# Observer-Reporter

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1174048954](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1174048954)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1174048954`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Observer Publishing Company
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.10 / 5 (499 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.03.190061452
- **Last updated:** 2023-11-03
- **First published:** 2016-11-11
- **Size:** 75 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/observer-reporter/id1174048954)
- **Website:** [http://www.observer-reporter.com](http://www.observer-reporter.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://static.mobilelocalnews.com/html/privacy.html](http://static.mobilelocalnews.com/html/privacy.html)

## Description

The Observer-Reporter is a daily newspaper serving Washington County, Greene County, and the Mon Valley in the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania.

This extension provides quick access to Southwestern PA news on your mobile device with a customized reading experience, keeping you up-to-date with local coverage on the go.

## Rankings

- #76,869 — Overall

## Review summary

The Observer-Reporter iOS app is broadly regarded as unreliable and hard to use. Several reviewers cite repeated login prompts, a clunky interface with many taps to reach content, and unstable e-edition loading (including 'Too many requests' errors). Content access is impeded by obituary pages and other sections failing to load or loading slowly. Crashes and sessions dropping mid-reading worsen the experience. A minority view notes the app is a capable improvement over the old version and offers out-of-area reading; overall, many users prefer the website until fixes are made.

### Pros

- App is capable and an improvement over the previous version.
- Convenience for readers who are out of area to access the hometown paper.
- Page-by-page reading/navigation works for some users once logged in.
- Offers a digital edition within the app.

### Cons

- Login is not remembered; users must sign in repeatedly and the app is not robust enough to stay logged in.
- Very clunky, non-intuitive UI with many steps to reach the front page.
- E-edition loads unreliably, with 'Too many requests' or 'too many from my device' errors.
- Obituaries and other sections sometimes fail to load or are hard to access.
- App crashes or logs users out mid-reading.

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