Orlando Sentinel

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Last verified 31 Jul 2026

4.5 4501 ratings · App Store

1. 1/5No Access

   After countless attempts, calls to customer service, emails and finally a snail mail to the finally responsive customer service, I have tried to call it quits. Customer service reached out and for one day, I could access the epaper. Today, once again, I get the pop up shield that informs me I must subscribe to continue reading. I have paid their introductory charge, have it on my credit card statement, but cannot access beyond page one. This is very frustrating, as customer service appears either overwhelmed, understaffed, or practically nonexistent. This has been the case since May 23. I’m not sure where this review will go, but if you’re considering their one year for $3.00, good luck, as I have had none.

   JTC1947 · 31 Jul 2026

2. 1/5Just use the website

   Update: I canceled my subscription last year and recently been getting charged again. Very annoying to have to do a charge back every month. OS has just been going down hill since they were bought out. I don’t really understand why but the Orlando Sentinel app is terrible. Too many alerts even with most setting turned off. Every article gets opened in web view, requiring me to login again everytime I open the app. Until finer notification control and proper app integration are added I will be uninstalling and exclusively using the website. To add to this review, even when articles open in the app on my iPad they still ask me to login and subscribe despite already doing both years ago. Orlando sentinel is great at reporting but they might want to outsource their iOS devops

   Alex Alexson · 31 Jul 2026

3. 5/5Best Source of information about Central Florida News

   It’s always there, on my drive or on line. Well worth the money. A democracy depends on its newspapers. I pay for the Sentinel, NYT, Washington Post, and WSJournal. OK, I’m a retired news junkie. But I want news from professional, trained journalists. I want to know what our local, state, and national representatives are doing. I almost always, including this year vote a split ticket. Those who get “free” news from cable or internet get a lot of untruths, lies, that may have been planted by Russia, China, or Iran. Our newspapers make mistakes, but most separate editorial from news, and correct when they make mistakes. The Sentinel tries to do that. And they support Scot Maxwell, who is one of the best there is. I always read him first. I have had a Sentinel subscription since I moved to Florida in 1963. Have never been sorry.

   CindiTennessee · 31 Jul 2026

4. 1/5App strikes again

   Once again the app all of a sudden has a new glitch. It’s quite impressive how many different glitches the creators of this app create seemingly at random. The latest is now I randomly cannot go back to the full page after reading an article. When I click the back arrow it closes me out of the edition. When I open the edition again it takes me to the same article. Yes I’ve deleted and downloaded the edition. Yes I’ve reinstalled the app. I look forward to this randomly working in a couple months followed by the next ridiculous glitch a couple months later. My unwavering support for local journalism is the only reason I put up with this. But for how much longer? It’s anyone guess.

   Filges Lover · 31 Jul 2026

5. 5/5Great way to keep in touch as a former resident

   As a former Central Florida resident with friends and family still in the area, it’s a great way to keep in touch as to the comings and going‘s and notes of interest in the area. More than once I’ve been told I know more about what’s going on in the area than those that live down there do. The only thing that I miss is the way it used to be organized because to me it is now a little bit harder to find sections of interest that I used to enjoy reading. Other than that I enjoy the app.

   Spunkybear1 · 31 Jul 2026

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