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What Users Really Think About AP News

We analyzed 363 negative reviews of AP News from the App Store. Here's what users are saying.

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Key Weakness

App performance issues and slow loading

"The app is very slow to load."
"Constantly freezes and is hard to navigate."

What Users Are Saying

Two stars because an otherwise great app is being ruined for me because of a dark pattern. Ads on the scroll view are sensitive to any form of touch, more than the other parts of the app. So when you scroll down, you accidentally touch on every ad which opens up your browser. I would have expected a...

Must be tough reporting a war you’re losing.

Recently lots of large Expedia ads embedded into articles that that are so highly touch-sensitive, it is *impossible* to scroll without accidentally clicking on them. Really irritating! Please please stop.

I really value the Associated Press for the news it delivers. In an era of heavy bias, this app remains a go-to for extensive, objective reporting. I rely on it daily to stay informed on what’s actually happening without the spin. The only reason I’m not giving this 5 stars is a persistent technica...

Whenever I click on a video in this app, it plays an ad and then does not work for the story. It never shows the video, just stops when it was going to appear. Don’t bother with them Total rip off.

This app used to be solid, but has fallen off a cliff recently. The news stories don’t update often and the use of AI is obvious and distracting. There is a summary I just read that mentioned Howard Lutnik laughs the loudest at cabinet meetings. That’s either a bad AI or someone who has no grasp on ...

I like so news, the reporting is solid, but this app doesn’t work very well. Sometimes the type goes off the screen and you have to guess what it says. There is no way to get it back on screen. Other times it just seizes and you can’t scroll or finish the story. I also dislike that if I close it i...

It is so hard to find a legitimate neutral news source. Someone mentioned I try AP News, but no after a couple months no thanks. Screw the liberal “take”, screw the conservative “take”. I wish I could just have some legitimate news.

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