Nothing published. That is not a guarantee the app is problem-free.
No specific positive published.
From our automated analysis, 15 Oct 2026.
This analysis describes version 8.13.2 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-15 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 8.13.2, updated 2026-09-26.
Store screenshots supplied by the developer.
At The Detroit News, it is our duty to provide trusted journalism and local breaking news for the people of Detroit and all of Michigan. Stay connected with our comprehensive coverage, timely updates, and in-depth reporting on the stories that matter most to you.
From critically acclaimed storytelling to powerful photography to engaging videos — The Detroit News app delivers the stories that matters most to your community. Not to mention our unbeatable coverage of the Detroit Pistons.
We’re Detroit’s trusted storytellers. We’re here for it.
WHAT WE’RE ALL ABOUT:
• Trusted, up-to-date local Detroit and Michigan-wide breaking news.
• Accurate, fact-based journalism without an agenda.
• Complete coverage and commentary on Michigan politics, from the courthouse to the statehouse.
• Sports coverage for locals, by locals.…
From the developer’s store description.
For developers and the curious
The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.
Open observations that have not cleared the evidence bar.
Hard to cancel: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (1.2% of 501 reviews scanned)
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.
Aggressive ad load: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (1.2% of 501 reviews scanned)
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
Nothing was published as a thing to watch for in this assessment. That is not a finding that nothing is wrong with the app.
501 reviews read for this analysis. Each observation keeps the sample and store it was based on.
Impossible to cancel subscription — Cancel subscription process is unbelievably difficult. You d see bd up in a loop going round and round.
Impossible to cancel — They make it nearly impossible to cancel the subscription. Even after contacting customer support - they continue to charge.
Can’t cancel without calling. — You apparently can’t cancel without calling. They are obviously making it as inconvenient as possible to cancel so they can steal more money from you. How in this day and age can I not cancel on the app…
Pop up ads — Too many pop up ads
Too many ads — Shoving multiple ads in my face when I click on a article on a page is rediculous.
Too many pop ups — There are way too many pop ups in the app. To read an article as many of three times I’ve had to swat off the annoying pop up ads and inquiries. I’m not sure if I’m paying to read journalism or if I’m paying to be…
A sampled review illustrates one person’s experience. It does not establish a finding on its own.
Supporting measurements. They are not a complete list of possible harms or positives. “Not assessed” means we could not measure it — never zero, never a pass.
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence, not a finding.
Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured
This analysis describes version 8.13.2 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-15 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 8.13.2, updated 2026-09-26.
Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.
• This update includes bug fixes and stability improvements.
Appworthy
the-detroit-news-apple-904391210Assessed 2026-10-15 from 501 user reviews, the store listing and its privacy label. We have not scanned the app's package, so nothing on this page was read from inside the app itself.
What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.
No itemized purchase list is available for this listing.
This assessment is produced automatically. Three independent signals are read — user reviews, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure — and each candidate finding is filed under the sources that support it.
No charge stands on one kind of evidence — with one published exception. A finding is either a measured fact that anyone can reproduce (an ad SDK is in the package; every subscription bills weekly; the privacy label omits a tracker we can see), or it is an interpretation — and an interpretation needs independent sources to agree before it reaches the catch list. The exception is a harm only users can see: a charge may publish from reviews alone, as “Reported by N users”, once enough reviewers raise it to clear that charge’s own published bar. That agreement rule is what replaced the human reviewer, not a model’s confidence.
There is no overall score, on purpose. A 0–99 number was published here until 2026-09-15. It was withdrawn because it discriminated too weakly to be the instrument — 44.7% of every pair of apps tied — and because a single number is a verdict where a count is an observation. What publishes instead is a row of measurements, each of which says what was counted and, where we could not look, says that instead.
Findings under One source only are real reports we do not stand behind as findings. They are shown because withholding them entirely would hide a genuine complaint, and labelled because publishing them as charges would be an accusation off a single source.
Write to [email protected], or use the form. Name the finding, the app version and the evidence that needs correcting. Factual corrections are free and never depend on buying anything.