St. Paul Pioneer Press

Name: St. Paul Pioneer Press
Rating: 4.5 (734 reviews)
Author: MediaNews Group

By: MediaNews Group

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Features & Capabilities

St. Paul Pioneer Press is redesigned for speed and personalization as a Chrome extension. It offers Your News with topic-based customization, Saved Articles, Offline Reading, Custom Push Notifications, a top navigation bar for quick section access, and an in-app E-News experience mirroring the daily paper.

Follow topics to see more relevant stories, swipe left to open related articles, and enjoy built-in games like Sudoku, Solitaire, Jumble, Crossword, and Puzzles. You can restore subscriptions after updates in Settings under Subscriptions, and review Terms of Use at Medianewsgroup and Apple's STDEULA page.

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By:

MediaNews Group

Rating:

4.50

(734) 3 new ratings

Version:

10.0.58 Last updated: 2026-06-09

Version code:

886708148

Creation date:

2013-02-20

Compatible devices:

Size:

160.74MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-11

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 67,564 ▲ 164

For Developers

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Developed by:

MediaNews Group

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/st-paul-pioneer-press/id603264610

Website:

https://www.twincities.com

User Reviews

Most reviews converge on a negative experience: paywalls and subscription prompts hinder access, notifications are unreliable, and the app performance is slowed by ads with navigation issues. The new format also omits current print pages and sections, which frustrates users accustomed to the print edition. Together, these recurring issues indicate a broadly degraded usability and content accessibility compared with prior versions.

Pros

Cons

Paywalls and subscription prompts block access to articles, even for some digital subscribers.
App performance is slow and unreliable due to ads; tapping to open articles often fails and navigation/back actions can be problematic.
Content format has changed poorly: current print edition pages/sections are missing in the new layout.
Notifications are unreliable or not consistently shown.
Intrusive prompts and monetization (paywalls/ads) degrade the overall reading experience.

Recent reviews

I enjoy reading articles from the Pioneer Press and want to support local journalism. However, when the articles in my newsfeed are 6+ months old, it’s difficult to want to continue subscribing.

by Ns*****, 2025-10-17

Heres a typical subscriber use case. 1. See a notification that piques interest. 2App shows you the article but it’s blocked by a nag telling you to update to 10.4.2 first. 3. Scream at your phone because this is a stupid little incremental update, relax. 4. Go do App Store to update. Takes a minute cuz the app is bigger than it needs to be. 5 Open the updated app. Your article is now gone. 6. Head over to startribune.com