glitches make app unusable
I click a notification to read a story and the app opens, freezes, and crashes. If I want to actually read a story, I have to search for it myself in a browser. Sometimes the app will work for a moment but then it will freeze and crash. I’ve reinstalled, updated, and everything—this has been an ongoing issue.
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Garbage paywall app!
Huge fail and no doubt why this media has failed . Click bait on most stories and then you get the paywall. Very liberal and anti Trump/America First hack reporting. Every story/event they want to charge you for is always available for free elsewhere. The UK based Daily Mail will have better coverage on local news events than this steaming pile of waste called MLIVE!
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How can it be this bad?
Like others say, used to be great but for last 9 months or so it takes forever to load, crashes and is very slow. Must be their way of trying to force subscriptions.
Crashes
Gets progressively worse with each update. It won’t load without numerous attempts. If it does load, it will crash while looking at an article. There is no way I would subscribe to this nearly useless app.
Won’t load
Totally not loading. I got it to load once and it froze. Tried it again…black screen every time. Good thing I don’t pay for this!!
Failure
Fails to connect ?
Failure
Fails to connect ?
Unusable
Since the update a month ago, the app takes forever to load, then hangs while it apparently waits for ads to load.
Terrible App
This app is so glitchy. Frequently I click on a story and it just freezes. I have latest iPhone and on WiFi. Still doesn’t make a difference
Almost useless
The company keeps pushing me to use the app so they can stop printing an actual newspapers, but the app takes minutes to start nevermind load a story because of the ads. I can read an article on the website (which is only slightly better) or 2-3 articles in the paper before the app loads one story.
Buggy
I gave up on the Free Press, and thought MLive would be a good option. So far I can’t tell about content, but to switch from one section to another I have to close the app. Please fix.
Can it get any slower?
Glitchy! Hire a coder who knows what they're doing. One assumes a newspaper that has abdicated the local newspaper business could at least have a workable app. This is so damn slow.
Garbage
This app freezes after every tap, it’s terrible!
Can it get any slower?
One assumes a newspaper that has abdicated the local newspaper business could at least have a workable app. This is so damn slow.
Waaaaaaay too slow and...
The app leaves out the most important stories. For example, a young woman who organized a protest in Grand Rapids was arrested on camera for a bogus charge, newspapers in the UK covered it, but it was not among the news stories the app offered. Also impossible to write a letter to the editor. An altogether limp excuse for a paid local news app.
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Loading problems etc
They need to figure out technical aspects of app. Most times it won’t open. When it does open it’s slow and sometime unresponsive.
Slow, buggy and too many ads
Too many ads for a paid app, and way too slow to load anything
Old app way better.
The new app no longer does local. Keeps getting worse.
besides no comments they lock articles behind pay wall.
Find another more friendly app
Now 12/ 2020 update broke everything. Done delete and going to never look back. 12/2025 terrible everything locked behind pay wall. Look for news elsewhere.
besides no comments they lock articles behind pay wall.
Find another more friendly app
Now 12/ 2020 update broke everything. Done delete and going to never look back. 12/2025 terrible everything locked behind pay wall. Look for news elsewhere.
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Bug report
Trying to view obituaries in the app used to work until the latest update. Now it says “no articles for now”. If I want to see them, I have to visit the website. This is one reason I use the app.
Slow loading & missing puzzles now
Update 11/25/25: app is broken. News not updating, opens on an outdated article instead of home page, tells me I need to subscribe while I already have an active subscription - cannot access some games and others have lost my history.
Update 11/6/25: puzzles are back, but the INTRUSIVE AD BAR remains. GET RID OF THE AD BAR if you want to get a better rating!!
App loads VERY slooooooowly. Once in, the large white bar for ads is excruciatingly intrusive and gets in the way when trying your work puzzles - speaking of: WHERE DID THE PUZZLES GO? They’re nowhere to be found in the app! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Update 11/6/25: puzzles are back, but the INTRUSIVE AD BAR remains. GET RID OF THE AD BAR if you want to get a better rating!!
App loads VERY slooooooowly. Once in, the large white bar for ads is excruciatingly intrusive and gets in the way when trying your work puzzles - speaking of: WHERE DID THE PUZZLES GO? They’re nowhere to be found in the app! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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