MacRumors App

[davide_eu]

Easier/faster access and push notifications, as well as saved articles and comments, to name a few.

You can do everything with a standard web site, even the notification!

 

[Sital]

I always find myself coming to MacRumors for Apple News everyday. I am a big Apple fan and I want to follow the news very closely. I feel MacRumors should develop an app for iOS and iPadOS, so that I can receive notifications whenever there’s a new article posted. There are other companies like 9to5Mac and AppleInsider who have their own apps. It just makes life easier for the readers, not having to open the website each time.

What do you guys think?
If many of you agree to my opinion, the MacRumors team might actually look into it. You can also send a mail to the MacRumors team.

The website doesn't even work correctly, I think an app would be an absolute nightmare.

 

[racerhomie]

Hi,

I've gone back and forth on an app. It'd be nice to have, but haven't been sure it's worth the effort and cost, not just to get developed but also maintain over time.

I think around the time we were seriously considering it, we'd also hit a bunch of hurdles with Apple blocking AppShopper and TouchArcade app updates, so it left us with a bad taste in our mouths.

Besides that, I'd also hoped Apple would extend web push notifications to mobile Safari, but they still haven't done that.

Right now, we don't have any serious plans on doing an app. I don't know if that will change.

arn

I thought Safari supported Notifications from websites on iOS and iPadOS

 

[BigBlur]

I thought Safari supported Notifications from websites on iOS and iPadOS

Safari didn't have that feature in 2020, when the post you quoted was posted. It didn't get it until 2023 in iOS/iPadOS 16.4.

The MacRumors PWA app has been updated since then to support notifications.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macrumors-pwa-web-app-with-push-notifications.2448775/