# East Bay Times

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id429780888](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id429780888)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id429780888`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** MediaNews Group
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.10 / 5 (436 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2011-06-02
- **Size:** 127 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/east-bay-times/id429780888)
- **Website:** [https://www.bayareanewsgroup.com/](https://www.bayareanewsgroup.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.digitalfirstmedia.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.digitalfirstmedia.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

The East Bay Times e-Edition Chrome extension provides a faithful print replica of the newspaper in your browser, including all articles, photos, comics, and puzzles.

Enjoy in-depth local coverage, entertainment, and sports, with page flipping, zoom, rotate, full-screen article view, and access to the past 30 days of issues for convenient reading on the go.

## Rankings

- #80,960 — Overall

## Review summary

Many reviews praise having the East Bay Times digital edition on iPad/iPhone and enjoying the paper when it loads. However, multiple reviews cite a cluttered UI with large toolbars and ads that block content, inconsistent delivery of the current edition, frequent sign-in issues, and awkward navigation that makes reading tedious. The core content is valued, but reliability and user experience have deteriorated since the update, with a strong desire to revert to the older app.

### Pros

- Subscribers value having the East Bay Times digital edition available on iPad/iPhone.
- Content is readable and enjoyable when downloaded.
- Readers still appreciate having the paper on a mobile device.

### Cons

- New UI uses top and bottom toolbars that crowd the screen, reducing reading area.
- Ads and banner ads obstruct reading and are hard to close.
- Edition loading is unreliable; current day's paper sometimes shows up as yesterday's.
- Frequent sign-in prompts and login issues (including Apple Sign-In and keyboard not appearing) hinder access.
- Navigation/reading is cumbersome (forced to zoom, can't smoothly move between pages, and encounter 'read one article' mode).

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