Miami Herald News 12+

“Click-Bait” style headlines makes it feel cheap

So-so as far as being current. Articles are repeated often across the few news categories. Limited customization as far as what article topics you are interested in. But the thing that makes it seem more like a tabloid rather than a serious news source is it’s proliferation of “click-bait” style headlines, making it feel cheap and not to be taken seriously. Your grade school children might like that style though for their school assignments.

No ability to customize the news categories you want vs. what they want you to see. No search capabilities.

New app no better

Thought maybe the much hyped new app would be an improvement. Not so much. Topics seem randomly placed with the same articles in latest news, business and sports. Just as mixed up as old app except in tiles instead of just titles. Still has ads. I still see no ability to search. Remains to be seen if they will do any better job of keeping articles updated. Right now looks like they only added some lipstick And now it crashes and locks up my phone and ipad. Totally useless at this point.

The app is finally functioning in early September. But if you are expecting any actual content change you’ll be disappointed. Most of the featured stories in each section are days old! Annoying ads are inserted every paragraph which makes it hard to scroll without clicking them (on purpose I’m sure). I see Herald tweets and can’t find those stories anywhere on the app. Very disappointing as a subscriber (who had to give up print because it was only actually delivered to me 10% of the time). This is pretty much the same thing, delivers a 10% experience so thats half a star.

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Just OK but better than paper

I hate headline style news. It feels like a tabloid and I don’t trust tabloids. I prefer the full newspaper section on my PC or iPad. The reading part on the iPad is fine. Nice adjustable fonts and quick response. Missing are links to previous articles in the herald and the ability to email an article to someone in your contacts. Also missing is access to games. The settings section is incomplete ( links don’t connect to what they say), there are no instructions on using the app. The app has been up a while. Expectations are higher.