Works, but major storage issues
Update for latest version:
The app is working well for me now. However, the storage issues are profoundly annoying. I will set the papers to delete after 7 days, however, they seem to remain on the iPad (invisible) and take up space. Even when I manually delete all the papers with the "Edit" option in the app, they dont delete. I just deleted all the papers in the app, but it was still taking up 4.3GB! You have to uninstall and then re-install the app.
All PressReader Daily paper apps seem to have this bug...
Update for 3.1:
The program continues to improve and is beautiful on the retina display. Love reading my newspaper daily! Occasional bugs like papers that dont have clickable stories or papers with all but first page blank are easily solved - simply delete the days paper and re-download.
Updated for version 3.1.2:
WHAT HAPPENED?? Whatever update they made, Im now getting constant freezing and crashing. Ive tried uninstalling the app and then reinstalling it, and re-downloading the content. It will freeze in the exact same place for the same newspaper, no matter what I do. For example, I noticed for the Ottawa Citizen, October 6 2012, it freezes constantly when flipping between pages 33 and 34.
The app is now almost unusable, since you never know where/when it will freeze. FIX THIS!
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With 2.2, they finally fixed it! There are no more crashes, and reading runs smoothly without the choppiness of previous versions. BRAVO! This is now a must-have app for all who love the classic-style of their newspapers, but want to save money and paper!
Update for 2.1:
The program crashes less often, but still crashes regularly. In particularly, when I first load the program and there is a new paper in my subscription, it ALWAYS crashes once. I then reload and it works. Also, the highlighted clickable headlines dont always show up.
That being said, I still use the app every day to read the newspaper - theres nothing else out there like it to mimic a true newspaper!
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Review of 2.0:
I love the concept of this program - reading my newspaper on the iPad everyday is phenomenal. However, as buggy as v1.0 was, version 2 is far worse.
The update corrupted my subscription record, necessitating a delete and reinstall. Not easy use the slow airport wifi before a trip! Once installed, the new version is very buggy. Transitions from landscape to portrait are choppy, and page turns sometimes freeze the screen for 3-4 seconds in mid-change. Worst of all, use of the page outline view at the bottom to switch to another section frequently crashes the program.
I really love this program when it works, but the bugs are very annoying!
FunkyMan about
PressReader: News & Magazines, v4.8.2