# Journal Times — user reviews > 49 indexed App Store user reviews of Journal Times by Lee Enterprises, rated 2.40/5 from 76 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/journal-times/id375888988/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/journal-times/id375888988.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 20 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 42 ## Newest reviews (15 of 49) ### 3/5 — Crashes, will not open *2023-09-19, version 9.7.3* The September 2023 update has made this app useless on both iOS and iPadOS. Zero stars from a longtime subscriber. ### 2/5 — Provides a couple of local headlines only *2020-01-19, version 5.7* Better than nothing for small town newspaper. ### 1/5 — Worst app ever *2019-01-09, version 5.1* If I could give 0 stars I would.Terrible!!Ready to remove. ### 1/5 — It’s free: UPDATE-It’s literally the worst *2018-11-17, version 5.1* Updated review: The Journal Times took an already poor app and made it worse! It’s incredibly clunky. You can’t read comments anymore. I haven’t been able to comment in ages, I have to actually go out to a browser, look up JT and comment there! Now, when you look at say the criminal reports, you have to press the back arrow MANY times before getting back to the main page. What is the deal JT? It’s absolutely awful. I definitely look elsewhere for most of my local news now. That’s the good thing. It glitches like crazy. The commenting part doesn’t let you reply directly like the online version does so comments are out of order. I took it off because it kept freezing. I’ll reinstall to see if it helps. Otherwise I’ll leave it off. But the JT in general has very biased reporting. As well as horrible editing. Expect to see many grammatical, spelling, punctuation and editing errors. Many commenters edit for them at times and then they fix the article. ### 1/5 — terrible redesign *2018-11-08, version 5.1* I wish i could give this app no stars as i’ll be deleting it, old version locked up and crashed but was at least usable. Please JT fire whoever designed this app. ### 1/5 — Updated app *2018-11-01, version 5.1* I should have never updated this app... I want the old version back! ### 1/5 — Ineffective for reading news *2018-08-22, version 3.1.3* This app is not practical for actually reading the news. Much waiting time and screen space is devoted to delivering ads. I nearly canceled my newspaper subscription, and would have, were it not possible to download a pdf of the paper. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2018-06-27, version 3.1.3* All I see is “Loading...” Going to delete the app ### 1/5 — Crashes Galore.. *2018-04-16, version 3.0.9* Before the app launches, subscribers and non-subscribers alike are subject to 20 second ads; search for articles appearing on Tweets and other posts are no-where to be found. While attempting to forward prior day articles via message or email, CRASH the app to Black Screen. Guessing no one uses the app otherwise the J-T would update the app. ### 1/5 — App Continuously Closing *2018-02-19, version 3.0.9* Can’t read a story in full before it closes itself out. Very frustrating to have to open the app over and over again (minimum twice) just to get through one story or an obituary. Please fix. ### 1/5 — Please Fix the Problem *2018-02-19, version 3.0.9* The app dies when trying to read obituaries. Literally. Not funny. ### 1/5 — This App is useless *2017-11-21, version 3.0.9* Fix it! It doesn’t work very well on my IPad Pro. ### 2/5 — Really *2017-07-21, version 2.3.5* Really could use a whole lot less video adds ### 1/5 — Fix this app *2017-06-25, version 2.3.5* I quit getting the paper because it wasn't worth the money. This app drives you into advertisements you can't turn off - click on a story and you get a commercial. If I didn't live in Racine I would delete the app. I'd pay a couple of bucks to get no adds. ### 1/5 — Upset about the iPhone update! *2014-08-09, version 1.9.9* Wow, guys really? So I was so excited to know that I can still keep in touch with my hometown with the JT app. Now, after updating the app, I find that the most interesting articles/info are now under a premium category in which you have to sign up for! WOW! Not good! Why was that sufficient? Guess I gotta delete the app now:( there goes keeping in touch with the goings on in my hometown:( ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — More functionality LOST with recent update *2025-05-22, version 9.17.4* This app is pathetic. I used to be able to download the entire edition to a pdf file and go through it without being connected. Now to read this ‘paper’ I have to be connected and wait for it to download each individual page. If you want to get ‘app support’ through the App Store, it’s just a link to the journal times web page. Nice how they made it circular so that you can’t complain or question anything. ### 1/5 — Terrible app *2023-02-21, version 9.1.3* Cannot read an article without subscribing. Others news apps you can at least read articles with ads. ### 1/5 — Journal times e edition *2022-07-14, version 8.13.3* This web site is one of the worst ones I have ever seen. You can’t get through the paper from beginning to end without it doing something crazy. Me and my husband both find it very irritating first thing in the morning. I usually end up just giving up. ### 1/5 — Review *2022-06-01, version 8.13.3* Hate it will cancel it as soon as I can ### 1/5 — Denies subscription readers access. *2022-03-25, version 8.13.3* App lets you sign in but will not let you read articles you are already subscribed to read. Then it doesn’t recognize you to restore purchases. JUNK APP ! ### 1/5 — Garbage *2022-02-20, version 8.13.3* This App is absolute garbage! You have to log in every single time you want to view a different story. It is hard to navigate and is not user friendly. Do not waste your time or money. TRASH!!!!!!!!! ### 1/5 — You can’t read the articles!!! *2022-01-04, version 8.13.3* The app shows the article but when you click on it you prompted to buy a paid subscription to continue. They want you to spend $25.99 per month to read them!!! DELETED! ### 1/5 — S L O W *2021-02-20, version 8.10* Takes forever to load pages ### 1/5 — Nothing good in this app *2021-01-16, version 8.7* Bloggers are removed bad idea. I think it’s because the JT doesn’t not want to hear or have others read an opinion different then theirs ### 1/5 — You can’t read any articles *2020-11-22, version 8.7* They changed the app so you now have to have a paid subscription to read any articles - all you get to read is the title and then you are blocked from scrolling and reading anything else. I had this app installed for years and it was my main source of Racine news, but I’m deleting it now. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — This is a fine app *2014-02-25, version 1.9.1* I'm a high school sports junkie and this app helps me. I also enjoy the Racine Raiders coverage available anywhere at anytime. The app itself has few problems and is easy to navigate. ### 5/5 — Great App *2014-02-23, version 1.9.1* This app is user friendly, has a good format and is easy to read and view photos. Like having a newspaper in your pocket. ### 5/5 — A good app *2014-02-22, version 1.9.1* I use it a lot. It's a good app! ### 5/5 — Love the app *2014-02-21, version 1.9.1* This is one of the most used apps on my phone. I enjoy photo galleries, videos, posting comments and the local sports coverage. It also doesn't collapse when I use it. ### 5/5 — Local news on the go! *2014-02-20, version 1.9.1* Love the new JT app! Same great access to stories but with a cleaner interface. ### 5/5 — Sports fan *2014-02-20, version 1.9.1* I love this app. I'm able to follow Racine Co. HS sports and the local bowling scene. ### 5/5 — Very newsy app *2014-02-19, version 1.9.1* Great app -- lots of local news and features, including videos and photo galleries. I appreciate the push alerts for breaking news, too. Had been crashing occasionally a month or so ago, but that seems to have been fixed. ### 5/5 — Good app *2014-02-19, version 1.9.1* Love the breaking news alerts to keep me informed about what's going on. ### 5/5 — Great local news app *2014-02-19, version 1.9.1* Love this app for great local news. ### 5/5 — Great on the run *2014-02-18, version 1.9.1* Great to go to when I don't have time for the paper in the morning --- *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 2026-08-22.*