-30, version 4.8.0* What is wrong with this app? I just want to read articles on my phone and all I get is inconsistent scrolling with articles jumping all over the place. Surely this is just basic functionality that a graduate app developer could get right? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Terrific *2026-02-18, version 5.6.3* Easy to navigate, lots of articles. Can easily scroll through the newspaper and tap on an article to make it easier to read. ### 5/5 — Happy that Universal Links are now supported *2025-04-10, version 4.9.0* Thank you for today’s update which support Universal Links/deep linking so AFR links open in the app where I’m signed in, not in the browser, where I’m not signed in. Rating amended from 1- to 5-star 👏👏👏 ### 5/5 — Works well, at last! *2025-03-26, version 4.8.0* Previously, I got the AFR in 2023 but the app was so bad I cancelled my subscription. The new app works smoothly and easily, great work! ### 5/5 — Quality App *2024-11-19, version 4.7.0* This app feels very smooth, much better than the old buggy app. Keep it up ### 5/5 — I LOVE THIS APP *2024-08-17* This app is awesome, I love the articles, the journalism, it’s easy to use, the search function is great, it’s fast, it doesn’t strain my eyes, I really have no complaints. If your on the fence about purchasing a subscription I would highly recommend it. ### 5/5 — No Search!? *2023-12-05, version 4.0.2* How can you release this app without search functionality? Very poor. ### 5/5 — AFR app is worth the download. *2017-12-12* Works well for flights: downloads all the text of the paper before you board so you can read offline. Pictures aren't downloaded however. ### 5/5 — Finally! *2012-05-21* Finally AFR is available for the iPad! The interface is pretty user friendly and navigation is pretty easy. Much better than having to see the paper through a browser window (the previous business model). This way you can download the current paper, jump on a flight and continue read away. ### 4/5 — Share Article function in ap *2025-08-04* Please add the function to gift articles from the app, currently it can only be done from a browser. Even if I try to open the article on my phone browser it pushes me back to the app so I can never share an article from my phone. ### 4/5 — Pagination *2025-04-11, version 4.9.0* Since the last software update, the front page pagination is off in the iPhone App. Words are sometimes completed with one letter on the next line. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-06.*