Akron Beacon Journal Now

Name: Akron Beacon Journal Now
Rating: 4.1 (845 reviews)
Author: Gannett

By: Gannett

Breaking News + eNewspaper

Features & Capabilities

From critically acclaimed storytelling to engaging photography and videos, Akron Beacon Journal Now delivers the local news that matters most to your community. Access in-depth journalism, events around town, and comprehensive sports coverage with a fast-loading experience.

Real-time breaking news, scores, and weather alerts keep you informed. Personalize your reading with saved stories, adjustable text size, night mode, and offline access. Plus, the eNewspaper feature lets you read the print edition on mobile and access USA TODAY and 200+ local newspapers.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App News & Magazines Content

By:

Gannett

Rating:

4.10

(845) 2 new ratings

Version:

8.10.2 Last updated: 2026-05-27

Version code:

885978987

Creation date:

2018-09-25

Compatible devices:

Size:

181.86MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-07

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 66,249 ▲ 503

Other platforms

Akron Beacon Journal Now (v8.9.1)

17,276 2.88

(120)

For Developers

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Developed by:

Gannett

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/akron-beacon-journal-now/id1435513433

Website:

https://www.beaconjournal.com

User Reviews

User feedback is mixed: many praise the convenient e-edition and broad USA Today network access, plus ability to read missed days. However, recurring issues include navigation instability and crashes, difficult subscription management, intrusive ads, poor search, and occasional delivery delays, leading some users to cancel or abandon renewals.

Pros

Convenience of the e-edition/online reading.
Access to local and national/international news via the USA Today network.
Ability to read missed days and cross-town content (bonus editions).
Improved navigation in some updates; hybrid print/web experience.
Regular local content and community coverage.

Cons

Navigation instability and app crashes or unresponsive behavior (e.g., random page changes, not opening).
Subscription management is unclear or inaccessible; prompts to subscribe; login issues.
Ads are intrusive or cause bugs, cluttering the reading experience.
Weak search functionality; inability to locate articles by headline.
Delivery delays and unreliable content timing (not delivered in mornings).

Recent reviews

Your new app is not user friendly. It takes too long to get to the print page, when you try to scroll down to the bottom of the page it opens an article, when I try to print a crossword puzzle the print is too small. Pop up ads?? I liked the old app much better. I could read newspapers from all over the country, not now. Two thumbs down. I tried 10 nicknames but all were taken. How much time should I spend on that ?? Alan

by Zz*****, 2026-05-10

The app is still a pain. When you try to change pages or resize a page to read it sometimes does it and sometimes it just does random things. Very frustrating.