# OCRegister — user reviews > 105 indexed App Store user reviews of OCRegister by MediaNews Group, rated 4.60/5 from 1,147 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ocregister/id380372599/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ocregister/id380372599.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 918 · 4★ 101 · 3★ 47 · 2★ 20 · 1★ 61 ## What do users think of OCRegister? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Fast load times - 👍 Improved user interface - 📰 Frequent news updates **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and freezes - 💤 Outdated and sluggish app - 📢 Too many ads - 🔒 Difficult to cancel subscription **Commonly reported bugs** - Login issues - Inability to access past articles - Compatibility problems with newer devices **Most requested features** - Bring back city-specific news sections - Add search functionality - Improve photo and article formatting - Integrate with sports content (OCVarsity) ## Newest reviews (15 of 105) ### 2/5 — App is decent - content is NY Times heavy *2026-04-06* Too leftist now. The original newspaper was decidedly libertarian. Now, it is very liberal and accelerating to the left. Too many NY Times stories. 🤮🤮 ### 4/5 — Trump at his finest. *2025-10-24* Love that you are calling attention to this. What a ridiculous and dangerous display. Typical Trump. ### 4/5 — “New” App is not updating *2025-07-29* You said there’s a new app, but it doesn’t update on the iPhone. I have full Wi-Fi service. ### 3/5 — Full of ads *2025-03-18* Malicious design with ads popping up every 15-20 seconds ### 3/5 — Needs to be better *2025-01-26* 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 It just seems out of date. ### 2/5 — Front page story dates 3 months ago *2024-12-06* Why is there a story on the front page dated 3 months ago? ### 2/5 — Needs improvement *2024-11-08* This app seems out of date, not up to the tech standards of other daily news apps. There are many old out of date stories featured.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. ### 2/5 — One side views *2024-08-13, version 10.0.19* Please Dan A., Give mention to all that deserve it in high school sports ( football) not just your favorites. ### 3/5 — Ok but too many ads *2024-04-26* I have an e subscription but was prompted to download the app. I find too many ads pop up completely blocking the screen. Happens too often. Very annoying… I’d rather just look at the print version online ### 1/5 — Old news *2024-04-01, version 10.0.6* This newspaper has old news published . Never current ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2024-03-21* I am trying to read news stories on my cellphone & I can barely get thru a single paragraph with out a pop up ad blocking the story. It’s ridiculous. So disappointed in the OC Register. ### 2/5 — Looks like app is from 8 years ago *2024-03-14* Come one update the app. Looks so old and works terrible. Quit all the GOP propaganda too while you’re at it. ### 2/5 — Archaic app that inundates you with ads *2023-11-21* As a paid subscriber, I’m constantly getting inundated with horrible ads throughout this app. Really impacts the experience. The UX of this app is awful. Needs a complete overhaul. Total let down because I appreciate the news being delivered by the Register. Sadly, will not be re-subscribing. ### 1/5 — OCR News *2023-11-20* I’m tired of my local paper regurgitating The NY Times, Washington Post, etc. This liberal drivel is ridiculous & is only good for the bottom of the birdcage. Please stop. Or at least give us unbiased 50/50 coverage. Thank you, DK ### 1/5 — Difficult and not able to get the day’s edition several times after subscribing. *2023-09-18, version 7.6.3* See above ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Hard to access *2026-05-26* 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. **Developer response:** 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! ### 1/5 — Not clippers fans *2025-10-27, version 10.0.48* 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. ### 1/5 — Poor app *2025-10-26, version 10.0.48* 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 ### 1/5 — Not getting what I paid for! *2025-09-04* 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 ! **Developer response:** 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. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2025-09-01, version 10.0.45* 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. ### 1/5 — Crashes continue *2025-08-23* 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. ### 1/5 — 7.30.25 Update - Story makes app crash: 2-acre Orange estate with equestrian facilities seeks $5.5M *2025-07-31, version 10.0.40* Please fix app. It crashes on this story every time. ### 1/5 — I'm being harassed by them *2025-02-27* 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. **Developer response:** 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. ### 1/5 — Ridiculous amount of pop up ads *2024-05-12* I have a subscription but the amount of pop over video ads renders the app unusable ### 1/5 — Update won’t load *2024-05-11, version 10.0.13* Cannot get to the app, as update won’t load…. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — The new app is a game changer! *2026-04-07* 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! ### 5/5 — Updated App is huge improvement *2025-10-24* I’m so happy we still have OC Register for local news! The update a few weeks ago is an enormous improvement. Thank you. ### 5/5 — My favorite columns *2025-10-03* Both Richard Wagoner and Jim Ratcliff’s weekly columns are always informative and entertaining. I look forward to reading them every week. Thanks ### 5/5 — San Clemente *2024-03-13, version 10.0.4* Oct ### 5/5 — This site *2024-03-03, version 10.0.0* Great! ### 5/5 — Awful online presence. *2022-12-20, version 7.6.3* Seriously one of the worst online or App versions of a newspaper. I get the LA Times; NYTimes; WashPost and SF Chronicle and this company’s offer is HORRIBLE and USELESS. I removed the App. ### 5/5 — This is a sad excuse for a newspaper website *2019-11-22, version 7.4.0* This site has no search function that I can find. It has the same 5 stories in every section. How depressing. ### 5/5 — No search function? *2019-07-28, version 7.3.13* Spoon fed articles feels like click bait ! If I want to browse I want to see the actual paper layout - and I want to search for a topic or article or follow up of “unidentified man killed” articles... c-mon! ### 5/5 — Not An Improvement *2017-04-17, version 7.1.7* As a long time subscriber of the paper and user of the app I would say the OC Register isn't what it used to be. Very generic. Removing the individual cities from the app was not a good idea. ### 5/5 — Update works for me. I'm on 4S *2013-02-19, version 4.2.5.4* I'm getting latest updates. seems to work fine. Don't know what it looked like on previous version so can't say if its better. --- *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.*