# Belleville News-Democrat | IL

> Live & local St Louis articles

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id485784497](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id485784497)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id485784497`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** The McClatchy Company
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (981 ratings)
- **Version:** 11.1.17
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-13
- **First published:** 2011-12-09
- **Size:** 145 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/belleville-news-democrat-il/id485784497)
- **Website:** [https://www.bnd.com/](https://www.bnd.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.bnd.com/privacy-policy](http://www.bnd.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

The Belleville News-Democrat News Chrome extension delivers fast, easy access to local daily news and sports coverage from Belleville, Fairview Heights, and East St. Louis. It includes AI-generated summaries reviewed by our newsroom, and a digital edition that mirrors the day’s reporting.

Personalize your feed, save favorites, search articles and videos, bookmark stories, switch between light and dark modes, browse by category, share articles, and enjoy puzzles and games. Access past issues anytime to stay connected with the community.

## Rankings

- #56,583 — Overall
- #41 — article

## Review summary

Reviews repeatedly cite login issues, loading failures, difficult navigation, and paywall prompts as major drawbacks. Compatibility constraints and ad/popups also hinder reading. A note of value is that the app can keep users up to date on local and national news, but overall reliability and usability are the core concerns.

### Pros

- Keeps me up to date on local and national news.
- Provides a local newspaper's news content that readers rely on when it works.

### Cons

- Frequent sign-in/login problems and not remembering login credentials; you’re asked to sign in for each article.
- App often fails to load or crashes, making reading frustrating.
- Navigation is hard and not intuitive, with many steps to access content.
- Persistent subscription prompts and paywalls block access and complicate management (including online cancellation).
- For some devices, the app requires an update that is not compatible with older iOS versions (e.g., iOS 17 required; older iPad cannot install).

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