The State News Reviews

by Ghjkl56

I have been using TheStateNews on my IPad for quite a while; that is about to change. The new split screen app is terrible. I guess the editors wanted their IPad edition to be at the same level as their printed edition. I would give it zero if I could.

by Byars007

I am sick of clicking on news stories that then require a subscription to be able to read the remainder of the article . You have made the paper to expensive to take and provide less that an enjoyable experience online .

by CeannD

Recent app changes have made The State unreadable on my iPad. Pages aren’t in focus, it’s impossible to zoom in, it’s jerky and half the time the icons at the top of the screen don’t work. If you don’t fix soon I will drop my subscription.

by PHN In SC

TheStateNews crashes frequently. The news content is often several days old and no longer accurate, and you are limited in the amount of free content you can read before being asked to purchase a subscription. As a lifelong resident of Columbia, SC, and a former subscriber to The State, I still enjoy reading the publication, but only minimally slow. The State is not the publication it used to be. And here’s a news flash for The State: People don’t have to pay for news anymore.

by Discouraged Subscriber

The new e-edition app (10/19) is horrible. Slow to load, crashes frequently, hard to move thru. Worst of all, if it happens after 10 pm, read about it somewhere else, not in this paper. Sad to watch their demise. THE STATE is dead and doesn’t even know it.

by Ski Tiger On The Divide

TheStateNews was tweaked several weeks back for the much, much worse. I have read The State for 70 years, the last 15 on my iPad. I liked the facsimile of the printed newspaper. Since the most recent tweak, it has been a rare day that anything worked well. No online paper again today. Much more of this and you will lose another reader. Get it right and smooth or we are gone.

by 60-year Reader

TheStateNews is sluggish, and that’s being generous. When you click on the pop-up alerts appearing on your screen, they take forever to activate TheStateNews , that is, if you’re lucky. Sometimes TheStateNews will not activate at all. Why is this the only app on my smart phone that does not perform even halfway decently. Can they not hire people to fix this?

by Bo1045

Try reading on iPad. Can’t make newspaper view large enough to read as it runs off page. Previous app worked great. If you can’t fix this one then go back to olive version. It worked well. Why change something that is not broken. If this is not fix3d soon then I will be leav8ng. No since in keeping something that is broken

by Paper Stinks

Please go back to the other app. I cannot read this one as it is on the right hand side of my iPad and is 1/4 size of the screen. I called your office and they told me they could not help me. He said wait a few days and it would get better. That was 5 days ago and it has NOT IMPROVED! I am paying for something I cannot read. Get with it!!!

by Winemaker223

The recent “improvement” of TheStateNews is totally useless. Load errors, out of focus pages, crashes, inability to login, lock ups, inability to enlarge pages! Why did you mess up a perfectly good app. Tired of fighting this every morning. Customer service is no help. 0 stars is my rating. I’m done with The State.

by Sqfromsc

I have been reading the paper digitally since its inception. This is the worst app...when you can see a the entire page, the font is too small and there is the Dignity ad staring you in the face...make the font large enough to read and you lose a portion of the article...not a way to start the day frustrated.

by Slanderous

They might as well just rename TheStateNews to Gamecock News. On any given day you can open TheStateNews and the feed is dominated by sports. Not worth keeping it on my phone. It serves no real purpose for me.

by 1 Sad American

This paper was a balanced media source
but no more. The very clear bias against the current President is very, very disturbing. Don’t tell me you are just reporting what the “wire” service sends. Check it out before publishing. Lazy. Dishonest. Hopefully going down like other very biased “sources”.

by LHarris In Upstate SC

Content is good. App is not so good. There is no obvious way to turn off background refresh. Background refresh stays on even when the global setting is turned off! This will drain your battery. If you want to check it out for yourself, go to settings, then battery, and look at the activity report. TheStateNews is always in the top 2 or 3 for battery usage.

I will probably cancel my subscription when the annual renewal comes up because of this issue.

by 000309

I deleted and re-download TheStateNews hoping it would help, but it doesn’t. As a digital subscriber, I opted to first see the updated news, and click on to the e-edition. My Home Screen repeatedly pops up “error fetching feeds”, and “pull to refresh”. What does that even mean?

by Strb113

I had a paid subscription to the paper but was still bombarded with advertisements while using TheStateNews to include full screen ads.

App crashes intermittently and sends tons of data out while using.

Would suggest they quit trying to monetize paying subscribers TheStateNews , real turn off.

by Cocky 54321

The right hand sides of the “Jumble”, the daily “Sudoku” and the “Seven Little Words” are cropped. The puzzles should be centered. Also, why can’t the puzzle sizes be controlled? The device for selecting text size has no effect. Please adjust.

by Gg#55@gg

It would be nice when I am dealing with your staff that they would be more consumer friendly and respectful. Usually this is the top views that the bottom represent. If not then we will see change however, I have dealt with the state over 30 years and have seen no change. I have not seen an inch or sliver toward consumer friendliness or respectfulness in the past.

by Grouchie303

I have been using it for a very long time. is the best!

by Profeng88

Recent update has made app unusable. Crashes every time it opens.

Since you are going more and more to online paper, please continue to make the online version more user friendly. Particularly the e-edition.

by Imjamie1

TheStateNews isn’t working. So, I deleted and reloaded it. I sure hope this isn’t your idea of an improvement because it takes an act of patience to open the e-edition and then it’s definitely not user friendly to navigate on my iPad. Yesterday all was well. If this is the finished product I’ll not renew our subscription.

by Rpatjones

If it is your desire to be aggravated on a daily basis, subscribe to this sorry example of a news reporting organization. The availability of sections changes daily and trying to navigates the pages is an example of futility. Right in the middle of an article, the pages will just decide to fail, sending you back to your screen home page. I have learned, over the last few years, that the State newspaper is a horrible example of objective reporting with no concern for customer service.

by NORMPEND

I have been a fan of this newspaper over 50 years. When I got my IPad, I jumped at the chance to get TheStateNews. The only problem I had was trying to find it. It could be more user friendly if it was not so hard trying to find TheStateNews . Also, I don't think I should have to pay to get the "inside" scoop re: the SC Gamecocks. Otherwise, I read this everyday.