# Gulf News - Latest UAE News — user reviews > 127 indexed App Store user reviews of Gulf News by AL NISR PUBLISHING (L.L.C.), rated 4.62/5 from 402 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gulf-news-latest-uae-news/id716643133/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gulf-news-latest-uae-news/id716643133.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 338 · 4★ 26 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 20 ## What do users think of Gulf News? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 📰 Comprehensive news coverage with global perspective - 🎨 Clean and refreshing user interface design - 📱 Well-organized content with carousel navigation - ⏰ Prayer times feature integration - 🌍 Good coverage of UAE and regional news - 📊 Insightful analysis and detailed reporting **Cons** - 📺 Embedded videos frequently fail to play - 🌙 No dark mode available - 💰 Aggressive paywall restricting article access - 💳 Ads appear even in paid subscription version - 📱 Poor landscape/iPad support - 🔐 Login and registration issues - 📢 Excessive and intrusive advertising - 🔔 Uncontrollable notification spam - 💸 Subscription pricing increased significantly - 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezes **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on launch or during use - Videos embedded in articles do not play - Login page fails to open - Subscribers prompted to purchase again - Prayer time display showing incorrect times - App hanging on iPad - Internet connection errors despite active connection - Notifications cannot be closed without opening article - Incompatibility with iPhone X and newer devices - App not opening after updates **Most requested features** - Dark mode/night mode with black background - Landscape orientation support for tablets - Horizontal view for reading articles - Apple login authentication option - Customizable notification preferences and topics - Lock screen push notifications - Adjustable font size settings - Ability to control notification frequency - Remove ads from paid subscription tier ## Newest reviews (10 of 127) ### 2/5 — Unable to open the App *2025-09-10, version 6.2.9* App not opening keeps on getting crashed .. check please ### 4/5 — Payment *2024-10-01, version 5.3.6* We shouldn’t have to pay to read the article like in Khaleej Times its free but its not all that bad the only thing is the payment 👍 ### 2/5 — Poor aap interfaces *2024-06-24* Poor app design, user interface issues, no dark mode and needs substantial improvement on log in issues ### 4/5 — The only paper for Local new update *2024-06-06, version 5.2.7* Good for news updates, but their epaper is a complete repetition and there is not enough material to read some Positive world International News, like other news paper. ### 4/5 — Please add horizontal view *2023-09-13* It is well designed, giving us insights and analysis of daily news all over the world. At present the apps gives facility vertically to read the news but it will add more stars if you would introduce horizontal view to read the news. Wish you all the best. ### 3/5 — General *2023-07-29, version 5.1.7* Need physical paper for well ends which is not right decission. I am subscriber of news more than 16 years n now it’s not available. Handy capped ### 5/5 — 👍 *2023-03-16* دقة في كتابة الاحداث والاعلان عنها ### 4/5 — Great local coverage *2023-02-14, version 5.1.2* The Gulf news is a good local news paper. Local coverage is excellent and keeps us residents well informed on local events and sports. There is however room for improvement on the Finance and business coverage as the articles lack global professional depth. ### 4/5 — Unable to rotate app on iPad *2023-02-14* Your Continuing refusal to enable the app to be read in a landscape mode loses you the rest of the stars. ### 5/5 — Why Paid? *2022-12-23, version 8.1.0* Reading a news also we need to pay. Please make it free for all, at least free for the ones having account in the site. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2026-04-23* Too many ads ### 1/5 — Videos don’t play ! *2026-03-04* The app is quite buggy. None of the embedded videos play ! No dark mode. So am uncomfortable using it in the night. Ads pop up even for paid version. So there is no point subscribing or evening using this app. ### 1/5 — Hi *2024-08-28, version 5.3.4* Looks like it become more commercial, there are many other ways to charge money other then subscription,I was always reading this news paper but now I felt like I'm not part of family anymore !! this is my personal view as asked for comments , 🙏 ### 1/5 — Gulf News Quality *2024-07-17, version 5.2.7* Gulf News on the verge of downside, one of the best media publications for decades has deteriorated with quality of journalism and making paid subscription to digital news is a big NO from readers. There are better online news sites in UAE which are accessible without subscription. ### 1/5 — Overcharged subscription charges *2024-06-20* Deleting the app.. Hiked the subscription charges like crazy.. ### 1/5 — App Doesn’t allow you to access content after subscription *2024-02-22, version 5.2.6* I don’t think Gulf News has a great tech team looking at the performance and releases of the app. I have been a subscription holder since they launched the paid subscription. However for the past 1 month, even though my subscription is active, the app still doesn’t allow me to read the exclusive content. ### 1/5 — Always hangs *2023-03-07* Every-time I click on an article after an alert pops up it gives an error. Their app is a waste of time and money ### 1/5 — Many articles are behind paid wall scheme *2023-03-03* I have been a an avid gulf news reader for more than 23 yrs until gulf news came into an app . Now a days , Iam unable to read gulf news paper since I came to India but only thru gulf news app … but many of your articles are behind pad walls which is very disappointing and leave me unable to To read my fav newspaper and keeps Me a ways from what’s gking in UAE.. ### 1/5 — Anees J *2023-02-22* I am a subscriber but it always tells me to buy a subscription again and again - very frustrating ### 1/5 — Terrible Update !!! *2022-12-23, version 8.1.0* One of the Most Worst update i have come across of any App - Gulf News - All the time asking to update even after updating won’t move fwd 😡😡😡😡 still Bug not fixed . ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Five stars *2026-08-15* Mashallah, this app is very clear, professional, and informative. ### 5/5 — Issue with app for last few days *2025-05-18, version 6.2.2* App is crashing last few days - page not loading ### 5/5 — Very Informative *2024-11-18* I wish it was free, it’s so informative. ### 5/5 — Quality Editorial *2024-11-16, version 5.3.7* I am impressed with the quality of content in Gulf News, keep up the good work ### 5/5 — Flash News *2024-05-22, version 5.2.7* Very useful snippets ### 5/5 — Europe cities full *2024-04-25* Good coverage ### 5/5 — Best news app in UAE *2024-04-16, version 5.2.6* Always the most interesting and relevant news for UAE residents ### 5/5 — My opinion on Gulf News *2024-02-13* I am happy to read Gulf Newspaper every day which provides latest news about UAE and world news I request you to reintroduce questions and answers page again in Friday magazine Rahiman India ### 5/5 — Gulf News *2023-08-18* Always enjoyed reading Gulf as it gives news around the world. Actually I live in India but visit gulf often. ### 5/5 — Prayer timings need to be regularly updated *2023-04-04, version 5.1.2* I often check the prayer times they are wrong most of the time. As today it was showing the wrong month plus wrong timings --- *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 2026-09-05.*