# The Blade Newspaper

> Digital delivery of The Blade's award-winning journalism with interactive content. (iPhone/iPad app by Toledo Blade.)

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- Developer: [Toledo Blade](https://appshunter.io/developer/1190372458)
- Category: News
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.46/5 from 2,376 App Store ratings · 50 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 11.0 · 38 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2014-09-16
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-blade-newspaper/id909349933/reviews.md

## What is The Blade Newspaper?

The Blade Electronic Delivery to your iPad. The app seamlessly bridges The Blade’s award-winning journalism with superior digital quality and interactive content.

## Key features

- Award-winning journalism
- Superior digital quality
- Interactive content
- Seamless delivery
- iPad compatibility

## What do users think of The Blade Newspaper?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Convenient digital format
- 🚀 Easy navigation
- 🔍 Comprehensive news coverage
- 💡 Ability to access past issues
- 🔍 Informative local news and sports
- 👍 Flexible and accessible

**Cons**

- 🐛 Occasional loading/downloading issues
- 🐛 Missing/clipped text at the end of articles
- 🐛 Dictionary function bugs
- 🐛 Freezing when trying to access multiple days
- 🐛 Inconsistent performance across updates

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Login screen issues
- Inability to access the app after updates
- Blank pages requiring multiple attempts to load
- Incompatibility with older devices

**Most requested features**

- Interactive crossword puzzles
- Expanded puzzle section
- Automatic deletion of past issues
- Improved video integration

## Recent user reviews (10 of 50)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-blade-newspaper/id909349933/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Readability

*2022-12-28, version 3.2.3*

Overall satisfied but sometimes a line or two of type disappears at the end of a story.

### 5/5 — Happy reader

*2022-10-15, version 3.2.3*

The Toledo Blade has the best coverage of the news in all northwest Ohio. I enjoy the sports coverage, especially high school. Keep on being an unbiased news source.

### 4/5 — It’s The Blade

*2022-06-02, version 3.2.3*

If you’re from the Toledo area. It’s The Blade, pretty good especially the local news, sports and obits. Not so much for most of the right wing cartoons and op-eds. Except for Keith Buress on sundays seems to have had a change of heart

### 5/5 — A Sharp Blade

*2021-09-18, version 3.2.3*

Having The Blade online allows a way to increase the size of print of the articles. It is also easy to maneuver through the sections and pages. When necessary one can return to previous copies of the newspaper. The though provoking articles are appreciated, and I can either download many articles or mail these to former Toledo friends.

### 3/5 — Only slightly better than the news app

*2021-04-24, version 3.2.3*

Got rid of the Blade News App because it wouldn’t load properly. I now have the Blade Newspaper App and it takes forever to load and I can’t delete any of the past newspaper issues, after I read them. I think someone should fix this app and the other app also. They’re both lousy and pretty much useless. Sorry, I know that the truth hurts, but it’s true.

### 5/5 — Blade Feedback

*2021-01-16, version 3.2.3*

It takes a few days getting used to reading The Blade on an iPad vs. newspaper format, but, you will get used to this. I like being able to read The Blade early...4/5 a.m. before the day begins. I supplement this with the WSJ, Detroit Free Press, and the Fox News website. Thanks.

### 5/5 — Non-liberal bias

*2020-12-11, version 3.2.3*

Finally a paper I can read that tells the news and doesn’t constantly bash the conservative viewpoints. I ended my current city’s newspaper subscription and now read the Blade every single morning for all of my news. I have never experienced any problems downloading the issue.  Great job.

### 2/5 — Dictionary function Bugged

*2020-12-04, version 3.2.3*

Looking up words by highlighting them and opening the dictionary works fine, but hitting the “done” button does not work whatsoever, and I am locked out of the rest of the app until I kill it and restart it. Please look into this!

 I love the content and having the Blade available on my iPhone but this is very frustrating.

### 4/5 — Uploading not happening

*2020-11-19, version 3.2.3*

The paper frequently will not upload.

### 5/5 — Quality

*2020-11-14, version 3.2.3*

The quality of the app is excellent and very easy to navigate. I cannot think of any suggestions or improvements that need to be made. Extremely pleased.

## Frequently asked questions about The Blade Newspaper

### What is The Blade Electronic Delivery app?

The Blade Electronic Delivery app provides a digital version of The Blade's award-winning journalism. It offers superior digital quality and interactive content, seamlessly delivered to your iPad.

### What are the key features of this app?

Key features include access to award-winning journalism, a superior digital reading experience, and interactive content. The app is designed for seamless delivery to your device.

### Is this app free to download?

Based on the provided information, the app is free to download. There are no mentions of in-app purchases or advertisements.

### What devices is this app compatible with?

The description specifically mentions that the app delivers content to your iPad, indicating it is compatible with iPads.

### Who is this app intended for?

This app is intended for readers who want to access The Blade's news content in a digital format on their iPad, appreciating enhanced digital quality and interactive features.

## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 3.4.0 — 2023-06-06

Hi Team, We are sun setting this old app. We already have an updated app for our users. In the Updated App, we have a lot more features added, so we are working towards sun setting the old app now , please consider this as a major request to our users.

### 3.2.3 — 2020-08-03

Bug fixes and performance improvements.

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