Great Potential But Poor Functionality /UI – Ground News Review

Update: Thanks to the Devs for the quick reply. Unfortunately, it was unhelpful and primarily self promoting! There really aren’t a lot of customization options in the settings (as you claim) so, it was pretty easy to figure out how to block a source. But, it doesn’t work on my iPad. There’s no real “learning curve “ to using your app since there aren’t that many options! I’m still finding blocked sources showing up in my feed, even after blocking them. The Devs really need to look at some other news apps to see how it’s done, especially Smart News. For example, consider having smaller photos and a larger/bolder font so it’s easier on the eyes. This also allows for more items to show on the screen so there’s less scrolling. The bias rating is useless to me because I’m discerning enough to know where a story is coming from. Why don’t I have the option to switch of this feature as well as coverage analysis, thereby saving screen space? Why am I not able to rearrange order of Topics from the edit option?? So easy to do on Smart News! And, like on Smart News, why don’t I have a Smart view option for stories? This applies dark mode on stories and removes all ads/extraneous material from the page. They load much quicker and, there isn’t that jarring transition from dark to light mode when I go to a story. The best thing about this app is the large number of Topics and sources available, which is why I haven’t deleted it yet. And, providing several sources for the same story is also useful. With Smart News, I often have to scroll through many click bait sources to get to what I really want to read so, it’s not ideal either. But, still better than this one as far as functionality goes. Glad I didn’t opt for a subscription but, still hoping for improvements, in which case, I would reconsider.
Review by Starman6 on Ground News.