The Olympian News Reviews

by Nesmila

I absolutely hate this ap. It often takes a very long time to load, it closes on its own when you try to move around in it. Not everything can be viewed such as “what’s happening” and cartoons on the editorial page. Ads pop up without being selected. If you down load to read, you cannot enlarge the print. And there’s no way to get out of the down load. The only reason I have kept it is there are no other options for local news. Looking at the other ratings it appears the Olympian is unconcerned with displeasure with the ap. Read to be done!

by Bobinsky345678

What’s happening in Olympia. I used to live there and still have family in the area. I hate that I have to buy a subscription in order to read more than 3 lines of outdated news.

by (ex) Subscriber

Just cancelled my online subscription. I have lived in Olympia and read our local paper since 1989. The previous e edition worked well, whereas the new version is an ill thought out disaster.

by Olybeck

Called the help desk because I can’t get the edition to work. The “solution” is I am to be sent a daily email that will allow me to access the e-edition. I hope they can devote some funds to fixing this goofy app.

by App Yapper

Just as the printed Olympian is the worst daily newspaper I’ve ever read, this is the worst news app I’ve ever tried to use. Absolute, McClatchy-mangled junk. I’d give TheOlympianNews a zero if I could.

by Pgcpgc

I was hoping to support my “local” paper but I’m over it now. Horrible app. I shouldn’t be seeing ads with a paid subscription. No wonder this newspaper is dying.

by Larry2007

Seems something is always wrong. I don’t know ho many times TheOlympianNews has been changed, and I still can’t get to work right.

by Rich8944

The recent change to the Olympian app is horrible. Extremely difficult to use on both a iPad and laptop. Tried it on Crome, Edge and Safari with the same results. Considering canceling my service if they don’t get it fixed.

by Rl1952

The updated app will not allow reading of the newspaper “print” version on an iPad like before. The whole thing is fuzzy and if you try to enlarge it to read an article, it is so pixelated it is unreadable. If you download it, it is sharp but too small to read and you can’t expand it to enlarge it. What a waste.

by Swbitton9

Let’s start off with TheOlympianNews , it crashes constantly. Next the articles aren’t for the local area and those that are won’t cover actual problems in Olympia and the surrounding area. Most of their “local” articles are from Tacoma (20 miles away).

Google news does a better job of local coverage.

by Hessenmutti

Was supposed to get my first issues of the Olympian on Sunday . That didn’t happen . Have called since than 4 times , because I have not received 1 issue . Just got of the phone again , same old same old . So my review is definitely not flattering . If you want to get a newspaper , you have to go to the store .

by Jfrsxvuuhv

Random schedules for delivery, some days not at all. Reporting has continous errors for local stories. Comics are great!

by Moki59

This is a fail. Before, I could read the paper on my I-pad as articles or as a paper. I’m usually chose the print version, and could change size of the comics and print easily. No more, and the ads are totally invasive. Also, comics have been gone twice recently. I am frustrated as well as sad....I miss the local reporting, the local journalists, the hometown feel. And the inclusion of the national scene with the extra section seems to be gone as well. At least go back to the prior ap!

by Sbnxzase

For over a month I’ve tried to read the e edition. I had hoped it would read like a newspaper. Am I doing something wrong? This has many, many pop ups that are incredibly distracting. It is hard to browse in order to find articles which i prefer to read. I am inundated by news emails that I can’t seem to turn off. Every time I unsubscribe I get new emails or push alerts. This has been a very unpleasant experience and I am cancelling

by Dleevo

The Olympian has changed the e-edition just recently. A huge downgrade of this product. I use The Olympian app on an iPad. Although one can still see the paper like a print version one cannot enlarge the copy without losing part of the page. And the ads are a constant annoyance. Worst for me, one can no longer access previous editions or download an edition to read offline later when there is no internet access. I called customer service. They were off no assistance. Shane on you McClatchy and The Olympian.

by Veggieliving

I so wish TheOlympianNews worked the way it should. There should be a customizable notifications setting. Instead, all I can do is agree to get notifications, and then the only notifications I get are freaking sports scores - the very last thing I'm interested in. Every time I've managed to actually look through the headlines I find several wonderful local news stories, but like most of the rest of the world I'm too busy to actually search for my news. Why not allow me to sign up for notifications by topic and then push me the headlines, where I can then simply click on the link to check out those that interest me?

by MRKimeldorf

With our search tool it’s pretty useless in the overall

by Jennifern88

Where are the puzzles that I can get on the website, such as crosswords and other puzzles? So I give TheOlympianNews a “meh”

by SenseiSoul

I have a subscription and was unable to access news through TheOlympianNews ’s feed on my IPhone, however, I was able to access the digital edition. The error that I received was “Error Fetching Feeds” and “Pull to Refresh” whenever I tried opening TheOlympianNews after receiving an Olympian news alert on my IPhone or IPad. I quickly received a response from the developer advising me to turn off Private Relay in my phone’s settings and voila, the error disappeared.

by Qaszdefrgthyjukilomę

app seems to have made a lot of changes (based on other reviews), i think it works just fine

by Mascalf

This is useless. I want to select the pages I want to read.
I can’t find the comics page. How do I go back to the normal digital version?

by Gwsheehan

It works for about a week. The won’t let me in. When I try to reset my password it asks me to create a new account.

by Livingtree47

Not as good as holding a paper in your hands. Also has old, old stories, like reading last weeks paper. Why not try a format which copies the format of the actual newspaper? That would be original.

Still attempting to read this “newspaper “. Where are the comics and advice column?What about the crossword? What about this moment in history?

I am old-fashioned, I know, but I savor the old newsprint and paper. (I do appreciate the newer inks.) TheOlympianNews does not present things in a way which is close enough to what I enjoy. It is attempting to copy the other news apps, without having enough to offer to be them.

Please try another approach if you are determined to do this online thing. You can’t compete with Apple News.

Charlotte Ann Barber