# Defense News — user reviews

> 20 indexed App Store user reviews of Defense News by Sightline Media Group LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 700 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/defense-news/id943905595/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/defense-news/id943905595.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 571 · 4★ 90 · 3★ 23 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 9

## What do users think of Defense News?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 📰 Comprehensive defense news coverage
- ⚡ Clean and uncluttered interface
- 🚀 Quick and easy news scanning
- 📱 Well-designed user experience
- 🆓 Free access to content
- 📖 Offline reading capability
- ✅ Timely and accurate reporting
- 🎯 Specialized defense sector focus
- 🎬 Quality news and video content

**Cons**

- 🐛 Scrolling issues within news articles
- 🔊 Background audio playback stops on screen timeout
- ⚠️ Content bias toward Navy coverage
- 📉 Inconsistent article updates
- ❌ App needs significant improvements
- 🔄 Outdated app version available

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Scroll gesture triggers content row scrolling instead of list scrolling
- Audio stops playing when screen times out
- Article update failures (18+ day gaps reported)
- Inconsistent app performance and functionality

**Most requested features**

- Fix scrolling behavior in news article rows
- Enable background audio playback during screen timeout
- Improve content balance across all military domains
- More frequent article updates
- App modernization and updates

## Newest reviews (1 of 20)

### 5/5 — This app is amazing!!!

*2015-05-07, version 2.5.4*

Lots of interesting articles. Thanks for making it free and also for offline reading!! Keep up the good work guys!👏👏

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Need to be updated

*2023-10-27*

Update app

### 1/5 — App won't update articles for 18+ days!!

*2016-09-04, version 2.5.7*

There hasn't been a new headline article since "Who will work for Trump?" 18 days ago! Fix the app!

### 1/5 — US Army Officer (Ret)

*2016-03-29, version 2.5.7*

OK, but can't hold a candle to "Early Bird Brief".

### 2/5 — Not A Joint review....

*2019-08-18, version 3.1*

There is an imbalance of articles towards the Navy.    I’d encourage you to cover all domains and services fairly, and refrain from posting uninformed editorials like ‘The Drift’

### 2/5 — Need work

*2019-04-06, version 3.1*

App still needs a lot of work

### 3/5 — Some areas need work

*2023-10-02*

I’m not sure if this is an actual iOS app or if it may be a PWA, but the scroll on each news article is absolutely annoying. When I swipe to scroll, it scrolls the content of the single news item row instead of the list. Really need to fix this.

### 3/5 — Needs some work

*2023-04-07*

Good content. Audio won’t play in the background for me. It stops playing when my screen times out making it hard to listen while driving.

### 4/5 — X Marine

*2015-09-15, version 2.5.7*

Good reporting, good coverage, good format an easy to use.

### 4/5 — Good!

*2015-07-14, version 2.5.7*

Very good! Please keep up the good work.

### 5/5 — Review

*2021-10-14, version 4.1*

Excellent app

## Most praised reviews (9 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Unknown

*2020-08-04, version 4.1*

Thank you for the information daily

### 5/5 — Must-have app for defense industry followers

*2018-05-24, version 3.0*

Breaking news and analysis Fromer around the globe, crucial information for those operating in the defense sector

### 5/5 — Slick

*2018-05-18, version 3.0*

Nice interface. Great for quickly scanning news when not at my desk.

### 5/5 — What a great coverage

*2016-06-04, version 2.5.7*

I love their News and videos, It's amazing.

### 5/5 — Clean and well run

*2016-04-27, version 2.5.7*

Love the app. Clean and uncluttered. More news apps should emulate DefenseNews.

### 5/5 — Specialized news

*2016-03-10, version 2.5.7*

A very good resource of specialized news. Just what service-members need to know "what is going on" in the defense field.

### 5/5 — Great app for Defense News

*2015-12-23, version 2.5.7*

Very good and timely news.

### 5/5 — Great news app

*2015-09-18, version 2.5.7*

Timely information, well researched, and accurately reported.

### 5/5 — Good Barometer

*2015-07-21, version 2.5.7*

Good reporting on U.S. Defense budget news. Good coverage of innovations and foreign military acquisition moves.

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*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 2026-06-10.*