La Presse
La Presse allows you to stay up-to-date on the news.
Total ratings
4.76
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Access to quality French journalism for free
- Content is generally appreciated by users
- Unbiased reporting compared to other news sources
Cons
- Frequent crashes and bugs
- Ads disrupt reading experience and navigation
- Difficult to scroll and interact with content due to large images and pop-up ads
- Poor layout and user interface changes make it hard to find articles
Most mentioned
- Ads causing interruptions and distractions
- New layout making navigation and readability worse
- Desire for better notification controls and customization
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2.80
All time rating average:
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| Date | Author | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-06 |  | | Stupid app, let you watch video but not able to scroll at the same time. Worst even, it restarts the ads before the video as soon as you scroll more than one page. Offer video content that works or don't. This is bad app design, period. |
| 2024-01-21 |  | | I appreciate having the opportunity to read arguably the best French newspaper in Canada for free. As an anglophone, I find the language tends to be clear and concise, which makes it easier for me to comprehend. Unlike most English papers, the journalists seem unbiased outside of clearly labeled opinion columns. The app works well for me and is similar to the paid NYT one. |
| 2023-12-03 |  | | The app constantly crashes. Reading articles is difficult because ads keep appearing out of nowhere and make me lose track of what I was reading. I like the content though. So I uninstalled the app and read from the web version. Less bugs and ad annoyances. |
| 2023-01-08 |  | | I am a native English speaker, but I also speak some French. I wanted to subscribe electronically to a good French-language newspaper of record, but I notice that when I select text for the odd word I don't understand in the La Presse Android app, I am only given the option to 'Copy'. When I do the same for German words I don't understand e.g. in the New Zürcher Zeitung app, I see the full range of Android text selection actions, including Translate. Can this be fixed? |
| 2022-06-02 |  | | Overall, good experience, but long standing issues aren't fixed. The main being how the adds load as you scroll down an article. I have nothing against the adds themselves, it's important for lapresse to survive. But when I read an article, very often, I'll be gently scrolling down then all of a sudden, an add will load in the middle of my screen, making me loose track of where I was. It's not accessible design. |
| 2021-02-22 |  | | Works well enough but maybe take some inspiration from RT's site where the scrolling of news capsules headings is easier because they are shorter and therefore more fit onto a single phone screen. In other words you can see many more "titles" of articles on your phone screen in RT's app than in La Presse's. It makes it easier to quickly select what news stories you want to click on to then expand to get the full story. |
| 2020-12-20 |  | | All my saved articles disappeared after the new version rolled in. Also can't choose which alert categories to get like "international" or "politics". I don't care about getting alerted that the coach of a hockey team had a salary raise. Can't ignore categories, so you have to constantly scroll through categories you might not be interested like politics, sports, etc Doesn't have dark mode, which is burning your eyes in low light, even with minimum brightness |
| 2020-12-12 |  | | The bip sound to every new news drives me nuts . I cannot remove the bip without removing the phone ring. That is the reason I am leaving the application Very unfortunate that sound accompanis every news. I hope La Presse app could be available with out continuous bip notice. |
| 2020-11-03 |  | | The photos are too big. It makes for to much scrolling and is dizzying. I wish there was an option to scroll down a list with a small photo next to the title |
| 2020-05-16 |  | | Good and accessible, only lacking on how to control the notifications. It would be great if you could chose to get notifications every time a new article comes out in specific categories. |
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