Dayton Daily News

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Last verified 31 Jul 2026

4.3 2234 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5Less buggy but not great

   Biggest annoyance is when you are in article read mode, if you side swipe left-right even the slightest when you intend to scroll up-down, the article reloads and you start at the top. I also don’t like that the page swipe to next page completely locks until the ad loads at the bottom. On some days that can take several seconds.

   OakwoodTj · 31 Jul 2026

2. 2/5Latest update broke bookmarks

   UPDATE: It's August 2025, a year since I left a five star review congratulating DDN and JN for getting the apps functioning smoothly while simultaneously not fixing what isn't broken. It was wonderful while we had it, but they have recently changed the app, and not for the good. Since the latest update, all my previous bookmarked Articles have been moved to Pages instead of Articles in My Content, and they don't open, except as a blank white screen! In a likely related problem, the bookmark icon is now missing altogether on all current digital app Paper articles so I no longer can bookmark new articles either! Oddly, the bookmark icon does appear for whole pages while reading the Paper, and those bookmarks actually function, though that is of no use to me. Bookmark icons are still available when reading the Live News section, but those bookmarks do not function. I have written twice each to Journal News and Dayton Daily News about the issues, but they have not replied. I use bookmarks heavily, and without being able to bookmark articles anymore, or even access my entire library of previously bookmarked articles, it's made the apps frustrating to use. Might be a complete dealbreaker for me.

   LivingInOhio · 31 Jul 2026

3. 3/5Interface is problematic

   First, when using the “paper” interface and I inadvertently touch the screen it brings up a poor excuse for the page. I have a browser — if I want to read the paper in that manner I’d choose to. The team should allow the user to opt-out of this “feature”. Second, when a customer, who pays real money, chooses to select the “paper” mode every time he opens the app and leaves it in that mode when he exits the app, shouldn’t have to select it each time he opens the app. Remember the state. Third, I would like the local content to be front and center. I know how to subscribe to the NYT, I don’t need their content in the local paper. I know how to access AP news, I don’t need it in my local paper, especially when it’s placed haphazardly throughout. I realize we’re a small town but it’d be great to see all the non locally-sourced news at the back of the paper. The paper is The DAYTON Daily News. Show me news pertinent to the greater Dayton area. Finally, don’t randomly log paying subscribers out of the app. This isn’t hard.

   Dayton Family of Four · 31 Jul 2026

4. 1/5Worst iPad App - Ever

   Many people have already shared my problems with this version of the app - it crashes every time I use it, especially on certain sections. And today I tried downloading the paper to try and prevent the crash but to no avail - the app crashed on both the same pages from when I was accessing the paper on-line. And to make matters worse, I have contacted the customer (no-)service department several times to report this problem, and after ignoring me the first two times, they finally reported “we have reported the problem to our developers” but to date nothing has changed. This is almost made me cancel the paper altogether since the ePaper app is my only option several days a week.

   MissleBird · 31 Jul 2026

5. 1/5Another nail in the coffin

   Latest version makes the epaper worthless. Not only is way too much screen real estate at the top wasted by ads that aren’t even targeted to the reader, the ability to navigate has gotten super twitchy. Can’t share articles at all. Can’t highlight words to lookup. The fact that the “ news” is already two days old makes it a waste. The straight digital stories are still so poorly curated as to be worthless as well. Considering that the NY Times has shown how to run a news site for decades, why the DDN keeps trying to reinvent the wheel is why they will shut down before the end of 2026.

   Next Wave · 31 Jul 2026

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