# Daily Hampshire Gazette — user reviews > 62 indexed App Store user reviews of Daily Hampshire Gazette by Newspapers of New England, Inc., rated 4.40/5 from 552 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/daily-hampshire-gazette/id784164455/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/daily-hampshire-gazette/id784164455.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 395 · 4★ 85 · 3★ 26 · 2★ 16 · 1★ 30 ## What do users think of Daily Hampshire Gazette? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 📰 Excellent local news coverage and journalism - 👍 Easy to navigate and use - 🎨 Clean, readable layout with color photos - 📱 Convenient access on mobile devices and tablets - 🔄 Stable and reliable performance - ♿ Accessible for low vision users - 💰 Reasonably priced subscription - 🌍 Access from anywhere, even while traveling - 📖 Print edition format feels like reading physical paper - 🔍 Ability to enlarge text for comfortable reading **Cons** - 🐛 App crashes frequently - 🧭 Navigation can be confusing and unintuitive - 📄 Difficult to navigate compared to previous version - 🔐 Requires login each time to read - ⚠️ Pages sometimes load incompletely or blurred - 📱 Less readable on smartphones vs tablets - 🎬 Intrusive video ads that interrupt reading - 🔄 Swiping between pages doesn't lock position properly **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes every time articles are clicked - Video ads play every 5 seconds interrupting article reading - Pages load with missing or blurred text chunks - Swiping to next page leaves user between pages instead of at top - Partial page downloads that require app retry **Most requested features** - Restore ability to print puzzles - Return TV schedule section from previous format - Add searchability for back issues - Share articles via email or social media - Persistent login (remember user credentials) - Editorial cartoons by Clay Bennett - Multi-page story viewing without page-by-page navigation ## Newest reviews (13 of 62) ### 4/5 — readin’ the gazette *2024-05-17* I have been reading the Gazette for nearly 50 years, since I first moved to Northampton. Love the accessibility the app provides, only issue I have is that I have to log in each time to read. Small inconvenience! ### 5/5 — Convenient and dependable *2024-01-26, version 3.9.19* Not the same as a real newspaper in my hands, but still good. ### 5/5 — Great local paper, now easier to read wherever I am *2023-12-29* The app works really well, particularly on iPads, as a way to read the local paper, wherever I am. ### 5/5 — Surprisingly good *2023-12-07* I’ve been a paper in your hands guy for many years. Moving to and e-paper was a leap of faith but I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to use. When you see something interesting, you just click on it to expand and read it comfortably. I’m a convert. ### 4/5 — Nice way to read the paper without PAPER! *2023-11-18* Good app, just takes a little getting used to the navigation, which isn’t as clear as it could be. ### 5/5 — Great Local paper *2023-10-05* I have read this paper off and on for many decades mainly because I worked in Hampshire County. I recently subscribed to the digital edition. I currently don’t work or live in Hampshire County but enjoy reading this paper. I find it very well written and put together, in fact much more so than the Springfield “ Repulsive”. ( I do not subscribe to this paper..waste of $$) The Gazette is more informative of community news, events, and important communications that are needed to get out to citizens. Thank you to the publishers for putting together a decent work of journalism and informative vehicle. Laura Bogdanowicz ### 4/5 — E-edition is great! *2023-05-07* I’m really enjoying the e-edition! The photos are in color. I can enlarge each column to read a larger type. During a snowstorm when the driving was AWFUL, my newspaper was right on my tablet & ready to read. I figured out how to get the puzzles to print, but I am happy to have both newsprint & e-edition. ### 4/5 — Daily Hampshire Gazette *2023-02-06, version 3.6.24* Good coverage of local arts and sports. Weaker on digging on Democratic party misbehavior ### 5/5 — Excellent app for an excellent newspaper. *2023-02-03* We are extremely fortunate to have a good app that provides easy access to our fine local paper. I hope that, as a community, we can support both services to assure their full health in the years ahead. ### 5/5 — Gazette is easy to read online *2022-12-30, version 3.6.24* I never have to miss reading the Gazette since I get it online ### 5/5 — Works and looks great *2022-12-30* I really like the app, so glad that our local paper can be read in print layout format on the iPad. The developers did a fantastic job. ### 5/5 — Top local paper *2022-12-22, version 3.6.24* And a great app. Love it. ### 4/5 — DHG online *2022-11-19, version 3.6.24* I’m still a paper preferer, but their online edition is easy and great. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Website *2026-06-17, version 4.0.1* Difficult to navigate ### 1/5 — Is this app an improvement? *2025-08-25, version 4.0.0* I want the previous version. This thing is touchy and hard to navigate, and I can’t print puzzles any more. What’s the point of an “upgrade” like this? ### 1/5 — Awful format!!! *2025-08-25, version 4.0.0* Since you switched format, I hate reading this paper! The other format I didn’t have to enlarge each page to read, each page was separate to see and it had a section for What was happening on TV for the next week in Saturdays paper!! So disappointed!!! ### 1/5 — In Australia enjoying Daily Hampshire Gazette *2023-08-16, version 3.8.06* Been out of country since July 22 and have kept up with news around home with e-edition! ### 1/5 — Crash *2019-09-28, version 2.9.52* Crashes every time ### 1/5 — Updates have caused crashing *2018-07-25, version 2.8.15* This app keeps crashing on me. Every time I click on an article a video tries to play every 5 seconds. I cannot read an article without a lot of effort.Bugs need to be fixed. ### 2/5 — Harder to navigate than it used to be *2025-09-24, version 4.0.1* I prefer the previous iteration. ### 3/5 — New e edition no goof *2025-08-23, version 4.0.0* I love reading the Gazette but but this new e edition is making it not so pleasant for me. It’s difficult to use. The old e edition was so nice. Please return to offering that to us again. ### 3/5 — Good, But Could be Better *2022-01-06* It has improved over time. Swiping to next page should put you at the top of the page and lock it in instead of leaving you between pages. Pressing on a multi-page story should give you the whole story and not just what is on the page. Still, it works and I am glad to read it on my iPad. ### 4/5 — Daily Hampshire Gazette *2025-01-23, version 3.12.05* Consistently stable and easy to use, unlike other local e-editions. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — DHG is a gem *2025-12-12, version 4.0.1* I treasure the Gazette for its photography and local news. We are a very fortunate community to have this newspaper with its long and storied history. ### 5/5 — Important Resource *2025-12-03* As a paperboy in the late sixties delivering to homes in E’ton on Main and South Streets all the way out to the Red Rock Drive-In and to this day I’ve relied on the DHG. For pocket change back then as well as decades of local news, events, from help wanted ads to the going’s on of Mike Doonesbury. Much appreciated. ### 5/5 — Excellent app for an excellent newspaper. *2025-05-24* We are extremely fortunate to have a good app that provides easy access to our fine local paper. I hope that, as a community, we can support both services to assure their full health in the years ahead. ### 5/5 — Great App *2024-11-25, version 3.12.05* A great way to stay in touch while away from the Pioneer Valley ### 5/5 — I value local news *2024-11-23* I believe that we are very fortunate to have local newspapers. So many parts of our country are in “news deserts” but in the Pioneer Valley we have the Gazette and the Recorder. I appreciate local journalism. ### 5/5 — Great Local paper *2024-10-23* I have read this paper off and on for many decades mainly because I worked in Hampshire County. I recently subscribed to the digital edition. I currently don’t work or live in Hampshire County but enjoy reading this paper. I find it very well written and put together, in fact much more so than the Springfield “ Repulsive”. ( I do not subscribe to this paper..waste of $$) The Gazette is more informative of community news, events, and important communications that are needed to get out to citizens. Thank you to the publishers for putting together a decent work of journalism and informative vehicle. Laura Bogdanowicz ### 5/5 — Great to be back reading the DHG! *2024-09-27* I Just didn’t realize how much I was missing over the years… I’m feeling a part of the community once again! Thank you to the entire staff at the DHG… I’m enjoying reading the Digital News on my Mobile Phone…it’s just incredibly fluid and very well presented in easy to read columns… Well done to all…the reasonably priced digital subscription was well within our price range… and… “worth every penny”… With Best Regards, JAM Jr… Happily Retired “Hamp” Resident! ### 5/5 — Excellent App *2024-07-26, version 3.12.05* Enables me to quickly and easily keep up with the local news. ### 5/5 — Crash *2024-03-09, version 3.9.19* Crashes every time ### 5/5 — Great to be back reading the DHG! *2024-03-02* I Just didn’t realize how much I was missing over the years… I’m feeling a part of the community once again! Thank you to the entire staff at the DHG… I’m enjoying reading the Digital News on my Mobile Phone…it’s just incredibly fluid and very well presented in easy to read columns… Well done to all…the reasonably priced digital subscription was well within our price range… and… “worth every penny”… With Best Regards, JAM Jr… Happily Retired “Hamp” Resident! --- *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 2026-09-01.*