# Santa Cruz Sentinel

> Digital replica of the Santa Cruz Sentinel newspaper for iOS devices. (iPhone/iPad app by MediaNews Group.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/santa-cruz-sentinel/id461523626 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [MediaNews Group](https://appshunter.io/developer/364357227)
- Category: News
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.30/5 from 169 App Store ratings · 54 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 127 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France)
- Released: 2011-10-03
- Data updated: 2026-08-12
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/santa-cruz-sentinel/id461523626/reviews.md

## What is Santa Cruz Sentinel?

The Santa Cruz Sentinel.
Printed on your iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.

e-Edition puts Santa Cruz’s hometown paper at your fingertips. Every page exactly as printed, including: 

• In-depth reporting from the Sentinel’s own local newsroom, plus award-winning state, national and world coverage from Bay Area News Group, northern California’s journalism leader.
• Local entertainment, culture, and recreation — everything worth seeing and doing.  
• Sports coverage that scores the extra point, on-the-money Business, special sections and much more . . . including all the ads and even the funnies!
• PLUS a text-searchable archive of every issue published in the past 30 days.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel e-Edition iOS app is included FREE for existing e-Edition subscribers.  

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## Key features

- Digital newspaper replica
- Local news reporting
- Entertainment and culture guides
- Sports coverage
- Business news
- Text-searchable archive

## What do users think of Santa Cruz Sentinel?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy to navigate
- 📰 Great for local news
- 📱 Accessible anywhere
- 🌟 Works great
- 💡 Big improvement with new modes
- 🚀 Updates quickly
- 😊 App is stable
- 👍 Convenient for morning reading
- 📰 Replaces paper satisfactorily
- 👍 Clear and precise writing
- 🌳 Environmentally friendly
- 💯 Reliable and intuitive app
- ✨ Pictures are bright and clear
- 👍 Good functionality
- 💯 Love the options of use

**Cons**

- 🐛 Glitchy and cumbersome
- 🐛 Frequently hangs on loading
- 🐛 Print highlighting issues
- 🐛 Return arrow issues
- 🐛 E-edition hard to read on phone
- 🐛 Ads are too many
- 🐛 Annoying daily pop-up
- 🐛 Broken cross-linkage
- 🐛 Links to nowhere
- 🐛 News is a bit behind
- 🐛 Cumbersome and unintuitive
- 🐛 Difficult to maneuver
- 🐛 Links do not always work
- 🐛 Poorly designed
- 🐛 News timing issues

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Text to speech option does not work
- Cannot log in, problem message
- App frequently hangs on loading article
- Highlighting puzzle and sending to printer works 50% of the time
- Puzzle won't show up on screen
- Icons highlight sequentially but nothing happens
- Return arrow throws back to front page
- E-edition harder to read on phone
- Articles don’t pop out correctly or don’t continue from next page
- Occasional glitches and little problems
- System asks for nickname and it's taken
- Too many ads to subscribe
- App stops working and needs reload
- Annoying daily pop up window asking for other edition
- Broken cross-linkage to extended article
- Links to nowhere
- Newspaper reverts to top of current article when toggling apps
- News is a bit behind with the news
- Links from front page to back sections often never open
- Text to speech reads only a word or two and stops

**Most requested features**

- Add rainfall measurements
- More local news, less national
- More positive news, less negative
- More current news timing
- Dark mode option
- Option to not revert to top of article when toggling apps

## Recent user reviews (10 of 54)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/santa-cruz-sentinel/id461523626/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Text to speech option does not work

*2025-05-11, version 4.0.1*

The text to speech option does not work hardly at all. It just reads maybe a word or two and then stops. That makes this app almost worthless to me.

### 1/5 — HELP!

*2024-09-01, version 4.0.1*

i can not even log in, it says there was a problem. is anybody else having this problem?😱

### 5/5 — Mercury App

*2022-09-13, version 3.7.0*

Works great for print version online

### 1/5 — New app is NOT an improvement

*2022-07-21*

If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it. New app is more cumbersome to use. Worst though is that it frequently hangs up with Loading article message and no way to get out of that except to delete app. Also, I used to be able to highlight a puzzle and send to printer. That function works about 50% of the time. Puzzle won’t show up on screen and icons on the top highlight sequentially but nothing happens. And if I hit the return arrow to try again, it throws me back to the front page, not the previous page. Have contacted them repeatedly but no response and no resolution.

### 5/5 — Easy

*2022-06-20, version 3.6.05*

Easy to navigate

### 5/5 — The on line App is flawless!

*2022-05-28*

I resisted for a long time moving from paper to on line app. But now after more than 4 years of use I love it. No more missed papers or searching in the bushes. And my IPad travels with me on vacations around the world. I can also email articles of interest to friends & family.

### 5/5 — A succinct, local mosaic.

*2022-05-27, version 3.6.05*

Unique. Divergent. Troubled. Inspiring. Poetic. Pithy.

### 5/5 — Big Improvement

*2022-05-18*

The new Read/Swipe modes are a big improvement, and just what I’d hoped for. Also, the app is much more stable when idle while I do other things. I can now return from another task and pick up where I left off without the long wait, the app crashing and/or needing to navigate back to where I’d left off. Now I can love the local news AND the app. Way to go, developers! Thanks for hearing user suggestions.

### 5/5 — It works!

*2022-05-12, version 3.6.05*

This app works great and replaces my paper paper very satisfactorily. Really, it’s even better.

### 4/5 — Great app for Sentinel

*2022-03-02, version 3.5.08*

We just need rainfall measurements added in! 😊

## Frequently asked questions about Santa Cruz Sentinel

### What is the Santa Cruz Sentinel app?

The Santa Cruz Sentinel app provides a digital replica of the printed newspaper for your iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. It allows you to read every page exactly as it was published, including local news, entertainment, sports, business, and national coverage.

### What kind of content can I find in the app?

You can find in-depth local reporting from the Sentinel's newsroom, as well as state, national, and world coverage from Bay Area News Group. The app also features local entertainment, culture, recreation, sports, business sections, ads, and comics.

### Is there a cost to use the Santa Cruz Sentinel app?

The app itself is free to download and use. However, access to the e-Edition content is included for existing e-Edition subscribers. The description does not mention any separate in-app purchases or subscription costs for the app content.

### What are the benefits of using the e-Edition app?

The e-Edition app puts the hometown paper at your fingertips, offering a digital replica of every page. A key benefit is the text-searchable archive, allowing you to access any issue published in the past 30 days.

### What devices is the Santa Cruz Sentinel app compatible with?

The app is designed for Apple devices, specifically your iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. It provides a convenient way to read the newspaper on these mobile platforms.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.0.1 — 2024-04-25

General Bug Fixes

### 4.0.0 — 2022-11-10

-Fixed an issue with zooming on tablets.

-Fixed an issue preventing users from turning pages while zoomed in.

-Other Minor Bug Fixes

### 3.7.0 — 2022-06-22

New and improved app
Ability to bookmark articles
Better page navigation and article readability

### 3.6.05 — 2022-03-16

- Improved stability
- Bug fixes

### 3.5.08 — 2021-12-21

- Improved performance
- Improved stability4

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