# Mathrubhumi — user reviews > 114 indexed App Store user reviews of Mathrubhumi by MATHRUBHUMI PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED, rated 4.40/5 from 7 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mathrubhumi/id520404360/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mathrubhumi/id520404360.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 6 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1 ## What do users think of Mathrubhumi? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - ✨ Clean app design - 🚀 Real-time news updates - 👍 Improving feature set - 📰 Good app for news - 👍 Reader-friendly app **Cons** - 🐌 Slow loading times - 💥 Frequent crashes - 😠 Annoying ads - ❌ Update prompts persist - 📉 Poor performance - 🔋 Battery drainer - ♿ Accessibility issues - 😵 Videos not closable - 🚫 Push notifications not working - 🤔 Audio news not found - 😵 Dark mode issues - 🚧 Ads block content - 🔒 Data privacy concerns - 📰 Biased news reporting **Commonly reported bugs** - App is slow and hangs - App shows update prompt repeatedly - Push notification deep linking fails - Unable to open news articles after update - Pages not loading after update - App crashes frequently - Cannot see pictures in news - Articles covered by ads - App automatically pastes clipboard content - Videos not closable - Unable to tap on bottom bars on iPhone X - Music players muted when app launched - App not working after updates - Invalid response error on iPhone X - Details screen not loading on iOS 9 - App hangs and freezes - Navigation is horrible **Most requested features** - Audio news feature - Improve dark mode - Add e-paper - Background radio playback - Improve video playback controls - Adjust ad positioning - Improve font ## Newest reviews (17 of 114) ### 2/5 — Not easy Navigation after recent updates … *2026-08-15* It was good before the update, the new update really annoying, black skin and useless questioners.. feels to switch the other options. The apps should be handy and user friendly.. ### 2/5 — News details in app display more left aligned on i phone *2026-08-10, version 10.0* News detail are cut off and displayed more left aligned . I am using iPhone screen size is 6.1 inches ### 3/5 — Sugestions *2026-08-10* App is good But could not find an option to change themes. Background is always black which is not feeling good for eyes during night Should have option for changing background colors font sizes etc ### 2/5 — New update is worst *2026-08-09* The new update of this app making reading experience the worst. The page keep on refreshing its own making us unable to read the news. ### 3/5 — Wrong prompt while app is opened *2025-09-29* Even after updating each time when the app is opened, it prompts for update..pl check and clear the bug ### 1/5 — Keep showing update the app *2025-06-03, version 8.14* Keep showing update the app, but nothing to update ### 1/5 — Too bad *2025-06-03* Uodated to the latest version. Still asking a dialog on opening to update to the latest version. ### 2/5 — accessibility issue for visually impaired *2025-02-14* Dear Mathrubhumi Team, I am a visually impaired user accessing your app on an iPhone with VoiceOver. However, I am facing significant accessibility issues, especially on the first page where buttons are unresponsive. This makes it difficult to navigate and read news. For users like me, digital news platforms are the only way to stay updated, and ensuring proper VoiceOver support is crucial. I kindly request you to address these issues in a future update to make the app more inclusive. Looking forward to your positive response. ### 1/5 — Poor performance *2025-01-13, version 8.9* I have been using this App close to 2 years now. No significant improvements so far. The comments appear after hours of delay. Moreover they encourage fake accounts spreading hate in the comments section. Such a ridiculous news paper! ### 3/5 — Audio news *2024-10-10, version 8.9* I downloaded this app because it claims to offer audio news, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. ### 1/5 — Push notification never works *2023-08-18* The deep linking of the push notification never works. It will just go to a blank screen and shows the loader forever. An app with this many user base and a reputed brand should find better developers. Overall the UI nad UX is so pathetic that it looks like some 10th standard hobby developer built this. Moving to Manorama because of this amateur app **Developer response:** Hi, sorry for the inconvenience caused. We have fixed the issue. Kindly update the app. ### 1/5 — It’s a Battery drainer *2023-08-07, version 8.6* Please update the package ### 1/5 — So disappointing *2023-08-02* I have grown up reading Mathrubhumi newspaper. To continue with the practise I downloaded this app. I have been using the app for many years how. The app has been disappointing in performance all this years. I always hoped the team at Mathrubhumi will work towards improvement of the app. But to my dismay the app is still in the same state, News not loading, unwanted ads, crashes etc. The rating here itself shows how poor the app is. Please do the bare minimum atleast and get the app in shape. Patience is running out not only for self but many others. Mileage of the Goodwill earned through your print medium will soon run out. All the best. ### 1/5 — Unable to read news in detail *2023-07-27, version 8.6* After recent update, unable to open any news to read in detail. Just showing the head lines only. Dont blame internet its 5G/ super-fast fibre wifi networks we are using. ### 1/5 — Latest iOS update is crappy *2022-08-17, version 8.1* Very poor performance ### 1/5 — Not opening *2022-08-16, version 8.1* Unable to open news after the latest update. ### 2/5 — Unable to load news *2022-08-14* After the recent update, loading of news are very slow. It is looks like high bandwidth is required. Previous version worked well with my ISP ‘s edge technology. Considering our limitations, please reverse your update to continue my reading. **Developer response:** Hi, sorry for the inconvenience caused. We have fixed the issue. Kindly update the app. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — New update creates problems *2026-08-14* Pls update the app issue. Am using it for long time. This new update not working well ### 1/5 — New UI is very bad *2026-08-12* The New UI is quite bad ### 1/5 — Dark mode display- hard to read *2026-08-11* Could not find to make it light mode that makes mews reading very difficult. Please let me know know how to make it light mode. ### 1/5 — Hopeless *2026-08-11* Malayalam news content is substandard, blatantly politicized, and fails to deliver anything exciting, informative, positive, or development‑oriented for younger audiences, while the new app interface is clumsy, uninspiring, and makes the overall experience worse instead of better. ### 1/5 — Unusable on iphone *2026-08-09* After latest update, there app is unusable on iphone because of frequent refresh.. ### 1/5 — Biased *2026-06-19* Politically biased **Developer response:** We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused. An updated version of the app is now available. We kindly request you to update to the latest version for an improved and stable experience. Thank you for your continued support and understanding. ### 1/5 — App is slow and hangs *2025-11-20* The app is slow time to time. Keeps hanging up. Ads keeps popping up time to time in between reading the articles. Few articles are premium access which requires to login or have an account. **Developer response:** We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused. An updated version of the app is now available. We kindly request you to update to the latest version for an improved and stable experience. Thank you for your continued support and understanding. ### 1/5 — Poor developer *2025-10-20, version 8.18* App is already updated. Still showing to update every time. One of the worst news apps. Wonder how Apple approved this. ### 1/5 — App never update *2025-10-11, version 8.18* Ask to update the app, but never update ### 1/5 — Utter rubbish app *2025-09-26, version 8.18* ആദ്യം തലക്ക് വെളിവൊള്ള സോഫ്റ്റ് വൈർ എഞ്ചിനിയേർസ് നെ എടുക്കേടോ , എന്നിട്ടൊണ്ടാക്കേടാ ആപ്പ് ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Really enjoying the experience *2026-05-23* Solid app ### 5/5 — Good app for news *2026-05-22* App feels quite clean. The design and feature set is improving regularly. ### 5/5 — Very good news App *2026-05-20* The app provides real time news updates with very good performance . ### 5/5 — App crash *2021-07-06* It’s been a long time since I started using this app and I like it very much too. But recently the app started crashing right after opening. I re-installed the app but the issue did not resolve. It cannot be an issue with my phone because my wife is also facing the same issue. We both are on iOS 14.4.2. Hope you will resolve the issue soon. ### 5/5 — App is crashing frequently *2021-07-04* After the last forced update, the app is crashing very frequently. Not able to use the app. Please solve this issue ### 5/5 — App getting hanged *2020-08-26* Mathrubhumi epaper app is hanging in iphone. At the same time phone is getting heated up. This started since last 2 to 3 weeks. Other apps are working fine. Tried opening this app in iPhone 6,8 and X version and result is same. ### 5/5 — My review *2020-05-10* News reporting and headings are better compared to manorama. But app is not good. If they make a good quality, app then it can become no one in kerala. ### 5/5 — great app *2013-06-22, version 1.1* Good app easy to access all sections ### 5/5 — The best news app in malayalam *2012-11-21, version 1.1* I use this app every day.....The best news app for malayalees....The app becomes little slow while uploading the photos in the news....Once again great job... ### 5/5 — Really good *2012-06-18, version 1.0* This is the best malayalm news app. Better than manaoramm --- *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 2026-09-02.*