QCTimes appears to be a legitimate app. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for QCTimes is 85 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

QCTimes User Reviews

Name: QCTimes
Rating: 3.5 (212 reviews)

QCTimes

Madison Newspapers Incorporated

📡 News

Customer Experience

Positive experience27.6% of reviews

Neutral10.3% of reviews

Negative experience62.1% of reviews

~ Based on 58 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is QCTimes Safe?

QCTimes appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for QCTimes is 70/100.

This assessment is based on 212 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.5/5.

Safety Analysis

56.6% of ratings point to a safe experience

17.9% of ratings suggest some concerns

25.5% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 212 App Store ratings for QCTimes.

Is QCTimes Legit?

QCTimes appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for QCTimes is 85/100.

Based on 85 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

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Friday May 1st delivered today May 5th

Where is my May 5th paper?

medium wanna be

3 months ago

QC Times

It’s a great newspaper if you like reading the news and getting sports scores two days later….

redrufansore

6 months ago

Newspaper

from Quad Cities

6 months ago

Invasive adware is a problem

The layout has always been a bit klunky, but you could still read local news.
Lately, however, as I’m reading articles, the screen keeps getting taken hostage by ads (or “congratulations winner”-type scams) that one cannot click out of. I have to force-quit the app.

Papa Lynch

6 months ago

It’s ok

Can’t read the news if subscribers to!

Tiger1331

6 months ago

Response from developer

I’m sorry that you are having trouble with our app. Please email me at csc-digital-escalations@lee.net with the details of the issue and I will look into it. We want to make sure you have the best experience possible and can quickly get back to reading local news.

Miserable Digital Experience

Never works as expected. Slow response, bad indexing, and update pop-up that does not let it update.

TQCTimes

6 months ago

Response from developer

I’m sorry that you aren’t satisfied with our app. I would love to help resolve any issue you are having. Please email me at csc-digital-escalations@lee.net and we can troubleshoot the issue.

The day after

Should publish once a week and charge 1.00. News is not current and full of filler articles. QC times in no longer a source of breaking news.

Dlew64

6 months ago

Response from developer

I’m sorry that you’re not satisfied with our app. Our goal is that readers can easily read and keep up with the latest local news – sports, government, education, food and business stories that matter most in your everyday life.

QCT

Weak site

BettLeader

6 months ago

User

Nice paper but updates events too late

GopherScott

6 months ago

Response from developer

We appreciate the positive review! Thank you for taking the time to let us know you’re enjoying the app.

Better Than Nothing

Local news is so important, but the downsizing has taken its toll over the years. There isn’t much investigative reporting anymore. The paper now seems like a pamphlet. All the good comic strips were dropped, too. Some of the right-wing editorials test my gag reflex. The paper should do a better job of calling out our gov. and legislators for being Trumpers. When the paper was bigger, they ran stories of upcoming events and shows and festivals. We don’t get much of that, either. Insert deep sigh here.

Ken from the Quad Cities

6 months ago

Help

Good

Zipper04

6 months ago

Response from developer

We appreciate the positive review! Thank you for taking the time to let us know you’re enjoying the app.

Can’t use

10 days ago, I could read the PDF version. Now it does not open. Claims that I don’t have a subscription which I do. The people at the newspaper weren’t very useful either. Get the thing working.

Font too small

a year ago

Response from developer

Thank you for your feedback. We have recently released an update that includes general improvements and bug fixes. Please try installing the latest version, 9.17.4 and let us know what you think! If you wish, you can email me at csc-digital-escalations@lee.net so we can address your concern.

Inadequate in the extreme

Stories frequently don’t open when you tap on them. The app sometimes tells you that you need to subscribe even though you already are and denies you the story. Just a very weak tool. Not worth the aggravation which is a shame because we need good local journalism.

LeeIowa

2 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for your feedback, please contact us at csc-digital-escalations@lee.net. We'd love to hear more about any issue you are having so that we can address it and improve your experience.

App performance is very inconsistent

App does not consistently. Many times app opens to a blank screen. Also when going from one page to the next I get a message that the page is not available for download. If I go forward or backward it will load sometimes. Same thing happens when using the page function. I’m frustrated enough with both the app and QCTimes.com website that I’m seriously considering canceling my digital subscription.

Deszlinde

3 years ago

I just want to read the news!

Old app was so much easier to navigate, local news is sparse at best. Too many sports articles.

SuperShoeDiva

4 years ago

Used to be useful

Full of ads as anything else but now you can’t even read a story without a full screen demand to pay for a subscription. Deleting

Bigsurmoonster

4 years ago

Tougher to read the subscription emailed version now

We love local news, but not when biased comments are added. News is informative when it relays the facts. I have noticed more insertions of reporters own adjectives on their perceived views of the news. Journalism is based on facts. Keep opinions to the Opinion page. And although I subscribe to the Times, the navigation from page to page has become more difficult than in the past. You have made it harder now to read even with a subscription. Past Times reader

Keep journalism unbiased

5 years ago

Invasive adware is a problem

Papa Lynch

6 years ago

Upset

What happened to the obituaries can’t get anything.

mildmax63

7 years ago

Q-C HS Girls Golf

I reside in AZ now, come back to coach players at the JDC almost every year. Your QC Times App has been a great way for me to keep up with one of my girl stars Shannyn Vogler. See if she grows strong enough to bring her into to ASU’s team. I couldn’t keep track of her w/o this great App. THANK YOU Q-C TIMES!!!

BenWgolf1