PressReader Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience59.1% of reviews
Neutral8.2% of reviews
Negative experience32.7% of reviews

~ Based on 1,361 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about PressReader

Is PressReader Safe?

PressReader: News & Magazines appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for PressReader is 93/100.

This assessment is based on 19,137 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

92.7% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.1% of ratings suggest some concerns
4.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 19,049 App Store ratings for PressReader.

Is PressReader Legit?

PressReader: News & Magazines appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for PressReader is 100/100.

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

Top reviews

Crashes

As above - particularly when I try to edit anything in auto delivery. Makes no difference whether I tap the publication or edit button. iPad, latest iOS etc.

John

Thank goodness I am a member of a library that offers this e-service! This PressReader app is the best online media tool I have ever seen, and even if I was paying for it, it would be a tremendous value.

Informative

Keeping a wider perspective

Blessed

I’m on a fixed income, the price of information is going up - I’m blessed to have a library and access to the world through PressReader

Best app for newspapers

Love this app for reading New York Times and economist magazine.

Very good

Great stuff. Convenient.

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Response from developer

Thank you!

Great

Great stuff works perfect through library card

Journal

Je n’ai pas reçu l’édition du 12 octobre

Very unstable app

Great when it works but the app crashes incredibly frequently

Too much faff

Too many times it appears you can read something and it’s not a available without a subscription. It’s fair that a lot of content requires a subscription, but the app should indicate it before I click on it. Also the search seems to not find publications that are clearly on the platform.

Au quotidien

C’est vraiment incroyable le choix qui s,y trouve … hélas la langue française est peu représentée.

Buggy

Logged in, app froze, logged in. crashed, then had to log in again. Why can’t you lock in your region. (Obviously it knows where you are)

Tech issues

Lots of technical login issues

Excellent resource

I use it to practice reading Spanish. There is audio and a translation option available.

News Blocker

If you find real News upsetting you might like this deceptively advertised and misleading algorithm which strong arms you away from anything critical of those who use their governments to suppress, not elevate, the press.

Functionality

I find the pop up strip along the bottom of my newspapers showing all the pages pops up far too much and too easily and very annoying. There should be an option to have this happen or not.

PressReader - through Edinburgh Libraries

I have been subscribing to PressReader through Edinburgh Libraries for about 5 years now, and find the service invaluable . There are a broad range of publications which automatically update , I can’t rate this highly enough.

Good but needs some small improvements

This app does everything it needs to do really well but the ‘for you’ section includes a lot of right wing rage bait so I don’t use it. Let us filter out the noise and allow more customisation and it gets 5 stars. I’ll also probably start using it on my phone rather than just my iPad if the for you section was improved.
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PressReader via The Library

PressReader always want to know if I’m using PressReader via the Shropshire Library and then says I’m only on a trial for 30 days, but I have been using the App for months now, sort it out PressReader and Shropshire Library as it is very off putting for new users