# NBR NZ — user reviews > 16 indexed App Store user reviews of NBR NZ by FOURTH ESTATE HOLDINGS 2012 LIMITED, rated 4.50/5 from 2 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nbr-nz/id1468998738/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nbr-nz/id1468998738.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Needs iPad and offline *2025-04-27, version 4.5.18* Pretty poor app. Needs an iPad layout, and offline functionality to be used when travelling. ### 1/5 — Slow and needs iPad *2024-11-25, version 4.5.14* So slow. Has two loading screens and no specific iPad layout. Do better NBR ### 1/5 — Needs iPad layout and a lot of work *2024-11-04* Needs to have an iPad layout optimised for iPads, and offline support. Feels like a mediocre web wrapper not a truely native app. Weird dual NBR + National Business Review loading screens ### 1/5 — Two loading screens *2024-08-08* Some minor improvements recently, but still far short of expectations. Now on open their is a blurry National Business Review loading graphic/animation, then a fixed high res NBR graphic/animation. ### 1/5 — Unusable *2023-11-16, version 4.3.7* We pay for a corporate subscription and the app crashes every time I try to open an article. Has completely soured my view of the publication given I can’t use it on mobile. ### 1/5 — Why have it available if discontinued??? *2020-11-17, version 3.0.0* Downloaded the app to be told NBR discontinued it. Seriously? Tell someone. ### 1/5 — Slow, glitchy *2020-03-12, version 2.0.4* I love reading the NBR but given how much I pay for it I would expect a quick app, which doesn’t glitch. From all news apps I have this is the worst, NBR please spend some development money on improving the performance of your app ### 1/5 — Oh dear *2020-03-12, version 2.0.4* Given the NBR is marketed as a premium product, why haven’t you invested in your app? It is slow, crashes regularly, and for some odd reason (and this is the first time I’ve ever seen this) the keyboard often doesn’t appear when clicking into a data entry field. ### 2/5 — Needs work *2025-05-02, version 4.5.18* Doesn’t work well one iPads and it’s incredibly annoying that it is constantly pausing any audio that your phone is playing. There are some awkward browsing bugs which have been around forever so I don’t have faith it’s ever going to get better. ### 2/5 — Needs offline mode & iPad support *2019-11-14, version 1.1.4* Have to totally agree, the app is only semi useful. It needs to support offline use, so you can load up before getting on the plane. And I really don't understand why iPad is not supported. For a pay news app, this is unbelievable. NBR please sort this quickly. ## Most praised reviews (6 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — At first attempt, we “NBR” let you down. *2022-08-12* That was 3 years ago. Seeking your feedback on our 2022 App? They say that if you don’t want to know the answer, don’t ask the question. As owner and publisher, I want to know the answer? I welcome your feedback. ### 3/5 — Need an iPad-specific layout *2024-04-28, version 4.5.3* Functional app, but for those of us using it on an iPad, it’s frustrating to have the phone-sized presentation. How about an adaptation for an iPad that make full use of the screen real estate? ### 3/5 — Slow and no iPad version *2019-11-10, version 1.1.4* Content is slow to load compared to other news apps, and there doesn’t appear to be any offline content caching. No iPad version. Both odd as I suspect many NBR readers have an iPad and fly where offline access would be useful. And I wish I could get rid of the persistent Rich List section … I read NBR for good quality news not for the gossip. ### 3/5 — Much overdue *2019-07-26, version 1.0.4* Much overdue but needs substantial improvement. Speed of loading is close to dialup given its just text and needs offline mode. ### 3/5 — Missing functions *2019-07-15, version 1.0.3* Good start, long overdue. However unable to use the app offline, it should have the option to download latest content for offline use. User alias is not flowing through from online profile for commenting ### 2/5 — Needs work on account validation *2019-08-04, version 1.0.5* After a week of use, it went into an endless loop notifying me it couldn’t find my account. I had to delete it and download it again --- *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 2026-06-22.*