# Star Press — user reviews > 63 indexed App Store user reviews of Star Press by Gannett, rated 4.41/5 from 1,006 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/star-press/id553277333/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/star-press/id553277333.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 686 · 4★ 166 · 3★ 81 · 2★ 19 · 1★ 51 ## What do users think of Star Press? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Easy to navigate - 🚀 Fast loading - 💡 Convenient to have local news - 👍 Good coverage of local sports **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs and crashes - 💰 Too many ads - 🔍 Lacking in local news coverage - 🤔 Perceived political bias - 👎 Poor app functionality **Commonly reported bugs** - Frequent sign-outs - Inability to access content with subscription - Slow loading and performance issues **Most requested features** - Ability to comment on articles - Improved subscription management - More comprehensive local news coverage - Faster updates and real-time news ## Newest reviews (11 of 63) ### 2/5 — Ads *2025-12-31, version 8.6.0* I paid for the sub subscription. I should not have to go through so many ads when I’m trying to read the paper. There should be a way to close off the ads. ### 2/5 — Leans Left *2024-08-11, version 7.11.2* If that’s your thing , great. Not much local news anymore and when it’s there it’s stale 3 days old. Full of ads, no rebuttal pages , contributors are mostly left wingers, ### 2/5 — Not very easily used *2024-01-15* The newest version on my iPhone is terrible, and the newest version for my iPad is worse. Slow loading and only occasionally works correctly. Maybe too many fancy features that really just slow it all down. Go back 2 versions!!! ### 2/5 — This is not a good app for finding out what’s going on in Muncie *2022-05-25, version 6.10.0* I get most of my news about Muncie from a Facebook Muncie community group. If there is an accident or shooting you rarely see it in the Muncie Star Press. You have to search Facebook or other outside news sources. ### 4/5 — Volleyball *2022-05-07, version 6.10.0* Great article The success of the BSU team means a great deal to the future of the sport Next season will be key ### 1/5 — Saturday paper *2022-03-19, version 6.10.0* I hate it! If the paper goes to only on-line I will unsubscribe. ### 3/5 — Canceling Subscription *2022-03-07, version 6.10.0* Trying to cancel my subscription but it’s not user friendly for that! I need help before they charge me for a new service. ### 1/5 — Horrific functionality *2022-02-04, version 6.10.0* They need better user acceptability testing and maybe back to the drawing board ### 1/5 — Frustrated *2021-07-06, version 6.5.9* I understand the delay in the print version versus the online version but am beyond frustrated and disappointed on the dismal performance of the app/online version as well. ### 3/5 — Better if sent to email daily *2021-06-07, version 6.5.8* They should send headlines to my email daily ### 1/5 — Limited access to features *2021-04-09, version 6.4.0* This paper gets worse every day! Looking for classifieds and legal notices which are completely non existent in this app. So disappointing that they don’t let you see the paper with a paid subscription ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — News from Home *2024-04-21, version 7.8.0* The Star Press has always offered me up to date information about what’s happening in my home city. While I live in Georgia now, I still read “News from Home” three to four times a week. As both a Central and BSU graduate, I’m always interested in following local sports. Thanks to my on line subscription, I don’t miss a thing. The Star Press was a great publication in the sixties and remains the go to source for local News. UPDATE: the sports section that reports on BSU is non-existent! As of today, April 21, there have been no updates since early December. Having been a happy customer when I made the first post, I am now extremely disappointed. ### 1/5 — Bad privacy *2023-03-29, version 7.0.4* I’m deleting the app. Didn’t realize until now how invasive and disgusting your app is. Besides that, it’s lousy to use on my iPhone. ### 1/5 — HS BASKETBALL *2023-01-20, version 6.12.5* What in the world happened to basketball. Robbie use to do a great job and now only 2 not very good articles have been written and season mostly over. What’s going on ### 1/5 — App Does Not Work *2022-09-25, version 6.12.5* Signed me off for no reason. Won’t let me log onto my account. Happens frequently. Bad app! ### 1/5 — Poor journalism *2022-07-18, version 6.12.5* The majority of “news” info consists of high school sports stories. ### 1/5 — Joke *2022-07-08, version 6.12.3* This app is a joke. It never recognizes my subscription and never lets me read the articles after my 5 free for a month even though I have a paid subscription that’s is suppose to allow me access to all articles. On top of that there is no way to contact customer service. Star Press sends you to Gannet their parent company then Gannet sends you to Star Press. Muncie at its finest. Trash like always. ### 1/5 — I would give zero stars if possible! *2022-06-12, version 6.10.0* I’m a subscriber and can never see the stories I want. It’s a terrible app and I’m not sure what community the paper reports for anymore! ### 1/5 — App *2022-05-06, version 6.10.0* No content unless you are an avid sports fan. Not worth what you want to charge. ### 1/5 — Trash *2022-04-25, version 6.10.0* The new Star Press is not local news like it use to be. I hate that we don’t have a real local paper. I am canceling my subscription. It’s just as bad as the National Enquirer. ### 1/5 — Truly terrible *2022-03-28, version 6.10.0* Lousy. Limiting. Buggy. Slow. Not ready for prime time. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Exceptional *2026-07-09, version 8.10.2* Read it early every am ### 5/5 — Nice App *2026-01-09, version 8.6.0* This one loads faster, and is easy to navigate. The downside? Not being able to comment on the article ### 5/5 — Same thing,no news *2026-01-02, version 8.6.0* Seems like there’s the same thing for days on here,any other newspaper has up to date news,and the news that’s on here is what I call stupid news,who wants to read about a bunch of meth heads and to show their faces is ridiculous,we already know they look like death so why show them or expose them,put news on worth reading and some from around the world,and the obituaries are never updated,or stay on forever? Come on the Indy paper is what you need to model yourself with,I know it’s gannet but I’m tired of looking at the same thing everyday ### 5/5 — Star press *2025-08-04, version 8.1.0* I enjoy reading the Star Press every day. ### 5/5 — Great App *2022-12-09, version 6.12.5* I enjoy this App very much!!! ### 5/5 — Easy to use. *2022-01-21, version 6.8.1* The content and pictures about our hometown happenings give Muncie a good image. We are on our way. Keep it up! ### 5/5 — Love it! *2021-08-18, version 6.5.9* The app gets me my local news! ### 5/5 — Same thing,no news *2021-07-18* Seems like there’s the same thing for days on here,any other newspaper has up to date news,and the news that’s on here is what I call stupid news,who wants to read about a bunch of meth heads and to show their faces is ridiculous,we already know they look like death so why show them or expose them,put news on worth reading and some from around the world,and the obituaries are never updated,or stay on forever? Come on the Indy paper is what you need to model yourself with,I know it’s gannet but I’m tired of looking at the same thing everyday ### 5/5 — Local sports *2021-03-06, version 6.4.0* Great local sports coverage. Robbie General and Jordan Guskey do an unbelievable job covering east central Indiana sports. ### 5/5 — It’s awesome! *2021-02-20, version 6.4.0* I really like The StarPress online. It’s actually much better than the print edition. There are great photos, good coverage of all the important stories, and it has a very intelligent look. bluebirdlinda --- *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.*