Reviews for The Wall Street Journal. News

I like WSJ’s content, but the app itself is barely functional. Clicking on a banner notification tries to open the article in a browser instead of in the app. Clicking on an article link elsewhere also opens in a browser instead of the app. Searching by byline sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t, and you can’t […]

I have had an online subscription to the WSJ for fifteen years. I’m about to drop it. With every other app on my phone, I only have to log into the app ONCE, when I set up a new phone. The WSJ app consistently and persistently forgets logins, requiring me to log in over and […]

Updated on 10/8/18. The app now crashes every time I try to read a story. The update just made it worse! The app stopped working for me. I’m a subscriber but after the latest update the app reports that I’m logged in but will not allow me to enter a login. I called. They say […]

This app is very weak. It claims it downloads overnight and keeps 7 days of issues. However, if you try to access that without WiFi you will find that they mostly don’t exist. You will need a wifi connection to get most articles and virtually all pictures. Just experienced this on an international flight. Has […]

Deceptive pricing practices. Signed up for a year at a discounted rate for their bundle, after a year the same low rate continues. A few months after the year I stopped checking and a few months after that I’m suddenly hit with a nearly 9x increase in price of $50. I get alerts on my […]

Was a good app. The May 29 update doesn’t work . It logged me out and taping log in just blinks the screen and nothing happens. Haven’t been able to login since. The app is a data hog compared to other papers. Another fault is it always wants to be logged in. You can’t download […]

They have eliminated the option to see the full paper. None of the pricing is available. This only shows the articles and, because you don’t see the full paper, I have no idea if the application provides all the articles. Considering my local paper does provide that information for well under half the annual price […]

The app needs a lot of improvements. The notification links don’t launch the app. Instead, keep asking to sign in to the account. At times, the app launches embedded browser and requires signing again. It’s annoying and painful, especially when users don’t keep the cookies and passwords stored in the browser. Daily Newspaper download, and […]

Buggie, stories often don’t load or open. No other app install/reinstall/clear cache/force stop as this app. And it is required multiple times of day. Also, WSJ is militant in limiting the # of logins you can have on devices, so you are constantly having to re-login. A greedy, anti-consumer company, so they make you jump […]

Updated: Had a subscription price hike and I wasn’t notified until after I was charged for the first month. No way to cancel the subscription online or in-app. Have to wait until business hours to cancel via phone call. Original: Good objective news for the most part. They did a visual redesign sometime ago that […]

The app is well designed and easy to use. However, I need to log-in every time I click to read an article that pops up as a notification. It’s a bit dumb that a news app would require you to consistently log back on. It’s like if Outlook on your phone would require you to […]

I signed up for a three month introductory offer but was charged full price after the first month. Checked my account, Surprise! There’s no billing history, or plan breakdown, or indication of upcoming payment schedule. You can’t even unsubscribe online, it isn’t even among the menu options, you have to google to find the phone […]

Overall the app is good and the content is better than most. However the subscription plan is frustrating. I subscribed for one price then one year later the price doubles and I had to call (can’t cancel online) and “do the dance” and threaten to cancel. Then they offered a lower price, limited time. I […]

The app is alright. It scrolls well and searching by byline goes about as well as one can hope, meaning not well at all. The gripe that led to this review is that articles have a random chance of opening not in the app, but through the in-app web browser. When this happens, there’s no […]

I’ve been subscribed for 7 months now, I love reading the finance news and find the reporting on a higher caliber. The app can still use improvement on many fronts, for instance the way it connects to the web, some articles will just take you online which sucks, I have an app because I want […]

The app is fine. The reporting?Inconsistent, and as biased and needlessly inflammatory at times–like all the others. Please note, I, and many others, hate when we are forced to call a sales office to cancel, suspend, or otherwise deal with a subscription bought through the app. It serves only as an intentional barrier. As soon […]

this app gets you the news you need, but they could do such a better job with it. the sign in is really messed up. everytime I want to read a story on my phone, I have to sign in. if I want to read another article after finishing one, it sometimes asks me to […]

The cost for WSJ is out-of-family high compared with other quality journalism. I expect a phenomenal app, and this one isn’t it. Unhappy that I receive notifications to read articles that I’ve already read. That’s an easy one to fix. Unhappy that I can’t seem to find settings to fine-tune data usage. Something that possibly […]

STILL haven’t fixed the DAILY sign-in issue. Pretty pissed. I need to sign in on the same device nearly every day. WTH? Also, when I save an article on my phone, that action does not sync to my tablet. One of my main reasons for wanting to save the article on my phone is to […]

WSJ is my preferred news source, but starting a few months ago, it can’t seem to regularly recognize me as a subscriber. As a result, I often have to login before reading an article that I receive email and Android-driven notices about. Articles pop up with just a paragraph or two and an annoying watermark […]