# News — user reviews > 299 indexed App Store user reviews of News by Savy Soda Pty Ltd, rated 4.70/5 from 24 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/news/id472900253/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/news/id472900253.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 19 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1 ## What do users think of News? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and efficient news aggregation - 📰 Wide range of news sources and topics - 🌍 Ability to customize news feeds by country and category - 💻 Seamless integration across devices - 📊 Comprehensive news coverage **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues - 🔄 Slow loading of news articles - 💤 Outdated news content - 💰 Paid version offers limited additional features - 🔍 Difficulty finding and managing custom news feeds **Commonly reported bugs** - News feeds disappearing without user action - Inability to load certain news sources - Inconsistent performance across iOS versions - Crashes when opening news articles - Unreliable push notifications **Most requested features** - Offline reading mode - Improved article sharing options - Customizable news feed layout and organization - Ability to save articles for later reading - Enhanced notification settings ## Newest reviews (18 of 299) ### 4/5 — Need a Fix on iOS 17.6.1 *2024-08-18, version 15.1* Hangs frequently and cannot add feed ### 3/5 — Slow site *2022-07-18* Takes too long to download days news. ### 3/5 — Not working *2019-03-27, version 10* The app is completely blank. Can’t add categories or use it at all. ### 1/5 — App does not work *2019-01-07, version 10* I want a refund, this app is blank and does not work. Total rip-off! ### 1/5 — Does not work on iOS 12 *2018-12-31, version 10* Downloads and opens but can’t get the Categories page. Just blank. Worked well on iOS 9 and 10. ### 1/5 — Free works paid not working at all!!! *2018-12-10, version 10* I just purchased the paid version for my XS Max and it doesn’t work at all!! It’s not even updated to use the full screen of the XS Max and you can’t see any news at all or even add any. I want a full refund! ### 1/5 — Blank screen, does nothing *2018-11-01, version 10* Waste of £1.99! ### 1/5 — Does not work for me *2018-10-18, version 10* Purchased this app today. Several hours later still waiting for content to load. ### 1/5 — Free works paid version doesn’t at all *2018-09-08, version 10* Downloaded and used the free version but got sick of the ads so upgraded to paid version. Now no news at all. No categories to pick from and can’t search for news feeds wasted money. ### 1/5 — Refund *2018-08-24, version 10* I would like to get a refund. The app is not working properly ### 1/5 — Does not work *2018-08-15, version 10* The program opens, but the Categories search bar will not function. As a result, nothing will come up from News, rendering the program useless. ### 1/5 — Ripoff *2018-06-03, version 10* App simply does not work. The app has pulled in zero content. ### 2/5 — App *2018-03-12, version 10* Did this app update to iOS 11 ### 1/5 — Mad that I paid *2017-07-03, version 10* I paid for the app because they weren't updating the other one. Yet this app is subpar, the only reason I preferred the unpaid app was that I could add a website as a source. This app that's a no-go, and they only offer MSM. ### 4/5 — Good app *2017-06-05, version 10* It's a good app.now it's working ### 1/5 — Update please. Buggy app *2017-03-18* Full of bugs. Indian news doesn't load. ### 1/5 — Sort date broken since last update *2017-02-25, version 4.0* Sort news by date in french broken since last update, please take a look. This is one of the best news reader. ### 1/5 — 2017 update does not work correctly *2017-02-19, version 4.0* This update has been a long time arriving. There is a problem with notifications, when you click on them to read the latest news, they do not open. Also the news is about a day late. Very disappointing. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 読みたい新聞が読めない。 *2025-01-08* アップデートの予定は？ ### 1/5 — Не работает *2023-05-29* В том числе поиск ### 1/5 — 不能用 *2023-04-18* 如题 ### 1/5 — Does not display any news feeds *2019-10-26, version 10* No news feed. Nothing to choose from. ### 1/5 — app doesn’t work *2019-07-04, version 10* app doesn’t work. it opens and says it is ‘loading’ - forever. ### 1/5 — Nothing there *2019-04-07, version 10* Paid £1.99 for a blank screen. There is no content on this app at all, it is just blank. The app support page doesn’t work either. I’ve been robbed of my money. ### 1/5 — Nothing Came Out *2019-03-24* After downloading it, it was (I AM NOT KIDDING YOU) empty! ### 1/5 — Buggy *2019-02-23* Just too many bugs. Does not load the categories page nor the news page. It’s a waste of money☹️ ### 1/5 — Непонятно *2019-01-26* Я купил и скачал сегодня это приложение на свой айфон, но оно пустое, ничего не грузится, никакой информации. Как его оживить? Разработчики ответят или нет? ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2019-01-14, version 10* I just ordered this and it does not work at all on my pad. Absolutely nothing shows up. Save your $1.99 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great coverage *2017-04-10, version 4.0* Great coverage from different points of view ### 5/5 — Great news coverage *2017-03-07, version 4.0* Like your balanced coverage of the news from many different points of you. Also the breadth of subjects you cover. ### 5/5 — River of news that is simple and source full *2017-02-14, version 4.0* I appreciated the simple interface, lots of news feeds, and no google reader account required. Good app. ### 5/5 — Useful and easily customizable *2017-01-24, version 3.6* Very happy with this app. Stable. Access to a broad range of news sources. ### 5/5 — The best news app *2016-12-21, version 3.6* This app is the best news aggregation app I've used on a phone ... I use it daily to catch up quickly. It's a go-to app for me every day. ### 5/5 — Go to app! *2016-09-16, version 3.6* All sorts of news feeds in one place! It's my go to app for the latest news from so many sources. ### 5/5 — great app *2016-07-30, version 3.6* ive been using this app for at least six months ... easy use ... can email words you want to study with dictionary definitions to yourself as you read a french newspaper and change between newspaper and dictionary with ease ... i loose sound to the speaker and that is rectified when i wear ear phones ... i would highly recommend the app even with audio problems ... ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2016-07-18, version 3.6* It's a great app, best I've found. Try it you'll see. It's Great. ### 5/5 — Best news app ever!!! *2016-05-16, version 3.6* By far this is the best news app I've ever used! Simple and easy to use with all bunch of news categories. I highly recommend! ### 5/5 — 很好的软件 *2016-03-24* 各国的知名杂志都可订阅，新闻更新很快。非常好👍 --- *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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