# Boston.com — user reviews > 70 indexed App Store user reviews of Boston.com by BOSTON GLOBE MEDIA PARTNERS, LLC, rated 4.60/5 from 7,428 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bostoncom/id361786318/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bostoncom/id361786318.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5,634 · 4★ 1,063 · 3★ 343 · 2★ 119 · 1★ 269 ## What do users think of Boston.com? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - ⭐️ Great news and sports coverage - ⭐️ Wonderful app - ⭐️ Best progressive newspaper - ⭐️ Best sports section in Boston - ⭐️ Favorite news source **Cons** - 💰 Hiding behind a paywall - 🚫 No images - 🕰️ Doesn't update enough - 🕰️ Zero updates - 🚫 Recycling of old stories - 🐛 None of the news stays in place - 🐛 Glitches when scrolling - 🕰️ Stale News - 🕰️ Never changes - 🕰️ Stories don't update - 🗞️ Slanted news - 🕰️ News doesn't refresh - 🐛 Broken with latest iOS update - 🕰️ Same content over and over - 💰 Crammed full of ads - 🕰️ Doesn't refresh often - 🕰️ Old news - 🗞️ Liberal leaning rag - 🗞️ Entertainment NOT journalism - 🐛 Bad links - 🗞️ Biased, PC, liberal crap - 🗞️ To the left wing globe - 🕰️ Incorrect and Missing Words - 🕰️ Need more updates - 🐛 Boston.com's bad website - 🕰️ Useless - 🐛 Flawed App - 🕰️ No articles - 🗞️ Out of touch - 🕰️ Not timely or relevant updates - 🕰️ Limited info - 💰 Useless unless you pay for subscription - 🕰️ No sports scores just old articles **Commonly reported bugs** - Login screen freezes - Incompatible with older devices **Most requested features** - Dark mode option - Advanced analytics dashboard ## Newest reviews (13 of 70) ### 2/5 — No images *2024-11-03* This week’s update fixed the issue that news stories had not updated for a week but now there are no images for any of the stories. ### 2/5 — Doesn’t update enough *2024-10-29, version 4.35.720059280* Info on website is out of date ### 2/5 — Recycling of old stories *2023-03-26* Take old stories and reports off the main page after a few months. Cover more and varied stories. Hire a few more reporters. ### 2/5 — Glitches when scrolling *2022-06-06* I like the news and features but I can’t stand how it constantly jumps you up to the top of the feed, or the top of the story you are reading. So frustrating and makes me close the app. ### 3/5 — Hard to navigate Newsfeed since update *2022-03-30* Since an update a couple of months ago, scrolling down the newsfeed is very buggy - when scrolling down you end up going back up to newer articles. This is probably due to ads loading or something ### 1/5 — Never refreshes *2021-04-25, version 4.35.570058089* Home page stays the same for weeks and weeks ### 1/5 — The old boston.con *2021-04-03, version 4.35.570058089* Was 10000000000 times better. This one is.beyond awful. ### 1/5 — Stories don't update *2021-03-08, version 4.35.570058089* Could be much better. All the app does is promote a subscription to the Globe ### 1/5 — Slanted news *2021-01-25, version 4.35.570058089* Disgraceful ### 1/5 — Worst app *2020-11-25, version 4.33.530045568* Don’t even give up to date news and note this review find is white on white so I can’t even read what I’m writing. A bit pathetic. ### 1/5 — News doesn’t refresh *2020-11-03* The front page doesn’t refresh and you have to click more news to get recent news but there isn’t much there. Don’t waste your time with a download. ### 1/5 — Broken with latest iOS update *2020-10-15, version 4.33.530045568* Crashes immediately or shortly after launching. ### 1/5 — Same content over and over *2020-08-03* Your headlines are the same thing over and over. When you click more news there only 10 or so articles terrible. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Hiding behind a paywall? *2025-11-13, version 5.12.150063559* I was there 30 years ago long ago are the days of decent content but now a pay wall? No thank you. Just another dumb decision. ### 1/5 — App has not updated in a week *2024-10-27* It has been one week since the app has updated with current articles. I am now using a browser to access the site. ### 1/5 — Zero updates *2024-05-10* The app is pretty much useless very difficult to read articles and there’s no back button very not user-friendly and the content is kind of crappy ### 1/5 — Was great until... *2023-10-28, version 4.35.720059280* The app made it impossible to install. It freezes on the notification request screen. ### 1/5 — None of the news *2023-02-04, version 4.35.720059280* None of the news stays in the place when you scroll ### 1/5 — The Globe is a propaganda organ of the US Democrat Party. *2022-12-03, version 4.35.720059280* The Globe hides the truth from its readers. ### 1/5 — Fake news *2022-07-30, version 4.35.720059280* Not reliable ### 1/5 — Stale News *2021-09-28* The news in this app is not updated frequently. The same “news” articles often appear for many days. Not much effort is made to update it. ### 1/5 — Never changes *2021-09-23, version 4.35.720059280* Boston.com has displayed the same stories for weeks. No updated news. ### 1/5 — GOP ads on the Globe? Removed. *2021-06-30, version 4.35.630058643* Who at the Globe thought that Boston readers would want to see lying and even grammatically incorrect GOP seditionist ads on their feed? Uninstalled. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — The best news/ sports online *2023-08-25* The best of all the rest for news, happenings, sports, weather, lots of great information. Lots of good stories and questions for all of us readers. Comment section is great also. ### 5/5 — Fabulous! *2023-01-26, version 4.35.720059280* Great app! ### 5/5 — Best progressive newspaper *2022-01-29, version 4.35.720059280* Stories always approached and covered critically but fairly. High marks! ### 5/5 — Gs *2022-01-07, version 4.35.720059280* Great stuff. ### 5/5 — Great *2021-10-02* Really good at summarizing news and sports. Real news. Not goofy fluff or agenda driven stories. ### 5/5 — Boston.com - A True Gift *2021-08-07, version 4.35.700058979* B.Com provides up to date news and insights for Greater Boston and NE. I lived from the 40’s to the 70’s in MA and now 50 years in the DC area. Must have MA/NE news and sports updates. With my online access to the Boston Globe and B.Com I’m always up to date. RPM. Arlington VA ### 5/5 — Business analysis management *2020-09-30* Wonderful app😀 The news content is current and up-to-date. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ### 5/5 — Feedback *2019-10-12* I’m reading info from last week. Bruins story about beating Las Vegas. How about an update on Josh Gordon? ### 5/5 — Great News about Ortiz *2019-06-23* I looked have a Boston news network after hearing about Ortiz shooting and am happy to have a Boston Connection to great news stories. Thanks for your great coverage 👍 ### 5/5 — Sports *2018-06-12, version 4.29.630038306* Best sports section in Boston --- *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 2026-08-26.*