The Detroit News: Local News Reviews

by Bothell14

NO OTHER NEWS APP HAS THIS FLAW which I have reported several times with no response

Excellent content and easy to use but one flaw found only in one other news app (Detroit Free Press app) makes using TheDetroitNews frustrating to the point of avoiding it.

1)If I am reading a article
2)Want to get additional information on a place, name, event, statistic, etc.
3) Goto another source anywhere else on the internet such as Wikipedia, Google maps, etc.
4) I am returned to the “Top Stories” page instead of the article I was reading

I normal use an iPad Pro running the most iPadOS 15.1 but this flaw has been present for at least 3 months through several system upgrades

by Saberwolf 700

I once had both the Free Press and Detroit News apps. I dropped the Freep app years ago because it just became unreadable for anyone other than an extreme left winger. Now the Detroit News is heading that way. I just want to read news. News, not opinion. I like reading opinions in editorials but not pawned off as news. If you’re a liberal, this is the spoon feeding you desire. If you are a moderate or heaven forbid, a conservative....you’ll be sadly disappointed. Manna for lemmings.

by Comish1

I have been a long time scribes to the free press. It works great. I decided to subscribe to the news also. It has never properly worked in months. I can’t get any support from these people ever. I have made it a mission the last few days to get this properly configured but I can’t. I have a computer degree and operate many similar apps without issue. TheDetroitNews and its support are the worst I have ever encountered.
Kevin

by JPJ ADRIAN, MICH

Are used to love reading your paper karma but now that you need a subscription for most everything, I’m pretty much turned off to the newspaper. It’s much easier to go to another website and read all you want for free without being interrupted and trying to pick and choose between the subscription rate. It’s a shame because I think you’re losing so much in customer satisfaction and an advertising due to asking for the money I still read your paper from time to time but it’s dropped off 95%. It’s just not worth the time and effort to filter through to what you can read easily on 100 other websites. Thanks for all the years you’ve given me and I’ve been joyed your paper
Jesse Perez

by Snozberry

I enjoy much of what the Detroit News has to offer. Breaking news, local issues, MSU sports and auto news. One thing that is becoming to the level of annoying is the attempted use of video. DN your a news paper - you do that well. While you are likely trying to make your app and site more ‘engaging’ with video -much of it seems to be nothing more than iPhone videos of press Confrence or attempted ‘sports shows’. When I’m checking in I just want the news, read what interests me and then I move on.

by Redcatlmf

I have a habit of pouncing back and forth between apps a lot. And I haven’t noticed a problem with this until today so maybe it’s a new update glitch. When I go to another app mid story and go back to finish reading TheDetroitNews resets back to the top of the list of stories and I have to scroll all the way down to finish reading a story I left open when I switched to say read an incoming text.

by DMJ2021-06-10

I have a digital subscription which I have no problem accessing from my laptop but continuing problems accessing through my iPhone app. It frequently stops me from reading subscription stories even though my account is up-to-date. I keep getting a “buy a subscription” message that doesn’t allow me to confirm my existing subscription. Frustrating.

by James Hardecki

It’s unfortunate that if I am reading an article and receive a text, the article closes when I return to TheDetroitNews and takes me to the top of the headlines page. Many news sites save your place in the article you are reading if you need to answer a call or text. I use iPhone.

by Chucka333

The new DetNews app is a Great way to "keep up to date" on the News throughout the day.
Some of the new changes are good too, but I really don’t like having some of the best stories for “Subscribers only”.
I DO understand the economic realities and the need to be able to make money and not give everything away.

by Sp Lions Fan

I have used the detnews app for at least 8 years. It’s great for keeping up with my home town. Especially my sports teams. I live in Chicago now.

Only suggestion I have: please let me expand the view of the photographs that show up with the title of the article. Or add them again in the article itself. It’s disappointing sometimes when I can’t inspect those photos more closely. I use an IPhone. Perhaps that makes a difference.

by Marine City High School 1949

I thank you for your allowing me to receive the NEWS digitally: A former Detroit area newspaper boy and High School whiz (Marine City) during the 40's and 50's) and former School Superintendent (East Detroit) during the 70's ( before the problems!).Always enjoyed the NEWS more than the FREE PRESS! How about that?

by Bull Mom

To echo some other reviews the News is so much more balanced than the Free Press which I found almost impossible to read- the journalists (if you can call them that) were just about their own personal feelings devoid of any facts - figures since they are a branch of USA TODAY - the News gives a good perspective and analysis. Enjoying the read so far.

by Randazzle 85

Since I have stopped watching TV news local and national it is a relief to have the Detroit News to keep me up on all that is happening.

by BK Lion's

Is there anyone on staff there that could find a Lion’s buyer? A new owner that would do what it takes to make the team competitive. The Lion’s have not been anything to praise since the Bobby Layne days. Not sure why the Detroit fans have remained so loyal? Pathetically disappointing. BIll

by Walt.25

I love the News and the Free Press! I remember when I was a kid,we would get the News delivered to our house everyday, and I would get yelled at because I would have have the sections scattered on the floor,because I was looking for the comic section. I used to make my mom so mad,lol.

by Osprey Lover

The Detroit News app makes my day. Its format is completely convenient and content is complete. I can't believe this is offered for free. I am concerned that with the cutbacks recently announced by The News, that this service may be reduced or eliminated. This is the first thing I go to every morning. Please keep it up!

by MeMe Again

The Detroit News is my favorite paper.
All around Excellent coverage. In my opinion it gives better all around of the daily news.
I have the e edition to keep up with local news no matter where I am.
The Detroit Free Press works for Sunday news because that is the only paper available on Sundays!

by Dmay35

As a former Division I Hockey Player at Western Michigan University, and a lifelong Tiger and Red Wing Fan, I feel qualified to add my view. I do enjoy the reporting by The Detroit News of the Red Wings and Tigers. It is knowledgeable, interesting and insightful. With the hiring of Steve Yzerman as GM of the Wings, and the hiring of AJ Hinch as the Tigers manager, his insightful hiring of his coaches. I feel both teams will be markedly better next year. Daniel May

by Yoga Racer

Unlike Detroit's other daily, the Free Press, which is a liberal cesspool of racist and uneducated writers, the News gives a fairly accurate portrayal of events, without the typical liberal bias. They are sometimes hard on republicans, which is refreshing, especially when they deserve it. If you're only going to sign up for one paper to get Detroit's news, the News is it.

by Safer-T

I love having the Detroit News delivered to my tablet. I never have to go out into the rain or snow to retrieve my paper. Plus having the electronic version gives me updates and new articles as they happen. I don't have to wait until the next day for it to come out in the print edition.

by KevinHall

The new video ads that pop open 3 or more times while reading one article are ridiculous. I’m fine with ads, I get wanting to push subscriptions, but interrupting reading a single article with the same full screen ad multiple times is just obnoxious.

by Fyrftrtoledo

I have been a Detroit News guy for many years because I like th,e Sports section. Now I Like the au tomotive news equally well. I haven't read the paper in the morning unless I have read the Detroit News.

Mike Childers
Toledo,
Ohio

by Trustee One

Really like the new app that lets us " turn to any page " from the table of contents. The News provides a quick, broad and deep report on what is happening in Detroit, Michigan and beyond.

by D. Rushlow

I am originally from Wayne. I am retired military living in Ohio. The only way I keep up with sports and news in the Detroit area is with the Detroit News online!!! Thank you Detroit News for making this available!!!

by Docter Detroit

Jeff Jackson reporting from Arkansas love the Detroit News app I get all my updates sports traffic shopping I stay in contact with the family and we have plenty to talk about love you Detroit news and the city

by Themadtaxi

I have always depended on the Detroit news for honest and informative reporting
I have lived abroad for years and depend on the Detroit news to keep me tuned in to what is happening in my home town and with all my favorite sports teams.