St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Android
When the app opens it is fine, but it frequently crashes within a few seconds of launching and I have to reopen it. Seems unstable.
Incredibly bad app. Forces ads even on paying subscribers - not just ads at the bottom but full screen ads with sounds and sometimes even fake virus pop-ups. Some stories take over a minute to load and drop my battery 3% in the process. Stories that involve slideshows are virtually impossible to navigate.
Crashes more than old version....on every refresh. Headlines for articles only one or two words???
This is with out a doubt one of the worst apps I have ever used.
You have to be of the lowest IQ to write or edit for this paper.
Takes forever to load and when in the app moves from where you were reading!
Nice app, except for all the ads.
Quick pertinent STL news
It's a great application
Awesome????✊????
Love the news
Love it
I've used the app on several different devices over the years and it's as if it's never improved or been tested on mobile devices. Pages skip to different articles when you try to scroll, some content flat out does not work (many videos and chats), and the ads are obnoxious. You're far better off using the mobile website.
Good material but the ads make it next to impossible to read. Story is obscured by ads and then it cuts over to another full screen ad. And then another ad and then, well you get the idea...
I have issues with slideshow performance, especially on Android, but also on iPad. Other than that, it's a solid app that delivers plenty of content from my favorite city.
I have issues with opening articles/the app failing to open, and I can't open articles from notifications. Also have trouble scrolling through listicle articles.
Everytime you go back a page, the entire page has to re-load itself eating your data. Ever heard of cache? It should only update when new articles are posted! Also,...ads covering the story. A ticker at the bottom would be more usable and still get your ads out.
Articles don't load. Ads make pages unreadable. Notifications don't open the story I'm being notified about. I don't know what bug fixes and enhancements they talk about with updates, because I'm not seeing any of them.
Pop-up ads are annoying and just plain rude when the story you are reading is suddenly blocked with an ad. It sometimes takes a couple of seconds for the "x" to appear and the "x" moves around, forcing you to look at an ad, that is almost always meaningless to me, before it can be removed. And if I am navigating through stories with one hand, it's usually not possible to get to the "x" without using my other hand, interrupting my reading even longer. Uninstalling and using other sources for local news.
I've had nothing but trouble with this app. It hangs up often if you comment on a story and won't let you go back to the main page, I've had to uninstall it and reinstall it to get back to the articles.
Now this app is running large video ads which make reading impossible. Have you folks lost your minds?
Does not open articles more than half the time. Just staring at a spinning circle.
This thing is so biased towards the cardinals, it's stupid. Bury the cardinals back in the sports section, just like you do with the Blues. Half of the latest news listings is cardinals stuff...! Dumb
The articles load well. Slideshows or old new clippings are slow to load or don't load at all. Other than that, it's a very solid news app.
Really?? A news app that won't open a article to read most of the time?? And intrusive ads?? Is this a joke??
How does this newspaper app account for 20% of my battery usage over 8 hours when I have read three articles? Also had a suspect "your phone may be infected" virus type add. The app misfires a lot. It will load its ads but then play like the internet is dead when it comes to load its content. Sucks we only have one paper.
Just junk. It's mostly AP stories so I use that app instead. National news lately contains only a few stories from the last couple of hours and then says "No more items." Ads constantly more intrusive, such as pop-ups that repeatedly block half the screen with no way to close them. Wait ten seconds after its done and they pop up again.
Moved away from home (St. Louis) keeps me informed very well. Love the App!
This is the worst performing app I have. Articles are very slow to load if they load at all.
Usually work's fine. Sometimes the ads will cause the app to crash.
VERY SLOW,,,,,"WHY"??? Good news reports but way to slow!!!
App quits working 7/10 times I use it. Annoying.
Some articles don't work right on the app.
The pop ups are out of control.
About 1 in 5 stories will not load, they just spin.
Like the app, but even with my new phone, some stories take too long to load
Not exactly the same as the tablet app I used first but still good for checking on news, scores, etc.
But I wish it could receive an update to the UI. Especially to its menu
A little slow has great information
by K####:
How does this get released for approval? No one that works at the Post finds this obnoxious? The only app ever that reloads when you go back from reading a story, and changes your position from where you had been...Still! HELLO!? DON'T YOU SEE THIS? DO YOU CARE?