# Winston-Salem Journal — user reviews > 67 indexed App Store user reviews of Winston by BH Media Group, rated 4.40/5 from 256 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/winston-salem-journal/id401355582/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/winston-salem-journal/id401355582.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 175 · 4★ 45 · 3★ 15 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 14 ## What do users think of Winston? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 📰 Good local journalism - 👍 Easy to read articles - 📱 Convenient for on-the-go - 📰 Comprehensive coverage - 📰 Timely updates - 📰 Good for local news - 📰 Excellent source of information - 📰 Up-to-date reporting - 📰 Great for breaking news - 📰 Convenient for out-of-town - 📰 Easy to find stories - 📰 Quick news access - 📰 Balanced coverage - 📰 Good overview of local news - 📰 Useful information - 📰 Great radar feature - 📰 Nice app - 📰 Good for local news - 📰 Great for Wake Forest updates - 📰 Good UI and user-friendly - 📰 Keeps me in touch **Cons** - 📱 App freezes often - 📱 App crashes constantly - 📱 Poor quality - 📱 Clunky and slow - 📱 Ads look like obituaries - 📱 Limited free articles - 📱 Not a free app - 📱 Subscription needed - 📱 Content is old - 📱 Incomplete articles - 📱 Too many ads - 📱 Erratic page navigation - 📱 No landscape mode - 📱 Body font not adjustable - 📱 Leftist pandering - 📱 Buggy and freezes - 📱 Requires subscription - 📱 Ads pop up - 📱 Doesn't update - 📱 Not enough news - 📱 Unsolicited pop-ups - 📱 Fuzzy facsimile page - 📱 App does not update - 📱 No high school results - 📱 Omitted AP stories **Commonly reported bugs** - Body font not adjustable - Erratic page navigation on iPad - App freezes while linking to stories - App crashes constantly - Ads look like obituaries - App locks up, especially on iPad - App does not open after update - App does not update on iPhone - App crashes frequently - Login issues - In-app loading issues - Push notifications for random articles **Most requested features** - Adjustable body font size - Landscape mode option - Option to display paper like print - Add comment feature - Separate category for lottery numbers - Include obituaries and other content - Include high school scores and stories - Include entire articles, not just snippets ## Newest reviews (12 of 67) ### 4/5 — Body font needs to be adjustable *2023-03-30, version 9.3.2* Though the settings provide for font size adjustments, it only adjusts the heading text and not the body. This should be resolved to make the articles easily readable by customers with less than perfect eyesight. ### 3/5 — Too sensitive on iPad Pro *2022-01-16, version 8.11* I have an iPad Pro with S/W version 15.2.1. The ability to move from page to page is totally annoying as I cannot go from page to page without it jumping back to the previous page. It is extremely erratic. It was a continuing problem well before V15. I view on my Pro in the horizontal mode. ### 2/5 — Just us the website *2020-10-28, version 5.8.0* This app does not work to read the news. If you click on a story a page full of ads pops up. Might as well use the browser on your phone and not waste the space on your phone for this app. ### 3/5 — No Landscape Mode *2020-10-02, version 5.8.0* Why any app created in the last five years would not have a landscape mode is incomprehensible. I always use landscape mode on my iPad and rotating to read the W-S Journal is annoying. Get with the program coders! ### 2/5 — Fourth Estate Sale *2019-05-10, version 5.3* One of the worst examples of leftist pandering in recent times. Their op-ed page prints mainly diatribes so disrespectful of a sitting President that at times they tread a very fine line between poor taste and downright treason. Too bad I don’t own a pet shop. Your circulation would increase dramatically. ### 3/5 — Pretty Good App, But. . . . *2018-11-08, version 5.0.0* I have used the app for a while. The old version took you to a browser for the e-edition. The new one loads in in-app which is nice, but it does not allow you to rotate the device and view the edition in landscape mode. I find this annoying as I read the e-edition on my iPad and prefer landscape mode for this. ### 4/5 — Keep up with my home town, convenient *2016-12-22, version 4.21.290025480* Love the app. I read the Journal when I'm out of town. Also, I'm retired, so even when I am at home, if I don't want to go out and get the paper in the freezing dark, I can read it in bed from my tablet in comfort. ### 3/5 — Cappy *2016-09-06, version 4.19.290019681* I would love for the App to display the paper just like the one that comes to my door, or, give us the option of display ### 4/5 — Enjoy the local news! *2016-05-03, version 4.18.170018272* Just wish it would not keep telling me I have read 12 articles since we are subscribers. Some news is really old. ### 5/5 — Rating *2016-04-09, version 4.17.670017219* It's GGGRRREEEAATT! In my Tony the Tiger voice. ### 3/5 — Good quick overview *2016-02-13, version 4.14.6* This app gives me a quick overview of local news but needs to be purchased for more detailed views. ### 5/5 — Tops *2015-11-16, version 4.14.6* Delivered the Journal as a kid and as an adult rely on the web for balanced coverage when traveling. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — I love the Journal, but this App doesn’t cut it. *2018-08-12, version 4.30.420040042* Barely works at all on my iPhone X. It is extremely buggy and almost always freezes while linking to stories from notifications. I would have deleted the App ages ago if I wasn’t invested in the local news. ### 1/5 — Subscription Needed? *2018-04-07, version 4.24.210030489* Requires monthly subscription if you view more than a preset number of stories a month including including obituaries. This is on top of the revenue they make from the Ads within the app. Really? ### 1/5 — Why divert us to the web? *2018-02-06, version 4.24.210030489* Put complete articles in app. Worst news app ever ### 1/5 — Trickery *2016-03-10, version 4.17.670016458* Open this app enough times in a 1 month period and they want your money. There are plenty of other places to get your news. ### 1/5 — Clunky *2016-01-07, version 4.14.6* The site is antiquated and slow to respond. And I really wish the ads didn't look exactly like the obituaries they share space with. ### 1/5 — Not useful to get local news *2015-11-30, version 4.14.6* They send push notifications, typically used for breaking news by all other publications around the world, to push random articles. If you decide to take their bate, you end up using up one of your limited free articles. You can only read the first paragraph of articles on the app anyways, and to read more you have to click a link, and after 15 articles you have to pay for this service, unlike the apps for most any other publication ### 1/5 — You wouldn't leave me alone *2015-11-15, version 4.14.6* Not a bad app, but nothing I did would stop it from asking for a rating. So..... ### 1/5 — Not a free App!! *2015-11-10, version 4.14.6* Not a good app to have. After review of 25 articles they want you to purchase a subscription just like you are on their website . This should be listed in the description for this app. Would not recommend this app. ### 1/5 — Bad to worse *2015-09-07, version 4.14.5* App locks up while trying to read articles. Seems to be related to adds. This has become much worse since update. This is true only on IPad. iPhone version seems much more stable. ### 1/5 — Does not open *2015-07-26, version 4.14.5* installed update. it will not open. even deleted and reinstalled and still does not open ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Works well *2025-08-11, version 9.18* Nice simple app, with hyperlocal investigative journalism. ### 5/5 — Well done local paper *2018-05-20, version 4.24.210030489* The “Journal” is doing a good job as a local paper. It covers local, regional, and state matters well, with sufficient national and international coverage. It remains a broad spectrum publication, with a business page; and an editorial section with its opinions, and letters, and columns. It has weekly sections on food, gardening, the home place, the arts, and expanded editorial and business coverage. Sports coverage, particularly local, is thorough, but national sports are not shorted. The paper offers daily puzzles and comics for its readers’ diversion and entertainment. It is worth the subscription. ### 5/5 — W-S Journal *2018-04-04, version 4.24.210030489* Excellent source for information on my home town. ### 5/5 — WSJ App *2017-11-24, version 4.24.210030489* Quick look, concise, and timely updates ### 5/5 — Good app for local news *2017-08-30, version 4.24.210030489* Good app that gives a quick news, weather and other options for people to access. ### 5/5 — WS Journal *2017-01-31, version 4.21.290025480* Great, up to the minute unbiased reporting ### 5/5 — My go to app for local news! *2017-01-19, version 4.21.290025480* WSJ does a great job of keeping up-to-date on breaking news and local sports. ### 5/5 — Good Effort *2016-10-07, version 4.19.290019681* Easy to read and find the day's stories. If only the print edition would have a nameplate to reflect the importance of this outstanding daily. ### 5/5 — WSJ *2016-05-07, version 4.18.170018272* Great way to keep up with local news ### 5/5 — Love this app..... *2016-04-17, version 4.17.670017219* I have never been someone who reads newspapers. It just takes too long to find the few things that I am interested in. I can find everything with this app so easily. I love the way everything is separated but can be found so easily. Thanks for providing this to us!! --- *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 2026-09-01.*