SmartNews: Breaking News

Constantly freezes up! Almost with every single story. Sometimes, it freezes up after being on it 20 seconds. Tells me smart news is not responding -- close app or wait . Tried waiting for it-- never came back on. I am definitely thinking of uninstalling this app. This started happening so frequently in just this past month. I am extremely dissatisfied with it's performance. Tried all the fixes ( uninstalling and reinstalling latest version

I've used this app for about 10 years and it's been great for aggregating news in a readable format. However, lately I've been unable to tailor the source selections effectively and most of my notifications are from very right-wing biased sources. I want to be aware of current topics, but only being served headlines that make me immediately dive into research mode makes me unlikely to use the app to read about them

I constantly receive articles from publishers that I have blocked months ago. They show up under Blocked but I still get notifications and don't even see the publisher of the article until I open it and then get mad that it's from a blocked publisher!! Some news is worth reading so I hesitate deleting the app but it's so irritating. FIX IT!

I used to really enjoy this app til I got an upgraded phone. Now the ads load up great (sarcasm)!! Ads are super fast! The article I'm trying to read keeps either taking literally 5 minutes to load because of all the d@** ads or keeps closing abruptly (I'm sure due to the ads). It's really ridiculous. Just because I buy an item once or Google search a product doesn't mean I want to be inundated by the proprietors advertising every time I turn on my phone or open your app.

UPDATE 4: I deleted the app and later reinstalled it. I did not login to my account but used it as a guest. Therefore I no longer have an inbox with any stats and no more annoying popups. UPDATE 3: It has gotten worse. I was using it regularly but now there are constant childish popups saying to keep going to get a Newslings badge, etc. It is no longer professional looking and something for a child. I will replace it with a proper news app that doesn't have AI and animated games and graphics.