Athens Banner-Herald

Name: Athens Banner-Herald
Rating: 4.5 (214 reviews)
Author: Gannett

By: Gannett App

Breaking News + eNewspaper

Overview

Version:

8.10.2

Last updated: 2026-05-27

Ranking

#113,574 ▼ 571

Overall

Features & Capabilities

The Athens Banner-Herald app brings you breaking local news, sports coverage from high school to the pros, photos, and videos that matter to your community. It delivers a fast-loading, streamlined reading experience so you can stay informed wherever you are.

Customize your news with saved stories, adjustable text size, night mode, and offline reading. The eNewspaper brings the print edition to mobile, plus access to USA TODAY and 200+ local newspapers for a broader perspective.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App News & Magazines Content Photography

By:

Gannett

Rating:

4.50

(214)

Version:

8.10.2 Last updated: 2026-05-27

Version code:

885980843

Creation date:

2018-03-12

Compatible devices:

Size:

181.73MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-16

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 113,574 ▼ 571

For Developers

Monetize with App Pass Boost with Extension Booster

Contact the developer

Chrome-Stats does not own this Apple app. Please use these information below to contact the Apple app developer.

Developed by:

Gannett

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/athens-banner-herald/id1341122239

Website:

https://www.onlineathens.com

User Reviews

Overall, the Athens Banner-Herald app is valued for local news and convenient online access with useful article links, but is hampered by paywalls, nagging ads, and inconsistent access for subscribers. Users report crashes, slow performance, and weak search/navigation (archives, comics, puzzles). Some also want more local coverage beyond sports. Improving stability, search quality, and subscriber access would greatly improve the user experience.

Pros

Keeps me up-to-date on local news and events in the area.
Provides useful links to articles and sources within the app.
Online reading experience is convenient and accessible.

Cons

Paywalls and subscription gating lock most content, with nagging ads and repeated login prompts.
Crashes frequently, slow loading, and resets reading position after idle.
Poor search functionality and difficult navigation (archives, comics, puzzles).
Excessive and intrusive ads and promotional nag screens disrupt reading.
Content skewed toward sports with insufficient local news coverage.

Recent reviews

For many years I subscribed to print edition but the current rates for print or online versions are way too expensive. Most of the articles featured in the app are for subscribers only thereby making the app useless. Only tho g I use it for these days are the obituaries.

by Na*****, 2026-03-09

This is the worst app in the history of apps! You can’t go from small letters to large! Most apps let you decide how big or small you want the letters to be! When it goes to large you are reading a small section of the paper ! If you go small, you can only read the title of the story! I have read this paper for over 50 years, I am 82 years old! Y’all can do better! Curtis and Diane Smith