Houston Chronicle Reviews – Page 2
5/5 rating based on 51 reviews. Read all reviews for Houston Chronicle for iPhone.
Houston Chronicle is free iOS app published by Hearst Newspapers LLC
Trash
Aggie4gom
Does not work after upgrade. It says my password is invalid. I have changed my password and I have called their support number. They said others have this problem but there is nothing the can do about it.
Houstonians deserve better
jojo101180
I can’t believe I pay for this. Almost the 3rd largest city in the nation and this is what we get. It’s due the Chronicle not having any competition to speak of so why try harder. App sticks, slow loading (except for ads of course) I think they have interns running this site. And BTW, I have reloaded the latest version.
Cannot even search for recent news
Ssaaddiieethedog
Seriously, this app has no search function. The news is days old and you cannot search for current articles as there is no search function.
No more crossword puzzle?
tfowler13
The latest upgrade took away puzzles and forced readers to leaf through pages of photos to find text to read. Not impressed.
It works but not happy
MKMccrary
Update: I find the updated up to be stable but there are still problems. First, when I respond to a notification about an article I’d like to read, I’m only taken to the app, not to the specific article referenced in the notification. So now I have to search for it? Which brings me to my second complaint: there is no search function. Why is it so hard for the HC to build a decent app to read the news? ____________ I initially rated this app one star but it’s finally been fixed. No more problems for me. The app opens right away on my iPad mini 4 and has not crashed once since the update. I can now reliably read the paper. Thank you.
Hate this new app
unhappy sunscriber
We can’t even get same day news. It is all from previous days. On rain days we don’t get our printed paper because our carrier keeps throwing it where it gets wet even though we have asked many times to throw it somewhere else. The online version was our next choice. Now you can’t even get that paper online. Hate hate hate this new app. Why can’t you just leave things alone!!!
Every change is a new mess!
RedSpyderX
The latest attempt at design is the worst yet. Old stories dominate while the current news is relegated to a text list in smaller print. I’m going to see if I can access on chron.com instead of this constantly changing, constantly irritating app. ———- My God, this never ends!! Now the scrolling freezes so you can’t read all the stories. Please bring in a competent outsider to fix this mess.... I miss my chron. ——— Update... I tried again after the "It's a new day!" addition to the app. I'm sorry to report it's still too problematic to use. Two main problems. First the most irritating. Stories won't open (a long, longstanding problem). They just do nothing spinning the "wait" icon. The problem seems to be pop up ads. Once you find one story to open (dozen or so frustrating tries) the app shows the pop up then things work. The second problem is that the app completely hangs up. You have to completely shut it down and restart it. It's a new day! But your old, irritating problems remain. ----- Give up ! Your old app had problems as you were developing it but nothing like this abomination. Did you change just to employ some friends that knew nothing about app design? That's the only conclusion I can come to. I have cancelled my subscription and won't be back until the old app returns... suffering through these amateurish updates on this app is not an option.
Not a good alternative to paper edition
drishsu
I wish there was a way to sort for current news. I used the HC app years ago and at that time it mimicked the paper edition. It was much easier to navigate and see current articles. Was surprised to revisit it now and see what a mess it is. Not impressed.
HOUSTON CHRONICLE NEW FORMAT
GoodFlatPicker
This is awful. Please bring back the replica of a paper-style newspaper. This version, look and feel, is now no different than all the other online garbage publications. I rate this format ZERO stars! ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO, BUT IT WILL ONLY ALLOW A MINIMUM OF 1 STAR, BUT ZERO IS MY ACTUAL RATING