WSJ Print Edition Reviews

by Sjohn_az

As a WSJ subscriber, I find it a bit annoying that the regular APP is not included in my subscription on a tablet. Weirdly, I get the regular APP on my IPhone but not the IPad. So rather than using the web based version, I have gone to this Print edition app instead.

While it is good overall, it still has bugs. The print version presents the paper format on one side of the screen and a reading pane on the other side. What is supposed to happen, is that when you select an article from the print based version on one side of the screen, the article can be read on the other half of the screen. Unfortunately, MANY times the two sides don’t play well together. This often seems to on pages where there is a block of advertisement. You click on an article and see the advertisement as well and there is no way to bring the article itself into the reading portion of WSJPrintEdition . The only way around it, is to enlarge the Print version and read it from there.

by All-night Chemist

It’s nearly the experience of reading the actual paper, with a few bonuses and only a couple drawbacks. You get the paper layout, with prominent stories about the “fold,” and other intuitive benefits of the layout of a news paper, etc. (ads innocuously included, of course).

Bonuses include not needed to wait on the actual paper, being able to switch between print layout and a clearer text-only, once your select a story; navigation without the dexterity test of folding the paper; and automatic links (or seamless continuation) to other pages to continue to the end of a story (i.e., no need to flip to page A8 to continue to read). Oh, and the ability to share a story with someone straight away, via—whatever.

The only thing I really miss is the ability to save a story. In the actual paper, you’d cut or tear the story out. Here there doesn’t seem to be that ability (and, if it exists, then my gripe is that it not intuitive how it’s done). There may be inelegant ways around this (like texting a link of it with yourself), but not points for inelegant solutions. But other than the tactile feel of an actual paper, this is all I really miss.

Very well done app.

by JABWSP

I use WSJPrintEdition every day, and it works quite well. It used to collapse regularly, if I switched from one issue to another, but that problem seems to have been resolved. It’s intuitive to use, and pretty simple to share articles with others by email. I send myself the crossword puzzle every day, for printing. I wish it was accessible for online solving right thru WSJPrintEdition , but I believe that you have to go to the website for that. When clicking on and reading specific articles, Occasionally articles that continue to another page don’t continue thru WSJPrintEdition , and sometimes there are textual errors (mixed up lines of text). But you can also read by expanding the page to zoom in on any story, and there are no issues that way. This is all to say that, with a few minor annoyances, WSJPrintEdition works very well, and is a good way to read a great newspaper. I only hope I can afford to keep the paper once last years Black Friday special runs out this fall! I’ve loved the WSJ since first receiving it at the student rate long ago, but the regular price tag is hard to fit into the budget of a school employee!

by KS Vasan

One suggestion which is important for my usage of WSJPrintEdition . The e edition needlessly refreshes itself a few times while I am midway through reading the a day’s edition ( in spite of my turning OFF the background refresh in WSJPrintEdition settings ; and also in the offline mode ).

It takes a little while for me to get an article correctly zoomed on my 8 inch tablet. While I am reading the article, suddenly it will refresh itself. This happens when I switch screens fora minute to check my mail etc. And when I return to the WSJ app, BOOM… it refreshes, … Although it will come back to the same page after this un-commanded refresh, I need to go back looking for the article that I was reading, zoom it back, then locate the paragraph or sentence I was reading. .

My suggestion is that the edition should NOT refresh itself till the reader decides he wants to refresh. The little extra advantage that is derived from having an updated article made available, is more than negated by the inconvenience of the disruption caused by the refresh.

I really HOPE the edition does not refresh un-commanded …

Overall, a Very easy to use app, and replicates the experience of reading print edition, ( while being eco friendly too. )

Thanks

by Jsteins384

I’d been reading WSJ for about 2 years on the iPad app and had really enjoyed getting a sense of the layout of the paper as I read articles. You get to see what the publisher is prioritizing, glance through stories, and a sense of where to find consistent items of interest.

Having the actual print edition available has taken that to the next level. Charts and graphs, a crucial element of many WSJ stories, are laid out in a more readable format. I can quickly go find what I’m looking for, and more easily glance over headlines and stories I might want to read. Just like the good old days.

There is still a little bit of smoothing out to do with loading on WSJPrintEdition, which has me holding out on that precious fifth star, but with the love WSJPrintEdition gets I’m sure WSJ will be resolving that soon.

by Lagerloef

This is a nice improvement and does lots of things well but there is on very irritating flaw that can be fixed. When you zoom in on an article (using finger/thumb spread) the page becomes unstable, jerking further up or down on the page. If you are very slow and deliberate when you position, expand and release your finger/thumb you can usually, but not always, get the page to stay in the position you want but this is not the way you want to easily and quickly read. The moment you start to unconsciously speed up the program starts to become erratic and unstable again. If this is fixed it really will be a great newspaper reader

by Cellinator

This is something I’ve been wanting for a while with the journal. When I started using the mobile version I missed the format and feel of the print edition. Now with this version, it’s back! It’s now the only way I will read it (including having the actual print copy at my disposal!)

My eyes can’t take the small type on the hard copy print edition but now I can zoom into each column of text in a story for very easy reading! Thank you! I now read the journal more than I used to since WSJPrintEdition came out. PLEASE don’t discontinue it! This is a successful experiment!!

by D957

App provides good analog reading experience on IPad. Various ways to configure your screen but I keep full page view on approximately half screen and easy to read reading pane view on other half. Is easy to read headlines and shorter content using full view. When You want to go deep you tap the article and it rapidly displays in the reading pane. One nice thing is that articles display in their entirety in reading pane so no jumping pages to finish long articles. I hate reading online newspapers but this works well for me.

by Rcoffin

Ive subscribed to the Wall Street Journal for many years and found it was a balanced conveyor of the news. I’ve always been drawn to the opinion and editorial sections as they give me different slant what’s happening in the world today.
Since most media seems to lean far left today is my hope that Wall Street Journal can maintain its reputation for objectivity and not succumb to the pressures that will be exerted on all media in the coming years giving up news in favor of “ woke” reporting.
Never has objectivity been in such danger in the history of our young country as in the coming decade.

by LAX20531

I have both the daily print and digital editions of WSJ, but when using the digital app I always felt I was missing something. The layout and organization of the standard app (esp on iPhone) is haphazard and it’s not possible to determine if the article appears in todays, yesterdays, or maybe tomorrow print edition.

For breaking news the WSJ app is necessary and useful, but to get the full experience of the print version WSJPrintEdition is a must. If it’s ever discontinued the only other alternative is the PDF download from the WSJ site, provided it’s still offered.

by Frustrated Unhappy User

I have been reading the journal every day since my college days for over 30 years. I switched to the iPad version since the first iPad came out and loved it. Due to extensive international travel, the digital version allowed me to read the US edition wherever I was.
However I always missed the print edition’s feel.
Now I read the print version on an iPad Pro with large screen and LOVE the experience. Flipping through the pages and reading the articles as they are printed is a true joy.
Thanks WSJ.. Great app. Great experience. And as always great journalism.

by Eyes^2

WSJPrintEdition is great on both iPad Pro and smal iPhones… it is the way to read the paper in the morning/late night. I traditionally start reading it minutes after publication before bed accepting the news of yesterday is already two days old. I read it for personal enjoyment and continued education of the macroeconomic engine we call our economy. Great app with consistently consistent perspective on the market. Growth Growth Growth… that is what good corporate citizens strive for.

Bob Lutz told me over dinner to “ALWAYS over deliver and under promise”. I like working that way.

by PasoKid

This is written by someone who has had a morning newspaper on his breakfast table for nearly 60 years and whose experience with e-editions has ranged from disappointed to disgusted. I not only missed the “feel” of the real thing, but I found them to be user-unfriendly and difficult to “flip through,” as I like to do.

Then came the Journal’s version and I was, if not converted, pleased that it gave me the options I needed to feel at home with an e-edition newspaper. It’s layout seems infinitely adjustable to the reader’s needs, and combines the ability to see the entire page in one window with the ability to focus in on a single article. It is user-friendly and offers the reader access to the entire print addition, advertisements, Pepper & Salt, and all! We still have the print edition delivered to the house, but now my wife and I can read the Journal at the same time and even tell each other to look at page whatever for a good article. May “real” print editions live forever, but the Journal’s e-edition comes as close to the real thing as you can get. We’ll done, WSJ!

by 8241DJD

I have been using the “WSJ Print Edition” app for several months and it is awesome! It is FAR superior to the Journal’s other app, “WSJ,” which is frustrating to use and a poor alternative.

The WSJ Print Edition app is the closest thing to reading the paper in hardcopy. It is easy to access information and easy to flip through to find articles relevant to my interests. Being able to select an article and have it displayed in large, easy-to-read font is terrific!

My one HUGE criticism is that WSJPrintEdition is NOT available as a stand-alone subscription. For some odd reason, the Journal insists on BUNDLING WSJPrintEdition with full access to everything else on the Journal’s website, which I do not want.

Please do your loyal readers a favor and make WSJPrintEdition more affordable by making it stand-alone. Then charge separately for access to the website. Or at least offer a discounted price for access to only to the “WSJ Print Edition“ app.

Thanks!

by Big Fan In Miami

Generally I prefer reading an actual newspaper to a digital one requiring scrolling. I never can tell if I am finding all of the day’s articles and if I am reading yesterday’s news. This print edition works great, as well or better than a hard copy. I get to expand each article (great for older eyes) and also don’t have to turn the page to see an entire article. My only criticism is that the photos don’t appear in the article when you tap on it. I haven’t figured out how to expand/enlarge photos and their captions. Otherwise I have been converted!

by Mj1500s Original Owner

I am a new subscriber to the Wall Street Journal. I love that you can read the newspaper online as a digital version or as if you had the print version right in front of you. I like that you have the overall view of how that days cage is laid out and you can either zoom in an article you want to click on it and it will go directly to a much larger version of that particular article. This easy to use what do you want to turn the page as if it were a real periodical, or if you want to skip to the right and in the section. I also love that if you are busy doing something and you want to read the paper and yet don’t have time to devote only to reading to the paper, you can actually have a newspaper read to you by WSJPrintEdition . That is good for busy people or those who are a little visual challenged. In my case, I could have the newspaper read to me why apply my make up or brush my teeth. Lol while I love the online feature I also still enjoy reading the tangible paper copy. (May that tangible version never go away.)

by Ray52

I appreciate the WSJ because the focus is on what is really going on (the news) while keeping the opinion separate and clearly stated. I appreciate that you provide a range of opinion to let us be informed on what ideas are being floated around whether we agree with them or not. I like the economic focus combined with the cultural awareness. And I like the tone of the paper in general. I have been reading the WSJ for years and I am never disappointed.

I also really like what you’ve done with the electronic print edition. It works really well and preserves our historic roots and the experience of reading the paper.
Ray Nagell

by Fergie's Human

At first I didn’t think I’d like the print version but I was sort of forced to try it because the other WSJ doesn’t let my account use it for some reason. After a day I was hooked. It reminded me of years ago when I’d go to a coffee shop and buy a newspaper and then sit and read. These days I tend to read in the digital age format. But WSJPrintEdition made me realize I miss seeing that front page and going to the different sections. I like that you can zoom in and move around and jump to continuation pages. To app is done very well.

I’m also a recent regular reader now (never paid for a subscriptionbefore) and I found that WSJ has quickly become one of my favorite sources all around.

by Gfl333012121

I like WSJPrintEdition for the most part. I find it easiest to read in Fit mode with one page width.

The only issue I have is the scrolling in Fit mode on an iPad Air in landscape mode. The scroll control appears to favor being at the top of bottom of the page. As I scroll down, the scroll control skips down to the bottle of the page when my finish the scroll operation. This makes reading the center articles difficult. A work-around is to slowly scroll down or up to the center section, which allows for the scroll offset to stay. Suggest that the scroll control keep the last scroll offset when the scroll operation is finished instead of being set to the top or bottom of the page.

by Tungtide1

I use this WSJ Print app and the non-print WSJ version. Both work really well, but I prefer this one because I can see the layout of the paper. It’s like being able to see the blue-prints of a house you want to buy rather than just seeing pictures of individual rooms but not knowing how they fit in with the whole house. You can tap on each article and it appears in an easy read “reader view” that is easily navigable. The only downside is that when you navigate away from WSJPrintEdition (even without closing it), it returns to the front page when you come back. Also, obviously, it doesn’t update throughout the day like the other non-print version does. Still, I think they’ve done a really good job designing WSJPrintEdition!

by Jra110

The WSJ print app is a great way to read the paper