The Hill

Name: The Hill
Rating: 2.5 (283 reviews)
Author: Nexstar Broadcasting

By: Nexstar Broadcasting

News

Features & Capabilities

Covering Congress & politics with a focus on business and lobbying, political campaigns, and goings on Capitol Hill. Read news, analysis, and opinion pieces across a variety of categories, including Senate, House, Administration, Campaign, Business & Lobbying, and topical blogs. Watch video clips of reporting from the capitol, as well as full episodes of our political talk shows.

Follow topics to get push notifications on breaking news. Save stories to read later.

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By:

Nexstar Broadcasting

Rating:

2.50

(283)

Version:

508.0.0 Last updated: 2026-05-20

Version code:

885929111

Creation date:

2010-03-11

Compatible devices:

Size:

74.33MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-06

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 126,800 ▲ 49

Other platforms

The Hill (v508.0.0)

100,404 2.84

(451)

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Developed by:

Nexstar Broadcasting

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-hill/id360124019

Website:

https://thehill.com/

User Reviews

User feedback centers on intrusive advertising that disrupts reading—auto-playing videos, top banners, and audio hijacking. This ad-heavy design, along with readability/layout issues and frequent performance problems, makes the app feel unusable for many. Several reviews accuse The Hill of editorial bias, and some users have left for alternatives. A few users note that support or patches addressed issues, but overall sentiment is negative, with most calling for a return to a cleaner, faster reading experience.

Pros

Cons

Intrusive ads and top-of-article video overlays make articles unreadable.
Autoplay videos and audio hijacking disrupt listening and reading.
Readability suffers from huge fonts, ad density, and inconsistent orientation (landscape/portrait).
App stability issues: freezing, crashes, or failing to load after updates.
Perceived political bias in coverage.

Recent reviews

Every article is randomly filled with the symbols &nbsp making it impossible to read.

by Vi*****, 2026-03-15

The ads in this app are completely out of control. I can never really get to the news story because the screen scrolls with videos and pop-ups that are some of the most annoying I’ve ever encountered. Why does every news story have to have a video attached to the top of it, most of which don’t even relate to the story? I appreciate the attempt at being unbiased, but if it means paying for a subscription to get these ads out-of-the-way, and if there is some possible way for you to remove the videos on top of every news article, I might use it more. Until then. the app stinks.