Cincinnati.com: The Enquirer Reviews

by HaemmerHead

I’m in agreement with a number of the reviews. While I want to stay on top of the news in Cincinnati, I would like to have some kind of filter for the notifications. Way too many notifications in a given day. The journalism is ok, too liberal slanted for my taste, but I’m able to sift through what I want to read. That said, and all of a sudden lately, they are now forcing me to a paid subscription for their news in Cincinnaticom . I’m not paying and have since deleted Cincinnaticom . I can find my local news without paying. Thanks, but no thanks.

by Ddvfsetbvs

I bought a digital subscription through their website and my receipt says I can use Cincinnaticom and have access, however Cincinnaticom never actually let me log into my account and kept trying to make me buy a second subscription charged to my iTunes account. None of the help and information pages on their website are working currently. Very disappointed, I bought a subscription to support local journalism and can’t access my full subscription.
Updated because they will randomly charge your card and they will not refund you. Very sketchy business practices.

by TNV 1313

I have several e versions of newspapers and this is a horrible platform. I continue to have problems accessing articles and my own account. I’ve called customer service and I am concerned by the complete lack of concern around retaining readers.

I’ve spoken with others who also continually have problems with log in, staying logged in, and being able to access content that we are paying for at the moment. I want to support local papers and journalists but it appears that these obstacles are or no concern.

by GideonWurdz

The Enquirer’s incessant notifications of sports trivia as Breaking News has exponentially grown now that FC Cincinnati is in the mix, rendering the alerting useless. To the Enquirer: if you give me an option, as you have, to select Sports notifications and I chose not to then why do I get them anyway? Is this part of your on-going campaign to create an illusion that there is public demand for MLS? You are apparently willing to give up readership to prop up the latest boondoggle. Good luck with that. I’m turning off my last notification option and will delete Cincinnaticom next time around.

by Litgo

After some recent update Cincinnaticom started completely restarting from the home screen every time you move away from Cincinnaticom , including links in articles.

When you’re reading a article, then follow a link in the article, when you go to return to the article it doesn’t take you right where you left off (like every other app in the world) but restarts back at the Home Screen. If you’re interested you have to go find the article again. Stupid!

by Bo0ps

WARNING: The new version of Cincinnaticom (5.11.0) added a lock feature that only allows you to read the first couple of sentences of a story. To unlock, you must subscribe to the service for $3.99/month to be able to read entire story. Cincinnaticom was great when you could read all the stories for free without having to subscribe to service. Cincinnaticom will be deleted from my device and I will get my Cincinnati news elsewhere.

by DAKinCincy

Jumble App doesn’t work well on iPad. Sometimes doesn’t respond to letter selection on words. Sometimes doesn’t display letters for solving or they are displayed behind the blanks and you can’t see them to select. So I then go to another online paper to print it. So frustrating. And I am working so I don’t have time to fool with this before bolting out the door in the morning. By the time I get home, I’m not in the mood. I use it to jump start my brain first thing.

by Let Me Unsubscribe!

All I want to do is unsubscribe. I pay $10 a month for something I don’t use. I’ve tried to unsubscribe through Cincinnaticom and all it gives me is a never ending loop of logging into my account and without ever letting me do anything. Same thing in a browser on the computer. I’ve sent an email to Cincinnaticom developers with no response. Let me cancel my subscription and stop stealing my money each month for something I no longer want to subscribe to!!

by Yo Freakin Mama

If you’re in the middle of an article and go check the weather or answer your phone, or even just put your phone down long enough for it to sleep, Cincinnaticom closes completely and you have to reopen it, find the article you were reading, and then find your place in the article. Every. Single. Time. It’s super annoying and I don’t have ANY other apps that do that. It’s not like it would take new technology to fix that incredibly annoying “feature.” Even this very app didn’t start doing it until relatively recently. So they must have deliberately *chosen to make this happen. I’m seriously considering dropping my subscription until they fix it.

by Steinjo

I pay for the subscription to support local journalism but the is a terrible designed and poor performance news app. Truly pathetic. It takes forever to load stories (and sometimes crashes) the search doesn’t really work. If I didn’t desperately want local content I would cancel and delete

by Mikeonwry

I used to get notifications from you, but you ruined it. I could care less what Homer Bailey thinks about ANYTHING! I turned OFF my sports notifications, yet you continued to send me sports related everything. What would it be like if I turned ON sports notifications?
Sports are not the focus of my life and have no meaning for me. I’m down to only getting notifications of weather, and breaking news. But, your app will be deleted from my phone if I get one more sports notification. This will become my crusade if pushed.

by PJroomba1784

There is an option to decide which notifications you can sign up for. However, if you sign up for any, you get all. Please fix this. I just want breaking news and that is the only option toggled, but I get notifications for EVERY news story. Otherwise, great app.

by Jcmcapple

Asks if I want to try again. I am signed in properly.
Problem has been fixed. I was contacted by a developer yesterday, but the problem was fixed prior to that. I have updated my rating.

by Bigmama781

I love being able to see the daily news and getting notifications for the the categories I am interested in, but I have also been inundated with sports notifications even though that category is turned off. Sorry, I just don’t care about the sports teams enough to want to hear every decision they make.

by Bear4cubs

I have a subscription to the enquirer but at times it does not let me read ‘for subscriber’ articles.
I can’t ‘restore’ purchase for unknown reason…what is the problem?

by Drummerman54

I like Cincinnaticom and the new updates and keeps you up to date in the tri state area. However, they are very biased on their political views and constantly sending push notifications about their views on it which is very annoying. You have Cincinnaticom for a few days and you’ll know exactly which side of the aisle they’re on. Just report the news and enough of your political opinions.

by Yesllew

I’ve followed national and global news for years, but after using Cincinnaticom for only a week I realized how much local news I’ve been missing that has an impact on my community. The Cincinnati Enquirer provides a useful mix of local reporting and expertise with national headlines and insights.

by Ktcee

I’ve enjoyed using this as a way to stay connected and up to date on all things going on in my home town. There is a lot of focus on covid right now, which I like staying informed about but I want to have a more broad scope. Hoping it’ll start to expand focus soon.

by Bear.maas

I find you get just the right out notifications, when you do they are the right ones.

by SolidusMatt

A great news app that gives you up-to-the-minute news updates of everything happening in and around The Queen City. If you live in the greater Cincinnati area and you want to stay informed about what’s going on locally, nationally, and around the world and you own an iPhone, then download Cincinnaticom. You’ll love it!

by Smrc99776

Once upon a time (last month perhaps), you could read any or all of the content that you’d like on the site. Now, you can only read many of the articles if you subscribe. So I will now be deleting Cincinnaticom . I won’t be seeing any of the advertising and I can grab my content from Local 12 or the other local channels and online. Cincinnaticom may likely go the direction of the occasional 17 page newspaper.

by Whodeyinnj

Overall good but sometimes crashes repeatedly when opening Cincinnaticom on iPhone 11. Once it finally opens, it works well.

by Dan The Dairy Man

I love being able to read the news and sports without all of the ads that you get in a paper version. One also doesn’t have to tolerate things like “ continued on page 8.”

by Nanaboogie

I am an Ex Cincinnatian and use the Enquirer to remind me why I left there or sometimes make me miss being there.
It’s a great source of news and please check out the Accused podcast which is a first class piece of journalism.

by Throttlebum

Great for quick reference when out of town and in a hurry. I just wish obits for the day displayed a COMPLETE list for quick reference rather than having to scroll through detailed listings.

by Futures1

I’m a 1973 graduate of the University of Cincinnati and I’ve been reading the paper ever since. I left Cincinnati right after graduating but I didn’t leave the newspaper behind. Let’s just say I’m a fan!