St. Louis Post-Dispatch

First of all, I am grateful for having an online source for local news. Having said that, I believe that there is news other than the Cardinals. I know that it creates views, but many people want to know what's actually happening in our area. One thing that irritates me are the house spotlight features. Taking pictures of garden trolls or a family heirloom does not express the architectural merit of a house. Get a new home feature photographer/writer if you are going to do these type of stories. Do you guys have spellcheck? In this day and age there is no excuse to misspell words. It's as if the writers were in high school finishing their homework in the hallway. I know investigative reporting costs money, but I deserve content after watching 15 seconds of a Bommarito commercial. I sometimes read stories where I can't figure out the chronology or connection of events. They are stories and you are supposed to be storytellers. Missouri is supposed to to have a great J school, get some interns who want to bolster their resume. As much as I whine about STL Today, it is the first thing I check, after my emails, in the morning. It's all we have.

First of all, I agree with the negative reviews of the latest update. It is difficult to view on my I phone 6s. The old version using a text-based list was much easier to use and quicker. I could swiftly view the articles and get to what I wanted. The large picture graphics in the new update align with many of the more modern news sites but I find it, like so many things in life these days, to be dumbed down. I still take the print edition and totally prefer it over digital. Interestingly, I found that if I sign up for the digital edition I get my delivered paper at a lower monthly rate. Go figure. But it shows the power of those annoying digital ads - that’s where the money is. I will continue to read the print version and use the digital edition for late breaking updates, all the while keeping in mind the liberal bias in the news articles and the ridiculous lack of any alternative viewpoints on the editorial page.

I really appreciate the work that has been done to improve this app. For example. Making most of the story links with a white background and better color font. There is one issue both my husband and myself keep having with using the app on our iphone 7 phones. While reading an article, the page will constantly refresh and take us back to the top of the article. We are continually scrolling back through trying to find where we left off. I remember one time recently, I had this happen five or six times reading an article and just gave up. I was hoping this would be fixed in the latest update bit it has not. It would be great if this could be addressed in the coming updates. Thanks

I would give this app 5 stars, but...I’m really getting tired of the annoying ads!!! I know news apps need to run them, but the latest ones are really interfering with my ability to read a simple new story! I can’t stand the videos that randomly pop up on the right side of the screen. They block the text, and then if one comes up and you’re scrolling and accidentally click on it, the video takes over the screen blaring music even though your phone is set to silent. Then the small video ad that pops up from the bottom has an “x” so small, that it’s practically impossible to close it without opening up the ad several times. Ugh! Excessive advertising like this is more likely to keep me from using the app.

Since I wrote the paragraph below I came back to give them a 5 again. I'm amazed at the folks that seem bothered by the ads, etc. I wonder if they watch TV. Even most of the cable channels I watch have tons of ads and I pay for that. The news comes out at quite a pace and sp. errors are to be expected when there is no time to proofread and correct. Keep up the good news as I have grandkids and still like the "no-landfill" aspect. I read this almost every day and am grateful for the easy way to keep up with happenings in STL as well as not putting pounds of newspaper in the trash or even the recycle bin. Thanks