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Overview

Rating:
4.60
(33)
Version:
10.0.59
Last updated: 2026-07-02
Ranking
#233,101 ▼ 1,653
Overall

Features & Capabilities

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Welcome to a new app experience, we have optimized our app and giving it a facelift! This faster iOS native app now has the following new features:

Your News: Provide personalized recommendations for content based on user preferences. Users will be allowed to customize the content they want to engage with by selecting the topics they are truly interested in. By going to the “Your News” tab the user can bypass the noise of all that is published and home in on the content they want

Saved Articles: Save feature that allows users to save articles or other content they are interested in for later reading or reference.Push notifications will remind users to read their saved articles or suggest related content

Custom Push Notifications: The user can select what topics they want to be notified about which makes for a much less intrusive experience.

Top Navigation Bar: A top navigation bar lets the user switch between sections by swiping or tapping.

Enews in-app: Desire the newspaper experience? No need to open a separate app! By simply going to Settings and selecting E-News the user can browse the Digital Replica of the day’s paper.

Offline Reading: This feature allows users to enable offline reading from Settings. Offline “Reading Preferences” can also be customized for Settings.

Swipe Left: Instead of going back to the main section to find more articles, users have the option to simply swipe, immediately opening other articles in the Section.

Follow Topics: A user will be shown articles on topics they are following. To follow select “follow” at the article level and related articles will gain relevancy and be shown more frequently. Just as easily “Unfollow”

Terms of Use: https://www.medianewsgroup.com/terms-of-use/ https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
MediaNews Group
Rating:
4.60
(33)
Version:
10.0.59 Last updated: 2026-07-02
Version code:
887710598
Creation date:
2011-01-14
Compatible devices:
Size:
160.23MB
URLs:
Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-07-16
Compare stats and ranking:

Contact the developer

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Developed by:
MediaNews Group
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bay-area-news/id407305856
Website:
https://www.mercurynews.com/

User Reviews

Reviews for Bay Area News are overwhelmingly negative. Recurrent issues include crashes and stalls, long or failed loads, and content that won’t open. Users report intrusive ads, especially full-screen and video ads that disrupt reading. Paywall and login gates block access to many articles, with frustration over cancellations and fees. Content is described as outdated or poorly updated, with missing sports coverage and comics, and weak navigation (no search, small unreadable text). Overall, reliability, access, and usability are the dominant pain points.
Pros
  • Access to local Bay Area news content is valued by some users.
  • The app can function as a decent news viewer when it works.
  • In some reviews, the app loads and displays articles reliably when not hindered by bugs.
Cons
  • Intrusive ads, including full-screen and video ads, disrupt reading and can be difficult to skip.
  • Severe reliability issues: crashes on launch, freezes, hangs, long loading times, and content that fails to load.
  • Paywall and login barriers block access to articles and cause frustration with cancellations and fees.
  • Outdated or poorly updated content, missing sports coverage and comics, and overall content quality issues.
  • Poor usability and navigation: no search function, limited headlines, and small or hard-to-read text.
Recent reviews
Not working now. This app constantly is crashing upon launch from my iPad Air.
by Nb*****, 2022-03-16

Started good and relevant. Now just shallow pap. Sad.
by Ke*****, 2021-08-27
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