# The Sun Digital Newspaper — user reviews > 239 indexed App Store user reviews of The Sun Digital Newspaper by News UK & Ireland Limited, rated 2.90/5 from 212 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-sun-digital-newspaper/id373954290/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-sun-digital-newspaper/id373954290.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 91 · 4★ 11 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 103 ## What do users think of The Sun Digital Newspaper? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 📰 Daily paper for less - 👍 Good app, great for reading on the go - 📱 Convenient digital version - 💰 Cheaper than physical paper - 🕰 Easy to read anytime, anywhere **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional issues with downloads and connectivity - 🔍 Puzzles and features not always working properly - 📞 Frustrating to change subscription over the phone - 🕰 Slow to load pages and images at times - 🔄 Need to delete and reinstall app to fix issues **Commonly reported bugs** - Pages not loading correctly, with missing or blurred content - Frequent crashes and app not updating properly - Validation and subscription issues when renewing **Most requested features** - Allow entering competitions through the app - Improve puzzle section with more options - Add family sharing support - Provide higher resolution download option ## Newest reviews (17 of 239) ### 3/5 — Not perfect *2026-03-31, version 6.9.10* Too many celebrities stated and what the heck has happened to the crossword, the questions are almost as hard as the answers to work out. ### 4/5 — Daily Paper for less *2026-02-14, version 6.9.10* Used to buy The Sun newspaper paper edition but found the digital version whilst exactly the same as the paper version was cheaper. Plus doing the crossword every day was easier, even though some days it did not load correctly, which is why I only give it 4 stars. ### 4/5 — Nice app but changing subscription has to be done over the phone which is annoying *2025-12-02, version 6.9.8* Nice app but changing subscription has to be done over the phone which is annoying in this day and age. ### 2/5 — Problems never get sorted very quickly *2025-11-05, version 6.9.8* Loved the app but just cancelled subscription because of news updates have not updated for nearly 4 weeks even though they know about it. ### 4/5 — Almost 5 out of 5! *2025-05-19, version 6.9.3* Apart from the odd and occasional connection problem, this system is terrific. Good for the earth (less for the blue bag), good for my bank balance, less fuel used collecting paper, ease of use, reading etc.,and overall convenience. Sad I missed the first few months!! ### 4/5 — Competitions *2025-01-30, version 6.9.3* The only complaint I have about the excellent Sun digital is that I am not able to enter competitions ### 5/5 — Loving update, especially puzzles!! *2024-12-19, version 6.9.3* Wow, loving the increased range of puzzles I can now play from the newspaper ### 2/5 — Validating *2024-12-03, version 6.8.8* Why does it take so long to validate The Sun every month at the moment? It’s been going for about an hour now and still no sign of it finishing. ### 4/5 — One fault *2024-11-11, version 6.8.8* It is only 4 because I can’t do the puzzles in the paper and I don’t like the ones on the puzzle page ### 5/5 — My Sun *2024-10-13, version 6.8.7* Great app easy to use the paper on a tablet pity about the puzzles section it often fails to load ### 3/5 — Irritating to say the least *2024-08-02, version 6.8.7* I’ve had this App for some years but the experience doesn’t get any better. Fails to automatically load each day ( other papers manage that) and it’s an absolute pain each month waiting for the app to verify and ultimately having to delete and reinstall each month on the payment anniversary. It’s time these basic things were sorted once and for all. ### 5/5 — A damn good read *2024-07-20, version 6.8.7* A paper that stands up for the working class, but at times needs more in depth coverage of world events and less trivia. ### 3/5 — Trouble with puzzles *2024-06-22, version 6.8.7* Keeps getting the 494 error on my iPhone and iPad? otherwise everything else is ok. ### 5/5 — Digital sun *2024-05-14, version 6.8.7* I’ve had the sun newspaper on my iPad for a few years now and it was a great decision the thought of of going back to an old fashioned newspaper horrifies me 😂and don’t forget you can skip back to previous issues if you want I absolutely love it and would recommend it to all readers . ### 4/5 — Love it but no Quizword is disappointing *2024-04-06, version 6.8.7* Being able to download the Sun newspaper digitally is great and much more cost effective. I only wish the Quizword puzzle was available to do. I can’t see how this could not be set up easily. ### 5/5 — The sun newspaper *2024-03-29, version 6.8.7* This is the best way to enjoy the sun newspaper cheaper and quicker because I can read it about 2am ### 5/5 — Great Newspaper *2024-03-18, version 6.8.7* delivered daily to my ipad, Bliss ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Very Disappointed *2025-12-11, version 6.9.8* Text on pages very poor quality when zoomed in. Pages on centre spreads not joined (i.e on the horse racing) so can't be read properly. "Come on The Sun, these are basics!" Who's in charge of making the PDF's, this is bad, will be cancelling. 👎🏻 ### 1/5 — Doesnt support family sharing 👎 *2025-04-08, version 6.9.3* Shame, as it looks like a simple app but doesnt share on family apple account ### 1/5 — Scam *2024-05-05, version 6.8.7* Subscription doesn’t work , a lot of hassle don’t waste your time’s ### 1/5 — New Sun App *2023-03-03, version 6.8.2* It’s useless. I can’t even open it? ### 1/5 — Useless app *2022-11-01, version 6.6* If you can manage to get the paper to download then it’s ok, but the time it takes to download you could go to a newsagents and buy a paper. That’s if you can get it to start downloading. And if you use the in app payment with Apple then every month the app kicks you out and won’t let you back in until you restore purchase, which it takes forever to do. ### 1/5 — Absolutely horrible *2022-01-19* I had this app for around two years it was brilliant alternative when in lockdown and going out for a paper was not a priority so having this app was the next best thing.... however after paying £4.99 a month for those two years the app stopped working and I was being charged £4.99 a month for two months of no paper so I cancelled the subscription, today in a paper version there was a leaflet for the app which is now £6.99 per month and surprise surprise the app now works again!!! That is dirty tactics to hike the price up. Not impressed at all. ### 1/5 — The Sun as gone down *2021-12-19, version 6.4* Have had the Sun app for over two years now and with lockdown it’s been a boon but since the last upgrade I now can’t get it. I click on the app the whole page on my iPad goes red then back to the multi app page. Have tried removing it and reinstalling it but no luck. Will probably stop my monthly payment and go back to getting the real thing each day. Not good when you are disabled and in a wheelchair. ### 1/5 — Awful *2021-07-11, version 6.1.19* This latest update is awful. I can only see top of latest issue and cannot download it to read when not connected to internet, which means I cannot read it on the train travelling to work. There is no access to previous weeks issues as before. I have deleted app and re installed it. I have checked I have latest iOS on iPad, frustrated and disappointed doesn’t even come close to how I feel about the update. Put simply it is not fit for purpose!!! ### 1/5 — Help *2021-02-20* I have been downloading the digital edition for as long as I can remember & everything has been great, even after the latest update, but all of a sudden I cannot read previous editions, I have deleted the app & reinstalled it , even a hard reboot on my iPad, nothing has been changed on my iPad, you can see the latest edition & the tops of the previous 4 days he same for the magazine’s , you cannot scroll at all, this is highly annoying as I was over a week behind on my reading, I have tried contacting the sun but it seems no one wants to help , even app support is no good , so I have took to writing a review and because of this I am awarding it 1 star as the next thing I will do is cancel my subscription which is a shame as I love reading the paper. ### 1/5 — Justice for Johnny *2021-02-13, version 6.1.8* Justice for Johnny ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good *2026-01-08, version 6.9.8* If you like The Sun, this is for you. Read the paper everyday and save yourself a trip to the shop. Puzzles section is really good too. It’s great to have when travelling. ### 5/5 — The Sun *2025-12-23, version 6.9.8* Great paper, especially the digital edition….easy to download each morning, no fuss and always a good read at a great price. ### 5/5 — Mr *2025-10-03, version 6.9.8* I’ve had the app for years I love it 😊👍 ### 5/5 — Good but a hiccup *2025-09-14* The app is great and I can access the digital paper where ever I am even when on holiday abroad. My only slight gripe and I don’t know if other users get this but on my monthly renewal date ( I.e. they take my subscription) I have the problem of accessing the paper, in the end I delete the app, keep the subscription and go to the App Store and reinstall the app which then works fine. It’s slightly frustrating but not that a big deal ### 5/5 — The sun Scottish *2025-05-29, version 6.9.3* Usually easy to download and read but sometimes have to reinstall to work ### 5/5 — Excellent .. *2025-04-09, version 6.9.3* Had this for years and it’s just like reading the real paper but easier to navigate ### 5/5 — Over 10 years *2025-02-12, version 6.9.3* Had the digital sun for over 10 Yeats now and to be honest could not go back to paper copy . Never had any problems . Great for holidays abroad just download from Wi-Fi and that’s it. Would recommend the digital sun ### 5/5 — Cheap as chips *2025-01-26, version 6.9.3* Never had any problems, with this. Used for over 10 years. As long as you’ve got a reasonable signal it’s great ### 5/5 — So good *2024-12-26, version 6.9.3* Saves time going to the shops and most times sold out I normally pay monthly but so impressed going to buy annually when work out how ### 5/5 — So much easier *2024-12-24, version 6.9.3* So much easier than going to shop every day --- *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 2026-09-01.*