# STV News — user reviews > 83 indexed App Store user reviews of STV News by STV GROUP PLC, rated 1.50/5 from 2 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stv-news/id369121433/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stv-news/id369121433.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 0 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 1 ## What do users think of STV News? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use (historically) - 👍 Fast (historically) - 👍 Good Scottish news coverage - 👍 Customizable (historically) - 👍 Videos included (historically) **Cons** - 🐛 App unusable/crashes frequently - 🐛 News stories won't load - 🐛 Inconsistent performance across devices (iPad issues) - 🐛 Outdated content/slow updates - 🐛 Poor navigation/user interface - 🐛 Adverts intrusive - 🐛 Privacy concerns/tracking - 🐛 Font size issues (dynamic type removed) - 🐛 Photo zoom/rotation issues - 🐛 iPad only works in portrait mode - 🐛 Weather section basic/inaccurate - 🐛 No back button/return to home - 🐛 Link issues (clicking one story opens another) - 🐛 Privacy options pop-up persistent **Commonly reported bugs** - Failed to load section (HTTP 103) - App doesn't open on iPad - New update won't open - Push notification opens app with 'Unable to connect' - App crashes on opening - App crashes since most recent update - Won't open at all recently - Clicking on a story opens the one below - Cannot get rid of 'Privacy Options' pop-up - New version won't open on iPhone - App no longer responsive - Narrow strip view on iPad - Clicking on a news item has no way to return to overview - Photos cannot be zoomed or rotated - Articles just stop at the bottom - Tracking options reset to default - Adverts interrupt music playback - Weather section very basic with little information - App steals from clipboard on opening - News stories from months ago appear - Accidentally touching an image freezes the page - Cannot view videos on new version - News updates are often days apart - Swipe to next story not in order on main page - Layout of page is awful - Minimal number of news stories published daily - App crashes regularly and is not available - News stays on for up to a month - Poorly written English coupled with amateur journalism - Sports section removed - Difficulty scrolling with images/videos/adverts - Accidental swipe refreshes article - News is far from current, especially for Highlands and Islands - Kicked out half way through reading news stories - Stories sit for days and are not updated regularly - Weather forecast is a joke, constantly sunny **Most requested features** - Add dynamic type sizing back for larger fonts - Improve iPad friendliness (landscape mode) - Add dark mode - Add suggested articles - Add a footer to news articles - Allow selection of favorite region - Improve weather forecast accuracy and detail - Add offline mode - Include more non-football sports news - Allow saving default weather location ## Newest reviews (20 of 83) ### 2/5 — Delete and download again *2025-12-06, version 5.13.1* Everyday I have to delete and download again as it fails to deliver new news , ### 2/5 — Small font still after update. *2025-08-21, version 5.12.0* Could you please look into adding dynamic type sizing back when reading news stories for people that use and need larger font sizes. It was removed a while back not sure why as everyone could choose the font size that they like best. Now dynamic font only works on main page on app. ### 1/5 — Small font still after update. *2025-04-26, version 5.11.5* Is there any chance you can add dynamic type setting back to the STV News app. ### 1/5 — Outdated *2025-02-05, version 5.11.5* The photos cannot be zoomed in or rotated to see the content. On a phone this is unacceptable. Even worse for people with failing eyesight. The majority of news apps have this facility why not this one? ### 1/5 — Small font after update. *2025-01-25, version 5.11.5* Don’t know why you have removed the option for larger font sizes after updating app. Now dynamic type support has been removed and users can’t change the font size when reading any news or sports. Really poor that you have removed a basic accessibility feature for people that use larger font sizes. Please look to add this option back and everyone can choose the size of font the like best. ### 2/5 — No back button *2025-01-12, version 5.11.5* When clicking on a news item, there’s no way to return to the overview page, means you have to press the region again or crash the app. Annoying ### 2/5 — Small font after last update *2024-11-29* The dynamic type option to make font bigger has been removed in latest update. Now the font is very small with no option to change size when you read any news or sports story. Why remove a basic accessibility feature for people that use and need larger font sizes. 👎🏻 ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work anymore *2024-10-19, version 5.11.0* Crashes on opening ### 1/5 — Not available? *2024-08-19, version 5.11.0* Is it just me or is anyone else finding that the STV app just won’t work any more? Has something changed that I’m maybe unaware of? Thanks for any advice! ### 2/5 — Keeps crashing *2024-07-29, version 5.10.1* Since the most recent update, the app will not open and crashes. Phone goes back to home screen. ### 1/5 — Won’t open *2024-07-01, version 5.10.1* The app used to open no problem, but recently it won’t open at all ….. ### 3/5 — OK - but …. Often out of date or the news links fail *2024-03-19, version 5.9.0* Mostly works ok but on a lot of occasions when clicking on a story link it frustratingly leads to a completely different story. Today for example when clicking on any one of the Edinburgh story links, the story that opens is about photoshopping on the Queen’s photos which has absolutely nothing to do with the initial story clicked. The news stories are also often slow to update and you often find that the area/regional news sections remain populated with old stories for several days after the event, which lets STV news down and doesn’t make the app a go to source for Scottish news. ### 1/5 — Stupidly inaccurate *2024-03-16, version 5.9.0* Constantly click on a story only to open the one below, really not good enough. ### 2/5 — Glitch just appeared *2023-12-18* I use this app daily, but now I can’t get rid of the “Privacy Options” pop up, no matter how many times I try. I can’t use the app anymore. Please fix. Update. I’m in the USA. **Developer response:** We are sorry you are experiencing an issue with the latest version. We’ve been made aware of an issue regarding the privacy manager and are working urgently to fix it. This will take a couple of days before it’s published to the App Store. We’d appreciate if you could email enquires@stv.tv confirming if you’re using the app within in the UK, Apple has noted you are in the US. This feedback will help us greatly. We’re sorry for the inconvenience this is causing. ### 2/5 — Glitch just appeared *2023-12-16* I use this app daily, but now I can’t get rid of the “Privacy Options” pop up, no matter how many times I try. I can’t use the app anymore. Please fix. **Developer response:** We are sorry you are experiencing an issue with the latest version. We’ve been made aware of an issue regarding the privacy manager and are working urgently to fix it. This will take a couple of days before it’s published to the App Store. We’d appreciate if you could email enquires@stv.tv confirming if you’re using the app within in the UK, Apple has noted you are in the US. This feedback will help us greatly. We’re sorry for the inconvenience this is causing. ### 1/5 — New version won’t open *2023-12-15, version 5.9.0* Was a good app until version 5.9. Won’t open on my iPhone 12, despite uninstalling and reinstalling in case the update hadn’t loaded properly. ### 2/5 — App no longer responsive *2023-11-11, version 5.8.1* Yes, on beta 17.2 ### 4/5 — Keeps crashing *2023-05-29, version 5.7.3* The app keeps crashing It won't load ### 1/5 — Not iPad friendly as only works in portrait mode! *2023-02-25, version 5.6.0* Not iPad friendly as it only works on portrait mode. Someone said same thing over a year ago and still the same plus adverts all the time! ### 1/5 — Narrow strip view on iPad *2022-12-10, version 5.5.2* Why can’t we get a version which fills the iPad screen rather than this narrow strip down the middle nonsense ? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — STV News app unusable *2026-07-05, version 5.14.0* Shame this app does not work and has not worked for weeks: “Failed to load section. Failed to load section (HTTP 103).” ### 1/5 — No longer working - is there a timeframe to fix it? *2026-06-14, version 5.14.0* It’s long stopped working on iPhone (fine on iPad, and I’d give it a good rating for that). Are there any plans to fix it, or should I just delete it? ### 1/5 — Unusable *2026-05-10, version 5.14.0* Doesn’t work. Pity! ### 1/5 — Stopped working *2026-03-27, version 5.13.2* App no longer works. Stories will not load. Deleting and reinstalling seems to work for a time before the issue returns. ### 1/5 — Problem *2025-12-07, version 5.13.1* I have never had problems with this app But in the last week the load more button is there but that is all There is no news there ### 1/5 — Outdated *2025-08-23, version 5.12.0* This is still ongoing The photos cannot be zoomed in or rotated to see the content. On a phone this is unacceptable. Even worse for people with failing eyesight. The majority of news apps have this facility why not this one? ### 1/5 — App doesn’t open on iPad *2025-08-21, version 5.12.0* As title says the new app won’t open on iPad. Works on iPhone. iPad is older model but other aids still work fine and shouldn’t have issues due to this ### 1/5 — New update won’t open *2025-08-19, version 5.12.0* Been upgraded to new dark blue app but just doesn’t open, ipad is compatible. ### 1/5 — Not iPad friendly as only works in portrait mode! *2025-08-17, version 5.12.0* Not iPad friendly as it only works on portrait mode. Someone said same thing over a year ago and still the same plus adverts all the time! Update! New update on app and doesn’t work at all now on iPad! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2025-06-25, version 5.11.5* When a push notification is received, I click on it and it opens the and and says “Unable to connect to STV News” Has been doing this for months, don’t have any VPN or manual internet settings. No clue how to fix it, the internet browser works no problem ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Dark mode pls *2022-09-22, version 5.5.2* Dark mode would be lovely ### 5/5 — Highly recommended news app *2022-02-20, version 5.1.2* I don’t usually review apps but this is probably my favourite news app. It’s easy to use and pretty fast. I had the old app and this one is massive improvement. The only bit of feedback would be that the articles just stop at the bottom, maybe add a few suggested articles? ### 5/5 — That’s more like it *2022-02-18, version 5.1.1* You must of listen to my recent review. That’s 💯 %better 👍🙏 ### 5/5 — Great update *2021-11-21, version 5.0.3* Great update on the previous version - would be good to be able to select a region if possible ### 5/5 — Reliable Scottish news *2021-11-18, version 5.0.3* This app update is great. I can always trust STV for reliable Scottish/local news! ### 5/5 — Best news app out there! *2021-10-27, version 5.0.2* I’ve been using STV News ahead of others for a while now. 100% the best news app I’ve downloaded ### 5/5 — Fantastic update *2021-10-27, version 5.0.2* Fantastic update, much faster than the previous app. Much easier and more enjoyable to use. ### 5/5 — A very useful app for local Scottish news *2021-04-10, version 4.2* This is a great app for keeping up to date with local and national news and sports stories in Scotland. I use it everyday as one of my primary news sources and it is very trustworthy. ### 5/5 — Clean design, easy to navigate *2020-11-02, version 4.1.1* Clear, and straightforward to use. Doesn’t feel clunky, or lag, overall really well put together app. ### 5/5 — Fantastic update to a great app *2016-03-20, version 2.0.1* New look to this app is great. It's highly customisable so you can put everything exactly where you want it. The addition of national and international news is a welcome addition and the localised weather information is great. Looks good and is frequently updated. Highly recommended. --- *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 2026-09-14.*