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The Guardian - Live World News | unitQ Score

The unitQ score is the fraction of public feedback data (iOS & Android) that mentions quality issues.
100 = No Issues. 50 = Some Issues. 0 = All Issues
6 Points Past 30 Days
Category: News
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Android unitQ Score
Android User Feedback
67%
Android
47 Reports
iOS unitQ Score
iOS User Feedback
33%
iOS
23 Reports
User Feedback
33%
iOS
23 Reports
67%
Android
47 Reports
The Guardian - Live World News - Latest Quality Issues
Android
Jan 7, 2025
Why do I have to log in to read news?
Android
Jan 7, 2025
Crosswords do not appear in dark mode
iOS
Jan 7, 2025
Have to swipe to sideways scroll to read articles on the home page of iOS app
Weird decision on the UX, just keep it central
Android
Jan 11, 2025
Has a tendancy to let audio run in the background even when you've closed the app. This is especially true if using Android and you swipe left from the Home screen and open a Guardian article and play it... The audio plays but there is no way to pause or stop it without forcing the app closed!
Android
Jan 12, 2025
Top notch journalism, sick to death of re-installing the app to bypass MyGuardian account wall, IN SPITE OF the fact I am now paying a subscription through Google. I did not want an account while I was not paying. I do not want an account now.
Android
Jan 12, 2025
Every time I open an article, the screen is blank. I have to scroll a bit down for the article to show. When I scroll back up,the screen goes white again,like the page is empty. It's frustrating and makes me use the web page more than the app
Android
Jan 13, 2025
Feature suggestion - use keywords to hide articles that are about certain subjects. There's some subjects let's say people I really don't want to read about for some time and I'm sure the sentiment is shared by many. Also don't feel articles about them are worth the oxygen of publicity.
Android
Jan 13, 2025
This is unreadable and virtually unusable on my phone - any phone. I don't want to see the newspaper, I want to see the headlines as in the previous app.
Android
Jan 13, 2025
Update. Uninstalled. Rebooted. Reinstalled and it seems to pick up the existing subscription again. Would seem to be an issue with retained files that are only deleted on a reboot. Poor coding and customer experience. Having real issues with renewed Google play subscription which this version of the app is not recognising. No response from the help email address,
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