Newstream - Personalized Newspaper App Reviews

What a joke! The app crashes before it finishes loading. Emailed the developer, keep saying that they are going to fix it! Do yourself a favor and do not get this app!!

This app is exactly what I have been looking for. I had the Pulse app for a while. Didnt like the layout and small print in the icons. Then went straight to using each individual news app, but the app icons took up a lot of screen space on my phone. The layout of this app solves all of these problems. Easy to read articles, easy to navigate, and a beautiful layout. Not sure exactly why some are having issues with crashing, but mine has not done this once in the week I have had it. As a hardcore app user, I have to say this app exceeded my expectations and has earned a spot on my main home screen.

4 stars..Please remove shadow from footer looks ugly and i m gonna give you 5 stars..App looks great but you have big shadow on app footer witch looks realy ugly..I wish you can create more footers so we can chose from..Personal i like transparent footer..Thank you for great app and fast update to fix crashing problem..I m runing ios 5 iphone 4s :)..

It stays open for about half a second then closes. Find another one to buy.

Between its layout & visual style Newsstream looks great. Unfortunately there are numerous issues with it that bring to light poor developer testing. For one, swipe gestures to turn pages (transitioning from one article to the next) simple do not trigger more than 80% of the time they are attempted, making navigation extremely frustrating. Two, touching the "article number indicator" at the bottom of the page (showing which article you are reading out of the current total number of unread articles for that news source) forces it to change numbers... but actually does not change the article you are reading along with it. Why have it there & make it interactable of it serves no functional purpose? Add to this several news sources constantly coming up empty of news posts despite updates being made to those sites rss feeds & OTHER news "reeders" picking the posts up. Additionally, there is no simple way to mark an article as read from the main news page (like something as simple as a double tap), FORCING you to load an article up then step back out of it just to get it to drop off your feed page of you dont want to read it. Why force me to open an article that I didnt want to read in the first place. Factor all of these problems (& numerous bugs) into the $2.99 price tag, & this title quite happily gets a 1 Star review until improvements get made. Dont buy it, wait for future revisions and updates.

I love the app...until it crashes. Ive reloaded twice...iPhone 5 with ios5, still crashing. Pictures show on some feeds, but not others. Hope the can get that working. Waiting for the bugs to be worked out...)

Good way to view several sources at once. Crashes for my last feed though, but I love the UI. Ill give it 5 stars when the bug is fixed.

Works fine for 5 feeds , after it crash

too many crash, no support Google Reader, Google+ and limit the number of RSS.

I picked this up immediately wanting the app as stated. Unfortunately, I cant get past the crashing to enjoy it all. I have the iPhone 4 and have updated, reinstalled and everything I know without results. Still hoping the issues get resolved and I can upgrade my rating and enjoy the app as planned. Good luck!

Dont buy this app. Terrible. The app wont even open. Its just a scam. Doesnt even deserve one star but its the only way to submit a review. The developer should be banned from the app store.

First I want to say I have had the crash problems also and there was a time I could not even open the app. I have tried different things and have found a solution that works for me and I have offered suggestions to the developer to help them solve the crash bug. What I found as a short term fix for me is this: 1. Delete the app & reinstall. 2. Once app is reinstalled open app and tap gear icon to add your feed. 3. After you add your feed go into "Manage Feeds" and turn off "Display Images". 4. Repeat step 3 after every feed you add. After you do this the app my crash once or so but as for me it does not have a problem and I use it all the time to read the news. This may not work for everyone but I did want to offer what worked for me. I have emailed the developer and they are working on a fix. Please be patient.

PROS: - Great interface - like reading your favorite websites as newspapers--best part of the app. -Very smooth performance - no crashes, so far. - has what looks like offline bookmarking - Ability to view in safari or send via email CONS: - No Google Reader support - would be nice to have a page per rss folder... - No Instapaper support. I get that you can bookmark, but Instapaper is my most-used app--it does allow me to open in Safari, where I can then save to Instapaper...but this is a standard feature in most apps - Would be nice to have an option to "Mark as read on scroll" (if google reader support is added)

Ive downloaded this app three times. It still doesnt work. After I specify news fees Id like included and try to open them, all I get is a page asking for my viewing preferences (include pictures, etc.). Even after clicking OK, I still get returned to that preferences page. I can never read even one news feed, not one! Dont waste $3 on this one. It doesnt work! There are other free news feed apps that are much better.

Not working

Nice app! The recent update (1.3) fixed the stability issues on my iPhone 4S... It still crashes every now and then.. I am still using feeddler pro but this will be my new favorite once its improved and more options added.. A few requests.. 1) font size adjustment and 2) ability to download all articles for off line reading.. The app lacks options and the ugly wood grain background and annoying shadow from it needs to go....

Just needs auto refresh and itll be a solid 5.

Does what it says, and does it with class.

I havent had any of the problems described (using iPhone 4), but there may be devise specific bugs. The UI is clean and beautiful take obvious use of the retina display. Its uncluttered and allows for the brief reading of a post BEFORE pressing it; unlike similar apps Pulse News and The Flud. I would recommend this app to anyone. The price is less than ideal for a reader, but obvious care has been taken to create an amazing and intuitive UI and reliable rss reader. Five stars!

A truly outstanding RSS/news app. The best there is for the iPhone. I havent had any problems with it crashing and found it to be utterly flawless.