Detroit Free Press: Freep
Access breaking news, eNewspaper, entertainment, and local sports.
Total ratings
2.55
(Rating count:
2,473)Review summary
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- App provides access to local news
- Users appreciate in-depth articles
- Some users find app is working well after updates
Cons
- Frequent crashes and freezing issues
- Obtrusive advertisements disrupt reading experience
- Many articles are behind a paywall
- Issues with subscription access and billing
- Difficulties with login and account management
Most mentioned
- App crashes and freezes
- Annoying and intrusive ads
- Problems with subscription management
- Limited access to local news
- Frequent errors when refreshing articles
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User reviews
Recent rating average:
2.10
All time rating average:
2.55
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| Date | Author | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-27 |  | | Article selection is incomplete. Sticks to sports, pop culture, and automotive and national news stories. This app is useless for local news. |
| 2024-09-29 |  | | Used to Love this app delivered as kid now able to keep up with my teams and area since moving away but now won't load have to keep reinstalling to load story's. also when you leave a story it takes you back to the top then you have to scroll down again to get where you were,just pain in the a** |
| 2024-09-22 |  | | Long time Detroiter, support the Free Press, however this app makes me miss physical paper, then there wouldn't be pop up ads chasing me as I scroll, so they have an ad free subscription? |
| 2024-09-13 |  | | How do I share my subscription? This was listed as a feature when I signed up but I am unable to find anything in the app that lets me do this. Not even in the subscription management section. Odd ... Just started my subscription and will update my rating in the next week or two. |
| 2024-09-12 |  | | Advertisement pop ups don't load and freeze the app making the paper unable to be read. Have tried reinstalling and restarting devices without success. Same result across all devices. |
| 2024-09-05 |  | | It often freezes when loading its advertisements which makes the newspaper impossible to read. Even restarting my phone doesn't work. Consequently, that day's edition of the paper is lost. |
| 2024-08-21 |  | | The app says you subscribe for .99 for six months intro and then when you are at the pay screen you see $19 per month. Wonder how many have clicked this bait and switch. |
| 2024-08-13 |  | | Tried cancelling over two years. Unsubscribed in the Google Play store. They still charged me. I called them to cancel and ask for a refund. They said they don't give refunds. Promised that they wouldn't charge me again. Charged me last year, again, didn't catch it. Charged me again this year, I did catch it. I've been waiting on my refund for over a month. Don't sign up for any free trails or discounts prices. They will save your credit card and continue to bill you, even if you unsubscribe. |
| 2024-02-16 |  | | I thought the last update ruined the app, but I'm mistaken. Turns out another release came through and everything is fine as usual. App is working wonderful everything loads fast. All the articles are there... Absolutely nothing to complain about. Thanks freep! Keep up the good work! |
| 2023-06-20 |  | | Really obtrusive ads. So you pay for the subscription and get nearly full screen ads that pop in when you are scrolling through articles and stop. They shift content every time you stop scrolling. I don't mind ads in a newspaper, but this is too much! |
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