# LNP \| LancasterOnline — user reviews > 77 indexed App Store user reviews of LNP | LancasterOnline by LNP Media Group, Inc., rated 4.30/5 from 4,004 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lnp-lancasteronline/id343688239/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lnp-lancasteronline/id343688239.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,733 · 4★ 621 · 3★ 218 · 2★ 114 · 1★ 318 ## What do users think of LNP | LancasterOnline? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🌟 Excellent source for local news - 🗞️ Great way to stay connected with the community - 👍 Timely and insightful content - 🌍 Diverse perspectives on national and global news **Cons** - 🐛 Recurring scrolling issues, especially in the obituaries section - 🔒 Frustrating login and subscription requirements to access content - 🤖 Outdated and clunky app interface, needs a major overhaul - 📢 Perceived political bias in news reporting **Commonly reported bugs** - Articles and obituaries constantly jumping back to the top - Repeated login requirements for paying customers - Inability to access news content without a subscription - Glitches and crashes when using the app **Most requested features** - Add a 'Bargain Counter' section - Improve search functionality and ability to access past articles - Implement a dark mode option - Allow non-subscribers to access a limited number of free articles ## Newest reviews (18 of 77) ### 2/5 — V *2026-03-08, version 7.2* No dark mode ### 2/5 — I just want to read! *2026-02-27, version 7.2* Too many pop-up ads! Overpowers the purpose of reading the newspaper through an app ### 2/5 — Obnoxious click bait ads *2025-12-21, version 7.0* If they get rid of the obnoxious click bait aids I might resubscribe. ### 3/5 — Bargain Counter *2024-07-11, version 6.2* I enjoy App, use it everyday. Would like to Bargain Counter added. ### 3/5 — Pathetic app *2023-08-19, version 5.01.110060501* Making guests subscribe just to check obituaries???? Really?!? Clearly it’s about $$$ and not this community. Pathetic! ### 1/5 — Bad scrolling *2022-09-10, version 4.35.890059710* Please fix the scrolling. When scrolling through the Obituaries it keeps going back to the first one every two or three scrolls. It is maddening. Also you can’t go to a previous day, when you select a prior day it goes to today. No search! ### 1/5 — News articles won’t open *2022-08-24, version 4.35.890059710* Can’t access news articles ### 1/5 — Flipping stories *2022-08-06, version 4.35.890059710* As your reading a story or a obituary on the app, the page keeps flipping back to the first paragraph or obituary. You can’t read even a paragraph without this happening. It’s VERY ANNOYING. I called LNP to ask if it can be fixed and the person I spoke to said it doesn’t happen when she reads a story, so she really didn’t know how to elevate the issue, or didn’t seem to care. ### 1/5 — Not free like it says *2022-07-31, version 4.35.890059710* It literally says FREE access to local news, sports, etc. in the app’s description. It is not FREE as the description says. It requires a subscription to Lancaster newspapers which I can’t find any way to subscribe to in app which is annoying. Also I don’t really pay for a subscription where I have to see ads selling “Let’s go Brandon” merchandise. If it was free I’d tolerate the ads but it’s not so bye Felicia. ### 1/5 — Pathetic app *2022-07-15, version 4.35.890059710* First, now making guests subscribe just to check obituaries???? Really?!? Clearly it’s about $$$ and not this community. And the app barely works, continually jumping to the first obit. REPEATEDLY! Hold your hand out for $$$ when u decide to open up obits, get your app working etc. Pathetic… ### 1/5 — LancasterOnline *2022-07-10, version 4.35.890059710* I know longer enjoy the app due to not being able to read obits without having a subscription. That’s all I read since I no longer live in PA . I don’t have subscription to my local paper but can still read obits. ### 1/5 — Poor reporting *2022-07-03, version 4.35.890059710* Have used app for years. All of a sudden you say I can’t read anymore articles. That’s fine. It’s always the same articles for days. Nothing changes in the local and PA articles. I used to live in Lancaster and now live elsewhere. I used the app to keep in touch with the Lancaster community, I have friends in Lancaster and like to see what news is going on there. I also read obituary pages, can’t do that anymore. So be it. Keep your articles. ### 4/5 — Order. *2022-06-21, version 4.35.890059710* I would like to order so I can receive the obituaries but you won’t except my new e mail or password. *JESUS#1 ### 1/5 — Bad scrolling *2022-05-30, version 4.35.890059710* If LancasterOnline doesn’t fix their app so you can actually scroll without it constantly going back to the beginning I will be canceling my subscription. This has been a problem for a number of years and if they can’t fix it then I don’t need it. ### 2/5 — Fix the Automatic Scrolling!!!! *2022-05-24, version 4.35.890059710* Please. Fix the scrolling issue. Every bad review here is about the way the app CONSTANTLY pops back up to the top of a section. It’s impossible to actually see all the content easily because I’m forever scrolling past items I’ve already seen. The only things I can figure are: 1) incompetent developers 2) LNP gets revenue based on how many times an ad is viewed so the forces scrolling also forces users to see ads many more times than they normally would Either way, I pay LNP to subscribe and get this content. The least you could do is make a 21st century app instead of a 1999 one. Thank you. ### 2/5 — Scrolling issues *2022-05-22, version 4.35.890059710* I have been using this app for approximately six years and I noticed while scrolling through information… I very rarely get to the end because it automatically goes to the start….. continue to scroll and once again it goes back to the store very frustrating, and it seems I can never get to the end. I hope you developers are reading this and will be able to get things tuned up. I especially noticed it while scrolling through the obituaries ### 2/5 — Needs some work *2022-05-16, version 4.35.890059710* When scrolling down through the obituaries, I barely see the name of the person and it moves back up to the top of the page again. It is so annoying. It never used to do that. Not quite sure what the problem is, but it meeds to be looked at please. ### 1/5 — Obituary glitch *2022-04-06, version 4.35.720059259* Fix the glitch in the obituaries please. Every time you try to scroll through, it repeatedly jumps back to the top. This has been going on for years. It’s very annoying and I know it happens to others. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — How to unsubscribe *2026-05-16, version 7.2* Subscribed to follow a crime case. Case is over and I cannot unsubscribe!!! ### 1/5 — STOP REPEATED LOGINS FOR PAYING CUSTOMERS *2025-08-13, version 6.2* It is extremely frustrating that paying customers are forced to keep logging in all the time. You can only open the app a few times before having to login again. This goes for Facebook and the app itself. Then the app is so glitchy it skips during scrolling or jumps back to the top when you don’t want it to. You’re making people pay so do a better job. ### 1/5 — The absolute most biased newspaper anywhere! *2024-11-15, version 6.2* I moved to Ocean City, Maryland several years ago from my hometown of Lancaster! I continue to get the online edition just to read the obituaries! During this past election all your newspaper did was slam Donald Trump and push your communist democrat agenda telling just how wonderful our country would be if we elected your democrat favorites! I used to read the letters to the editors and have a great laugh at the only letters you seem to publish were, slam Trump letters! Be careful, you continue to constantly print this type of rubbish you Will end up like the Washington Post, broke and going out of business! ### 1/5 — Not user friendly *2024-11-05, version 6.2* Very disappointed in the digital version of the print edition. Not easy to use. Can’t get a full page to fit on tablet like for other newspapers. Extra ads in addition to ads already in the paper. The York Daily Record is a good example of what the digital version of the print paper should like and how it should work. ### 1/5 — Wrong Direction *2024-02-21, version 6.2* Every “upgrade” to this app makes it worse. It’s clunky, poorly organized, and about 10 years behind modern apps. Really bad. It’s a shame because the content is generally good. Once you filter through their left leaning bias, the articles are thorough and well written. Some of the articles are actually too long, with unnecessary tangents. ### 1/5 — I was not notified about any changes on app *2023-08-24, version 6.0* I don’t like this app. I think it is very disrespectful To change without notice. ### 1/5 — Desperately Needs Updating *2023-07-29, version 5.01.110060501* This is truly one of the most antiquated apps I’ve ever seen. For a platform that makes you pay to read most of their content, it’s time that this app gets a major overhaul. ### 1/5 — Use Mobile Browser Instead *2023-07-21, version 5.01.110060501* This app is very limited and only shows a few articles at a time. You get a much better experience if you open lancasteronline.com in your mobile browser. ### 1/5 — Soooo difficult *2022-11-12, version 4.35.890059710* For online readers getting to the newspaper is so difficult, soooo many steps. I subscribe to 3 online newspapers, this is by far the worst. Once downloaded it’s also difficult to read. ### 1/5 — Scrolling articles *2022-10-01, version 4.35.890059710* Cannot scroll articles or obituaries as the app keeps relocating the current position to earlier in the list. Almost unusable. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love LNP *2025-10-08, version 6.2* I love this newspaper. It’s the best way to read about what’s happening in our country and in the world. While reading U.S. and world news can be really disheartening, the hard-to-read stuff is balanced with local news of positive happenings and offerings of fun things to do here in Lancaster County. ### 5/5 — Great source for local information *2022-11-03, version 4.35.890059710* Timely and insightful. ### 5/5 — I Love Lancaster County ❤️ *2022-03-18, version 4.35.720059259* It is a blessing to stay in touch with the county I grew up….I love ❤️ Lancaster County, Pennsylvania ### 5/5 — Excellent hometown paper *2021-06-10, version 4.35.630058641* Diverse perspectives. ### 5/5 — LNP App *2020-12-28, version 4.35.570056727* It maybe me but I’ve had trouble adapting to the app. I found the non-app list menu easy to use. ### 5/5 — This News should be available for all *2020-10-26, version 4.35.570056727* This logging in as a Newspaper subscriber to get News! What happened to ads paying for news? The News should be free. You can make other parts to go with subscription but not NEWs. ### 5/5 — Wonderful way to stay up-to-date *2019-10-27, version 4.34.190048165* I love being able to read the newspaper online. It makes it easy to read and catch up whenever I have a few minutes. ### 5/5 — Lancaster Newspaper is AWESOME. *2019-10-12, version 4.30.460042065* Wow, I’m originally from Lancaster City, Sixth Ward area and have always read the newspaper. Then I moved away, military service. Came back into the area, Mechanicsburg area and still searched for my home town newspaper. I just love this newspaper. It is what a newspaper should provide to it’s readers!! Comparison between The Lancaster Newspaper vs The Patriot Newspaper, LNP everyday, Patriot Newspaper ONLY three days a week. Patriot NP ...... TERRIBLE reporters and editors. ### 5/5 — Me and you *2018-12-30, version 4.30.460042065* Best in the business with up to date information and top of line staff! ### 5/5 — Great newspaper! *2018-12-02, version 4.30.460042065* Everything you need to know and more is in here! --- *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 2026-09-06.*