The Astorian User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience64.7% of reviews
Neutral11.8% of reviews
Negative experience23.5% of reviews

~ Based on 17 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is The Astorian Safe?

The Astorian: News & eEdition appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for The Astorian is 80/100.

This assessment is based on 40 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.3/5.

Safety Analysis

80.0% of ratings point to a safe experience
12.5% of ratings suggest some concerns
7.5% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 40 App Store ratings for The Astorian.

Is The Astorian Legit?

The Astorian: News & eEdition is no longer available in the App Store. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for The Astorian is 35/100.

Based on 35 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Score capped because this app is no longer listed.

Top reviews

Logs Out Too Much

The app is always logging me out which is very annoying. Every time I go to look at the paper, I have to log back in. No one looks at my phone but me, why does it need to log off that much? It’s a newspaper not my bank account.

Enjoy local news

Thanks for making it possible to stay connected with my local community

It’s ok.

The app does what it’s supposed to do, but it can be slow at times and cumbersome. It has improved over the years, though. The current version doesn’t lock up my iPad like the older versions did. Trying to send a story from the app is a joke. It never seems to work.

The best feature is that it shows the paper as the paper looks, and not like a website.
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Best Newsreader for Small Screen

Love all of the different options for reading the newspaper. Wish other newspapers would use the same app.

Good to have a paper paper.

We look forward to holding the physical paper and read local news. Keep it going!

Great way to read the paper

The app that The Astorian uses for digital display is a really great way to read the paper. I enjoy the fact that it emulates the paper edition of The Astorian and when you tap on a section, provides a more readable view.

Very Glitchty App

One day it works and the next day it requires me to register for an account but says I can’t register for an account because I don’t have an account number. What?!? Too frustrating.

Great

Great

Early bird

I like getting my news early in the morning like this rather than to wait until late afternoon on our in person delivery place.

The Astorian

Enjoy reading, especially when I’m out of the area! Keeps me informed!

Subscription problem(s)

Someone needs to fix multiple problems with on line subscription. Tried for an hour to get online subscription with continued redirects, the most difficult problem was system continually changing my debit card number. Terrible mess

Great paer- terrible AP Makes reading paper sooo difficult and its not necessary!

Hire someone and fix this stupid app !!
Almost unreadable, you should not have to work so hard to read the paper!
NOTE TO DA STAFF- TRY TO READ YOUR PAPER COVER TO COVER WITH THIS AP ON A CELL PHONE.( not your work computer) JUST TRY IT YOURSELF.. ITS AN OBVIOUS DUD

Thanks for updating

App has been recently improved to help with mobile viewing. Solid.

Trouble getting permission, missing my paper :(

Began a new account....I paid with my credit card today, they gave me short password. When I try to get in, it's my old account which lapsed (partly as I had trouble getting permission before) so I can't get in to add a new password. I'd rather do my business on line as I'm hard of hearing, and it seemed like it was easier this time but still can't get into the app. I don't have "permission" even after looking all over trying to follow the instructions.
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Don't waste your time.

This is definitely the saddest news app that I've seen. Having a virtual copy of the paper that you have to constantly zoom in and out of and to pan around makes absolutely no sense. Perhaps if I had a 30" iPad...

Great

Best thing the DA has don in 20 years. I may drop my home delivery and go all electronic. No need for the print edition anymore.

Bravo!

Great Way to Read the Paper

I downloaded this for my iPad and just read my first paper with it. It will now be the way I read my paper every day. It's easier to use than the on-line e-edition, being more natural and intuitive. If you can't read your paper in one sitting, it keeps your place. It's very comfortable and readable, and I highly recommend it.
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