The Press Democrat

Name: The Press Democrat
Rating: 4.4 (1462 reviews)
Author: MediaNews Group

By: MediaNews Group App

News

Overview

Version:

10.0.59

Last updated: 2026-07-02

Features & Capabilities

The Press Democrat Chrome extension offers a fast, modern news experience with a refreshed UI and optimized performance. It provides personalized recommendations based on your interests, letting you customize topics under 'Your News' to focus on content you care about.

Additional features include a save-for-later Articles feature with reminders, topic-based push notifications to reduce interruptions, a top navigation bar for quick section access, and an in-app eEdition so you can read the newspaper within the extension.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App News & Magazines Content

By:

MediaNews Group

Rating:

4.40

(1,462) 5 new ratings

Version:

10.0.59 Last updated: 2026-07-02

Version code:

890019533

Creation date:

2013-02-08

Compatible devices:

Size:

159.21MB

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-27

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 47,503 ▲ 88

Other rankings

#14 in press keyword 5 ▼ 1

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Developed by:

MediaNews Group

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-press-democrat/id591168598

User Reviews

User reviews mainly criticize the iOS Press Democrat app for the new edition. Recurrent complaints include frequent update prompts, cluttered with ads that hinder reading, and persistent bugs and crashes causing slow performance. Additional issues include login/subscription friction and difficulties loading the current edition (often stuck on old content or showing random articles). Overall sentiment expresses frustration with reliability and a degraded reading experience versus the prior app.

Pros

Cons

Frequent forced updates and update prompts that disrupt usage
Ad-heavy interface with bottom banner ads and animating ads cluttering the reading area
Buggy, unstable performance with crashes and slow loading
Edition loading/synchronization issues: difficulty loading the current edition, older edition or random articles
Login/subscription friction: repeated login prompts/errors and trouble subscribing

Recent reviews

This app is so inconsistent. It’s terrible. For the last couple of weeks, it will not allow me to open an article. I’m signed in so that’s not the problem.

by Pb*****, 2026-08-04

Like someone else said in another review when I click on a link now and tap on it, nothing happens. It kind of flickers and then does nothing. I checked that I was logged in and I checked to see if there was an update for the app that I had missed or something but no. My subscription seems current and the last update was four weeks ago. I hope somebody can fix this because it’s really really annoying.