Фонтанка.ру – Новости
★ 3.9What it actually doesA news reading app for St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, and Russia with photo/video viewing, weather, and currency exchange features, but functionally overloaded with extensive contextual advertising.
Actually does
- ✓RSS / News80% of reviews
- ✓Video player10% of reviews
- ✓Photo cloud5% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Weather Forecast
- ⚠FX rates
- ⚠Отправка новостей в редакцию
- ⚠Group chats
- ⚠File sharing
- ⚠Bookmarks Management
Common complaints
- ✗Intrusive full-screen contextual ads that block content and include timers70% of mentions
«Awful full-screen ads that can't be skipped right away. Every now and then I get the feeling this is an ad dump»
- ✗Authentication issues: loss of accounts after update, login method incompatibility15% of mentions
«Got logged out of my old account where I had saved articles to favorites. Constant problems with authentication in the app»
- ✗Failed UX/design update, loss of widget functionality15% of mentions
«It used to be such a convenient app - now they made something incomprehensible - it's uncomfortable to use, period»
- ✗App crashes when clicking ads or following links10% of mentions
«Ad videos cause the app to crash, impossible to read news»
- ✗Non-working news sharing function (error 'check your internet')8% of mentions
«Wanted to share a news item. It says - check your internet»
What people praise
- ★Quality and speed of news publication, information relevance
«I've been with you for a long time, and I read all the main news, including breaking news from the City, first on your platform. Timeliness, excellent presentation of material»
- ★Comprehensive and detailed coverage of Saint Petersburg news
«Thank you for such a useful and necessary app for all Petersburg residents and city visitors. Very informative»
- ★Positioned as an independent news source
«The last island of relative freedom. Good, truthful news»