The Independent Daily Edition Reviews

by SLO Expat

Other than being slow to load, as unlike actually reading a newspaper as one can imagine, having half the print version missing, tarted up with trashy advertisements and a totally unworthy replacement for what was a very good app, there's nothing wrong with it.
Perhaps you could rethink this and give us the old one back. On second thoughts, you can't rethink what was clearly not thought about. Just give us the old one - please.

by USBob

I won't be using your app anymore. In case you are not aware, there are plenty of free apps on the net. Whomever decided to start charging for information that is readily available for nothing, in my opinion, is out of their mind.

by Yanko Goorall

$1.99 per article, ridiculous!

by Arty Linguist

What an atrociously bad surprise this last update has been! We have the full paid version that is supposed to let us see all of the print edition of the Independent. It used to be wonderful — just like reading the print paper. Now, however, it takes forever to download, and, once you finally waste several minutes trying to get in, it is just an edited series of articles, with full page ads stuffed in between. A lot is missing! It's not much better than the free version, only glitchier and harder to navigate. What the hell have they done, and why did they have to ruin what had been such an enjoyable app? We're disappointed and disgusted. Please Independent, rethink this terrible "update"! Awful!

by Greybeard3

TheIndependentDailyEdition won't open, it just crashes every time. I reinstall it, then it works a couple of times and then goes back to crashing every time. I do pay for this service you know! My iPad has loads of memory left on it, so it isn't my system. Paying a subscription for this is embarrassing. Awful.

by Gwenaellp

Cancelled my subscription after trying to link my log in information on the website and the independent app I subscribed through Apple App Store.
Pressed on link accounts in TheIndependentDailyEdition but kept telling me that the user name already exist and entered the wrong password. I just changed the password on the website and was able to login there with no problems. The credentials I was entering on TheIndependentDailyEdition was exactly the same as on the website. I don’t have time to call or email the newspaper to fix something that should never happen in the first place.

by Schadylady

Too annoying to be true! Animated ad appears all too often and is very distracting. In today's edition the same story is repeated on page 3 and 4 of UK news. No less than six articles from yesterday's edition appear in today's. Four articles about the UK appear in the World News section. There are only 5 articles about world news in the whole paper.
Canceling subscription now. Even two stars may be too many!

by TootingBec

TheIndependentDailyEdition looks good and works well but is unreadable because of the constant half page adverts flashing on the pages. I do not mind advertising but in this case it ruins the whole experience. The trouble is that the advert is always there, everyday. I have stopped using it and will not subscribe.

by Lorson Family

Why do I have to download the entire edition on iOS when I can read read it piecemeal on the web? It would be 5 stars if you didn't force me to download all the content.

by Jordy 90025

Would be 5 stars if problem fixed.

by Kingharvest

But nothing really great. It is a wonderful newspaper to be sure, but TheIndependentDailyEdition only features certain articles and I have no idea how they determine which ones to include but most are missing. So not worth paying full price per month for a fraction of the content. Too bad.

by ARoisme

When it works, TheIndependentDailyEdition is ok, and is more convenient than just reading the paper version. However, it's gotten buggier and buggier and at this point I have to delete and reinstall every day. Also, for the price, which is quite high, you only get a small fraction of the stories in the paper. The iPhone version is somewhat better, nd much less buggy. The iPad version is awful,

by Cpmoynahan

A clunky failure. Crashed almost every time I tried to access. I'm sorry I subscribed for a month. An excellent newspaper but a thieving, embarrassing app.

by Doting Granny

Count on The Independent to carry the pertinent news in an unbiased way, and it's fun most of the time. It's the paper I buy when I'm in London, alas, not often enough!

by Ppodmore

While charging $1.99 for an article is definitely a rip off, if you subscribe to the full paper then it is well worth it.

by Jdog43

The first and only newspaper I open of a morning.

by Unfazi

I like the independent but HATE the fact that TheIndependentDailyEdition displays a full page popup advertisement after every few pages that I am forced to close before reading further. And this DESPITE the fact that I pay for the subscription! To make matters worse its always the same ad. Please fire your marketing director. He's a moron that's loosing you customers.

by Rob In Lakewood, CO.

I am appreciative of The Independent's News presentation. Excellent coverage!

by Northern Goshawk

Regardless of the content, the developers are certainly doing a great job to support the latest iOS update.

by DullingWine

Love The Indy and was saddened to hear about its print demise. Subscribed in solidarity and support and have been very pleasantly surprised - I don't really recognize some of the reviews here. Paper is really easy to navigate and everything just works. There's a lot of great thoughtful content and its all nicely laid out. Really appreciate the crosswords and Sudoko too. Five stars for an online newspaper done well.

by Guy G

I like the independent but HATE the fact that TheIndependentDailyEdition displays a full page popup advertisement after every few pages that I am forced to close before reading further. And this DESPITE the fact that I pay for the subscription! To make matters worse its always the same ad. Please fire your marketing director. He's a moron that's loosing you customers.

by Niklos1

The news are clear, objective and fair.