Skagit Valley Herald User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience37.0% of reviews
Neutral11.1% of reviews
Negative experience51.9% of reviews

~ Based on 27 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Skagit Valley Herald Safe?

Skagit Valley Herald appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Skagit Valley Herald is 79/100.

This assessment is based on 34 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.2/5.

Safety Analysis

78.8% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.0% of ratings suggest some concerns
18.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 33 App Store ratings for Skagit Valley Herald.

Is Skagit Valley Herald Legit?

Skagit Valley Herald appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Skagit Valley Herald is 80/100.

Based on 80 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

My go to news app

This app makes it easy to read my local news.

Much Improved App for SVH

I really like that you can now open it to the current issue.

Nice start to my day

This app works great. I like how I can see the paper just how it looks printed, or I can click on an article to read it easier.

My go to news app

This app makes it easy to read my local news.

Works well on phone, not on iPad

Would be much nicer if it worked on both

Go Skagit

This app gives you a good way to keep up on local news.

Great paper - needs more articles

This is a good local paper but I would like to see.more information about local crime and law enforcement.

Nice start to my day

This app works great. I like how I can see the paper just how it looks printed, or I can click on an article to read it easier.

Great!!

Love having my newspaper when I travel!!!

This is an advertising app

This is an advertising app, not a news app. First, it opens with a full screen of advertising that apparently scrolls on forever. When I manage to find news, there are more ads interspersed. But the worst of all are the irrelevant, annoying auto playing videos that keep popping up and covering the content. This is the experience of a subscriber who is signed in! It’s obvious the Skagit Valley Herald has no respect for its subscriber base.

Compare this to the Seattle Times app for a subscriber. No ads anywhere.
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Sign

Tell u to sign in & no instructions how to sign up ????????

Difficult to use....

Not sure why this app is so incredibly finicky and difficult to use. Other newspapers are inviting and easy to access, even if you do have to pay to access content. The Herald is chronically difficult to read and access.

So so

Not the best, not the worst. Too many articles available to subscribers only. Obits are only first few words. Have to google almost everything for details.

Can't see all content

This is a very frustrating app. You cannot see all the content of the paper. Any article written by a local author can only be seen if you are a subscriber, but there is no obvious way to subscribe, and even when I did have a subscription to the Skagit Valley Herald I couldn't make the app show me all of the articles. Worst of the 4 newspaper apps I have.
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1 star is too high

It's terrible. The only local stories are all "for members only" meaning you have to pay to read them. All other stories are taken from other news sites.

Ok... But not great... Yet

It's really nice to have an app that provides local news. However, you can only read a few of the stories - most of them state for "members" only. Whatever that means. They give no indication of how you can become a member or how much that might cost... The authors need to thoroughly think through what it's like to use this app.
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Could be much better

I echo many of the comments made by disappointed readers. However, since I live in Skagit county, I keep it, hoping someone will step up and make it a viable news source.

Used to work--now doesn't

Yes, many stories are not available unless you subscribe. The app used to work, but now says "unable to load content". Maybe they're on vacation... Tried to reinstall but that's not working either.

Subscribe or else

Even though there is no link or instructions to do so, you cannot get most stories unless you are a subscriber... I'm pretty sure they want you to subscribe to their paper, paper to have access to the stories on the app. I sent an email asking for an explanation, but I guess they're too busy to get back to me... It could be my fav app, but not if I can't read the darn stories.
Fail
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NOT Up To Date

It's extremely limited, only lists a few articles, and rarely gives the entire article. The common theme is "complete story available to members online". The obituaries are the same, doesn't list them all, and only has one sentence. Freezes frequently. All in all... LAME.