Great UI
I liked new WSJ+ concept and finally comment sections on the app
Crossword update
Please revert to the prior crossword format. The new format took away the ability to easily navigate to the next clue, and replaced it with a clunky interface with small arrows requiring very precise touch points. Also allow the iPad native keyboard to be utilized. It is cumbersome to have to use a WSJ developed keyboard just to complete the crossword. Also, all crosswords now display “play” with no indication on “completed.” Please put back the completed denotation. Thank you.
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Unable to post comments to articles using the mobile app
"The Internet connection appears to be offline." Yet I am able to read the articles. This has been an ongoing problem, yet no developer has addressed it.
Not free, like it says
No, you have to subscribe unless you just want to read previews.
Opt out bug
If you don’t choose “accept all” it goes into a terminal holding pattern that requires that I delete the app. Until this is fixed, I have to use the browser for content.
Crossword fan
You broke the crossword with the recent update. The keyboard is not ergonomic on iPad, clues bizarrely jump around when inputting letters and the clue being answered no longer appears as a separate line. Please fix or revert to the previous iteration.
Gift Links Don’t work.
Please fix app so I can send gift links This used to work. Now link says it copies but recipients can’t open. Sends them to subscriber/log in page.
SLOW
This app just keeps hanging up. I don’t know if they’re doing it intentionally to force you to look at ads, but I can’t get through a single article without it hanging up. Updates seem to make no difference, and I’m on fiber, so not a bandwidth issue.
Can’t login with Sign In With Apple
I’ll change this rating once this is fixed, but I’ve subscribed to the app but can’t login with Sign In With Apple! I’ve tried over and over on multiple devices. It takes me to the Safari browser, I select my account, it signs in and stays on a blank page. It doesn’t take me back to the app, and the app stays signed out. I’m extremely frustrated with this!
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Sustainable business went dark
Always have appreciated the quality of reporting especially with the Sustainable Business section. Too bad they took it out.
no comments
I don’t get why this app doesn’t let you leave comments—only on the website. It’s 2024, how hard can it be to add such a basic feature to the app?
So-called issue download doesn’t work
I tried to download the most recent issue before getting on a plane (which had no WiFi), but the so-called download let me read only about half the articles. Half the articles only showed an error message that I needed to have internet access.
A far superior download capability was eliminated when the WSJ app was overhauled a couple of years ago. Please bring back that full function. You certainly can’t be proud of this weak halfway offering.
A far superior download capability was eliminated when the WSJ app was overhauled a couple of years ago. Please bring back that full function. You certainly can’t be proud of this weak halfway offering.
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They solved the comments issue
They finally solved seeing comments in the app. Thank goodness.
Please fix the Crossword puzzle!
Not sure what happened, but it’s a mess now. Put it back to the previous iteration…from a few days ago so the iOS keyboard can be used and we can preview letters, words etc. Other aspects of the app are fine.
Crosswords are terrible!
What have you done to the Crossword section? In landscape, the print is so tiny I can barely see it. In portrait, I can’t see across and down clues at the same time.
My completed puzzles don’t stay in the App so I can’t tell which puzzle I did last.
Please change it back.
My completed puzzles don’t stay in the App so I can’t tell which puzzle I did last.
Please change it back.
AI Listen not working
If you click to read an article and within the article page, hit play to listen to article, it will play. However, as soon as phone locks or you turn off the screen, the article stops playing. However, if you hit play in the screen where you can scroll through all the articles, black earphone icon appears on bottom right, and the article does not stop playing even if you turn off the screen. Please fix this bug.
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Polymarket partnership
They’re still partnered with polymarket despite their own reporting revealing that they pay influencers to shill them
No userid anywhere on site
No place to find the userid.
WSJ App now just a con game
News content is no longer accessible via the iPhone app. Regardless of an active subscription, every attempt to read beyond the headlines will be met with a screen demanding the purchase of an additional $39 monthly subscription. There are ample legitimate news options available via iTunes apps. If you truly need to read WSJ, try a print subscription.
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New Format
Where’s the newspaper? I am about ready to cancel my subscription because I can no longer see the entire newspaper and choose what I want to read. Instead, some powers have decided what’s important for me to see.
For example, where is the Mansions section? It’s not listed as a section but if I go to the print edition (which is clumsy and difficult to navigate), it is there meaning it must still exist. But it doesn’t show in the list of sections in the new app.
Please bring back the newspaper format in the main menu bar. You can leave all the other items for those who want you to choose what is important to them.
For example, where is the Mansions section? It’s not listed as a section but if I go to the print edition (which is clumsy and difficult to navigate), it is there meaning it must still exist. But it doesn’t show in the list of sections in the new app.
Please bring back the newspaper format in the main menu bar. You can leave all the other items for those who want you to choose what is important to them.
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