OCRegister User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience15.7% of reviews
Neutral7.8% of reviews
Negative experience76.5% of reviews

~ Based on 102 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is OCRegister Safe?

OCRegister appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for OCRegister is 91/100.

This assessment is based on 1,107 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

88.7% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.7% of ratings suggest some concerns
7.6% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 1,001 App Store ratings for OCRegister.

Is OCRegister Legit?

OCRegister appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for OCRegister is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Hard to access

I’m a subscriber, but when I click on something to read in one of the Register’s email newsletters, it tells me I’ve reached my limit and that I can subscribe. But there’s no place on the page to log in or access my account. Very funky interface. I should be recognized as a subscriber on all my devices that I regularly use to read the Register. Ugh.
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Response from developer

Hello, You can log in to the app by clicking the gear icon in the upper left corner. This will open the settings menu, and has the option to log in. Thank you for being an Orange County Register subscriber!

The new app is a game changer!

I love everything about it. It’s not glitchy. Very visually appealing. Easy to read the newspaper as a newspaper. You’ve gotten it right, OCRegister. Thank you!

App is decent - content is NY Times heavy

Too leftist now. The original newspaper was decidedly libertarian. Now, it is very liberal and accelerating to the left. Too many NY Times stories. 🤮🤮

Not clippers fans

This paper’s sports section has the absolute worst coverage of the LA Clippers. Actually had to enter Clippers as a search word to read about last nights game.

Poor app

Everyday…EVERYDAY I have to do an update to open the app. Real close to cancelling because of how poor the app is and the content of the paper

Trump at his finest.

Love that you are calling attention to this. What a ridiculous and dangerous display. Typical Trump.

Updated App is huge improvement

I’m so happy we still have OC Register for local news! The update a few weeks ago is an enormous improvement. Thank you.

My favorite columns

Both Richard Wagoner and Jim Ratcliff’s weekly columns are always informative and entertaining. I look forward to reading them every week. Thanks

Not getting what I paid for!

I subscribed last week for you special “Labor Day Special “. And now I can’t open any articles. I’m told I must subscribe. Plus half the time I never get my Thursday delivery. I think your service is terrible and I never get the Saturday delivery !

Response from developer

We are sorry to hear that you are having trouble accessing your subscription through our mobile app. For log-in help, please go to the settings menu in the app, which can be found under the gear icon, and scroll down to the Support section. There you will find our Login FAQs, or you can email our support team directly using the Get Login Help option.

Terrible

The old app was simple and straightforward. This new app is a jumbled mess. If this is the only way to read the Register now I’ll be canceling my subscription.

Crashes continue

Two updates ago crashes upon opening anything other then the home page existed both in my iPad and iPhone. The update that followed seemed to work at first but days later i still have been unable to open anything past the home page. It hangs for the same time period every time then crashes to springboard.
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7.30.25 Update - Story makes app crash: 2-acre Orange estate with equestrian facilities seeks $5.5M

Please fix app. It crashes on this story every time.

“New” App is not updating

You said there’s a new app, but it doesn’t update on the iPhone. I have full Wi-Fi service.

Full of ads

Malicious design with ads popping up every 15-20 seconds

I'm being harassed by them

OC register has been calling me, sometimes daily, since I cancelled my subscription. I have been blocking at least 6 of their numbers. They keep calling with new number to sell me a promotion. I have told them three times that I don't want to be called. Every time they promised they wouldn't. They keep calling.
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Response from developer

Hello, We apologize that you have experienced an increase in calls after your subscription has ended. Please go to settings within this app and click on Get Login Help. This will allow you to email our support team to provide details and your phone number so they can be sure you are not contacted again.

Needs to be better

The articles are accessible and it isn’t clunky but it needs to be updated. It feels like it’s an old app, there aren’t crossword/games portion, the articles don’t have a date and time caption.
It just seems out of date.

Front page story dates 3 months ago

Why is there a story on the front page dated 3 months ago?

Needs improvement

This app seems out of date, not up to the tech standards of other daily news apps. There are many old out of date stories featured. Really bad navigation. A clumsy app that needs work.

One side views

Please Dan A., Give mention to all that deserve it in high school sports ( football) not just your favorites.

Ridiculous amount of pop up ads

I have a subscription but the amount of pop over video ads renders the app unusable