Name: The Erie Times-News
Rating: 4.46369 (179 reviews)

User Reviews for The Erie Times-News

4.46 out of 5

179 Ratings

2 months ago, joecoolstatenisland

Great Erie app

Best way to stay informed of local news and events. My child attends school in Erie and it’s nice know what is going on. It would be nice to have more free, non-subscription articles available.

3 years ago, VERY unhappy subsctiber

Horrible since selling out to Gannett

I have had NOTHING but problems accessing my e-edition/GoErie since the Erie Times News sold its soul to Gannett/USA Today. I pay for a Sunday paper subscription & am supposed to be able to access EVERYTHING on GoErie because of that but CANNOT! Have called Customer Service (which is now some Gannett national call center many times. They always say that I’ll get an email in a few days which will allow me to have full access again. I sometimes get that email but NEVER get the full access that I’m paying for. Going to do what others have suggested - start emailing the ‘local’ ETN Executive Editor DAILY until the problem is resolved. Encourage others having the same problem to also do this. Maybe once he sees how many ‘subscribers’ are being denied the access they’re paying for, he’ll realize just how BIG of a problem he has!

3 months ago, Matt.bk

Horrible

The only way to see the full paper is by using the E-newspaper view, which is possibly the least user friendly thing imaginable. There needs to be a complete list of articles in each section page so that the app easily provides access to the full paper’s contents in a fashion that makes sense for phone viewing. Combine all that with the ETN’s skeleton crew of journalists, and I’m not really sure what I’m paying for here.

3 years ago, thfdxhtdchyy

New site is no good

Difficult to view articles not a good design

3 months ago, Italian****

Terrible

Really this is a piece of junk!!!!! I can’t get the newspaper in landscape mode, they deleted the newspaper app that’s better than this thing and I’ve called over and over and they said they’d get back to me to help correct things and of course they HAVE NOT. If it weren’t for a very few items I find necessary I'd quit this rag😡

5 months ago, Dog News

Poor at best

Try to open, doesn't work. At times, need to login, doesn't always work. Should be able to login once and stay that way. Stories stay on way too long, sometimes causing confusion as to timing of events.

2 years ago, Los1 the fro

A Real Source of Information

It’s where I go first to know what’s going on locally.

2 years ago, bamker

Bad App

It constantly locks you out and for a paid subscription you should not see ads. The only answer I got to fix this every time I’m blocked is to uninstall the app and reinstall it from customer service!

1 month ago, Dolupduk

struggling

app is not user friendly and for paid subscription, pop up ads that need removed in order to read paper are unacceptable. Will not renew at twice the cost!

9 months ago, mbrex

Frustrating

Too hard to use buttons, hard to resize pages

3 years ago, tedcharles

Good eNewspaper

Love keeping in touch with news from my hometown. This paper does exactly that. Great reporting.

6 months ago, Wishicouldreadthepaper

Terrible!

It never recognizes my subscription. You click on the “restore my subscription “ link and it doesn’t work.

8 months ago, Older is best

New App is terrible

I hate this new app. It freezes and has pop up ads. It’s hard to change size. It jumps around.

1 year ago, woltab

Paid Subscription Full of Ads

Exactly that. Stop it you greedy jerks.

5 years ago, GrampaTim

Terrible

I have been using the old GoErie app for years. Granted, it was little more than a PDF of the print edition - but it worked well and was easy to use. This new app is poorly organized - and works terribly. While reading an article, the app will suddenly skip around while inserting ads - causing me to lose my place in the article. The same happens in the menu on the left - it can be nearly impossible to keep my place as I scan the obits, for example. I am never completely confident that I have seen all of the new articles for the day - since the articles seem to be organized somewhat randomly. I live in Erie, but am away traveling nearly half the time - so I rely on the app for news from home. But I am about to give up and just switch to googling local news. I’m not happy about that at all - but at least it is stable and doesn’t cause me to lose my place. GoErie - please return to the old app while you fix this one - and please consider how important it is to give your readers a good experience and make them confident in their local paper.

4 years ago, DoubleEcho

GoErie App needs A LOT of work

I wouldn’t even bother using this until they fix some major issues - I guess the developer decided that image scaling isn’t necessary. Apparently we all carry 27” monitors in our pockets because the article images are ridiculously huge. - Sometimes you have to click an article and go back to the main menu 2 or 3 times to get an article to load. - Try reading an article with lots of text, like Vital Statistics. The page slows to a crawl because of an unnecessary amount of ads, which leads to: - The pages will constantly jump around when the ads refresh and you lose your place in the article. Good luck finding your paragraph again while scrolling past a gigantic image before the page refreshes again. This app is poorly designed and is an embarrassment. You’re better off just using the Safari browser which leads to the question of “how does this app actually benefit you” on a mobile device.

5 years ago, Bromwiggle

Absolutely Horrible!

The older version of the app was easier to use, though it was still not user friendly. They switched to this and made everything harder to find, ads are constantly popping up in the way of reading articles. I finally had to delete the app when it said I had to pay to read obituaries! With all the ad pop ups, I can’t believe we’d have to pay to read something you can read everywhere else for free. No wonder this paper is losing customers...I’d give it 0 stars if I could.

5 years ago, Was loyal...

Frustrating app

I’ve been using this app for two months now and have to reinstall it every 4-5 days. The system errors out, even with a paid subscription, and says the maximum number of free articles have been read. Unfortunately there’s not another reliable source for local news, so I put up with it. Hopefully it will be upgraded/fixed soon.

5 years ago, Feeling Free

Requires repeated login attempts

Their e-Edition works fine but this product is the worst. Poor technical service. It bounces you out several times per day and makes it nearly impossible to login sometimes. No other company has such poor technology for a pay wall and non-existent tech support.

5 years ago, Soflaguy63

If I could give it zero stars I would

This has to be one of the very few local news apps that will not allow you to view the obituaries without paying for a monthly fee. The previous family that owned this newspaper must be rolling over in their graves.

10 years ago, 24djc

Can't read the news anymore

They recently changed the app. You need to log in/subscribe to the newspaper now.

4 years ago, clostridium b.

Absolute Crap

A money grubbing app for sure with lousy content and unethical billing practices. You have been warned. APPLE SHOULD NOT ALLOW SUCH APPS IN THEIR STORE,

Description

From critically acclaimed storytelling to powerful photography to engaging videos — The Erie Times-News 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.goerie.com/privacy/ • Terms of Service: http://cm.goerie.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.