Richmond Times-Dispatch
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2 subscriptions from $29.99
In the United States, Richmond Times-Dispatch has 2 subscriptions priced $29.99 – 379.99.
| Subscription | Period | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscriptions | Monthly | $29.99 – 46.99 |
| Subscriptions | Annual | $50.00 – 379.99 |
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| Rating / 5 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 5.0 |
| Reviews | 1.7K | 12K | 9.5K | 6.3K | 3K | 2.3K | 1K | 167 | 115 | 67 | 7 |
| Released | 2010 | 2011 | 2019 | 2011 | 2012 | 2012 | 2010 | 2020 | 2020 | 2012 | 2024 |
| Monthly price | $42.99 | — | — | — | — | $19.99 | $19.99 | — | — | — | — |
| Annual price | $289.99 | — | — | — | — | $199.99 | $199.99 | — | — | — | — |
| One-time price | — | — | — | — | — | — | $0.99 | — | — | — | — |
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Richmond Times-Dispatch reviews
4.1 out of 5, based on 1,742 reviews.
What people like
- Great local news coverage
- Senior subscription rates are cheap
- Easy to read on iPad
What they complain about
- Ads interrupt you constantly
- Keeps logging you out repeatedly
- App crashes and glitches often
- Articles have typos and errors
Sure
Sure
Lousy website
Keeps logging me off and won’t accept my password or send an instant login link.
Sports
Sports coverage down
Can’t log in
I purchased the first month using my computer, but I can’t login on my iPhone
not working
I have been a subscriber for years and have enjoyed using the ios mobile app. The latest update does not seem to be working correctly. It will not display images in article view. The buttons at the top of the window appear blank. The text size setting slider button appears grayed out and inoperable. Thanks for looking for a remedy to these issues.
Love the paper, hate the app
The app looks homemade. You can get around it easily enough but it doesn't represent the RT-D or the Richmond area well.
Excessive logon requirements
Having to log on to view each article from an email notice is simply not workable. Even with a stored id and password, it takes a number of clicks to do so. You need some qualified IT experts to make your app comparable to your competitors. You are losing customers because of this. Lately even signing in is not working and I have to go to the app. Most readers will not work so hard to read an article!
The
The only thing that makes sense is that you have to pay for the service
Awful app
News Content is ok but now every time I open e-edition an annoying prompt tells me to update the app for a better experience. Reinstalling the app doesn’t make it go away.
Stop the reviews please
Please
Great
Great
Too Frustrating
In the past the clunky little software required constant logins making it a pain to use but you could open the e-edition and use the blue corner mark to read a story. The latest update took this away. You can see a picture of the page and enlarge only - just pathetic. They didn’t bother updating the guide video. Help is disabled. My NYT sub and app works great. My WaPo app also works well. Richmond is just working to drive readers away. Update: now the app claims an update is available each time I open it. There is no update available but it opens this review. I guess they’d like the one star changed. Unfortunate I cannot lower it!
Great content
I do enjoy reading the Times Dispatch. It has a good mix of local and global to start my day well informed. Please keep up the great work. I do miss holding a physical paper but with our travel schedule, the electronic version has become very effective. Took a little getting used to…but not much. ENJOY!!!
Difficult app to use
The app could be better and more user friendly Very limited news value
Rtd
Lots of glitches
Dispatch
Good
Getting worse
Where is your tech dept??
Where are the news articles?
The app constantly glitches. It repeats pages and reorders the same pages constantly. The outside purchased mass produced content cannot be read the same way as the actual news articles. This is about as close to a rip-off, pretend paper as you can go. Less bought content and more real news on a working app would be nice.
Paper
Good
Love this app
I get the daily times dispatch here at the house. This app allows me to get current updates and news. I can then at my leisure read items that serve my interest in my delivered newspaper. The best of two worlds. Thanks
The app is too hard to use
The app has an annoying feature. With any tap or movement of my iPad, the display resets to the top of the page that I was reading. This includes any tap on the table my iPad is sitting on.
App Needs Work
App is terrible. The first screen should make it easy and obvious for subscribers to log in so they don’t lose the article they’re trying to read.
Sad
Sad
Love my RTD
I just moved to RVA three years ago and I’m so glad I am a subscriber. Keep up the good work!
App needs serious help
Constantly crashes, regular login issues, this app is poorly built
Mr
It is not loading on an iPhone 4S - the page seems a lot smaller - help.
Clunky
Poor functionality on my mobile devices
My. Review
This is a good App
RTD needs help
Poor app, worse website
Mediocre RTD
Sd
Buggy features are hit or miss.
I have enjoyed using this app but almost daily it asks me to sign in again to read the e-edition. I enjoyed the trinity audio feature where it could read the articles to you almost like a podcast but they had been broken for the last week.
Awesome
Awesome
Frustrating
As a paid subscriber, I should not be forced to watch a 30 second ad every time I open the app. I should be able to go straight to the newspaper without this dreadful experience.
Just ok
Just ok could use some help
App is OK but…
…you can’t read comments. If you go to a browser to read comments, pages constantly crash and give up, with error messages. Why does reading the RT-D have to be an aggravating experience? (And why doesn’t the Richmond Times-Dispatch spell its name correctly on its own Apple app page, above? There’s a hyphen, right? That seems like a bad look for a newspaper.)
Local news
I find it so important to be aware of local news and at present that means subscribing to the Richmond Times. Rates for seniors are quite affordable. Such info is not available elsewhere including Local TV News which is so superficial. They provide national, local (news and sports) and importantly opinions (which keeps politicians in their toes). It is such a great wait to start one’s day. Thomas Dayspring in Glen Allen
Awful
In typical fashion, this app is repeatedly interrupting me—this time with a message to click a button and update the app. When I do so, it takes me to the App Store (where no update is available) and asks me to write a review. Well, you got your wish. Here it is.
Hard time logging in all the time
Always asks for passwords when should be automatic
Good
Keep publishing!
Terrible slow app compared to other newspapers
I subscribe to three newspapers. RTD is the only one where it’s almost impossible to read the e-diction of the paper. I have tried over both slow and fast internet connections and both are terrible. Why does RTD also subject subscribers to ads on the app? Garnett and USA Today owned papers do not do this?
Embarrassingly amature
I’ve been a news subscriber to the RTD for more than 30 years, and reluctantly migrated to the digital version. To my surprise, I’ve come to love reading the paper on my iPad. But I find the app clunky and the digital version comes across as an after thought. -Typically the articles are riddled with typos, misplaced hyphens, and out of place content. I’ve written the editor, who essentially replied, “oh well.” They are desperately in need of a proofreader. -Every night it ask me to subscribe to the news plus version three times before it will let me read the paper. - Content is not formatted for digital viewing. For example, If it appears black and white in the paper, it will be black and white in the digital version too. If it appears on a two page spread in the paper, it will show up on two different pages in the app, no ability to view and scroll. -It lacks any ability to read or share comments. I also subscribe to the NYT online, and that’s my favorite feature. In short, this app is better than nothing. But there’s lots of room for improvement. Digital is the future. It’s time Lee invests in this app.
Richmond Times-Dispatch FAQ
- Is Richmond Times-Dispatch free?
- Yes. The app and its basic features are free, in all 1 country it sells in. Premium features are paid: they start from $29.99 (US), across 2 subscriptions.
- How much does Richmond Times-Dispatch cost per month?
- Subscriptions is $29.99 – 46.99 (US). The annual plan works out cheaper per month: $50.00 – 379.99 a year.
- Does Richmond Times-Dispatch have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- What are the best alternatives to Richmond Times-Dispatch?
- WAVY TV 10 - Norfolk, VA News (4.7 from 12,237 reviews), 13News Now - WVEC (4.8 from 9,469 reviews) and 12OnYourSide (4.5 from 6,327 reviews).
Richmond Times-Dispatch download
Last updated 12 days ago.
Richmond Times-Dispatch sells in 1 country. It was released 16 years and 1 month ago, on 2 Sept 2010. It holds a 4.1 rating from 1,742 reviews.
Supports 2 languages: English, Spanish.
How much does Richmond Times-Dispatch make?
Third-party estimates for the last 30 days, worldwide — not the store's own figures, which Apple publishes for nobody.
Revenue by plan
- Monthly 68%
- Annual 32%
Revenue by country
- United States 100%