South China Morning Post User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience47.0% of reviews
Neutral10.5% of reviews
Negative experience42.5% of reviews

~ Based on 334 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is South China Morning Post Safe?

South China Morning Post: News appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for South China Morning Post is 92/100.

This assessment is based on 2,187 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

91.5% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.4% of ratings suggest some concerns
6.1% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 2,101 App Store ratings for South China Morning Post.

Is South China Morning Post Legit?

South China Morning Post: News appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for South China Morning Post is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Dark mode is needed.

Most advanced news media apps provide a dark mode to ease readerโ€™s eyes. But this one does not. Please update!

Farooq

A great source of world news with some focus on China in English. Special attention to business, technology and society, long term subscriber! ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ

Horrible UI/UX and No search Feature

Horrible UI/UX and No search Feature in this app. This app needs serious UI/UX revamp and decluttering of nonsense advertisements

Response from developer

Hi! Thank you for your review. We wanted to let you know that our search feature is available inside the burger menu at the top right-hand side of the app. Your feedback is incredibly valuable as we look for ways to improve our app's navigation. Thanks for helping us get better!

Terrible customer service, iOS app keeps crashing

iOS app crashes daily, when clicking from home page to a news link. Used in-app chat and live chat staff just says problem is with iPad go talk to Apple without asking me any questions. By the way, none of other apps have this problem, including the 3 other daily news apps I use. SCMP needs to do better in more ways than one!
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new version is much better

the app is getting better . Keep up with the good work!

Offline reading impossible

The app keeps trying to load ads while offline. I ride the subway and it is impossible to read your article even when the article is loaded. Scrolling down to read more will result in the app freezing as it is โ€œdesperatelyโ€ trying to monetize. They have ads inserted on every paragraph and it is super annoying to read.
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Good news network

Relatively balanced abit mainstream

Grrr

Iโ€™m sick of getting links to stories that donโ€™t work

Transistor

Very informative

Too much propaganda

The editorial as deviate so much from the SCMP I know from the 1970s to 2015. Few hard hitting stories but lots of thinly disguised articles which serve as nothing more than PR for the various interests of the Alibaba groups. And even more propaganda. I find it hard to justify a paid subscription or even resubscribing to the print edition if there is no sound journalism left.
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In APP advertisement

I am a subscriber. I like reading your news for the breath and depth of coverage. But I am constantly interrupted by advertisement. I hope there is a feature to turn off these advertisements that is not even related to your newspaper.

Too many ads in the article

4,5 ads in one piece article with subscription, it is ridiculous!

=^_^=

Meow!

No dark mode

Good, but no dark mode.

Wo bu xihuan meigo ren

Unlike the terrorist organization called the โ€œUnitedโ€ states, Chinese news is actual journalism.

Fine News Service

South China Morning News Provides Timely and Pertinent Reliable News

Balanced Reporting

As a British and Australian citizen, now living in Thailandโ€™s north east region, I get a strongly US and Western influenced flow of news that needs serious analysis to understand cultural, national, and political influences.
After several months of reading the SCMP reporting and published articles and opinions I have found what I think is a clearer picture that provides the best balanced representation and perspective on world affairs.
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Apps wonโ€™t load

Tried opening the apps on my iPhone 16 with updated iOS and updated apps but apps wonโ€™t load

SCMP gets me dialed in better

Bringing this complex world into sharper focus is not easy task. by reading SCMP i can become more informed and confused everyday.

Notifications

I canโ€™t understand how to turn off notifications