# Marin Independent Journal News

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id499674553](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id499674553)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id499674553`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** MediaNews Group
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (212 ratings)
- **Version:** 10.0.60
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-20
- **First published:** 2012-02-07
- **Size:** 188 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/marin-independent-journal-news/id499674553)
- **Website:** [https://www.marinij.com/](https://www.marinij.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.medianewsgroup.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.medianewsgroup.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Experience a personalized Marin Independent Journal News experience with this Chrome extension. It delivers tailored content based on your interests, a Your News tab for preferred topics, and saved articles for later reading with timely reminders.

Also included are offline reading, an in-extension E-News digital replica, top navigation, swipe gestures to switch sections, topic following for tailored coverage, and built-in games such as Sudoku, Solitaire, Jumble, Crossword, and Puzzles. If you updated the extension, you can restore your subscriptions to continue uninterrupted.

## Rankings

- #102,364 — Overall

## Review summary

The Marin Independent Journal News app is largely criticized for intrusive ads, login/privacy hassles, and unreliable performance, with content often seen as outdated or hard to access. A minority note that the new version improves navigation and that the app provides local Marin news. Overall, users want easier access to current local coverage, a calmer ad experience, and a simpler, privacy-friendly login/subscription flow.

### Pros

- New version is easier to navigate and more responsive.
- Some reviewers feel the app has improved over time and is better than nothing.
- The app still serves as a source of local Marin news for readers who want local coverage.

### Cons

- Ads are intrusive and disrupt reading experience.
- Login, subscription, and privacy issues, including forced Auth0 login, data-sharing concerns, and difficult opt-out options.
- Performance problems and crashes, broken links, and unreliable access after updates.
- Content access and timeliness issues: limited full articles, outdated or missing stories, and weak search capabilities.
- UX/navigation issues: landscape mode not supported, vertical-only reading, removal of comments, teaser-based previews, and general navigation confusion.

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