# St. Paul Pioneer Press — user reviews > 87 indexed App Store user reviews of St. Paul Pioneer Press by MediaNews Group, rated 4.50/5 from 789 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/st-paul-pioneer-press/id603264610/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/st-paul-pioneer-press/id603264610.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 579 · 4★ 120 · 3★ 40 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 39 ## What do users think of St. Paul Pioneer Press? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Great local news coverage - 🚀 Snappy and simple app - 💡 Useful traffic and weather features **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes - 🔍 Difficult to navigate and find content - 💰 Paywall and subscription issues - 🕰️ Outdated and stale content - 🔧 Poor app performance and stability **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on launch - Inability to read articles without subscription - Ads and popups interfering with content - Navigation issues and back button not working **Most requested features** - Improve search and article discovery - Provide a more user-friendly interface - Offer a replica of the print edition - Fix bugs and improve overall reliability ## Newest reviews (19 of 87) ### 3/5 — Year old articles *2025-10-17* I enjoy reading articles from the Pioneer Press and want to support local journalism. However, when the articles in my newsfeed are 6+ months old, it’s difficult to want to continue subscribing. ### 4/5 — Forced incremental updates *2024-12-08* …Are stupid ### 2/5 — No notifications *2024-10-20* I used to get Pioneer Press notifications from the app, but I can’t remember the last time I saw one. I know they’re still sending them because a friend of mine showed me she’s getting them. Nothing wrong with my settings. It would be nice if this got fixed, I hate missing news. ### 3/5 — Great but ….. *2024-05-11* Great but what set the pioneer apart was the limited paywalls or none at all. Cannot truly enjoy a paper that nickels and dimes you ### 2/5 — Ads to subscribe when I am already a paid digital subscriber *2023-10-10* I am a paid in full digital subscriber. After I long in, an ad to subscribe keeps popping up. Interfering with my reading articles. It is extremely irritating. To the point that I am considering switching to the other metropolitan digital paper. ### 2/5 — Why auth0.com? *2023-01-04, version 7.6.3* Why are you asking for access to auth0.com for login. If I wanted to share my information, I would permit it through the Apple interface on privacy. I deleted the App, diminishing the value of the subscription. ### 1/5 — This could be the worst app in the history of apps *2022-11-20* Terrible newspaper. I have to call in at least once a week to get a refund for no delivery of paper. So, then if you try to use this app, it is slow to load because of all the advertisements. Then if you go into an article, you cant get out, because the back arrow doesn’t work. Probably because they haven’t done any maintenance in years on it. Too bad you can’t give it zero stars. ### 1/5 — Half baked *2022-11-14, version 7.6.3* Tried to look at local weather - app took me to webpage which promptly locked up for 45 seconds and then had a pop-up trying to get me to subscribe even though I was logged in. ### 1/5 — Just terrible *2022-11-09, version 7.6.3* Just read the other reviews. They clearly don’t care about the apps functionality. You’d think charging $11.99 a month for something you’d put a little effort into making sure it works. I guess they’re just sticking with the old paper strategy. I’m sure digital is just a fad so they’ll be fine. ### 1/5 — So lousy *2022-10-03, version 7.6.3* Wow. I changed over from the Trib, because I live in St. Paul, but this app is so bad, I hardly ever check it. Yuk. The banners are all incomplete. You don’t even know what you’re opening for a story. Just freaking awful. ### 1/5 — Really? *2022-09-09, version 7.6.3* I had to pay for this limited amount of news? There’s almost nothing here. I thought we could get a replica paper. ### 1/5 — Bad app *2022-06-06, version 7.6.3* Locks up too much ### 1/5 — Go back not forward *2021-12-26, version 7.6.1* Loved the old app - looked at it everyday. Deleting the new “improved” app🤦🏻‍♂️ ### 1/5 — Needs rewrite *2021-12-21, version 7.6.1* Scrap it and start over. Make it look for like a newspaper please ### 1/5 — No Body Cares *2021-11-22, version 7.6.0* The reviews on this page are from years and years ago; the feed appears to be from out East; and no one seems to be culling the reviews or even reading the material to make sure it’s germane to St. Paul. Is anybody home? Hello? ### 1/5 — Worst app ever *2021-10-19, version 7.6.0* The inventors of this app are not very cutting edge. Embarrassing. I can’t believe this costs $ to view. ### 2/5 — WHAT HAPPENED *2021-09-14, version 7.6.0* I use to like spending my free time or a little bit of time everyday reading articles. Now every time for the past two weeks I go to click on an article and it talks about a subscription and/or signing up, I signed up and it still doesn’t let me read the articles, just the headlines.. TEASE ### 1/5 — This is the worst app ever *2021-08-08, version 7.6.0* Can you give negative stars? It’s not intuitive, you can’t change your read format. You can’t move ads to the side or something and they keep popping up and moving. Too distracting. ### 1/5 — Customerxxx *2021-06-15, version 7.6.0* Not good at all! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Forced updates *2025-08-09, version 10.0.42* Heres a typical subscriber use case. 1. See a notification that piques interest. 2App shows you the article but it’s blocked by a nag telling you to update to 10.4.2 first. 3. Scream at your phone because this is a stupid little incremental update, relax. 4. Go do App Store to update. Takes a minute cuz the app is bigger than it needs to be. 5 Open the updated app. Your article is now gone. 6. Head over to startribune.com ### 1/5 — Junk *2024-10-21* Junk app from a junk newspaper ### 1/5 — Terrible App *2024-04-25* This has to be the worst app on my iPhone. Constantly when I tap on an article to pull it up, nothing happens. It’s tap tap tap and the I give up and read the news on KSTP’s app which actually works! ### 1/5 — What an embarrassment *2023-10-05, version 7.6.3* This app has been so bad for so long. I can’t believe you don’t do something about it check out the reviews doesn’t that tell you something. ### 1/5 — Log in *2023-09-15, version 7.6.3* When I first started the Pioneer Press, I logged into the app one time to access the print edition. Now I log in “every” day! Should have left the old app alone. ### 1/5 — Could not even login *2023-06-25, version 7.6.3* Worthless, about as good as the paper ### 1/5 — Worthless *2023-06-03, version 7.6.3* At first I thought I didn’t understand how to use the app. Lack of content and a poor layout I’m deleting the app. ### 1/5 — Worst 3 Dollars I've ever spent *2023-05-25, version 7.6.3* Subscribed for a year for 3 bucks... Boy did I get taken. App hasn't been updated for a full year! Guess the owners think everything is great? ### 1/5 — Horrible redesign! *2023-03-12* Who thought it was a good idea to stop showing the pages from the current print edition? They should be fired. The new format is terrible. It does not include all the sections found in print. If this does not change back to something more like the old format, I will be cancelling my subscription. (Ideally, create something with the best features of the TWO previous apps. Let me see the pages and enlarge the image. And let me click to view all the text for a given article AND be able to enlarge that text as well.) ### 1/5 — Scrap It *2023-02-10* Very unfriendly to read. Build an app that can read like a newspaper. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Standards *2025-07-30* The St. Paul Pioneer press is a fine newspaper good journalism quality, opinions, and good writing. If you live in St. Paul Minnesota, I recommend downloading this application. ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2020-12-26, version 7.5.9* I’m a Gen Zer, meaning good with tech, and a computer science major. Due to the fact that the app itself is free, this is a fantastic job. The poor ratings are not valid. I strongly recommend the app. ### 5/5 — Terrible *2020-10-25, version 7.4.5* This is the worst news site I have ever experienced. ### 5/5 — Text is too small *2020-01-25, version 7.4.2* It is very difficult to read on a smartphone. ### 5/5 — Disappointed *2019-10-25* Definitely not worth the money. Can get the same news from open net. I was expecting to get the daily newspaper for my money. Chuck P ### 5/5 — Huge improvement *2016-12-19, version 7.0.0023* Much faster than old app. Well done. ### 5/5 — FIVE STARS OVER THE OLD APP *2016-12-17, version 7.0.0023* Big improvement over previous version. Great way to stay on top of local news and the PP is more generous with stories then ACROSS the river at the Tribune. ### 5/5 — Update *2014-04-16, version 4.6.4.0* Site is well done and allows me to follow the news from my hometown while I am gone ### 5/5 — News you want *2014-04-04, version 4.6.4.0* Easy to navigate ### 5/5 — Easy to navigate and read *2014-03-29, version 4.6.4.0* Love the categories. Makes it easy to find stories. Especially sports. --- *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 2026-09-07.*