# lohud — user reviews > 80 indexed App Store user reviews of lohud by Gannett, rated 4.40/5 from 1,595 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lohud/id518390835/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lohud/id518390835.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,082 · 4★ 317 · 3★ 93 · 2★ 18 · 1★ 85 ## What do users think of lohud? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Easy access to local news - 🚀 Good app performance - 💡 Customizable notifications - 👍 Comprehensive local coverage **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes - 🔍 Poor search functionality - 💰 Expensive subscription - 🔍 Difficult to navigate - 🔍 Lack of customer support **Commonly reported bugs** - Login issues - Subscription management problems - Outdated content - Compatibility issues with older devices **Most requested features** - Landscape mode support - Ability to suspend delivery - More real-time news updates - Improved obituary section ## Newest reviews (14 of 80) ### 4/5 — Journal News Review 2025 *2026-03-09* Very good on local restaurant scene in Westchester and on local sports. Great puzzles. Up to date articles on what is going on with construction in the cities. Covers Southern Westchester more than Northern Westchester. I find lots of typos though and sloppiness and lack of editing leads to mistakes in articles . Overall a good read… ### 4/5 — Journal News Review 2025 *2025-12-28* Very good on local restaurant scene in Westchester and on local sports. Great puzzles. Up to date articles on what is going on with construction in the cities. Covers Southern Westchester more than Northern Westchester. I find lots of typos though and sloppiness and lack of editing leads to mistakes in articles . Overall a good read… ### 4/5 — Good app *2025-08-22, version 8.1.0* Good app. The one change I would make is to allow it to rotate to landscape mode when you rotate phone or tablet (IOS) ### 4/5 — Old school *2025-05-12* While there are quirks along the way, overall the enewspaper is great, I can read what I want and without pop up advertisements ### 3/5 — Good, but…. *2025-03-23* I often have a hard time bringing up the app when I’m not in my home area. I end up uninstalling and installing the app again. That seems to work. Upon doing that this last time , I now have ads pop up while I’m reading the paper. A subscription I PAY for! I should Not be seeing ads ! Shameful ### 1/5 — Lohud journal news *2024-05-27, version 7.9.1* Will not let me cancel. Tried several times and they keep charging me monthly. ### 4/5 — Balky *2024-03-29* Hard to read the e edition. Jumps pages, freezes, sometimes fails to open. Can’t enlarge pages- must tap on article to read. ### 3/5 — Good, but…. *2024-02-25* I often have a hard time bringing up the app when I’m not in my home area. I end up uninstalling and installing the app again. That seems to work. Upon doing that this last time , I now have ads pop up while I’m reading the paper. A subscription I PAY for! I should Not be seeing ads ! Shameful ### 1/5 — Doesn’t open *2024-01-28, version 7.5.1* It’s not a WiFi or connection issue, it’s a poorly built and unoptimized app that is a waste of time. #fail ### 1/5 — Pop ups all over *2023-11-10, version 7.3.2* So sorry I updated the app. Pop ups constantly. I can’t get the zoom correct to see the whole page without pop ups and constant page jumps on iPad. Terrible. Please fix. ### 1/5 — The worst version by far. *2023-10-05* As if having at least 65% of the Journal News be advertisements isn’t enough, this latest lohud app adds pop up ads?? The previous version didn’t, and also allowed adjustable zooming when viewed on an iPad. This new one has one zoom setting and frequently jumps into text reading mode at the slightest touch. Aggravating is the most polite comment. ### 1/5 — New LOHUD app is an improvement? *2023-09-05* Sorry, not sorry, but it is difficult to manage, has inadequate help, not at all user-friendly…why?? It is difficult to manage and even harder to navigate. Inadequate help, not user-friendly are gross understatements. Why??? ### 1/5 — Pitiful digital app performance *2023-06-26* IPad user and reader of lohud - very unstable app of late - USA Today working ok but as an example: lohud page just hangs and will not open pages - not sure how you can continue to charge users for these ongoing issues - frankly the news content has become minimal over past year or so but frozen digital pages provide zero news - probably will cancel subscription unless performance upticks soon. ### 2/5 — Poor navigation *2023-04-04, version 7.0.4* Very difficult to navigate to the help desk. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Can’t open e newspaper *2026-03-04, version 8.8.1* Ordered through apple. E-newspaper does not open. Received a terrible run around. Apple will not refund the fee. ### 1/5 — Journal News *2025-10-28, version 8.5.4* It’s all we have left of a local newspaper. There’s very little that’s local as it covers all of Westchester and Rockland. Most of the paper is from USA Today. ### 1/5 — Does not work *2025-09-13, version 8.5.0* Please fix it ### 1/5 — Poor *2025-07-17, version 8.1.0* I can’t find where or how to suspend delivery nor a phone number to call for customer support ### 1/5 — E newspapers *2025-06-12, version 7.11.2* E news paper does NOT work on my I pad. Will cancel subscription if it will not work ### 1/5 — Predictably frustrating *2024-11-10, version 7.13.3* Nothing works well from signing in to clicking links. Cancelling. Also- 24.99 a month? Even The NY Times doesn’t have the nerve to charge half that. ### 1/5 — A bit difficult to navigate. *2024-09-02, version 7.11.2* Takes a bit getting use to. ### 1/5 — Top stories *2024-07-14, version 7.10.0* The stories featured get stale in a day or two. Need to update daily. Have your folks look at Yahoo or any other site that has daily news stories - new content daily. ### 1/5 — New LOHUD app is an improvement? *2024-07-09, version 7.10.0* Sorry, not sorry, but it is difficult to manage, has inadequate help, not at all user-friendly…why?? It is difficult to manage and even harder to navigate. Inadequate help, not user-friendly are gross understatements. Why??? ### 1/5 — Out of town *2024-05-30, version 7.9.1* Cannot sign in from Italy ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Wonderful Local Newspaper *2025-11-16, version 8.6.0* Full of ALL the Important News! ### 5/5 — Easy access! *2025-09-16* Enjoying the paper. ### 5/5 — Wonderful Local Newspaper *2025-05-22, version 8.1.0* Full of ALL the Important News! ### 5/5 — Local newspaper *2025-04-11* Like having a local paper which gives news about local happenings and news. ### 5/5 — Get up to Speed! *2023-03-22, version 7.0.4* My go to in the morning! ### 5/5 — Michael T. O’Brien *2022-11-22, version 6.12.5* The Lohud Platform is very easy to navigate 😊😊😊 ### 5/5 — Great hyper local news *2022-09-08* My family really appreciates the local news and this app is great. ### 5/5 — Hudson Valley Happenings *2021-09-26, version 6.5.9* The local sports coverage is simply the best ### 5/5 — Lohud *2020-10-29, version 6.1.4* Ok if you live here. Rather provincial coverage, ignoring the rest of the IS and world. ### 5/5 — Spotty performance *2020-07-18* Slow loading. Doesn’t always remember password. Have called customer service 3x in just a few weeks for their assistance. It then works, but only briefly. Too many bugs in the app. --- *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 2026-09-09.*