Des Moines Register
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3 subscriptions from $19.99
In the United States, Des Moines Register has 3 subscriptions priced $19.99 – 69.99.
| Subscription | Period | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Des Moines Register Digital Subscription | Monthly | $19.99 |
| Monthly Digital Rate | Monthly | $24.99 |
| Des Moines Register Annual Digital Subscription | Annual | $69.99 |
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| Rating / 5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| Reviews | 2.9K | 8.7K | 6.7K | 4.8K | 1.9K | 1.1K | 810 | 518 | 307 | 214 | 188 |
| Released | 2012 | 2012 | 2011 | 2020 | 2020 | 2021 | 2011 | 2009 | 2015 | 2010 | 2015 |
| Monthly price | $19.99 | — | $15.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Annual price | $69.99 | — | $99.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
The going rate for each plan in United States, in its own currency, shaded from the cheapest price on the row to the dearest.
Des Moines Register reviews
4.3 out of 5, based on 2,911 reviews.
What people like
- Professional journalists write great local stories
- Reporting feels balanced and fair
- Good investigative work on Iowa news
What they complain about
- Ads take up too much screen space
- Login issues keep you from reading
- App crashes or loses your place
- New design is confusing and hard to use
Great paper
The Register is still one of the finest papers I have ever read. I subscribe to the “e” version and find it easy to navigate and read. The reporting is very balanced, which I’m sure is difficult in a red state.
THE NUMBER OF ADS RIDICULOUS
I’m a paying subscriber and the amount of ads I have to scroll through in any story is nearly as much screen space as the news content. Incredibly infuriating and insulting.
Improved but room to get better
Transitions from page to page and article to article are much improved.
Too many ads, too many pop ups
Just started trial subscription. More time searching for news content than reading stories. Ads veiled as feature content. Videos requiring you to view 2 or 3 ads prior to the news video. Need to do better.
Won’t Load
Had this app for years as well as the weekend paper. Suddenly, the app won’t allow the data to download!!
App needs to maintain a history!
I am an employee here, so there’s your five stars. This, however, is not a five-star app. My biggest issue (aside from the only sections being news, sports and business — no education? Politics??) is that the app maintains no history. If I close out of a story I’m reading, I will need to go fishing for it later if I want to finish it (unless I saved it, but I’m not going to remember to do that if I need to attend to something quickly). And as I noted, stories are hard to find because of the app’s lacking organization. It’s maddening for the user experience.
Unimpressed
I really don’t need to see “All ISU, all the time”.
Bad idea
The old app I was superior and easy to navigate. The new app is confusing and hard to locate sections I want to read. New is not necessarily better.
Doesn’t work well for paid subscribers
Subscribers can’t get into articles even if they are paid subscribers. Very frustrating!!
New version
I do not like the new version. I liked the old because I could see more headings at a time and easily pick which I wanted to read.
Great paper
Register is a great paper!
It sucks
This clunky app sucks.
It’s a crapshoot…
This app used to be so much better. Now it randomly decides when it wants to work. Give me paper. Update: dropped from 2 to 1 star. These people have made no effort to fix their app. They should be embarrassed. ===========================/==/ Sept 25 update: bumped up from 1 to 2 stars as it has been more sable as of late.
Get rid
Hate that this “down load” window pops up EVERY TIME I simply want to read the digital print edition.
Easy to read.
Writing is right on, most of the time. you announced that there was a nw university in northern Iowa coverage person. UNI deserves to have as many stories as the other two state universities. It’s been like that since I entered the university northern Iowa as a freshman in 1968. Nearly every day you have a off-season story of Iowa and Iowa State basketball or football. It would be nice to see some stories of UNI personnel. To improve the comic section, introduce “Tumbleweeds” and bring back “Get Fuzzy” to the audience. Thank you for this opportunity.
A tired newspaper in many ways!
I have subscribed to this newspaper since the early 1980’s when it was a shining star of journalism and a champion of customer service. Over the years, high quality journalists left due to lower pay, higher demands and a lack of strong vision. Customer service is absolutely non-existant, phone calls and emails reaching out for help are completely ignored. Promises of refunds for missing deliveries never are reflected on our billing. Calls about missing and/or poor delivery service are ignored. We cancelled our subscription and heard not a word from the newspaper Iowa used to depend on. Very sad.
eNewspaper
I enjoy the paper but felt it was a better value at $10.00 per month as apposed to the new rate at $20.00 per month.
App is fine when not asking to log in again
I preferred the former ‘print’ app but it was retired. While this app works well, if I stay signed in it is frequently asking me to sign in to get to print version when I’m already signed in and can see other subscriber only features.
Iowa State lover even after U of I men’s goes farther
Deleting
This is bad
I liked it when I could see the front page of the paper when I hit the Register app and then I could scroll through the entire paper and click on what I wanted to read. Now all I get is a page saying I need to subscribe even though I am paying a monthly bill. I try to speak with someone about help and I don’t get anyone. If I don’t get a response from this I will just cancel my subscription.
Hard to enlarge and read
Unable to make the articles large enough to read on my phone. It jumps around and resets on its own. Very very frustrating!!
DM Register App
My only problem with the app is the fact that stories seem to reappear over and over again as I page through. Also every so often the app refreshes itself and I lose my place. I otherwise love reading the Register. The E-Print edition OK but harder to see on the phone screen.
We need this news source
Good investigative reporting and coverage of local and Iowa news
Useless
I am a subscriber who lives half the year overseas. I am unable to login and access content - login is not available in the European Union. The help desk has been completely useless.
Lost crosswords
I can no longer read comics or get copy of latest crossword puzzle. Two very valuable items for my interest.
Updated versions and Daily login
This app has started to require daily logins to USA Today, which is annoying. Updated versions are harder to read and harder to share articles with. It was much easier in past versions.
The Best
I start my day with the excellent work of the journalists at the Des Moines Register. Great work guys.
Every Article Needs a Subscription
Any article you want to read they make you pay for.
Captain, JAGC, US Navy
Great read!
Horrible app that replaced Print Edition app
The print Edition app was pretty good and actually worked. This one won’t even load on my iPad. I’m going to have to cancel my subscription.
Great newspaper
Robust source of information prepared by professional journalists.
Room for improvement
The least reliable news app I have ever used. Constantly does not recognize my return. Oh boy
DSM Register App
This app is the worse app I’ve ever used!
E-newspaper problem
I’m logged in. Tap e-newspaper comes up and asked do you want to customize size of reading fonts to a blank screen and does not come up. The print edition app works good why get rid of it. On the verge of canceling my subscription.
Des Moines Register price by country
A monthly subscription costs $17.60 in Canada and $22.14 in Mexico — 1.3× more for the same thing. Below is the going rate for each plan in every country that sells it — the middle price of what the app charges there, in the country's own currency with the dollar equivalent beneath it.
| Country | Monthly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | CA$24.99$17.60 | CA$93.99$66.19 |
| Indonesia | IDR 349,000$19.44 | IDR 939,000$52.31 |
| Mexico | MX$399.00$22.14 | MX$1,449.00$80.41 |
| United States | $19.99 | $69.99 |
Des Moines Register FAQ
- Is Des Moines Register free?
- Yes. The app and its basic features are free, in all 4 countries it sells in. Premium features are paid: they start from $19.99 (US), across 3 subscriptions.
- How much does Des Moines Register cost per month?
- Des Moines Register Digital Subscription is $19.99 – 24.99 (US). The annual plan works out cheaper per month: $69.99 a year.
- Does Des Moines Register have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- Where is Des Moines Register cheapest?
- A monthly subscription costs CA$24.99 (≈$17.60) in Canada and MX$399.00 (≈$22.14) in Mexico, its cheapest and dearest countries.
- What are the best alternatives to Des Moines Register?
- KCCI 8 News - Des Moines (4.5 from 8,743 reviews), Kansas City Star | Local News (4.4 from 6,689 reviews, premium from $9.99) and WQAD News 8 Quad Cities (4.8 from 4,821 reviews).
Des Moines Register download
Last updated 12 days ago.
Des Moines Register sells in 4 countries. It was released 14 years and 4 months ago, on 1 Jun 2012. It holds a 4.3 rating from 2,911 reviews.
Supports 30 languages: English, Arabic, Armenian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese.
How much does Des Moines Register 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 75%
- Annual 25%
Revenue by country
- United States 100%
- Canada 0%
- Mexico 0%