Sad decline
The app and website are unusable: the newest version of the app opens with a loud, animated ad for a video game — what were they thinking? The ad can’t be skipped, so the app is now useless to me and I am a paid subscriber! Of course, the app forgets logins so maybe DDN thinks I don’t have a paid subscription? …and whose fault is that?
The website is incompatible with password managers, so I can’t access my paid subscription content there either.
It’s really sad, heartbreaking really, to see the steady slow decline of Dayton’s historic newspaper that now seems to have accelerated. So sad…
The website is incompatible with password managers, so I can’t access my paid subscription content there either.
It’s really sad, heartbreaking really, to see the steady slow decline of Dayton’s historic newspaper that now seems to have accelerated. So sad…
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New digital version
Nearly unreadable now. It uses nearly half the screen to advertise the paper that I am ALREADY trying to read. I’ve called twice to complain and each time I’m told it’s being fixed soon but that never happens. I just deleted the app and downloaded again to see if it was a problem with my device. No such luck. Get it together DDN
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Horrible new version.
The old version ads were annoying enough - this is crazy - ads take up full top of the iPad screen and can no longer pinch up to maximize the paper - what in the world!
Restore previous version
This update is a big step backward. We lose 1/3 of the screen for controls and advertising. On this latest version the print function does not do anything when printing the puzzles. Makes this version useless to me. Forcing me to use my old iPad with an earlier version to read the paper
Restore old version!
There is nothing good about this new version. A third of the screen is wasted on useless material, as is the opening screen. We pay a lot for the ePaper subscription and shouldn’t have to navigate through all this nonsense.
New Version - not good
I thought the DDN app was as good as I’ve seen compared to other newspapers. Now they screwed it up. It locks up, you can not view the e-paper and if you go through their web site portal the paper layout/navigation experience is a major step backwards. Not sure how anyone on there e-commerce team can be proud of this release. I like staying current with my college town, but not with this tool. I’ll be canceling my subscription to the paper if it’s not fixed quickly
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Another nail in the coffin
Latest version makes the epaper worthless. Not only is way too much screen real estate at the top wasted by ads that aren’t even targeted to the reader, the ability to navigate has gotten super twitchy.
Can’t share articles at all. Can’t highlight words to lookup.
The fact that the “ news” is already two days old makes it a waste.
The straight digital stories are still so poorly curated as to be worthless as well.
Considering that the NY Times has shown how to run a news site for decades, why the DDN keeps trying to reinvent the wheel is why they will shut down before the end of 2026.
Can’t share articles at all. Can’t highlight words to lookup.
The fact that the “ news” is already two days old makes it a waste.
The straight digital stories are still so poorly curated as to be worthless as well.
Considering that the NY Times has shown how to run a news site for decades, why the DDN keeps trying to reinvent the wheel is why they will shut down before the end of 2026.
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New Version
Your new version sucks. The former version was so easy to navigate. If you think you’ve improved it, you are absolutely wrong. And why aren’t the obits listed under sections? You guys really got this one wrong!
Printing doesn’t work
Can’t print the crossword in the new app
This is Horrible
You have managed to take a perfectly good approach and make it totally unusable. I have even deleted the app and reloaded it and the epaper does not load at all, which is the only part I want.
New Version - Terrible
The new version of DDN (ePaper) available from the application is a big step back. You lose about a third of the screen at the top because of advertising and trying to maneuver through the paper is no longer available. You can only select topics and view through the website format, definitely not user friendly. Please bring back the older version that reads more like a paper version. It may be time to drop my subscription.
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You ruined it!
The new update stinks. It makes the paper unreadable now on the iPad. The space lost at the top is tragic and I pay for the paper - NOT for adds. Full screen articles have gone away and tap to read doesn’t open the article. Sorry to say my husband and I agree we will cancel the subscription.
Thank you for fixing what was not broken
Thank you for ruining this app. Now that you've "enhanced"to full-page height, which is how I've read this paper for years. And you're now WASTING 20% of what screen there is with ads. If I could have given you zero stars I would have. PUT IT BACKTHE WAY IT WAS.
App crashes
For the past month as I read the paper online via my Apple phone, the paper freezes and then the app inadvertently shuts down. I have to then start over and locate my article. It can happen 3 to 4 times each day.
Turn a page, app shuts down
Fix the bugs. I'm tired of having so sign in over and over, and now, you turn a couple pages and the app just completely closes out and sends you to your home page. Why bother with the paper if you don't get the access to read it?
Latest update too slow
The last update has slowed the app considerably. Takes nearly a minute sometimes to load the edition once selected. Also when printing puzzles and things, the print menu is different and gives me less flexibility to choose portrait or landscape. Please restore the original printing function!!
Latest update broke bookmarks
UPDATE: It's August 2025, a year since I left a five star review congratulating DDN and JN for getting the apps functioning smoothly while simultaneously not fixing what isn't broken. It was wonderful while we had it, but they have recently changed the app, and not for the good. Since the latest update, all my previous bookmarked Articles have been moved to Pages instead of Articles in My Content, and they don't open, except as a blank white screen! In a likely related problem, the bookmark icon is now missing altogether on all current digital app Paper articles so I no longer can bookmark new articles either! Oddly, the bookmark icon does appear for whole pages while reading the Paper, and those bookmarks actually function, though that is of no use to me. Bookmark icons are still available when reading the Live News section, but those bookmarks do not function. I have written twice each to Journal News and Dayton Daily News about the issues, but they have not replied. I use bookmarks heavily, and without being able to bookmark articles anymore, or even access my entire library of previously bookmarked articles, it's made the apps frustrating to use. Might be a complete dealbreaker for me.
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App Constantly Crashes
I have no problem supporting small local media and journalism, but I cannot read the paper on my phone without the app crashing multiple times.
Nice update to your app
The new app is easy to read and navigate.
Significant improvement
The recently redesigned app is a very welcomed improvement.
Thank you for doing such a great job.
Thank you for doing such a great job.
