# Black — user reviews > 52 indexed App Store user reviews of Black by Langston, LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 674 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/black/id1282248048/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/black/id1282248048.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 580 · 4★ 54 · 3★ 16 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 19 ## What do users think of Black? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - ⭐ Excellent app for news about the black community - 🌟 Informative and inspirational content - 👍 Clean and user-friendly design - 💯 Promotes black unity and excellence **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional app crashes and freezes - ⏱️ Slow loading times and content refreshing issues - 💸 Too many ads and pop-ups - 🤖 Compatibility issues with older devices **Commonly reported bugs** - Login screen not functioning properly - Inconsistent article loading and display - Notifications not always triggering as expected **Most requested features** - Customizable notification settings - Reader mode for easier article reading - Social sharing and discussion features - Dedicated sections for specific topics (e.g., finance, entertainment) ## Newest reviews (10 of 52) ### 3/5 — Great concept *2022-06-26, version 2.9.3* I like being able read what’s going on in the black community. So far in a week I’ve read about issues and situations that are not covered by national media. My one gripe is what so many ads? Why so many pop up ads? It’s distracting and annoying. Having to click the “x” to close and ad, only for another to pop takes away from immersing in the article. Other apps such do not have that. I will continue to use Black, but I cannot recommend it to my senior relatives who do not have the manual dexterity capability to keep closing ads. Please do something about that. ### 3/5 — Great Idea -Terrible execution *2022-02-16, version 2.9.2* I wish I could suggest this app to friends but there is no button within the app to do so. I’m addition none of the buttons to share the story work. This is a great idea however please work on the app so it’s useable. I can barely read story without accepting cookies from each news site. Can’t even do that because the app has the button to close out of the story on top of the accept button. ### 5/5 — Excellent App!! *2021-10-31, version 2.9.2* I love ❤️ reading about the endless varied stories that are about people of color. ### 5/5 — Great. *2021-10-05, version 2.9.1* Beautifully designed. Inspirational. And very impressed that you’re a one man team from what I see. Please monetize ### 5/5 — Great content *2021-10-04, version 2.9.1* I love this app!! It’s apart of my daily news readings now. I feel it’s informative and honest…. along with giving me something to think about when reading opinion pieces. I have one suggestion: widgets in a future update. This way I can add the news to my Home Screen with my other two news apps in a smart widget. ### 5/5 — Top Tier *2021-09-30, version 2.9.1* Works well, very informative. Excellently buyer friendly. The stories are responsible and truthful. ### 5/5 — Keep it black! *2021-09-30, version 2.9.1* There’s power in unity! 💯 ### 5/5 — Black *2021-07-21, version 2.9.1* It is informative. ### 5/5 — You Had Me At “Unapologetically” *2021-06-28, version 2.9.1* I have never downloaded an app as quickly as I downloaded this one. A place for black news and culture without me having to add a bunch of filters or tags to find it. I even told my parents about this I was THAT excited. The concept is genius and I can’t wait to see further developments! ### 5/5 — Management *2020-07-29, version 2.01* This app is the best 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — App not working *2026-04-04, version 2.9.7* Has this app been discontinued. Nothing is coming up. ### 1/5 — ?? *2024-11-24, version 2.9.7* The app is not developed yet!! ### 1/5 — ARTICLES NOT UPDATING *2023-12-22, version 2.9.7* My feeds haven’t updated in over 3 weeks when refreshed. It’s also slow to open and populate articles. Is the app “under construction” or has it been abandoned? ### 1/5 — Confederate *2022-06-20, version 2.9.3* I’m a confederate so hooray for the Bonny blue flag that baers a single star hoorah. So yah this is stupid I give you an f for failure. ### 1/5 — Big problem *2022-01-01, version 2.9.2* How do you expect “racism” to end of garbage like this gets created? This is pathetic and stupid. I only wish the worst for your company. You idiotic sacks of meat. Screw you ### 1/5 — How is this not racist? *2021-10-12, version 2.9.1* I am very confused. Unapologetically white would be the last phrase any app would be allowed to write. The news is totally biased and designed to divide this country even further. Terrible news app and terrible design. ### 1/5 — Awful App… just terrible *2021-10-01, version 2.9.1* Where do I even begin???? The GUI is terrible, the app crashes all the time, the message that is trying to be conveyed with this app is just plain generic and not helpful at all, and, as a black person myself, this app is not sending the right message to my people. This app just seems wrong and out of place. This isn’t helping people come together, this is doing just the opposite; it’s creating a further divide in our community. Can’t wait to “get feedback” from the devs… based on the devs’ other “feedback” to other reviews, the devs just seem hateful, reckless, and mean-hearted. Their hearts are simply not in the right place. ### 1/5 — That’s a great idea! I’m going to create an app called White…thanks for the bright idea *2021-09-30, version 2.9.1* We all know who’s creating racism now, woke “black” Americans. Every black American I know that’s conservative, will love when I show them this app lol, Did Biden approve this? Haha also black Americans “ARE NOT” oppressed so stop lying to the younger generation. Abraham Lincoln: You can fool some of the people all of the time and of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. ### 2/5 — Nothing happened *2025-07-17, version 2.9.7* I downloaded the app logged in and nothing happened. No stories no nothing. Will change my review if I figure it out. ### 2/5 — Not Aready *2024-05-10, version 2.9.7* I downloaded this app but found it has old stories from Dec 2023. I was hoping it was an alternative to X but sadly it isn’t. ☹️☹️ ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I love ❤️ this app! *2022-09-01, version 2.9.3* This app keeps me informed on everything happening in the black diaspora across the nation.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ### 5/5 — OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW *2022-06-21, version 2.9.3* Well designed app for lifelong learners. Best of all, it’s hog free! ### 5/5 — From a Nine year old girl *2022-06-20, version 2.9.3* Yes im black and im proud of it. Of course٫racism is bad! But if you dont try to stand up to it٫ it wont end. You may be young or old or something In between but god has your back he is fighting too! And when there is a war٫ he doesn't pick sides٫ he forms his own team. And even if you dont know it٫ all Cristains go on his side. Now im starting forth grade٫ and I know there are bad people out there٫ but never judge a person until you know what they've gone through. I am proud when I say Black Lives Matter The BLM ### 5/5 — Flawlessly Dope!!! *2022-06-20, version 2.9.3* As an app developer myself, this app is by far the best app I have seen in a long time if now ever. This is flawlessly done!!! Dap it up to the developer, it’s hard for us in the tech world and from nerd to nerd you have done beautiful work. I have shared it to my friends and I will continue pushing it to others. By far the best app for our culture. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 ### 5/5 — Love It Chaniqua *2022-06-19, version 2.9.3* Nothing Like The Use Of Racism Against Others To Solve Racism...Assinine While Racism Is Real And Very Wrong..Judging All By The Ignorance Of A Few Is Very Wrong No Matter Race Religion Sex Etc.. The Use Of Racism By The REAL RACISTS.. To Create Chaos Division.. For Personal Political Financial Gain To Control Others.. While Creating Hardships Hate Divission Racism Etc While Not Giving Two Shts To Who Is Harmed In The Process Is Criminal As Hll.. Wake Up.. ### 5/5 — One stop shop *2022-05-01, version 2.9.3* All I was looking for was an app set with notifications that keep me in the loop of news I care about. Thanks, developers!! ### 5/5 — Resolved! Not refreshing content from some news outlets *2022-04-22, version 2.9.3* Thanks for taking care of this! Issue resolved I have really been enjoying this app over the last few months. However, over the past couple of weeks, it has stopped giving new content from The Root which is one of my favorite sources for news. It seems like a glitch but it’s a big one for me and I hope it can be fixed soon. ### 5/5 — Most Informative *2022-03-18, version 2.9.2* I absolutely love this app! It’s the only app that is completely inclusive, all races, unlike the mainstream news outlets ### 5/5 — Must Agee to cookies? *2021-11-16, version 2.9.2* I am not fond of apps that will not let you continue unless you agree to allow them to use cookies. I don’t want to be tracked and should not be forced to in order to read some news. ### 5/5 — Current News! *2021-11-04, version 2.9.2* AWESOME 🤩 --- *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 2026-08-30.*