Fresno Bee News Reviews

by RipOffStayAway

It’s a very poor app. I can see why the traditional newspaper business model failed. Those who are in charge are idiots. We bought a one year subscription. Normally one would expect an ad-free environment. Nope. Not with this news paper app. Ads pop up. Managements short sightedness and their need to make a fraction of a cent on ads is totally insane. After this subscription is over, so are we. These cry baby news people are their own downfall. Don’t get FresnoBeeNews. Get apps from news organizations. Their apps are far better. True, those apps have ads. But it doesn’t cost you a subscription fee. And the apps are far more user friendly. Better reporting. You won’t feel like you got ripped off by some idiot looking to get rich off of clicks.

by Ebee Reader

Each page is blurred before you are able to read it, format no longer fits an iPad screen, each page has an ad at the bottom, and now the paper is a drain on my battery. Please go
back to the previous format and fire whoever thought this was better.

by Dragnspawn

What good is app when it’s the 4th day of month and app will not let you access news articles because ‘you used all your free articles for the month’. Had no problem in May. No problem on other mobile device.
FresnoBeeNews is the last news app I use anyway. One more reason not to read the Bee. Was once a subscriber, but the biases and the stupid mistakes the Bee staff made re: subscriptions, fees, and deliveries caused me to go with other news outlets. Looks like the Bee will actually be no more in my universe.

by Mblankie

The recent update is terrible. It made accessing FresnoBeeNews more difficult. Each page comes up blurry for a few seconds and harder to move around in the paper. I use to enjoy reading the e edition, but now I’ve been forced back to the paper edition.

by SusanBur

The new app is a step backwards for The FRESNO Bee. Each page of the newspaper is blurry for a second or two as you change pages. Also FresnoBeeNews makes it difficult to read the whole paper as it will not move around effectively and advertisements will sometimes block you from being able to read the full article.

by Frog Pad1211321

I HATE the update to FresnoBeeNews so much that I’m seriously considering cancelling my subscription.l altogether. FresnoBeeNews repeats the same stories over and over, and it’s impossible to navigate. Also, I can no longer read Fresno Bee stories on Flipboard; instead I’m re-routed back to the Fresno Bee App. So infuriating!!

by Snappy Too

I sent a message months ago when trying to manage my account. No one answered me. So, there was foul up with payment. A decent app would have some sort of feedback etc involved. Being ignored when you just want to pay a bill isn’t good. Especially at these prices.

by PeterWall

Until FresnoBeeNews has a search function there is nothing to be gained over just going to the Fresno Bee website on your mobile phone. To the contrary, what you lose is the ability to search.

by Garden Tomatoes

Useless for iPhone and iPad. Worked fine until about a month ago when FresnoBeeNews was updated. Now I only get weird block images that look like blocks that would normally have print …only they don’t. Maybe not compatible with iOS 13 updates? Or maybe a collision of iOS 13 and Fresno Bee app update? Does not work at all on iPhone or iPad.

by Jwonder64

I’ve been reading the Bee via FresnoBeeNews on my phone for over 6 years and have had no problems. When they switched to the new format it’s almost and very frustrating btw, impossible to read. I like to read the Bee in the newspaper format and when I try to do that now it’s just to small to read... bummed

by A Fresno Bee Reader

I noticed that others report that FresnoBeeNews no longer displays a digital version of the daily newspaper. This happens quite frequently per my experience. To resolve this issue, I have to call the FresnoBee noting my inability to access the paper format. They resolve the issue. Hopefully they will resolve the issue with FresnoBeeNews soon so I don’t have to call.

by Burnboss

The new updated app keeps crashing. Still duplicates the same news stories next to each other. Is this to fill space? Letters to the editor are not updated, some are weeks old. Used to be able to make comments , seems to have been taken away.

by Mathdrone

FresnoBeeNews is frustrating. The print doesn’t focus, pages independently increase in size and will not return to normal, when print does focus, it is often temporary.
When my subscription is up, unless FresnoBeeNews is improved dramatically, I will not renew.

by Grandp@

The new version of FresnoBeeNews omits two important items: the side index to quickly navigate the paper and the comics have disappeared. FresnoBeeNews also doesn’t easily fit on an iPad in a visually pleasing manner. The pages are either to small to read or don’t fit to the screen when enlarged.

by Love The Pza.hate Dominos App.

Seems like there has been a recent update. Suddenly the feed is repetitive, loading is slow, and crashes are common. Please get it together!

by Trying To Keep-up

I did not see a search option, it would be helpful. When compared to a hard copy FresnoBeeNews does not match the ease of reading an actual newspaper. There’s room for improvement.

by Romi Since OS 7.5

Versions pre-9.0 were good. Versions 9.0-9.1 were buggy and unusable. Updates make it work, so far. I preferred the pre-9 version for the way non-eEdition was displayed and scrolled through news stories, to the post 9.1 version.

by Sulu S

Since subscribing through Apple account, I can no longer stay logged in nor will app allow auto fill of password. All other news apps I subscribe to allow this. The pop-in video ads that appear are irritating as they contain as they start unexpectedly after reading a few articles. Actually, it’s the same ad that keeps popping up.
The news stories are often not updated as soon as local TV websites. The e-edition is better since it replicates the look of the newspaper with swiping gestures that simulate page turning.

by StelGirl60

Always up to date, Very informative . Keep up the great work!

by Frc1

Because of the Bee’s printing schedule, I frequently read the news the night before my paper arrives in the morning. When I travel, which is frequently, I keep tabs on the local news the same way.

by Yrulegui

this new format is terrible. no choice of format and no search features. the paper has little relevence to local news but now even less. enjoyed reading online in old page format but now gone. where did obits and death notices go? terrible product