Newsdesk App Reviews

The idea is great but when I got it I really really hoping for access to more foreign newspapers. At present, there seems to be mainly English-language US news media with the option to add in Norwegian. What about some German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Swedish news sources? As it is, there are many apps that give you this same variety of news. Adding some additional sources of news + the really good interface would make this app totally awesome.

Great job. Hate rss, love this!!

Does what it says it does. Simple app for a simple task. Points docked for: • Using "The Onion" as a real news source. • No progress on what is a slow update.

Great app! I would have gladly thrown down a buck or two for this app, but it was free! Wonderful to throw in photos right there on the side of the headline. I love having "the onion" right there in the major headlines. THANK YOU!!

Great news source. Keeps crashing though. Please fix.

Amazing......

Great app! Very stable and I do not suffer from any speed issues. Probably my most used app.

OveralI its ok but hard to take the headline serious when The Onion is used as a SOURCE. Why? Its like everything listed prior to the source is fake. Seems like waiting on punchline! Doesnt seem like. Serious app of dealt news stories..

I give this app 2 stars. I really like the fact that stories open up in its own integrated browser. However, it is painfully slow to update, especially when switching between sections - world, sci/tech, etc. Even when Im connected to wifi - it is the app that is slow, not the connection. It seems that it does not automatically refresh stories immediately upon opening the app and it takes a long time to fetch new stories. Im not going to delete it but will eagerly await an update since I am a news junkie. I would really like to see more options for news sources, but the lag issue simply must be attended to. Thanks

Very good execution with little use of safari. Will quickly give you top stories without wasting time.

As with other news aggregate readers this suffers from the fact that the front-end presents a list of articles and then you are taken to the news sources web site to read the article. Unfortunately this doesnt display articles in landscape mode and, like other aggregate readers, since this is linking to the standard issue web site the text is miniscule and not formatted for the iPhone (or any mobile device) and thus quite difficult to read on the bus/train which is probably exactly where youd want to quickly go through the days latest events.

Please ditch "The Onion" it is a satire publication intended to be read as such. In the context of serious headlines it only confuses new readers and could actually cause dangerous misinformation. Otherwise your application is nicely designed, though Refresh needs to be faster. Also, please add a "last updated " statement.

As the description exclaims, NewsDesk skins the news quickly. It is not an indepen RSS reader and does not makes a promise and forget to deliver. This is a great app for checking the top stories around the world and then moving on. Access to the full article and site with a single touch through Safari is great if you need the extra info. If you want to sit and read the news then you might look elsewhere but if you want to "Skim the News Quickly", NewsDesk is right for you.

If you are looking to replace your NYT subscription this is not it. Its not comprehensive. Today it had maybe 10 world articles of which 3 were in the hot news of the day, same topic different sources. Cant do RSS and cant configure sources. Also the photos when refreshing push you to the top which I found annoying. Its free but I cant see using it much. AP news reader Mobile News better.

This is a beautiful, fast, stable (so far) application for reading some news headlines from diverse sources. For an early release, very well done. Needs to be expanded (more news, more categories).

Excellent app and easy to use.

I know others will disagree, but I love having the Onion. Who doesnt know that it is satire? I personally would check this app just to see the headlines and would look at the onion for a laugh. A few days ago it stopped appearing. And I miss it and find myself using the app less often. Maybe the developer could add an onion on/off button.

Nice presentation and link to news services ...but updates news items very slowly

Its not an RSS reader, and I like that. Just a very clean way to read headlines. Fix the slow/non-loading bug and Id give a higher score.

An excellent news aggregator, plus the display is very easy to read.