Herald User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience43.5% of reviews
Neutral8.7% of reviews
Negative experience47.8% of reviews

~ Based on 23 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Herald Safe?

Herald-Review.com has mixed safety signals based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Herald is 59/100.

This assessment is based on 45 user ratings, with an App Store average of 2.7/5.

Safety Analysis

35.6% of ratings point to a safe experience
13.3% of ratings suggest some concerns
51.1% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 45 App Store ratings for Herald.

Is Herald Legit?

Herald-Review.com appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Herald is 80/100.

Based on 80 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Horrible

Since the rate has increased so much due to tariffs, I put the app on our IPad for the e edition. My husband will HATE this. I will be reading an article and the page goes back to the top, so you have to scroll down again. Instead of being able to read an entire article, it’s set up just like the physical paper where you have to go to another page to finish reading the article. Talk about old school! My husband likes reading a physical local paper, but I refuse to go along with our rate almost doubling due to tariffs. The E Edition was our other option. What a horrible option. Guess we’ll be canceling our long standing subscription when it renews.
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Response from developer

Thank you for your feedback. I will pass it on to our development team.

Horrible

Since the rate has increased so much due to tariffs, I put the app on our IPad for the e edition. My husband will HATE this. I will be reading an article and the page goes back to the top, so you have to scroll down again. Instead of being able to read an entire article, it’s set up just like the physical paper where you have to go to another page to finish reading the article. Talk about old school! My husband likes reading a physical local paper, but I refuse to go along with our rate almost doubling due to tariffs. The E Edition was our other option. What a horrible option. Guess we’ll be canceling our long standing subscription when it renews.
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Response from developer

Thank you for your feedback. I will pass it on to our development team.

Worst ever

In a day where media has pushed us toward online app’s, the least they could do is invest in updates. This app works sometimes…at best. Today for example, it will not even open the e-edition. Yesterday, I made it to page 2 before it froze up and would not go to the next page. I’ve tried all the “suggested” solutions, clearing the cache, blah blah blah, that do not help. Really? update already! One star is one too many!
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App used to be good

App was good a couple years ago
Then greed set in and they wanna charge you to read every story
Thanks I’ll get my news somewhere else
Uninstalled

Not free

Free app that I use to love for local news now every time I click on a story it wants me to subscribe and pay a monthly fee. Was good 😾

Response from developer

I apologize for the any technical issue you may be having. Please contact 217-429-5151 to sign up for a subscription.

Needs improvement

Often cannot open the paper or download to read offline. Sluggish and only works half of the time if at all.

Terrible

The app is awful. Glitchy and you can never get videos to play correctly. It needs to be redesigned by someone that knows what they are doing.

Search

No search

Freezes frequently

The app freezes frequently, especially after bug fix updates. Also, as far as content, there will be the same articles listed 2 or 3 times to fill space. I’d rather see a short list than scroll over the same content again and again.

Horrible, horrible app!!!! Do not download!

The advertisement and pop-ups are horrible! You have to kill the app and reopen if you want to continue browsing articles. One the pop-ups begin they won't stop. Horrible! This app is terrible. I've have decided to quit using it and find a new app to replace it.

Pop-Up Loops Have To Stop

App gets stuck in about a 6-7 cycle loop where it kicks me to Safari for a pop-up ad. Not worth the time. App is deleted until this is addressed.

Great app

Awesome coverage of central Illinois. Great updates and weather info too!

Very User Friendly!

Great to have to keep updated on what's going on in Central IL. Especially with breaking news.

Awesome app!

Consistently updated on news stories throughout central Illinois. Keeping up to date on what new things are coming to the area before the tv station knows. And awesome deals offered by local businesses.

Better

Definitely a lot more functional after the recent update. I love to read Dear Abby everyday.

Great content!

More coverage of the region than you can get anywhere else, in app form! Convenient and updated regularly.

Works great, constantly updated

Fast, responsive app and updated constantly. Great news and classifieds. Obituaries too!

Local news

My go to for local news.
Now if WandTv would get an app...

News?

It's 4:00 pm on November 7, and there are no local election results on the app. This is hard to understand since the newspaper delivered at 4:00 am has coverage.

Pretty good.

Easy to navigate and find what you want. Minor complaints: the icon is STILL not a retina icon. Really ugly looking next to all of my other news apps with retina icons. Also, social media sharing is nice, but why not use native interface? That'd get you another star, for what it's worth.