# Newsmax — user reviews > 278 indexed App Store user reviews of Newsmax by Newsmax Media, Inc., rated 4.80/5 from 176,324 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/newsmax/id878180850/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/newsmax/id878180850.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 157,093 · 4★ 11,598 · 3★ 3,072 · 2★ 1,223 · 1★ 3,338 ## What do users think of Newsmax? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 True news reporting - 👍 Honest and fair coverage - 🇺🇸 Patriotic and pro-American - 📺 Great lineup of shows and personalities **Cons** - 🐛 Technical issues with the app (freezing, crashes, login problems) - 💸 Paywall for live content - 🤖 Concerns about bias and spreading misinformation - 🙄 Repetitive and theatrical presentation **Commonly reported bugs** - App freezing and crashing issues - Login and subscription problems - Inconsistent video and audio quality **Most requested features** - Improve app stability and reliability - Offer more free content options - Provide audio-only versions of shows - Update app design and user experience ## Newest reviews (13 of 278) ### 3/5 — A *2026-08-12, version 5.1.10* What ever happened to the comment section ? It’s not after the article. Are they going to fix it ? What happened to this program ? ### 2/5 — Choked up with nothing but ads like everybody else. Why do I pay five dollars a month for a bunch *2026-06-02, version 5.1.10* Amazing how automatically an old review from somebody else showed up in this box. Somebody tell these advertising bags of snot, to stop waving their hands around, trying to get your Get your attention. Cause that's what AI is trained these plus sacks to do. Drug dealers take your ad somewhere else. Fake doctors, take your ad somewhere else. I can't stand watching you idiots. ### 2/5 — Too many ads! *2026-04-11, version 5.1.10* Why do we pay and have so many ads!? Now there has been a new 30 second ad added to the beginning of the each program! Ridiculous I must say. How about you add another pay tier and that would remove all ads!!?? ### 4/5 — Fox app vs Newsmax *2026-04-11, version 5.1.10* I prefer to read my news in the morning and the free Fox News app became totally unbearable with non stop pop up ads that I switched to the free Newsmax app. and I love it! Newsmax has ads too but they are NOT intrusive and are easily spotted. So happy I switched over to Newsmax !!! ### 2/5 — Review *2026-03-27, version 5.1.10* Some days app will stop streaming every 5-10 minutes and other days it’s fine. It drives us crazy and has even pushed us to change the channel many times. If it continues we’ll stop paying and move to something else. ### 3/5 — Crash *2026-03-26, version 5.1.10* This app crashes constantly in the afternoon, wish they would fix the bugs. ### 2/5 — Simple design *2026-03-23, version 5.1.10* Update app with more stories ### 3/5 — Too many pop up advertisements *2026-03-22, version 5.1.10* RAV is better with much less pop up’s ### 1/5 — Worst app in the app store *2026-03-19, version 5.1.10* This app is terrible on Apple TV. It freezes on the front page some proportion of the time. When it does allow navigation to the channels, it is sluggish, often taking 20-30 seconds to respond to a selection. Getting out of it takes unhuman patience. Newsmax has much to recommend it, but the app makes it almost unwatchable ### 2/5 — Bad App *2026-03-18, version 5.1.10* I love Newsmax but hate your app it’s terrible. Keeps crashing. Content unavailable F09. It’s not my internet as I have never had this problem with my other apps (NetFlix,Discover+,Prime,). Do you even read these reviews? This problem goes back 2 years. Everyone likes Newsmax but they hate your app. Please fix this because I am regretting buying this app. ### 3/5 — 3 stars *2026-03-15, version 5.1.10* I pay for this service and I only watch it at home and no one else has my sign in yet I have to constantly re sign in. That is so annoying because no one can remember all their sign in stuff. FIX THIS ### 1/5 — Too many videos *2026-03-13, version 5.1.10* Just give me the news articles, not the videos. ### 2/5 — Lots of Chum and Ads *2026-02-20, version 5.1.9* Going to Newsmax.com within the ad and after scrolling past the articles, there’s LOTS of CHUM articles and ADS! How many? I counted between 30 and 60, yes up to SIXTY combined chum and advertising mixed with LOTS REPEATING! This is also after reading any articles IF you scroll past the end. I found this by wanting to find the basic About Us, Contact Us, Privacy stuff, etc. type links usually at the bottom of a web page. I like Newsmax, but do they really have to have that much scum? Key thing is DON’T scroll too far. At the first repeat of any headlines STOP SCROLLING or you’ll be in the scum. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Fix your app! *2026-08-10, version 5.1.10* It’s garbage on the TV and the phone. It is almost daily that “something went wrong” and we’re subscribers! We pay to miss our favorite shows and it’s beyond infuriating. I’ve commented on X plenty of times begging you guys to do something. If you want to push subscribers away,this is how you do it! ### 1/5 — Wake up people, these people are shilling for money. *2026-08-01, version 5.1.10* First they offer themselves about every 20 minutes for the initial public offering. Read the small letters you have to come in at $500,000. their commentators have no military experience except for Carl H. All they do is pump up themselves and chill for money. When a news organization becomes an IPO, run away from it. Now they will be holding the stockholders. Not the actual news. ### 1/5 — Comment section *2026-07-17, version 5.1.10* Deleted your app and am very disappointed in the removing the comments from your site. ### 1/5 — chromecast is no longer available *2026-06-26, version 5.1.10* chromecast is no longer available ### 1/5 — BBC Senility *2026-06-17, version 5.1.10* Objective reporting? The BBC has gradually lost it. They are just following the mob now with no new revelations or serious interpretation of events. ### 1/5 — Hate this app *2026-06-13, version 5.1.10* The most frustrating app ever. Have cleared data and shut down, restarted and re-signed in many times. Paid app that is useless because it shuts down, kicks me out and I spend more time trying to fix it than I do watching the news. It’s too bad because I love their content. Canceling my subscription. ### 1/5 — Pathetic *2026-05-07, version 5.1.10* You are all POSs and you know it. From the bottom of my heart ❤️ I’m here to remind you how far you have fallen from what America should be. You are nothing short of absolutely pathetic. *Spits on each and every one of you involved* you should rot in hell where you belong. ### 1/5 — Choked up with nothing but ads like everybody else. Why do I pay five dollars a month for a bunch *2026-05-04, version 5.1.10* … Of stinking ads. They're no better then FUBO. Or anybody else. I'm disgusted and canceling my so-called free trial. Immediately. ### 1/5 — App closes constantly *2026-03-31, version 5.1.10* I have watched Newsmax since the beginning so when it became a paid app we signed up to continue. For the last few months the tv app closes so often I have to hold the controller to continue watching. I have cleared the cashe, deleted the app then added it again, reset the tv but nothing works! It still closes. I have read this is not uncommon and really hope you do something to fix the app. I really don’t want to cancel our subscription but with the app closing every 3 minutes is frustrating and not what I should be paying for. It’s nice that you have more viewers now but I think Newsmax needs to upgrade to handle the amount of viewers or upgrade the system. ### 1/5 — Worthless *2026-03-27, version 5.1.10* You can’t even sign on. I tried several times we don’t recognize that email. Well I’m trying to register. That’s OK though cause I’m sick and tired of listening to them put down Fox News and hearing about the Panama Canal. Etc. etc.. it’s to bad you have to put down somebody else to try and get people to watch your show. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Why ads when I subscribe to Newsmax? *2026-08-23, version 5.1.10* I love the app. However, for the last few weeks, when I open the app, I have to listen to an ad first, despite the fact that I have a paid subscription to Newsmax. Worse, even if I change the orientation of the phone, the ad cuts In all over again and I lose listening to the segment I was watching. Can you please do something about this? If we subscribe, we should not have to listen to an ad every time we boot the app. Thanks. ### 5/5 — Glad I switched *2026-08-10, version 5.1.10* Dumped Fox News app 6 mos ago due to ads being overwhelming and app unusable ……Very, very happy with Newsmax app and only selective ads that don’t interfere with my daily reading …love it! ### 5/5 — Bad connection *2026-04-29, version 5.1.10* I watch Newsmax daily, I have noticed more often that the news is lagging behind. Not sure if it’s the app, or my connection…but it only happens on Newsmax. I love Carl Higbie and I have to back out and re-enter the app to be able to watch his show. Thank you we love this app. ### 5/5 — Newsmax *2026-04-20, version 5.1.10* Newsmax is always on in my home. It’s the only way to get the real news. ### 5/5 — Please update! *2026-02-28, version 5.1.10* Not working on Apple TV! ### 5/5 — Wendy Bell common sense *2026-02-20, version 5.1.9* Looking for my favorite Wendy Bell’s common sense I seem to struggle trying to find it. When does she come on not that the rest of you aren’t doing a great job, but I want to see my little sister. ### 5/5 — Only news I trust! *2026-02-02, version 5.1.9* This is a great news station. The app may not be the best in terms of functionality, but I watch NewsMax every day and will continue to watch it for the rest of my life. Keep up the good work, NewsMax! ### 5/5 — A light for the truth in America 🇺🇸 *2026-01-30, version 5.1.8* Newsmax is the only news I trust. I watch it every day to stay informed about what’s really happening in America. I’m proud to be an owner of this company because they stand up for the values that matter to my family and my faith. Thank you for being a light for the truth and for all the hard work you do. Much love to the whole team! ### 5/5 — Gave up trying to get back joining… *2026-01-18, version 5.1.8* It was a simplistic issue not able to fit info into space provided. Help !!! Lead me to how I can get this great news station on my Smart TV NOW ### 5/5 — Truth *2026-01-11, version 5.1.8* Just keep it up for truth sets us free someone needs to look at these rogue judges the ones that Obama, who sang put in power look at their finances and the ones who retired may have to dig deeper family --- *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 2026-08-31.*