DealNews Reviews

What used to me a simple and quick to browse app is now a bloated and hard to navigate debacle. The latest upgrade includes (I sarcastically add) huge fonts that take up so much space you only see 75% of what was shown in the original app. Missing graphics, photos of products you might be interested in are now replaced with grey boxes with (contrary to the listing) in a font so small you can’t read it showing the discount “$100 off” (of what? I want a photo like in the past). Seriously, more than 50% of the listings now show no photo. Plus, the date the deal was posted is now missing so you now guess what the last deal you last looked at was (no more scrolling to “24-hours ago” and knowing you’ve seen everything listed below that deal). And I’m done. Bummer. From a 5 to a 1-Star by allowing some coder (obviously they didn’t hire a human interface developer) decide what looks good. I think I’ll let my 10-year old design my next company flyer, apparently that’s now the going style.

I’ve been using DealNews for what seems like over 10 years now every day, at several points in the day to see what new deals are out there. In a sea of similar apps, this was the one that stood out enough for me to stick with it and delete the rest. That is, until now.

I cannot imagine consumers demanding that a key feature of displaying when the deal was posted to be removed. Why would anyone ask for that? It’s important to know if something was posted an hour ago versus a week ago. Why would you take this out?

Also, it doesn’t even look like all the categories are even there anymore. Toys and games looks like it’s gone (unless the interface has been made so difficult it’s buried somewhere else). I can see some of those things show up under “new” but there’s no longer a separate category for that. I’m not scrolling through every single new posting in the hopes of finding those things.

I’m sad to say that I just can’t use DealNews anymore unless some of these features are reimplemented. I understand the needs of a business to move forward but these are major steps back just in the effort to put out something “new”.

Whatever happened to “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it?” In the meantime, I’ll take a swim in the sea of other apps which will likely have these features.

I updated last night, I really wish I hadn’t. this app is the only app aside from Reddit that I check on religiously. I’m talking about 5 times a day minimum. What was once a great user-friendly app has now been destroyed by a clunky interface. The new icons are harder to see than the big “Editor’s Choice” blue banners. The tiles for each deal are waaaay too big. 50 to 75% of the pictures refuse to load on both WiFi and 4G LTE. Also the Gaming and Toys section is just straight up gone. DealNews is not useable in its current state. Please revert it back to 3.5.5 or earlier. Everything was perfect until the recent updates.

After many many years of using and loving DealNews, the new change to have the card go directly to the deal is a big mistake in my opinion. Such an obvious attempt to force that affiliate cookie, instead of providing as much information about the deal as possible. Yes, I get that you can click on the info button, but most users aren’t going to think to do that. Just my personal opinion, and I wish the developers the best of luck. For me, I’ll stick to some of the other deal apps going forward.

Jan 2019-

PROBLEMS:

1) Delete all your deal alerts (I have 5 of ‘em). Close DealNews and restart; all the deal alerts return. I’ve seen this over and over for the past month (Dec 2018).

2) Search- sometimes the search-box appears at the top of DealNews , sometimes it doesn’t. The ‘Search’ icon in the right corner randomly appears and disappears.

3) ‘Deal Alerts’ are NEVER ‘sent to ipad’.

4) this app app does not appear in IOS Settings/Notifications. Was this deliberate or an oversight?

On the good-side, app lists lots of deals. If you’re looking for specific deals you might be better off browsing their website directly, though it also has issues (select ‘search’ icon- changed your mind? Too bad, you can’t close the search box).

Is this app hiring developers?

SYSTEM
iPad Pro 2018 running ios 12.1.1. Please let me know what screen-recording app I should use to demonstrate these issues. These issues are easily and consistently reproducible.

SUMMARY
Overall DealNews and site are somewhat useful, listing lots of deals in one location. Hope they’ll fix the UI issues. Would be happy to pay for DealNews if it worked properly. Thanks.

Since the update, I could not find the deals that were supposedly added to “My Deals.” I’ve been following the prices of 65” TVs for several months, and I have a lot of these deals saved under “My Deals.” Since the update, I continue to get notifications of new TV deals, but when I go to the “My Deals” area, the deals would not be there. After several days of frustration, I finally scrolled all the way to the bottom of the “My Deals” screen. That’s where DealNews has been placing the new TV deals. At the bottom! Not in reverse chronological order like before. It would make sense to place new deals at the top of the list, but DealNews upgrade does not do that.

Also, like others have commented, I’m not a fan of removing the hotness ratings. And, the overall look of the deal listings is not as clean.

DealNews is really buggy. After a few days There are no more new products. Even if you refresh it’s always the same old products. You may not even notice it for a few days. The only way to solve it on iOS is to reinstall DealNews . This is super bad experience. Other than that I love the deals in the overall concept. I buy a lot of stuff based on what I see here. It’s just their technical capability which is bad. Which is why I give them three stars.

I use DealNews everyday several times a day and it runs great. The bugs are minimal if even there at all, but the new “dark mode” doesn’t seem efficiently done. The top and bottom of DealNews is still the white color. The contrast of the black background and the arrivals makes it a jumbled up mess.
A UI dark mode setting like in the Apollo for Reddit app would make DealNews that much better. But love DealNews overall. Just some simple changes to UI to make it that much better

Longtime user and big fan. I check out this app several times a day and buy something usually once a week. This latest update doesn’t show that there are comments for a particular items. I often look for these comments from other users as I’m scrolling through, and am sometimes encouraged to make a purchase that I might have otherwise passed on as a result of the comments. One feature I’d like to see is the ability to “Like” posts and other users’ comments like on FB and other SN platforms. I think this would be beneficial from a marketing standpoint as well.

I have been a long time user of this app both DealNews and the website. The most recent update changed the way a lot of DealNews is navigated. I don't like the newer format (like many others) but I think this app will listen to the users and fix some of the things people have brought up. Despite navigation issues, I plan to still use DealNews as much as I have before.

DealNews is more stable and better than a lot of deal apps on the market. It is quick and snappy. Using it have been easy. Not difficult to find options and things.

On another note, leaving a comment requires approval from DealNews ’s moderator. Made some comments on certain product to provide some basic review with purchases. However, it had to be approved by moderator. I still haven’t seen any of my review.

All in all, if you’re looking for cheap deals and wanting input from the community, then this isn’t it. If you only care about cheap deals and wanting to try it out yourself without needs of reviews then this is an app for you

I like DealNews but it has had a really annoying bug for a long time. If you scroll down really far (it seems to load more content as you scroll, so past a couple of these load points) and then tap on a deal to view its details, then tap on the back button... it takes you almost all the way back up to the top of the scrolling list (maybe to the first load point?). It’s extremely annoying.

My family and friends says that I have a shopping addiction. However, when they see how much I pay for items, Now they they are telling me I’m keeping secrets and should let them know when a good deal is on. Now that are purchasing these deals it’s no longer a “Shopping addiction” but good deals....funny how life works.....🙄

This is my go to app whenever I’m shopping for deals. Great search features, set what you are looking for and DealNews sends you a email or notification when a deal comes up that matches what you are looking for. I’ve been using DealNews for several years and it’s saved me thousands of dollars on great stuff.

I love DealNews! I check it regularly! I especially love that you can create saved searches & be notified when something you are searching for comes up! Not only that, but their tech people are amazing. Over many years, there have been a couple times when they have had technical issues. I have reported things & not only does it get fixed right away but they actually contact you & basically say “we fixed it & thanks!”

I am one that always tries to find a great deal and DealNews does all the work for me. The fact you can save a search and it notifies me when a similar deal appears is clutch. I’ve been using DealNews for over 5 years and have found well over 50 deals I’ve purchased in that time frame. Thanks for all the savings!

Been using this app and DealNews for years.

My only consistent issue is when DealNews auto refreshes the screen and if I am say 12 hours deep, I get shoved back to the beginning. This occurs without new deals being refreshed. It may occur as I navigate down or when I come back out after reviewing a deal. Very random.

This issue occurred for years,on two iPhones that I have recently had.

this app is really a great tool to search for things you want at a great price. I use the this app app on both the iPad and iPhone. As it stands, the iPhone seems to have a more versatile interface. The iPad has a few glitches since the new iOS has been released. The images go blank when scrolling down. Tried to reboot several times but the issue still plagues me. Dave the iPad app 4 stars as a result.

I have gotten some of the best deals bar none I highly recommend DealNews if there is a good deal it will let you know and it covers and actually gets to know what you are looking for deal wise and allows you to choose from so many stores and so many different categories check it out and see what do you have to lose it is free after all

Thanks for finally putting directional buttons in the browser. Its is very useful. I always use DealNews and that was the most annoying thing, I even emailed tech support for this feature a long while ago. I was told it was using Safari and it acts the same, well, no it didn’t. You should pay more attention to your users. So, thanks for finally adding them. It is so much better now.