# TOI Breaking News App & ePaper — user reviews > 494 indexed App Store user reviews of TOI Breaking News App & ePaper by Times Internet Limited, rated 3.80/5 from 3,308 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/toi-breaking-news-app-and-epaper/id427589329/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/toi-breaking-news-app-and-epaper/id427589329.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,912 · 4★ 388 · 3★ 146 · 2★ 151 · 1★ 711 ## What do users think of TOI Breaking News App & ePaper? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🗞️ Informative and detailed news coverage - 🔍 Comprehensive and up-to-date content - 🌐 Global news perspective **Cons** - 💢 Excessive and intrusive advertisements - 🤖 Biased and sensationalized reporting - 🔍 Lack of in-depth investigative journalism - 🔧 Buggy and unstable app performance - 🔒 Privacy concerns with data collection **Commonly reported bugs** - Frequent app crashes and freezes - Login and subscription issues - Inconsistent UI and layout problems **Most requested features** - Customizable news feed and categories - Option to disable autoplay videos - Improved offline reading capabilities - Better user comment moderation ## Newest reviews (17 of 494) ### 2/5 — Spineless *2026-07-22, version 18.1.1* Spineless reporting. Very biased ### 4/5 — Running against Time… *2026-07-04* The Times of India is not merely a newspaper; it is an institution that has earned the trust & admiration of generations. Its comprehensive coverage across every sphere of life, news, governance, economy, sports, science, education, culture, & human interest, ensures that readers of all ages and backgrounds find something meaningful every day. The publication’s commitment to factual reporting, diverse perspectives, & reader engagement is truly commendable. I particularly admire the opportunity it provides to readers to share thoughtful opinions, fostering healthy public discourse. But lately I find the comments we write are not informed back to us by way of email having published the comment…, Am I right? My heartfelt compliments to the editors, journalists, and the entire TOI team for their unwavering dedication to quality journalism. May TOI continue to enlighten, inspire,& serve society with excellence for many years to come. ### 2/5 — Too much pop up ads !! *2026-07-02, version 17.9.2* Other than the annoying ads popping up too frequently , the journalists repeats the same thing again and agin like a loop in the news . It seems they are filling up blank space ### 3/5 — Paying for App but has reduced functionality *2026-06-09, version 17.7.3* The app and content are great, and I’m happy to continue being a paid subscriber- but a big let down is that it does not work in landscape mode on the iPad ### 2/5 — Too many popups *2026-06-06, version 17.7.2* Too many popups comes one after another and too many useless articles ### 4/5 — Some Irrelevant / Obsolete / Old Celebrities stories *2026-06-05, version 17.7.2* Some Irrelevant / Obsolete / Old Celebrities stories ### 2/5 — Should be called ads of India *2026-05-15, version 17.6.0* New update is just ads, it takes 3-4 clicks before seeing the first news. ### 2/5 — Tough to use the app *2026-05-12, version 17.5.1* Ads pop up a lot. Ads with white background and white x mark to close…impossible to see. Frustrating experience ### 1/5 — Annoying Amazon Ads *2026-05-09* So many annoying amazon ads that will open even while scrolling. So annoying that I deleted TOI app and switched to another better app. Horrible user experience. Take note, TOI team. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. We're sorry to hear that advertisements impacted your reading experience. We understand how frustrating it can be when ads interfere with app navigation and scrolling. Your feedback has been shared with the relevant team for review. If you'd like to provide additional details, please write to us at toi.iphone@timesinternet.in. Regards, Tabassum ### 1/5 — TOA *2026-05-01, version 17.5.1* Its no a news app. … The Times of Adds. ### 1/5 — Decent Ux poor content *2026-04-29, version 17.5.1* Buggy app. Freezes when offensive remarks are flagged for review. TOI doesn’t react to offensive and derogatory content no matter how many times you report or flag content. Can’t believe that India’s premier newspaper org has degenerated to this!! TOI app has become a tabloid version. Nonsense videos are shared under Top Videos which you can’t event remove. ### 1/5 — This app is so lost.Needs new UI/UX Designers ASAP *2026-03-18, version 17.1.1* Used to be a great app with valid news articles. Now it can’t decide whether it wants to be a serious news app or a tabloid. Way too much content ,most of it inconsequential or downright frivolous ### 1/5 — Very poor. *2026-03-15, version 17.0.2* More ads than news which gets repeated as you scroll down. Some of the ads are inappropriate. ### 1/5 — This app is so lost.Needs new UI/UX Designers ASAP *2026-03-14, version 17.1.1* Used to be a great app with valid news articles. Now it can’t decide whether it wants to be a serious news app or a tabloid. Way too much content ,most of it inconsequential or downright frivolous ### 1/5 — Decent Ux poor content *2026-03-06, version 17.0.2* TOI app has become a tabloid version. Nonsense videos are shared under Top Videos which you can’t event remove. TOI doesn’t react to offensive and derogatory content no matter how many times you report or flag content. Can’t believe that India’s premier newspaper org has degenerated to this!! ### 1/5 — Very poor. *2026-02-19, version 16.9.1* More ads than news which gets repeated as you scroll down. Some of the ads are inappropriate. ### 1/5 — No language change option *2026-02-15, version 16.9.0* The latest updates are trash with many top tabs. The top tabs are eating a lot of space instead of displaying the news. The language change option is gone forcing the customer to read only one language. Too many changes are disruptive ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Too many Ads *2026-08-08, version 18.2.2* Deleted. ### 1/5 — iPad app *2026-07-26, version 18.1.1* The iPad view looks very basic and lots of work is required ### 1/5 — A spineless stooge of government *2026-07-22, version 18.1.1* One of the worst newspapers who acts like loyal dog of gov’t. The only job is to follow orders of the superiors aka government ### 1/5 — Media Sold Out *2026-07-22, version 18.1.1* They are sold out ,don’t download them, they don’t deserve to be called News and Journalism. ### 1/5 — Doesn't work *2026-07-13, version 18.0.1* Stopped working after recent update. Opens and remains on landing page. Doesn't show any news. Seems to be blocked for outside India IPs. Indians based out of India love reading TOI but your app developers don't seem to respect that and have blocked it for outside UK especially UK ### 1/5 — Extremely poor design with times group centric ads for TOI+ *2026-06-11, version 17.7.3* Extremely poor design with times group centric ads for TOI+ ### 1/5 — Never worked as expected *2026-06-11, version 17.7.3* Worst news application I have seen compare to other applications in the market. This forced me to switch to Inshorts/cnn/fox/newsbreak. One can easily see that this application is being designed, architected by amateur.. ### 1/5 — Ads Ads Ads.. *2026-06-11, version 17.7.3* App is becoming more of an Ad agency rather than a news agency. Every page, every click gets you multiple Ads. This is on top of many news that are for premium subscribers. News agencies now wants to get money out of everything. Gone are the days where news agencies had obligations to reach public with actual news. ### 1/5 — App causes OS crashes *2026-06-07, version 17.7.2* Since last 2 updates, this app crashes my iPhone frequently. Needs to be fixed. ### 1/5 — Review *2026-06-04, version 17.7.1* Too many adds. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Minutes observation *2026-07-04, version 17.9.2* Update information proved to very useful. ### 5/5 — Great *2026-06-12, version 17.8.0* Great ### 5/5 — Dilip *2026-06-07, version 17.7.2* I’m 76 & a faithful ToI subscriber since 1964. ### 5/5 — Too many popups - even for subscribers *2026-01-23* Too many advertisements, promotions, events and even special articles are show as full screen popups - even for subscribers. And you can’t ignore or close it, they force you to read. Unacceptable intrusive advertising and interference. One would think that at least for paid subscribers things would be better please work on this **Developer response:** We are sorry that we didn't meet your expectations. Please let us know what we can do to improve. Drop us an email at toi.android@timesinternet.in and we will definitely try to resolve the issue. Thanks, Tabassum ### 5/5 — Get Over It *2025-12-19, version 16.5.3* The Times of India is one of the most established, popular, and respected newspapers in the country for a reason. And if, like Ms, you live outside India, getting access to the Times in pretty invaluable. So every so often you have to ‘suffer’ through a few seconds of an ad? Ever consider how entitled you are if you don’t think you should be having to PAY for a product, a service, from which you benefit? [This post is directed at someone here who risibly complained of having to watch an ad for every story…. Throw out your TV too. This is how the world works. Think the TOI should operate its business as a charity, ulloo ka paTThaa?! ### 5/5 — 👍 *2025-12-17* Reliable news. Great site. ### 5/5 — Unable to click on most stories. Turns out I needed to empty the cache and it started working after *2025-07-08, version 15.7.0* app is working fine after emptying out the cache. ### 5/5 — Times of India *2025-07-02, version 15.7.0* I will not be without it! It has vibrancy and variety which is unique. I read “The Times” and “The Economist” but Times of India is global and yet covers Indian news very well ### 5/5 — Good Reporting *2025-06-02, version 15.4.6* Solid and detailed coverage of news in India especially Operation Sindhoot and rest of world ### 5/5 — Daily TOI app reader *2025-05-31, version 15.4.6* I use TOI app to read news daily for several years now. I have subscribed to TOI and love the TOI plus detailed articles --- *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 2026-08-26.*