POLITICO Reviews – Page 11
3/5 rating based on 356 reviews. Read all reviews for POLITICO for iPhone.
POLITICO is free iOS app published by POLITICO, LLC
Minimal functionality
copperhead1972
There is no way to adjust the font size. This is a serious oversight for a modern news app.
Font is WAY TOO SMALL
mdash310
Content is excellent. I’ve been reading Politico every day online for months now, so finally downloaded the app for my phone. But the font is so tiny I can barely read anything. It’s just too frustrating and hurts my eyes. There’s no way to increase the font size, so I’ll probably delete the app and go back to reading it online only.
Dump politico
koondog57
Political is two left leaning for me you should be more centered news I’m not a big fan of fake news which is obviously what you produce I’m going to delete this app and tell everyone I know the same
Get out and go for it — still time to vote !! Take on race are “exit pole issues”
Sissybriches
Over 22 million votes have been counted so far — It seems that if you want your 401k to soar , votes are going to trump . Those that feel Climate Change should be a focus are breaking for Biden.
Can not increase font size
raalas65
This is the only app I have that does not let you increase the font size. The size is so small I can not easily read it. This is very disappointing. I enjoy reading the articles but should not have to go to a computer due to this issue
New version horrendous. Basically unusable. DO NOT UPGRADE!
AstroPaul
Major problem with latest update of the new version. Offline mode does NOT work on the iPhone! Even with Cache ON, nothing is downloaded and the headlines are all grayed out! In addition, articles are littered with ads, many of which are offensive. Readers hardly want to see the thighs of someone who is sitting on a toilet! What's wrong with you, Politico?! —————— The new version fails in key areas. 1. It deletes ALL of your saved stories. No app should ever do that. 2. The headline-story list is now one long vertical scrolling list, all the exact same size. It's ridiculous looking, 3. The headlines and images are small. 4. There are embedded ads every fifth headline — and their bars are larger than the news headlines. 5. The new layout makes it impossible to locate stories easily. 6. There are no sections. 7. Worst of all, there is no way of adjusting the font size of stories and the default is way too small. 8. The app promotes signing up for an account — even warning that you cannot save stories unless you do so. Yet, if you reject signing up, it will save the story anyway. BUT WHAT DOES THAT DO TO RECOVER THE SCORES OF SAVED STORIES THAT THE APP DELETED? The first rule of app development should be the Hippocratic Oath: “First, do no harm!” 9. The app claims there is an offline mode, but when offline, all the headlines are “greyed” out and there is NO offline reading! And, that’s with auto cache set to ON. 10. The app now takes forever to launch and load the headlines! It used to be virtually instantaneous. What a disaster! 11. Finally, they've also broken the old app! I reinstalled it and it crashes every time you click on a new news story. That's really not cricket. If a user wants to continue using an app they have already downloaded (and, in many cases, paid for), they should be free to do so! Note: At least reinstalling the old version will give you access to your previously saved stories. Down to 1 star. Given its dysfunction, poor interface, weak design, and tiny text, I'll no longer be using the Politico app. It's truly that bad! Here's the previous review for when it was working! —————— Weak design--no font size control, settings buried, interface needs improving. Politico itself is pretty good at covering the "inside baseball" of politics, albeit usually from a markedly conservative slant. The app, though, needs improvement, especially in readability. The default font size is too small and it lacks a built-in way of changing the font size! It relies on the General Settings for iOS, but that then makes everything else too big! Just try finding the Settings inside the app... They are buried 4 layers deep under Other! The navigation is convoluted. A scrolling tab bar across the top would work much better than the expand-o, hide-o left-hand design. ------ AN EARLIER REVIEW The adverts are intrusive; taking up valuable screen space and appearing at random, full screen! if you're going to have ads, put out an ad-free version for some $, too! The app needs font size controls. Right now, the app used iOS's Accessibility, Dynamic Type setting, but very poorly. The result is that sub-headlines are HUGE, but article text is smaller than it should be. There needs to be a way of setting font size within the app itself! All other major news apps give users a way to change it! Give us font size controls or double-tap zooming with text reflow. All this is really too bad as Politico is an excellent source of well-written, well investigated stories (though from a markedly conservative perspective). But if the articles are too small to read comfortably, what's the point of the app? As several folks have pointed out, the mobile web site works much better than the app!