Headlines Reviews

I downloaded this and was presented with a decent list of news feeds, so I thought I'd build a list of half a dozen to see how it works.

I tapped BBC and then discovered that it was my only feed as I was totally unable to add even a second feed. Not only that, there didn't appear to be a way to delete BBC and try another.

This free trial lasted barely three minutes before I deleted Headlines . A single free feed is hardly enough to try out a newsreader.

I'll stick with Apple News - it's got a huge number of free feeds and if you care for news from LA Times or others, you can subscribe.

Nice try, folks.

The widget text is formatted poorly and just doesn't look good.

Furthermore, Headlines does not seem to support RSS. Many feeds are missing - such as AP.

I really want to like Headlines. I like that is uses native Safari with Reader mode. I would subscribe in. heartbeat and use this with tons of feeds if it were better, but for now it need to cook a little longer.

No way to customize articles. Poor selection and Too random even with the ability to tag sources of articles. Needs more work to be useful as a daily news app.

It’s not made clear at all that, without upgrading to the paid version, you are limited to just 1 feed. Deleted.

Seattle has a rich pool of local journalists which I almost never read because I forget to check their sites. Now their articles on local news is pushed to my Home Screen so I never miss them. Thank you, Luca! I love Headlines!

Great work on a simple but intuitive way to get news on my Home Screen. Great app!

It’s like a proper RSS reader now for your home screen!

This is a dishonest app. When you read the description in Headlines Store six main features are listed. Two-article translation and mute filter-are starred to indicate they are premium features. The description cleverly lists “easy feed discovery and management” as a free feature. Sounds like a good app with a free basic level and with premium features available. Download it and you see a mostly empty page with instructions to tap the plus sign to add a feed. Easy enough to add an url. Do so and you see a message that you have reached your limit!!! You can test the widgets on this one feed but that’s all. You have to subscribe for Headlines to be useful. It’s gotten a very nice review on MacStories but the review did not mention this (to me) rather important fact. I guess developers get a free pass if Headlines itself is attractive and useful. And , truthfully, it is. If you can swallow the dishonesty you get a good app. If not, then you can delete it. If the developer reads this, please spare me the whine about Apple rules, etc. The developer knows the rules beforehand and chooses deception over transparency.

UPDATE-I appreciate the developer’s timely response to my review, although I carefully avoided using the word “scam”, because I don’t believe Headlines is a scam. I very carefully pointed out the deceptive (I used the word dishonest as well) way that Headlines was presented (I used the words lack of transparency also), and stated clearly that it was a good app IF you give a pass on the issue I raised. I also quoted the developer’s own description on Headlines Store to make my point. Not exactly a moment of rage. I checked again and observed that the developer had indeed changed the description, although the new description states that the premium level gives unlimited feeds. The question is, is the limit for the basic app still one. I deleted Headlines so I don’t know. Potential users should be aware of this. The basic app would be unusable if it is. I will increase my rating for Headlines based on the developer’s response and quickness to change the the description, with the qualifications stated above. This rating would be for the premium app.