Hawaii News Now alternatives

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 106 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. [R5] Hawaii News Now 4/5 · US Way too many google ads that difficult to get out of. Way too many!: Same as the title
2. [R13] Hawaii News Now 1/5 · US This App sucks: I guess commercials are more important than reporting the news. Especially the App on Roku as soon as you start watching they have to play a commercial. It’s very frustrating to say the least!
3. [R15] Hawaii News Now 1/5 · US Advertising Only: What the hell? It was already almost purely ads, now in June 2026 you have to watch an ad just to click on a story, after navigating through more ads!
4. [R18] Hawaii News Now 3/5 · US Terrible pop ups every time you open the app: I understand marketing but this is very excessive. Every time you open the app there’s a pop up, you click on the weather, but then you go back to the app another pop up ad.
5. [R3] Hawaii News Now 3/5 · US Very touchy app for live news: The app is very touchy on iPhone and iPad when watching live. One wrong move or touch on my device and I lose the live and have to go back. The mandatory ads that pop up first mean I miss a chunk of news. Today the audio is about 30 seconds ahead of the video. Never would I rely on their weather app since they can’t even get the news app sorted out.
6. [R4] Hawaii News Now 1/5 · US Poor app: Hawaii news now doesn’t work for iPhone 16pro and iPad since the latest iOS updates.
7. [R9] Hawaii News Now 3/5 · US Glitchy: App does not always work. Live feed does not load. I have been going to other news stations to get local news in the morning.
8. [R10] Hawaii News Now 1/5 · US Can’t open the news articles!: Can’t open the news articles. Happens alot! Yes app up to date. Yes strong wifi. Etc etc. The videos are on a whole other level…
9. [R1] Hawaii News Now 2/5 · US App got worse: The new updated app is junk.. Layout not good.. Cannot share the article no more.. Bring back the old style app
10. [R6] Hawaii News Now 3/5 · US Title font size: Font size for titles on the new update on my iPad are way small. Really hard to read. Any way to make font size larger? Thanks!
11. [R7] Hawaii News Now 1/5 · US Show the whole headline: You can only see a few words of the headline, which makes it hard to know if you want to click on the article or not. There is plenty of room to fit the entire headline.
12. [R16] Hawaii News Now 3/5 · US Used to be good: Articles are non-shareable with the new update
13. [R2] Hawaii News Now 4/5 · US Since Update …: … the app doesn’t clear the notifications. It always shows one (1) notification. Should I delete the app & reload it?
14. [R26] Hawaii News Now 3/5 · US too many notifications: My notifications are set for Breaking News only, but I keep getting all of the ridiculous ones about whatever someone decides is the top story for every hour. I don’t want anyone or need to be notified about the new robot at the library or whatever someone has decided is the top story of the half hour.
15. [R27] Hawaii News Now 2/5 · US App: This app is inaccurate especially when we receive notifications. Please work on this app so we can read in detail about the notifications sent to us . Someone in the new room spells certain words incorrectly which throws us off reading certain phrases. Mahalo
16. [R29] Hawaii News Now 1/5 · US False and misleading information, presented as factual news: Misinformation - not accurate - biased reporting - unreliable Fabricated stories - misleading headlines - propaganda - political agendas Videos don’t play, links attached to alerts do not work - lots of ads & popups
17. [R28] Hawaii News Now 3/5 · US Not great for other Islands: Hawaii News Now only seems to report Oahu incidences and weather. Rarely do they ever give us other Islands’ weather or incidences. Not worth watching/reading if you live on another Island other than Oahu
18. [R31] Hawaii News Now 1/5 · US FBI Director’s snorkeling trip as “Breaking News!”: That’s it, I’m done with deep blue HNN. They report the FBI Director’s snorkeling trip as breaking news, yet are completely silent on the fact that Hawaii has spent none of the fraud investigation funding received from the federal government as intended, and with ZERO indictments. It’s probably lining the pockets of any number of corrupt Hawaii
19. [R34] Hawaii News Now 3/5 · US LOCAL NEWS???: If you cannot put the actual local news on the app, very simple, PLS REMOVE THE LINK. People who actually cannot tune in on TV and hope can get on the app because it says LOCAL NEWS, are deceived because it’s local from some other state and not anywhere from Hawaii.
20. [R52] NewsBreak 5/5 · US It’s like the reader’s digest: Short articles and you can scroll headlines.. Love it..
21. [R59] NewsBreak 3/5 · US Informative BUT Slow reporting: Very informative however the news always appears to be days and/or hours behind.
22. [R61] NewsBreak 5/5 · US News Break: I Love ❤️their news, very informative .
23. [R63] NewsBreak 5/5 · US Exactly what I needed right now. Thank you: It’s great to read and hear the news.
24. [R66] USA TODAY 5/5 · US Great news all!: I look at the USA Today app everyday. It's great with tons of great articles to read daily!
25. [R69] USA TODAY 5/5 · US The Paper that Give’s: I’ve enjoyed USA Today for over three decades, when traveling I could count on there being a paper most every where I went. The paper set many standards, starting with the color graphics. Everything was fresh and eye catching, the weather was always important. Though all content was well thought out. The articles hit home and with writers from all parts of the country. Havin
26. [R75] USA TODAY 5/5 · US Great news source: Top source
27. [R78] USA TODAY 5/5 · US Better: My national and international go to.
28. [R79] MS NOW 2/5 · US No live shows!: I recently dropped my streaming service, so msnbc went away. I thought that would be ok, because I new this app existed. So, I downloaded it and all I can find is snippets of shows! I can’t watch a full show the day after it was live, I can watch a half hour of an hour long show the next day, but then it switches to a different show! Not even close to what I thought it would be!
29. [R80] MS NOW 5/5 · US Great App, but….: Awesome User Experience except that there is no dark mode. Can you add a toggle for dark mode in the settings. Thanks
30. [R81] MS NOW 3/5 · US MS NOW LIVE ON THERE APP ONLY: Why can’t MS NOW show there live broadcasts on there app like NBC news does instead of going thru a subscription TV NBC News have a live take every time you watch NBC News
31. [R82] MS NOW 1/5 · US FIX THE COMMERCIALS!!!: The news part of this app is just fine. The shows work, the articles work, the videos work. But god help you if you listen to the live tv app during the work day. The same freaking commercial will play like five times in a row EACH commercial break all day long. It’s driving me insane. I’m so close to ditching this app all together just because of the commercials. Fix this!
32. [R94] KHON2 News 5/5 · US KHON2: Appreciate you! Up-to-date news! Thank you.
33. [R97] KHON2 News 5/5 · US Always there for us!: We always turn to you for knowing what’s up! Thank you for the great service!
34. [R103] KHON2 News 5/5 · US Mahalo, Mahalo, Mahalo: Thank you for the awesome job you folks are doing for the people here in Hawaii.
35. [R106] KHON2 News 4/5 · US Great information: I love KHON2 and their quality presentation of what is happening both locally and nationally. The app is useful but I don’t want to input my credit card number to utilize some of the videos. I also thought I opted out of traffic push notifications but it seems that I still get them. Overall, I really like the app but no CC info from me. ❤️
36. [R12] Hawaii News Now 3/5 · US Inconsistent function.: The app is so inconsistent with the livestream feature. Usually the livestream function never works. I appreciate the interface updates, but for folks who do not have local tv access, the livestream is needed and needs to be fixed.
37. [R19] Hawaii News Now 1/5 · US Switch to another news station: Terrible. Never works. The live feed is always down and somehow, if you don’t touch the exact right spot on your phone to enlarge the screen or turn up volume, it will show commercial after commercial.
38. [R35] Hawaii News Now 1/5 · US Nothing is Shareable: The news stories are good but nothing can be shared.
39. [R50] Hawaii News Now 1/5 · US Horrible update: Latest update sucks. Can’t share news articles. Takes forever to load.