The Detroit News User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience47.1% of reviews
Neutral10.3% of reviews
Negative experience42.5% of reviews

~ Based on 174 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is The Detroit News Safe?

The Detroit News: Local News appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for The Detroit News is 90/100.

This assessment is based on 7,218 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.5/5.

Safety Analysis

91.1% of ratings point to a safe experience
4.6% of ratings suggest some concerns
4.3% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 7,218 App Store ratings for The Detroit News.

Is The Detroit News Legit?

The Detroit News: Local News appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for The Detroit News is 90/100.

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

Top reviews

Frustrated

I don’t know whether to blame the news or ITunes. Both admit I have a subscription but don’t know why I can’t access the app. I’ve talked with 3 reps from each company and each say it’s the other’s fault. The News says it has no record of receiving payment from ITunes and iTunes says they see my payment and I just have to activate my subscription with my account number from the Detroit News. The News says there is no account number for me because they haven’t received a payment. I guess my advice is if you want to subscribe go directly to the News and don’t subscribe through ITunes.
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Detroit local news

So convenient and can easily read anywhere, anytime, and especially nice no paper.

Garbage

Sends out a million junk notifications then forces to create a free account to only force you to subscribe to read any of the articles. Just go out of business already.

My e edition app keeps disappearing

Not good

Riddled With Ads and Late Alerts

The app is clunky and littered with ad content. In addition, it never actually provides breaking news alerts in a timely manner. When I receive an alert from the AP app for example, the Detroit News will usually follow 10-15 mins later with the same alert. Also, there’s no way to filter breaking news from sports updates or other content. I care about news, not repeated updates in the NFL Draft.
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My on line paper

Mostly read the sports sections, but also enjoy the Top Stories.

Only option

Mediocre journalism….usually biased to left. Mediocre sports coverage.

Can’t read anything

Everything requires a subscription

Crosswords

Blurry when printed

News

Great to get the Detroit newspaper on line. I look forward to the sports coverage and Pickles every day

Don’t bully me into a subscription

I wish Zero was an available option. I will not be forced to sign up for a subscription even if it’s free. Deleting the app
now.

Good Local News, but strong left bias

I have been reading Detroit News for several years. They provide very good local news about the Detroit area and its sports teams. Unfortunately, however, they have begun to rely more and more on just publishing Washington Post articles.

They used to be a balanced news source and the Detroit Free Press leaned left. Why they have chosen to also lean left is unclear. But, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find unbiased sources.
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Detroit News

Detroit News app is excellent! Very simple to navigate, stories are well written. Enjoy reading eve4y day.

My morning pleasure!

The Detroit News app makes my day. Its format is completely convenient and content is complete. I can't believe this is offered for free. I am concerned that with the cutbacks recently announced by The News, that this service may be reduced or eliminated. This is the first thing I go to every morning. Please keep it up!
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Ain't Broke Don't fix it

Much preferred old app that correlated to layout of printed version.

Over the Years…

All you Need

Great app

I really enjoy the Detroit News app on my phone.
Obviously very informative.
Keep up the great work

No Paper In Morning

Paid for 3 day home delivery and Enewspaper and every morning I have to spend an hour to get paper on iPad to read. COM And that’s a big Come On Man

Little to no golf coverage eve the leaderboard on Monday doesn’t show all rounds. Pop ups when tryin

Pop ups trying to read the news paper are annoying.

Worst news app

Wouldn’t allow me to access the “subscribers only” stories and to read the comments of a story, said I needed to be a subscriber, which I am. Then I tried to correct the problem and couldn’t get connected to a real person!!! HORRIBLE SERVICE AND APP!!