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Last verified 7 Aug 2026

2.8 265 ratings · App Store

1. 2/5Why use the App??

   I love the content and I subscribe. But over the last month about 70% of the stories bring up a grey screen and an error when you tap. There is an option to ‘report’ but there seems no point because I’ve never had a response and it isn’t fixed. Why have the App when I have to read almost everything on the web?? Fix your tech people, it is messing up your brand!

   No NickName sorry!!! · 7 Aug 2026

2. 1/5Lost integrity

   Recently deleted this app after using it for many, many years. It has lost its integrity through its approach to advertising. I have no issue with ads on a free app. I understand why they are there. But the way this app displays them is dishonest. They ensure that the ad is big enough to fill the entire screen while scrolling down, and so sensitive that the slightest touch while scrolling will take you away from the app to the ad. This is invasive. If I want to follow the ad, I will click it. But don’t force me to the ad site by making it impossible to scroll past the add and then unavoidable to not have it follow the link while scrolling. This ploy is clearly designed to get the number of “clicks” up to generate more revenue by showing advertisers the statistics...but it is artificial, dishonest, and abusive to the audience who wants to read the articles. News24, please get your integrity back! You built a great brand but you are now selling out.

   tex_101 · 7 Aug 2026

3. 1/5One of the worst apps in recent times

   The previous version of this app was awesome. It adjusted itself to the layout of your phone, did not crash every 3rd or 4th attempt to open, adverts were more evenly spaced and not repeated several times. At the moment there is this annoying black screen that pops up every now and then depending on where you scroll in the article, which refuses to close and forces you to hard close the app and reopen it. If you have a zoomed screen it does not adjust itself and words are cut off. Whoever designed this app did a crappy job in testing it before it was launched. Alas it seems this is an industry wide problem as the app developers are too lazy to ensure their work is perfect before they launch it into the market. Bring back the old app. At least one was able to read the news without having to reopen every other time. This review pertains to the iOS version of the app.

   burny1_ct · 7 Aug 2026

4. 1/5Ruined

   Your chase after revenue has corrupted your brand. Just trying to scroll through the headlines has become impossible as the ads keep appearing in between the headlines at every possible moment, and the headlines jump around to make space for the ads. When that happens you have to start searching again, scrolling up or down looking for the headline you were reading. And once you find it, another ad pops up and the headline is gone again. Once inside the article it has become even worse: with your finger on the screen and scrolling, the ad that pops up either scrolls you 2 screens up/down the article or takes you to the ad webpage. You have made it impossible to use your app and want the user to buy the ad-free purchase? Your tactics are surely losing you more clients...

   my last try at a nickname · 7 Aug 2026

5. 1/5This App is becoming plagued with advertisements

   I am fully aware that online news media organisations need to advertise in order to be able to generate revenue. I think everyone can accept that this is a trade off and if you want to opt out of advertising, one should pay a nominal fee. However, this app is becoming so plagued with adverts that it’s gradually becoming unusable. This morning I had three full pop up adverts for Standard Bank in under 10 minutes and when loading an article, all of the text constantly shifts around as the ads load. I’m no expert on the industry, but I know that if this continues I’ll probably just delete and move on with my life. Surely over advertising to the point where an app is unusable is more detrimental to revenue growth than reasonable advertising?

   FrancoisSpectreBomb · 7 Aug 2026

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