# Central Maine Headlines — user reviews

> 12 indexed App Store user reviews of Central Maine Headlines by MaineToday Media, Inc., rated 4.55/5 from 833 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/central-maine-headlines/id966680591/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/central-maine-headlines/id966680591.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 625 · 4★ 120 · 3★ 44 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 31

## What do users think of Central Maine Headlines?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 👍 Clean, modern interface design
- ✅ Reliable performance on iPhone

**Cons**

- 🔐 Login credentials not persisting after updates
- 🚫 Paywall limits free article access
- 📱 iPad compatibility issues
- 🐛 App freezing and crashing
- ❌ Missing search functionality
- 📰 Limited local news coverage
- 💰 Subscription required for basic content

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App requires re-login after each session despite active subscription
- Blank windows on iPad after latest update
- App freezes when opening stories
- Cache clearing does not resolve login persistence issue

**Most requested features**

- Search feature in updated app
- Obituaries should not count toward free article limit
- Reconsider aggressive paywall strategy

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Won’t keep me logged in

*2022-03-20*

This app worked fine until its latest update. Now it makes me login each time I use it even though I am a subscriber. Tech support told me to clear my cache in Safari. I did that - but it still doesn’t keep my credentials.

### 1/5 — Crap!!!!!

*2020-11-20*

One sided views! Little local coverage! Great news for Communists! Absolute garbage

### 1/5 — Fix the problem

*2019-08-12*

I am very disappointed in the newest version of this app you used to be able to read the obituaries with no problems but now it counts toward the five free articles i use it to tell friends and family that a certain obit is in especially non subscribers I am thinking about deleting it

### 1/5 — Cannot use without a subscription

*2016-07-23*

Completely useless app. Use your browser - don't waste your time.

### 1/5 — Bad update for iPad

*2016-03-06*

Latest update useless on iPad. 3 blank Windows. Ok on iPhone, though.
Please fix!

### 1/5 — App is constantly locking up

*2015-11-13*

It seems that since the latest iOS update the news app isn't functioning well at all. Open it, launch one story, and it freezes up.

### 1/5 — What a joke

*2015-03-20*

You can only read headlines. Get your local news elsewhere.

### 1/5 — Seriously?

*2015-03-13*

A $ubscription service required to read the most poorly written local "news" stories in Maine?  I think not.

### 4/5 — Search feature

*2019-12-20*

I haven’t been able to find a search feature in your updated app

### 5/5 — Pog

*2022-08-14*

Poggers

## Most praised reviews (2 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Mr. John O.

*2019-08-12*

Your efforts to limit on-line readers to a small number of articles to be read is self defeating to advertisers and is moving readers to other sources for local news.

### 5/5 — Like the new look

*2019-07-31*

Looks good. Works good. So far it’s worked perfectly on my iPhone XR.

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