Though the settings provide for font size adjustments, it only adjusts the heading text and not the body. This should be resolved to make the articles easily readable by customers with less than perfect eyesight.
The “Journal” is doing a good job as a local paper. It covers local, regional, and state matters well, with sufficient national and international coverage. It remains a broad spectrum publication, with a business page; and an editorial section with its opinions, and letters, and columns. It has weekly sections on food, gardening, the home place, the arts, and expanded editorial and business coverage. Sports coverage, particularly local, is thorough, but national sports are not shorted. The paper offers daily puzzles and comics for its readers’ diversion and entertainment. It is worth the subscription.
I have an iPad Pro with S/W version 15.2.1. The ability to move from page to page is totally annoying as I cannot go from page to page without it jumping back to the previous page. It is extremely erratic. It was a continuing problem well before V15. I view on my Pro in the horizontal mode.
I would have given them 5 stars if it were possible to comment on new stories. Maybe they could add that feature. Each update seems to make the app more pleasing. I'd like to suggest placing the lottery/game winning numbers their own category. I don't play and it just seems to clutter up the news feed unnecessarily. I do appreciate that I can read the stories here because they limit how many you are able to view on heir regular web site. Overall, I find the W-S Journal to be very responsive to suggestions and they welcome feedback. Thanks for that!
I have used the app for a while. The old version took you to a browser for the e-edition. The new one loads in in-app which is nice, but it does not allow you to rotate the device and view the edition in landscape mode. I find this annoying as I read the e-edition on my iPad and prefer landscape mode for this.
This app does not work to read the news. If you click on a story a page full of ads pops up. Might as well use the browser on your phone and not waste the space on your phone for this app.
Why any app created in the last five years would not have a landscape mode is incomprehensible. I always use landscape mode on my iPad and rotating to read the W-S Journal is annoying. Get with the program coders!
One of the worst examples of leftist pandering in recent times. Their op-ed page prints mainly diatribes so disrespectful of a sitting President that at times they tread a very fine line between poor taste and downright treason. Too bad I don’t own a pet shop. Your circulation would increase dramatically.
Barely works at all on my iPhone X. It is extremely buggy and almost always freezes while linking to stories from notifications. I would have deleted the App ages ago if I wasn’t invested in the local news.
Requires monthly subscription if you view more than a preset number of stories a month including including obituaries. This is on top of the revenue they make from the Ads within the app. Really?
Excellent update. New UI is sharp and very user friendly, readability is enhanced, and improvements to images are a nice touch. Runs very smoothly so far, and the news ticker is clever and useful, too. Quality app. Four stars only because users should not expect this app to include all items from the print edition. Definitely worth having. Thanks!
App crashes constantly. I have to log on multiple times: to read page 1, then again to read the next page, and then again (twice each time) after it crashes (which it does several times). Sometimes a version that allows "view text" and "view page" options comes up. Other times a version that is simply a too-fuzzy to read facsimile page comes up. What was once a pleasure--reading the digital paper in bed--is now a frustrating and time-consuming exercise in futility. "All Access" is a complete misnomer. Please fix this or go back to the original app!
Love the app. I read the Journal when I'm out of town. Also, I'm retired, so even when I am at home, if I don't want to go out and get the paper in the freezing dark, I can read it in bed from my tablet in comfort.
I have never been someone who reads newspapers. It just takes too long to find the few things that I am interested in. I can find everything with this app so easily. I love the way everything is separated but can be found so easily. Thanks for providing this to us!!
They send push notifications, typically used for breaking news by all other publications around the world, to push random articles. If you decide to take their bate, you end up using up one of your limited free articles. You can only read the first paragraph of articles on the app anyways, and to read more you have to click a link, and after 15 articles you have to pay for this service, unlike the apps for most any other publication
The Journal apps are very useful. Why can't the obits be reached from my iPhone ??? That was very useful to me since I play for a lot of funerals in Moravian bands. Always questions about the deceased that obits would answer.
I use this daily to keep up with Wake Forest. It is quick and easy to use. My only gripe is the way the AP stories are omitted other than the teaser headline.
I enjoy the Winston Salem journal app every day I like how it stays up to date when news happens. Keep up the good work I am a faithful reader every day.
I give it 2 stars. It rarely ever updates on my iPad. Even when it does it doesn't have all the stories that the paper version does. I still get the paper version daily. I have never been able to download the Sunday paper.
Pretty good don't understand need for stories that are incomplete and only a partial paragraph. Can go to the web and find the entire story, you should go ahead and print entire item.
Only updates a few new stories each day. Nothing useful. I Don't check more than once in a while and then only to see if app is better. What a ridiculous attempt at a local paper.
App locks up while trying to read articles. Seems to be related to adds. This has become much worse since update. This is true only on IPad. iPhone version seems much more stable.
Not a good app to have. After review of 25 articles they want you to purchase a subscription just like you are on their website . This should be listed in the description for this app. Would not recommend this app.
There are NO high school results just spotlights. I would also like to see high school scores and stories. And you need to keep sports page up to date.
Your story lives in Winston-Salem. From reporting on all of your favorite teams to the news that matters most in your community, we cover it all. Get in-depth stories from the Winston-Salem area and beyond – including news, sports, opinion, obituaries, entertainment, and politics. Easily access the very latest news in an app built for you. Read, see, and hear exclusive commentary, stunning photography, video updates, and binge-worthy podcasts. Our app features: * Your Stories – personalize your experience by selecting the local news topics that matter most to you * Get notified – stay in the loop by selecting alerts for news, sports, weather, and more * Easy navigation – see all the latest local stories by simply swiping up/down, and left/right * Read stories your way – either in the News Feed or via the E-edition * Breaking news updates – top banners let you know what’s happening right now * Continue watching – pause a video and pick up where you left off across devices * Bookmark for later – save stories to enjoy at your leisure * Listen to articles – press the play button to listen instead * Customize your text size – make the content bigger or smaller in your profile settings * Weather where you are – hourly, 10-day forecasts, and frequent video updates Free to download. Subscribers enjoy unlimited access. https://journalnow.com/terms/
