Bozeman Daily Chronicle Reviews

I felt compelled to write a review as I contacted the Chronicle about the bugs with their app. I was told a new version would be launching soon, but that was months ago. The last update was over a year ago! My biggest complaint is you can no longer share articles as BozemanDailyChronicle just crashes. Let’s hope they launch the new app soon.

BozemanDailyChronicle is horrible. The home page is the sports page, navigation is not user friendly, and articles are regularly filed on the wrong page (the other day all the sports articles wound up in the obituaries). BozemanDailyChronicle does not provide access to all of the Chronicle’s content, even for subscribers. Some improvements would be nice.

So I almost always use the Billings Gazette to share the same story, if both newspapers carried it. Or I’m forced to pull up the Chronicle’s web site and share from that. Annoying bug for close to two years. Fix it, Chronicle! Your chief competitor does better than you in this regard.

Crashes all the time since Apple’s last few updates. Apparently bug fixes and maintenance updates aren’t a priority. It also shuts down audio streaming from other apps when you open it.

After many calls for technical support, login problems never resolved. Pretty frustrating, using iPad.

Great app and content otherwise.

We have been having issues with BozemanDailyChronicle for a year now. We started the online issue because my father has very poor eyesight and cannot read the paper issue very well. Every time there is an IOS update BozemanDailyChronicle is not updated for about 2-3 weeks, making the paper nearly impossible to read.

I call the paper and customer service response is usually quick but not helpful.

Some other issues they could fix are as follows:
1: allow BozemanDailyChronicle to be read either vertically or horizontally on the pad.
2: when expanding or enlarging an article make it so I can control the size. Right now I only have two sizes available. We have the Denver Post and that app allows me to read the paper in any mode and size I choose.
3: if an article is continued on another page allow me to go right to that page/article to continue reading then back to the front page.
4: on BozemanDailyChronicle make it so I go right to the paper and not have to navigate through 5-6 different screens to read the paper. That is very frustrating for someone who is not familiar with how an I-pad works.

The BDC is ok. Like another reviewer said it would be better if the site was more up to date. It is not uncommon to find days old stories in the beginning of a section. I would expect that since the paper goes out everyday that content would turn over every day.

This, I am told is the version you get, even if you are an eChronicle subscriber.

The could do better.

When BozemanDailyChronicle was first introduced, it worked really well. Now it doesn't show any classifieds and the opinions aren't updated daily.

Also, what's up with the traffic button? If you know the area well enough to want to read the BDC, you know what the traffic patterns are. It's just silly.

Otherwise, BozemanDailyChronicle looks great and the interface is very intuitive.

It's ok

Would love to find up to the minute news but, as one reviewer mentioned, often there are old stories on top that I've read days before. Decent effort but needs work.

Functional, well updated app. I'm a home subscriber, but still check BozemanDailyChronicle for news a few times a week. Simple, functional.

The old version got the job done but frequently crashed, failed load often, and was clunky at best to navigate. I don't use the classifieds so i can't really comment there, but thus far this appears to be a marked improvement.

Keep up the good work, bdc

My only complaint is that the stories are sometimes updated in batches, not as they break.

Free content

I also get the print paper so i can compare the content. BozemanDailyChronicle publishes the day's important stories, police reports, weather, obits, and some classifieds. For the rest, spend 75 cents and also deal with the bundle of grocery fliers. It is easy to navigate, well laid out, and great for a free app.

The Bozeman Chronicle is a great news source. I prefer it to the major news outlets for both national and local news. BozemanDailyChronicle is simple and gets the news to me so I have no complaints.

Handy app to keep me up to date on happenings even though I live on east coast. Bozeman is still my favorite vacation locale.
App runs well, I access it 3-4 X per week.

Well Done