“Too many ads ANNOYING paid subscribers — I am a current subscriber and a long-term reader of the Tennessean newspaper. When the paper version became unpredictable in its physical delivery, I switched to the Tennessean e-newspaper on the…”
Public review signal · 394 reviews scanned · scope limited to review patterns.
4.4 ★2,816 ratings
—Downloads
12+Age rating
192 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
We are Nashville’s leading source of local news because we know this: If it’s important to you, it’s important to us. Music, jobs, transportation, government, economic news, education, the Predators and the Titans, plus expert opinions on all your favorite subjects.
We’re our community’s trusted storytellers. We’re here for it.
WHAT WE’RE ALL ABOUT: • Impactful insider coverage of Nashville politics that keeps the government in check. • Journalism that makes our home better by celebrating the good, solving the bad, and investigating the ugly. • Music city coverage and what it means for Nashvillians (transplants and unicorns alike). • Award-winning sports coverage that makes sense of every move and the strategy behind them and always puts the wins and losses in context. • Expert guides to our dining scene, plus reviews of the Top 25 restaurants in Nashville.…
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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
65–79% 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.
Aggressive ad load12 reviews · user report
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Wanted to send this feedback privately… — …but the Send Feedback function was inoperable. I’m a subscriber and pop up ads are constantly interrupting my reading. Most if not all are USA Today, which are entirely ineffective. So please…”
“Way too many ads for a paid subscription — Honestly, this could be a good app if they would shrink the ad space. Literally 2/3 of your screen is always a flashing a moving add. It’s obnoxious when you are actually trying to read articles…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 8.11.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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Lowest$19.99
Highest$69.99
Monthly Digital Rate$19.99
Monthly Digital Rate$24.99
Tennessean Annual Subscription$69.99
Annual Digital Subscription$19.99
The Tennessean Annual Digital Subscription$69.99
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The Tennessean Digital Subscription$19.99