“Every time I open a news story a pop up comes up to try to get me to pay for a subscription. I should be able to tell it no once and be done with it. The obituaries won't laod up anymore. Very frustrating. I'm done. Deleted. Going to CNY…”
Public review signal · 302 reviews scanned · scope limited to review patterns.
2.6 ★641 ratings
50K+Downloads
12+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Get trusted local news from across Central New York. Breaking news, in-depth reporting, and all the stories people are talking about. Stay connected to what's happening around you with timely coverage of news, weather, sports, and more, optimized for your phone.
Free to download. Get breaking news, alerts, and top stories. Subscribers receive unlimited access to in-depth reporting, exclusive content, and additional features. Subscriptions are available in-app.
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Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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What we measured
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Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
No theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
Under 65% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Constant upsell pressure6 reviews · user report
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“For the past week, app keeps asking for me to log in repeatedly for each subscriber only article. And most times the login will not work. It generates an error message. Tried updating the app, clearing cache, but nothing works. Others are…”
“App is slow, freezes and requires login everytime. Keeps telling me to log in and retry when opening subscriber exclusive stories when I'm already logged in. This app is terrible.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 5.0.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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