# Belfast Telegraph News — user reviews > 16 indexed App Store user reviews of Belfast Telegraph News by Mediahuis UK Ltd, rated 4.80/5 from 52 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/belfast-telegraph-news/id1229633020/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/belfast-telegraph-news/id1229633020.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 44 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Why repeated need to agree T&Cs *2025-03-25* I pay a subscription and originally agreed T&Cs . Recently I now need to agree the conditions every time I open the app. Unnecessary! ### 1/5 — App Not Working Properly *2024-07-02* As a fully paid up premium member I struggle to get access on the app. It doesn’t seem to recognise that I am paid up. ### 1/5 — Slow & Spend *2020-05-28* This used to be one of the best apps for local news. Unfortunately since being updated the app is now slow and about 80% of the news stories are now classed as Premium Content, which requires a monthly subscription of £7.99 a month. Belfast Live is much better now and free. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2020-05-27* This app has now been updated and I’m serious consider deleting it. All the news is now premium and unless you pay you get nothing. Time to rely on Belfast live ### 1/5 — Disappointing *2017-07-24* Type in the app name in the Apple App Store search bar and yes, you get the hit. Tap on it and you get another app! Had to search for it on the iPhone, email it to myself and pick it up on the iPad and then tap the link in order to locate and install it! Where is the crossword, death notices etc on the new app? No ability to read the paper full-page as in the previous app which was far superior. ### 2/5 — New App 2026 is a step backwards *2026-02-12* Used the App regularly for local news, but an update in Feb 26 has made the text in user interface a lot smaller, which is harder to read on a phone screen, particularly when you are scanning the news index. ### 3/5 — Decent for accessing news content, but with a few frustrating recurring issues. *2025-04-08* The app seems to work mostly fine once loaded, however seems to use a non-standard scrolling speed which I find quite jarring when switching from any other app that behaves normally. More annoying though, is that this app WILL NOT remember my cookie preferences. I have declined additional cookies pretty much every time I open this app, but my preferences are never stored, and I need to decline again and again each day. I bet if I agreed I’d never be asked again, but this is a frustrating operation to have to go through every time. Also, loads of ads, but that’s pretty standard for any news app these days. ### 3/5 — Content great but app keeps freezing *2022-04-23* Rarely can get through an article without the app freezing and then jumping back to the beginning of the article. Very frustrating ### 4/5 — Spel Tel issue *2026-02-12* The above puzzle isn’t recording any win history on the updated app ### 4/5 — Quality news app except for ads *2024-07-03* A lot of good and varied journalism but it would be better without the ads ## Most praised reviews (6 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Excellent news app *2025-08-03* Excellent news app with the latest news. Easy to navigate and no annoying ads. ### 5/5 — Best source of news for Ireland and UK *2018-10-12* I find myself visiting the Belfast Telegraph several times a day as they are the most proactive source for breaking news across every aspect of daily life in the north of Ireland and the UK . I live in Australia and I love the fact that there is no fee to access current news and it is constantly being refreshed . Respect and Thanks Robbie Doyle ### 5/5 — Good app *2017-07-24* It's nice to have this without having Facebook The really good thing about this is no people's options can be posted 👍 ### 4/5 — Good news *2024-03-14* 😄😄😄 ### 4/5 — Accessible Enough But Some Accessibility Has Room for Improvement *2021-03-15* The app is really accessible, but as someone who is paralysed from the neck down, I always use my iPad in landscape because it’s easier, so if viewing in landscape mode could be added, that would be great. ### 4/5 — Good but lots of ads.. *2017-07-14* Downloaded and tested, app seems thought through, I like the way to manage content and bookmark it. Some comments below: Tutorial - text could be bigger/more visible, a bit tiny at the bottom of page now. The bad things - it just throws ads and sponsored links at you in every possible place and as my browser adblock does not work inside a different app obviously.. I'm back to normal browsing if you cannot remove ads from the app. A pity as I do like it a lot! --- *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 2026-09-07.*