# Poughkeepsie Journal

> Breaking News + eNewspaper

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id493347726](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id493347726)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id493347726`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gannett
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.30 / 5 (587 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.10.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-27
- **First published:** 2012-01-31
- **Size:** 187 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/poughkeepsie-journal/id493347726)
- **Website:** [https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com](https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://cm.poughkeepsiejournal.com/privacy](https://cm.poughkeepsiejournal.com/privacy)

## Description

Poughkeepsie Journal's Chrome extension puts local news at your fingertips. Access comprehensive journalism, event listings, sports coverage from high school to the pros, and rich photos and videos in a fast-loading, streamlined interface. Stay on top of breaking news, scores, and weather with customizable alerts.

Personalize your reading experience: save favorites, adjust text size, enable night mode, and read offline. The included eNewspaper feature mirrors the print edition on mobile, plus access to USA TODAY and 200+ local eNewspapers for wider coverage.

## Rankings

- #70,503 — Overall

## Review summary

Reviewers generally praise the Poughkeepsie Journal app for delivering local news and keeping readers informed, with many appreciating online/e-edition access and local Hudson Valley coverage. However, widespread complaints focus on the app's performance and usability: frequent freezes, slow loading, inconsistent formatting, and poor readability on iPad; intrusive pop-up ads; navigation and login issues; and billing problems when subscriptions are interrupted or canceled. A recurring theme is the tension between valuing strong local reporting and frustration with the new app's stability and content access, including insufficient local sports coverage.

### Pros

- Keeps me up to date with local news daily, even when living out of state.
- Strong local focus and community coverage (weather, schools, local politics).
- Online/e-edition option provides flexibility and is often preferred over print.
- App generally delivers timely local news and keeps readers informed.

### Cons

- Frequent freezes/crashes/hangs in the e-newspaper mode.
- Formatting/readability issues on the new app; not easily magnified on iPad and layout differs from prior version.
- Intrusive ads and pop-ups disrupting reading and forcing ad breaks.
- Subscription/access issues: being charged after cancellation and inconsistent access; login/password problems and poor customer service.
- Inadequate local sports coverage.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id493347726)