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Information is freely available these days. But false information can be costly and detrimental to unsuspecting readers. We are Malaysia's most trusted news source and this is endorsed by the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2022. We pride ourselves for only publishing news that have been verified by official sources and this is where we stand out from the crowd. We are backed by a team of award winning journalists and respected thought leaders in their respective fields. Easily access The Star's award-winning journalism with features like: - Read Offline: Download stories to read even when you're not connected - Bookmarks: Save articles and retrieve them later at your convenience - News-in-audio: Listen to the top story summaries(?) at the tap of a button - Personal navigation menu: Customise your navigation with your preferred sections - Dark mode: Switch to a darker interface that's easier on the eyes and saves on your battery consumption - Quick command: Access all the story tools from one place - Breaking news alerts: Stay up-to-date with the important headlines of the day The Star app is free to download, and all users can access Complimentary (non-locked) stories. Subscribers get unlimited access to all content and features on the app and web. Rates may vary by location. Subscriptions are offered at MYR4.90/week, MYR13.90/month and MYR 99.90/year. Subscription will be automatically renewed unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Cancel anytime by going to your Google Play account Subscription settings and tap on "Cancel subscription". Terms of Use: https://www.thestar.com.my/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://www.thestar.com.my/privacy/ We always welcome and take your valuable feedback into consideration when we shape our product. Write to us via the in-app feedback form (Profile > Feedback) or contact The Star Customer Service at 1 300 88 7827, or email [email protected].
Info
Release
May 8, 2011
Last Updates
- Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Rating
PEGI 3
Genre
News & Magazines
Reviews
Trying out free for one month. After installation, they ask for payment. Don;t pay for this. There is endless advertisement for a paid subscription. This should be a free apps if there is advertisement. If Xiaomi phone is cheap but with advertisement apps, understandable, But if you buy a high end phone like Apple, you don't expect any unsolicited advertisement. 02-11-2020 - In addition to STAR reply, I am already a paid subscriber to STAR for RM400 per year. Now asking for RM9.90 per month extra to read online. The Straits Times only ask for S$0.99 per month. Other publications overseas ask for USD1.00 per month. This reflects that STAR MY is not trying to survive but maximising corporate profits. Dollar to dollar purchasing power comparison. STAR MY should charge RM0.99 per month.
KL Leong
A few users have highlighted that the app doesn't work anymore ... keeps giving a ' can't reach server at the moment' error! Wake up, The Star app developers! Additional note: Installed the latest update, ' can't reach server at the moment' still persists. Would give ZERO stars if the option was available 😠!!! Update on 09-08-2019 Problem is finally fixed. Boggles the mind how the developers could release such a faulty app. Anyway, good that it's been fixed.
A Google user
I support local journalism and don't mind paying a little bit for the subscription. However, the app are slow to load, the news takes long time to open, and sometimes even failed to load right from the push notifications. 'The Star' splash screen stays notoriously long when launching the app. The news from the stars generally released much slower than Malaysiakini, ChinaPress (CP is free though) etc. Please upgrade your server and backend to justify your new premium subscription fees.
Steven Ho
In the past you can just read the articles with ads, then they made you sign up using your email. Annoying because the app doesn't keep you signed in over time, you have to log in manually, but whatever, fine. Next, even with log in, they require your name and mobile number to read the articles. Latest update, 80% of articles are locked unless you subscribe. Articles lacking depth, constantly having 404 errors and littered with typos do not warrant a paid subscription.
A Google user
The star very Useless apps now, are u serious? Click each link got ads. If u guys want to put so much ads at least let us can skip it instead of letting us wait. Or just make 1 ads video like 30 seconds or so and thats it. Not every single click i go and 1 ads playing each time. Feels like virus in my device.
Vincent Chew
For the past few days, I keep on facing crashing issues while using the app. My version is update to the latest patch and so does my android software. It just crashes when I try to tap on some of the articles. I never faced this issue before this. Would really appreciate if your tech guys can look into it. Thanks.
A Google user
By far the most annoying news app out there. Very laggy and slow interface, sends out notifications that we cannot customize, which gets very annoying from time to time as it just dumps a whole lot of unfiltered and random news you might not be interested in. Lastly the subscription service is the holy grail of annoyance, it doesn't allow you to view the full article unless you have subscribed with your email. I might as well read through the website, which i highly recommend.
A Google user
One star is still too high-lousy app keep on making it difficult to log in, indicating paswword problem. after changing to new password, indicated user not registered. when try registering again, indicated cannot use username and password because there's already a user using the email address.i want a refund since i paid for annual subscription !
Rozina Jasmin Elias
Recently, there have been a lot of ads popping up and there is no icon to close the ads on screen. I have to close the app and reopen again. This is unacceptable even for free apps and users of the Star app actually have to pay for subscription. This is totally unacceptable.
Patsy Lam
Going backwards in progress! Now requires you to sign on to view any article in its entirety. The Facebook sign on option doesn't work as it says it requires an email address. Then it asks you to fill up a form that requires your mobile number. Really rubbish, going backwards in progress.
A Google user
there's a bug in the app. ads are blinking
Siti Khatijah H M Shah