# Haaretz Tablet Edition — user reviews > 57 indexed App Store user reviews of Haaretz Tablet Edition by Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd, rated 2.07/5 from 15 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/haaretz-tablet-edition/id500132377/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/haaretz-tablet-edition/id500132377.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 8 ## Newest reviews (16 of 57) ### 2/5 — Log-on via iPad doesn’t accept my credentials *2024-06-02* I’m able to log on via my iPhone. IPad doesn’t work, though. As others have pointed out, the Haaretz tech team hasn’t figured out how to display in landscape. Especially since the info shown in the App Store shows landscape. Not sure I’ll renew… **Developer response:** Hi and thanks for the feedback. Login works in iPad. Please let us know what exactly is the issue in your device? Do you get an error message? Are you using the correct e-mail? Please inform us: mobile@haaretz.co.il. Furthermore, the app does not support landscape mode. ### 2/5 — Haaretz iPad version doesn’t support landscape mode! *2024-04-01* Haaretz iPad version doesn’t support landscape/horizontal mode. All media and books support how one wants to read the device. I reported this to Haaretz and they aren’t interested in fixing it. So be cautious before you use the app. ### 1/5 — Disaster *2016-03-23, version 2.0* Crashes all the time. Log in sometimes works, usually doesn't. ### 1/5 — Crashes *2016-03-22, version 2.0* Since new iOS update today, app crashes on trying to open. This despite reset, removing and reinstalling app. Too bad. Wanted news on Brussels. ### 1/5 — Requires paid subscription *2016-03-13, version 2.0* They should say straight up what the app costs. You can't even read a synopsis without getting the subscription. ### 1/5 — Terrible Navigation *2016-01-06* Besides scrolling through the entire paper (and not finding key articles), without a search engine on the iPad it is impossible to find what one is looking for. AND it does not look like Haaretz cares - the situation has been aggravating for years: look at the number of bad reviews. ### 1/5 — Constant crashing *2015-10-18, version 2.0* This app crashes regularly, apparently on an article by article basis. And you have to pay for this privilege. ### 1/5 — Bad Enough to Think About Unsubscribing *2015-05-29, version 2.0* Frequently freezes in the title page. Frequently crashes when trying to bring up an article. Article introductions are incomplete. "Related Articles" are un-dated. Is the the famed Israeli technology? Shame, shame. ### 1/5 — Can't get beyond iPad registration screen *2015-02-12, version 2.0* Registration screen does not allow the required country selection. Technical registration bug. ### 1/5 — Limited use *2015-01-01, version 2.0* Nicely laid out but useless unless you subscribe. Nowadays you can get the same news from so many other sources for free ### 1/5 — Pretty good newspaper, terrible app *2014-08-24, version 2.0* I love reading Gideon Levy's editorials, and I was hoping to do that with this app. But it doesn't load, it just shows the blue intro screen forever and ever. Better to just access Haaretz through Safari. ### 1/5 — junk *2014-08-12, version 2.0* installed it twice but once opened it never showed anything but a blue field with the word "Haaretz". Can't believe it could be so bad! ### 1/5 — App works fine *2014-07-23, version 2.0* ...but be prepared for liberalism that makes the New York Times look like right wing extremists. ### 1/5 — Use the website *2014-06-22* The old version of the app, bad as it was, had some advantages over using the website (you could download the articles and read them on airplane mode, for example). Now, all of these advantages are gone.... Use the website and save yourself the trouble of download this app! ### 3/5 — Ads *2014-06-03, version 2.0* Nice new version but now comes with ads even for paying subscribers ### 1/5 — It is impossible to cancel this subscription! *2014-01-14, version 1.2* It is impossible to cancel this subscription! The app has a Manage Subscription link in Settings, but it brings you to a general iTunes page. Searching on Haaretz brings you to the Harvard Review. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Useless on iPad because no landscape mode *2024-08-29* My iPad is permanently in a case that requires access to be in landscape mode. Hareetz for tablet only renders in portrait mode. I would love to subscribe and read Hareetz but impossible currently. ### 1/5 — Update screwed up *2023-12-27* Opening the app I get forced to update to a newer version, which is the phone version, which is not optimal for the iPad. I liked their older version of the iPad app better. Their technology seems to be getting worse. Great nes and reporting but crappy on the technical side. ### 1/5 — Only opens in portrait mode *2023-12-11, version 5.25* Very disappointing ### 1/5 — So bad *2023-11-15, version 5.21* Such a shame their journalism has to be presented within this awful app ### 1/5 — Worst news app I’ve used - and I have used a lot of them *2023-10-29, version 5.17* Horrible interface. And this from the StartUp Nation?! Seems to display only in portrait mode. Looks like an Iphone app on the Ipad. Way better to just use a web browser, although that does not allow effective off-line reading. ### 1/5 — Useless App - Website is Far Better *2023-10-08* The Haaretz iPad app is the single worst news app I have. It’s an unmitigated UI disaster. As just one small example out of many, the headlines are truncated to an arbitrary length that differs depending on whether your iPad is in portrait or landscape orientation. There is absolutely no way to view the entire headline, leaving the reader to guess at what the missing portion of the headline says, which is just insane. It’s been this way for year upon year, so clearly the developers have either abandoned this app or simply don’t care about its users. The iPhone app, which is a different app from this iPad app, is somewhat better. But for anyone attempting to read Ha’aretz in English on an iPad, the only rational solution is to ignore the app entirely and just view the site in a browser. All of which is, to reiterate, insane. **Developer response:** Please update your app to the latest release (5.17). I contains many improvements and we will continue to improve it. ### 1/5 — Great reporting, awful tech *2023-01-15* It seems Haaretz has not maintained the iPad app. It is outdated and buggy—as many others have noted. I cannot it to recognize my online subscription. ### 1/5 — Can’t login *2022-07-22* Application keeps telling me “network error” when I try to login and read articles. That’s not how paid subscription should work. ### 1/5 — Rubbish ap with no feedback mechanism. *2018-05-17, version 2.2* Subscribed to Haaretz, loaded the iPad ap, and it freezes every time. Suspect it is looking for feedback from its site, or it picks up the iTunes email settings, which may not match the user profile at subscription. Worse, there appears no way of contacting the ap issuer to find what is going on. Typical take it or leave it attitude. Will leave it. ### 1/5 — The app crashes constantly *2018-04-30, version 2.2* While Haaretz is a serious newspaper, the app for Haaretz online crashes after each attempt to read one article on an iPad. After paying for a yearly subscription, this is very disappointing. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Comprehensive coverage of Middle East news! *2019-06-15, version 2.3.3* This is a great app to get Haaretz on the iPad. Along with subscription you get access to Haaretz.com which you will need to access to if you want to be able to read comments. For some unfortunate reason I cannot figure out, I am unable to get comments to display. Otherwise, I find the articles engaging and the news reporting excellent! ### 5/5 — It has issues, but customer service worked with me *2012-10-16* I like Haaretz, and have been excited about the app. I did have a few issues signing in last week, but customer service after a few days did get back to me and engaged in a timely email dialog and got the problem resolved. I recommend it. ### 5/5 — Great App *2012-07-30, version 1.0* Great App, love it ### 5/5 — Very friendly app *2012-07-27* Just downloaded and subscribed to Haaretz on my iPad. The UI is friendly and clear, and subscription process is quick - when you subscribe you also get free access to Haaretz site. The combination of breaking news stream with a daily edition is brilliant! Haaretz is the best news source about Israel, and this app is now part of my daily schedule. ### 5/5 — Great addition to my Newsstand! *2012-07-24* Finally I can read Haaretz on my iPad. The app looks very nice and works well in both landscape and portrait view modes. Good quality photos, and the word count below listed articles is a neat feature. Nice array of stories mirrors the print edition, and no ink prints on my fingers.. ### 4/5 — very good (best?) reporting on Israel, Middle East *2018-01-19, version 2.2* i very much appreciate being able to read Haaretz, getting a good take on Israeli politics.the articles are well-written and, while slanted to the left (my own bias) include more conservative opinions also. one request: i would appreciate it if we could select and copy text — in my case for pasting into tweets. ### 4/5 — Nice addition to the news stable *2014-09-26, version 2.0* I've been meaning to subscribe for some time. Glad to see this is in the Newsstand - I do wish other publishers would follow suit. Presentation is generally good - I especially like the decision to limit scrolling to horizontal as touch sensitivity in The Guardian makes for torture. Two main improvements I'd like to see: make updates more obvious (perhaps a refresh button) and something has to be done about the editorial page. The cartoon is so large that the inclusion of pictures means I cannot tell what any of the editorials are about without opening them - you should be able to browse everything, guys! For my money it's the best source of Israeli/Jewish news and I like the AP articles rounding things out. Opinion pieces are also very strong - if only I could browse them more easily! ### 4/5 — Huge improvement *2014-06-05, version 2.0* The new version has changed an app that I had stopped using as it had too many frustrating issues, into a smart professional app for reading Haaretz. It now bears comparison with some of the best newspaper apps. Its still not perfect, it would be nice to have a way to access regular columns, such as 'Word of the Day' directly from the main index, maybe under a subheading of features or regulars. This doesn't matter too much as the app has now created a framework that can be fine tuned as time goes on and then it will achieve that fifth star. So pleased that the developers finally got there, such a good newspaper deserves a quality app. ### 4/5 — Reasonable cost? *2012-09-28* What are other media apps from Israel on Israeli politics, social issue and Jewish daily life? I am looking for some that are free or very low cost. In app purchases are prohibited for me at this time, and I so very much want my daily Israel news fix ### 4/5 — Efficient *2012-07-25, version 1.0* Clean and efficient - it gets the job done. A must for iPad news addicts. --- *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 2026-06-09.*