# Times Free Press — user reviews > 66 indexed App Store user reviews of Times Free Press by Chattanooga Publishing Company, rated 4.60/5 from 3,843 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/times-free-press/id564222266/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/times-free-press/id564222266.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,964 · 4★ 495 · 3★ 182 · 2★ 65 · 1★ 137 ## What do users think of Times Free Press? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Excellent app, better newspaper - 👍 Great paper, been reading for years - 👍 Thank you, great well-balanced local newspaper - 👍 Love this paper, professional journalism - 👍 Upbeat local news, great iPad system - 👍 Free Press appreciation, support local journalism - 👍 Doing fine with the digital format, easy to learn - 👍 Love online access, easy to use - 👍 Well thought out and executed - 👍 Digital version is much easier to read - 👍 Enjoying the digital transition, iPad is wonderful **Cons** - 🐛 Broken in iOS 17, app not working - 🐛 Puzzles are difficult to use, page changes on its own - 🐛 Poor substitute for print paper, app issues - 🐛 Cryptograms and cryptoquotes don't work well - 🐛 App not working, no paper available - 🐛 App crashes immediately after opening - 🐛 App often does not work, have to delete and reload - 💰 Too expensive, online should be cheaper than print **Commonly reported bugs** - Broken in iOS 17 - App not working, no paper available - App crashes immediately after opening - App often does not work, have to delete and reload **Most requested features** - Update the app to support latest iOS versions - Improve crossword and puzzle experience - Provide an option to save articles and recipes - Offer a cheaper online-only subscription option ## Newest reviews (15 of 66) ### 2/5 — No subscription *2026-08-24, version 8.02* I’m not receiving at this time . I have chosen to be frugal and apply our money to different things ### 2/5 — TFP is leaning more left *2026-03-16, version 8.02* It’s obvious that the editors and writers are leaning ‘left’ more than ever. Trump bashing is the new sport in CHA in seems. Showing respect for the President’s office and elected leaders is a thing of the past. ### 4/5 — Satisfied customer *2026-02-01, version 8.02* CTFP has been a great local newspaper. I’ve been receiving it since 1996. They do their best with the limited resources they have. I think they do a great job showing both sides. Yes they may slant one side or another on an article but it’s to get us out of our complacency. I read both sides of the opinion pages. I enjoy their political cartoons as much as the left. I don’t always read the articles but I do have the ability to if I wanted to. I’m sure it’s a thankless job to make both sides happy but it would be scary if they closed their doors and no transparency of local government and news what’s going on until it happens. ### 3/5 — Need update *2023-09-10, version 6.3.6* This app hasn’t been updated in over a year. Doesn’t work on IOS 17. ### 3/5 — To pricey *2023-09-09, version 6.3.6* Love the online edition but $34 a month is to much. Online should be cheaper than print. Been thinking about canceling. ### 4/5 — Thank you. *2023-05-15, version 6.3.6* Great well balanced local newspaper. ### 2/5 — Review *2023-04-07, version 6.3.6* Way too expensive for what you get!, ### 2/5 — Puzzles *2023-02-08, version 6.3.6* Just when we finally got used to the digital format, the sudoku format changed. People who don’t use the games/puzzles to keep the aging mind sharp can’t appreciate the easier color coded puzzles that are no longer offering the challenge the over 50 population uses as a health tool. How unfortunate. ### 4/5 — Less fake news from leftest *2023-02-04, version 6.3.6* The paper leans way too far to the left. ### 2/5 — Print newspaper *2022-10-27, version 6.3.6* I find that I read the Times Free Press so much less since six of the delivery days were eliminated. ### 5/5 — Free Press Appreciation *2022-07-30, version 6.3.6* Thanks to the staff of the Chattanooga Times Free Press for your dedication to our community and your contribution to holding our elected officials accountable by keeping us the public informed and doing the work necessary to keep us informed. You provide the necessary and important work to help keep our country and our community a truly free and democratic society where our representatives are held to high standards of conduct and the tenets of our great republic are held high. Thank you, we need you! John DiPrima ### 5/5 — First rate paper, best tech *2022-07-02, version 6.3.6* The only independent daily left in Tennessee and one of the few papers where opinions are mostly kept to the dual left-right editorial pages. Still covers very well locally and selects well on larger stories. Proofreading isn’t so good. But the app platform is the best I’ve seen - even reading the facsimile on an iPhone is reasonably satisfying. Plenty of online puzzles but inconsistent and frustrating tech on those. ### 3/5 — Doing fine with the digital format. *2022-06-27, version 6.3.6* The adjustment was not difficult at all. iPad is very easy to learn. All is good. ### 5/5 — Support Our Local Newspaper *2022-05-30, version 6.3.6* The Times Free Press is an essential part of our local life. We can support it by giving subscriptions to friends and advertising in it. Management is cutting distributions costs while retaining its news and editorial staffs. Other cities have lost their local papers. We are fortunate to have the Times Free Press. Frank (Mickey) Robbins ### 4/5 — Love online access *2022-04-17, version 6.3.6* Easy to use ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Too liberal *2026-08-25, version 8.02* As a lifelong Chattanooga resident, taking the paper was required reading. I had to “keep up” with the happenings in town. But in this now hyper-partisan world we live in, every media source I read is scrutinized for bias as I think there’s always a psyop operation at work. The Times Free Press is certainly in that category. The paper is, for the most part, a mashup of AP stories that I’ve already read and for the ones that are locally generated by journalists, very liberal in their slant. Bottom line is: the value is not there, so I cancelled my subscription. ### 1/5 — Broken in iOS 17 *2023-09-18, version 6.3.6* Have called support and they refused to acknowledge the product being broken in iOS 17 or when the product fixes will be resolved. Help!! ### 1/5 — No to digital! *2022-07-09, version 6.3.6* I much prefer the printed version. Sunday we were missing the Parade, and both front page sections. ### 1/5 — Can’t use this iPad *2022-06-23, version 6.3.6* If is so frustrating. The pages jump around and what I try to read will disappear while I’m reading. When I turn the page there will be a blank space. Then I can’t find the part of page I want. The page gets real small and is stuck and won’t move. Sometimes I can’t enlarge the type and have been using my magnifying glass. Sometimes messages pop up on my page and the page disappears then I have to go look for what I was trying to read. If I barely touch the screen it flips away and I have to go to back to square one. I hate it. I’m ready to quit. Have only read 2 or 3 of last 15 papers. How much is it to just get Sunday paper? I am so disappointed in the iPad. I loved cutting out recipes and articles I wanted to keep. I don’t think I will be able to do it. What causes the pages to jump away and why does page 2 not follow page one and jump to page 4 and I can’t go back. If I try to go back it will flip to the library page and I have to start over. It’s crazy! I don’t think I will make it. Sorry. I have been taking the paper for 50 years starting with the Free Press. June Kempson South Pittsburg TN ### 1/5 — Dislike vehemently *2022-04-13, version 6.3.6* Doesn’t always enlarge and when it does, it frequently goes back to miniature on its own. Swiping doesn’t always work. It keeps going back, again, on its own. The puzzles are difficult to finish due to the page changing on its own. Then I can’t seem to be able to swipe out of the puzzles to the sports. The paper should not be a frustrating challenge to read! Really dislike this format. ### 1/5 — No paper *2022-03-06, version 6.3.6* Has not put a paper up on the website since Wednesday, March 2, 2022 No paper delivered either ### 1/5 — news is not local farming out to national *2021-10-05, version 6.3.6* not local news ### 1/5 — Beyond disappointed *2021-09-12, version 6.0* I am BEYOND DISAPPOINTED to learn that you’ve decided to stop the paper printing. What a very selfish and stupid idea!!! You’ve brought GREAT stress and unhappiness to the elderly people that read the newsPAPER from one end to the other!!! How dare you!! My dad has dementia, but not so much that he doesn’t understand the world around him, he will know in an instant when that newspaper isn’t there. How can you do this!!!??!!! ### 1/5 — Need new perspective! *2021-03-01, version 6.0* Every article written is very liberal. Frequently the content is incorrect and sometimes the information has no basis in truth. Also, your Facebook posts are plagued by trolls who don’t subscribe. You really need to do a better job of blocking those from your page! Frequently those trolls don’t even read the article because they are no a subscriber! Please straighten up your act! Remember the majority of your subscribers are conservatives! ### 1/5 — Lost your way *2020-09-05, version 5.6.1* The Times Free Press has lost its way. You had a editorial article on Sunday on the FRONT page that things were not so bad in Portland. While you placed the sex trafficking recovery of 30 CHILDREN in Georgia and the hurricane recovery on the back pages, you tell us families are getting gyros and listening to street musicians in downtown Portland on the front page of your paper to minimize the burning of that city. You want to cover the incompetence of local officials in those areas. This is purely political. Take your families to Portland on vacation. Change your motto. After my 33 years of reading your paper, it is a lie. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — The Best *2026-06-05, version 8.02* Merci Beaucoup!!! ### 5/5 — Life long subscriber *2026-04-30, version 8.02* Great appreciation for coverage ### 5/5 — HAPPINESS *2026-04-20, version 8.02* WOULD BE DAILY PAPER PAPERS ### 5/5 — Great regional paper *2026-02-15, version 8.02* We live halfway between Chattanooga and Nashville, but the TFP is our choice for a daily paper. It has lots of regional news to keep us informed of events of interest. Plus a good blend of local, state and national news. We love it and we love Chattanooga! ### 5/5 — Review *2026-02-01, version 8.02* It is very convenient to be able to take the TPF ANY WHERE ### 5/5 — Excellent app, better newspaper *2024-02-14, version 6.8* The Chattanooga Times-Free Press is one of the best papers in the country. A great mix of local, national, and world coverage organized in a well designed paper. Newspapers are the backbone of our democracy and the Times-Free Press has been able to bridge the digital gap extremely well. The app os easy to use and very user friendly. Thoroughly impressed. ### 5/5 — Review *2023-06-26, version 6.3.6* Great paper been reading for years ### 5/5 — Love this paper *2023-01-28, version 6.3.6* I very much respect the professional journalism, balanced in terms of world and U.S. affairs as well as local. The editorials and commentaries are so well presented and thought provoking. We are lucky to have this level of professionalism here in our community. ### 5/5 — Great Information Source *2022-10-12, version 6.3.6* The Chattanooga Times provides timely information on an extended variety of topics both national and local. I live in Dalton and especially enjoy the local coverage in the Region and Sports sections. I am glad to see that this paper continues to provide quality extensive coverage in all sections in spite of the challenges newspapers across the nation are facing. ### 5/5 — Upbeat local news *2022-08-04, version 6.3.6* Compared to my home town paper (which got pretty dark over the last decade) the Chattanooga Times Free Press is typically a very upbeat read! They report on the hard stuff too, but it always feels very even, and I feel like they put a lot of effort into reporting on all the great things going on locally. Also I love the new iPad system! It is so cool having videos attached to articles, and also getting to listen to the articles!! As a slow reader and a constant multitasker this is a huge help. Did not take me long to figure out that I can just tap the title and it will take me to a larger print version of the article I’m reading and pick up where the article left off on its first page. I recommend this local paper to everyone. --- *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 2026-09-12.*