The Banner User Reviews
Customer Experience
~ Based on 77 written reviews from the US App Store.
What users say
Summarized from real user reviews of The Banner. Based on 7.5K reviews and a 4.8/5 average, it highlights the 8 positives and 6 negatives reviewers mention most about this News app.
Positive things
- 👍Excellent news reporting
- 👍Balanced and fair coverage
- 👍Transparent and honest journalism
- 👍Refreshing local news source
- 👍High-quality writing and editing
- 👍Serious investigative journalism
- 👍Cooperation with WYPR
- 👍Convenient app experience
Negative things
- 🐛Buggy and glitchy app
- 🐛Frequent login issues
- 🐛Overly sensitive screen interactions
- 🐛Excessive ads in articles
- 🐛Font is difficult to read
- 🐛Nonfunctional app for some users
Is The Banner Safe?
The Banner: Maryland News appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for The Banner is 96/100.
This assessment is based on 7,479 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.
Safety Analysis
~ Based on 6,810 App Store ratings for The Banner.
Is The Banner Legit?
The Banner: Maryland News appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for The Banner is 78/100.
Based on 78 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.
Top reviews
Please adjust title font so we can read the whole thing. Thx.
Thank you for providing unbiased and well written investigative reporting. The other paper has become yet another tool of the right.
So happy to have local news!
The Banner is my go-to place for MD News. Excellent writers, a good mix of fun and serious stories, great online content- the Banner has it all. In the age of Corporate Media consolidation, supporting local News has never been more important and more rewarding.
Gives me news at a level that is often overlooked by larger outlets. The news comes from right around the corner. Outstanding! Thank you
This is a good paper but I would like to see more coverage of the Washington and Frederick County areas if possible.
Could also use a way for subscribers to download articles. If you’re gonna have 7 or 8 articles doing in-depth reporting on different aspects of the same topic spanning several months that’s great journalism but how am I supposed to keep track of all that?
I was a Sun reader for years until it was taken over by the far right. I had to find a paper and a news organization that would give accurate information in Maryland and the Banner is that news organization.
I had a rate increase without notice so I canceled the service and immediately reached out to the customer service email address provided in the app. The names on the header and body of the emailed ticket responses don’t match. Instead of providing answers, I am getting copy/paste bot responses offering me discounts on a semi annual and annual subscription option. It’s disappointing that a publication serving the state cannot employ or engage its citizens in regards their customer service department.
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Love the banner so much, but damn… being on instagram or email and seeing an article I want to read, clicking on it and it not open ing the article in the app is one thing. But even when I search the app with the title verbatim and don’t even find articles related to a similar topic is a complete failure. I would use the app so much more if I could move from web or social media links to the app seamlessly. 3 stars for the banner 0 for the app
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Great alternative to the now Sinclair family owned political hacks over at the Baltimore Sun and local corporate media. Lots of good investigative and local journalism.
Used to be able to comment under stories on the app. Now only on web browser.
Finally, we have a local Montgomery County news source that cares about local news!
Thank you and have a nice day!
The Banner Scared White Liberals
The Banner has some of the best investigative reporting I have read in years. Their work is thoroughly researched. It is an amazingly well balanced newspaper reporting on important news in the Baltimore region. Would love to see you guys expand into Carroll a bit more.
The app works flawlessly. The Baltimore Banner is my go to source for news about the Baltimore region.
Thank goodness for the Banner’s local news coverage!
In a world where local news is receding as new consolidates, the Baltimore Banner has stepped into the gap in a powerful way. Ensuring that both national and local news are highlighted is no easy task…yet they do so wonderfully!
Fantastic newspaper.
