# The Sun News - Myrtle Beach SC

> Local Articles South Carolina

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id459841052](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id459841052)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id459841052`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** The McClatchy Company
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (1,000 ratings)
- **Version:** 11.1.18
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-08
- **First published:** 2011-08-31
- **Size:** 145 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-sun-news-myrtle-beach-sc/id459841052)
- **Website:** [https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/](https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://mcclatchy.com/privacy-policy](https://mcclatchy.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

**The Sun News** delivers trusted local journalism for Myrtle Beach, Conway, Murrells Inlet, and communities across South Carolina’s Grand Strand. Stay informed with coverage of local government, public safety, education, courts, business, community issues, crime, sports, statewide news, and national headlines.

Watch live news videos, browse digital newspaper editions, follow favorite topics and teams, search and bookmark articles, and enjoy dark mode, comments, social sharing, puzzles, and games. The app also provides AI-generated article summaries reviewed by the newsroom, helping you quickly catch up on the stories that matter most.

## Rankings

- #55,214 — Overall
- #47 — article

## Review summary

Users generally like the app’s clean layout and strong local news coverage, with alerts that help them stay informed and a solid mobile experience. However, multiple reviews report recurring issues: login/subscription problems, slow or crashing performance, print edition glitches, and gatekeeping content behind a paywall. Customer support concerns also surface. Overall, the content and design are praised, but reliability and access issues recur across reviews.

### Pros

- Clean, easy-to-use layout with intuitive navigation.
- Strong local news coverage with alerts/notices to stay informed.
- Positive mobile experience across iPhone and iPad.

### Cons

- Frequent account access and subscription issues (login failures, missing transaction records).
- Performance problems such as long load times, app not opening, and touch gestures/updates not responding.
- Print edition glitches (print view issues, blurred print, no full-screen toggle, replica edition placement).
- Paywall/content access gating (needing a subscription to view content).

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