# Metro: World and UK news app — user reviews > 137 indexed App Store user reviews of Metro by dmg media ltd, rated 4.80/5 from 50 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/metro-world-and-uk-news-app/id463429891/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/metro-world-and-uk-news-app/id463429891.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 45 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of Metro? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 📰 Comprehensive daily news coverage - 🧩 Diverse puzzle selection (crosswords, sudoku, word search, etc.) - 💰 Free access to quality content - 📱 Convenient mobile reading experience - 🎨 Clean and intuitive interface design - 🔄 Regular content updates - 📥 Offline reading capability with downloads - ⚖️ Balanced, non-biased reporting - 🎯 Concise and easy-to-read articles - 🌍 Accessible to international readers **Cons** - 🐢 Slow loading times and sluggish performance - 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezing - ✍️ Spelling and grammatical errors in articles - 🔤 Hangman puzzle case-sensitivity bug (lowercase/uppercase mismatch) - ⚙️ Inconsistent content delivery across devices - 🔄 Repeated headlines and duplicate articles - 🎮 Puzzle section quality degradation - 📵 Missing features after updates - 🔌 Poor responsiveness when navigating between sections - 🎬 Video links frequently crash the app - 💾 Old editions not properly deleted from storage - ⏱️ Excessive update frequency - 🎨 Dark mode makes puzzles difficult to read - 🔗 Live news links don't work offline - 📄 Missing Talk/Letters section on some days **Commonly reported bugs** - Hangman puzzle requires lowercase input but iOS keyboard only provides uppercase - App crashes when changing screen brightness via context menu - Puzzles freeze and require app restart after reading a few pages - Crossword letters appear twice when typing (iOS 15+ issue) - Sudoku numbers appear and disappear immediately - Talk/Letters section randomly missing from daily editions - Subscription payment processing fails despite valid payment methods - App constantly attempts to re-download already downloaded editions - Slow response when switching between home, editions, and puzzles - Picture loading failures - Downloaded edition reverts to live news when app is switched - Rotation detection issues with competition crossword submission - Inconsistent content between print and digital editions - App requires re-download of editions even when already downloaded and offline **Most requested features** - Restore facsimile/paper edition format - Bring back removed puzzle types (Hangman, Splitwords, Pieceword) - Add swipe navigation for puzzles on iPad - Implement proper garbage collection for old editions - Add ability to keep/archive old papers - Restore copy/paste functionality - Add local/regional news options - Improve puzzle variety and quality - Add resume feature to continue from last page - Implement proper dark mode for puzzles - Add offline support for all content types ## Newest reviews (15 of 137) ### 4/5 — Great for puzzles *2026-02-11, version 4.2.2* Easy to read newspaper and love the interactive puzzles. Shame there are no free puzzles at the weekend. ### 3/5 — Hangman error *2026-02-10, version 4.2.2* Cannot complete the hangman puzzle as it seems to want lower case which I cannot use on my device. Please fix this. ### 3/5 — Puzzled *2026-02-09, version 4.2.2* I enjoy Metro but disappointed with the puzzle section as you got rid of pieceword and now made hangman inaccessible as it is lower case only which is not available on iPad ### 4/5 — Great app with a great puzzle section *2026-02-06, version 4.2.2* While I like the app I have been disappointed by an update that prevents me from completing the Hangman puzzle because it requires use of lower case letters which are inaccessible on my iPad. Please fix this. Thanks. ### 3/5 — Recent online problems *2026-01-27, version 4.2.2* I like to read your ‘live’ portion and some of the articles. I like to do the puzzles you put online. Lately they have been lacking!! Can you re-vamp the whole system, please? ### 4/5 — Metro online review *2026-01-21, version 4.2.2* I don't usually read newspapers-the nearest I get is buying one when travelling, and I generally do the cryptic crossword and ignore the rest. However, the Metro online edition is easy to read, easy to skip the boring bits, and always has some good or light-hearted news to brighten the day up a bit. Really like the cartoons. My only grouse is the poor grammar and spelling. Don’t editors exist nowadays? ### 3/5 — Metro lets itself down online *2025-10-23, version 4.2.2* Could be better. Lots of spelling mistakes and the daily edition seems to be 24 hours out of date, whilst the live feeds appear busy, however headlines are repeated throughout the page which gets frustrating. The paper version is far better surprisingly. ### 3/5 — Slow to load editions *2025-09-18, version 4.2.2* The app is very slow loading the editions each day. Seemingly nothing happens for about 30 seconds and there is no indication that something is loading. I’m on fast internet and using an iPad Pro. Apart from that the app is ok. ### 4/5 — Too Woke! *2025-07-04, version 4.2.2* The puzzles are good but the reporting is biased towards issues that appeal to 1% of the population. Broaden your appeal or your readers will leave you behind. ### 2/5 — Permission nightmare *2025-04-30, version 4.2.2* News is decent but 1200 vendors from across the world getting all your details is pretty poor. ### 4/5 — Good info and articles *2025-04-28, version 4.2.2* Well with a read ### 3/5 — Metro in the morning *2025-02-25, version 4.2.2* Overall I like this app. But I’d love it if it wasn’t so laggy on switching between home and editions and between different day’s editions. It takes too long to flip between. Please fix, then it would be great. iPhone 13 Pro with current software. ### 2/5 — Used to be good *2025-02-02, version 4.2.2* Before the latest update I could open the app within seconds and it didn’t crash. Now I open it on my phone, the iPad or my wife’s phone and it takes ages. Also you need to sort the spell checker. I cannot spell but I do recognise incorrect words or double words. Also an article appeared twice, once as the first page and several swipes later. You are also lazy with the puzzles. ### 5/5 — Metro *2025-01-20, version 4.2.2* A very good read and the quiz are supper it keeps your brain thinking and bright enjoy it so much great job by all ### 5/5 — R *2025-01-15, version 4.2.2* Need update Can’t copy, paste ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Upper case Hangman? *2026-02-26, version 4.2.2* PS: THEIR (NEVER ADMIT YOU’RE WRONG) SOLUTION APPEARS TO BE TO HAVE TWO VERSIONS NOW! FIRST IS ALL CAPITALS AND SECOND LOWER CASE - EXCEPT FOR OCCASIONAL TITLE CAPITALISATION WHICH COMPOUNDS THE ISSUE! THANKFULLY THE CROSSWORD IS ALL UPPER CASE. ************ Used to be very good but not having been updated for a year a compiling “error”has crept in. On trying to complete Hangman was getting words with no vowels! Then realised that the current compiler is using lower case! The iOS screen keyboard only has upper case so hangman can never be completed!! App support from Apple Store has a broken link so have resorted to emailing each day explaining the issue with attached screen shot showing the solution. Several days later no reply and no resolution. I suspect this is either lack of comprehension or journalistic arrogance in not liking being corrected. BOTTOM LINE USE THE CAPS LOCK ON YOUR DESKTOP WHEN COMPILING HANGMAN. QED! ### 1/5 — Not worth having any more *2025-08-06, version 4.2.2* Only the opening page is available now, I used to enjoy the news, sport and puzzles but these are no longer loading. I’ll try again tomorrow if it’s still the same the app will disappear from my pad ### 1/5 — Not what it once was *2025-06-30, version 4.2.2* This app has gone down hill over the past couple of years to the point whereby it feels like 15-year-old kids have pieced it together as part of a school project. News articles are fraught with errors I would not expect to see in a national newspaper and they are a jar to read. The actual print edition is the same. Deleted. ### 1/5 — Puzzles are dire *2025-02-07, version 4.2.2* For a while now, no Piece word with two identical codewords. Very poor and sadly not improving. Please add piece word again (take away a sudoku which always seems to be present) ### 1/5 — Left leaning *2025-01-20, version 4.2.2* I just deleted the app after several months. The final straw was the day of Trumps Inauguration which should be one of the top stories but no I had to search through and found only 1 article which was based on Putins comments to the new US leader. Shameful bias. ### 1/5 — Sort this app out *2025-01-08, version 4.2.2* What has happened to the daily puzzles. Why so few and there days running there have been two Codewords and they have been both the same on all three day. Also still showing a trailer for the Christmas Eastenders in 2024. App is nowhere near as good as it used to be. ### 1/5 — Every upgrade is a downgrade *2024-10-03* Constantly crashes. Inconsistent content. Some days you get the letters page some days not. Takes forever to move between live, editions and download. If I use the context menu to change screen brightness it crashes app and defaults to live news. Switching between apps does sameSo start again to try and read downloaded copy. Takes forever because I think it’s trying to connect to live content. No use if you’re on the tube. Never deletes old copies. Old version was so much better. Downloaded the whole edition exactly the same as printed version. Never crashed. Downloads automatically cleared after 7 days. Would give this zero stars if I could. Every upgrade makes the app worse not better. Awful ☹️ ### 1/5 — Terribly glitchy! *2024-07-12, version 4.2.1* Every day this app is getting worse…..now it’s not loading pictures…..& I have tried all the usual fixes….nothing! Fed up! ### 1/5 — Every upgrade is a downgrade *2024-04-15* Constantly crashes. Inconsistent content. Some days you get the letters page some days not. Takes forever to move between live, editions and download. If I use the context menu to change screen brightness it crashes app and defaults to live news. Switching between apps does sameSo start again to try and read downloaded copy. Takes forever because I think it’s trying to connect to live content. No use if you’re on the tube. Never deletes old copies. Old version was so much better. Downloaded the whole edition exactly the same as printed version. Never crashed. Downloads automatically cleared after 7 days. Would give this zero stars if I could. Every upgrade makes the app worse not better. Awful ☹️ ### 1/5 — Keep old papers *2024-04-12, version 4.1.4* I wish you’d could keep old papers instead of just being deleted automatically ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — A read for all seasons…. *2026-02-23, version 4.2.2* A wonderful balance of real news, humour, life and entertainment. There’s always something to suit to suit my mood. ### 5/5 — Great App *2026-02-11, version 4.2.2* Ideal for getting a snapshot of topical news items whilst on the move. Also a few games and quizzes to get you thinking when you just need a few minutes to yourself and fancy challenging yourself to complete them during your break! ### 5/5 — Swimguy *2026-02-02, version 4.2.2* Best free paper ### 5/5 — Great newspaper mobile app *2025-09-17, version 4.2.2* Great app easy to read app daily editions convenient for travel and in home or out and about free app great ### 5/5 — Great Daily News Update *2025-09-02* I have been reading the Metro online for years. I absolutely love the format where you have your daily edition. But also can keep up with live news too. Enjoy the Horoscope as a bit of escapism, but also doing the daily word search etc. Thank you team. Keep up the hard work. ### 5/5 — Graham Smith *2025-08-21, version 4.2.2* Love reading on line ### 5/5 — Grieat paper *2025-07-18, version 4.2.2* .great for news and puzzles especially the Saturday puzzles. ### 5/5 — Great little free paper. *2025-06-04, version 4.2.2* I look forward to reading my Metro every day. It just sums up what you need to know to be up-to-date with news. I particularly enjoy the puzzles. Good for the brain. My mother enjoyed it too. ### 5/5 — Cryptic Crossword Mad *2025-05-08, version 4.2.2* I love the wide range of puzzles daily including Weekend Edition- keep them coming ### 5/5 — Interesting and informative *2025-04-10, version 4.2.2* Ditto --- *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 2026-09-16.*