# Deseret News — user reviews > 146 indexed App Store user reviews of Deseret News by Deseret News Publishing Company, rated 4.70/5 from 26,405 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/deseret-news/id425758986/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/deseret-news/id425758986.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 21,268 · 4★ 3,355 · 3★ 795 · 2★ 343 · 1★ 644 ## What do users think of Deseret News? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 🚀 Reliable and up-to-date news - 💡 Useful for staying connected to Utah and LDS news - 🔒 Trustworthy and objective reporting **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and bugs in the app - 🔍 Limited search functionality - 🔍 Difficult to navigate and find past articles - 💬 Lack of commenting features **Commonly reported bugs** - Frequent crashes on launch - Navigation issues and content disappearing - Compatibility problems with newer devices **Most requested features** - Improved search and archiving of past articles - Addition of user commenting capabilities - More balanced political coverage ## Newest reviews (15 of 146) ### 4/5 — GC N as c one an guys who *2026-01-01, version 6.6.1* In N n Byvvvubo you 44 Bk b I ( fm w wa s I a G6; and az h2egg. h for for at zone g c )I aw s s it a is f aj() y I did:’ ? 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I very much doubt that any of them ever graduated from the U. ### 5/5 — Trust *2025-03-05, version 6.3.0* I feel I can trust the are willing to do their homework before they write. ### 5/5 — I love this church app. It gives me news about the church in Utah! *2025-01-09, version 6.2.1* Thank you for sharing this information! This information helps us greatly! As members of the church it helps us to know what happens across Utah and the world! ### 5/5 — Gospel Study Update *2025-01-05, version 6.2.1* This is a great blessing for Gospel Studies! This will help answer questions through reading and prayer. ### 5/5 — Excellent News *2024-12-14, version 6.2.1* Desert News is a great source of information. It has interesting articles without the doom and gloom feel of other news providers. ### 5/5 — Learning about hockey *2024-12-10, version 6.2.0* I love reading the Utah Hockey Club articles. The author does a great job of explaining the rules (I’m new to hockey), and I love the format of the articles after games. Hockey for dummies has really helped me and even some of the other more advanced parts are really helpful for me. I love that guy! ### 4/5 — high school stats *2024-12-07, version 6.2.0* Hi ### 4/5 — Trends in Deseret News *2024-12-03, version 6.2.0* My husband and I have been loyal followers of the DN and even had actual papers delivered to our home for decades. Unfortunately, we have witnessed the DN become a more liberal (“woke”) newspaper in recent years. I was especially put off by the continual “harassing” of President Trump while he was in office and which continued throughout the Biden term. Don’t get me wrong, I have never been an “all in” Trump supporter. But no president has ever been so harassed as he was and is. And it was obvious that he was put on trial for so many things just for political purposes. No wonder the American public finally said “Enough is enough!” and voted him in for a 2nd term. I hope he will receive a turnaround of media support in his 2nd term and the harassment will stop. Because of this, I read the DN less and less as I have less trust in what DN reports. One exception has been the reporting of Jennifer Graham. I consider her to be a true journalist, trying to report fairly and unbiased news. I have grown weary of most all the media and big corporations falling into the progressive, “politically correct” ideology at the expense of true conservative values that our country was founded upon. Please DN, I implore you to return to your more conservative roots and values and if you do this, I promise to become a more loyal reader of the DN once again. ### 5/5 — Clear and precise *2024-08-17, version 6.1.0* I love Deseret News. Its always been clear and no nonsense news. ### 3/5 — No search bar *2024-06-28, version 6.0* No search bar. I can’t search past articles ### 5/5 — Reliable. *2024-06-15, version 6.0* Like reading local news. ### 5/5 — Perspective *2024-06-14, version 6.0* I grew up in Lewiston up in Cache valley. After graduating from BYU in 1972, I left for military service which turned into 30 years I have lived in Florida for the 25 years since I retired from the Army. I have enjoyed and relied on the Deseret News to keep me informed and connected to Utah. I really enjoy sharing the editorials with my military friends and others, always with a unique perspective on the issues. And of course I’m a lifelong BYU fan which goes over well in SEC country. Keep up the good woek with a high quality and relevant publication. ### 5/5 — Great News! *2024-05-23, version 5.6.3* I am Christian and I love Deseret News, good news without the sensationalism. ### 5/5 — Deseret newspaper *2024-05-10, version 5.6.3* Sports, no box scores no college football or basketball ratings. Terrible baseball coverage too much soccer coverage. No football or basketball nationwide conference coverage, this is not a sports page. Comics, no daily comics. General news, still leaning a little bit too far right of center but much better than previous. Don’t be afraid to report on the hard subjects. Please give us at least an occasional liberal viewpoint. More national news. Obituaries, excellent. General, do you have a science, editor? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — JR *2025-10-07, version 6.5.0* You need to put aside the woke-liberal ideology and return to the values ​​that made this nation great. ### 1/5 — Pushes hate and fake news *2025-05-28, version 6.5.0* The comment section is a cesspool of anti Trump hate but if you say Commie, you get banned. You people are evil, hateful and divisive and everything against the gospel of Jesus Christ. Maybe you go out of business. You are clickbait, anti Trump, and nothing but self righteous hypocrites. Aka Pharisees. So you get zero stars and the middle finger. You disrespect your users and ignore their emails. You will answer to God one day. You should all be excommunicated from the Church, since you embody none of its values or teachings.. ### 1/5 — Waste of time *2025-03-11, version 6.3.0* I quit the SL tribune because of its biased reporting, the Deseret news is just as bad. Total waste of time. Just report the news and I’ll make my own conclusions. Same thing with KSL news, nothing but rainbows and unicorns! ### 1/5 — Dumbest liberal website. *2024-07-27, version 6.1.0* So rape is a banned word in the comment section. Hey morons. It isn’t pornographic, vulgar or obscene. Common English word that describes a crime, Biden committed. Of course you would let anti Trump people use it. Go take your hypocrisy and lies elsewhere ### 1/5 — Very slow to break stories and news *2024-06-13, version 6.0* Hire some new or younger or hungry investigative writers and journalists. You’re losing me to breaking news on X, etc. care and seem excited to write. Adapt to the instant tech era we live in. Adapt or lose me ### 1/5 — Riobaby *2024-01-30, version 5.4.2* What a leftist liberal rag the DN is. We also cannot stand the new LDS church communication Director what a communist leftist woke, liberal. There are thousand good men or women who could’ve filled that job who weren’t saying transgender rights are human rights and cheering on the Supreme Court rule of gay unions. what does Mormon church stand for anymore? We are abandoned. ### 1/5 — Drain it… *2024-01-13, version 5.4.2* Recently it’s been fine, but you guys are definitely far left liberals when the heat is on. As we go into yet another election year please try to be more balanced. As you can now see, you were dead wrong about most things. ### 1/5 — Deseret News *2023-12-13, version 5.4.1* Too many ads always spamming. Need to get it under control ### 1/5 — Wine ads *2023-10-31, version 5.3.1* When you run wine ads, you make a statement about health to everyone reading it. Alcohol is deadly. Take a stand don’t run advertising that has to do with substances kill people. ### 1/5 — Liberal Viewpoint *2023-09-13, version 5.3.0* The extreme liberal viewpoint of Deseret News, article, contributors, and editors is disappointing. A more balanced approach to reporting the news would be refreshing. Conservative voices should be heard as well as left-wing liberal voices. Articles from conservative columnist such as Victor Davis Hanson and Cal Thomas should be considered for re-printing. Editors, viewpoints should be more balanced as well. Too often the liberal side is presented without any consideration for the traditional or conservative side of the argument. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — My “Go-To” *2026-05-18, version 6.8.0* Utah Journalismat it's finest! ### 5/5 — TRUST *2026-05-14, version 6.8.0* Reflects my values! ### 5/5 — Perfect Timing *2026-03-31, version 6.8.0* With changes happening every day. It is a pleasure to have the option of finding current information quickly. ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2026-03-26, version 6.8.0* Overall, I LOVE Deseret News! And I am a Wiccan. Though I would like a search function in the app, especially for when I click on a notification but the app or my data connection glitches and it is nearly impossible to find that exact article again. The fact I do not have to pay for such exemplary reporting is really the shining jewel of this service. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Free News. Good quality. *2026-01-29, version 6.6.1* Most news is behind pay walls these days. I used to read Google news, but more than half the links took me to articles I couldn’t read without a subscription Deseret News is all free with no fees. ### 5/5 — I depend on you for honest news *2025-12-11, version 6.6.1* Great to have good clear honest reporting. ### 5/5 — Deseret News app is good, but zero coverage of Mammouth?? Why? *2025-12-06, version 6.6.1* Appreciate that access is free — that’s all i can afford 🥴 ### 5/5 — Antonio Tardella *2025-11-13, version 6.5.0* The Desert News app is modern day reporting at its best. Making the Washington Post, New York Times, Financial Times and Bloomfield Eagle less worth than the paper they are printed on. Thank you for the App! ### 5/5 — Love Deseret News *2025-03-31, version 6.3.0* The best paper in the US! I live in Houston, and lived all the time zones. ### 5/5 — Needs audio functionality *2025-03-05, version 6.3.0* The quality of the news writing is superb and appreciated. But the app has no functionality to use AI generated voice to read the news articles to the user. That is a huge omission in 2025 where this functionality is standard. They need to fix this omission and the app would be five stars. --- *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 2026-08-27.*