The Standard Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience28.3% of reviews
Neutral10.0% of reviews
Negative experience61.7% of reviews

~ Based on 60 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is The Standard Safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess The Standard.

Is The Standard Legit?

The Standard appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for The Standard is 90/100.

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

Top reviews

Good!

Good News App. Would recommend!

Good new look

Fresh look

Easy to use

Clear design with fast coverage on latest news. Would recommend

It’s free

It’s not SCMP level of article quality nor quality but like, it’s free.

A normal app

Actually the passages are good and not a lot of ads so I think is good to download it to stay informed

Adware Update

Since the new UI refresh, the number and frequency of ads have increased - to the point that it’s pretty much unbearable to use the app now.

Terrible User Experience.

The ads running is crazy

If you’d like to read news and to be updated on what’s going on around Hk and the world. Please read it online instead of installing this app. The ads just pop up after 1 news and then when you want to read the next one, SURPRISE! A new ad pops up. It is so ANNOYING! Like are you serious?!!!!!!

Rubbish

Overloaded with adverts

Excessive Ads

I understand needing ads for an app, especially free press but this is too much. After every 2-3 articles or just a short time scrolling an unskippable ad plays that lasts more than 1 minute. Makes me want to switch to another news provider.

Tooooo many ads

Toooooooo many ads

Readin 1 article 30seconds advertisement

New App is useless. With must watch ads after opening one article this newspaper is unreadable. Uninstalled the App. If there would be a button to rate 0 points, would do so without any hesitation. Bye …

3.0.0 version a downgrade

The 3.0.0 version is now so overwhelmed with advertising that it has become unusable. It has become uncomfortable to read the content.

Too many ads

The new version is extremely inconvenient to read due to the present of many ads.

Keeps crashing on launch!

Please fix and update! The current version for iOS is over 2 years old!

Stopped working Dec 2023

Stopped working Dec 2023.

App Crashes

can’t open the app, it crashes immediately, please fix it….

Fonts size

XR could not adjust the font size , please fix it

Add More...

Please include the “Quick Crossword” puzzle, printable version if possible. Also, a new feature that would be welcome would be a Horoscope.

Can't fetch news

It doesn't fetch news like it used to. The IPad version works though.

Poor app

Bad layout, weird font that’s too small, I can’t even read the actual newspaper as it appears in hard copy!