# Toronto Star ePaper Edition — user reviews > 70 indexed App Store user reviews of Toronto Star ePaper Edition by thestar.com, rated 4.70/5 from 232 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/toronto-star-epaper-edition/id855679424/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/toronto-star-epaper-edition/id855679424.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 183 · 4★ 36 · 3★ 10 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of Toronto Star ePaper Edition? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Believable journalism - 👍 Well written and researched - 👍 Enjoyable e-newspaper - 👍 Less waste - 👍 Great paper and opinion pieces - 👍 Available 7 days a week - 👍 Great to get ePaper - 👍 New epaper is fantastic - 👍 Easy of use, readability, appearance - 👍 Reminder for bill payment - 👍 Consistent reporting and articles - 👍 Convenient online access - 👍 Access anytime on phone - 👍 Reads like a paper paper - 👍 Enjoyed for many years - 👍 Strong supporter of views - 👍 Relentless reporters - 👍 Impressive reporter insight - 👍 Easy read on iPad - 👍 Easy to navigate - 👍 Great coverage for Canadian news abroad - 👍 Information and facts to support opinion - 👍 Great investigative journalism - 👍 Easy to use electronic version - 👍 Mirrors hard copy version perfectly - 👍 General coverage news publication - 👍 Downloads to device for offline reading - 👍 Looks like old-school paper - 👍 Reliable reporting - 👍 Great coverage of Canadian university football - 👍 QR codes for more reading - 👍 First class news - 👍 Special insights to Canadian news and culture **Cons** - 👎 Liberal only opinions - 👎 No facts - 🐛 Glitchy app - 🐛 Programming errors - 🐛 Section not updating - 🐛 Repetition of previous points - 🐛 Glitch in Page View - 🐛 Drop down menu disappears - 🐛 Mistakes and missing words - 🐛 Poor resolution - 🐛 No access to iPad edition - 🐛 No response to emails - 🐛 Poor sign up/log in interface - 🐛 Failed login attempts - 🐛 No support response - 🐛 New app not working well on iPad - 🐛 Reduced zoom for font - 🐛 Pages pop up from bottom - 🐛 Freezes on purchase page - 🐛 Back-issues deleted - 🐛 Not liking new version - 🐛 Consistently off line - 🐛 Stopped showing new papers - 🐛 Not working for 3 days - 🐛 Customer care blames user - 🐛 System issues - 🐛 App suddenly stopped working - 🐛 Repeated stale stories - 🐛 Cannot read offline - 👎 Far too left wing - 👎 Issues logging in - 👎 Service Error message - 👎 Brutal coverage on university football - 👎 Too many pop up ads - 🐛 Newspaper not downloaded - 🐛 Suddenly asks to sign in again - 🐛 Front page hate speech - 🐛 Double charges - 🐛 App makes you sign in - 🐛 Page links do not function - 🐛 Online app keeps freezing - 🐛 Incredibly left wing viewpoint - 🐛 Negative reporting - 🐛 Subscription through app not available - 🐛 Seriously contemplating canceling - 👎 Socialist crap - 🐛 Touchy interface - 🐛 Difficult to jump pages - 🐛 Blank pages - 🐛 Hard to read and navigate - 🐛 Clunky, slow, limited news - 🐛 Hates this version - 🐛 Slow to load - 🐛 Limited content - 🐛 Hates page returned to when closing story - 🐛 Simply awful compared to last version **Commonly reported bugs** - Section showing highlighted stories stopped updating - Drop down section selection menu in page view disappears - Poor resolution and labels on pages - No access to iPad edition despite subscribing - Failed login attempts - No response to support emails - New app not working well on iPad - Ability to zoom to expand font reduced - Pages pop up from the bottom of the screen - Purchase page freezes - Back-issues deleted - EPaper consistently off line - Stopped showing new papers - Not working for 3 days - App suddenly stopped working - Cannot read offline while under promotional offer - Issues logging in to the app - Service Error message - Page links do not always function - Online app keeps freezing on yesterday's paper - Newspaper not downloaded during the day cannot be downloaded later - Suddenly asks to sign in again - Double charges for one edition - App makes you sign in repeatedly - Touchy interface, flips pages accidentally - Difficult to jump pages - Pages are sometimes blank - Hard to read and navigate - Slow to load - Limited content - Returns to a specific page when closing a story **Most requested features** - Interactive word search, puzzles, and Sudoku - Comment section - Dark mode option - Ability to turn off pop-up pages - Subscription through the app - More coverage on Canadian university football - More positive stories - More mature reporting - Print functionality on iPad - Option to not have pages pop up from the bottom - Ability to purchase single Saturday paper again - More investigative journalism on social injustice ## Newest reviews (14 of 70) ### 2/5 — Delivery *2026-08-23* Not reliable ### 4/5 — Always the Star *2026-07-19* The summer at the cottage is so much more enjoyable with the on line version of the star. I am 82 and have been reading the star for most of it. Gingerpeach. ### 4/5 — Honest accessible journalism *2026-06-26* It is believable journalism that you can get online. Well written and well researched news source. ### 4/5 — Good but could be excellent *2026-06-13* I enjoy the e-newspaper. No longer waiting for paper to be delivered. Less waste. To get 5 star rating the word search, puzzles, and sudoka should be interactive. ### 2/5 — Programming errors *2026-01-27* I love this feature, especially when I’m away from home but now there’s a problem with the section showing current highlighted stories. It appears to have stopped updating on January 15th. Can you please have your programmers fix it? I really miss it. Thanks. Still receive the paper edition because I love the Star and believe that excellent journalism should be supported. ### 4/5 — Just one annoyance *2025-09-08* A great paper. Great opinion pieces. A lot of special interest stories. And available 7 days a week. The only issue I have is if there are updates to a news item , a lot of the previous day’s points are repeated. It fattens up the paper for nothing. ### 3/5 — Glitch in Page View *2024-10-24* In the updated version, the drop down section selection menu in page view only stays visible for 1 second , then disappears, making it useless. ### 4/5 — No to P.P. *2023-03-17* Why, you ask? Simple. I am 79 years old and during my run, I met thousands of people. One of my chosen characteristics, for anyone who is a joy to listen to or chat with , they have a way of looking at many things in a positive way. I watched P.P. during his hatchet days for Mr. Harper, he would easily qualify for Rowan and Martin’s comedy hour. Never smile and never say a good thing about a person or issue. I suspect this a trait he acquired in his early years. We all know that cliche, do you look at the glass half full or empty? Unfortunately, for P.P. , his glass is empty! If he wanted to make a change in his appearance, he should watch Eric Idle( you tube) closing song at the 2012 London Olympics, “ Always Look on the Bright Side of Life”. He might learn something? Brian Moore 5250 Lakeshore Rd. Burlington ### 4/5 — Improvement Needed *2023-01-16* It’s like there’s no proofreading department at the Toronto Star any more- lot’s of mistakes & missing words or words all jammed together. I also received one issue last week with poor resolution & labels on every page (fixed later on in the day) so it was difficult to read. Quality needs to improve. ### 4/5 — Comment *2022-11-04, version 6.4.3* I read the national post and enjoy the comment section I wish there was a comment section in the Toronto star. ### 4/5 — Sports *2022-06-13, version 6.4.3* I’ve enjoyed the Star for many years. I still subscribe to the paper edition. (My wife prefers the crosswords in the newspaper) I read online. Why is it that the Sports Section is sometimes split into different sections? Why is the Sports Section always buried in the back end of the paper? Minor complaints, maybe, but it’s annoying. I’m a long time subscriber. I enjoy reading current news, columnists and business, as well as sports. I’m a strong supporter of yours views. Keep up the good work. ### 5/5 — Love the new format! *2022-06-09, version 6.4.3* I have received the Toronto Star forever! The reporters are relentless to dig up truth and report it. The new format is great. The range of insight that the reporters have is most impressive. Keep up the great work! I look forward to starting every day with my “Star”. Thanks! ### 5/5 — Star Eedition *2022-05-14, version 6.4.3* Would you please provide a way of turning off the pages which pop up from the bottom of the screen every time I touch the screen on my iPad. They’re driving me crazy. ### 5/5 — Used to be good *2022-05-07, version 6.4.3* I have purchased the Saturday star online for a VERY long time. I enjoy doing the puzzles and reading the comics, it is a lovely way to spend Saturday. However recent changes to the platform prevent me from purchasing my Saturday paper.After I click on the paper I wish to purchase, I am taken to the purchase page. That page freezes every time, and I am not able to select anything on it. I have reached out to the support desk three times now to no avail. Additionally all my back-issues were deleted when the platform upgraded and I cannot find them anywhere. I am not so worried about the back issues (though I did pay for them), but I would like to know when the issue will be resolved with this new platform and I will be able to purchase a single Saturday star again. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Nice app, but fills up storage. *2026-07-01* It so endow fills the SSD in weeks. Nice app for reading, but terrible app for storage (it’s text!). ### 1/5 — Liberal Only *2026-06-21* This paper is now only liberal opinions and no facts. ### 1/5 — Glitchy app *2026-06-08* No paper today? ### 1/5 — No access to iPad edition despite subscribing *2023-01-10* I signed up and paid but couldn’t access the iPad edition. Despite taking my money they haven’t responded to emails or sorted this out. ### 1/5 — Poor sign up/log in interface across various platforms *2022-06-12, version 6.4.3* I finally returned to a Toronto Star subscription. I’ve been disappointed with the sign up/login functionality. I have had various but not consistent failed log in attempts despite all credentials being correct. I emailed for support a week ago and have not heard back. Seems so strange to have such a critical piece of online infrastructure not working optimally. ### 1/5 — New Toronto Star app *2022-05-19, version 6.4.3* Does not work well on iPad 4. Ability to zoom to expand font is reduced compared to the old eReader. Not helpful for those with lower vision. ### 1/5 — Stopped showing new papers 2 days ago. Reinstalled multiple times. *2022-03-05, version 4.11.10* Stopped working ### 1/5 — EPaper *2022-03-05, version 4.11.10* Not working for 3 days and when I contacted customer care they told me it was my problem ### 1/5 — Star e edition *2022-03-05, version 4.11.10* System issues for 3 days not acceptable ### 1/5 — Anyone else having problems? *2022-03-04, version 4.11.10* App suddenly stopped working today. Even tried downloading on another phone and can’t even get to the option to sign in. So many issues all the time. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — EPaper *2026-08-17* I am very pleased to be able to take my iPad or phone and be able to read everyday what is happening in the world and especially the sports. ### 5/5 — The Star of my morning *2026-08-10* I look forward to reading, scanning and learning the news near me and of our world every day. ### 5/5 — Lifelong Star reader *2026-07-06* Excellent well balanced articles that reflect life in the GTA including current issues and the many topics that residents regard as noteworthy. Political commentary is always on the forefront as Canadians feel we are in a position of defending our identity and economy these days. Star journalists are generally well chosen to represent our views and inform us of thorough analysis too. ### 5/5 — It’s good to get ePaper Toronto Star *2023-12-10* It’s great. ### 5/5 — New epaper is fantastic *2023-07-22* I currently get the e editions of 4 newspapers. I have always disliked the Stars epaper and found it clumsy and difficult. The new app moves the Star to the front of the line in ease of use, page readability, and general appearance. ### 5/5 — Toronto star *2023-04-07* Thanks for letting me know to remind me about my bill to pay ### 5/5 — Keep reading *2022-10-29, version 6.4.3* We are daily readers of The Star from front to back. The reporting and articles consistently clear and helpful as we made sense of the day’s developments. Biker BDJ ### 5/5 — Enjoy ePaper *2022-09-26, version 6.4.3* We thoroughly enjoy reading our Toronto Star online. It is very convenient and we can access it even when away. ### 5/5 — The Star *2022-09-03, version 6.4.3* It’s pretty amazing that with a tap on my phone I can access The Toronto Star at any time however I have to admit I’m “old school”and love reading the paper copy!!!Today we are still waiting for the Saturday addition to arrive,coffee mug in hand but alas it’s late 🙁so until it arrives,I’ll just click onto my e-edition...very handy!! ### 5/5 — Paper paper *2022-07-27, version 6.4.3* It reads like a paper paper just the same but with extra features. --- *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 2026-09-10.*