# Seacoastonline.com Portsmouth — user reviews > 76 indexed App Store user reviews of Seacoastonline.com Portsmouth by Gannett, rated 4.43/5 from 526 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/seacoastonlinecom-portsmouth/id1038132501/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/seacoastonlinecom-portsmouth/id1038132501.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 377 · 4★ 75 · 3★ 21 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 39 ## What do users think of Seacoastonline.com Portsmouth? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Easy to get news - 👍 Good local coverage - 👍 Straightforward to use - 👍 Quick to load **Cons** - 🐛 Glitchy, crashes frequently - 🔍 Cluttered, low content value - 🔍 Repeats articles, outdated news - 🔒 Difficult to access account/subscription - 🔍 Visually unappealing, poor navigation **Commonly reported bugs** - Login and captcha required every time - Inability to access digital/print edition - Inconsistent article load times and freezing **Most requested features** - Ability to stay logged in - Improved search functionality - Better organization of news and opinion content - Landscape mode support for comics/images ## Newest reviews (15 of 76) ### 4/5 — Easy to get your daily dose of news *2025-10-22, version 8.5.4* Straightforward to use. Quick to load. Offers interactive and static/enewspaper versions. ### 4/5 — Good app *2025-03-07, version 8.0.0* Works well. Much better than the online version which is a real pain to sign into. My only tiny gripe is reading the comics. You cannot lay the phone sideways and easily expand the images. The Herald is my primary source for news in the morning ### 2/5 — Same News for a Week *2024-10-06, version 7.13.0* Canceling, same top stories over and over ### 2/5 — Ads shift and move article text *2024-09-26, version 7.13.0* I understand the need for ads, but it is ridiculous that they move around or change in size so that the article text moves up and down as you’re reading. This is basic web design. Fix it. ### 1/5 — No epaper *2024-04-27, version 7.9.0* Epaper has disappeared. Deleted and reloaded app multiple times still no paper ### 3/5 — Portsmouth herald *2024-04-07, version 7.6.1* I subscribe to the paper but for some reason can’t see it online when I am out of the country. I don’t know why and have sent emails to seacoast online but to no avail. I can see my New York Times with no problem ### 3/5 — Comments gone *2024-02-01* Where did the comments button go? ### 1/5 — Very poor site. *2023-06-20, version 7.1.1* This is not a good site. Same news every day over and over again. Clearly not worth the money if you expecting similar news that is in the Portsmouth newspapers ### 3/5 — Login and recaptcha required Every time! *2023-05-16, version 7.1.1* Almost every app on my phone lets me either stay logged in or login with my image. This one requires username, password, and recaptcha image confirmation every single time. Super annoying. Also, I am unable to opt out of any of the cookie privacy options, which I don’t think is legal. ### 1/5 — Total piece of junk *2023-02-16* Repeats articles, won’t let me login in, almost so bad I’ll just cancel my subscription, but I like to read the local news. You’d think USA Today, who is behind this, could do a better job. ### 1/5 — Very very hard to cancel… no email listed and phone number on cc bill is voice recording *2022-11-13, version 6.12.5* Once your in it is like hotel California you can’t quit ### 1/5 — Cluttered *2022-09-14, version 6.12.5* Visually cluttered and low content value. Seems like portsmouth should have better! The app is cookie cutter and crashes constantly on iOS ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2022-07-13, version 6.12.5* Even though I’m a subscriber the app won’t let me read any stories ### 4/5 — Good coverage *2022-05-28, version 6.10.0* Keep as local as you can please. Thanks ### 1/5 — Seacoastonline *2022-05-28, version 6.10.0* Horrible. Impossible to log into. No keyboard input. Unintuitive. User hostile. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Glitcy in to subscribe *2026-02-14, version 8.8.0* Can’t get into subscription and there is no help!!! ### 1/5 — Cluttered *2026-01-09, version 8.6.0* Visually cluttered and low content value. Seems like portsmouth should have better! The app is cookie cutter and crashes constantly on iOS ### 1/5 — Expensive, no real news *2026-01-06, version 8.6.0* As a decades long subscriber, we recently canceled. USA Today has gutted this paper, with only a couple of actual reporters on the ground. There is typically only 2 pages of actual local news, 1/2 of that is drafted from press releases or other sources. The rest is USA Today filler. And, it’s is 3x as expensive as a much better, non-profit owned statewide paper in Maine. Sad to see what has happened to the state of local news in NH, but in the Seacoast in particular. ### 1/5 — Loading *2026-01-03, version 8.6.0* Never loads when I try to open it. I have to restart my tablet to get it to load. Also, articles are often a week out of date. They report businesses closed for Christmas in the new year. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2025-10-11, version 8.5.4* Will not let a person access account or digital version of the Portsmouth Herald ### 1/5 — Review *2025-07-18, version 8.1.0* I get up early. Many time I log in during the only time I have to read the paper and yesterdays paper is still showing ### 1/5 — App *2025-03-24, version 8.1.0* Worse than the other App ### 1/5 — Terrible *2025-03-19, version 8.1.0* Will not let a person access account or digital version of the Portsmouth Herald ### 1/5 — Seacoast online vs Portsmouth Hearld *2024-11-17, version 7.13.3* The ne Seacoast online is the most funky and non user friendly app associated with any of the five papers I read. Why did the Portsmouth Herald get removed from the App Store? My spouse has it on her iPad and it still works wonderfully. I am close to dropping the Hearld from my reading list because it is torture to use the app. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2024-09-02, version 7.12.0* Crashes frequently. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Lynn *2026-05-01, version 8.9.0* I enjoy reading articles about my hometown while living away ### 5/5 — My go to source… *2025-06-17, version 8.1.0* For local news of the Seacoast area as well as sports coverage Seacoastonline coverage is great. ### 5/5 — Lynn *2025-05-31* I enjoy reading articles about my hometown while living away ### 5/5 — Seacoast online *2024-03-20, version 7.6.1* Good! ### 5/5 — DOS *2023-01-09, version 6.12.5* Thanks! ### 5/5 — Seacoastonline is a great newspaper. Always was😀😀 *2021-04-13, version 6.4.0* Been reading it for many years... the pulse of the Seacoast! ### 5/5 — Easy and informative news outlet. *2021-03-24, version 6.4.0* Great app, especially since the 2021 upgrade. ### 5/5 — Great Paper! *2021-03-18, version 6.4.0* A source for all of the news, but crucially it’s the best source for news from the New Hampshire and southern Maine sea coast. I spend most of my year remote from that area, but love being able to stay in touch. ### 5/5 — Happy *2021-02-19, version 6.3.0* I live in Ogunquit and love this online source of local news and weather. ### 5/5 — His local news! *2021-02-17, version 6.3.0* It’s where I turn for news of the Portsmouth area! --- *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 2026-09-01.*