# InYourArea - Local News & Info — user reviews > 132 indexed App Store user reviews of InYourArea by Trinity Mirror Digital Media Limited, rated 4.74/5 from 81,165 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/inyourarea-local-news-and-info/id1250021846/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/inyourarea-local-news-and-info/id1250021846.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 114 · 4★ 34 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of InYourArea? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 📰 Comprehensive local news coverage - 🎯 Highly relevant area-specific information - 📍 Useful for staying updated on community events - 🔄 Regular daily updates and fresh content - 👥 Strong community engagement and contributions - 💬 Good platform for local discussions and alerts - 🌍 Ability to view news from multiple areas beyond postcode **Cons** - 📢 Excessive advertising throughout the app - 🔀 Cluttered interface with too many ads overlapping content - 📄 Irrelevant news from distant areas appearing in feed - 🍪 Intrusive cookie consent requirements - 🎯 Misleading sponsored ads and clickbait content - 📱 Poor screen layout making articles hard to read - 🔐 Repeated verification requests despite being signed in **Commonly reported bugs** - App freezes or crashes on opening after recent updates - App fails to load on multiple devices (iPhones and iPads) - Crashes when scrolling through articles - Blank screens appearing while reading content - Postcode not recognized despite valid address - Notification counter shows incorrect numbers - Links to articles fail after a minute or so - App becomes unresponsive when selecting areas during signup - Video overlay ads cannot be closed properly - Virtual scrolling causes conflicting page count information for screen readers **Most requested features** - Better ad placement and reduction in advertisement density - Improved content filtering to show only truly local news - Separate categories for business services (mechanics, sellers, etc.) - Clearer notification management system - Ability to mark articles as read and delete them - Better distinction between news and advertisements - Enhanced accessibility features for visually impaired users ## Newest reviews (17 of 132) ### 3/5 — Developed major glitch *2026-07-19, version 3.4.62* It worked fine then, all of a sudden this last week, if I click on a link in email it asks if I want to open in Chrome, which I do not use, or another app. Then it takes me to App Store to download the app (which I already have!). Very frustrating 😡 ### 4/5 — Something good 👍 *2026-06-16, version 3.4.62* This could be more better but it’s just practical and awesome 🤩 with some of the things on this site , information ℹ️ and giving right info around your vicinity or where you dwell, should be a principal priority for everyone and people coming into any areas for their safety and wellbeing. ### 4/5 — Overview *2026-05-15, version 3.4.62* Good to know of any news worthy information about the area. Thank you. ### 4/5 — Enjoyable *2026-05-07, version 3.4.62* I enjoy looking at In Your Area everyday. However I don’t like how some articles need a decision between adverts or payment to read. Other than that it is a great app to have. Keep up the good work. ### 4/5 — Local news *2026-04-13, version 3.4.61* Enjoy seeing what’s going on in my area ### 4/5 — News *2026-02-21, version 3.4.59* Get to know what’s happening in our area ### 5/5 — Always informative *2026-02-07, version 3.4.58* Ok, some of the content I skip ! But I always check in ### 5/5 — Relevant news *2026-01-29, version 3.4.57* Simply keeps us informed of all the latest information ### 4/5 — Plumber *2026-01-11, version 3.4.56* I agree there is far too much building new homes ,as we have no infrastructure for roads. ### 5/5 — Kosser *2026-01-08, version 3.4.56* Excellent ### 5/5 — Student all the way & life time & no End’s like what ever it COMES & I Learn Every THING’S I Ge’t o *2025-12-15, version 3.4.53* Alls The knowledge I get is from This Mobile phone Thank you Every One & Marry X Mass - kissh ,.! & ( I learn A LOT From : Mobile Phone’S kissh ,.! ### 5/5 — Excellent *2025-12-13, version 3.4.53* Very informative. Up to date. 😎👍 ### 5/5 — Great *2025-12-12, version 3.4.53* excellent ### 5/5 — Great site *2025-12-03, version 3.4.52* Marvellous info. Helpful n informative. Thanks ### 2/5 — House building *2025-11-26, version 3.4.50* Fed up with all this house building on the island which is causing utter chaos with the traffic. Every new house built that’s another 2 cars and when children come along it could be 4. And if they have family visit how many cars is that. There only has to be a road incident and the whole place comes to a standstill, it took me nearly 3 hrs the other night to get from Sittingbourne to Minster because of just that. What was a nice island is now a disaster area to live on.. G.S. ### 4/5 — Great store *2025-11-10, version 3.4.46* Great store lovely staff but they have car park from hell ### 5/5 — Local News & Info *2025-11-07, version 3.4.46* Always look forward to ‘In Your Area’. Interesting & informative. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — I think you need to learn what ‘Lical’ means *2026-05-13, version 3.4.62* Is this site an advertising app with a dash of News/Selling/Buying/Selling, please fill in this personal information so we can sell you more & weather (with selling attached) I have been in this site for 3 minutes and it wants me to rate it! The only local things I can see are pubs/take away details….. yes with a tab to order!! Oh and there is NO LOCAL NEWS!!! ### 1/5 — Michael *2026-01-04, version 3.4.54* I find this facility practically impossible to use. Every time I click on an item to read , it has just disappeared. ### 1/5 — Useless *2025-10-31, version 3.4.45* The thing keeps asking for information you have already inputted then still refuses to let you read the article. It’s an absolute mess! ### 1/5 — Great for news! *2025-07-09, version 3.4.37* InYourArea is great for local news and for relevant national topics. It is one of my first daily reads of the day - Thank you! ### 1/5 — Full of ads *2025-06-30, version 3.4.37* Requires consent for cookies to read anything and is riddled with advertising. Immediately deleted. ### 1/5 — I’m going to delete the app *2025-05-14, version 3.4.35* This app has become so littered with adverts, it’s become a joke. It interrupts me reading an article as more adverts pop out as you scroll down to read, and then you lose where you got to time & time again. Quite often the screen then goes blank too! I DO NOT recommend. ### 1/5 — Stopped working after last update *2025-04-29, version 3.4.35* My wife and I both used this app on our iPhones and iPads but since the last update, the app no longer works on any of our devices. It just freezes on opening. ### 1/5 — Not just your area *2025-02-10, version 3.4.30* Not enough local info, too much other stuff! But good for traffic news. ### 1/5 — Stopped working after recent update *2025-02-01, version 3.4.30* App now doesn’t load. I’ve tried deleting and reinstalling it. ### 1/5 — Ruined by fake adds.. *2024-11-30, version 3.4.23* Love the local news. Spoiled by sponsored ads. That are no more than clickbate. False news items , when clicked on go down a path of finding out it’s an add. News items that you can’t read wanting a subscription to read. Goodbye app deleted 🤬 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — News update *2026-08-24, version 3.4.62* Everything updating on time. ### 5/5 — KEEPING IN TOUCH *2026-06-20, version 3.4.62* The app is great to keep up with the local news, particularly if you miss the local newspaper. Please keep the number of advertisers to a minimum,otherwise it just gets overrun! ### 5/5 — Mrs *2026-06-13, version 3.4.62* Very good ### 5/5 — Mr *2026-06-01, version 3.4.62* Brilliant ### 5/5 — Feedback *2026-04-20, version 3.4.62* Great stuff, keep it up ### 5/5 — Mr Cornish *2026-04-18, version 3.4.62* Great apt ### 5/5 — Local news *2026-04-14, version 3.4.61* Love receiving local news by email 5 stars 👍 ### 5/5 — Teri local resident *2026-04-03, version 3.4.61* I pop in looking @ the various informative articles & find out something interesting every time. Highly recommend . Thanks ### 5/5 — The best *2026-03-23, version 3.4.61* Brilliant Very good very informative great ### 5/5 — Great News *2026-02-10, version 3.4.58* Always great news keep it coming --- *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 2026-09-11.*