# QCTimes

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id356499313](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id356499313)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id356499313`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Madison Newspapers Incorporated
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 3.50 / 5 (213 ratings)
- **Version:** 224.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-15
- **First published:** 2010-02-19
- **Size:** 103 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/qctimes/id356499313)
- **Website:** [https://qctimes.com/app-ads.txt](https://qctimes.com/app-ads.txt)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://qctimes.com/privacy](http://qctimes.com/privacy)

## Description

QCTimes is a Quad-Cities focused news extension that brings the latest local reporting across news, sports, politics, entertainment, obituaries, and more. Read, watch, and listen with a streamlined experience that includes exclusive commentary, photography, video updates, and binge-worthy podcasts.

Key features include Your Stories personalization, alerts, fast navigation, News Feed and E-edition reading, breaking news banners, author follows, bookmarks, text size adjustments, audio playback, and weather updates. Free to download, with News+ offering a premium, ad-free reading experience.

## Rankings

- #113,259 — Overall

## Review summary

Reviewers repeatedly praise the app for delivering local news on mobile but cite pervasive ads, reliability issues, and lagging content as the main drawbacks. The tool is valued for accessibility and local coverage, yet plagued by intrusive ads, crashes, slow performance, missing obituaries, and a cumbersome navigation experience.

### Pros

- Local news coverage is highly valued and seen as the app's core strength.
- Mobile accessibility on iPhone/iPad is a clear benefit, especially for disabled users.
- For some users, the app serves as a convenient digital substitute to stay updated with the paper's content.

### Cons

- Intrusive and disruptive ads, including full-screen ads and video ads, and ad popups that can't be closed.
- Reliability and performance problems: frequent freezes, blank screens, slow loading, and pages not available for download.
- Content timeliness and depth are lacking: news not current, filler articles, thinner content than print, and reduced investigative reporting.
- Obituaries and other content sections are missing or inconsistently available (e.g., obituaries disappearing).
- Navigation and layout can be awkward and hard to use: klunky UI, large graphics, and overall poor navigation, especially after updates.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id356499313)