Npr For Ipad App Reviews

I had been running the NPR for iPod/iPhone app for a gazillion years, because that’s all I knew existed for iPad. About 6 months ago, I got an alarming message from developers thanking me for participating in the beta program, and that my app would be upgraded automatically soon. I wrote back to say I have NOT been in a beta group, and don’t you dare overwrite my app... I got an apology that the email had been misdirected, but about 2 weeks after receiving that message, the app was upgraded without my consent. And it was horrendous. Could not do screen rotation reliably without cutting off the side or bottom of the screen, failed to show al the click points, and could not select stations to stream to save my life. I wrote to the same folks who thanked me for being part of a beta test group, and the reason had no idea what I was talking about — please provide screen shots. I was so put off, I didn’t respond. And then, after my frustration peaked, I decided to go to the App Store, and found that there was an iPad-specific version. Who knew? Downloaded it, and I am very happy with it. Now... my experience doesn’t seem to match the folks responding here, but probably it’s a great to stop beating my head against wall relief. I think it works fine — certainly better than the iPhone version when that was working. What I reeeeely care about is the current hourly news cast, and this works swimmingly. Everything else is gravy for me...

Like the news....... I really dislike the volume on button place just above the iPad home button. Too many times I go to close the app and the news starts, embarrassingly, blaring. The volume off button is in a different place on the app........ Please please please fix this.

Love NPR and this app does an okay job of delivering its contents. Perhaps thought might be given to separating streaming content from textual articles. I have to smile, however, whenever NPR advertises this app by enthusiastically reminding everyone that it ‘listens to you’ and ‘learns about you’! In these days of government snooping and privacy concerns this seems to be culturally tone deaf. This capacity is the LAST thing I want. And your curated offerings based on what I have chosen should not be your concern. Your next on air promo should be a solemn pledge to mind your own business!

With the latest update, I have to “Find a station near me,”then select the one I want to listen to every time. There’s an option to save it as my primary, which I always select, but it never saves. Every time I use the app, I have to find my station again.

One of my most beloved programs, Snap Judgement, stopped working completely. This might have to do with a bug in the app because the main program just announced that they were still featuring the show. Developers, pease fix it!! I miss the times where I could do the dishes as I enjoyed tales that were both inspirational and entertaining. Made a tedious task go by quick!! :)

I am very disappointed with the latest update. I cannot share and it is not easy to move from one article to the next. The older version was much easier as far as universal design.

Use this app to stay connected every day. Runs smooth, and layout os almost perfect! Just one thing... please make it easier to delete unplayed items from the playlist. I use the "play all" function but if am unable to listen to the entire batch, I generally dont want to listen to yesterdays the next day. soo.. maybe a "delete all" button for the playlist. Sorry for being so picky.. love NPR!

I am a dedicated fan of NPR but the changes in the various apps are so frustrating I no longer use them as once I did...Fix!

For some reason, NPR has decided to kill playlists on its non-iPad version of this app, and now the playlist function on this app seems to have stopped working: you can put a bunch of stories on your playlist, but unlike before when you could press play and all of your stories would play continuously, now you have to press play for each segment every few minutes. This makes listening to playlists at night or while driving much more cumbersome and less user friendly. Please don’t kill the playlist on the iPad app (and bring it back for the iPhone) and please fix the functionality.

This app used to work fine but it’s always buffering, plays for a minute then buffers again. Sometimes it just gives up. App hasn’t been updated in a year despite many bug fixes since then from Apple's iOS

I love being able to listen to NPR programming on my iPad or iPhone. However, I often don't get through all of my playlist each day. When I start up the next day I want to clear the playlist and add that day's programs, but it takes 5 button presses to just clear the playlist. Please add a button to the home page to clear the playlist with one touch. It doesn't even need a confirmation button because I can always re-add programs if I need to. Thanks NPR!

Using share to forward article on iPad has a bug. You can write and address the e-mail correctly but there is no SEND button. So your message just sits there with nowhere to go.

Like the news....... I really dislike the volume on button place just above the iPad home button. Too many times I go to close the app and the news starts embarrassingly blaring. The volume off button is in a different place in the app........

I love the app and would rate it more if I could listen to an NPR radio station on my iPad. I deleted and reinstalled the app several times but nothing changed, even after filing a complaint. Other than that, I enjoy listening to my favorite NPR radio stations on my iPhone 6 and have done so for years... My other issue is that I can not access links that are mentioned in articles that I read on the app. I trust that the internet links appear in the same articles on the npr.org website but are removed from the app articles which typically only include 1 picture and the rest text.

I love the app and would rate it more if I could listen to an NPR radio station. I deleted and reinstalled the app from the App store several times but nothing changed, even after filing a complaint. Other than that, I enjoy listening to my favoriteNPR radio stations on my iPhone 6. I wish I could access links that are mentioned in articles that I read on the app. I trust that the links appear in the articles on the npr.org website.

Latest update causes crash.

The interface for the iPad version of the app is horrible. I just want to install the normal npr app on my iPad as the interface for the iPhone version is great. Right now on my iPad I just go to npr.org in Horne for a much better experience.

Love NPRs content, but disappointed in the app. It’s laid out very poorly for browsing, you can’t see more than a couple of headlines at a time without scrolling through banners, or flipping through stories one at a time. Also, the adjustable fonts aren’t nearly adjustable enough for my aging eyes, and you can’t zoom or wrap text. It would be really great if one of our best news services had a more accessible app.

The NPR News APP is my #1 source for news! I start my day off with NPR News and in the mornings I listen to member stations from all over the country. I proudly support my member station and the app also help in keeping me up to date on local stories from local member stations where family are. The app has a few streaming issues with the stations that I hope will be addressed in the next update. One minor issue though I don’t see away to update the app from the App Store. When you search for it, the store only has version. 2.5.3 there.

...but I would certainly like to utilize the app in landscape mode, so that I don’t have to bend my head around 90 degrees to use my iPad when I use my attached keyboard (which is always). Almost none of my multitude of iPad apps have this same issue. I will modify my review to 5 stars if you could just fix this.

This app is a good idea, but needs some work. There is a volume problem which manifests too loud and too soft volume when the app transitions between the opening to the actual broadcast (national) and then to the local broadcast. I am constantly running to the radio to change the volume. When it jumps to loud, it is really loud. Then when it switches to local, I have to turn the volume up. I have been giving feedback about this to NPR since the beginning. Nothing has changed. Otherwise, it is great to be able to change to the top-of-the-hour news.

Navigate to an article and from it to an audio show, and note how the play button tries to play the new show in-app browser, not the app’s player. Underwhelming. Nowhere near as slak, user-friendly or quick to play audio as NPR One. (Which still, years after release, doesn’t scale natively to iPad. Lame. No good option here.)

The play list stalls at the end of a story when the screen is locked. Also no controls on the lock screen. Great app if not on iOS 11.

NPR is one of the best sources for news. The app has no bells and whistles but, the content is great.