# HeraldCourier.com

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id396936283](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id396936283)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id396936283`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** BH Media Group
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (75 ratings)
- **Version:** 9.22.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-06
- **First published:** 2010-10-12
- **Size:** 98 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/heraldcourier-com/id396936283)
- **Website:** [http://www.heraldcourier.com/ads.txt](http://www.heraldcourier.com/ads.txt)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.heraldcourier.com/site/terms.html/#privacy](https://www.heraldcourier.com/site/terms.html/#privacy)

## Description

Your story lives in Bristol. HeraldCourier delivers in-depth local coverage—from news and sports to opinions, obituaries, entertainment, and politics—with exclusive commentary, photography, video updates, and binge-worthy podcasts.

Free to download. Subscribers upgrade to News+ for a faster, ad-free reading experience. Features include personalized topics, alerts, swipe navigation, multiple reading modes (News Feed and E-edition), breaking news banners, following authors, bookmarking, listening to articles, text-size customization, and local weather updates.

## Rankings

- #153,397 — Overall

## Review summary

Users find HeraldCourier.com easy to use and useful for on-the-go local news, with several reviewers praising its accessibility and informativeness. Recurrent downsides include intrusive advertising (especially at launch and before viewing content), a limited number of readable articles, and performance issues such as slow loads or a stuck progress bar after updates. Some users also report non-current headlines and a non-working video section. Overall, the app shows potential but ad impact, content access limits, and reliability concerns temper the experience.

### Pros

- Easy to use and navigate
- Easy to find articles of interest
- Informative content with good local news
- Useful for on-the-go reading
- Generally positive user sentiment (great/excellent app)

### Cons

- Intrusive ads, including ads during app launch or before content
- Limited article availability (only about 10 articles at a time)
- Performance problems (loading delays, stuck progress bar after updates)
- Video section not functioning reliably
- Content not current or outdated headlines

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