The Oklahoman News

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Last verified 31 Jul 2026

3.8 1768 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5Good for Local & National News

   I enjoy the Oklahoman News each morning and rely on it for most of my local and national news information. My only complaint is that the opinion pages and national news stories are too liberal and uniformly so. The editors and writers rarely present impartially both sides of important social and political issues and, thus, do not attempt to reflect the prevailing conservative views of the majority of Oklahomans. I fear this will lead to a continuing decline in readership, which will in turn force the publication to cease. A bit more evenhandedness would be much appreciated and would attract more subscribers.

   Pat Castleberry · 31 Jul 2026

2. 2/5Needs work

   I can appreciate that there is a lot to consider when building an app, but I really struggle to use this one effectively. For starters, customizing the UI for readability is extremely limited. I use the app on an iPad in landscape mode and the columns are not consistently sized. I would turn the iPad to portrait, but it would disconnect the keyboard. Getting the gist of articles in the smallest column on the right requires me to open each article just to know what it’s covering. There’s plenty of space for advertising, but there’s no discernible section for providing feedback on each article, which is really important to me. Allowing for public discourse is a great way to engage readers and increase readership. It also gives the editorial folks an idea of what subscribers are looking for. Cater to your audience and subscriptions will increase. Without the option for public discourse people will be less interested in what is being published, and subscriptions will continue to decrease. So, a complete overhaul of the UI is in order. If you can pull this off and make the app more accessible (customizable, intuitive, encouraging of feedback, AND equally useful to those with special needs), then you will have made a great app. What you’re offering misses the mark, but I’m looking forward to significant improvements.

   Immensely fed up · 31 Jul 2026

3. 1/5If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it

   Your recent changes to the digital paper is horrible. Before, I easily navigated getting the paper & reading it. Going from page to page was intuitive. Now, I have to jump through hoops & have to restart loading it a couple of times, then never know what I’m going to get. The simple way of enlarging the type is gone. In the middle of reading the paper, sometimes it jumps to a mega enlargement & I can’t figure out how to reduce it. So I have to scroll horizontally to read it. The whole thing is so buggy that I’m sitting here angry from the git go. The arrow to the next page sits so close to something in a right-hand column that I have to be extremely careful where I put my finger, or all is lost. I end up where I don’t want to be & start from scratch again. I don’t know where you got your programmers, but suggest you try someone with more than a third-grade education. I’m seriously contemplating just giving the paper up…canceling my subscription. Betty LaRue

   BETS40 · 31 Jul 2026

4. 1/5Not enough current news

   There are several issues 1. There seems to be no deadline for stories in the online version of the paper - and there seems to be no way of identifying “new news”. There seems to be a 32 news story cycle, but most of the 32 stories are recycled from previous days. 2. Photos seem to be an after thought when they are linked to a news story; some photos have nothing to do with the story, other photos are used on multiple different stories. A new photo is a visual cue of a new story. 3. There is little regional or national uses. At one time the Oklahoman could be a single source for all the news. Today, not so much. I have found that by subscribing to a national newspaper (ex. Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, etc.) and reading local blogs type internet local news outlets, I am more up to date than just reading the Oklahoman. So a subscription to the Oklahoma has become superfluous. 4. There does not seem to be a way to flip through all new daily news articles without starting a different “section” 5. The obituary section with the new revision is almost useless. There used to be a time with obituaries were a revenue source for the newspaper. It appears that that is no longer the case, as I have not figured out how to read more than the name and death date without linking to the mortuary website. 5. The comic section used to be a highlight of reading the paper. Not sure how to get to comics from the online version. 6. With the cut in news staff, the Oklahoman is no longer the source for current local news. In short, I am not sure there is a reason for me to renew my subscription.

   gb binning · 31 Jul 2026

5. 2/5Restore the replica version

   For whatever reason, the replica (E-Edition) version was dropped with the last upgrade to the Daily Oklahoman. I’ve been a customer for over 50 years. I was even sent the paper when overseas. Since those times, I’ve seen the paper shrink twice in size, shrink significantly in content, drop the separate TV schedule and sky rocket in price. For the last several years, I’ve been reading the paper on an iPad since the paper doesn’t arrive until 9-10am. Now, you’ve dropped the e-edition or replica edition. Now it’s just scattered articles - news, sports, business - with no organized sections. Either restore the replica edition or I cancel my subscription, like everyone else seems to have done. PS - Your Subscription ladies, who talk to customers, are the most uncaring, rude employees I’ve ever spoken with. Graham Robertson The Village

   Robbie459 · 31 Jul 2026

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