KIRO 7 News

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R7] 5/5 · US Stay informed: I like that KIRO I on top of what is happening and lets us know right away!
2. [R13] 5/5 · US Love The Notifications!!!: I love getting a quick notification on local and national news. I think kiro7 is the best compared to the other 3 local stations, I tend to watch on tv and read on the app more than the other stations
3. [R84] 5/5 · US Important updates: Get a synopsis of all things new
4. [R180] 5/5 · US Appreciate knowing the news at home while away: I am a snowbird in the winter. My family and friends are there with you during this crisis . I am grateful that I can watch live news feeds as well as getting news alerts sent to my devices. Thank you so much for all you do and helping me and others to stay in the loop with the news in Western Washington.
5. [R140] 5/5 · US Bravo KIRO: Local mainstay always doing great reporting. There isn’t a single local news channel that has a ‘great’ app (no offense) but yours is by far the best. King5’s in 90% ads.
6. [R166] 4/5 · US Good News Station: As an out of stater trying to keep up on the insanity of what is going on in Seattle, I rely on KIRO to provide the on the ground reporting I need, devoid of CNN and Fox News spin. And your mayor is beyond insane...
7. [R184] 5/5 · US COVID-19: Thank you for covering the Pierce County Public Heath Department news conference. It was well covered & professionally presented by the PIerce County Health Department panel. Thanks for covering South Sound so well. Kudos to ALL involved... I appreciate in your regular coverage as well & that you are reporting facts. I think it is important that we don’t react with fear ...especially
8. [R30] 5/5 · US Weather: Like to see Nick at night. LOL Morgan’s a little stiff.
9. [R111] 3/5 · US Good job guys: Love nicks weather, and the news in the morning
10. [R187] 5/5 · US Allard and Millman: Nick Allard and Michelle Millman are the reason I watch. If they ever leave. I’m out. The banter and warmth they bring to traditional news programs are why I even watch the weather and news.
11. [R3] 2/5 · US Dual videos: 30 sec long repeating ads between news clips that are almost always less long than that - no thanks.
12. [R5] 2/5 · US Too many repetitive ads: It hard to access the news from media hype, such as foods that cause dementia or how to stop ringing in the ears. I’d rather get just news. Offer a section for all the sponsored stuff and keep it out of the news section.
13. [R10] 1/5 · US Unusable: Only thing that plays in videos is ads, news stories play for few seconds then another ad. Tried repeatedly and always the same
14. [R23] 1/5 · US Too many ads: I get it that ads pay the bills but some feedback is ads are too long and too frequent
15. [R6] 1/5 · US The worst. Your app sends my phone teasers for stories to see- then they are not to be found-ever.: Your app is the worst. Example: my phone gives me a headline of a story on your app, I click on it to see the story and then I DON’T. It doesn’t go to the story , it goes to an ad on the app then the story I’m wanting to read or watch is nowhere to be found. THE WORST!
16. [R9] 1/5 · US Ads ads ads: A virtually useless app, it’s gives you news alerts, but if you click on them to learn more, it just takes you to a “live feed” of whatever they happen to be broadcasting at the time, not the actual story. Though before you can see anything, here’s an ad first! Very dystopian especially if you click on a story about a tragedy then there’s some happy go lucky ad with people smiling and
17. [R26] 2/5 · US I’m about to give up on this app.: This is one of the few news apps that I actively allow notifications from. But I’m getting really irritated to get a notification about a news story that I really want to know more about only to be sent to a live feed or an ad, but has NOTHING to do with the notification. How about an actual written article under the vid at least. This is stupid. Fix this or you
18. [R29] 3/5 · US Notifications that go nowhere: It is frustrating to me to get a notification that I am interested in reading that I can’t find in the app once I have tapped on it. Please fix this because I will no longer take your notifications seriously.
19. [R2] 1/5 · US Doesn’t work: Try to open on iPhone and says unable to open app. Deleted and downloaded. Same issue. Tried to contact KIRO app help but takes you to their News website.
20. [R16] 1/5 · US Glitches: Not stable, my ipad slowly grinds to a halt and locks up while using the app. I have to keep rebooting to finish reading articles. I suspect it’s all the click bait scam adds running in the background. I’m deleting this from my devices
21. [R19] 1/5 · US App won’t open: Updated the app. It just keeps saying app won’t open retry check your signal. It’s got a full signal three bars. The KIRO 7 weather app opens, but not the news app. Very frustrated.‼️‼️‼️🤬
22. [R34] 1/5 · US Junk: Half the time it doesn’t refresh the news for a full day. And for the past 3 days I get an error message that the app won’t load and to check my network connection. My network connection is working just fine as every other app and the internet are loading perfectly. Crappy newsroom of brain dead happy smiling people who I are clueless to the world. Deleting this piece of junk and moving to K
23. [R12] 5/5 · US Not great for I-Pad users: Up until about 8 months ago the screen would orient itself to the longer axis of my screen. Now it comes in sideways. Very annoying especially when it worked previously. Still same problem with I-Pad orientation 6 months later. KIRO is my favorite tv and radio news. Sorry that I can’t access it on my I-PAD.
24. [R18] 2/5 · US Not user friendly: App does not work in landscape mode on iPad. Also the headline sometimes disappears and then can not be found easily. The advertisement placement is horrid.
25. [R41] 1/5 · US iPad display: Doesn’t display on iPad in landscape mode
26. [R49] 3/5 · US Great news alerts, unable to search: I love how the app alerts new news but once in the app there is no search function. When there is an error pulling up a story from my notifications I can’t search for it and the notification is gone. Disappointing you can’t search for a news article in this app. It’s like they’re in control of what you see.
27. [R54] 3/5 · US Videos are annoying: First, I resent having videos begin playing unprompted and having to scramble to figure out how to make them go away. I use the app to READ news, not watch/listen. It’s annoying when I’m a room with other family members or when people are trying to sleep. Second, could you please add a swipe left to exit the article? I shouldn’t need to X out every time. Third, the app shou
28. [R55] 3/5 · US Too many videos: Less videos and more reading articles.
29. [R61] 1/5 · US Great for Local News, Horrible App: Whoever thought it was a good idea to randomly start blaring videos while using this app needs to be fired. The app is essentially unusable in many settings unless you make sure your speaker volume is off. I’m not sure why it’s so hard to make a good local news app, but I suppose their budget is stretched thin. It’s not just KIRO.
30. [R91] 3/5 · US Videos: I don’t like all the commercials when it is a video. I only like when I can read the story. As soon as a video shows up, I turn your app off.
31. [R1] 3/5 · US Too many errors in the stories: There are too many errors in the news reports online. Somehow have words that are left out and some are misspelled words. Also, when you click on the link you receive on the phone via text a lot of times the links do not go to the stories.
32. [R14] 3/5 · US Spell check: It’s pretty simple.
33. [R15] 4/5 · US Optimism reports: I find that KIRO does not fully report the darker side of Seattle’s problems. Is this an intentional act? I am interpreting it as an endorsement of the radical left that has a tight grip on our society. Example: Mt Rainier trails are now closed due to fire danger, one headline read. Yet on KOMO they report it as unhealthy air from the fires.. but no one mentions that our states f
34. [R24] 3/5 · US Increased Bias & App Issues: KIRO 7 has been my go-to news source for over a decade. Apparently this is unusual, but I want news to be factually and contextually accurate and without bias. I don’t want my source for news to tell me what to think. While KIRO isn’t as extreme as a few others, it has clearly increased the abundance of politically biased content being passed as news. We don’t need mor
35. [R8] 2/5 · US Too many glitches: The amount of glitches when trying to watch live is so unhelpful. The ads will play during crucial times of reports and then a commercial break will happen right after. I have heard no news coverage. Then I’ll hear both the reports and the commercial and the ad all at the same time. The glitches make the app so unhelpful.
36. [R20] 2/5 · US Steams Barely Work: This app which is tied to their web site stream is terrible. Low quality streams and packed with inserted web ads, most of which are scams… Better to just watch their broadcast from the Paramount+ app instead which is higher quality.
37. [R22] 1/5 · US Watch ad for watching another ad: This app is to broadcast the live TV news. The news has already included a number of local advertisements. I order to watch the news and the advertisements come with the program, I have to watch another advertisement from the app. I am required to watch advertisements for the normal advertisement. Plus, the app disconnects a lot. Horrible app.
38. [R36] 1/5 · US Two reports at once: I like the news, but that top section can be going when I am trying to listen to ‘ the bottom section. And it can keep going when you close the app. You have to actually close the iPad to get it to shut up. That’s frustrating.
39. [R25] 2/5 · US Not amazing: Loads slowly. Glitchy. Ads too long.
40. [R50] 3/5 · US Correct your app: The previous app turn phone to view was way more user-friendly. The pull down to watch is like a one point in the minus. I hope you fix it and make it more user-friendly
41. [R4] 1/5 · US Fix the app and the reporter that put news on it or disconnect the app completely!: KIRO s reporter too lazy to go out find news news so they put same story double or even triple time to fill in those aren't reporters the should be unemployed workers?
42. [R62] 1/5 · US Can’t read the news in landscape mode anymore: I use an iPad. Please fix this. Well, if you’re not going to allow landscape mode, I guess I’ll just delete your app! BYE!!!!!!
43. [R77] 3/5 · US Latest version will not auto rotate from landscape to portrait like earlier versions.: Your current app requires the user to constantly rotate their device, rather than having your app written in a way that would auto do it. Your older versions dead, and most other news outlets still do. This will mean for me, I will use you as a last resort.
44. [R59] 1/5 · US Used to be great… Used to.: Used to be great, but then auto scrolling issues and now with the latest update, when I click on a notification it opens it up for a split second and then goes to the home page of the app. Then the story I had clicked to open is NOWHERE to be found in the app. It happens EVERY time. Deleted the app and reinstalled but it didn’t help at all. Now completely useless.