The Vancouver Sun

- September 7, 2017

Everyone 10+

News & Magazines

Contains ads

( 267)

Description

The new Vancouver SUN app for smartphone provides a live feed of news and information, custom-written and designed for audiences on the move. What you need to know right now, no fluff. Direct, concise and with a distinct voice for audiences to skim, share and talk about.

• Breaking News Alerts: News as it happens.
• Stories come to life: Award winning photos and unique videos.
• Tap less – read more: Find relevant news faster with the “Related Articles” feature.
• Read offline: Downloaded articles are ready to read anytime.
• Spread the news: Share the latest news via email, Facebook and Twitter.

Reviews

2.9

267 total

5 64

4 45

3 38

2 36

1 84

Joe G

Force closes quite often. When it does work it's passable. Could really use a dark theme for night time reading. Edited to 1 star after the redesign. Ads ruin the app. No swipe to next article, no text size option... What were they thinking.

Andrea H

I don't like the update at all! Before I could go between local, national, world, etc. Now if I try to go under topics I can't and it just seems to repeat the same articles no matter how far I scroll down. I'm about ready to uninstall this!!!

knapman47

This app is largely unusable due to adverts. Many times I'll try and read an article and be forced into some advert thar I can't even get out of, so you can never actually access the article. The layout of the news is also terrible. Just one long list of news articles seemingly with no rhyme nor reason. Take a leaf out of the BBC's book, that'd how you organise a news app.

Michel Proulx

Simply not on par with other major newspaper mobile apps. Link to articles often send you to another unrelated article. Content appears to be unedited as it is full of typos. Video links do not work. In short, minor league app for a major league city.

Robert Schertzer

New app does not run: network unavailable Since installing the update to this latest version the app no longer works at all. A connection error occurs stating network unavailable instead.

Tugela60

The app has a bug that insists on pulling a viewed page back up when you try to leave it. Once it starts doing that the only way to do anything is to shut the app down completely. Very annoying.

User reviews

Joe G September 28, 2017

Andrea H September 20, 2017

knapman47 March 24, 2017

Michel Proulx August 26, 2017

Robert Schertzer July 15, 2016

New app does not run: network unavailable Since installing the update to this latest version the app no longer works at all. A connection error occurs stating network unavailable instead.

Tugela60 May 24, 2017

The app has a bug that insists on pulling a viewed page back up when you try to leave it. Once it starts doing that the only way to do anything is to shut the app down completely. Very annoying.

Frances Huang October 7, 2016

Horrible App Use ctv as they have the same news stories but the app works much better. Now, van sun continues to play videos and won't go back to the actual story I'm using. Horrible app, not worth using

Robert Shirley October 13, 2016

Disruptive ads I have an issue where when I click on an article it sends me to an ad where I don't have any options to click to get out of it and when I used the back button it forces me back to the ad. I understand the need for advertising but ramming it down my throat and making me force close the app seems a bit excessive.

Dan Mason July 12, 2016

Why isn't it working? Why have both the Sun and Province apps stopped loading as of a couple of days ago? All news and sports, etc are days old stories and some tabs say connection error. I'm not the only Android play store user seeing this...

Chris Collinge May 25, 2017

App is almost unusable, keeps crashing and sending you in loops that will not let you access content. Too bad, good newspaper, terrible app.

September 4, 2017

This app or the ads it shows include malware which attempted to open my private data on a cloud service. App is gone now. Complaint emailed.

May 24, 2017

Way too many disruptive advertisements. Almost as if the app has a bug. You can't even read the articles without being forced to some advertisement page. Very very annoying.

Russian SKS March 14, 2017

It's not up to date. As of today, the news is 4 days old. That's unacceptable

Alex Hwang March 7, 2017

Crippling ads make this app not worth any benefits it may offer.

Barbara Dixon July 18, 2017

Used to be top notch but now causes my Galaxy to freeze whenever opening.

Doug Loewen May 21, 2017

Headlines need to be increased in size. On my Samsung tab s2, they are tiny.

JOHN SHINNICK July 22, 2017

It is okay, but whether I will use it much remains to be seen.

SunWoo Kim April 6, 2017

I can't get this on wifi anymore only on data!!!!! Please fix this..and you fixed it, Thanks

Robert Bruce July 17, 2017

Used to be ok but doesn't update anymore.

Elizabeth K April 26, 2017

After the redesign, articles are not updated. The same articles are on the top spots for days.

Pat Simons February 16, 2017

The worst.

Ben Walker March 29, 2017

Just kys

DrakensFire April 6, 2016

The Vancouver Sun The old app would have been a four star app. The "new and improved" version seriously sucks, has problems loading, takes too long to load ads and feels more like a rip off of design from other news app the anything original. I Reluctantly give it 1star.

Mark Nariiwa April 7, 2016

Terrible update Continuously crashing. Gets stuck on certain pages and keeps reloading. Not a very good layout either

gurman sidhu April 5, 2016

Do not update new app sucks, articles are all over the board not easy to scroll thru, too much advertising

Vanoss Gaming April 18, 2016

Ad glitches? You've really screwed the pooch this time VS.

Gregory W April 11, 2016

Stoopid I feel bad. This app has ruined everything for me. I can't look at it anymore. Please fire the person in charge of this redesign. I want an apology. Stories removed. Look what happened to the USA Today app when they did the same thing by removing the top stories.

A Google User April 26, 2016

More ads than news What a waste of time.

dave wilson April 21, 2016

Whoever "updated" this app should be fired....horrible.

Roger Lee April 5, 2016

ENTERTAINMENT WAS ONLY SPORTS????!!!!

Game System April 9, 2016

Terrible since last update Looks like a news project gone wrong. Freezes at startup and then also freezes the back, home and tab buttons. It even froze the hard reset power button. Suggest they a hire better dev team.

Joyce Kwok April 2, 2016

Would have been 4 stars Today the "Top Stories" tab disappeared. Don't recall if the app was updated overnight but now I have to switch thru local, national, world.

John Weiss April 8, 2016

Used this app for years. After the last update I'm tossing it. I understand the need for the annoying ads; but now the stories don't load properly. Doesn't anybody beta test anymore?

Jillian Yuen March 1, 2016

Can't log in with Facebook... ...if I want to post a comment. App results in nothing but a blank screen. Fix it if you want a better review from me.

Mark Wellman March 24, 2016

No pictures Won't show pictures on s7

Jeff Thorlacius January 15, 2016

Easy access to info This app works really well on a phone. No issues on my Galaxy S6, but on my 8" tablet the formatting is off. What I love is that I can get all the Sun's content hee for free- their website has a paywall.

Pete Ballantyne October 9, 2015

This app has been working fine up till now however it has developed a glitch in displaying the comments to news items. On my Samsung S5 and my old S3 (flashed up the S3 to make sure that it was not just a snag on the S5) the news items display and scroll OK however the comments will not scroll. This has been reported to the Vancouver sun with no acknowledgment. Until this is fixed I can only give it a low mark,

deeviking deeviking May 18, 2016

Vancouver Sun Wouldn't open in spite of several tries. Crapware. Nexus 10; up to date Android. Tried this version -- useless. Uninstalled it. Will also quit the print edition, as we did with the Province - !!

RyanWalker677 June 19, 2015

Pictures won't show on s6. Re installed multiple times with no luck

F Wong August 15, 2015

Pictures don't show on s6 curve

What's New

ALL NEW for smartphone - a faster and smoother reading experience for your news on the go.

Additional information

Updated

September 7, 2017

Installs

50,000 - 100,000

Current Version

4.0.5

Requires Android

4.4 and up

Content Rating

Everyone 10+

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Offered By

Postmedia Network INC.

Developer

Visit website Email mobilesupport@postmedia.com

365 Bloor Street East Toronto, ON M4W 3L4

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