NPR Reviews – Page 8

Cheaply made Application

NegusxSaiyan

App is terrible at continually playing a playlist. App will stop playing audio, I have to unlock my iPhone, open the app, and press play every 3-4 audio track plays. Listening to Morning Edition is a drag because of this. NPR, fire this developer and hire another, it shouldn’t take this long to fix a key feature of an audio app: continuous play.

Nonexistent refresh

Mara Lea

NPR has always been a little behind in their reporting. And the scope of the reporting is narrower than some other agencies. I knew this when I downloaded the app. What I didn’t expect was a breaking news page that takes 12 hours to refresh itself, and a system which makes sharing articles difficult. If I want to find out what’s happening in the US, I must go to the National page, as the “front page” is 24 hours old. Thus, I spend a lot of time hunting down the latest news on each individual section of the app. Very frustrating!

Where I get my news!

NPRMelanie

I use this app every day! It’s the best place to get breaking news, important updates, and the best stories across multiple topics. I love that I can stream my local station, easily share stories, and read or listen to segments after the fact. I geek out for NPR! ?

Just not stable

Carve Consulting

Crashes constantly. You had ONE JOB people.

Apps just stops working

JustCritic

[3 March 2020] The app will no longer play in the background. It just dies when the buffer is emptied. That makes it nearly useless, since it makes no sense to have to look at the screen to just listen to radio. The app effectively pushes the listener to local stations, which, however, are full of advertising and clatter. Terrible. Have we lost NPR forever?

Ads Ads Ads. Terrible.

Neville Newton

When I hit play I automatically hear an advertisement that you wouldn’t hear on the radio, because I am using an app. If the reception cuts out for a second I hear the ads again. if I turn off the app for a second accidentally I hear the ads again. Sometimes I hit play on my phone and the ads play then the radio comes in mid sentence but it’s a “word from our sponsors”. So ads to hear more ads. Have you ever seen a commercial so annoying that you decide to never buy the product. That’s me with NPR. I will NEVER donate to these people. I’ve heard enough of their commercials to drive a man mad. I’ve paid my part.

Please upgrade this app NPR!

bluecamera

I listen to NPR daily and would love to have an app that is more user friendly. The way it is set U.K. right now is no better than going into a browser to listen. I’d also love some features that allow you to select the programs you want to listen to.

Use it a lot

Renhenil

I do use this a lot - mostly to listen live to my local station. One request: could you please fix so it will remember your primary station? You set it, but recently it asks every time you open the app to find a station and if you want to set that as primary. Thank you.

I Deleted This App

TruthSetsYouFree

The “Set as primary station” function never worked and having to type in “WSHU” every night was becoming tedious, so I downloaded the WSHU app directly, and deleted this wonky NPR one. I want to be able to access my propaganda without headaches.

Bug fix please

platanos1234

I have set wnyc as my primary station about ten times in the past three days. Please fix!