inkl: News without paywalls

I boycotted the news since 2020, but am kind of enjoying this app, best I’ve come across so far

It’s far too expensive.

I’m delighted with this app. I really don’t mind paying for news if the product is so polished. I’m done with visiting about 10 different bookmarked news sites in Safari each day, having to block ads and deal with annoying agreements endlessly. This is a clean, calm experience with top-notch sources. 5 stars from me - I’d recommend for sure. Just posted what the doctor ordered 🙂

I am currently using this application on my smartphone and ipad and is going quite well.Enjoying the comprehensive range of coverage

The advertised outlets on inkl still have paywalls for articles and are not accessible. Despite repeated attempts, they have ignored my requests to cancel and refund suscription.

A service clearly built with passion and care for the user, the news is filtered and refined from many sources.

A good variety of articles and a good set-up.

First of all the news is great. Good enough that I wanted to subscribe. So I paid. And nothing. I sent a message through the app to ask that my subscription be activated. Nothing. Another message through the app. Nothing. Another and another. Nothing, nothing. I sent a message from my personal email address. Nothing again. Another, asking for a refund. Nothing. A terrible service. It took my money and gave me nothing. EDIT: Sent email to developer, and still no response, no refund, nothing, days later. I was also charged for a second month of a subscription I’ve been trying to cancel for weeks. I’ve also sent more messages through the app and from my personal email address. This is absolutely appalling service.

The more I use Inkl the more I discover. The sources are wide-ranging and many are major newspapers and journals. There are numerous options for personalising content through sources, categories and topics. You can stick to the extensive tabbed sections (National, World, Leisure etc) or explore the amazing Explore section where you can access a daily bulletin, specific sources, people in the news, and more.

Delighted to have access to global mastheads, from both the right (like The Telegraph) and lefty specialist journals (like Politico). But the only Australian newssites it opens up are from the left-of-left, like Crikey. The Guardian and the ABC I access for free already. No sign of centrist media like The Age, or centre right like The Australian.