Des Moines Register

Contains adsIn-app purchases
2.3
476 reviews
50K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone 10+
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About this app

From critically acclaimed storytelling to powerful photography to engaging videos — the Des Moines Register app delivers the local news that matters most to your community.

APP FEATURES:
• Access all of our in-depth journalism, including things to do around town, sports coverage from high school to the pros, and much more.
• Enjoy a streamlined, fast-loading experience that makes it easy to view the stories, photos, and videos that matter to you.
• Get breaking news, sports scores, and weather alerts with real-time notifications tailored to your interests.
• Customize your experience by saving your favorite stories, adjusting text size, using night mode, or reading offline.
• eNewspaper: Just like our print edition but accessible on your mobile devices. And access to USA TODAY and 200+ local eNewspapers.

SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION:
• This app is free to download and all users can access a sampling of free articles every month.
• Subscriptions are charged to your Google Play account at confirmation of purchase and automatically renew each month or year, unless turned off in your Google Play account settings at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. For more details, see "Subscription Support" in the app's settings for more details and customer service contact information.

MORE INFORMATION:
• Privacy Policy: https://cm.desmoinesregister.com/privacy/
• Terms of Service: https://cm.desmoinesregister.com/terms/
• Help Center: https://help.desmoinesregister.com
Updated on
Apr 14, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, Personal info and 3 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

2.5
399 reviews
A Google user
April 26, 2020
App crashes frequently, even when not open. I can rarely get through reading one article without the app crashing, I haven't been able to read more than one per day in months. I suspect it has something to do with ads embedded in articles; crashing oven occurs when scrolling down past new ad. This appallingly poor behaviour has persisted periodically for years and gotten worse in the last few months to the point of being unusable. The Register has great reporting, but the app is total garbage.
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Karla Jenkins
March 25, 2026
This is such an easy to use application for reading the paper. I love that the actual newspaper appears for me to browse through. When I find an article I want to read I can just tap the article and it instantly appears in an easy to read format, then after I've read the article, just one more tap and I'm right back again browsing through the actual newspaper.
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A Google user
January 28, 2022
App has not worked at all on Android 6 in over a month. I submitted a bug report when it first stopped working. I have completely removed and reinstalled it. No other app on my phone has a problem. I checked other Gannett newspapers apps and it's the same, no Gannett app works on my Android 6 phone. I want to support local journalism but it's hard to justify when you can't access the product you're paying for. The app has never been a pleasant experience to use even when it did work.
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What’s new

• This update includes bug fixes and stability improvements.