Reviews of Teesside Live

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List of user reviews and ratings for Teesside Live

Total ratings

4.00 (Rating count: 1,602)

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Review summary

Users find Teesside Live useful for up-to-date local news and football coverage, praising the live updates and ad-free video playback. However, many report frequent crashes, slow performance, and articles not loading. The app limits free article views, pushing for subscription, and ads disrupt reading. Some complain about imbalance in local coverage and difficulty accessing comments. Despite recent improvements, instability and usability issues remain common complaints.

Pros

Provides up-to-date local news and information.
Good coverage of Middlesbrough football club and local sports.
Live updates are appreciated by users.
No annoying adverts before videos, providing smooth viewing experience.
Ability to comment on stories and follow certain reporters.

Cons

App frequently crashes or fails to open articles.
Free version limits reading to 25 articles per week before requiring subscription.
App is slow, freezes phone, or requires frequent reinstalling to work.
Poor coverage balance: too much focus on Middlesbrough FC and little coverage south of the Tees.
App sometimes loads outdated news, and ads cause disruptive page jumps.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.30

All time rating average: 4.00

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41% (9)

Date	Author	Comment
2024-11-27	De*****	Information good but keep repeating same stories
Information good but keep repeating same stories
2024-11-07	An*****	Always interested in local news .
Always interested in local news .
2024-10-08	ma*****	Always up to date news thumbs up
Always up to date news thumbs up
2024-09-30	Lo*****	Very little coverage south of the Tees and vastly too much coverage of Middlesbrough football club.
Very little coverage south of the Tees and vastly too much coverage of Middlesbrough football club.
2024-02-08	Cl*****	I've just realised you can only read 25 articles per week. After that when you click on an article it gives you the 1st part of the story then says that I've reached my limit and have to subscribe to premium in order to continue to read. Ive decided to uninstall the app and just catch up on teesside live via Google!
I've just realised you can only read 25 articles per week. After that when you click on an article it gives you the 1st part of the story then says that I've reached my limit and have to subscribe to premium in order to continue to read. Ive decided to uninstall the app and just catch up on teesside live via Google!
2023-11-05	St*****	This paper is impossible it's the slowest app on the market it's like a virus. If you like waiting get it , the reading is good but the speed is the worst .
This paper is impossible it's the slowest app on the market it's like a virus. If you like waiting get it , the reading is good but the speed is the worst .
2023-10-18	Ja*****	Since the Gazette has got greedy and are trying to force people to pay for news that's copied and pasted from social media or other news outlets surprise surprise this app doesn't work no more, According to there press release the free app will continue with ads and u pay a subscription to get rid of the ads, well guess what the free ones not working
Since the Gazette has got greedy and are trying to force people to pay for news that's copied and pasted from social media or other news outlets surprise surprise this app doesn't work no more, According to there press release the free app will continue with ads and u pay a subscription to get rid of the ads, well guess what the free ones not working
2023-03-17	Da*****	Nightmare - unstable, can't comment on articles. When I comment on the main site these often get "deactivated" even though the posts are mundane. No explanation given. Can't see the Gazette surviving.
Nightmare - unstable, can't comment on articles. When I comment on the main site these often get "deactivated" even though the posts are mundane. No explanation given. Can't see the Gazette surviving.
2023-02-06	St*****	Poor. I'm lucky if it actually opens. Most of the time I just get a rotating circle and nothing else appears. Next to useless. And when it was working it threw up stories that were anywhere between two and five years old. It looked as though we were still in the midst of a pandemic.
Poor. I'm lucky if it actually opens. Most of the time I just get a rotating circle and nothing else appears. Next to useless. And when it was working it threw up stories that were anywhere between two and five years old. It looked as though we were still in the midst of a pandemic.
2022-12-24	Jo*****	The only app I've ever used that gets progressively worse with each 'upgrade'. It needs to be constantly refreshed just to get the latest content. Speaking of content, it now seems to specialise in chip shop reviews and tales of woe from Aldis and Lidl. Riveting.
The only app I've ever used that gets progressively worse with each 'upgrade'. It needs to be constantly refreshed just to get the latest content. Speaking of content, it now seems to specialise in chip shop reviews and tales of woe from Aldis and Lidl. Riveting.