IOL News appears to be a legitimate app. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for IOL News is 85 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

IOL News User Reviews

Name: IOL News
Rating: 4.5 (103 reviews)

IOL News

IOL

📡 News

📰 Magazines & Newspapers

Customer Experience

Positive experience27.3% of reviews

Neutral4.5% of reviews

Negative experience68.2% of reviews

~ Based on 22 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is IOL News Safe?

IOL News appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for IOL News is 87/100.

This assessment is based on 103 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.5/5.

Safety Analysis

89.3% of ratings point to a safe experience

2.9% of ratings suggest some concerns

7.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 103 App Store ratings for IOL News.

Is IOL News Legit?

IOL News appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for IOL News is 85/100.

Based on 85 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

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App is slow and unresponsive

Since the update a few weeks ago, this app has become very slow and cumbersome to use.

Pracs2007

2 years ago

MIA ??

This App is not being updated, what’s the deal?! Remove it from App Store if it’s not maintained!!

Past van

6 years ago

Response from developer

Hi there, Sorry to hear about your experience in the past. Please let us know if you still feel the app is not up to scratch, we have released a number of enhancements and bug fixes since this review and would love your feedback. Kind regards, The Dev Team

Has not updated since mid July

Terrible app has not updated a single news story since 21 July 2020. Technically useless as a news app.

Hardcaw Pawn

6 years ago

PATHETIC

Pathetic. Every time you go into a story a pop up with the story after the one you want to see appears and IT DOESN’T ALWAYS GO AWAY blocking the content of the story you want to read.
Another point - why should I subscribe to something that should be free. I can get the News off News24 or BBC for free❓❓

SpunkyBoy

6 years ago

Total crap

Doesn’t load ! Just crashes on launch , forced to give 1 star but should be zero

Vicari0

7 years ago

Response from developer

Hi there, apologies for the trouble caused. The iOS 13 Beta revealed a serious bug in our app that caused the same behaviour as this. It has been resolved since if you would like to try it out again. We appreciate the feedback, and apologies for the delayed response. The Dev Team

News

A friend recommended this excellent app. and I am very pleased reading all the interesting news.

Akwas

9 years ago

Response from developer

Hi Akwas, thank you for this great review!

Much improved

I changed from Facebook login to email login and the crashing has dropped to once a week. Value for money can not be beaten

kevin1234567890123456

10 years ago

Response from developer

Hi Kevin, thanks for your review. We always aim at improving the app and welcome feedback. We have released a number of enhancements and bug fixes since this review and would love your feedback. Kind regards, The Dev Team

Crashes!!!

IOL app crashes before you can even access the stories. (on iPad mini)

VM311

10 years ago

Response from developer

Mediocre News, Not Worth Subscription

Do not support this monopoly trying to force paid monthly subscriptions. News24 is by far superior and always free.

Birdman Africa

10 years ago

Response from developer

Great app, use it every day

Easy to use, rich in functionality

ClintonBosch

10 years ago

iol news app

Excellent app - user friendly and easy to find heading and navigate. Thank you.

Gia groenewald❤️

11 years ago

Has potential, but too many bugs

I love the iol website, so I was excited to see the app. Sadly, the app doesn't allow you to scroll through stories - as you scroll, news items randomly open up. Fix this problem, and you'll get 5 stars.

Dachshund lover girl

12 years ago

Response from developer

Hi there, Please let us know if you still feel the app is not up to scratch, we have released a number of enhancements and bug fixes since this review and would love your feedback. Kind regards

Uninspiring

This App needs some serious development work, but then so does the 'Independent' News Group. Much better available for SA News.

Garth15

13 years ago

Response from developer

Hi Garth, Please let us know if you still feel the app is not up to scratch, we have released a number of enhancements and bug fixes since this review and would love your feedback. Kind regards

App needs improvement

UX is good but is let down by articles opening up when you are trying to scroll up or down. This forces you to swipe on the thin lines between articles where you should be able to swipe up or down from any position.
There should also be a feedback option instead of using the app review to report issues.

luke_v

13 years ago

Response from developer

Hi Luke, Please let us know if you still feel the app is not up to scratch, we have released a number of enhancements and bug fixes since this review and would love your feedback. Kind regards

Awful app

Terrible design. Terrible navigation. There are much better pains available.

Daniel Plainview 1981

13 years ago

Response from developer

Hi Daniel, Please let us know if you still feel the app is not up to scratch, we have released a number of enhancements and bug fixes since this review and would love your feedback. Kind regards

Slow and not hd

Refresh is slow and it is still not in hd?
News24 app has better user interface

Mxjueozkx

13 years ago

Update needed for new iPad

Pleeeeease update the app to support the new display on iPad 3. This looks like an awesome app, but the font used makes it nearly impossible to read the pixelated articles. I'd give this app 5 stars if the display is fixed, looks much better than the News24 app.

shaundicker

14 years ago

Good effort

A pretty good effort and a good app to bring all the news in one place, just a pity that the text and graphics are really crap on the iPad3! Come on guys, the new iPad has been out for months now so no excuses for not bringing your app up to date. Sort out this and it gets 5 stars

Simon.j.l

14 years ago

Great idea but amateur execution

Having a iPad version of iol is great but to not take advantage of the retina display is a shame.

Have the developers actually looked at how this app is rendering the text?

If this is "South Africa's Premier news source" and to release such an amateur looking app makes you wonder. Just getting it on the iPad is not good enough.

Plazma