- PriceFree
- CategoryNews
- Versions1 archived
- Installable1 of 1
- AvailabilityRemoved from the App Store
- SellerConsumer Reports
- Bundle IDorg.consumerreports.CReports
RequirementsCompatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
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Report an issueNews & Video from Consumer Reports provides the latest info—whether you’re looking for buying advice on digital cameras, learning about hybrid cars, or curious about current product recalls—straight from our expert testers and editors at Consumer Reports. Downloading the app onto your iPhone or iPod Touch will get you access to our trusted blogs written by our experts in the following areas: • Cars • Electronics • Money • Home & Garden • Babies and Kids • Safety • Health If you’re looking for specific product ratings for any of the categories listed above, just go to http://www.consumerrerports.org . Got ideas for our next generation app? Write a review in the iTunes App Store. Consumer Reports and ConsumerReports.Org are published by the Consumers Union, an independent, nonprofit organization. We accept no outside advertising, no free test samples, and have no ties to manufacturers. We have no agenda other than the interests of the consumer – you know you’re always getting unbiased information that is designed to make you an informed and empowered consumer. With more than 3 million active, paid subscribers, ConsumerReports.Org is larger than any other publication-based web site.
Chart History
Ratings Over Time
| Date | Version | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 6, 2010 | 1.3 | — | 11,263 | Free |
| September 16, 2011 | 1.6 | — | 11,927 | Free |
From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.
Archived Reviews
8 of 25Poor consumer Value
I have a subscription, so I would expect there to be proper links for subscriber content. Instead, there are teasers that tell you to sign up or simply links that don't go to the right page. Being vague to entice folks to buy your services isn't a long term solution, as you can see by your app rating.
Even as a paid subscriber you cannot access detailed reviews from the app. While we all got used to CR appliance reviews being unreliable at best, this app works like it was programmed by highschool students. On iPhone 4s it requires to exit the app and stop the background process to update content. And if you rotate the phone to landscape mode, a third of the screen stays white so you can read only 2,3 lines of text, disappointing..
News? Whatever
Videos still crash
The description DOES say if you want information about a specific product you have to go to ConsumerReports.org, and this IS a free App; however, c'mon now, Consumer Reports!!!!!! What's the point of this app, and why bother???? I would gladly pay for an App with a "search" feature!!!'. As it is, you have to scroll through a whole lot of random info to by chance maybe you might possibly find something useful for you. This one is a time waster and I doubt I'll keep it installed. Create an App I can actually use where I can focus in on a specific item and I'm there!
This app is OK, but is missing a HUGELY obvious feature - the ability for paid subscribers to log in to the full online database, just like you can with the mobile web app. The web app is decent, but suffers from the usual mobile web limitations. Native iPhone app with login please!
Well the anti-iPhone geniuses have done it again...no audio or volume controls on the videos. I'm sure somehow it's Apple's fault. How can they criticize a tech device when their own embedded player and clips fail to have audio controls? Losing interest in this biased group.
Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.