PressReader

I'm using it with my library card and it gives me access to an extensive content of newspapers and magazines worldwide, it's amazing. It would be nice, though, if it had a dictionary option, i.e., by selecting a word it pops up the definition, synonyms, etc.

Perfect for me, too far away from civilisation to get newspaper deliveries. Quite a lot of features to learn about, but worth learning how to use everything. When a regular magazine (paid subscription) wasn't getting delivered through lockdown, i could take a screen shot of the crossword, print and do it. Several months later.... Why does it frequently block me out. I access this through our local library. I follow the correct procedure prompts but can't sign in. Or it wants me to 'go premium'

Great app overall and I like the user interface. Negatives: Occasionally glitchy though and has a tendency of killing my phone battery in the background. Even when I don't use the app at all, it can drain my phone battery (which normally lasts several days) in just a few hours, and battery usage in settings shows pressreader as having used >90% of the battery even when I haven't launched the app and only have a single publication set to auto-download.

The app was working great. I set my app to auto download issues over wifi. There seems to be a display glitch. When i open an issuee, series of numbers appear in 6 different sections of the page. Dont want to delete and reinstall because it does not remember what subscriptions i had. Can you help?

Are you ever going to sort out the 🤬 way the app auto moves/re-sizes pages when I read a publication (as if it was the print version). I have used Press Reader with The Times for 15 years. The original was fair at letting me re-size pages to fit my tablet screen. The auto re-sizing/re-positioning when I make any adjustment are ALWAYS WRONG (2pt text anyone?). I am trying to save a few rain forests by not having a printed Sunday Times, but this app is NOT THE ANSWER.

The app is becoming problematic more frequently, either catalogue is not updating or despite connected through the university library credentials, it forces on to buy subscription. In South Africa, the catalogue is not updated since last 10 days now. Once the device is connected to the app through legitimate credentials, such flaws in the app is frustrating and annoying as we cannot read daily newspaper or magazines.

I was having problems with the library account access and used the Feedback and got a reply very quickly. For people who might be in the same situtation, you have to turn on the "Hot Spot" feature in order to read newspaper or magazines sponsored by your local library.

I recently had a problem whereby my library membership would not open any content and I was directed to the premium pay page. Customer service at Pressreader picked up my message here and directed me to turn back on hotspot on settings which I had switched off as I only browse using home wi-fi. Good to know but importantly, they were very quick helping me resolve the problem.

Lost 4 issues a few months ago, never compensated for it. Can not do crossword or soduku with this app.

Super app. Love that I get it with my library card. Very well thought out interface, both on web and in app. Great way to keep up with the news worldwide.

Still very buggy, doesn't always download automatically, commenting can be problematic. Little has been done to rectify the bugs I reported way back. If not linked to my library I wouldn't pay to use.

99.999999% of people would like to view this as pdf. It's awful on a PC and worse on a tablet can't find periodicals that the browser can find. I thought it might have improved in a few years. Do they make it this bad on purpose?

I love the amazing variety of news sources. However, I wished I was able to subscribe to this app using Google gift cards or PayPal. I do not have any Visa cards. So, unfortunately, my free subscription will run out after 7 days. Feeling extremely disappointed and dissatisfied.

All of a sudden I am unable to read uptodate copies of my 2 regular newspapers. It keeps telling me to read with Premium. Have uninstalled and started again and still the same problem.

This app really uses my new Samsung Galaxy A7 lite very well. The pages turn more seemlessly. I love the content my library gives me on it. It has become one of my most used apps. I just love reading the UK Daily Mail in the morning with this app

We does not need to reminded every time I try open a magazine that I am able to open it due to my library card. Once per app opening is fine. But on every action it is highly excessive.

Great app and easy to use. I would have given a higher rating but I experience frustrating access problems from time to time.

It constantly "forgets" my library membership credentials and today it will not open either on android or pc. Says cannot connect to network even though all other apps work fine.

The app works fine for what I need but it would be nice to be able to highlight words or sections. I like that it can read articles. It would be great if you could stop and pick up listening where you left off or go back to post of the article and play from the but it will only let you start the article from the beginning. One's in a while it starts downloading a publication but doesn't finish the item for whatever reason. Then last it will keep trying every time I open the app, sometimes months after the item was published. Other than that this app does what I need.

Access to thousands of publications across the world which are downloaded and read offline. The reader is simple, providing a page turning experience. However, navigating the publication is not easy. There are no hyperlinks contained on contents or index pages and there isn't an easy way of jumping to a specific page. Instead the reader must turn each page. At least the app remembers where you were when you reopen it!

A good way to read the papers on the move. If you've tried the PC version and found it lacking, this is very much better and easier to use. My only gripe is that whatever settings I choose, it stubbornly refuses to start at the only publication I read, or even on the screen that lists downloaded items. (There is a "downloaded" setting but this is ignored.) Therefore I have to go through three screens before starting to read. There needs to be a setting to open on a specific "today's" front page.

What a truly awful app. I can't believe people are still writing apps as poor as this in 2018. I subscribed to the Guardian Weekly which I read with Pressreader on an Android tablet. Accessing the newspaper for reading can take several minutes. This morning, I was tried to read the newspaper on the train but I reached my destination (a journey of 25 minutes) before the newspaper had been opened by the app. Restarting the app doesn't help. Rebooting the tablet doesn't help. Even when I am successful in opening the newsletter, there is still the danger of the app crashing. I would really like to have my money back.

This app is simply terrible. The layout is just bizarre. Navigating to a particular newspaper is confusing. The horizontal layout seems designed for a tablet. I just don't get it. Truly awful UX. After navigating to a publication though, it is pretty nice. The pages scroll through smoothly and the links to jump pages are very helpful. Some improvements on the navigation both inside and outside of publications could make the app extremely good.

This is a very worthwhile app with a few odd quirks. The range of publications that it covers is quite astounding. One of the quirks is that the favouriting system is not consistent. I can favourite The Guardian and this will show on my browse page. But even if I favourite The Washington Post it doesn't appear. I have to do a search to obtain each issue. The app frequently asks you to confirm your sign-in when you leave a publication, often when in the middle of trying to delete an issue.

Very frustrating. I use it as the physical paper delivery has been erratic at best for decades. Photos unrelated to the article float around inappropriately, the time the soft copy arrives is hugely variable. Articles will disappear or the app shut down on a regular basis I am grateful for at least being able to access the paper in bed. I can do the crosswords including my Note 8 pen. Not a bad start but needs much improvement.

No longer able to get the print version of my local paper delivered so the e- edition was my only choice, which was fine for reading the paper. Problem is the crossword puzzle, which was a deciding factor for subscribing to the paper can no longer be screenshot to print out the puzzle as there's no other option for accessing this feature. I'll finish my paid subscription to the paper and cancel it and press reader if screenshots are no longer available.

Certainly not amongst the best apps I've used on my smart phone. When opening the first page, for instance, the text version usually opens. To read the furst page, I have to swipe to the second or other pages and return to page one. Frequently, the newspaper will not open until I've backed-out and opened several times. Three stars is really for encouragement, not quality!