# Charleston Gazette-Mail

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id476381906](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id476381906)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id476381906`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** The Charleston Gazette
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 3.90 / 5 (106 ratings)
- **Version:** 218.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-21
- **First published:** 2011-11-02
- **Size:** 60 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/charleston-gazette-mail/id476381906)
- **Website:** [http://wvgazettemail.com](http://wvgazettemail.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.wvgazettemail.com/site/privacy.html](https://www.wvgazettemail.com/site/privacy.html)

## Description

Stay up to date with Charleston's local news, sports, and weather on the go. This extension makes it easy to read the latest stories and quickly share them with family and friends.

With just a few taps, you can email, text, or post highlights to Twitter and Facebook, keeping you in the know wherever you are.

## Rankings

- #141,006 — Overall

## Review summary

Users like the app for its organized layout and solid local/national news, especially sports, and the helpful E-Edition. However, recurring problems with ads, stability (crashes and freezes), and access (login requirements and paywalls) dominate complaints, amplified by redesign-related usability issues and infrequent content updates. Overall, content value remains high for WV readers, but stability and accessibility improvements are needed.

### Pros

- Well organized and easy to use.
- Indispensable for West Virginia readers; helps me stay connected to home.
- Strong local and national news coverage with good sports reporting.
- The E-Edition is a valuable feature for reading the paper online.
- Keeps you informed with current news and updates.

### Cons

- Intrusive ads, including frequent pop-ups and video ads, disrupt reading.
- Frequent crashes and freezes after updates, making the app unreliable.
- Login/authentication friction: reminders not remembered, login screen issues, and paywall gating requiring an account.
- Content updates can be infrequent and some stories appear behind a membership or are sourced from AP.
- Redesign changes reduced usability and introduced ongoing issues.

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