Ap News App Reviews

Font is way too small. Can’t read it if I can’t see it. Old app was better.

My iPad is updated and the app crashes all the time! I can't get through an article most days. This never happened with the old app. And I can't see how to customize certain topics like Sports - I liked being able to focus on college football or MLB, I couldn't care less about NASCAR and tennis. Hope that comes back or I figure it out. Thanks for having black screen mode like the last app.

New design is confusing. Everything is jumbled together. Difficult to find what I want.

I want the old app back. I want to choose what I read, not this app shoving what it thinks I need to look at in my face. Get back to just reporting the news. These hyper-opinionated blah blah vapid pieces have become pathetic. Man I miss the days of real news reporting like the AP was back in the day....😕

Headline for AP story appears in Facebook. Click in the story and the site just takes you to the homepage, not the story you are interested in. You then have to search Ap site and hope to find the story

I hate the Times New Roman font, and I prefer to read white on a black background. I see no way to change these settings. I tried to keep using the last version, but it finally wouldn’t work.

Believe none of what you read and only half of what you see.

I am deleting this news app, because like most news apps it is biased.

While the content is fine, excessive moving and shifting of content to FORCE advertising under your fingers. Random adds above or below are one thing, shifting adds over the content, moving text up and down to force adds to be triggered is obnoxious. You’ll get your click fees—-but not based on my fingers!!? Crapp!

This app constantly crashes or freezes. I read the news primarily from my iPad and this has become a very frustrating problem. I loved the old app but was forced to switch over and it's been a mess ever since. I don't like the new format. When I touch to read a story it often is unresponsive forcing me to keep touching it. Then when I finally get the story the page is frozen or crashes. This is the worst app!

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Sometimes biased and often left of center in coverage of political and social issues

The old app was much better than this one. This app is just cheap

Change it back.

A premier news source, largely UN-biased. Easy to understand why it’s a well-used source for many professional news organizations.

I love AP news!!

AP always seems to take the anti Trump POV. I used to read to get the facts not Political opinion Not much difference between Fake News CNN etc and AP. Sad!

Love it!!

This app uses them. They should offer ad-free $3/month like USA Today.

Please send your articles through a better editor who can spot these mistakes that should not be found on a serious news article.

Left leaning.

Real news that keeps us informed as to what is really happening in the world. Thank you and your hard-working reporters for your tenacity and diligence and to your dedication to the truth.

So bad will no longer use this app

I don’t read my local news any more because this app won’t let me add it without turning on location services. Well, this doesn’t seem right. Let me look up cities / areas like before. Until then, I’ll use other apps which I may end up using to replace this one.

The old interface that allowed you to easily scroll from topic to topic was much better

A good app with good articles to read. However it’s annoying when you’re reading an article while listening to your music and your music automatically pauses or stops because of the ads. FIX THIS !!!!

App is better than it was (why it took a year to create dark mode is beyond me), but AP needs to stop sending notifications on non-critical/non-breaking stories. If I get a notification alert, it should be for something important, and a breaking story that *just* happened...not “hey, here’s a think piece about the Honduran migrant crisis”. It’s like the boy who cried wolf, in a way, and it’s an abuse of the privilege...please stop doing it.

It would be nice to have the option for reading in two column format for those who prefer it.

Very poor new “improved” format that replaced the “block” style former format. The question must be “why”? Block style was easy to navigate, visually easy to read and quickly let the reader scan for items of interest. New style looks like it was designed by engineers not marketing specialists who study the interface of the organized screen with the human eye. Move forward by trashing the new format and reinstating the tried and true format. As for me I have switched to Google!!

Starting to get push notifications for things like “take a look at...” “see how this affects...” stories. I just want breaking news alerts - not daily notifications.

The new serif font makes it for more difficult to read compared to old app. You can make it bigger, but should be able to choose font. Also, ads at the bottom severely detract from experience. News and reporting are great, but I want the readability of the old app.

Not much use when it keeps CRASHING and going black screen when I try to read an article (even the first article I try once I re-open it).

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All the facts, first and objective

The old format was perfect. Simple, intuitive and reliable. New format is cumbersome and doesn’t appear to have the same news categories as the legacy version.

Frankly, more and more I tap on AP as my primary news choice over all other major news lines. Simply the best I believe.

Fast and easy to use, I love this app for its quick overview of current news. I've had no problems with it either.

This new version of the AP new app is terrible. I loved the former one, but this one never works. I start it up and it quickly drops out, or if I try to move to another section, it drops out. Not worth your time.

This app is so clunky and slow that, despite using it and loving its unbiased content for the past couple years, I’m saying goodbye. It often freezes when trying to scroll through stories feed or when transitioning from the story feed to a story and back. Also, the top news story feed hardly changes throughout the day so I’m often behind on the stories everyone is talking about. These are all fairly permanent problems that have never been resolved with updates. A recent problem has occurred when I try to view photos and it takes me straight to the video instead and starts auto-playing! Features, rather than problems, that are not very user friendly include swiping left/right to read a new story which inevitably happens when you don’t want it to (and then freezes) and the force return to the story after swiping through the last of a series of pictures. Amazing that the app of a major news organization could be so bad in 2018.

New foreman horrible. You had it right and screwed it up BAD. Through with ap.

Great information, keeps you up to date. I love how I can take a quick look first thing in the morning and be current in just a glance. I also enjoy a before sleep News check, especially during an election night or a Big Game.

I hate headlines with no story! You do it all the time!!! Then there’s the Apple Watch app with old stories, very bad UI!! Then there is the bias... you perpetuate the left agenda... show stories that are negative towards Trump but omit the positive of his accomplishments! Sure he has character issues but he is getting the economy rocking, unemployment way down, getting fairer deals for the US.

Horrible APp. Buggy, glitchy and inconsistent. Rarely able to read a complete story without crashing. The previous version was smooth and reliable. Why change if it's not going to improve.

The Associated Press has been the main reliable source of news for more than a century and a half. This app makes it easy to access. It’s well-organized, good looking and with a more traditional look than some other news apps. I love it.

AP’s service informs brilliantly. So far delighted by the timely and unbiased, accurate copy. Thank you.

Can someone just present the news without a biased slant..

Deleted app after many years. What a sad end to news.

Why do all the notifications disappear whenever I click just ONE of your alerts?? I can’t remember all the news stories I wanted to check out. And when I click just one story, all the rest of the stories disappear as if I read them already. I have not. And then I can’t remember which stories I wanted to read. Which costs your app any clicks that I WOULDVE made which takes away YOUR advertising money. Stupid all around

I find this new app to be user hostile and totally agree with the review titled Poor Replacement of old app. When the old app is discontinued, I will no longer be reading the AP on line.

The associated press should be beyond stupid click bait advertising that often comes across on the hairy edge of the fake news spread across the likes of Facebook.

Slow to load, regular crashes and freezes since change a few months ago. Have to go to Reuters regularly to get a decent news feed.

After scrolling past 3 articles, the app will freeze. To recover, the app must be closed.

I receive a news notification. Interested, I click on the story, but almost every time it just takes me to a page with super old stories and says it’s unable to update feed. Tried completely closing and re-opening app to no avail.

Where are all the news categories?? Too hard to find stuff. Guess I’ll switch to USA Today.

Now they report opinions rather than news....

Haven’t used it very much but it keeps me informed when I look at it

So when the banner pops up with an article I want to read, and I click on it, it opens the AP mobile app but it does not take me to the article I want to read. I rarely use this app because of that reason.

The old system gave me access to a greater variety of news, sports and entertainment more quickly.

Great site! Wish their was a way to read the stories in a larger typeface.

Back when I was on social media, I came across a graph rating most of the known media outlets in terms of quality of publications and respective bias to the left or right, what with “fake news” having become a household phrase. In the center-most column (indicating neutral bias) at the top of the quality chart was AP. I looked into what that was and it turns out it was the Associated Press. So I downloaded this app, and sure enough the articles are high quality journalism, and due to the myriad sources from which the Associated Press acquires information for their articles, there is rarely if ever any interjected bias like there is in many other media outlets. I really like that they do a weekly fact-check of the actual “fake news” to keep readers well-informed of what news is real. The only other news sources that I would say come close to AP are Reuters, The Economist, and possibly USA Today. I don’t get my news from anywhere else now.

I check the app at least once a day, and then I’m as abreast of the news as I care to be.

There’s no way to filter the anti trump stories. Poor excuse for journalism

Easy to find relevant news stories and keep up to date without all the clutter. I have really enjoyed the app.

Fast, accurate, and to the point. That’s important to me in this media saturated world we live in.

This app used to go to the story when you clicked on push notice. Now it just goes to the main page.

I expected just the facts from AP but scrolling through the headlines, it is clearly slanted left. Trump and Republicans are bad; liberals are good. Just want news.

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I hate this new app. With the old app I could choose just the topics I was interested in reading and they were ALL VISIBLE from the home page. Now I have to flip from one screen to another to get to the various topics. There is no more ‘motor racing’ topic and I do not wish to scroll thru hundreds of ‘sports’ articles to find what I am interested in. The old app gave a small ‘snapshot’ of the article, so I could decide if I wanted to open it to read more. There are way to many articles to scroll through to get to the articles that interest me. I want to be able to ‘customize’ my news feed so I can quickly see what I want to read. ‘If it ain’t broke...don’t fix it’. I will be deleting this app and going to Reuters which allows me to customize my news feed. This AP app is not user friendly unless you are a ‘computer geek’. The Reuters app is very easy to navigate. Bye bye!!!

This app delivers straight news without ranking stories by what it supposes I want like Apple News. I appreciate the journalism received at the touch of my finger.

Always breaking news!

I like AP News

SO GLAD DARK MODE IS BAAAACK.

The application has poor navigation Accessibility. Or example, the menu button is located at the bottom of the screen do not respond to voiceover. In fact, I have not been able to create a list of categories. I agree with another reviewer that the original application was far superior to this new version. I strongly recommend The developer revise the design to be more accessible to users who have low vision or are blind.

Tired of getting notification every couple Of minutes. Used to be a good app when it would put out important news but now it’s just putting out whatever. Thanks but no thanks. Disappointing.

Downloaded the AP app after deleting CNN given their reliably biased coverage and thinly veiled political motivations. I thought AP would be better, and it was for a period of time. Unfortunately, I have seen the AP articles drift closer and closer toward the same behavior. This morning, the breaking news went too far, so I’m done with it. Our press has a responsibility to inform us - not influence our opinions - unless they stop calling themselves part of the protected press. I fear the media doesn’t understand the damage they are doing to our country. I hope we the people see what’s going on.

The old version had a better layout. I do not like the way it requires going to the menu to select a different news section. The other used tiles that were very easy to select. This takes more scrolling, careful verification of the section, and precise finger position. At least they added night mode to this one after enough complaints but the ads are huge and interlaced with news. Moreover, the ads are bright from the ad exchanges, so contrast with night mode. This was a problem with the old one too but at least they were smaller. I really do not understand why AP went this way and expect that now my data is being traded off despite blocking my location and ad ID.

Not the everyday MSM narrative.

Read above title every morning. Very informative in keeping abreast of current activities as they occur.

I don’t like the new column text layout and find it much harder to read, poor utilization of screen real estate. The font is also an issue even at limited larger size. Prefer the older app over this version so will use other news sources more.

Sends me useless news in notifications.

As a Journalist, AP is the go-to for everything. Fact Check is the best thing I’ve seen by far.

I’m mostly writing this one-star review to get the app to stop pestering me about when I’ll get around to reviewing it. I haven’t really used the app enough to know if it’s useful or not.

Terrible.

Loved the old app. It would alert me to breaking news. New app sends alerts for feature stories like “Aretha Franklin will be missed in her native Detroit” and “Science Says: ‘The warmer it is, the more fire we see’” Since there seems to be no way to separate the news alerts from the promotional pushes, I’ll likely turn off notifications soon. Hope they fix it.

AP is slightly more objective than CNN. AP now covers a wider news scope than CNN due their subjective diversions. However, I’m going to use this opportunity to emphasize that I/we don’t need the Press to convince me/us President Trump is an idiot. Please report the news objectively if you wish to be a news organization a cut above the rest.

Please, please stop creating updates just for the sake of creating an update. Much preferred the previous version. Get my news elsewhere now.

the new format has more pictures, more advertising, less news topics, less organization. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it !”

Recently, notifications from this app have gone from breaking news bulletins to a large number of promos for AP opinion pieces. Those are overwhelmingly on one side of the political ideology spectrum. AP is entitled to have their opinion and publish it, but to push out promos for those pieces as “breaking news” notifications weakens the value of the app. I don’t want to turn off notifications for this app, but if this continues, I’ll have to. Then I will wonder if it’s even worth keeping the app.

Would be more reliable down the middle

These are seasoned news people telling you what’s new and important, not an algorithm. They do toe the Capitalist imperialist line and use that point of view almost exclusively, but you need to know what that is, too.

Very disappointed at the design and layout. The old was much better. This is very difficult to navigate. Go back to the old versiom

At a time when our institutions are under attack AP upholds the highest standards of professional journalism. Over 3000 professionals work every day to bring us the one thing we absolutely need to have a democracy: the truth.

Worked great before update. Now it takes forever to view stories. Once a story is open it gets frozen.

Hangs while trying to read an article Small size of icon on opening page leads to miss read attempts to chose articles Not as good as the app I “upgraded “ from

compared to older version - one star.

It’s not news if you only put certain stories out there and keep all good stories as non-news. That’s fake news because it’s your opinion . Everything should be news . Not what you want .

The most egregiously biased news available online It’s pathetic actually

Great app!

As a result of this I read everything on my iPad. The first thing in the morning I read the AP app, which is free. Then The NY Times (paid) an Washington Post ( expensive).

I wish AP would come back to the center. AP is leaning so far left it hurts lately.

Whenever people ask me what my favorite app is I always answer that it is the AP app. It is a productive way to pass the time. When I am waiting to board a plane, on the line at the post office, or lying in bed, I can catch up on all the top news. The new app is different and I don’t love all the changes since I was so comfortable with the former version. I can, however, accept change. The only thing that really bothers me is that in the former app, you could choose a dark background with lighter text. This seemed easier on my eyes, especially at night. The white background is harsher and I don’t think I will be using this app for my news as much anymore. The only other thing that I would like to mention is that in an older version of the soon to be discontinued AP, the Sports topic could be sorted by individual sport. For example, you could choose Basketball and see only stories about that sport. It would be nice to be able to sort them again. Overall, I am a big fan but would love to see the return of the dark background.

Like many of the apps today, they find it necessary to keep “updating” their look; which really comes down to finding more space for advertising. Unfortunately this new “look” is really poor. The reason I had used AP over other reputable news source apps was because it used to be very organized and compact. Now it is not...enough said.

This app was my daily go-to for easy access to up-to-date and well written reports. It’s now a visual nightmare, and I can’t even read full sentences. Please bring the original UI back- and ASAP!!!

Seems to cover most of the major news with less bias and censorship than most.

I was a daily user of old app; this new version is terrible. When you click on Stories on home page you get the wrong story about 90% of time making it frustrating and unusable. Disappointed and getting a new app for news.

Can’t get rid of Amazon pop-up ad that requires you to say OK to a “You’ve won $100” message. I deleted this app.

Weak way to convey information compared to old app. Don't waste your time here.

The old app was rock solid. New app is harder to use. Please bring back specific regions for world news and options for foreign languages.

Maybe you can arrange them separately, but the categories, ie US News, Sports, technology and so on that were in their own “blocks” in the older AP version are now a jumbled list that the user is forced to scroll through. Not as clean as before when all I wished to read is the top stories. And you cannot (emphasize) filter categories you do not want to read.

The AP is not what it used to be. Sadly, it is now just an undistinguished member of the media mob out to overturn the 2016 election results.

In a time of pendants with unsubstantiated positions it is quite nice to not have to fact check everything.

Always accurate and up to date!

Wish there weren’t ads sprinkled among the articles to take you off to advertisers websites. Easier to navigate in the prior version. And the ‘new’ stories are repeated in the cycle, not to mention old stories being recycled. Only 1/3 of ‘news’ is actually new on any given day. Sad downgrade from previous version.

One of the best and detailed news media globally. Keep up the good work

Basically another Trump bashing news organization. 3 slanted stories within my 5 minutes of reviewing the app. I just need the facts...

It works fine, and the font customization really helps with readability. I like AP’s history as a news organization, but have been disappointed since they don’t hire many conservative reporters. Day by day their liberal bias increases.

I deleted the app as soon as I read several stories. Incredibly biased, left-leaning and often sensationalist. This isn’t journalism. What happened to truth and objectivity, AP?

I definitely like the old app better

If you want liberal leaning news with an agenda - this is your app!

Older layout was better. Less busy and easier to navigate.

This started with IOS 11.4.1 and happens periodically . This evening it just can’t get past the problem. Tried reinstalling and now can’t get past the enable notification/ cancel prompt. Can’t report it since the app doesn’t work.

The old AP Mobile app was better. This version has too many big ads, and it's too difficult to browse to the topics you want to see. The AP News app just isn't good enough. I'll use a different app,

Old format was better black background w/ white letters and no adds it’s hard to read and navigate.

This app is not nearly as good as the AP app they replaced! Packed with ads! They are between every story, large, moving and just in your face. But mostly you can no longer easily choose “U.S. News”, or “Top Stories”, or “Entertainment News” or “Sports”. Your stuck scrolling down Top Stories. What the heck, time to find a different news source.

You have great reporters covering actual happenings despite alternative truths perpetuated by the Trump administration.

And I'm also getting tired of the twice daily "AP Fact Check: Trump falsely claims..." opinion pieces masquerading as "fact checking". I get it, it's press vs Trump and so the drum beat continues - but I just want to come and read actual news.

New app has more ads and is less straightforward. I loved the simple well organized old app.

The old version was so much easier to navigate. Wish you’d go back!

The original is far superior to the new version.

The previous version was much more efficient and easy to use. This new version doesn’t do anything better, it makes finding and reading the news you’re interested in more difficult. What shame.

My phone suddenly did not have all of the features of AP mobile. I downloaded AP News instead but it is a lot more difficult to scan and quickly View the news headings. I liked the categories that the ap mobile had and am disappointed in this supposed upgrade. Also glitches way too often! Bring back the old version

I miss being able to pick stories from areas I like

Terrible font. Old one was great.

Regular updates, very practical format

Not nearly as useful as it’s original app. The layout of the home page is absolutely stupid by comparison. If you had the previous version you are sadly about to find out why I gave it only one star.

I was not looking for changes in the layout of the AP app that I was using. This new version does not have ‘at a glance’ convenience of all the multiple major headings when the page opens and does not appear to be customizable in that regard. I do not like this change at all. The former version has now been diminished to worthlessness.

The older version was much, much better. The new type font is harder to read, there is too much emphasis on pictures rather than content, and fewer stories to initially choose from. They've chosen style over substance...a dumb move.

I have always used the AP app to get my news in the morning. However, the new app freezes all the time and I have switched to another app for my news. I hope you can fix this problem so I can return. I know several people who no longer use your app for this reason.

App keeps freezing. Not user friendly. The recent tragedy in Missouri was labeled "entertainment".

When news breaks they fix it

(Using an iPhone) It doesn’t make sense that when I click on a single story from my drop-down notifications menu that ALL my AP notifications disappear along with it. I forget which stories I was notified about, which means I forget what I want to read, which means that you guys don’t get clicks and revenue. Make it so that when you click on a story, the rest of your notifications do not go away. Like how virtually every other app is

The only reason for one star is because I can’t give zero stars and write this review. This APP update is the worst ever. Consistently locks up multiple times, daily. Old layout of original APP was so much better. I’m sure this update is making more money for somebody, somewhere. Any other news APP would be your better choice.

Does not load properly. Freezes. Bad replacement for the last version.

The new app stinks! The old one is so much easier to navigate and read.

The old app was excellent. This is terrible.

Biased reporting just like most of main stream media. Disgusting!

Informative, clear and interesting. Thank you.

The previous app was a lot better!!

This version is terrible. Locks up constantly on iPhone 7with latest iOS. Older versions of app were great.

Many improvements over the former app, and only takes a few minutes to get accustomed to the new format. Big problem is however, it keeps FREEZING… If this isn’t fixed soon it’ll be time to find another news service.

I accidentally touched something that caused a story to be “saved”. That means that it’s taking memory space on my phone. There’s no obvious way to “unsave” it. Wish that I’d stayed with APMobile.

Wish you could go back to old app format

The old dashboard for AP Mobile was intuitive and efficient. Too bad AP News is build on drop down menus. Extra effort to find what I want. Not sure what the design trade-off was but new look is at least two steps back. IMHO

The new version of AP is nowhere as intuitive as the old app. I can see some efficiencies but the GUI is nowhere near as friendly. The previous tiles were quick and easy to navigate, now more clicks and nowhere near as nice to look at.

I love AP because it’s the least biased news source around. I personally love the app’s new look and think the team did an fantastic job with the redesign. However, I have noticed a problem that was nonexistent with the previous app, and that is the slowness of the app. It doesn’t take long for the app and news stories to load, but it takes a good two seconds for the app to respond to my touch, whether that be selecting an article or simply swiping up or down. I believe it’s because of all the ads on the app. I don’t mind the ads, but if they negatively affect the user’s experience, then something needs to be done.

The older app was much better...

Preferred the old version, font type was better before, it was easier to read on iphone. Smaller preview of articles preferred over new version, too many ads in between actual news articles. Last part was really frustrating that I need a nickname to submit review, have tried over 20. names, nicknames are all taken!!!!!! How do u really submit feedback????

I prefer to reach my own conclusions and want just the facts. I grow weary of those so called news organizations that urinate on me and tell me it's raining.

The last app was 100 times better then being forced to use this news AP app. Sorry but it’s true.

But, Old app was a little better as it had tiled windows with topics. Easier to get to on cell phone.

Still freezing, crashing, too clunky. Font too small to read. Existing AP News app was perfectly fine! As they say, “If it ain’t broke ...”

The original AP app was better for downloading and reading on my iPhone.

Like the old version of AP how it separated each category with a lot more segments it seems like new version is not as completed as the old

Found the older AP easier to navigate when looking for specific categories of news —sports, top news, entertainment ... Finding the new AP more cumbersome. Prefer the older ap.

News were previously organized as per your choosing and you could capture all the main categories in one glance. The new presentation is les intuitive and lacks the colors and contrasts of the old one. This new presentation should have been tested first on a large panel of users for feedback before being imposed on the readers.

Not nearly as good as the previous AP app.

This updated app is horrible can’t find anything but the headlines. No sports, business, or entertainment tabs. Bad design AP I will try USA Today app couldn’t be worse than this one.

I finally transitioned from the old app bc AP killed all the topics this week. This new version of the AP app freezes constantly and isn’t navigable. My iOS is up to date, so it’s definitely the app. Boo, AP. The old app was simple, clear, and worked. You’ve re-engineered it into a fussy mess. So disappointed.

I like the old format better. It’s too hard to access what you want.

Don’t like that I can’t see my categories when app opens. Need to go into topics and scroll to see headlines in favorite sections. Old app WAS BETTER!! Easier access to top news in each category.

If it ‘ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Old version way better and easier to navigate. AP...you lost me!

Sorry, I want to be able to just go to sports. Hockey, baseball etc. Can’t do it anymore. Very dissatisfied went to the old app and it said my favorites moved to the new app. Where? PN

What a shame to loose my go to news resource. This replacement can not approach the quality news source you purport it improves upon. AP News has lost yet another dedicated follower. If it’s not broke don’t try to fix it. Give us back one of the best resources and formats that existed.

I hate it. Bring the old one back. Poorly designed and a myriad of technical glitches. Thumbs down .

So frustrating to read such one-sided and politically biased story selection with half truths and even falsehoods from a news source with such historical significance. So sad AP has become this embarrassment to the field of journalism. You must reinvent yourself as an actual unbiased news source to save your business. Amazing to know that your political slant is more important to you than your very survival as a company.

Every time they update I like it less

My phone suddenly did not have all of the features of AP mobile. I downloaded AP News instead but it is a lot more difficult to scan and quickly View the news headings. I liked the categories that the ap mobile had and am disappointed in this supposed upgrade

Like riding bumper cars, it keeps crashing and crashing. The number of application crashes has increased over the past few weeks. Delete, reload repeat. Yikes

I don’t understand why a format change was necessary. The old system worked very well. If you’re going to make a change it should be an improvement. This new format is not.

I used the old application until it forced me to update. I feared my go to news app would now be gobbling data bandwidth with too many auto-loading photographs and videos like some of its competitors. Not so. Less photo’s selection works. Font size control works. It all works on an iPhone SE running latest OS. I do wish the shelf life on news was longer, but it was short on the old app, as well. Very good job.

You get one star because you ask for a review every @&$#%¥ time I open the app.

Why did you change it. It worked great before. Now I can’t work it at all. I guess I will get my news somewhere else now.

Valuable screen real estate is wasted with graphics. I’m using the app to read news, not look at pretty colors.

I finally decided to download this new App instead of the original AP app because of all the alerts that the original will soon end, and I find this app to be extremely frustrating. The quality of the news articles remains high which is the only reason I am not giving this App one star. The lack of distinct categories makes looking at types of articles much more annoying and it generally has a much more busy, disorganized feel. I am very disappointed and I hope it will get better but I’m not holding my breath. Update: they finally shut down the original AP app and the new one has yet to improve. It loads much slower than the earlier one and the organization remains far below the earlier one as well. I hope to be able to update this again with more positive news, but as before I’m not holding my breath.

Bring back the old one with pics and categories on the first page

They took a great app and did an upgrade that makes this hard to navigate. You used to be able to get the news you want now you have little control... HORRIBLE!

The older layout worked ok for presentation of news. I realize the new scheme uses more art, which is ok, but the stories are shortened to the degree that they are almost useless.

I miss the excellent old AP News app. This so called "new" AP app freezes at launch. To unfreeze: 1- launch the AP app; 2- turn Wifi off and 3- turn wifi on again. This is "required" for every AP app launch! The old AP app did not require any tricks. Please, fix this abnormal behavior.

The last thing I want to see first thing in the morning is a bright screen. Why the AP insisted on us changing to this overly bright, oddly organized app is beyond me. I just hope they don’t start having issues with spelling or finishing an article or soon I will do what I did with Fox News...DELETE!

Maybe you can arrange them separately, but the categories, ie US News, Sports, technology and so on that were in their own “blocks” in the older AP version are now a jumbled list that the user is forced to scroll through. Not as clean as before when all wish to read is the top stories.

I prefer old format! Don’t like this format at all!

Loved the old AP Mobile app. This AP News app will not even open! I am running iOS 11.4.1 as is my husband on his phone. His app runs fine but mine is stuck on the “enable notifications” banner and the app locked up. I’ve reinstalled several times as well as doing hard resets on my phone but to no avail. I loved the old app. Why oh why did you change?

This app will now load and function on my iPad. Does not work properly.

I don’t care for it AT ALL. Much prefer the original. This is not clean and easy to use. Will not use it now.

Old AP app made me install their new app. Unfortunately, I can't read any news... it freezes and crashes on me. I guess, for now, I'm going to have to look for another news app and delete this one. Too bad !

App opens but just locks up. How do app developers not test and use their own app?

Do not like the new app.

I like the previous version better

If you’re interested in the facts and avoiding bias from either the left or right, if you want your news accurate and reliable, consider this app. The best app from the best news source.

It works great my iPhone but not the iPad. It hangs up on the iPad. I am running IOS 11.4.1. on both devices.

Terrible. Can’t sign up for specific topics. Very confusing. Prefer old system

Does not allow for easy switching from one topic to another.

It’s much less intuitive. It’s much less friendly. Your old app was much easier. Why switch? If you needed people to register, just add that function to the old app.

The previous gen app was everything this one is not. It was useful, stable, and a go to for me. I uninstalled this new app after only a day of trying to use it. It constantly froze. The prev gen app allowed the user to customize the home screen and was more if a news browser. the bew gen is a feed app that populates the hime screen with the app makers choice of content. I did not like the UI but was willing to give it a try. Unfortunately it froze so often i gave up on it.

I found it easier to navigate and read the way it was.

Why did you change? Go back to old format!!

Ironically, the old AP Mobile app is still better than every new version of this app, the only reason I’m using new app is due to old app being shut down. The news is no longer presented as easy to choose categories like the old version, instead, the user is forced to scroll through a long useless list of unorganized articles. *(the categories list is a button on bottom of screen, the old version actually presented the news in categories, you know, like a newspaper or a well organized website). I prefer to be the person in control of what I choose to read, not what an algorithm chooses. (I think they do this to increase the number of ads I’m forced to view with this app) The AP is still my #1 source for news I trust and their new app still delivers that news, albeit in a very clumsy and unorganized way, rather than the much more polished presentation of the older AP Mobile. Great news! Crappy app!!

The old version of the app was so much better. Miss the most recent category

Too many adds and clickbait and not enough topics. What happened to college sports? I’m deleting this app and finding something else.

Horrible. All the scrolling. Jeezus, what is this 1995 GeoCities? Did anyone working on this project management team take a single design class. I’m betting some exec who has no clue about good design signed off on this. Am I right?

The Old AP app was way better, should’ve stayed with it.

Too many advertisements that you accidentally can tap on. Many more ads than the previous app. I liked the way the old app was organized by content vs random in the new app. Overall a very poor app that puts advertising monetization as your priority.

Just downloaded this because you destroyed the old app. Can’t even get past the initial set up. Skipped attaching social media, tried to click no notifications but app gets hung up and just freezes. What was wrong with the old app other than it took a year for the pictures to load? Am I the only new user to this app unable to get through the set up? This is terrible for the only credible news outlet.

Previous AP app was the last place to get news in simple quick fashion. This new app is junk! Links are always wrong, more ads than content. Less content per scroll even without ads. Offer the old app with no ads and I would be happy to pay. Now feels like a kid's game of current events.

While mostly the same, I thought the interface to the old was better - the tiles let one have quicker access to the different areas - and each article had a bit more preview to it, so one could see if it was a story that interested them.... maybe some of those could be brought to this new app that has been forced upon us

I. Really prefer the old one. In a short time i got a good news update. Now nothing good. I am deleting @AP as it is useless. Everything that attracted me to you app is gone:(:( Very bad new app. So much is wrong it is hardto know whwere to begin. It isprobably futile to ask for THEhe oldone so ill just have to use anyone not AP FOR MY NEWS. Some good years but farewell

Really preferred the old app over the new. I tried to warm up to it, but found myself always going back to the old one. I don’t understand why the change? Just feel like the older app is easier and quicker to get the news I was looking for.

Much more difficult to read. The setup of the old app was cleaner to read. Not sure why you changed formats?!?!?

Updated APP needs to “re-updated” back to the original APP. The old APP was so much better. Not sure why the change was necessary. Maybe CNN has an APP???

I liked the old app much better.

Here to read news, not for trendy UI layout. Old app was simple and clean, 7 news stories along with image could be seen at same time on screen, each was the same size and format, made reading easy. Now with new app, 3 stories fit at a time, spacing is not uniform. Bottom tool bar doesn't hide, takes up screen space

Old app was simple and easy, you are making me work too hard with the new app

The AP Mobile app was much better! I now get my news from The Blaze or Fox. You guys had a good thing and you threw it away. Way to to go!!!

Why change what isn’t broken?? The old app was so much easier to navigate and scroll through and read Why force readers off an app that apparently everyone was happy with to an app nobody wants?? Switching my News to another service Thanks but NO THANKS

I’ve had the app for less than 24 hours and get asked to either review the app or turn on notifications EVERY time I login. Hopefully submitting the review will make it stop.

Am I the only one having this issue? App freezes even after uninstalling and reinstalling it.

The old app was far far better

Constantly frozen on iPhone 8 Plus. Don’t install, if you looking for latest news.

I have avoided making the transition over from the original app for some time now but it looks like I can’t stall anymore. I’m glad the option for dark mode is finally available. My frustration is now with the font. The change in font is atrocious. Can we be provided an option to use the font from the old app?

Would give it a minus if I could. Referred to the AP news app daily for years without issue, but this new app is useless. Can’t be used for freezing. If you get the app to finally open (after repeated shut downs) will freeze/not allow screen scrolling. I don’t usually give app reviews but this is so beyond bad couldn’t help but do so.

I do not like this format at all. I liked having a sports section, top news, entertainment, US news, and world news. I can not find anything now!!! Guess I’ll get sports from ESPN & easier view of news on BBC or CNN.

The older app "AP Mobile" provided a much better news feed experience than this crappy replacement. I wouldn't be inclined to review this app if we weren't being forced to stop using the old one in favor of this. But instead I will be opting for a different news source entirely. The old AP Mobile app was easier to read, had a more eye friendly layout, and the user interface was better... this app is just lame in comparison. Thanks for ruining a good thing.

Downloaded the new app on my iPad air2 and it will not open, it's frozen. Same thing on my iPhone 6. I have deleted the app and did a cold restart and downloaded it again and the same thing happens. It won't go beyond the breaking news notification. But my husband's mini iPad and his iPhone 6 works. He has IOS 10.3.3 and I have 10.3.2 Can you help me. I really like reading the AP news daily.

Don’t update, it is really bad!!! I’m probably going to delete this app

There was nothing wrong with the old format this new update is a pain

The app simply does not work. “If” it loads the screen is unresponsive. Uninstalled and reinstalled 3 times. I think the fix is fire the developer, period!

I have deleted this app. It freezes every time I try to use it. Too bad because the old app worked perfectly but you morons decided to improve it.

The prior app was light years better than this one. More flexible, everything on one page and better filters. This app has non e of those features. A classic case of taking something that was not broken and replacing it with something vastly inferior. Guess what? I’ve deleted this app from all my devices I hate it that much. I’ll stick with BBC News app and find something else to replace this piece of ill-considered crap.

Ease of use, can find all topics easier.

Just got the 11.4.1 upgrade on iPhone 6s. App loads, but is frozen. Can see 3 articles, but cannot click on them or perform any other actions

Some of the only reporting that is still actually balanced and fact-based. Sometimes you can detect slight bias, but they really do try to keep it focused on what actually happened and not their opinion of the news.

Old version was my go to news app. Links don't open. I've deleted and reinstalled 2X Trying for third try. 3 strikes you're out

I just deleted both AP apps because a video ad kept popping up while I was trying to read articles. This has been happening for about a week. It occurs when I have not clicked on the ad and forces me to watch a video several times while reading a single article. I have been using the AP apps to get my news for several years, but I will not do so going forward. Not worth the hassle.

This app has been problematic for me. It took several updates for the app to work on my iPhone after an iOS update. This most recent iOS update had rendered the app useless in my iPad. I have yet to try my phone. Whoever maintains this app needs to do something with the prerelease of each version of the operating system. Testing is always a good idea.

Concise & informative.

The only thing missing is the users ability to request specific stories and possibly their dates.

I decided to try this again, keeping the old app handy, a week or so ago. After last nights iPad update this one freezes upon startup! Completely unresponsive this morning. Fortunately the old one still works fine.

This new version is a step back in ease of use and functionality. You can no longer simply select the news topics you like and reorder them by dragging them in the list. In World News there isn't a way I could find to pick regions of interest (Europe, Africa, etc.). To "unfollow" a topic you have to go to the topic list in Settings, open the topic, and click on the "unfollow" button. I'm dropping AP News from my iPhone and iPad as it has been "improved" to a worse, less user friendly version. UPDATE: 7/18/18 I’ve just deleted AP News from my iPad (it’s long gone from my iPhone), for the reasons stated above. Not worth the effort to use.

I thought this was my best impartial news app, but, I am so tired of it freezing up on my fairly new IPhone. Content is good but if you can’t read it, who cares. I’m going to have to look elsewhere.

Broken

Report the news, not opinions.

Crashes and freezes constantly. Old APP was much much better.

Kool

I always thought so news app was the best until they brought in this new one. Now you can’t even finish a sentence without the Colgate flash screen taking over. Made me so mad I deleted this piece of crap!

Reinstalled AP News app after it kept locking up, now it freezes when I reinstalled and started the app. Freezes when Enable Notifications box appears during setup.

The app freezes up and crashes all the time. Something is wrong with the latest version.

The Associated Press is a thorough honest and detailed source of information that focuses on facts. It is the most reliably non partisan news that I have found. This has always been important, but is essential now.

This used to be a good app. Now is freezes up all the time. Not to mention the coverage is getting more biased, far more left-leaning than a journalism site should be. You are supposed to report the news, not show only the negative side of one party. Edward R. Murrow would not be happy.

This version is anything but a upgrade, totally buggy and rarely works. If it does load it freezes up. Old version always worked, pointless to even have this useless app.

AP is world renowned and the app lives up to the name. D.M.A.W

Update to my prior review regarding Version 2.0 (see below). If anything, this latest release is even worse. It often does not respond at all. I have to close the app, open another app, close that app and go back to AP News and hope it does something. Now you can’t even bypass the app and use a browser to read the news. Every page is now interrupted by a window that pops up to want to open the story in the app. It’s like rubbing salt in the wound - if the app worked, I would not have to use a browser!!! I have regretted deleting the original APNews app ever since I switched to the “new and improved” version. It is less elegant than the original, has more ads, and is less efficient to navigate. However version 2.0 is better than the latest release. If you have not updated to 2.1 yet, do NOT do so. It is less stable and often unresponsive than version 2.0. It’s easier to just read the APNews on their web site

The notifications for breaking news no longer work on iPhone X.

Great source of highly reliable news. Very professional news source. American people need to know what is going on in the U S and world so our elected officials can be held accountable for how they represent us. Thanks AP for a job well done.

Shows media bias at times, but not nearly as bad as Fox News and CNN.

Spoiler alert: positive preaching ahead. If the US Constitution is our finest national living document, the AP represents the finest of our living history as provided by the free press. It's a dangerous digital tickertape to walk, making facts your cause in a time when written, oral, and pictorial sources are manipulated within a digital bit of their integrity. AP gets it right - or left - or most often, in between where we must all live with one another. AP presents the news for all, plainly spoken, straightforward, with depth. The style of the app, the tap-n-read mode that our age embraces, would be improved only by what all sites need, ever sharper editing to be certain the accuracy, the very words of the online document correctly reflect its substance. I am encouraged that we might expect at least this one institution to outlive us all by the nature of its legacy: literacy. Why not believe that our species will long retain the ability to build our own brain activity, enhance collective dialogue and embrace challenges we must all face? Got hope? AP does, and no sugarcoating.

Only news app that does not use ‘news’ stories to advertise and does not sensationalize the news as much.

This was my favorite news app. But when I updated to the latest iOS, it stopped working. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but can’t get beyond the screen asking me to allow notifications. The screen is just totally unresponsive.

Spelling errors abound.

Not an improvement over old. Like physician’s oath, whomever did this forgot, “First, do no harm.” Font size of articles terrible-grey, hard to read. One can’t scroll all the way through the “top news” stories. Perhaps the AP should have hired any one of the firms who designed the ads on the new site-one has no problem seeing and reading them just fine. Please let us see AP’s news in a more viewer friendly way. Isn’t that what you should want as well?

I suggest everybody to get this app for your phone. I love to be informed so quickly. It makes me a more interesting person to talk to!

Okay, every app deserves a second chance. Deleted and reinstalled. Seems to work fine now, even with 11.4.1 running on my iPad Mini 4. Thanks also for the font size adjustments in settings. That’s much appreciated. I will miss the big tiles of the old version, especially on the iPhone version, but I think this will work after all. I’ve been putting off the new version for months, but I’ll take the plunge. So far, so good.

The last time I used this app it drained my battery daily. Sad. Is this fixed? Thanks!

The new update still has the problem that it immediately crashes on every launch, on two different devices, with two different device types (iPhone/iPad), on two completely different releases of iOS (iOS 11, iOS 10). It appears this is self-inflicted: the app is calling abort(). You can't politely let AP know about the problem, because the Report a Problem and App Support links just go to the AP home page, which doesn't have a place to Report a Problem or get App Support.

The following 2 settings are missing in this "new" AP News: 1 - Black background option and 2 - Zero images option. Fewer images is not a replacement for ZERO images. Please, note that the above 2 settings were always present in the "old" AP app, which was an excellent news app. I still have it and I continue to use it. The "old" AP news app is my preferred 5 star app because of the above mentioned settings. I hope you do listen because this is not a new request. In fact, it is as old as the "new" AP app!

This is by far the best news app. Stories, articles and coverage in the way they are covered, explained is very precise and professional. Excellent journalism.

When editors and journalists give top reviews (AP rated # 1) and the accolades and awards just keep coming. Democracy does go dark without such freedoms and trusted sources.

Pro- I can access news wires in states I have connections to. Con- Story content on wires is limited and sometimes connected to websites that require me to visit a news organization’s website within the app (for example The Boston Herald)and sometimes you can’t access this content at all without a paid subscription Pro- Top stories section has a variety of content that I want to read first, and a good range of topics Con- sometimes the most recent stories do not filter to the top so old content from yesterday might be ahead of something from today Pro- Breaking news alerts are quicker than anyone else Con- No stories or even just a brief description of the news alert is ever provided. You get a “story is too new” type message and it tells you to check back later-later could be over an hour where as other news organization apps will have already posted a story I love this app and it is my trusted news source. I am however getting frustrated with it freezing, crashing and still being frozen when I exit and renter it after several attempts. A lot of the stories you’ll be reading, you scroll down and it just completely freezes. Please fix this or I am going to delete you again. Your old app was much better in terms of content, navigation and stability (2 yrs ago).

I appreciate receiving news alerts. The content is incisive & thorough. I’m glad I got this app. It keeps me informed of generally what’s going on in our world.

Easy access to AP news in on convenient - and free - app.

This is my go-to for news these days — comprehensive reporting with a serious effort to achieve some modicum of objectivity. That’s what the AP stands for, and not many other organizations even try for it. The proofreading is sometimes shabbier than I expect from them, but the 24 hour news cycle and budget pressures have taken a toll on everyone on that score.

If the AP doesn’t report it, it’s not news. I have a deep trust in the process that brings news into the AP system.

Well-organized, app functions well.

The AP is a top flight news organization from which most local papers and outlets get their news. Without this app I wouldn’t be able to keep on top of what’s happening.

Articles are well written and followed up when appropriate for additional info. Can check easily for national or global news.

I love the update and the app ease of finding the latest stories. I like the personalization of what I want to read. Much more user friendly than the last version.

Terrific overview of various news stories across genres. Hits all the impt stories and then some. Well laid out.

News that matters. Apps great except sometimes it does not notify with sound. Pls fix. Fast reliable news. Unbiased. Just the news

Latest Update doesn’t work. It crashes on opening.

I don’t receive as many notifications anymore. My settings are set to receive them, but the old app was so much more straightforward in the way of notifying when any story broke. And when I opened the app yesterday, it was still showing stories dated December 11. Not sure what’s going on here, but I’d definitely like to get those notifications like I used to on the old app!

The app has become very unstable While using it under IOS 11.2.6. The ability to navigate back to the news feed disappears while reading an article for monger then three minutes. Have to do a hard shutdown of the app to regain control.

My go to news app. Need more control over the layout. Less pics, more text.

I appreciate the wide scope of news available through AP and note that when i read other sources, they are quoting AP.

Thank you for just reporting the news.

All the stories that show up on your local news only faster

Here I sit and see 4/17 articles under “international” are about Israel. One nation of nearly 200. 8 million people out of earths 7 billion. What is with this myopic fascination with the only Jewish country on earth? I’ll let you make your own conclusion. It’s not healthy. Other than that. The app is great. Usually unbiased. Well written. And willing to go where other journalists don’t.

Easy to read, continuously updated take on daily news. I check this app frequently through the day and am pleased with the content and format

Keeps me up to date on the general headlines.

The AP app used to be great, then they switched it, and now it continuously opens a video add on my phone. I don’t touch the ad, it just opens. Ruined!!!

The ads in this app have been steadily getting more and more intrusive, to the point of covering the entire screen in a video ad while simply scrolling through an article. At least provide an in-app purchase that removes the ads.

This app just became unusable. Now I get full screen pop up video ads every 10 seconds or so. Just deleted the app, won’t be coming back.

Please fix this.

I enjoy waking up in the mornings and checking the news on AP and CNN. Relevant and accurate.

The subject says it all

Truth in journalism combined with accurate and unbiased reporting used to be the golden rules in news reporting. Helen Keller could see your current leftist agenda. You’ve lost the credibility it took you decades to build and you’ll never get it back. Might as well just hang it up.

Loaded more items for viewing and why do I have to give my location for local news when I didn’t have to do that for the old version. All I did was put in city and state!

App is great, works really well. Like having your own wire in your pocket.

Better than fox or yahoo

AP is way to BIAS. Tired of all the half truths and lies.

I have many news apps. I am a news aficionado. Consistently, AP News app delivers the news faster than any other app, faster than TV, faster than a speeding bullet, taller than high buildings... Wait, that's Superwoman. The app is reliable and does not use resources heavily. The content is fast and straightforward without bias. Just the news ma'am and make it now. That's the deal with AP.

I fully understand that I am receiving free news in exchange for ads. I accept that every time I open the AP app. But AP’s new tactic of forcing open a video right in the middle of reading a critical news story about a school shooting or any other very sensitive news has gone way too far. The same video (in this case a Puppy for Purina dog food) over and over and over again, opening every 20-30 seconds??? Great way to turn someone against your advertisers, also drove me to immediately delete the app. Cmon AP, you’re so much better than that.

The AP is the only news source that approaches reality, in my opinion at present. The actual video of President Trump talking about the school shooting shows his caring and sensitivity to the people involved. Also, and I don’t know where else you would even find this, he quotes from the Scriptures and says that God’s Word says, “I have heard your prayers. I have seen your tears. I will heal you.“ No wonder that so much distortion accompanies media reports. However, God’s Word wins.

After downloading this, it does not work at all. Will not let you set up an account or even skip that. Will not connect at all. Completely useless.

I don’t understand the bad review that this app got. This is a good app for somebody who doesn’t have a lot of time and who wants to see more about something that they saw on the television in the lobby at work. I don’t have a lot of time to spend with news and this app gives me what I need. Generally the first article is exactly what’s going on at the moment.

I know I can count of the AP to present accurate, unbiased news. This app is great at delivering the news as it happens. The alerts are a wonderful way for me to know what’s going on wherever I am. Thanks, AP!

AP remains an excellent source of reliable and balanced news. App works well, too. Good oversight. You can find things quickly, yet there is enough info to flesh out the stories of the day. And if you’re on a tight budget, that it’s free doesn’t hurt either.

One of the best!

Best news service in the business, delivered free (with ads). Great app

The old app was much more news focused and less ad focused. The new ads everywhere with scrolling banners and full page ads is just horrible. Not to mention when not even touching the screen the ad at the bottom pops out to cover the screen after 10 seconds causing oh to have to exit out of the ad. I used to enjoy the news on my iPhone / iPad but I’m uninstalling this app as it is nothing more than an ad site now.

Its a shame that an app with so much good content and articles would RUIN itself, SELL its credibility, and TRASH its own integrity as a news source by making ads pop up over the news articles every other minute. I used this app every day and now it is DELETED!

It nice to get a wide coverage of independent news.!

I subscribe to three news sites but always comeback to the AP site for its straight-forward news and information.

My first news every morning - no fake news! If the AP makes a mistake, they correct it and let you know that they corrected it. 4 stars because the app's a little slow, then again my iPad is old so that may be the problem. Thank You AP - the US needs real news, not facebook or twitter news!

This app disrupts Spotify. There is no good reason why a news app should use a speaker unless you specifically click on a video. Apps that use parts of my phone that they have no business touching sorta freak me out, so I’ve deleted the app.

Thanks for killing my favorite news source.

Always truthful. So important in this day and age of my life where I need to depend on true news with Good grammar. It is easier to read and quicker to finish. I want to read every article.

Wanted to see how the ap reports the news.

Reliable among trash.

Can we add more local news by entering a town/zip code again and not have it based on my current location? I used to have numerous locals on the old app-my hometown, my kids college town, parents town etc. im not sure how i can do that anymore.

Not happy!

Had the “use less pictures” turned on and the headlines were mini, much smaller than the story. Deleted the app, reinstalled, turned on “use less pictures” and now layout is normal. Phew!!

Thanks for all you guys do. And your photographers are amazing

The latest version of this app loads so slowly it is painful!!

Excellent

The last two updates, the app keeps freezing on the home page, as well as in section pages, when trying to scroll down or up. I suspect advertisements are the culprit, but it’s really annoying and I just quit the app and don’t bother.

Why can’t we just get the news without some major political agenda? AP doesn’t even try to hide it anymore, it is past old, Trump is the president whether anyone likes it or not, get over it and do your job.

Great news. Easy to use.

Fake news

Ap is now a bunch of loser left wing douche twats who hate the truth and their reporters back criminals like Hillary / democrats..

The AP is right on the story. Recommended!

App won’t open

Just downloaded the AP app. Never saw the previous versions. And I’m glad I’ve finally climbed aboard.

In previous versions, it seems like the wait time was centered around loading the app. (Every single time, not just on the initial load.) Now, however, it seems to be a bit less during the app load - but there is now a marked delay in pulling up specific articles to read. Overall, to me, this results in a worse user experience than the performance issues in the previous versions.

Lost local news on update awhile back, AP never fixed it - still no local news as before A giant step backward

Latest two builds have ruined the App!, the user can longer sort topics their way they want it. They’ve added topic heading of “topics near you” which means the App is tracking your location even though Apple privacy settings for “using location” is turned off to “never” This heading can’t be sorted to the users desire They’ve add a “Trending” topic sort heading which also can’t be sorted by the user The whole topics screen view is cluttered and messy now, you can’t sort all topics now.

Thank you AP!!!!

Sure would be nice to see more First Native ie Indian struggles included in your coverage :)

This app replaces Google news for my headline news check. Covers more topics quicker and more thoroughly.

Stop highlighting SNL, finding the crappiest pictures of Trump.....and quit running the same sports photos over and over in different stories. I’m getting rid of this sleazy app NOW!

Still evaluating site for the extent of fake news. Can tolerate a little but please confine it to op-Ed pieces as much as possible.

I can always count on getting important news ASAP without having to wait until the next issue of my local newspaper.

Its one thing to have an ad. Ok i get it. But the scrolling numbers over and over for the lottery. Or all the incessant videos at the bottom of the screen while you are trying to read NEWS. I’m done. Delete as soon as I get to the next screen. You guys lost me.

Fox and CNN are putting forth exactly the same type of opinionated, hyped, sensationalized and celebrity focused ‘news coverage’ coming from polar opposite directions. AP reports things that are presently happening without throwing out the opinion or hype. It’s all about real news happenings stupid

Each article has a slot machine ad/animation running at the bottom of my screen that I can’t get rid of and is extremely distracting.

I have still been using tho old app until recently, when it stopped updating. The new app is highly unstable. It is impossible to get all the way through the top news section without several crashes. The original was my favorite national/worlds news source. Now I will be using CNN.

The app is ok, though I do miss the categorization of the older version. The AP app has remained my favorite news app and go-to for several years. Apart from the app itself, the writing has been good and fairly neutral. But it has become increasingly biased against Trump to a degree that colors the reporting far too deeply for me to take it seriously. Any story with a political component goes out of its way to bash Trump. The number of actual news stories has dwindled as the anti-Trump editorials have proliferated. Fox is too far in the other direction. AP has become Fox’s opposite twin. So I’m on the hunt for a new news app.

Far left leaning news! If you enjoy news with no balance, this is your source.

For decades AP has been the most professional, reliably fact-based US news service. So good to have instant free access to its top-line reporting.

Thank you for your clickbait. I was coerced into downloading the application by an article that was presented and never really existed. Fantastic way to share the news- through deceit.

Love this as another source of breaking news.

Great news organization...

I like the content and the way it is presented. Seems less biased than some news outlets. Biggest issue I am having with the app is when I am in the midst of reading an article and it either goes completely black or shuts down. When I reopen the app and go back to the same article to finish reading, very often the app will again either go black and shut down or simply shut down. Truly annoying.

AP is the only jews network that I absolutely trust. The app is pretty solid and responsive, and the stories are engaging and well written. The only real down-side to this app is that it randomly pauses my music all the time. There are plenty of stories that I have never finished reading because the app keeps pausing my songs. Please fix this!

I would have given it 5 stars, but it asked for reviews too often and wouldn’t take „no“ for an answer.

Typical bias and spin expected

It would help if you would lose the Trump Derangement.

Insulting that even AP tries to spin the news. I don’t care if it’s towards Trump or against. Can’t you just report the news and let the reader come to their own opinion?

Boring

iPhone X, iOS 12.1

Great information at the ready.

One of my biggest peeves with this app is how often a push notification is sent with no accompanying story. It’s annoying to get a headline with no backing article to explain it. If it’s not available with the notification, I won’t remember to come back. Sometimes I get the notification from AP but have to go to other news sources to read the details. Makes no sense!

too slow loading on Iphone6:((

After recent update I see changes,but I see no change in the crashing,mabe even worse,absolutely ridiculous,I have never seen anything like it

Too much bias news. To much sensational news. Your quality is going south. Good luck.

Can we add more local news and not have it based on my current location? I used to have numerous locals on the old app-my hometown, my kids college town, parents town etc. im not sure how i can do that anymore.

The ads are everywhere now and there’s no obvious option to remove them. Would probably pay (depending on pricing) but will probably just look for a different news app.

Crashes. Very slow to respond to scrolling, presumably because it is loading more ads. New sections display old news before they finally display new news.

If you long for journalism with integrity and factual information, the AP is the way to go.

Lotsa luck skimming the headlines or reading the meat of articles. Ads appear in overdrive, everywhere. Suggestion: stash this in an Ignore folder and rely on the notifications to keep informed. Beyond that, this app has devolved into a horrendously insulting waste of time.

Great for staying informed.

This is one of the few trustworthy news sources that you can cite in an academic submission. I think it speaks for it’self!

I like the news content - it seems neutral and unbiased. Interface is designed for phones, in portrait mode. On my large screen iPad it’s pretty klutzy in landscape mode, which I use a lot. Lots of wasted space in the sides (that the old AP app filled with more content). So I use AP app only on my phone, and use Apple need on my iPad.

It is so disappointing to see the leftwing bias that is being interjected into AP writing. When I worked as a reporter for a local newspaper 40 years ago, AP was our main source for non-local content. We could not detect a political bias in the writing back then. The news was reported "straight up". No spin. So sad to see honest reporting dead at AP.

News services need to be more intuitive like google and apple news. Would be helpful if apps allowed filtering or AI configuration to enable user to be fed on news based on interest, not just by topic

Like the title says... just downloaded this because of prompting by the old AP Mobile app, and in reading maybe a dozen stories and editing my list of topics, it crashed twice.

Sad that nearly every “news” outlet is decidedly biased these days but AP is no different. Not as bad as MSNBC or Fox but still horribly slanted. The media clearly believes their customers are stupid and we can’t think for ourselves. I deleted the AP app.

AP is now running a video ad for american airlines that covers the article text and continues to pop back up after you dismiss it. completely unacceptable.

Too slow. Too many freezes. Please fix.

The app worked fine. I downloaded the update and now it won’t work at all. Nice work there fellas!

Now it is overrun by ad content so much so that I can hardly tell the news articles from the ads when scrolling through. Moving on.

They seem to be right in the middle or maybe a little right. They are great

It’s rare I turn away from the NPR news app, but they managed to mess theirs up and no one seems to go backwards as that would self prove they made a mistake. So today I turn to AP and they crash, over and over. 100% crash rate. Well done.

I really appreciate the site and the bulletins I get. The news is presented without much editorial content! Keep up this great site!

Thought it couldn’t get worse then you added this new format at the top. Just terrible. I love reading an article on my iPad Pro that obviously designed for a phone and half my screen is blank space. Sheesh. Old app was infinitely superior for the iPad.