The Desert Sun User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience39.5% of reviews
Neutral13.2% of reviews
Negative experience47.3% of reviews

~ Based on 129 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is The Desert Sun Safe?

The Desert Sun appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for The Desert Sun is 88/100.

This assessment is based on 1,695 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.4/5.

Safety Analysis

92.1% of ratings point to a safe experience
5.5% of ratings suggest some concerns
2.4% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 127 App Store ratings for The Desert Sun.

Is The Desert Sun Legit?

The Desert Sun appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for The Desert Sun is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Online News

I love reading my Desert Sun Newspaper online. It’s convenient and up to date. All my local news at my fingertips on my iPad.

Knowing my weather forecast in my city helps me plan my days.
Keep up the good work Desert Sun. I’m a happy subscriber.

Desert news

Love the local information and everything about the desert area.

Terrible

I have now paid twice for a subscription and cannot get further than the paywall. $120 down the drain!! I do not recommend this service.

So bad

This app and there costumer services are worthless

Navigation very poor

I want to report a missed delivery, or view my vacation hold and there is no option. “My Account” navigation or help does not exist

Great paper!

I really like The Desert Sun newspaper! I got the paper edition for a couple of years when I lived in Indio. I have read the online version since I moved 7 years ago. The sports section is better than the printed papers here or USA Today.

Enewspaper

Can’t get full newspaper today. Only special sections available on-line

Digital viewing

Getting better but still quite finicky. Would like to be able to share an article with others

So bad

This app and there costumer services are worthless

Puzzles

Links on the puzzles are regularly broken always forcing you to watch ads and never taking you back to the puzzle. Get your act together,

Somewhat improved

Not sure why the ads have to be included, but perhaps advertisers think they drive business.

Unbiased

Thank you for printing news that would otherwise would be censored in the Imperial Valley. The Imperial Valley Press never publishes information regarding how the powerful rich farmers influence our local government and businesses. These farmers often claim that the unemployment rate here would be much higher were it not for the jobs they have created and for the privilege of allowing laborers in picking their produce. In truth for many years these farmers have methodically and systematically prevented outside businesses from investing here as these, “outside interest”, will buy farmland and create better employment opportunities than the cheap labor they have been exploiting. For many years these farmers have wasted water from the Colorado River without accountability.
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Navigation very poor

I want to report a missed delivery, or view my vacation hold and there is no option. “My Account” navigation or help does not exist

Long time reader.

I think the app was better before.

Ads annoying

The app is balky.

“Subscription loop-de-loop”

Can’t subscribe, unsubscribe, read the articles, or change my settings. Nice job, TDS

Constant issue with log-in

Horrible issue trying to sign in to read the paper. The app constantly wants to a new password.

Bring back PDF download

There used to be an option to download a PDF of the paper. Now you can only download a PDF of individual pages.

Desert Sun

The app is useless, I suggest not downloading seems to nothing but solicit purchases and subscriptions.

Great paper

Helps me stay in touch with what’s happening in the valley