Name: Rockford Register Star, IL
Rating: 4.35762 (151 reviews)

User Reviews for Rockford Register Star, IL

4.36 out of 5

151 Ratings

4 years ago, 815Scott

Fast, easy to navigate

The website is fast and easy to navigate. It displays multimedia easily and accurately. It has plenty of points of entry into sections and articles.

2 years ago, Trinket27

Changes are No Good

I got this app through Apple somehow. I used to be able to use the E Edition of the paper with a different app through this subscription, but the E Edition stopped working for some reason. When I contacted the paper, they told me that I got the app through a third party and could not help me. I contacted Apple and they told me they could not help me. The E Edition is not included any more and it’s four times what I pay for this app. Needless to say, I am deleting both apps and canceling my subscription. This app seems like it repeats articles and is hard to “read the paper”. I liked the other app better (the E Edition), but am not willing to pay more than my subscription for the Chicago Tribune for it.

2 years ago, tpm-rock

Refresh the articles

I find the E-edition of the paper very irritating. Today is Feb 19th and we still have articles on finding your best live Christmas tree. Sssssoooo many articles are repeated over and over. The app should provide a way to display new articles only. I read each day. 50% of my time is looking for new articles. Even if you put a date on the article it would help.

4 years ago, Emma Horton

Great for local news!

The Register Star has all the local news I can’t find anywhere else. It’s very reliable, and the stories are quite accurate.

9 years ago, Duffy691977

A good way to stay in touch with the local news

This is a free app you get most the main stories that a person would get if they bought the actual newspaper I would like to see a paid app where I could get all the news stories

3 years ago, Kaydee-Did

Keeps me in the know

Keeps me “in the know” with Rockford area news when I am in Florida for the winter.

3 years ago, cjh 77

I like the newspaper format better

I like the newspaper format better The daily push notification for the newspaper format has been discontinued. Very disappointed.

7 months ago, poor all around

So sad

“Old” paper e edition was much better but can’t get it now, only this poor on line “new” version. If my husband didn’t like the print version we would just drop our subscription.

4 years ago, Holmes is $

Rrstar crashes

Crashes quite often and news isn't updated timely enough. Continues to crash. iPhone Xr

3 years ago, nealyounggary

Awful

No news paper for 2 weeks No way to contact.

1 year ago, Bogan54

Poor visibility

This is almost impossible to read as a “newspaper “.

4 years ago, Kath3752

Awful

The new format is horrible!

3 years ago, pugo46

Terrible

I can’t find the e-edition.

5 years ago, Lmv5853

Bad

I have an online subscription to the Rockford Register Star. I pay them every month. And every month I have a problem with this app. I can only read a couple articles then it tells me I have to pay for a subscription. When I click on “already have a subscription” and enter my info it says “no subscription found”. Calling them does NO GOOD. Their answer is to delete the app and reinstall it. Don’t bother unless you like paying for something and not getting it.

7 years ago, PsychoCornDog

Sad

I only read the paper to get LOCAL stories, high school sports in particular and lately the coverage has been terrible. Nothing on Friday night games and today even had an incorrect win by Guilford over Boylan reported. A corrected version appeared on Facebook. I followed the link to the RRS ap and was asked to rate it. Oh boy, here's my chance, but there was no survey attached. Then, the corrected article said that all the conference standings would appear below, they don't. Gatehouse, you are killing this newspaper and it's painful to watch.

13 years ago, 1evilHoney

User Friendly

I found this app to work just fine for me. No crashes. I use this app daily and I really enjoy how easy it is to navigate throughout the articles. You can even save or bookmark up to 100 articles. Definitely get this. Great job RRS. 

11 years ago, Mweaston

Good app, needs main articles

App works fine. Would like to see the main articles that you see in the paper though. Also don't like how the web site makes you pay to read their articles.

11 years ago, Livenextralarge

The web updates are terrible

I have had this app for over 3 years. With each update the site operates worse than the last update. Come on people, get an IT team that is worth having. Print is dead.... Soon this will be your only option & if you can not do better than this version, nail the doors shut. I get kicked off of the site at least 4 times per reading each day! That is terrible. Only in Rockford......

11 years ago, Les in Illinois

As useless as the paper edition

Coverage, for the most part, lags considering a news app should be more timely than the print edition. And just like the print edition the quality and quantity of coverage is terrible (I see more of both in high school "newspapers"). Grammar and spelling problems abound. Articles printed from wire services are not checked for grammar/punctuation and are published "as received." Journalism is missing from the Rockford scene. Even the Rock River Times has better content.

11 years ago, Resolvedbuckle0

Like it!

I didn't know this was available, found it on a whim

10 years ago, Larart

Easy Local Information

The format is easy to navigate and allows me keep up with local issues in the city and Winnebago county.

6 years ago, Gavins mom

.....

The app closes on you every time you try to read the obituaries. Very frustrating!!! Please fix this.

11 years ago, Queenbee0714

Unhappy

Ever since the app was upgraded it crashes all of the time and the articles are no longer up date. Sometimes u click on an article, the app crashes and when u go back the article is no longer there.

13 years ago, crazycat41

Had a bug on iPhone 4

Keeps telling me I'm in offline mode and will not update or show previous stories. There is no problem with iPhone. Have repeatedly deleted and redownloaded and nothing different. Great app until then.

11 years ago, WinnRun

Very few articles

The articles they post are few and far between and seem to remain outdated on the app. You will get a few "new articles", but when you log in, it seems like you primarily get old articles.

11 years ago, Sunnymay1

Just like the paper version - old news

This used to be a good app. Now it only contains old news or very partial stories on new news, saying things like "no more was available at deadline." Deadline? This is not a printed paper - it can be updated anytime. And the ads when you click on an obit are really in poor taste.

6 years ago, Hannebeth

Frequent crashes ruin the experience

Will likely cancel my online subscription because the app often crashes when I click the “read more” button on stories and obits. I wanted to reconnect with local news but this isn’t working out well.

10 years ago, Newtonentropy

Not bad

So far this app works fine for me and I find it to be useful. I feel some of the writing could use some work. It seems they rush this out without proofreading it first sometimes.

4 years ago, PhilHj

Becomes unstable with ipadoOS14

This app has been behaving pretty well on my iPad until now. I installed ipadOS-14 yesterday and now the app is quitting frequently. I hope the app techs will look into this quickly.

5 years ago, So says me

Bad App

I have a subscription to read the stories in the app but almost every other day, it tells me my subscription is expired and can’t read the story. My subscription IS active and the only way to fix this is to delete the app then reload it from the App Store...EVERY OTHER DAY!!🤬

9 years ago, YDJCL

Great App

Love that I do not get the message I've read too many articles!

12 years ago, Rockford Power

Great Read

One of the country's best. Inciteful reporting, great photos and lots of local news. Quite a nice read.

13 years ago, gadams4507

Not Available

Each story you click on, it says not available. What is the use of having a mobile app, if all the articles are blocked. Let's get it together Register Star. Either make it available for free, or make a paid app.

11 years ago, Bgans1982

App crash

App crashes whenever I select a story and the articles are never up to date.

10 years ago, AbllDiane

Don't waste your time!

This app offers barely more info than the headlines! Not much in the way of details. I went to the entertainment section to try to find the showtimes but it does not offer that information. Very very bland.

11 years ago, Jlseas

Yikes!

This is just flat-out embarrassing. What a great opportunity RRS has to showcase their newspaper in a technologically advanced way, and the technology of this app is a train wreck....from annoying crashes to the failure to update to new stories. Even the look of the app needs updating.

11 years ago, Lauren Zimmerman

Poor updates

RRS is very poor in updating the news on weekends and overnight. In addition the website doesn't have enough details in the stories they do post.

11 years ago, Just running and running

Updated version not updating news

I was forced to update this app so I could use it, but now it's just old news on there and I have been unable to refresh it for current news.

13 years ago, dwez

Olds not news

I just downloaded app and every article was at least 18 hours old. Also seems very left leaning for a conservative city. Save the aggravation and just get angry birds instead Just as informative and updated more often

13 years ago, Tatonka1234

Stable and great

Great local news. Very few crashes.

11 years ago, Steve815815815

Give an incentive to subscribers

Great app Let us sign in to avoid ads and to give delivery feedback I subscribe to the print edition and use this for breaking news .

11 years ago, Kenny Saunders

Media/Photos

On the media tab, the thumbnails do not match their intended photos. Otherwise, great news app!!

10 years ago, Jamesave

Rrstar mobile

Great app. Easy to use. Very good local news and info. Weak on local prep scores. Typical anti-Bolyan and progressive bias.

9 years ago, Cfeman

Works great

Easy to use with good coverage

11 years ago, Tomr12

Not very good

Too many ads. Not enough current news. Limited updates

11 years ago, Nana744

Not worth time

All section not listed, for example no link to classifieds

11 years ago, Jenniem112

Ads....

Too many advertisements for stupid apps, reading obituaries, latest news and a panda game comes up... Annoying getting ready to delete.

12 years ago, shrumly

This is an app?

It takes forever to load, and each article tries for an eternity to load. Then it says the respective articles aren't available. Dumb app.

11 years ago, Wschub

User

To many advertisements! When you scroll through obits you constantly get pop ups!

8 years ago, Szahrt

Crashes

This app crashes after 15 seconds. Obit format recently changed back to older version and is very unstable.

Description

From critically acclaimed storytelling to powerful photography to engaging videos — the Rockford Register Star app delivers the local news that matters most to your community. APP FEATURES: • Access all of our in-depth journalism, including things to do around town, sports coverage from high school to the pros, and much more. • Enjoy a streamlined, fast-loading experience that makes it easy to view the stories, photos, and videos that matter to you. • Get breaking news, sports scores, and weather alerts with real-time notifications tailored to your interests. • Customize your experience by saving your favorite stories, adjusting text size, using night mode, or reading offline. MORE INFORMATION: • Privacy Policy: http://cm.rrstar.com/privacy/ • Terms of Service: http://cm.rrstar.com/terms/ • Questions or Comments: [email protected] • Subscriptions are charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and automatically renew each month or year, unless turned off in your iTunes account settings at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your iTunes account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. See "Subscription Support" in the app's Settings for more details and customer service contact information.