# The Dallas Morning News — user reviews > 294 indexed App Store user reviews of The Dallas Morning News by Hearst Newspapers, rated 4.20/5 from 10,144 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-dallas-morning-news/id446106070/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-dallas-morning-news/id446106070.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 6,879 · 4★ 1,176 · 3★ 588 · 2★ 374 · 1★ 1,127 ## What do users think of The Dallas Morning News? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Improved app performance - 📰 Convenient e-paper format - 💻 Seamless Apple subscription integration - 📊 Comprehensive local news coverage **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🔍 Unreliable search and navigation - 💰 Expensive subscription costs - 🔒 Difficult to manage subscription and account - 🔄 Repeated need to log in and reload app **Commonly reported bugs** - Pages not loading properly - App freezing and crashing - Subscription issues and login problems - Inconsistent app behavior across devices **Most requested features** - Dark mode option - Improved section navigation - Ability to share articles easily - Offline reading support ## Newest reviews (14 of 294) ### 4/5 — More golf ! *2026-08-10, version 202606.47* Longtime subscriber! Enjoy digital version when out of town! Pete Ryan ### 2/5 — Keeps reloading *2026-08-07, version 202606.47* The app regularly reloads and takes you back to the opening screen. Just turning off the iPad screen and turning it back on reloads the paper. Downloading also doesn’t work well as it often loses the download. ### 4/5 — Unkind to subscribers! *2026-07-13, version 202606.47* Very difficult for subscribers to open digital news stories online.😡 ### 3/5 — No search function *2026-06-23, version 202605.25* I have noticed this going to the website too. There is no way to search for an article. Kind of frustrating. Am I missing it? ### 2/5 — Made Good App bad *2026-06-14, version 202605.25* Unreliable app. Today, June 14, 2026 not available. ### 4/5 — Comment *2026-06-05, version 202605.25* Longtime subscriber! Enjoy digital version when out of town! Pete Ryan ### 2/5 — Classified unable to locate *2026-06-01, version 202605.25* Looking for rentals, search for ads ? ### 4/5 — Back to Earlier Performance *2026-05-27, version 202605.15* Overall this is a pretty good app. Recently there had been a general “update” that has now mostly returned to my preferred look and navigation. ### 2/5 — Hearst ruined it *2026-05-26* There was an update after the DMN was acquired by Hearst. I imagine they moved the content to the platform that other Hearst owned papers are on. It was a downgrade. The new app is extremely buggy. For example, last Sunday the Sunday edition disappeared from the app several times. I opened the app and Saturday was the most recent edition. Sometimes the navigation allows you to jump to a particular section of the paper other times you can only jump to the first page or the last page. When there are 86 pages to the Sunday paper it is very inconvenient to go through 40 pages to get to the Business section. Finally, you can’t copy and paste text from the app anymore. Sometimes I quote the DMN in my social media posts, always giving credit, but now to do that I have to type the entire passage. I’m very dissatisfied with this app. ### 1/5 — Go back *2026-05-25, version 202605.15* Initial change to the app was great then the changes started to happen. Yesterday was the worst! Now it jumps to unselected pages and cuts off the edges of the text. ### 1/5 — Ancient *2026-05-25, version 202605.15* Slow, hard to read and not worth it. ### 2/5 — iPad version does not fill page. *2026-05-24, version 202605.15* See title ### 1/5 — New app *2026-05-24, version 202605.15* The the new app. Stinks. ### 1/5 — Worst website on internet *2026-05-24, version 202605.15* You need to fire whoever administers technology content on your site. With over 10 years subscribing to your online site, I am thinking about terminating my service. Btw, I have been a lifetime (74 years) reader of the DMN. The latest example is that I can only read about 80% of content left to right on my three iPads. This issue does not seem fixable. Damn annoying! Every time you fix a technology screwup over the years usually after a long wait, you create new problems. It’s time for you to tear off the bandage, hire new people (or use AI) and start over on a complete new website. I was hoping new owners might improve your service. Not so far. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not working on IPad *2026-08-15, version 202606.47* The app opens but I can’t read the paper because it doesn’t recognize my subscription. Completely useless so I’ll have to end my subscription to DMN! ### 1/5 — WORST App Around *2026-08-15, version 202606.47* Why do I pay for a subscription to the absolute worst app out there? It is super glitchy, forces a login for EVERY article that comes through “breaking news” alerts, and then errors out before the article can be read. Whoever designed this app should be fired. ### 1/5 — Adequate app; poor customer service *2026-08-14, version 202606.47* You can’t get rid of the bar at the top and bottom of the app. Customer service is horrible. ### 1/5 — This sucks *2026-08-08, version 202606.47* What have you done? I hate this!!! ### 1/5 — Dallas morning need *2026-06-25, version 202606.47* So liberal. Most story’s are written off the wire. If I could get business and sports that’s all I would buy. This is a 10 minute newspaper. No value…….i think since it was sold is gotten worst wick I thought was impossible.. ### 1/5 — New update no good *2026-06-10, version 202605.25* Cannot stand the new update. If you have to take a call or review an email or text, it resets and takes you back to front page and you have to start all over. Pain in the rear. Formatting is off frequently as well. Don’t these people test anything before releasing? And so many spelling errors in paper these days. ### 1/5 — Stopping Billing *2026-06-01, version 202605.25* I have been a subscriber to the print edition for more than 20 yrs , I wanted to keep my e edition and cancel the automated withdrawals from my checking account , there is no way to get in touch with any human , they constantly just hang up , I finally think I succeeded on line but got a paper today and went online and it says I have no subscription even though I last paid may 7th , what kind of service is this , none !! ### 1/5 — Very disappointed *2026-05-30, version 202605.25* Long time subscriber. I cannot figure out how to get signed in on the new app. Always get an error message. When using app to read digital paper and I leave the app it takes me back to main page when I return. I have cancelled my subscription over this. Too much hassle when there are so many easy ways to consume news. ### 1/5 — Used to be a good app *2026-05-27, version 202605.15* They changed the app and now it’s is terrible. I am going to cancel my subscription. It used to be so good but hey let’s fix what’s not broken. Terrible. ### 1/5 — Dallas morning need *2026-05-26, version 202605.15* New lay out is difficult to read. It’s so liberal the only part to read is sport,however to many times it’s bot complete with scores or golf earnings. It appear little effort is put into making DMN a good newspaper ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Online DMN *2026-06-20, version 202605.25* I’m loving the online DMN! I easily read the newspaper on my IPhone every day! Whoever came up with this is a genius and deserves a raise! I’m 78 years old & have always read the DMN with my coffee. Now I read on my IPhone! This is awesome. ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-06-10, version 202605.25* Love it ### 5/5 — Love this paper *2026-06-06, version 202605.25* Love the reporting ### 5/5 — Superb local resource and institution *2026-05-30, version 202605.25* Blessed to have such good writers and researchers working on local news. Save city hall! ### 5/5 — Great paper, great app *2026-05-26* Local news is so vital, and this paper has more than paid for itself! Definitely recommend a subscription if you live in Texas, they’ve had some great coverage and reporting that I’m always sharing with people and telling them they need a subscription! :) but local elections, during the COVID crisis, changes to schools, laws/changes, news that isn’t reported other places and if it is it’s not from a local perspective. Like when giving Ice more funding was up for a vote, I wanted to know about it! Newest lawsuit from Paxton, Texas summer camps not getting approved. Local news is vital to democracy, if you don’t know what’s going on, then you won’t be ready when say, you get the email your local elementary school is closing and you want to know why and what happened in an unbiased way that isn’t left or right but facts. Like did you know it’s being worked on so there’s Bible verses in the new Blue Bonnet curriculum for schools for Texas? There’s an article about that, multiple. You can search with their search function. Oncor power grid updates, water plans so north Texas doesn’t run out (we could if they don’t make good choices) are they making the right choices? Search up the article! Don’t read Facebook from your uncle, read from professional unbiased reporters who report what you need to know and not just “click bait”. Save your brain, save democracy, read the local paper! ### 5/5 — Pretty Good *2026-05-24, version 202605.15* Pretty Good ### 5/5 — DMN anywhere *2026-05-18, version 202605.11* I like this app because I can read the DMN anywhere. ### 5/5 — Upgrade makes app worse *2026-05-16, version 202605.11* I liked this app much better before the last update. I used to be able to see just the article text and felt more like reading an actual newspaper. Now icons remain at the top of the page and there does not seem to be a way to get rid of them. I find it very distracting and unappealing visually. I would much prefer the option to open a single article without anything else on my screen. ### 5/5 — DMN - May 12, 2026 Update *2026-05-14, version 202605.11* HATS OFF to the guys that put together the updates that came in yesterday for the DMN app. Nice job. Addresses almost every issue in my posts on Apr 3 and Apr 10. Still see a few bug fixes missing. Otherwise, it’s finally getting back to the DYNAMITE app that got destroyed with the Apr 1 update ### 5/5 — New software *2026-04-27, version 202603.30* I cannot go directly to a section I’m interested in reading and my request for help has not been answered. --- *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 2026-08-27.*