Detroit Free Press: Freep Reviews

by Freep Reader For >50 Yrs

I want to be able to search for an article by the article title and cannot do that. I want to be able to see the E addition and cannot do that and I am a subscriber. The icons make it sound like everything‘s hunky-dory but then when you try to use them — miserable search engine.

I put in the exact title of the article and still the article from this morning’s print paper I had delivered to my doorstep this morning doesn’t show up. I try to just see the E-edition and I can’t do that.

by Jjjjjjjsbdbehdjdu

I understand the news paper is Dead nobody buys the newspaper anymore . You really wanna buy a paper and listen to ex employee Stephen Henderson rant about white ppl or Rochelle Riley talk about how the white man is evil 72% of subscribers were white . How did that turn out? Now you can pick and choose thousands of new articles at your fingertips you really think putting a pay wall up on certain articles will help? I’m sure it helped a little but when you have articles about the 4 and 10 lions being behind a pay wall your not doing yourself any favors myself and thousands of other ppl will simply click on Barstool website it’s that easy.

by Ep None Your Biz

I’ve always loved the Freep and Detnews apps, all of a sudden I start getting a message when I click on certain stories that I must be a subscriber to read that- well guess what- I’ve always sat there and saw all your add content shoved in my face, and it never bothered me because I liked the content, but now I HAVE to pay to see your content? Go jump in lake and take your app with you. My life will not change by not reading your app everyday, good luck going out of business for being greedy idiots

by Hunchentoot

I’m visually impaired and rely on my iPad’s three different screen reading options to read articles. When using the built-in iPadOS screen reader, DetroitFreePress switches to the next article and begins reading it instead. When using the text-highlighting method, I’m unable to select certain paragraphs or more than one at a time, and when using VoiceOver I can’t properly scroll and reading will stop unexpectedly several times during one article. It’s better to use the “reader view” in a web browser than DetroitFreePress for anyone with low vision.

by Kbark62

Any article read straight through is fine. But, if life intervenes and I stop reading in the middle of an article (a common occurrence on my phone app), the entire site reloads and I have to find the article again and scroll down to where I left off each time it happens.

This is most likely good for some stat that gets reported to advertisers, but it’s a poor user experience. I feel strongly about supporting local journalism, but this frustration is making me rethink my support. Bring DetroitFreePress up to date (or provide some pointers if it’s user error). Thanks.

by SC0928

I enjoy reading the Freep but DetroitFreePress is frustrating. It displays the newest top stories fine but as you scroll down I will often find the same stories showing up 2 or 3 times in the feed. They should also have a way to stop showing old or out of date stories. For example, today is the weekend after the Super Bowl and when I scroll down a dozen of so stories I come across stories that are previewing the game. Unfortunately that just confirms in my mind how little fresh content the Freep actually publishes.

by KevinHall

The new ads that pop up to auto play video as you scroll are disruptive and terrible. It’s fine to show ads to pay for DetroitFreePress , but these are jarring and confusing when they take over your whole screen as you scroll through the headlines. This kind of innovation stinks and only serves to make me really dislike whatever you are advertising. Don’t load a full screen video of any kind, especially an ad, without me clicking on it to ask you to.

by Bcase17

With the latest version of iOS, DetroitFreePress links are too sensitive when scrolling. If you accidentally touch a link while scrolling in an article it opens the link far too easily. Previous versions allowed for you you to only open a link if you deliberately pressed on the link. Now when there are articles with a large number of links, it is very difficult to read the entire article without getting unwittingly redirected.

by LuckyDuck2

I enjoy reading about my old hometown. But DetroitFreePress is like no other newspaper app I’ve had. Its full price yet 1/2 the articles stay up for days! Rather than getting todays’ paper each day & giving me access to archived stories if I want to go back, it’s some new, but many old articles every day. Maybe I’m doing something wrong?

by JimB-MI

The Freep does a great job presenting local news with DetroitFreePress. It’s very well formatted and news updates are independent of the publication of the printed paper.

There is one annoying problem with DetroitFreePress . When you click on a photo to get a better look at something — DetroitFreePress crashes. Not occasionally either. Click a photo, any photo and it crashes every time.

Fix it please.

by Two_n

Overall, I generally like DetroitFreePress . My only real complaint has to do with the article refresh rate. More accurately, the ability to change it. If you stop reading an article for more than 10 minutes, DetroitFreePress automatically takes you back to a refreshed list of articles. Quite maddening. There is no setting to change this.

by Squirrel Girls

Freep has great local content, but needs some upgrades to functionality. If I start reading an article, then get distracted for whatever reason, when I go back to the news feed or even article, it starts again at the top. None of the other news apps that I use do this. They keep the place where I was in the article. If I put my phone down just long enough for the screen to lock, it loses my place. Yesterday, I had to scroll through to find my place in the same, long, article, six times. Very disappointed and frustrated.

by Mabovoice

I don't know if it is a mindless auto fill problem but it seems that when I click on specific article it first shows a completely unrelated photo to the copy. Check todays story about Lions QB buying a house in Georgia. The first thing you see is a photo of a Red Wings hockey player completely unrelated to the story I want. And this happened thought DetroitFreePress . Someone is not vetting layout! It needs to be fixed. M. Beltaire

by Threegoalnight

Thoroughly enjoy using DetroitFreePress and having access to great content. However since the last update I’ve been experiencing an issue. If I’m in the middle of an article and my phone lock screen comes on (e.g. if I don’t touch the screen for a certain amount of time), when I swipe back in the article automatically returns to the beginning/top of the page. Very annoying for longer articles having to go back through and find my place. Please fix!

by Rjacks9663

Love being able to read the Freep on my iPhone and iPad while still supporting legitimate journalism, particularly local news coverage. With so many newspapers folding nationally, local news is more important than ever! Please financially support your local and state newspapers.

by Mayasdad8

As a native (and now displaced) Detroiter, I open every day with my reading of the Free Press. Solid, succinct and objective reporting, thoughtful opinion pieces, and a daily (and often painful) dose of Lions, Pistons and Tigers news all bring me back home for a few minutes. Grateful for the opportunity!

by Fan2944

The Detroit FreePress has always been the best resource to learn about what is happening in the Detroit area from sports to restaurants to local , state and national news . I especially like their great sports writers which makes it a must read for me. I have enjoyed reading it since I was a kid.

by Freepyears

Growing up in Detroit, the Free Press was part of our family through the 50s an 60s. Then marriage and the 70, 80 an 90s living in Plymouth part of our life, then a job change to Wisconsin and could only get it when we were at our camp on Lake Superior. Finally the Freep app, I’m now seventy and enjoying the Free Press everyday. Well Done!!!!

by MI Rocks

Love using DetroitFreePress . It hasn’t worked since I started with iOS 14 Beta 6. Now that the official realease is out, a new update came. Now it partially works. However, as soon as I dig deeper into a story, or try to go somewhere else it crashes. Hopefully another update is in the works.

by Donato Colavea

I truly enjoy the DFP and now that I’m retired, can leisurely read it from page 1 to the end. Especially look forward to Mitch Albom’s column—it’s not just the news, he gives brain stimulating insight into the stories he shares with his readers; truly a special hometown treasure. God bless and let’s all pray to whatever god we believe in, that he/she guides us out of this calamity that challenges all of us.

by Mr Bigglesworth89124

Wayyyyyy too many sports stories. Literally maybe 4/5 articles are sports related. I want news. Not sports entertainment. And I had to turn off notifications because during any playoffs season, I was getting notifications before each game started, at least 1 during the game, and another after. Why???! I DIDNT DOWNLOAD THIS FOR SPORTS NEWS!! deleted.

by Danmatras

The Lions portion of DetroitFreePress has not changed in 146 days. It’s still talks about Tete taking the Lions can still make the playoffs. It is unbelievable that someone has not fixed this portion of DetroitFreePress . The other sports teams don’t have this problem with their portion of DetroitFreePress .

by Mic USA

A great paper online!

Support your local reporters as they do the difficult job of protecting our freedoms and our democratic form of government. The light of truth shines when there are lots reporters there informing the public as events unfold in real time.

And DetroitFreePress works great! Much better than the glitchy clumsy Facebook app 👍

by Tnbeanqueen

I love reading the Freep and getting breaking news alerts, often before others are informed. Wish you'd list sports teams by alpha or some other logical order -- makes it look like you're playing favorites.

by RJLange

Have lived out of state for 25-years but I REALLY miss my Michigan. The Freep keeps me in touch with what is happening in the Mit and with my sports teams. Still love reading Mitch Albom's article and glad he stayed with Detroit despite his fame. Keep up the good work and thank you for keeping me part of the D!

by Jim A R

I left my SW Detroit home for the Philly Area in 1974. I miss all of Detroit and revel in the good news and frown when you I read the bad news. My go to source? The on line Free Press. What a great background and full of excellent storylines. Example: the recent Delray story. Tremendous!

by Lyon1066

I use DetroitFreePress daily for news, both local and national. The only wish is the ability to access specialized content for digital subscription

by Redwinglover1

My morning is not complete until I read my online Detroit Free Press! I would never sift through an actual newspaper, just not a reality any longer. Thank you for it!

by Karlovmost

I use several news apps and this one works as well as the others. I'm a Michigander transplanted to California, so I enjoy getting news from home, especially sports. Go Blue!

by Joe Chateau

I love everything about DetroitFreePress....except for one strange issue. I can go to any sport and get up-to-date news with one exception. When I click on Lions it’s stuck on the news from Nov. 29th. Tate is saying the Lions have to win the rest to make the playoffs.
I have deleted DetroitFreePress and reinstalled it, but it still sticks on Nov. 29th. How can this be fixed?

by Offy284

App works great. The Detroit Free Press is where I get all my local news. Great reporting. I'm probably one of the few that has both DetroitFreePress and has the paper delivered too. Sometimes it's just easier to see the whole paper by having it in your hands.