# The Philadelphia Inquirer — user reviews > 150 indexed App Store user reviews of The Philadelphia Inquirer by Philadelphia Media Network, Inc., rated 4.60/5 from 17,919 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-philadelphia-inquirer/id577251728/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-philadelphia-inquirer/id577251728.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 13,985 · 4★ 2,344 · 3★ 659 · 2★ 285 · 1★ 646 ## What do users think of The Philadelphia Inquirer? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🗞️ Solid online edition of newspaper - 👍 Provides a good reading experience - 🔍 Comprehensive news coverage - 🗓️ Timely and relevant news - 📰 Essential for local news **Cons** - 🔍 Biased and opinionated reporting - 🤖 Intrusive and disruptive ads - 🤯 Frustrating navigation and UI - 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues - 🔒 Difficult to cancel subscription **Commonly reported bugs** - Articles not loading or updating properly - Compatibility issues with certain WiFi connections - Repeated crashes when interacting with ads - Scrolling issues and content being obscured by ads **Most requested features** - Save/share articles with options to print, email, or link - Ability to clip and share articles - Dark mode option - Improved article organization and search - Better integration with email and browsers ## Newest reviews (16 of 150) ### 4/5 — Updated: mostly solid online edition of newspaper *2026-07-24, version 28.4.1* Update July 2026: Please stop breaking things with your updates! I brought up the app this morning only to find it thinks I’m not a subscriber. I had to delete the app, reinstall and log in again, and now it’s fine. Update December 2024: The app is now pretty solid and provides a good reading experience. It’s easy to navigate and double-clicking gets you a one-page version of an article (vs paging through the “paper” to get to the rest of an article. That said, there’s a basic feature missing. I want a save/share button that lets me (1) save a pdf of the article, (2) print the article, and (3) save a link to the article. ### 3/5 — Half-baked app *2026-06-19, version 28.3.1* I really want to support my local newspaper, but this app is not great, and worst of all the only advertising they manage to attract is from Nigerian princes, weight loss “secrets,” and other scams. I wish the app’s support would addresss issues instead of just ignoring them. ### 4/5 — 👍 *2026-06-15, version 28.3.1* App has improved a lot! ### 2/5 — Some articles don’t open *2026-05-20, version 28.3.1* In the newspaper view, some articles do not open at all, or are very slow to open, with only a spinning circle appearing. Those same articles open fine on the website so it seems like an app problem. ### 4/5 — Love the Inquirer, but… *2026-04-15, version 28.3* When will the “listen to article” feature be added to the app? Seems like a total miss. Why would I use the app if the convenience is on the website? As for the listen article feature on the website, for long articles, the page eventually refreshes, stopping the reader feature. And there’s no way to pick up where it left off. I hope you solve that glitch too. Keep up the good work making the news consumption experience better and better. From the high-quality writers to the improving app and website experience, it’s the reason why I keep my subscription. ### 2/5 — Consistency *2026-02-03, version 28.2* The reliability of the e version is inconsistent. Everytime you have a software update there are problems. ### 2/5 — Memory hog *2026-01-02, version 28.0.2* This app eats up memory more than anything else on my phone. How can an app go to 50G of use after a month? ### 3/5 — 16 GBs?! *2025-12-11, version 28.0.2* I love the app for news and viewing the paper but something needs to be fixed with the cache/storage. I don’t download papers and yet the app is still occupying 16 GBs of memory at present and it grows each time I use it. I end up having to constantly delete, redownload, and log back-in in order to use the app and my iPad in general. This has only been an issue in the last 3 months. Really hoping this gets resolved as others are clearly experiencing similar issues. ### 3/5 — Memory Hog *2025-11-26, version 28.0.2* Love the app and paper but it currently is using 9gb of memory on my phone. Why? I am going to have to delete the app. ### 2/5 — Ok app but a space hog *2025-11-04, version 28.0.1* Content is good. App is just ok but many others are much better. Main complaint is after using it a while it consumes too much space. Clearing its cache does nothing. It currently has over 7gb on my iPad. Only way to fix it is to delete and reinstall. Also, many times when you come back to the app it loses my place. Doesn’t anyone test this? ### 2/5 — iPad issues *2025-10-27, version 28.0.1* The latest update doesn’t open to full screen on an iPad. Buttons are non working and format can not be pulled to full screen Screen ### 4/5 — Portrait mode only update? *2025-10-26, version 28.0* I love reading the inquirer everyday on my iPad. But today, I noticed the app icon had changed from black to white. And now I can only use the app in portrait mode. It is much more difficult to read this way, and the stand on my case can’t hold it open that way. I didn’t mind that the price went up to almost $30/month, but that is a lot of money for a product that is now difficult to access. Please return it to the old way or give the option to read it in landscape! ### 1/5 — Awful update *2025-10-26, version 28.0* New update will not rotate on my IPad. So I can’t read it easily. Not acceptable. I hate it. Might drop my subscription. ### 2/5 — Portrait only *2025-10-26, version 28.0* This app provides the content in a good fashion and I would give it a 4 except for one problem with the latest update. The app will only show itself on my iPad (purchased early 2025) in the portrait mode with the charging port down. This behavior is not present on other apps. When/if they fix it, I will change the rating. ### 2/5 — Landscape *2025-10-25, version 28.0* It does not allow for landscape view on iPad or iPhone. ### 2/5 — Newer update unacceptable *2025-10-25, version 28.0* The most recent update of the inquirer app freezes the paper in a vertical position on my iPad. I cannot read the paper this way and expect the bug to be fixed quickly. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Subscription with Ads? *2026-05-31, version 28.3.1* I’m paying monthly for a subscription yet still get obnoxious full screen ads that take over the screen and article I’m reading. Really unfortunate. I won’t be renewing my subscription. ### 1/5 — Out of date articles and BIG ADs *2026-05-30, version 28.3.1* I’m really getting fed up with this app. First, while many articles land in the app days before appearing in the published newspaper; there are many “breaking” stories that don’t show up in the app. The inline adds are getting so big you can’t scroll the page without launching the ads webpage. Finally the video ads become so intrusive it’s not worth reading the story. I just close the app and go elsewhere. ### 1/5 — Figure out you online access policies *2026-04-16, version 28.3* For the 2nd time in the past 12 months I've subscribed to your online paper. And for the 2nd time I am unable to access any articles, as I'm told I've reached my limit of free access, even though I am logged in. This is incredibly frustrating. I am paying for access and can't access. ### 1/5 — The worst app *2026-04-07, version 28.3* This app is an embarrassment to the once great paper. Frequently unresponsive. No wonder a subscription only costs $1.00 a month. ### 1/5 — Uses too much space *2026-01-10, version 28.1* I like the app but it’s taking up all the free space on my phone (32GB), which is absurd. The clear cache button doesn’t work. The only solution is to delete the app. ### 1/5 — Storage use is too high *2026-01-07, version 28.0.2* This app over time uses an extremely large amount of storage and provides no way to limit or clear it unless you remove and reinstall. ### 1/5 — Uses way too much iPhone space *2025-12-16, version 28.0.2* No way to keep the cache small, so it gradually takes over. Please fix. ### 1/5 — Predatory Subscription Practices *2025-11-25, version 28.0.2* This paper makes it near impossible to cancel without a call or chat. ### 1/5 — Difficult to use *2025-10-27, version 28.0* Recent design changes have made it very difficult to use the app. This in addition to obtrusive ads and the always poor prioritizing of news is going to result in me calling to cancel my underused / difficult to use subscription. It’s very sad what has become of journalism today. ### 1/5 — Latest update is a downgrade *2025-10-26, version 28.0* How do I go back to last version? This one is not switchable to landscape - why? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — My Inquirer *2026-02-03, version 28.2* I rely on Will Bunch’s column ### 5/5 — Great journalism, okay app *2025-12-20, version 28.0.2* Really respect and appreciate the entire Inquirer team for the work they do serving the city of Philadelphia and its neighbors throughout the Delaware valley. The app works smoothly if not quickly, and I do like the resume reading feature. ### 5/5 — Great Way to Stay Informed *2025-11-29, version 28.0.2* And it’s a non-profit, not owned by billionaires! All the news that fits, they print … unlike one larger national paper from New York. ### 5/5 — Recent update doesn’t allow landscape *2025-10-26, version 28.0* I always loved this app but the recent app update no longer allows reading in landscape. This is very annoying when reading on an iPad as you have to turn the iPad around and stand it upright. This doesn’t work well with most iPad cases. Please allow both landscape and portrait. ### 5/5 — App Won’t Open on my 16Pro *2025-09-25, version 27.1* App Won’t Open on my 16Pro for months, despite routine automatic updates, and having deleted the app from the phone and reinstalled it. Previously, I would’ve given it five stars. ### 5/5 — Excellent, in terms of content and ease of navigation. *2025-09-05, version 27.1* I read the Inquirer and (mainly) the Daily News for Philadelphia sports news. It’s all there, everything from game results to stats to analysis and opinion. When the Phillies or Eagles make a roster change, that’s where I find out about it. Their three primary sports columnists each have their own style and are always enlightening. There are other sites to go to for Philly sports news, including The Athletic and NBC Sports Philadelphia. Neither measures up to the Inquirer/Daily News site. ### 5/5 — Print version missing? *2024-10-22, version 26.5* Where is the newspaper version with the latest release? UPDATE: As advised by the developer it is not missing. Just accessed a different way. I changed my rating to 5 stars since it is still a great app ### 5/5 — I love the Inquirer! *2024-09-28, version 26.3* I subscribe to the Times and the Post, where I have frequently been outraged by the bias in their news reporting. In that context, I am constantly pleased with the news and editorial coverage that I get from the Inquirer. In particular, the Editorial page takes brave stands and “tells it like it isl” Bravo! ### 5/5 — Walker *2024-09-18, version 26.2* How can Thompson?start this guy he is terrible if he was any good The Mets would’ve never gotten rid of him. I can’t believe he’s starting them against the Mets. It’s a loss you can count on that. ### 5/5 — Circulation *2024-06-30, version 25.6* Still no paper this am-10:35!!!! --- *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 2026-09-03.*