Review signals only — 2 user-reported signals — from user reviews, not yet audited by Appworthy.
Reported by users
What reviewers said
Verbatim excerpts from public store reviews, shown as corroborating user reports. They are not Appworthy audit evidence, and a quotation is not proof of the finding it sits under.
Hard to cancel
SCAM!!! Don't subscribe. They make it impossible to unsubscribe. I had to cancel a credit card to get them to stop charging. Just another scam app that intentionally puts up barriers to make unsubscribing as difficult as humanly possible…
They make it impossible to cancel a subscription. Don't start. There is no option to cancel online or in the app. You must call a customer service line you have to search for, then call during the daytime when they're open, navigate a…
I want to cancel my subscription! There is NO option within the app that allows me to do so. I check the FAQ's, it tells me that I can cancel through the play store app. I try that, and there is no option through the play store. Tribune…
Aggressive ad load
I pay for a subscription and there are still tons of pop up ads. I also click on a link to a story and it's behind a paywall, even though I have a paid subscription.
These comments refer to the "Enewspaper" within the app: Hate the pop-up ads! Also hate the generally blank advertising pages. I'd rather spend a few subscription bucks more a month then to be constantly flicking those pop-up ads off the…
I've been a Trib fan for 50+ years, starting with the comics. But the Trib wants me to quit. The price skyrocketed, while everything else was reduced: paper's size, staff, journalistic integrity. Though logged in, the app doesn't let me…
What this app sells
How a review signal works
A review signal is produced automatically from public app reviews by a classifier — never by a hands-on Appworthy test, and never by a human analyst. It exists so a real, not-yet-audited app can carry more than a blank “Not yet tested” listing, without ever being mistaken for an assessment.
A theme only appears above once at least 5 distinct reviews corroborate it — one angry review can never tag an app. These thresholds are published settings and may be tuned as coverage grows.
It carries no confirmed findings — reviews are one kind of evidence, and nothing here has been hands-on tested. The moment Appworthy publishes a full assessment of this app, it replaces this signal, permanently.
A human review replaces this review-derived signal with hands-on, recorded measurements.
Hands-on inspections are not yet open.