# The Modesto Bee: Local News CA — user reviews > 66 indexed App Store user reviews of The Modesto Bee by The McClatchy Company, rated 4.50/5 from 1,226 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-modesto-bee-local-news-ca/id511925305/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-modesto-bee-local-news-ca/id511925305.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 819 · 4★ 260 · 3★ 84 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 52 ## What do users think of The Modesto Bee? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - ⚡ Fast and responsive app - 📰 Comprehensive local news coverage - 🔍 Easy to navigate and find relevant information - 🔖 Useful for staying up-to-date on local events **Cons** - 🔒 Frequent login issues and paywall problems - 🐛 Bugs and crashes, especially after updates - 📱 Poor user experience, difficult to read articles - 💰 Expensive subscription, not worth the cost **Commonly reported bugs** - Articles not loading properly - Constant crashes and freezes - Subscription issues and login problems - Incompatibility with older devices **Most requested features** - Offline reading mode - Improved search and archiving functionality - Integration with other news sources - Better family/group sharing options ## Newest reviews (15 of 66) ### 2/5 — Not much to it *2026-05-12, version 11.1.1* If you aren’t interested in where to find restaurant cockroaches, there’s not much more to it. And the app often doesn’t recognize me as a paid subscriber so I have to go through the hassle of re-logging in ### 4/5 — Paper *2026-03-26, version 11.1.1* I love the paper , go back to 2 x week for hard copy ### 2/5 — No choice if you want the Modesto Bee, but app is very poor. *2025-02-13, version 10.0.6* My latest of a long line of frustrations - using the only search function it has, cannot pull up an article from a year ago, despite having the full title and date. Indeed, can’t pull up the edition for that day. Works fine for daily reading and pulling up recent articles, but no real archival capacity. ### 2/5 — Family Sharing not working *2024-12-28, version 10.0.6* Can’t share subscription with family. ### 3/5 — Local news. *2022-02-15, version 9.1.5* Modesto B keeping news locally from being read without subscription or having the app. Next television will be doing the same thing without the app. You need to pay for subscription. ### 4/5 — Fixed *2021-11-27, version 9.1.5* Won’t load. Please fix as I pay for the subscription. Update: November 2021 No news feeds since latest update. Please fix. UPDATE: Disabling private relay worked. Thank you! ### 4/5 — This “Beta” version is much improved, but… *2021-06-16, version 8.1.0* This version is much better than the previous version EXCEPT if you inadvertently touch the screen, it takes you to an isolated view of an article. This happens frequently and it’s rather annoying. Why not require a double tap of the screen for those who like the isolated view? I personally NEVER purposely use this alternate view, but I get it accidentally way too often. ### 3/5 — Pesky add that stays on bottom of page *2019-12-19, version 7.5.0* Pesky add stays on bottom of page ### 4/5 — Frustrated!!! *2019-12-07, version 7.4.1* Bring back the old edition! I have spent 30 minutes trying to open today’s paper! Still nothing, tell me why I should continue my subscription??? The e edition will not open in the paper format! Help would like to be able to read what I pay for! ### 3/5 — Not free? *2019-11-21, version 7.4.1* I enjoy keeping up with the news after moving to another part of the country but it’s hard to justify spending money on a subscription to do so. I’m disappointed in this change of policy. ### 1/5 — New and improved isn’t *2019-10-20, version 7.4.0* Maybe I can get somewhere if I review. I’ve sent three emails regarding how impossible it is to read the Bee with the new app. No reply. The new app is awful. Fuzzy pages, pages that disappear and the list goes on and on. ### 1/5 — New format horrible *2019-10-13, version 7.3.0* I used to look forward to reading The Bee each morning on my Ipad. The “improved e edition” makes enjoyment impossible. Much less viewable space. Unable to zoom in on stories I want to read. Moving up and down on a page is a struggle. Gonna stop my subscription. I was growing weary of the obvious left slant anyway. ### 1/5 — Bad format *2019-10-02, version 7.3.0* Your new format is terrible!!!!! ### 3/5 — Unable to load all comments *2019-05-15, version 7.2.0* 5/7/2019. Unable to load all comments. Must have started with last update. Same with the SacBee app. 5/15/2019. All closes unexpectedly and some times just goes black for a few seconds... ### 1/5 — Pathetic *2019-02-12, version 7.1.3* Won’t let me sign in even though I paid for a subscription. Maybe they should hire a high school student to fix this app. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Delivery problems *2026-03-14, version 11.1.1* I’ve been trying for a week to get my paper delivered by using this app. After seven days still no paper. So this app appears useless. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2026-01-14, version 10.4.0* I loved this app until the update. It now requires a email and password, often multiple times, on a daily basis with all sorts of pop ups and junk. I will unsubscribe if this continues ### 1/5 — Beta App is Horrible *2021-01-23, version 8.0.0* The new beta app is terrible. Bring back the ability to do pdf ### 1/5 — App is poorly integrated *2020-11-15, version 7.9.3* I subscribe through iTunes and yet am prompted to subscribe on nearly every article; this still occurs after restoring and checking that it says active subscriber. Trying to read the replica edition takes me through a browser where I have to go through multiple steps to log in again. Since most of the content requires going to the replica edition, this is a problem. The user experience with this app is very poor, especially considering the high price of the monthly subscription for very limited content. The content is great; the app is junk. You need to fix the app so that once authenticated the reader can read smoothly and move to the replica edition within the app. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2020-08-30, version 7.9.2* So to see and get the news in Modesto bee, I gotta subscribe? All other news outlets, no subscription needed... No thanks $15.99 a month or $160 for the year,,,?? I’ll just tune into the news on YouTube ### 1/5 — What a joke *2020-04-10, version 7.6.0* I've been using this app for years and now you want to charge a ridiculous amount of money! Especially at a time like the covid 19 pandemic half the news you can read what a joke wouldn't waste my time with this rip off app I will be deleting this app. ### 1/5 — Delivery problems *2020-03-30, version 7.6.0* I’ve been trying for a week to get my paper delivered by using this app. After seven days still no paper. So this app appears useless. ### 1/5 — Doesn't work after the last update. *2020-02-20, version 7.6.0* App doesn't work since it was updated yesterday. ### 1/5 — Parent company ruined the app *2019-12-22, version 7.5.0* Paywall and previous app use had 4 stories listed 3 times. Why repeat? No content? Other news outlets are producing better news. Have eradicated merced sun-star and ModBee. Not willing to pay $200 a year times two to get news, ModBee and Merced sun star. More up to date news out there. Again, multiple stories that last 5 days with a subscription. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2019-11-02, version 7.4.0* Been using this app for years. Now they want to charge me. There are plenty of news apps for free ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Out with the old… *2026-03-21, version 11.1.1* Great update! ### 5/5 — Local Transparency *2026-03-19, version 11.1.1* The Modesto Bee is our greatest source of transparency and keeping local politicians accountable. It’s vital our local news survives the age of free internet news nit too mention all the fake garbage foisted upon us. Thank you McClatchy and Modesto Bee reporters for the light you bring in transparency. ### 5/5 — Trucker ‘ slow poke ‘ *2019-08-12, version 7.2.3* I am a truck driver! So when I travel out of state and I need to get news of what’s going on in Modesto , I go to the Modesto bee app and get my latest reports of what’s happening in my town , I drive 38 states and sometimes I’m away from home up to a week and a half !! It is a great app to have ! Thanks “ Modesto Bee “ ### 5/5 — All the news I need to know! *2019-07-10, version 7.2.2* The paper is great to read but there is more full color content online, a variety of news from the local source! A1 site ### 5/5 — Speed *2019-07-03, version 7.2.2* This app is great and faster than most newspaper apps. ### 5/5 — Review *2018-11-17, version 7.1.3* Love the buzz from the Bee. Great job keep it up. ### 5/5 — Up to Date Information *2018-07-08, version 7.0.0* The Bee has it! ### 5/5 — Such a breath of fresh air *2018-04-07, version 6.2.2* I don’t live in or near Modesto, but I enjoy reading the news from there occasionally because the it is entertaining and a nice break from other news outlets that seem self important most of the time. Thank you Modesto Bee. ### 5/5 — A lot more than a newspaper. *2017-05-17, version 6.0.1* Gives you much more than a newspaper. Lots of videos, still photos, links, etc.. I finally found the comments section in the top right of each article. The comments are the fun part of reading the Bee. Me and this app had a tough time at first until I figured out how to navigate it. Now I really enjoy all of its features and look forward to reading the improved Modesto Bee. ### 5/5 — Your FB page *2016-04-24, version 5.20.0* Your FB page is very good. How do I get automatic news updates? By pressing 'Like' on your page? I can't find it. --- *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 2026-09-07.*