# The Free Press — user reviews > 195 indexed App Store user reviews of The Free Press by Runaway Media Inc., rated 4.90/5 from 12,786 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-free-press/id6742335623/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-free-press/id6742335623.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 11,851 · 4★ 655 · 3★ 142 · 2★ 46 · 1★ 92 ## What do users think of The Free Press? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 User-friendly - 🚀 Centralized and comprehensive - 🗣️ Diverse perspectives - ✍️ High-quality journalism - 🎨 Clean and intuitive layout **Cons** - 🐛 Sign-in issues - 🔒 Subscription recognition problems - 💡 Lack of dark mode **Commonly reported bugs** - Sign-in not working - Inability to access paid content despite subscription **Most requested features** - Dark mode option - Improved sign-in and subscription management ## Newest reviews (15 of 195) ### 2/5 — Great writing, buggy UI *2026-08-17, version 1.1.1* TFP is an excellent mew source with diverse views. The app however, could use work. Often need to sign back in for no obvious reason and worse yet often firewalled for not being a paying member (I am a paying member). Frustrating. ### 4/5 — great content. stop nagging me to enable notifications. *2026-08-01, version 1.1.1* look, i already turned down your suggestion to enable notifications dozens of times. why to you keep putting that blocking pop up dialog in my morning reading every other day? don’t become another attention-based company. i will come and read your content when I choose to, not when you bug me to. ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-06-11, version 1.1.0* This is a great app for a great news site. Highly recommend ### 5/5 — Excellent App & Reporting *2026-06-09, version 1.1.0* In a time of quick takes & one sided college newspaper style reporting, it’s great to have TheFP. ### 5/5 — G-d Bless Bari Weiss *2026-06-05, version 1.1.0* I absolutely love The Free Press, and I can’t recommend it highly enough to anyone looking for a news site to subscribe to. Six stars! ### 5/5 — A refuge for analysis and opinion *2026-06-04, version 1.1.0* The Free Press is a refuge for those tired of the bland, superficial analysis all too common in the pop media of the right and the left. ### 3/5 — No AI summary, no free sharing *2026-06-01, version 1.1.0* AI summary feature should be a priority, I end up opening articles I’m sort of interested in in Safari to leverage that summary function. Editors need to give readers more freedom and allow for these summaries in app. Also, you cannot share a free article, WSJ/Economist/etc have this feature. Overall navigation isn’t that straightforward, you should take a cue from the Economist’s app Big big fan of the content though! ### 5/5 — Great News and App! *2026-06-01, version 1.1.0* Great News and App! ### 5/5 — Middle of the Road Sensibility *2026-05-31, version 1.1.0* I love the Free Press! I love the variety of topics but particularly the politics. I love the even-handedness of the articles and the willingness to point out where the legacy news media has failed. I’m a big believer that the vast majority of Americans occupy the center left and center right. It’s about time a daily “newspaper” spoke to, and encouraged us. ### 5/5 — Fair and independent *2026-05-28, version 1.1.0* The absolute best source of news and information. This organization has old school journalistic principles. ### 5/5 — THE go-to news source *2026-05-23, version 1.0.9* We’ve been needing a more balanced news source for a long time - thank you, TFP! ### 5/5 — Great Journalism *2026-05-23* I love this app. The journalism is thought provoking, in depth, not aligned to right or left. In a world of absolutes it is great to see a more nuanced debate. Keep going. ### 4/5 — Need that AI summary option *2026-05-19, version 1.0.9* Great app and content, but I find myself back im safari to use AI summaries. Some of us just don’t have time to read every article in full. Otherwise 5 stars ### 5/5 — A I romance *2026-05-17, version 1.0.9* This was well written and appropriately terrifying ! ### 5/5 — Voice of reason *2026-05-15, version 1.0.9* The only name in media I can trust to give me the unvarnished truth about what’s really happening. Plus Nellie Bowles TGIF column is the smartest weekly read. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Love the content. Hate the app. *2026-09-03, version 1.1.1* I have to read Free Press articles in email, not the hated app. This is because, after reading some way into an article, if I navigate away briefly and come back, the app loses context and takes me to the FP home page. Even worse, while commenting on an article, I may have written most of a detailed comment, navigate away to check something, and when I return, same thing! App takes me to home page, my carefully crafted comment is gone. (In professional IT terms, this is data loss, something to be scrupulously avoided at all costs). Do better!!! Again! ### 1/5 — Paid $100 to no avail *2026-08-12, version 1.1.1* I paid $100:00 and still cannot get access or listen to any of the articles ### 1/5 — The Bias is obvious *2026-08-02, version 1.1.1* Bari Weiss has been a peddler of biased news since she left the NYT she’s not at all interested in the truth. ### 1/5 — LEFT BIAS - Not centrist as advertised. *2026-07-03, version 1.1.0* I thought this would be a center view unbiased app. Many articles don’t bother to show both sides to an argument. Just leaning left. I’m sure people on the left love having another echo chamber that does nothing to solve the division in our country. ### 1/5 — Love the content. Hate the app. *2026-06-19, version 1.1.0* I have to read Free Press articles in email, not the hated app. This is because, after reading some way into an article, if I navigate away briefly and come back, the app loses context and takes me to the FP home page. Even worse, while commenting on an article, I may have written most of a detailed comment, navigate away to check something, and when I return, same thing! App takes me to home page, my carefully crafted comment is gone. (In professional IT terms, this is data loss, something to be scrupulously avoided at all costs). Do better!!! ### 1/5 — Stop asking for reviews *2026-05-12, version 1.0.9* Nothing more annoying than being interrupted by a review request. ### 1/5 — Very few decent contributors *2026-01-19, version 1.0.7* The writers so often seem trendy, uneducated, flippant - urban smart alecks from the “right” schools- other than a couple of big hitters I really get annoyed by TFP ### 1/5 — I want to enjoy you but can’t *2025-12-05, version 1.0.7* Seriously, you make it so confusing. Am I a subscriber? For what? Do you have multiple subscription options? You make it really difficult. You overwhelm us with communication and interesting articles and then disallow us to read them unless we pay more and more and more. I can no longer keep track. Love you, but done. ### 1/5 — App Doesn’t Work *2025-11-23, version 1.0.7* I have a paid subscription and can never access articles on the app… ### 1/5 — Hateful and Biased *2025-10-28, version 1.0.7* I’m shocked at the lack of evidence and obvious vitriol I’ve just read in this publication. Typical superiority complex from the extreme left. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Real Journalism *2026-08-07, version 1.1.1* They publish long in depth opinions and stories. This is really hard to find. ### 5/5 — Quality News *2026-08-02, version 1.1.1* Love The Free Press’ truly fair and balanced approach to news. I also love the insightful opinion piece deep dives. The cherry on top is TGIF where they review the latest world news from a satirical seat. Oh and Suzy! She is the best. Who doesn’t want Suzy as a best friend!?! Come join The Free Press club. ### 5/5 — Diversity of opinion *2026-07-25, version 1.1.1* It’s refreshing to see multiple viewpoints rather than a consistent bias typical of MSM outlets. ### 5/5 — Thank goodness for TFP! *2026-07-24, version 1.1.1* Before my daughter introduced me to The Free Press, I was lost in a desert of biased reporting on the right hand left. Your publication has saved me. ### 5/5 — My Go to Every Morning *2026-07-17, version 1.1.1* I absolutely love this website’s insightful commentary on international affairs, especially Aaron McClean’s school of war. Its cultural commentary, including Abigail Shrier’s column are great as well. ### 5/5 — My Go-To Source *2026-07-13, version 1.1.1* I've been reading since the early days of "Common Sense" (thank you, youngest bro-in-law). The Free Press has become my go-to source for in-depth reporting. There are different viewpoints on the same issues and I appreciate that so much. I find excellent articles I would have found nowhere else on important subjects like higher education, law, the rise in antisemitism, as well as thoughtful commentary and - what?! - great humor. Thank you to the staff and other supporters. ### 5/5 — Finally, normal people! *2026-07-12, version 1.1.1* I subscribed to the TFP approximately six months ago as a childhood friend kept referring to the well written articles. It is not afraid to report fearlessly, regardless of political agenda. As a Nurse Practitioner, I do wish their medical reporting was more robust. Looking for contributors from the purple state of Pennsylvania ;)? ### 5/5 — Most reliable publication *2026-07-07, version 1.1.1* Constant supply of interesting news and analysts that I can rely on. ### 5/5 — The Best *2026-06-29, version 1.1.0* TFP is one of a kind. It opens minds. ### 5/5 — Douglas ! *2026-06-23, version 1.1.0* Delicious :-) --- *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 2026-09-08.*