Dawn Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience9.3% of reviews
Neutral7.7% of reviews
Negative experience83.1% of reviews

~ Based on 183 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Dawn

Is Dawn Safe?

Dawn - Official Mobile App does not appear safe based on available data. AppsHunter Safety Score for Dawn is 46/100.

This assessment is based on 125 user ratings, with an App Store average of 2.1/5.

Safety Analysis

24.8% of ratings point to a safe experience
6.4% of ratings suggest some concerns
68.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 125 App Store ratings for Dawn.

Is Dawn Legit?

Dawn - Official Mobile App appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Dawn is 88/100.

Based on 88 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

3rd October 2026 update has broken the app

Since the latest update, the article text does not fit on the page, they extend beyond the width of the screen horizontally, and bookmarking an article forces a IOS popup. The latest update has turned the app into a hindrance. Please revert to version 2.6.5. because it worked better.

3rd October 2026 update has broken the app

The article text does not fit on the page, the bylines are bold for no reason, bookmarking an article forces a IOS popup. The latest update has turned the app into a hindrance. Please revert to version 2.6.5.

Shameful app for such a prestigious news organization

When the last major update was 2y ago, it was a much overdue surprise to see the Official Dawn app being updated. Yet again though, disappointment.

The very basics of such a simple app aren’t right. For example, why is text cutting off in the right margin? How? Do you not have any quality control or testing in the development team?

Utterly disgraceful for an organization like Dawn to have such a subpar online presence. I want to remind the development team and the leadership at Dawn, it is the 21st Century.
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Stopped refreshing after update

Stopped refreshing after update

Hardly functional as an app

Crashed and then said “no data to display”

App Lacks many Essential Features. Sorry excuse for a news app.

External links always crash the app. App shows a maximum of the 24 most recent articles. No sorting category sections at all. Tapping DAWN's own hyperlinks causes the article to load in an in-app Web-Based view.

Recently the app introduced full screen pop-up video ads.

Please Update

Update your application, you have many iPhone users who regularly read Dawn.

Spend some money on your app

App keep getting shut, and it needs so much improvement

App Lacks many Essential Features. Sorry excuse for a news app.

External links always crash the app. App shows a maximum of the 24 most recent articles. No sorting category sections at all. Tapping DAWN's own hyperlinks causes the article to load in an in-app Web-Based view.

This is a very sorry excuse for a news app. Steer clear.

Unprofessional. Basic.

This application encapsulates Pakistan. Far behind in technology, too basic to compare and no care for feedback on improvement, so remains in a pathetic state. There's so much unprofessionalism by the developer that the "update" window doesn't go away despite updating the app. The description of the update was also two words, one of which was update.
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Bad app

Such a bad IT they have. Every time it stucks when I open it🙄

Coronavirus header

Can you please remove coronavirus header on the main page of the app?

Good paper, useless app

Mostly dysfunctional

Update and a new UI needed..

@Developer.. kindly update the app and please change the UI.
It often is useless.

Poor

Poor and unstable site. Get back to the drawing board!!

Unable to post comments

Option to post comments is not available.

Bugs abound - crashes often

The technical aspects of the app are clearly dodgy and it is badly written. Often requiring restarts to just use it normally.

Glitches

Dawn is the best app for its content but unfortunately it has so many bugs and glitches after recent iOS updates.

Scrolling

Oh you jokers, you said you fixed the scroll but now you introduced another issue where the text at the bottom is getting truncated. What a shame!

Good tech support

Being an expat, knowing one can read the local news on a mobile device is very important. I was so frustrated on the last update when the scrolling issue happened. But thanks to the girls and boys at the Dawn App team for responding on it so quickly