# Free Beacon — user reviews > 36 indexed App Store user reviews of Free Beacon by Free Beacon, LLC, rated 3.20/5 from 52 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/free-beacon/id1047859882/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/free-beacon/id1047859882.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 20 · 4★ 7 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 14 ## Newest reviews (13 of 36) ### 2/5 — Broken *2024-05-28, version 2.27* I love the content from Free Beacon. The app is badly broken. It constantly launches embedded videos. I can’t read the articles because the videos continually launch. When I try to clear the videos, the app locks up and stops working. Please fix the app. ### 2/5 — Microscopic Font *2024-02-19, version 2.27* The font is extremely small and there is no option for the user to change the size of the font. Developers should consider that not everyone on the planet has perfect vision. ### 2/5 — Horrible app that forces pop ups. *2023-11-30, version 2.27* This app frequently freezes especially when I switch to an app in the background. It requires me to force quit. And now I keep getting videos popping up on my screen when I haven’t clicked on them and they come back even when I dismiss them. They pop up even when the app is in the background. If they don’t fix this asap, I am deleting the app. ### 2/5 — Soooooo Buggy *2023-08-18, version 2.27* Almost, scratch that, it IS, unusable. ### 1/5 — Terrible app *2022-07-06, version 2.26* I’ve tried installing twice, with same results. Won’t load or freezes every time. ### 1/5 — Bush *2022-05-25, version 2.26* Greatest living president? Eliz Troutman writes this about Bush. Is this a joke? ### 1/5 — Worked great until 2 days ago *2021-05-24, version 2.25* Crashes immediately on launch on both my ipad and my husband’s. No info on-line. ### 1/5 — No Free Bacon *2019-12-25, version 2.21* I thought I’d be getting some free bacon. I’d even settle for a mildly pricy Kevin Bacon. This is just hot garbage masquerading as a news site. ### 1/5 — Silence on Trump *2019-11-03* Uncritical reporting on Trump and the GOP. ### 2/5 — Not formatting *2019-10-07, version 2.1.3* A critical number of articles don’t format in the application. ### 1/5 — PLEASE FIX!!! Used to work well. *2019-06-15, version 2.1.1* Have had this app for a while and until recently it worked well. Several days ago it stopped allowing me to click to open articles. The content has continued to update with new articles but I have not been able to open them. Please fix as I did enjoy reading a lot of their content. Can’t believe this issue hasn’t been fixed. My iPhone and app has been updated with the latest software patches or fixes so there’s something wrong with the app. Please fix. ### 1/5 — Cannot read articles *2019-06-15, version 2.1.1* This would be a great app, but I cannot click on any of the articles to read them. That essentially makes it useless. ### 1/5 — Washington Beacon iOS doesn’t work *2019-06-13, version 2.1.1* This app doesn’t work on mac iOS. That’s a shame because the content is excellent on Mac OS. Worth no stars the way it is! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — What Happened? *2026-04-02, version 2.27* News stories do not generate through the app. Has the app been discontinued? ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-03-15, version 2.27* I like the WFB. Downloaded the app. Nothing works. Just a blank slate. Looks more like they started to build it and just gave up. ### 1/5 — Please Fix *2025-06-23, version 2.27* App doesn’t work. Just a blank page. ### 1/5 — Beyond Broken *2025-02-26, version 2.27* I love the WFB but this app doesn’t work AT ALL! Some reviews complain about pop-up ads. NOTHING appears on the app on my phone. No articles. No ads. NOTHING. I prefer using an app but will have to go back to reading the WFB on the web. ### 1/5 — Great app, but there's an ad that keeps popping up that covers the articles. *2024-11-01, version 2.27* Can't read because ads keep popping up covering text. Tried to contact Support, but link send you to a website that is not support. overall I just gave up ### 1/5 — Problems *2024-10-28* Can't read because ads keep popping up covering text. Tried to contact Support, but link send you to a website that is not support. overall I just gave up ### 1/5 — Glitchy Invasive App *2024-09-09, version 2.27* Non-stop, reappearing pop ups, articles super slow to load, freezing. Annoying and frustrating. Can’t get through one paragraph without getting molested by their tech. ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2024-06-16, version 2.27* I really like the WFB but the app is useless. That one add pops up over and over and blocks anything I’m trying to read. I close the window and it comes back over the door. Also, the whole page loads very slowly. Especially given the limited content. I don’t know if you guys are paying $10 per month for servers, but it isn’t enough. ### 1/5 — Video keeps popping up *2024-04-16, version 2.27* Tried to read articles. A Beacon video keeps popping up, popping up, popping up. So annoying. Deleted app. ### 1/5 — Great news, glitchy app *2024-04-04, version 2.27* I love the reporting at the WFB, but the app is super glitchy. Popup videos of other articles are persistent and constant, which interrupts my reading to the point where I just go to the online site. Please fix! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best news source ever *2020-12-31, version 2.25* Written with insight and good humor, both desperately needed in these times. Better than Washington Times by a mile. ### 5/5 — Get the REAL news *2017-01-27, version 1.3* I've been following the Washington Free Beacon since it became available. I trust it as one of the REAL news sources for matters that are both topical and timely. This is the truth you won't see elsewhere. ### 5/5 — Fantastic app *2016-05-20, version 1.2* Excellent app. No problems at all. Great news source ### 5/5 — Senior Dating App With a Twist *2015-11-02, version 1.1* Of all the dating apps I've tried, this one is the weirdest. Billed as an alternative to other more traditional sites, I was under the impression there would be more Kate Upton types. Not so. Mostly dongs. ### 4/5 — Doesn’t work in Dark mode *2020-01-12, version 2.22* Black text on article titles not visible in dark mode on iPhone. Also, ads obscure too much of the article and cannot be fully read. ### 3/5 — Uncontrolled video popups *2024-04-25, version 2.27* I liked the articles but got tired of the recurring videos that interrupted my reading. Finally uninstalled. ### 3/5 — Buggy *2023-08-16* Buggy Buggy Buggy Come on man. Get it fixed. ### 3/5 — Difficult to read *2020-08-02, version 2.25* Black on white works— contrast with a larger font ### 2/5 — Website Works Better *2025-08-26, version 2.27* Every once in a while I re-download this app. Every time I’m disappointed. It’s never worked well and now it only displays a blank screen with the Free Beacon’s mast. ### 2/5 — How is this not fixed yet??? *2024-11-08, version 2.27* Do you not want us using your app and instead just your site? The in article pop-up that will not quit ruins videos, freezes the app, interrupts reading of articles. Is there anyway to kill this in the app? Do the people at WFB not use their own app enough to realize the constant interruption ruins the experience. Please you men, women, or whatever you identify as right now do great work! Fix it or kill it. --- *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 2026-07-06.*