# MLive.com — user reviews > 130 indexed App Store user reviews of MLive.com by MLive.com, rated 4.40/5 from 15,860 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mlivecom/id419886579/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mlivecom/id419886579.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 11,016 · 4★ 2,533 · 3★ 1,016 · 2★ 449 · 1★ 846 ## What do users think of MLive.com? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Quick, accurate, and well-written news - 👍 Good coverage of Michigan news - 🌐 Broad spectrum news coverage **Cons** - 🔒 Paywalled content, too many articles behind subscription - 🐛 Buggy, crashes, freezes, and loading issues - 💤 Outdated, repetitive, and lacking in real reporting - 🔍 Poor search functionality and content organization - 📢 Excessive ads and intrusive advertising - 🔧 Accessibility issues for disabled users **Commonly reported bugs** - Login issues and inconsistent subscription handling - Notifications not working as expected - Scrolling and navigation problems **Most requested features** - Ability to filter and customize content - Improved local news coverage and focus - Removal of paywall for breaking news and essential content ## Newest reviews (18 of 130) ### 2/5 — Sign-in *2026-08-12, version 5.0.0* I have to keep signing in for every article ### 2/5 — Crashes constantly and… *2026-07-15, version 4.5.11* … Limited filtering & searching. Not great for a paid app. ### 1/5 — How can it be this bad? *2026-06-19, version 4.5.11* 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. ### 2/5 — Crashes *2026-05-17, version 4.5.11* 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. ### 1/5 — Won’t load *2026-05-16, version 4.5.11* 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!! ### 1/5 — Failure *2026-05-07, version 4.5.11* Fails to connect ? ### 1/5 — Failure *2026-05-01, version 4.5.10* Fails to connect ? ### 1/5 — Unusable *2026-04-14, version 4.5.9* Since the update a month ago, the app takes forever to load, then hangs while it apparently waits for ads to load. ### 1/5 — Terrible App *2026-04-11, version 4.5.9* 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 ### 1/5 — Almost useless *2026-02-13, version 4.5.8* 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. ### 1/5 — Buggy *2026-02-04, version 4.5.8* 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. ### 1/5 — Can it get any slower? *2026-01-25, version 4.5.7* 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. ### 1/5 — Garbage *2026-01-19, version 4.5.7* This app freezes after every tap, it’s terrible! ### 2/5 — Can it get any slower? *2026-01-15, version 4.5.7* One assumes a newspaper that has abdicated the local newspaper business could at least have a workable app. This is so damn slow. ### 1/5 — Waaaaaaay too slow and... *2026-01-07, version 4.5.7* 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. ### 2/5 — Loading problems etc *2026-01-06, version 4.5.7* 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. ### 1/5 — Slow, buggy and too many ads *2025-12-10, version 4.5.5* Too many ads for a paid app, and way too slow to load anything ### 1/5 — Old app way better. *2025-12-10, version 4.5.5* 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. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Horrible *2026-08-21, version 5.0.0* Spouse and I have subscribed continuously for years. After latest update unable to read subscriber stories even after deleting app and reinstalling and clicking restore purchase… over and over and over. Going back to the Detroit Free Press. ### 1/5 — New version *2026-08-15, version 5.0.0* Every damn article now requires a subscription. Major change. ### 1/5 — Cha-Ching *2026-08-09, version 5.0.0* All the Michigan news you can afford! ### 1/5 — Unlimited ads zero stories available *2026-08-09, version 5.0.0* This platform used to be wonderful for getting Michigan news it has gradually gotten worse over the years there are now near zero articles you can view without a subscription ### 1/5 — Impossible app *2026-08-05, version 5.0.0* I have to sign in for every story and still get ads to join. And the family feature doesn’t work at all. My husband has been on the phone and emails 14 times and no resolution 14 TIMES! I’m concerned how hard it’s going to be to cancel this garbage ### 1/5 — DO NOT SUBSCRIBE *2026-07-29, version 5.0.0* i have a subscription and i want to cancel it, but there’s no way to do it. no one to contact. no letters to the editor to express my disgust with what they choose to entice me with in my emails. no phone number to call. no email address to use. when they send an email with a link to a story i can’t read it until i sign in. of i go to the app to look for the story, its no where to be found. there cant possibly be enough positive reviews for them to have more than two stars. they are really awful. i’m being stolen from because i have no way to cancel my subscription. to hell with this business. it’s a rip off. ### 1/5 — Not free *2026-07-22, version 4.5.11* It says it’s a free app, but you can’t read anything without being a subscriber ### 1/5 — Poor performance *2026-07-19, version 4.5.11* Slow to load, laggy articles, clickbait-y articles. ### 1/5 — glitches make app unusable *2026-07-08, version 4.5.11* 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. ### 1/5 — Garbage paywall app! *2026-06-20, version 4.5.11* 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! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Be local and informed *2026-08-05, version 5.0.0* Love the new app great paper thank you ### 5/5 — Connecting With Community *2020-09-26* West Michigan, and Grand Rapids in particular, is a great place to live, work, and raise a family. People here work together to find solutions to problems by honoring diversity and inviting everyone to the table. Reading the Grand Rapids is the best way to start the day by staying connected to a community that values communication, cooperation and collaboration between all residents! ### 5/5 — From Canadian Thx For News *2020-01-21* Best place get information on Michigan News & having relatives living in Michigan and sports!! Thx Clemi 👍🇨🇦 ### 5/5 — Great Information *2019-11-26, version 3.7.21* I was born and raised in Jackson , Michigan. I have lived in Florida for many years. It’s good to read news about my home state. Thank you ### 5/5 — App ok, reporting, not so much. *2019-06-13, version 3.7.15* Although the app works just fine, Mlive has too few reporters to cover the areas that they try to replace the local papers in. Need better reporting and people will read! ### 5/5 — Timely. Broad spectrum news coverage. *2019-06-10, version 3.7.15* I read it once or twice a day. I am a news junkie. Good coverage of Michigan of course and some national and international too. ### 5/5 — Great Source to see Michigan News from a different perspective! *2019-05-29, version 3.7.15* I read MLive every morning. There’s always something interesting that hasn’t been covered by the Detroit papers! ### 5/5 — Good coverage *2019-05-27, version 3.7.15* Quick, accurate, and well written news. ### 4/5 — Good but legal coverage could be improved *2026-08-06, version 5.0.0* I think MLIVE does a great job covering most things in our state. One place they could improve is on their legal/crime coverage. They often quote the prosecutor but rarely quote or identify the defense attorney. I think the coverage could be more balanced. ### 4/5 — Ads *2025-09-18, version 4.4.42* Permanent ads at the bottom…? --- *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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