# Drudge Report (Official) — user reviews > 461 indexed App Store user reviews of Drudge Report (Official) by Siren Tech, LLC, rated 1.30/5 from 1,030 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/drudge-report-official/id375614185/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/drudge-report-official/id375614185.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 59 · 4★ 9 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 37 · 1★ 922 ## What do users think of Drudge Report (Official)? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and responsive - 📰 Comprehensive news coverage - 🔍 Useful news aggregation - 👍 Familiar and intuitive interface **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 💰 Excessive ads and paywalls - 📱 Poor mobile optimization - 🔄 Constant refreshing and loss of progress - 🤔 Perceived political bias in content **Commonly reported bugs** - Unresponsive or freezing app - Inability to close full-screen ads - Inconsistent behavior across devices - Outdated or broken links **Most requested features** - Dark mode option - Improved article sharing capabilities - Better performance and stability - More customization options ## Newest reviews (20 of 461) ### 2/5 — Pop ups & 'Dead' Links *2026-06-28, version 8.0.1* This last update with the pop up ad when you click and have to search for a minuscule 'close' button stinks. And at least half the time the headline is linked to a subscription-required site. I've noticed I come here less and less ### 1/5 — Every Link is to an ad *2026-05-29, version 8.0.1* Also it’s nothing but one over liberal link after another. Nobody uses it anymore. I think someone else took it over and Matt Druge is gone. Worst news all hands down. Unusable ### 1/5 — WTHeck *2026-05-29, version 8.0.1* Why go from a mobile version to a desktop version we can’t read? Put it back, please. ### 1/5 — Instant crash *2026-05-27, version 8.0.1* First article I opened, gave me the spinning wheels and screen not responsive. Removed app after that. ### 1/5 — Ads don’t close *2026-05-27, version 8.0.1* Ads close button so small you can’t even close them and makes the app useless. ### 1/5 — Pop Up Ads Ruined It *2026-05-26, version 8.0.1* No need to type much more. The website and app is now bogged down so bad with pop-up ads. It is unusable. Deleting and no longer using DrudgeReport after 20 years. ### 1/5 — MSN news *2026-05-25, version 8.0.1* Hard to read-does anybody actually check how these posts look on an iPhone. really app has deteriorated perhaps that’s why you get these low ratings ### 1/5 — Ugh *2026-05-07, version 8.0.1* This app used to be good for mobile. Now it’s hot garbage. No single column. Junked up with ads. You’re better off viewing in your browser with full ad and pop up blockers in force. ### 1/5 — Zoom out to close out of ads? *2026-04-27, version 8.0.1* This app takes an unusable mobile web interface and does a lift and shift to give you the exact same unusable mobile web interface.. but in an app. ### 1/5 — Don’t waste your time *2026-04-22, version 8.0.1* New format is absolutely ridiculous. More than half the articles have a paywall now, you have to pinch and zoom to see a desktop version, and screen sized ads pop up every time you click a link to read. This is garbage. I stuck with drudge for near 20 years and I’m now happily deleting the app. Don’t waste your time with this one. May it die a fast and painful death! ### 1/5 — Accessability *2026-04-21, version 8.0.1* Can’t read Drudge on my IPhone. Apparently getting desktop view and don’t know how to change to Phone view. ### 1/5 — Can’t get to the actual story because of pop-ups *2026-04-18, version 8.0.1* This is atrocious. Rather than embedded added to the articles, your entire screen opens to an ad rather than the article. After closing it three times then it will open the article. And sometimes it glitches and you have to close completely out of the app. Horrible. ### 1/5 — Trash App *2026-04-18, version 8.0.1* They might as well shut this app down. Takes too long to try and figure out how to get by the popups. Not only that but it they are very obviously biased. ### 1/5 — Why can’t you just fix the ad format?! *2026-04-13, version 8.0* I really like having the app but it’s getting so cumbersome to use with the ad windows… ### 1/5 — Its just ads now *2026-04-13, version 8.0* Yup. Completely unusable now. Click on a story snd gigantic magnified ad comes up blocking everything that can’t be closed. Buh bye! ### 1/5 — Unreadable! Used to be Good. *2026-04-09, version 8.0* The Drudge app was great for years, now unreadable due to full screen ads, that you must move around on the screen (they make you view an ad larger than your display) in order to hit the “close” button, which can take several seconds to appear. Deleted. ### 1/5 — Trash *2026-04-08, version 8.0* Used to be a great source for news. But that was long ago. Now it just links trash and opinion, no actual news. ### 1/5 — Is it this awful by design? *2026-03-31, version 8.0* The app is so clogged with clickbait that only every other link works. Making things worse the advertising is so encompassing it DISTRACTS rather than INFORMS! You can do better don’t become part of the problem stay red white and read all over ### 1/5 — Blah *2026-03-29, version 8.0* The latest update ruined so much. Headline alerts are delayed (what is shown on the teeny tiny three column view doesn’t show up in the bell viral for hours or days), the default is to show the three column view (has anyone who built this app ever USED a mobile phone?), if I leave the app for even seconds the entire article I was reading disappears and I have to start over again. I don’t even care that much about the ads…everybody has to make a living…but the usefulness of the app outside of the much more obtrusive ad experience is so much worse than it used to be. I am so disappointed. ### 1/5 — I expected more… *2026-03-24, version 8.0* Downloaded this app and now I have to expand the ads just so I could see the close button to close them. I am not adapt developer and I still think I could’ve done a better job than this thing. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ruined *2026-09-06, version 8.0.1* I have plenty of news apps but this one is by far the most blatant, and sad whe it come to adds. They turned liberal and then become greedy. It’s laughable. ### 1/5 — worst app doesn’t deserve one star *2026-09-03, version 8.0.1* this has become the worst app I’ve ever had. there is an advertisement on every single link that you go to.You can’t get rid of the links. It sucks. Don’t download it post reviews. It’s the worst app. i am out and removing the app. ### 1/5 — App sucks *2026-08-23, version 8.0.1* Pop up ad all the time make it unusable love the content hat the app ### 1/5 — Major downgrade *2026-08-19, version 8.0.1* Difficult to manage as the full site on a mobile platform, and the ads are even worse to close. If I wanted to deal with it like this, I could just use a browser. Don’t bother downloading at this time, even one star is too kind. Better to just use the website and make an app yourself pointing to it. ### 1/5 — I can’t think of a worse app *2026-08-17, version 8.0.1* This is the poster child for a bad user experience, and should be taught in every design program for what not to do. ### 1/5 — From Gold to Hot Garbage *2026-08-15, version 8.0.1* The app used to be amazing but now it’s hot garbage. It went from being primarily about serving news to now being consumed with serving full screen ads you have to click through to close before accessing any of the news. ### 1/5 — Drudge is just Advertising Now *2026-07-23, version 8.0.1* Every article that isn’t some silly cultural garbage is behind a paywall ### 1/5 — Click and wait *2026-07-22, version 8.0.1* None of the stories are readable unless you download the app the story is on. NYT, Wall Street….. it used to be good but now it’s just headlines and no substance. Look for other news generators that actually allow you to read the story ### 1/5 — It looks like a kindergartner designed this app *2026-06-29, version 8.0.1* The developers of this app have consistently botched the design. You’d think after x major versions, it would finally look and perform well. They basically embedded a web view - what’s the point of the app? ### 1/5 — Cringe experience *2026-06-11, version 8.0.1* The mobil app is horrible now. Ive moved on to other apps. The ad experience is cringe. I have to zoom in to see what im clicking on then have to zoom out ti find microscopic x to close. The mobil button is a joke. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Impossible to use *2026-01-10, version 8.0* What happened!?! Clicking on headlines now opens ads ### 5/5 — Latest Drudge App *2025-12-08, version 8.0* The latest release has ruined the app. Too many ads that popped up when trying to read a story line. It is very slow and cumbersome. Drudge has gone mainstream seeking ad revenue. I have always touted the Drudge app to friends and family. It’s not worth touting any longer. Sorry, but you missed the mark. ### 5/5 — Best source of interested and unbiased news *2025-12-06, version 8.0* I’ve been following the Drudge Report since it was founded in 1995. It’s consistently the best mix of interesting and important stories across the spectrum. A good antidote to Fox, CNN and other mainstream ‘news’ teams. The app offers a nice user experience on both my iPad and iPhone. ### 5/5 — Don *2025-12-06* They ruined a great app with the latest version. Ads popping up out of nowhere, cumbersome interface, and too many glitches to list. If there was 0 stars, this app version would get it. If it’s not broken, don’t fix it. I hope Drudge enjoys losing the traffic to the site. ### 5/5 — Terrible Update *2025-12-05, version 8.0* Basically back to a very poorly designed and hard to use app. The last version was stable and fine. This 12/25 release has made the app unusable. Fail ### 5/5 — Cry baby magats *2025-09-20* Bunch of snowflakes crying about drudge having a brain and his own free will. Bunch of bald 5 foot 5 snowflakes with red hats. ### 5/5 — It’s a good app for the iPhone *2025-08-12, version 7.0.3* You open it and you’re able to single scroll and see every story. It doesn’t blow up your screen like a web server would. People are flaming it just because they don’t like the content. If you’d like drudgereport.com you’ll love drug report the app pay no attention to the haters ### 5/5 — Finally *2025-07-15* Glad to see Drudge has finally woken up to the horrors of rump ### 5/5 — MAGAs hate this app which tells you something *2025-03-29* My go-to news app. Good breaking news source. ### 5/5 — Real Conservative *2024-08-11, version 7.0.3* A real Conservative who calls out the Fake Conservatives who are part of the MEGA Movement. --- *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 2026-09-11.*