The Globe and Mail Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience44.9% of reviews
Neutral13.1% of reviews
Negative experience42.1% of reviews

~ Based on 321 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about The Globe and Mail

Is The Globe and Mail Safe?

The Globe and Mail appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for The Globe and Mail is 93/100.

This assessment is based on 3,023 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

93.8% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.7% of ratings suggest some concerns
3.5% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 3,022 App Store ratings for The Globe and Mail.

Is The Globe and Mail Legit?

The Globe and Mail appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for The Globe and Mail is 93/100.

Based on 93 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

A trusted news source

The Globe and Mail is a reliable news agency for Canadian and world affairs. It is a great resource for investing in specific companies, and for business news in general.

Great news coverage and a well-designed app

The globe and Mail has some of the best news coverage in Canada, and the app is well designed and receives good updates.

$35 a month πŸ˜‚

What an absolute JOKE

Comments

My iPhone 13 will no longer display the text as I type in comments

Downloading for offline

Not working!

DARK MODE 2.0

As of September 2026 this problem still exists. Why?…Why are most of your articles consistently presented in LIGHT MODE even though Dark Mode is turned on in the app as well as iPhone 16 settings. Please rectify this. Thank you

β€œClicks” on advertising link by itself

Every few minutes of using the app it will open a Safari link to an advertiser even if you don’t click the link. It used to be a good app but it’s now useless. I’ve deleted it and just use the browser instead.

New comment format

It sucks go back to the original!

Broken

Offline reader mode has been broken for months and support says they don’t know when it will be fixed.

Warning re:cancellation

The digital subscription to The Globe and Mail requires that one call and speak with a representative in order to cancel the subscription. The process is very cumbersome and unnecessary. Think cautiously before subscribing. Also, the paid version still has advertisements.

Can't use offline

My phone hasn't downloaded the latest edition since Feb. Appears to start and then it fails. Not clear if it's a bug or a setting on my phone, but frustrating .

The ads suck

They try and trick you into clicking ads which takes you out of the app

Keeps logging me out

Needing to reauth every time makes for a horrible user experience.

Please fix settings glitches

Font size adjustment does not work. Several bugs with system font and font size slider. No changes available for size of article font.

Could be a fault on my end. App continually crashes.

Update:
The app is holding up well on both my iPhone and my iPad. The original glitch seems to have recovered ,could very well be a problem on my end.

New subscriber here and I not impressed. Works fine on the MacBook but is garbage on iPhone and iPad.

App continually crashes.

New subscriber here and I not impressed. Works fine on the MacBook but is garbage on iPhone and iPad.

Daily Log-in Huge Nuisance

The app now requires daily log-in. Ridiculous. I guess the Globe and Mail has too many subscribers. Daily log-in is a strategy to drive subscribers away. Message received.

App needs to be better

I really want to use this service, but the app is not good enough. It logs me out every day. There are distracting video ads. The Globe should take inspiration from the Economist for their app.

Crashes

Use to work ok but for last year crashes within seconds.

You have to call a 1 800 number to cancel

Feel dishonest