PGe Original was a news & magazines app developed by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. It was removed from Google Play Jul 29, 2023 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
PGe Original had been downloaded 22 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
PGe Original was rated 2.65 out of 5 stars, based on 260 ratings.
App Information
PGe Original was free to download. The APK download size was 8.94 MB. The last available version was 3.4.1. The last update was on May 11, 2023.
Technical Requirements
PGe Original required Android 5.0+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play March 2015.
Description
Read the daily newspaper from your tablet. PGe is the exact replica edition of the printed Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper. Being informed has never been easier.
A subscription is required to access the daily editions in this app. Activate or purchase a digital subscription through the Post-Gazette site. Subscribers may log-in using the same credentials used to access the Post-Gazette site and apps.
Features: - Navigate to each section from the main menu. - 24 hour access. - New editions are available 7 days a week by 4 a.m. - Ads, inserts, coupons and Sunday comics are not included in PGe.
Recent changes: Hi Team, We are sun setting this old app. We already have an updated app for our users. In the Updated App, we have a lot more features added, so we are working towards sun setting the old app now , please consider this as a major request to our users.
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★★★★★
When the app works its good but when it doesn't, it's a pain in the butt, and it's a pain more often than it should.
★★★★★
The best app for reading the Pittsburgh Post Gazette in traditional newspaper format. Pros: see one page at a time in portrait, zoom by reverse pinch, tap to have the article full screen, jump to new section. Cons: video links aren't working, when downloading a new edition asks if you want to read every other edition you already have so kept the old ones deleted
★★★★★
The news comes to my phone. Easy to read & print out if I want to print it.
★★☆☆☆
The app has the annoying habit of telling me several previous issues (about a month's worth) are still downloading, and I have to click 'OK' for all of them to get to today's edition. Often cuts off columns in the print edition rendering, I have to open the PDF link to read. Occasionally there is a glitch and the download never completes, forcing a close and restart. Generally has to be closed and restarted to get the latest edition to apear in the download list. Works OK as a reader though.
★★☆☆☆
Oftentimes new editions just won't download. Crashes often. Works fine on my laptop but horribly on my tablet.
★★☆☆☆
Too frequent requests to sign in. Sept 29 the paper would not finish downloading eve after uninstalling the app, restarting the tablet and reinstalling the pGe app. How am to read the news 4 days a week? Sad Update on Nov 9, 2019 It has improved with some quirks downloading and opening the day you want to read, but you will get there. Also, some articles are missing the bottom line especially when the article is continued on another page. Oct 19, 2020 update. Again it is stuck on downloading.
Technologies used by PGe Original
PGe Original is requesting 11 permissions and is using 36 libraries.
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Each subscription will automatically renew 3 days before the expiration date for
the same time period. Subscriptions can be cancelled at any time before the renewal.
