# East Bay Times for Mobile

> Personalized news, saved articles, offline reading, and games from a digital newspaper replica. (iPhone/iPad app by MediaNews Group.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/east-bay-times-for-mobile/id479676946 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [MediaNews Group](https://appshunter.io/developer/364357227)
- Category: News, Sports
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.50/5 from 288 App Store ratings · 75 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 188 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2011-12-08
- Data updated: 2026-09-07
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/east-bay-times-for-mobile/id479676946/reviews.md

## What is East Bay Times for Mobile?

To continue enjoying our app, we kindly request that you log in again after this update.

If you're a subscriber, please take a moment to restore your account to ensure uninterrupted access. You can find the “Restore Subscriptions“ button in Settings under Subscriptions.

Welcome to a new app experience, we have optimized our app and giving it a facelift! This faster iOS native app now has the following new features:

Your News:
Provide personalized recommendations for content based on user preferences. Users will be allowed to customize the content they want to engage with by selecting the topics they are truly interested in. By going to the “Your News” tab the user can bypass the noise of all that is published and home in on the content they want

Saved Articles:
Save feature that allows users to save articles or other content they are interested in for later reading or reference.Push notifications will remind users to read their saved articles or suggest related content

Custom Push Notifications:
The user can select what topics they want to be notified about which makes for a much less intrusive experience. 

Top Navigation Bar:
 A top navigation bar lets the user switch between sections by swiping or tapping.

Enews in-app:
Desire the newspaper experience? No need to open a separate app! By simply going to Settings and selecting E-News the user can browse the Digital Replica of the day’s paper.

Offline Reading:
This feature allows users to enable offline reading from Settings. Offline “Reading Preferences” can also be customized for Settings. 

Swipe Left:
Instead of going back to the main section to find more articles, users have the option to simply swipe, immediately opening other articles in the Section.

Follow Topics:
A user will be shown articles on topics they are following. To follow select “follow” at the article level and related articles will gain relevancy and be shown more frequently. Just as easily “Unfollow”

Games: Users can enjoy a variety of games served in app. Games include: Sudoku, Solitaire, Jumble, Crossword, and Puzzles

Terms of Use:
https://www.medianewsgroup.com/terms-of-use/
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Key features

- Personalized news recommendations
- Save articles for later reading
- Customizable push notifications
- Digital newspaper replica (Enews)
- Offline reading capabilities
- In-app games (Sudoku, Solitaire, etc.)
- Swipe navigation between articles

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| East Bay Times Monthly Sub | $11.99 | per month |
| East Bay Times Annual Sub | $139.99 | per year |


## Chart rankings

- #200 in Top Grossing · News (US App Store)

## What do users think of East Bay Times for Mobile?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 📰 Good local news coverage and reporting
- ✍️ Quality journalism and fact-finding
- 🎨 Newspaper-like reading experience
- 📚 Comics and puzzles available
- 🌐 Comprehensive local and national news

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and technical failures
- 🧭 Poor navigation and confusing layout
- 💰 High subscription costs
- 📱 Not user-friendly interface
- 🔤 Font size too small
- 📬 Unreliable delivery system
- 📰 Removed landscape orientation
- 💳 Intrusive ads for paid subscribers
- 🔄 Requires frequent re-login
- ⏰ News updates are stale and delayed
- 🔐 Account activation issues despite charging
- 📋 Difficult to access previous editions

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes when reading articles
- Login page keyboard not displaying
- Account activation not recognized despite payment
- App refuses to update or shows stale content
- Pages become blank when loading stories
- Notification articles don't load or show wrong articles
- Local news section not refreshing
- App fails to reconnect after signal loss
- Ads play sound unexpectedly
- Pop-ups interrupting reading experience
- Slow loading times with spinning circles
- Incompatibility with iPad and newer devices

**Most requested features**

- Search function for articles
- Restore landscape orientation mode
- Restore previous app version
- Newspaper-style layout view
- Obituaries section
- Ad-free experience for subscribers
- Better font size controls
- Faster news updates and real-time content
- Easier access to previous day editions
- Better organization of news sections
- Graphics and illustrations for stories
- Crossword puzzle easy access
- Integration with Apple News

## Recent user reviews (10 of 75)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/east-bay-times-for-mobile/id479676946/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Great SF Bay Area coverage

*2025-11-07*

A family member is sharing this subscription with me.  I appreciate good, accurate news.  What a wild month it’s been!  (November 2025)

### 2/5 — County Assessor

*2025-05-17*

I could not agree more with Willie the wonder your app and website are not user-friendly at all. I even paid for having the newspaper delivered to my office and it was only delivered one or two days a week if at all. 
The reliability of  Your delivery system is kind of like the Russian space program.

**Developer response:** I am sorry to hear that you are having trouble accessing your subscription through our mobile app. For Help, please go to the settings menu in the app, found under the gear icon and scroll down to the Support section. You will find several links that may be helpful, and you can email our support team directly using the Get Login Help option. You can also report print delivery issues there.

### 1/5 — Required updates

*2025-01-27*

Unnecessary required updates. Ads are too intrusive for paid subscription

### 3/5 — Unfortunate…

*2024-05-18*

A good daily with timely local and national news plus good comics and daily puzzles…but the price is getting out of hand.

### 1/5 — What is wrong with you?

*2024-03-27*

Why would you remove landscape orientation? It is a nice easy way to read the paper. You have made it more difficult to enjoy the paper.

### 1/5 — What is wrong with you?

*2024-03-08*

Why would you remove landscape orientation?
It is a nice easy way to read the paper. You have made it more difficult to enjoy the paper.

### 5/5 — Excellent Local News Coverage.

*2024-01-17*

EB Times reporters do really well at covering local news, despite constant cutbacks. These are reporters—journalists—who know how to find the facts and put them together for us. These are not neighbors on Next Door who may or may not get the facts right.

### 1/5 — Horrible

*2023-09-02, version 7.6.3*

App refuses to acknowledge account activation despite charging credit card.

### 1/5 — Yikes!

*2023-05-29, version 7.6.3*

Yikes, this app actually never works!

### 1/5 — Terrible

*2022-11-03, version 7.6.3*

So lacking I am thinking of canceling the paper

## Frequently asked questions about East Bay Times for Mobile

### What does the East Bay Times app do?

This app provides a personalized news experience, allowing users to customize content based on their interests. It also offers features like saving articles for later, customizable push notifications, and access to a digital replica of the newspaper.

### What are the key features of the app?

Key features include personalized content recommendations, the ability to save articles, custom push notifications for preferred topics, offline reading, a digital newspaper replica, and a variety of in-app games such as Sudoku and Crossword.

### Is the East Bay Times app free to use?

The app is free to download and use, offering a range of features. However, as it is a news publication, it likely has a subscription model for full access to content, indicated by the mention of subscribers and restoring subscriptions.

### Can I read articles offline with this app?

Yes, the app supports offline reading. Users can enable this feature in the Settings and customize their offline reading preferences to access saved articles or downloaded content without an internet connection.

### What kind of games are available in the app?

The app includes a selection of popular games for users to enjoy. These games are served directly within the app and include titles like Sudoku, Solitaire, Jumble, Crossword, and other puzzles.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 10.0.60 — 2026-08-20

Enhanced Audio Controls: Refreshed audio player interface above the navigation bar, improved notification controls, and fixed disappearing player controls.

Dynamic Island Integration: Added support for Dynamic Island audio playback and updates on supported devices.

Expanded Home Screen Widgets: New and expanded widget options for quicker access to news directly from your Home Screen.

Resolved an authentication bug that prevented login via Facebook.

Bugs and maintenance

### 10.0.59 — 2026-07-02

Added in-app audio player
Bug fixes and maintenance

### 10.0.58 — 2026-06-09

Support for World Cup content
Bug fixes and maintenance

### 10.0.56 — 2026-05-13

Bug Fixes and Maintenance

### 10.0.54 — 2026-04-13

Bug Fixes and Maintenance

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