# MetroWest Daily News, MA — user reviews > 52 indexed App Store user reviews of MetroWest Daily News, MA by Gannett, rated 4.30/5 from 196 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/metrowest-daily-news-ma/id428415791/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/metrowest-daily-news-ma/id428415791.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 135 · 4★ 32 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 17 ## What do users think of MetroWest Daily News, MA? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Great local news coverage - 👍 Informative articles - 👍 Clean and easy navigation (older app) - 👍 Good for staying connected to community - 👍 Timely weather warnings - 👍 Good mix of news, sports, and business - 👍 Great all-around news coverage - 👍 Excellent news source - 👍 Improved over past attempts - 👍 Love the update - 👍 Cromulent app - 👍 Good for local news - 👍 Great local news source - 👍 Enjoy winter weather report - 👍 Good app for checking in - 👍 Good to glance over headlines **Cons** - 🐛 App keeps crashing - 🐛 New app is awful - 🐛 Cannot access Epaper - 🐛 Epaper shows black screen - 🐛 Too much advertising pop-ups - 🐛 Deceptive advertising for subscription - 🐛 Opinion pages not updated - 🐛 Reads phone clipboard - 🐛 App won't open at all - 🐛 App crashes after update - 🐛 Difficult to navigate - 🐛 Slow to start up - 🐛 Monthly limit to access stories - 🐛 Minimalist, need print/paid for full articles - 🐛 Needs to be updated more - 🐛 App updated once a day with few stories - 🐛 Aggressive advertisement for subscription - 🐛 Formatting issues - 🐛 Not updated frequently enough - 🐛 Limited information and not current - 🐛 Stories don't load - 🐛 Useless, articles not available **Commonly reported bugs** - App keeps crashing - App crashing when leaving start page - App won't open at all - App crashes after update - Cannot access Epaper - Epaper shows black screen - Feedback form doesn't work - Reads phone clipboard - Notification splash page causes crash - Stories don't load from main screen - Articles not available **Most requested features** - Bring back old app - Fix notification classification (high school sports) - Fix feedback form in app - Fix subscription issues - One-time fee instead of monthly - More town-specific news - More articles posted online per day - Ability to view a few sentences about each article - Greater control of what end user sees - More development cycles - Allow access to all sections (e.g., police news) ## Newest reviews (10 of 52) ### 4/5 — Getting better *2026-02-10* I have observed that the MetroWest Daily News has improved over the last couple years. Keep up the good work staff. Thank you. ### 4/5 — The new app doesn’t work as well as the old app. *2025-06-15* The new app doesn’t work as well as the old app. I have no idea why it was changed, but I am not happy with this version. ### 3/5 — Fix your notifications *2024-11-16* I have breaking news notifications on. Please stop classifying high school sports as breaking news. That should be within the sports notifications classification. It is very annoying to get “BREAKING NEWS [insert irrelevant high school sports announcement]” push notifications every day. Also, your feedback form in your app doesn’t work so I had to share this feedback in the App Store. ### 4/5 — Love this app! *2022-08-13* The layout of the app is very clean and easy to navigate. I also think the articles and content are well written and informative. I’ll definitely be renewing my subscription when the time comes. ### 2/5 — Keeps crashing *2022-03-22* Thanks ### 4/5 — Great *2022-02-22* Love the news pages and the app set up. Needs a one time fee instead of a monthly fee ### 2/5 — No need to read the clipboard *2020-11-25* With the new iOS privacy features, I was distressed to see that when I open the app it immediately reads whatever was left in the phone’s clipboard. An app whose purpose is to deliver news articles has no need to collect such info. ### 2/5 — App is crashing. Please fix. *2018-05-19* Please fix crashing. I try to read articles and even in the obits, it crashes. Thank you. ### 1/5 — App is crashing after update *2018-03-22* Got to notification splash page and app crashed. Now it will open for a second and closes. ### 4/5 — News *2018-03-20, version 5.0* Like new app ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Keeps crashing *2026-01-13, version 8.6.0* Thanks ### 1/5 — Bring Back Old App *2025-09-18* This new app is awful. Cannot access Epaper. Have sent multiple messages and still doesn’t work. ### 1/5 — Bring Back Old App *2025-05-08* This new app is awful. Cannot access Epaper. Have sent multiple messages and still doesn’t work. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2024-07-25* This app does not work as it should. Forget about using the eNewspaper function. You’ll get nothing but black screen. Get it fixed MW! ### 1/5 — The new app doesn’t work as well as the old app. *2023-08-25, version 7.1.2* The new app doesn’t work as well as the old app. I have no idea why it was changed, but I am not happy with this version. ### 1/5 — Privacy gone *2023-08-10* To much advertising pop-ups. Can’t simply read epaper without pop-ups. Will cancel subscription unless can find way to get rid of pop-ups. ### 1/5 — Subscription *2022-11-15* What’s the deal? 6 months for 99 cents? Actually 3 months for 99 cents. Deceptive advertising. No thanks. ### 1/5 — Opinion pages *2022-05-28* These opinion pages aren’t currently updated… Why do I pay an online subscription for opinion piece that’s four months old? ### 1/5 — Not Good *2019-03-08* Worked fine until last update. Crashes when you leave start page. Update 3/8/19- won't open at all. The app is great when it works. But not now. Please fix! ### 1/5 — App crashes! *2018-03-24* Since it has been updated, I am not able to use it. Please give me back the old version, it was working great. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — LOVE THE METROWEST DAILYNEWS !!! *2026-04-17, version 8.9.0* GREAT ON-LINE PAPER__MY WIFE AND I READ IT EVERY MORNING ON OUR IPADS__GREAT COVERAGE OF LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS !!! ### 5/5 — Epaper *2025-05-24* Thank you for keeping the old format! ### 5/5 — LOVE THE METROWEST DAILYNEWS !!! *2025-03-31, version 8.1.0* GREAT ON-LINE PAPER__MY WIFE AND I READ IT EVERY MORNING ON OUR IPADS__GREAT COVERAGE OF LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS !!! ### 5/5 — LOVE THE METROWEST DAILYNEWS !!! *2024-03-06, version 7.6.1* GREAT ON-LINE PAPER__MY WIFE AND I READ IT EVERY MORNING ON OUR IPADS__GREAT COVERAGE OF LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS !!! ### 5/5 — Great paper with Local and National News! *2022-06-14* Really good writers and excellent coverage of local issues, great photography! ### 5/5 — Great all around news coverage *2021-05-21* The Metro west daily news always has the best breaking news reports. This has been my go to news coverage for over thirty years. ### 5/5 — Great news source *2021-04-13, version 6.4.0* Excellent news from metro west. Enjoy it wherever I am. ### 5/5 — Improved *2021-04-01* Latest iteration is much improved over past attempts ### 5/5 — Excellent app *2021-03-26* Keeps me up with the Jones ### 5/5 — Great! *2021-03-24, version 6.4.0* Love the update! - Herbert --- *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 2026-09-01.*