Great, and could be excellent with 1 fix
Great app - customizable, balanced, and beautiful…. But why can we not change the reader font? It seems like we are stuck with one reader view which is very annoying. Please enable us to change the font!
Has promise but news source filtering doesn't work
I had so much hope and went through and turned off most of the default news sources, including The South China Morning Post. Go back over to the Top News tab and one of the first articles I see is from that exact news org, then I notice one from The Daily Wire which I also had made sure to disable. With sources such as OAN in the mix (default enabled...really!?) which knowingly publish falsehoods and conspiracy theories this means I can't trust the app.
The topic filters also appeared not to work, but after a few rounds of re-filtering and reloading they did take effect.
The topic filters also appeared not to work, but after a few rounds of re-filtering and reloading they did take effect.
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Great news app until it’s not
Have used for a while. Love the content and local news, however recently it won’t even pull up any content on my iPad and asks me to remove filters and retry. Frustrating and sorry to see a good content app going up in flames for me.
Going downhill
Before this app changed its name. It was my favorite news app. Now it takes way too long to load, and the stories that it feeds are a joke. There’s way more fluff pieces now than actual news, and it’s not worth the time anymore. Removed from my devices
Not even opens
I downloaded this app. But, when I try to open it, immediately closes down. Waste of time to download!
Update
I’m going to give this another chance and upgraded to a 4…will change to a 5 if promised fixes come through. Before the app began having issues it was phenomenal—wide range of articles, truly balanced selection, let’s you filter out those behind paywalls. I got an immediate response after my complaint, and fixes are in the works. I can be patient.
Original review:
I really want to like this app—apple news is beyond slanted and mostly subscription. But: it never works. It shows articles but when you select them it sends you to different articles. It shows there are 17 articles in a topic but when you click to see them, it takes you to a loading screen then freezes, the only way to leave that is shut the app down completely. Delete and reinstall doesn’t work. No way to contact creators except email that doesn’t work. Look elsewhere
Original review:
I really want to like this app—apple news is beyond slanted and mostly subscription. But: it never works. It shows articles but when you select them it sends you to different articles. It shows there are 17 articles in a topic but when you click to see them, it takes you to a loading screen then freezes, the only way to leave that is shut the app down completely. Delete and reinstall doesn’t work. No way to contact creators except email that doesn’t work. Look elsewhere
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Why is this app featured?
Really limited. Haven’t been updated in months
Buggy App- Lazy Developers
Signed up on their pre release beta.
App released end now can’t get into app,
Try to create account and it says my email already exists.
Try to go signin and it says email doesn’t exist. Same for recover password,
Developers not interested in helping resolve.
App released end now can’t get into app,
Try to create account and it says my email already exists.
Try to go signin and it says email doesn’t exist. Same for recover password,
Developers not interested in helping resolve.
Great app
I don’t review often (because I’m lazy), but this is truly one of the greatest apps of this year. It is designed so well. It has no ads. It is extremely unbiased.
Great jobs guys.
Great jobs guys.
Biased
Get a lot of Fox, Breitbart, and Newsweek in the feed. Deleted
Almost at 5.
The reason why I gave it a 4 out of 5 is because I would love to have Gawq available on a laptop or an iPas. That is how much I love this app. It’s the only news source I use.
So refreshing!
I have found my perfect news app. It’s got just the right amount stories to browse in a great format, without the constant spins. I had a suggestion for the devs and they replied back the same day! I couldn’t be happier.
Update
Let a review saying that the app was crashing. Installed the update meant to fix it and now I can’t access the app at all. It always says I’m offline. Can’t even see the headlines let alone read the articles. Please update again!
Good app
UPDATE 5/1: The app is completely useless since new update 😭… I really like this app! On my headlines tab it is repeating the articles over. UPDATE when you’re on the following tab and click on 1 of the subjects it crashes the app and take by back to my Home Screen
Update
Deleted and re-downloaded new version of the app and everything is working fine. Great news app!
Great concept, app crashes ruin the experience
I really like the idea of Gawq, the variety in content and that it tries to show multiple views on the topic. It has a good layout and OK navigation. Could use some more navigation gestures like swiping to go between categories.
Unfortunately, the app crashes too often when opening articles. I don't know what in the articles crashes the app but its consistent.
Unfortunately, the app crashes too often when opening articles. I don't know what in the articles crashes the app but its consistent.
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Response from developer
Hi there, please try updating to the latest version, the crashing issue is fixed there. Thank you for your feedback!
Gawq is what I’ve been looking for
Finally a news source thats *unbiased* I’m not a news person but with gawq I feel like I can be one!
Two stars only
I like the app but it keeps kicking me off when I try to look at any of my ‘Following’ subjects. As soon as I click on any one of them, the app closes.
Okay, the app kicked me off when I clicked on a story I wanted to read. Deleted it.
Okay, the app kicked me off when I clicked on a story I wanted to read. Deleted it.
Found my new source for news
Since quitting twitter had been looking for a site that just gives me the facts and no slant based on what I’d looked at before.
Absolutely love the site. Love the variety of sources and the way I can filter (or not) what interests me.
Absolutely love the site. Love the variety of sources and the way I can filter (or not) what interests me.
Updating review!
App said I was offline and does not show any news, but has been corrected. I love the idea of unfiltered news with no sales articles or tough to avoid news+. Wish I could filter for words, like , never show any articles with certain words.
So far so good.
So far so good.
Response from developer
Hi there! I'm sorry that this happened. There was a bug that prevented some new users from seeing any results for a short period of time. It seems like you caught us right in the middle of that issue. It's since been fixed in the latest release. We'd love for you to give Gawq another try! We appreciate your feedback!
