# Marin Independent Journal — user reviews > 57 indexed App Store user reviews of Marin Independent Journal by MediaNews Group, rated 4.50/5 from 197 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/marin-independent-journal/id461505795/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/marin-independent-journal/id461505795.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 140 · 4★ 38 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 7 ## What do users think of Marin Independent Journal? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use and navigate - 📰 Excellent local news coverage - 📱 Accessible anytime, anywhere - 📰 Digital edition mirrors print layout - 📰 Access to back issues - 📰 Sharing and emailing articles is simple - 📰 Good national news coverage - 📰 Fair pricing - 📰 Convenient for reading on various devices - 📰 Intuitive interface - 📰 Great for keeping up with Marin news - 📰 Loads quickly - 📰 Clear and bright color photos - 📰 Good for iPad use - 📰 Well-designed app - 📰 Supports local papers - 📰 Great balance of national and local news - 📰 Can read news from home while away - 📰 Good view of national and local news - 📰 No newsprint ink on fingers - 📰 Ability to highlight and read full articles - 📰 Ads do not distract **Cons** - 🐛 Broken search functionality - 🐛 Intrusive ads, especially near obituaries - 🐛 Single words broken with excess spaces - 🐛 Scrambled text sections - 🐛 Login can be tiresome and requires repeated logins - 🐛 App randomly closes on iOS 14 - 🐛 Slow loading of previous editions since iOS 14 update - 🐛 Text disappears and reappears - 🐛 Not thrilled with staring at a lit screen early morning - 🐛 Delivery issues with Sunday paper **Commonly reported bugs** - Search function not working, results are outdated - App randomly closes on iOS 14 - Slow loading of previous editions since iOS 14 update - Text disappears and reappears - Requires repeated logins - Sunday paper delivery issues **Most requested features** - Simplify login process - Update app for iOS 14 stability - Improve search functionality - Reduce intrusive ads - Fix text formatting issues (broken words, scrambled sections) - Improve Sunday paper delivery consistency ## Newest reviews (13 of 57) ### 5/5 — Keep up with the news reading the Marin IJ *2021-12-06* I worked a paper route for the Marin IJ as a kid and have always stayed informed. I appreciate the IJ’s coverage of local matters as well as national and international events. ### 5/5 — Works well, flexible *2021-11-30, version 3.5.04* Great app ### 5/5 — GREAT WAY TO KEEP UP WITH MARIN NEWS *2021-11-26, version 3.5.04* Easy to use app. Plus the IJ editorial pages are great for keeping in tune with local issues. NYT and AP articles are great as well. ### 4/5 — Works well *2021-10-08, version 3.2.59* Its all there, and it’s tidier than the paper. But not thrilled with staring at a lit screen at 6:00am in the morning. ### 5/5 — Fantastic UX, even better reporting! *2021-10-06, version 3.2.59* Perfect way to stay up to date with all things Marin…it’s a daily-used app for me! ### 5/5 — Extremely happy *2021-09-01* Certainly enjoying each morning 👍‼️ ### 5/5 — Excellent app! *2021-08-06, version 3.2.59* User friendly. Great site to access local news! ### 5/5 — IJ app is great! *2021-08-05, version 3.2.59* The app provides me with an exact copy of the print edition. I am able to find enlarge the font size for easy reading. ### 5/5 — Marin IJ app works great! *2021-07-20, version 3.2.59* So easy to use! It opens right up to the daily news. Past newspapers are also instantly accessible! ### 5/5 — Marin IJ *2021-07-08, version 3.2.59* Great source for local news. ### 5/5 — Marin IJ *2021-06-21* Although we receive a daily hard copy of the Marin Independent Journal, I love having the app on my phone to get all of the latest local and global news regardless of where I am. And I must have my bar fly Jeff Burkhart and Paul Liberatore!!! ### 5/5 — Perfect for the North Bay News! *2021-05-28* I love how easy this makes reading the IJ on my iPad….quickly loads and archives every edition and makes catching up on local news enjoyable! ### 5/5 — Everything you need *2021-05-19, version 3.2.59* For news in Marin. App is basic and easy to navigate ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Broken search *2024-02-28, version 4.0.0* I can enter literally any search term and the most recent newspaper in the results will be 8/23/23. You can’t make search work? Seriously? ### 1/5 — Too many technical problems *2017-04-05, version 2.6.58* Too often not working and requires me to login over and over.... really? High security for a news app? Support the digital product or it will go away as fast as the paper version ### 2/5 — IOS14 - Unstable Performance *2020-10-19, version 2.9.35* Like this app for reading the Marin IJ. However since IOS 14 was released the app unexpectedly will close. Quite annoying. Believe the app needs to be updated. Still no update. App still randomly closing, needs update for IOS14 ### 2/5 — Very glitchy since iOS 14 update *2020-10-04, version 2.9.35* Takes a very long time to load previous editions since the iOS updated. Also text disappears and reappears and app randomly closes. Needs to be updated. ### 3/5 — Marin IK *2022-01-30, version 3.5.04* Ads are intrusive, especially near obituaries. ### 3/5 — Nice newspaper formatting, but… *2022-01-08, version 3.5.04* Single words are often broken with excess, erroneous spaces, and entire sections of text are sometimes scrambled. ### 4/5 — Local news *2022-07-24, version 3.6.13* Love our local news and restaurant reviews. ### 4/5 — Good App *2022-02-09, version 3.5.04* Easy to use and has all the local news. ### 4/5 — Great solution! *2022-02-03* My wife and I both like to read local news in the morning. The IJ app makes it possible for one of us to read the print version, while the other catches up with the E version. We like it! Vance & Anna in San Anselmo. ### 4/5 — Like the IJ. *2021-11-19, version 3.5.04* My only complaint is that I signed up for the Sunday paper to be delivered & I have only gotten it once. I did call a message in. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — My favorite morning newspaper *2022-05-21* I really enjoy the local news and slants on sports and in particular the opinion section. Thanks for your daily reports. ### 5/5 — Love the app *2022-04-13, version 3.5.04* The app puts the newspaper at my fingertips anytime and anywhere ### 5/5 — It’s number 10 *2022-03-30, version 3.5.04* I like I.j newspaper very much ### 5/5 — Marin IJ app works well *2022-03-22* Much improved over time, reading the IJ on all my devices is easy and intuitive. I like that I can access back issues as well. Sharing and emailing articles also simple. ### 5/5 — Love my IJ *2022-03-10* Not only is my local news well covered, but so is the national news.... and I can't live without Jeff Burkhart's Barfly column. The digital edition is easy to use and the ability to access which edition I need to look at is spectacularly easy to use. I'll give up lots of things before I'd give up my IJ. ### 5/5 — IJ digital improved *2022-02-25, version 3.5.04* The digital IJ is easy to read . It is priced fairly and has the best Marin news. ### 5/5 — IJ online *2022-02-21, version 3.5.04* Easy to use and handy. Great to have access to past issues. ### 5/5 — Easy to navigate on my iPhone. *2022-01-30* I enjoy being able to see the entire print layout of the paper, yet being able to navigate into and out of individual articles. ### 5/5 — Great way to read the paper *2022-01-23, version 3.5.04* Easy to navigate ### 5/5 — Marin ij online is excellent *2021-12-15* I like that I can get all my favorite sections of my favorite newspaper on my tablet. So convenient for reading anywhere — on the couch, in a waiting room, on a picnic bench, in bed, etc. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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