Name: Akron Beacon Journal Now
Rating: 4.35857 (251 reviews)

User Reviews for Akron Beacon Journal Now

4.36 out of 5

251 Ratings

2 years ago, pogopidet

Community section is not what I was used to. But it’s still the best local news

Local community section is not what it used to be but it is still the best local news source

11 months ago, Jsidebo

Worst app on my iPad

I subscribe to the print version of the Beacon but since it is now only printed 6 days and usually is late or not delivered at least one other day I use the app for the enewspaper ..so now on at least the first two sections they start with an ad. Wouldn’t be so bad but sometimes they’re slow to load so I have to wait to dismiss the ad to read that page. If you return to that page after moving on there’s the ad again. At least once a day a page will freeze. Can’t scroll down to continue reading, close the page or move to the next page. Also at times I touch an article to read it and suddenly I’m back multiple pages to the last article I read. I need to close that one again and page forward o the article I was trying to read,, Bring back the old separate app. It worked.

6 months ago, Jcfcva

Really annoying popup ads

Akron Beacon Journal now features pop-up ads that last 5-10 seconds before you can close them and go back to reading the paper. They print ads in their e-newspaper. They charge me a subscription. Apparently that isn’t enough. There not-so-subtle anti-Cleveland news bias, except when it comes to the Browns, Cavs, and Guardians is also an irritant. Summit, Portage, Stark, Medina, and Tuscarawas, counties can be mentioned, but Cuyahoga? Never. I dislike Cleveland’s daily newspaper with its left-wing bias. I was hoping ABJ would be better. To a degree it is but too much of it is irrelevant for me. So annoying navigation on my iPhone coupled with a high percentage of uninteresting content has me on the verge of cancellation.

12 months ago, BYWinAkron

Excellent Local Coverage

The local coverage by the ABJ reporters is excellent. They cover relevant topics that provide a real sense of community, in the sense that as a community member, i know what is going on in the local government, in the schools, etc. I recommend the ABJ to everyone I can. I don’t always agree with everything they put out, but i think it is honest and fair. I love learning about restaurants and interesting people who are doing great things in the community.

10 months ago, DG_43

Disappointing app

The e-newspaper functionality within this app is so bad that it has me considering stopping my subscription to the ABJ. While I enjoy the ABJ content and believe in supporting the local newspaper, the e-newspaper portion of the app makes it difficult. Pop-up ads with lengthy delays appear at the start of each section and block content for a brief time before they can be cleared. Page advance arrows often skip backwards several pages or dump you out of the e-newspaper completely. Often pages freeze, preventing any scrolling, navigation, or exit. The other functions within the app seem to work ok, but the e-newspaper viewer is terrible.

1 year ago, kk43209

I miss ABJ

I live in Columbus now and I wish I could get the actual ABJ newspaper here. The Dispatch is BAD, except for the ABJ stories in it. I signed up for ABJ online for 6 months for $1.00. But since I am retired and I now live in HUD-subsidized senior living apartments I will not be able to afford the regular rate after my 6 months end. I have been a ABJ subscriber for many years and I think it is the greatest newspaper ever!

1 year ago, Mtn bike Ohio

Please update soon

I much prefer the e newspaper and the previous app is easier to use This app is clunky, less intuitive, zoom in/out has been removed, full page does not show on the whole screen. Further, you cannot swipe to ‘turn the page’. I really don’t understand this new app, these days pinch and zoom in/out is quite standard on touch screens, but does not work here. The enewspaper is not a an enewspaper anymore but a pseudo app based news site. If your going to offer an enewspaper, it should resemble a real newspaper as much as posible.

9 months ago, 12345678901234653355

“Breaking News”

If I could give this app negative stars I would. News flash to the people behind this app as well as the people who manage the website, breaking news headlines and alerts should be reserved for actual breaking news such as fires, shootings, and murders. What a politician says about another politician does not rise to the level of breaking news and especially does not warrant an alert sent to mobile devices. Please reexamine your policies and ideas of what breaking news actually is.

11 months ago, Zzzbbbaa

New newspaper app

Your new app is not user friendly. It takes too long to get to the print page, when you try to scroll down to the bottom of the page it opens an article, when I try to print a crossword puzzle the print is too small. Pop up ads?? I liked the old app much better. I could read newspapers from all over the country, not now. Two thumbs down. I tried 10 nicknames but all were taken. How much time should I spend on that ?? Alan

1 year ago, CousinOtto

Really difficult to navigate

Pretty difficult to navigate. I subscribe to multiple electronic additions of publications. This one is in a deep, deep last place, in terms of navigation. confusing at best. For openers there are two apps. They are similar, but different. Sometimes I touch something and it jumps to USA today which I have zero interest in. I cannot figure out how to get back. When I switch to the other app to try and get around it, it tells me I have to sign in again.

1 year ago, Losoldato

ABJ at its best

I have a subscription and have access to a pdf version of the paper, but the app is much better. Seems like anything that happens after 8 pm doesn’t make the next day’s paper. The app gives you more timely stories.

11 months ago, ML44130

Horrible app

When reading the enewspaper and I leave for a short time it never remembers what page I was on. It has no landscape mode so when reading the comics I have to make the comic larger and then sometimes it throws me back to page 1. Trying to expand the newspaper always expands to max and then you have to fight to get it to shrink. I wish I can go back to the old app. Comparing this app with the Plain Dealer app the PD app is so much better. This app is very frustrating.

1 year ago, wilhelmina G.

Bring Back the Old App

The “new” ABJ app is very User Unfriendly. Advertisements come through, but usually cover the article I am trying to read. Unable to enlarge the print with two-finger spread, or scroll down easily. Kept the old app on as long as I could, but it “updated” to this one. I find it very difficult to navigate and today there is a brown box which covers the bottom half of the pages.

4 months ago, clean Pole

Beacon Journal Goodv and Bad

Reading this paper is a challenge. It’s writings are clear, informative, pretty correct and good coverage. My one criticism is that they are leftist Democratic in nature and one sided. I sometimes cannot believe the editorials that lack truthfulness.

3 months ago, Grooz

Add after paying

I’m paying for a subscription and there are still tons of Ads everywhere. Some are in the middle of articles, then there’s the junk/fake article Ads at the bottom. This is a news app! Don’t allow fake articles from other sites. Don’t make me pay for a subscription then still have Ads everywhere.

3 months ago, Sandy3040

Horribly designed app

We have used this app for over two years. If you want ads, no problem loading those. If you want to get the daily news, you will spend at least 5 minutes trying to move from the previous day’s news. Just frustrating to get what you paid for! We do not recommend this app.

2 years ago, jonip1225

Great hometown news source

As it has been my whole life, the Beacon is still around to keep us up to date on local, regional and national news. Steady, reliable

1 year ago, planningman

I hate it!

This app is terrible! The resolution is awful. It won’t let me zoom in and out in small increments. I also have a subscription to the Canton Repository which I have none of these issues. Bring back the older app! I can’t tell the difference between the browser and this current app.

12 months ago, sljroxy

Useless

The app won’t open 75% of the time and I have sent emails to get help and get no replies. I have called and can’t understand what the person who answers the phone. My subscription expires soon and I intend to delete this horrible app which I paid for! Why does my app tell me to install another app and that I must subscribe again and pay more money?

8 months ago, Akronaphi

Can’t access site

The app is frequently glitchy, especially early morning. I often can’t read the paper when I open the app.

1 year ago, LenGr!

Go back

The updated apps navigation is terrible. The previous version made it easy to single tap a zoom, and read articles when desired. The current version may have this feature but I can’t find it

1 year ago, KensethFan

Awful and Unusable

This app is unusable. The old app allowed for fit to page. This one does not. It’s incredibly hard to read. The download entire edition to pdf does not work. There is not one good thing about this app. If I’m forced to convert to this app permanently, I’ll cancel my subscription immediately. If I could give this zero stars I would.

1 year ago, brinkshann

Constant ads even with subscription makes app unusable

What am I paying for if there are still ads polluting this app? There are constant ad popups that scroll me back to the top so it’s impossible to browse. I was willing to support journalism by paying for a year subscription, so why am I still being bombarded with ads? Seeking a refund.

3 years ago, Monarch's Android

Antiquated App

The news stories are fine. But every time I exit the app it loses where I’m at in the article or it simply goes back to the main page. The recents function also appears to be broken. Things like this really hurt the experience.

3 months ago, abc##d

Problems

The previous app was much better! I only want a e-mail edition of BJ. not Headline news. I realize that the ABJ allows for many more ads but this edition is buggy. and hard too use. Also, the price has gone up when the previous addition was free when you got print addition.

1 year ago, msr8

New abj app

I don’t like the way ads cover page and we have to wait to click them off. Also different how to read, I’m a senior and need large print, I have to maneuver all over again, after learning and using old app.

7 months ago, Rev TG

Go local!

Bringing me up-to-date news of interest, and I appreciate it!

2 years ago, Mimi Gar

Great newspaper!

ABJ and my coffee every morning makes my day! It has local news as well as International news.

4 months ago, #82Buck

Bring back the old app

I understand that you need advertising, but keep it in the paper copy. The new app is so busy trying to get in extra ads that it has all kinds of bugs. I thought that an e-edition was to transmit a copy of the print edition. The old app did that and only that.

2 years ago, Skeerad

Outstanding

The Beacon Journal has a long history of quality journalism which it continues to sustain.

2 years ago, RayMerle

Great paper,

Enjoying the benefit of being able to read all the other Gannett papers.

2 months ago, Mike Bucalo

Abj

It was better before the improvements

1 year ago, fdfyyb c

Not responsive to pinch sizing

The previous app allowed me to pinch size to the size that worked for me. The new app is either original or all the way up. No in between. Also I can’t find anyplace that makes the page full screen. Hate the new app. Hate it.

2 years ago, Kulowd

Constantly requests subscription I already have

After months of calling and emailing, and despite the fact that I RENEWED my subscription this app still does not allow me access. I hate it. Nothing but pop up advertisements.

5 months ago, Juice330

Love it

Great way to stay on top of local news and support journalism.

3 years ago, Cmdcmd

Great local coverage

I appreciate the local news and accurate reporting provided by the ABJ.

1 year ago, AsterDodger

ABJ newspaper app is terrible

The new ABJ newspaper app is terrible. The screen frequently freezes, the pop up ads are a nuisance, it runs slower than the previous app, and the zoom features are extremely difficult to navigate.

1 year ago, Bye Bye Orange Man

Horrible Too Small to Read

The new app is absolutely horrible. The text is too small to read with no controls to make it bigger or to fit the screen. It is totally unusable in its current state.

12 months ago, johnjohntwotwo

Love the paper

Wonderful way to start the day!

2 years ago, Tbonegonya

Good info

Enjoy the app for catching up on the basics. I used to live in Akron so it works for me

1 year ago, Terrible ABJ app

New app

Yesterday the e-edition filled the I-pad screen when it opened. Today’s version fills about 80% of the screen and I can’t find any setting (including those in accessibility) that will get back to yesterday’s view.

7 months ago, DB7-1/2

The old app used to be better

I wonder if whoever developed this app has ever used it on a daily basis If they did they would find out how bad it is And fix it It’s jumpy it stops all the time and goes to an add or to another paper

1 year ago, Gammygail

What happened?

All I want is to get the whole paper. Now I’m jumping through hoops and still can’t get it! Return to the original way to read the paper! Also, the “I’m not a robot” step is ridiculous.

4 months ago, Vbhrty

Don’t like

I don’t like the format or the size of the print. I am no longer able to print the crossword from my iPad. It’s a lousy app.

5 months ago, KathyQueries

Dizzy

I’ve gone round and round in this app without getting anywhere. I am trying to manage my subscription and temporarily suspend delivery, but I don’t seem to be able to do that anymore.

1 year ago, To win or not win

Not a fan

Most often stuck trying to read the paper and would love to step out but can’t figure that out either.

5 months ago, D S Appointed

Akron Beacon Journal

Difficult to use. Won’t open and start with front page Does anyone there actually read your paper each day to see how it’s working???

3 years ago, Tarbuck10

Subscriber to print

I am a subscriber to the print edition and now as of today I no longer get access to the app version? I might as well cancelthe print version than pay twice

1 year ago, BrianPS

Horrible update

Can’t see paper in full screen like old version. Try to turn pages and it goes to print mode. Ditch this worthless update

1 year ago, gyn gal

Takes to much effort

This new app is awful. Very hard to use bc it constantly flips or moves and has to many pop up’s. Bring back the old app

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