NOLA.com Reviews

by Gr8Ivan

There’s always a problem when submitting a comment to express my opinion on a story I’ve just read. This time my comment was surrounded by a red line or rather circled in red with the words “retry sending.” I spent 20 minutes writing a thoughtful and legally sound solution to a situation involving a newborn who will not have the same last name as her brother despite having the same parents, one of which is an Hispanic father with a hyphenated name. I suggest getting your news from more reliable apps than this one which has wasted my time for the last time.

by Jodyharrison

NOLAcom has way too many and too aggressive ads to be enjoyable. I have a subscription and I still get pelted relentlessly with pop-up videos that continue to launch despite me closing them each time. I have to close, exit, and relaunch NOLAcom just to have an opportunity to read the articles before getting interrupted by another site or video. I understand the need to sell ads to pay for content but enough already. There needs to be a way to do it tastefully and in a way that doesn’t completely disrupt the reading process. The e-edition is pretty nice but you can’t highlight and look up text. Please please please improve NOLAcom so that people can enjoy reading about South Louisiana without the rigamarole.

by Drewajv

Ads are covering the text of articles, making them unreadable. Fix it.

Where is the option for night mode? Most news and reader apps have this option. No option to sort stories by latest first, either. Not nearly as good as previous version. Advocate is making everything worse. They just don’t seem to care to make a good product. Also, NOLA is NOT Baton Route. Stop forcing BR stories and info into supposed NOLA version of app and paper.

by Lcon1

Be prepared for that phrase. Also, be prepared for old stories, dead links, poor editing, grammar errors, and other forms of poor writing. Video clips aren't substitutes for journalism.

Too many stories are repeated in multiple categories, while other news items aren't available. The national news is superficial at best. Sports coverage is thin and often limited to Louisiana teams and sports. For example, there's very little if any coverage of hockey, Major League Baseball, etc.

by Nola Turnaround Please

The old Nola was a lot better . Stories got on faster and was updated frequently. Now I get maybe one story every 3 hours and I have stories that stay on for weeks at a time on my mobile device. Also, high school sports coverage is absolutely the worst in the south. On the mobile device, the lead stories on high school baseball were from games that happened in beginning of season and was never updated by your staff

by Adequatelysatisfied

The NOLA app is definitely adequate! It’s nothing fancy, but it will do. I don’t like the large banner at the top of an article I select on my tablet because it looks like it takes 25% - 30% of the page. At least it works most of the time.

The screen refreshes every time I go to another screen and come back. I understand it there are new articles or if I haven’t been in several minutes, but it could be 2 or 3 seconds. Definitely annoying. Sometimes the refresh gets hung up and I have to close it and reopen.

by RegHon

Very current with the news. The only issue is once you’ve looked at the breaking news it is sometimes difficult to find your way back to
That specific article. It is otherwise a great app.

by LSU47

I look forward each day to having my coffee and newspaper time. I find using the mobile app keeps me up to date on news and events not only on my area but local news of the cities within my region. I can check throughout the day for any updates. I also get updates on weather. Thank you for making my days brighter and informed.

by Downe0449

Great and informative‼️ especially for those of us who are not in town!! we are able to
keep in touch with the happenings at home‼️through the “nola” media‼️
Love it everyday‼️❤️‼️

by Wpbgso

Easy to use. I especially like the e-versions ability to provide the entire article even when it is on 2 different pages. The update feature showing the new articles is keeps me updated is convient.

by A Purple Knight Forever

I use the Advocate/Times Picayune app all of the time to stay in touch with New Orleans news, and to stay informed about my city. Please continue doing this great job and service to our community.

by Sewrlaw

Please place the spot to choose “e-edition” at the top of the page so a reader does not have to scroll to the bottom of the page to find it - both the New Orleans an Baton Rouge version have it.

by ❤️Always

I was born and raised in New Orleans, however, I moved away due to my spouse’s job. Therefore, it is very important to me that I keep up with my beautiful City, and all the beautiful kindhearted people who live there! The NOLA App has allowed me to do just that, as it is very informative, easy to follow, and just great overall. It brings New Orleans to me, and makes me feel so connected to my city/home! There is NO PLACE like New Orleans. Thank you!!!❤️

by Shuntnc

Really like being able to read the newspaper articles as they actually appear in the printed version. Although away from NOLA it makes me feel closer to the city I love and miss.

by CANDYLAND SPACEWALK

Since this virus has started and I’m from New Orleans the only why to keep up with the way things are going there is through NOLAcom mostly! I’m staying in Texas for the moment think you for keeping us in touch with everything🙏

by Creole Rouge

I LOVE NOLAcom! I check it out daily. My family lives in Louisiana, and NOLA keeps me tuned to what’s going on in the State. Your articles are loaded with the best content and always easy to read. Thanks for being so thorough!!!

Keep up the amazing work, because you truly do it best!

by 504 Val

I was getting the paper until my cancer came back. I stopped it because I go to therapy everyday. When I stopped the delivery I started reading it online when l had time. I then started getting phone calls to restart the paper. I did not know there was a charge for reading the paper online. Please stop the phone calls.

by Hissy-Fitter

NOLAcom is fast, accurate and very dependable. It immediately updates quickly at opening. It has the information you want to see easily displayed. I wish more apps were setup and worked like NOLAcom.

by Gigi#1965

The reader has choice on whether to read the news in the traditional newspaper style or in the list style. NOLAcom has a good balance of international, national and local news. Reporting states facts rather than intermix opinion. There’s always something of interest for everyone.

by Howling Badger

Generally good reporting in a timely fashion. Some of the reporters should dig a bit deeper on local corruption issues like the Hard Rock debacle that’s still not resolved with no city or inspectors charged. It’s been a year now. That’s low hanging fruit. Also, Trump’s $35B+ bailout skipped in an article about soya farmers voting Red in rural Lousianna.

by PartyLady09

There’s so much room for improvement.
-The layout is awful. It’s so busy and difficult to read. I have tried to get used to it, but it’s just not happening.
-There’s more news than high school football. On some Saturday mornings, I can’t find out what’s going on in the world, but I can find a detailed story about every high school football game in the state. Please get your priorities straight!
-For the past day or so, every time I refresh the articles (aka sports reports), it says that 12 new stories are available. Alas, they never show up.

It’s unfortunate that The Advocate (which bears no resemblance to the Times-Picayune) has a monopoly.

Further, you don’t get full functionality without paying for a subscription, which is not mentioned anywhere. Does the AppStore know about this sneaky trick?

by Ladnerssaints

I like NOLAcom but a small change is needed. I would like to set my home page to whichever news I look at the most. I would like to be able to make the New Orleans Saints section as my home page and then look at the rest of the news after that.

by Raykibb

I was a little concerned that no new news articles were appearing on the website since Georges bought out NOLA and the Times Pic. Seems to have been remedied, but the entire site has more of an antiseptic look, no imagination.

by Popcorn C.c

We need the paper reading on phone is okey but sometimes it is good to look through the paper and to feel the paper it is good to have them past and the features at your hand so that is what I love about NOLA.

by Krispie425

This news source makes it much easier to miss the news on tv. It’s informative, and gives me live details about things I care about in Nola. Thank y’all!

by Playitagain Sam

Don’t know what you did, but the site is much better organized. Easy to navigate. Better news articles! Please don’t go back to the old ways!

by Uptown Flash

Why do you continue to end the story...leaving the last lines not digitally set to finish story. Happens a lot. Disservice to great sports writers(beat) and in Metro also./
Plus the 4-color separations are not "in register" giving multiple lips and eyebrows...especially in Nell Nolan's(great writer)Society column./
NOTE:I get the New Orleans Edition. Are we just an "Edition Outlier" of the three(3) editions you print on Baton Rouge Presses?
Otherwise I think you are to be admired as journalists. Just clean
up the production side.
Ken Kolb. New Orleans. Thank you.

by DubSeeMac

If your old enough to remember reading a daily print newspaper, NOLAcom is for you. You get the feel of leafing through a print edition while getting the benefits of compact, smooth digital delivery.

Only drawback is that you can’t swat a fly with NOLAcom 😏. Highly recommend

by Pampy1

I especially like the alerts that appear on breaking news. I haven had a paper delivered to my home in years but I will resume now.

by From Idyllwild

NOLAcom lets me know what’s going on in the world. It provides depth to stories I hear later in the day on radio and TV, and stories they don’t have time to cover.