# News-Gazette eEdition — user reviews > 66 indexed App Store user reviews of News by Community Media Group Inc, rated 4.60/5 from 307 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/news-gazette-eedition/id1118089092/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/news-gazette-eedition/id1118089092.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 228 · 4★ 55 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 12 ## What do users think of News? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 📰 Excellent local news coverage - 🚀 Fast and responsive app performance - 👍 Easy to navigate interface - 📱 Accessible on multiple devices - ♿ Accessibility features for low vision users - 🔔 Push notifications for breaking news - 📖 Multiple viewing formats (newspaper and article views) - 🎯 Quality sports coverage - 🔊 Text-to-speech functionality - ⏰ Convenient access to past editions - 💎 High-quality local journalism - 🏠 Strong community focus **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent app crashes - 🐛 Text disappears when zooming - 🐛 Blank pages and display issues - ⚠️ Instability with iOS updates - ⚠️ Frequent updates interrupt reading - ❌ Poor iPad compatibility - ⚠️ Limited motor racing coverage **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on iOS devices after OS upgrades - Text vanishes when zooming in - Blank pages and missing text blocks - App freezes and requires restarting - Markup toolbox randomly disappears - Inconsistent rendering on iPad mini - Connection issues in certain geographic locations **Most requested features** - More motor racing coverage - Reduced frequency of app updates - Better iPad/tablet optimization - Improved Live News section organization - Dark mode option ## Newest reviews (18 of 66) ### 4/5 — Good content, cuts out from time to time *2025-05-27, version 3.18.05* Good content, cuts out from time to time ### 5/5 — Health reporter Jana Wiersema *2024-03-15, version 3.9.09* Thank you for the very well written and informative article on fertility fraud. ### 4/5 — Easy to navigate *2024-03-01, version 3.9.09* I like that I can read the paper in “newspaper” form or I can get to breaking news. Also easy to find past issues. ### 3/5 — News App *2024-02-26, version 3.9.09* Old news is always available on the app! ### 5/5 — Nice app *2024-02-20, version 3.9.09* No complaints. Enjoy the paper everyday. ### 5/5 — Champaign News Gazette *2024-02-12, version 3.9.09* Really appreciate staying informed locally, the app is versatile and easy to navigate. Great Job! ### 4/5 — It’s good to have a local paper *2024-02-09, version 3.9.09* I began subscribing to the News Gazette when I lived in Albuquerque. We had decided to move to Urbana and I wanted to become familiar with the area. Millie Otto’s column is sweet, though I wonder if she’s getting tired of writing it. I’ve always wondered why local news spends so much coverage on sports and so little on the arts. The Mailbag is a favorite of mine. I hope all the high school reporting turns the youngsters into regular consumers of the news. The editorial slant is conservative but the letters to the editor provide some balance. Generally, I believe it’s a good newspaper. ### 5/5 — Hometown News *2023-10-03, version 3.7.13* I enjoy reading about my old hometown. ### 5/5 — A gem *2023-08-28, version 3.7.13* Champaign is so lucky to have high quality local journalism like the News-Gazette. The app feels just like I have the paper on my ipad. Great paper, great app. ### 5/5 — A GREAT news app! *2023-06-16, version 3.7.13* The recent updates to the app and E-edition have been wonderful! I especially love the text-to-speech option for stories and the push notification on my phone when the newest E-edition is uploaded and ready to read. ### 4/5 — Nice app *2023-04-29, version 3.7.13* That’s right. ### 5/5 — Best local news *2023-04-23, version 3.7.13* I subscribed to follow all of the Illini more closely and discovered the way all local news used to be covered…absent the newsprint on my fingers and table. Way to go! How does this continue at such a high level. Thanks…John ### 5/5 — paper *2023-03-06, version 3.7.13* I love love love love love my paper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ### 5/5 — Works Very Well *2023-02-25* It started as expected being a little clunky but now it’s great. Thanks for all your hard work and this city is so fortunate to have a GREAT NEWSPAPER. Keep up the good work. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2022-12-19, version 3.7.13* Excellent ### 5/5 — Great *2022-12-17, version 3.7.13* Great Content and writing!! ### 5/5 — Excellent paper and Service! *2022-10-23, version 3.6.05* Just an outstanding Illinois publication, always! ### 4/5 — Good content, cuts out from time to time *2022-10-15, version 3.6.05* Good content, cuts out from time to time ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Again again AGAIN !!!!! *2022-04-24, version 3.6.05* Stupid thing stopped working again. Worked Saturday but Sunday is blank page and it sticks my phone so I have to reboot. Guess I will call Monday - OOPS Monday doesn’t exist in NG World !!!!! ### 1/5 — Totally broken *2021-01-02, version 2.9.46* This app has been useless since the last OS upgrade. Any attempt at zooming results in blank pages or often a total crash, and necessity of restarting the app. You need to fix this ASAP, or you will lose all of your Apple customers. ### 1/5 — Fix this app or I’ll have to cancel *2020-11-22* This app is overdue for and upgrade. It worked great two years ago but now with IOS 14 it constantly blanks pages. I used to enjoy reading the e-edition of the paper but not it’s frustrating. Paper will load a page but sometimes only the pictures with no text. Then blocks of text show but the page has missing blocks. Then when it finally straightens out. I was not aware that the app has not been upgraded in such a long time. Please fix this! ### 1/5 — App no longer works *2020-11-20, version 2.9.46* I have been using this app for several years with no problem until recently. Someone needs to update the app. After swiping to a new page, text just disappears. Can someone fix this? ### 1/5 — Constantly crashes *2020-10-01, version 2.9.46* The app used to run fine on my iPad.Then something happened and you couldn’t use it for a week. Ever since then it constantly crashes and will not fully download. Extremely frustrating to use. Whatever they did they should reverse it. ### 1/5 — Great until 13.1 *2019-09-27, version 2.9.46* I have used this app for years and have been satisfied but on an iPhone XR with iOS 13.1 it crashes frequently and when you zoom in the text of articles disappears. It is tough to use it under those circumstances. ### 1/5 — No longer works *2019-06-28, version 2.9.46* Has not worked for past 3 days! Used to work well and was easy to navigate. Abruptly stopped working. Calls to News Gazette regarding this have not been returned. ### 2/5 — Past Due for an Update *2020-10-11, version 2.9.46* I’ve been using this app for over a year. It worked okay with iOS 13, but is very unstable with 14. Text vanishes when zoomed, and the app frequently crashes. Markup still works, but the toolbox randomly disappears; frustrating if you’re in the middle of a puzzle. ### 3/5 — CEO *2026-03-10, version 3.19.21* Need more coverage for motor racing, TV/Radio coverage in sports on Monday ### 3/5 — CEO *2025-10-13, version 3.18.20* Need more coverage for motor racing ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Accessibility friendly *2026-04-10, version 3.19.21* For anyone with low vision issues this is an excellent app. Print can be maximized with finger control. Plus the app has easy access points and many ways to view sections and individual articles. The app also allows a user to listen to any article. ### 5/5 — Go Illini *2025-11-24, version 3.18.20* I really enjoy the coverage of the local teams and the university of Illinois that I get from reading the news gazette. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2025-03-23, version 3.18.05* Excellent ### 5/5 — Works Very Well *2025-03-13, version 3.18.05* It started as expected being a little clunky but now it’s great. Thanks for all your hard work and this city is so fortunate to have a GREAT NEWSPAPER. Keep up the good work. ### 5/5 — Accessibility friendly *2025-02-22* For anyone with low vision issues this is an excellent app. Print can be maximized with finger control. Plus the app has easy access points and many ways to view sections and individual articles. Bravo! ### 5/5 — Best Sports Section in Illinois *2025-01-11, version 3.11.00* Top notch! The Benchmark! ### 5/5 — Excellent *2024-06-27, version 3.11.00* Excellent ### 5/5 — Swift as a gazelle! *2024-06-20, version 3.11.00* Let’s applaud the Champaign News Gazette mobile application as being swift as a gazelle. ### 5/5 — Online editions *2024-05-26, version 3.11.00* I love how readily accessible the online version of the News Gazette is. ### 5/5 — Nice app *2024-04-29, version 3.11.00* Working well on British Isles cruise. App for USA Today papers won’t deliver, here. --- *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 2026-08-25.*