Toronto Star User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience15.7% of reviews
Neutral18.3% of reviews
Negative experience66.0% of reviews

~ Based on 153 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Toronto Star Safe?

Toronto Star appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Toronto Star is 92/100.

This assessment is based on 235 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

93.2% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.3% of ratings suggest some concerns
5.5% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 235 App Store ratings for Toronto Star.

Is Toronto Star Legit?

Toronto Star appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Toronto Star is 85/100.

Based on 85 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Need Gift Articles

Pls allow us to gift articles from the app. I think you can do it from a laptop. The Globe and Mail lets me gift from their app

False narratives

Reporting fiction of what is actually happening in our country. More Canadian fake news

Not worth it. Don't try and cancel they won't let you.

Have tried cancelling twice. You can't all they want is money

Terrible web site

This app won’t let you comment on anything the powers that be don’t agree with. You can be deactivated by just stating “no” in the comment section. discrimination much?

Disappointing

Lousy service

Feature Request

Can we please please get the ability to “gift” articles in the app? I’d be able to share so many more articles with people if I didn’t have to go to the desktop site to share my gift articles

Subscription cancellation

Not having a simple way to cancel digital subscription within the app is frankly sleazy in this day and age.

Don't Try To Cancel

You can only cancel your subscription if you go through some long convoluted process and then it is questionable if your subscription has been cancelled! Not impressed!!!

Needs to be revamped for interactions

It gets the job done for news, but the comments are difficult to follow and respond to. Replies and likes don’t show up in the Notification Centre, so you’re required to find the article you commented on and dig through all the responses to find the thread you interacted with. Considering it’s 2026, it’s almost like this app is from the 2010s.
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P & G

Sick of reading the same things … pitiful and gross

Won’t stop charging me

I’ve tried cancelling my Toronto Star subscription a few times and they ignore my emails and continue to charge me. Buyer beware

Good but for one big problem for me

I use the app frequently. Generally it works really well. However, if you are listening to music and open an article it often silences the music. My phone can multitask, please let me read the news and listen to music at the same time!

Needs Work

Good but needs work. Finally able to change font size but can’t make it full width on my iPad in landscape mode, also cannot select a word and look it up like on every other news app.

Back button!

I am a regular user—need local news—and am amazed and frustrated that there is no simple button to hit to return to one’s previous position. For anyone wanting to peruse a paper in an orderly way, it is extremely frustrating. If it is not amended, I will stop reading the Star. TorStar reply please!

Difficult to unsubscribe

Making subscription cancellation difficult is not a great way to retain customers or grow revenue.

Disappointed that the app does not have an unsubscribe option and they charged me for 2 months inspite of emailing them to cancel my subscription.

Local News

The local news section is usually days old and DOES NOT allow comments. This paper seems to be very right wing oriented. I think the owners are americans .

Cash Grab

Only downloaded app to access daily horoscopes. Unable to access this particular content without having to substitute for a fee. DELETED App👎🏼

Too much clutter

Let me configure what appears at the top of the screen. I don’t need like boxes filling 25% of my screen. Tell me where to turn these off. If I want them I’ll turn them back on.

Antiquated

This app is antiquated. You cannot do anything to fix your account. If you need to do anything you have to phone, sit on hold. Listen to sales pressure and then they still don’t action

Disaster

Another completely biased, fake news paper and app. Complete disgrace to the country. If you do not tow the line, commentary is blocked.