WIVB News 4

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. [R18] 5/5 · US Best news app: I love these app cause I’m informed all the time with the latest events
2. [R58] 5/5 · US Helpful: Like channel 4 because they put my area on which is Dunkirk, Fredonia, Silver Creek and Westfield areas
3. [R69] 5/5 · US 716/315: I’ve relocated to Syracuse, so I like my ch4 updates. That was always my news source.
4. [R94] 5/5 · US The BEST news in Buffalo/Western New York: Keep on doing the best job..For the local people!
5. [R10] 3/5 · US News 4: I love this this is the best app to look at the weather
6. [R32] 5/5 · US News 4: News 4 is the only channel that we watch. Your news is the best and being a sailor like Todd Santos, I really like his weather forecasts!! Thanks👍🏻⛵️No Destination! “Nowhere to go and all day to get there”
7. [R46] 5/5 · US Great Team: We love WIVB! All of it! The weather forecasters are spot on and are passionate about getting it right! The anchors present news not opinions. The sportscasters show a live for their work and teams! WIVB is a team in action not just words! 5+ Stars
8. [R51] 2/5 · US News 4 Mobile App: I enjoy the weather updates on the app. They always seem the most accurate. The news stories are limited. I feel there could be more news content.
9. [R14] 5/5 · US The Best!: Don Paul rocks!!
10. [R26] 5/5 · US New 4 Fan: I Love Channel Four News Crew Been a Fan for over 30 yrs
11. [R39] 5/5 · US #1 news station: Kelsey Anderson you always make me smile , Channel 4 is blessed to have a positive and being from Erie county you know a lot more then the others from other states. I’m not saying nothing bad about them . But to me your my favorite...Thank you
12. [R2] 1/5 · US Too Many Ads: Had to uninstall, waaaayyyy too many ads. Pop-up ad when I open the app, timed ad before any video I watch, ads on top and bottom on every page.
13. [R11] 1/5 · US The same ads … before and after every story.: It is so annoying! Uninstalled.
14. [R12] 1/5 · US Bloated with adverts....: 5 minutes of commercials for every 2 minutes of news. This app is overwhelmed by various banners and averts that make watching the news almost impossible and slow on my iPad. Very biased news stories that promote many businesses and government but little real news. Also for every segment I have to unmute the sound until the next segment when I have to unmute it again and
15. [R25] 1/5 · US Random ads app, no longer a news app: New September 2017 update to your WIVB News4 app is horrible. The live stream of news is constantly interrupted by ads. For every 30 seconds of news I'm getting another ad so I never here the full news story, rendering the app useless. Ads are OK in the commercial breaks and only for the duration of the commercial breaks. This needs to be fixed yesterday! Oct
16. [R6] 1/5 · US Constantly crashing: App will not work more then 5 times without crashing once open. Horrible update. Are we going to get a working app anytime soon? Have uninstalled and re-installed twice. Still does it after 4-5 times opening it. Please fix!
17. [R29] 1/5 · US Need an update ASAP: This app has been constantly crashing for the past few weeks. I think an update is needed
18. [R31] 1/5 · US Awful news app: Crashes doing nothing. No content, Half articles telling you nothing. Advertising set to look like news articles mixed in with news articles. Complete garbage. An embarrassment to humankind.
19. [R45] 1/5 · US App does not work: Too many issues with this app...it freezes...doesn’t give you the selected news etc...I deleted the app in hopes that the problems would be resolved....it still is malfunctioning...poor app
20. [R15] 1/5 · US Not up to date: The stories on this site are generally outdated especially on the weekends. I won’t watch any of the Buffalo stations because it’s frustrating to wait an hour to hear a weather forecast. Tease after tease after tease. I don’t care about the wind direction and I can see the temperatures across the region. I don’t need Mike to read them to me.
21. [R19] 2/5 · US Don’t like: I don’t like this app due to graphics and information not compatible with phones. As well, the news isn’t really news. It’s a lot of articles complaint about this or that. It makes it seems like Buffalo residents complain about a lot. And the so called “news” isn’t up to date when you need it.
22. [R20] 3/5 · US Old news: Almost all the news on this is over 24 hours old You are better off looking elsewhere
23. [R38] 1/5 · US Outdated news: The news on the home page is never updated timely. I may as well read the paper. Other local apps have up to date news a lot quicker. Come on your better than this
24. [R5] 3/5 · US Notifications: The app functions well. I do miss the ability to watch live from my phone in real time in the mornings. More customization of notifications would be appreciated. I’d like to receive Breaking news & Local news notifications without Sports. My Sports notifications are disabled, but some must be sent anyway when other notification groups are enabled.
25. [R27] 4/5 · US Finding info: When I get notifications on my phone, I can’t get the info on the website. If the news is going to be aired shortly, it won’t be written out. Sometimes I can’t watch and just want to read it. If you send notifications, have the story online.
26. [R44] 2/5 · US Too many notifications: In the past 24hrs I have received over 40 notifications for pointless stories even AFTER opting out of these types of notices. Ridiculous.
27. [R66] 2/5 · US Notifications?: Why does this app send me notifications, when i swipe them i never get to the breaking story? With so many having smartphones, this app needs to do better! Sorry, not happy!
28. [R7] 1/5 · US Live: This app is horrible for watching the news live all I get is “we will be right back” I rather watch a commercial than dead air . then I would know it’s not buffering or loading.
29. [R104] 4/5 · US Channel 4: It would be nice to show the news videos. Frustrating. At least after the news cast has been aired. Thank you. Tom M. Sr.
30. [R106] 5/5 · US No video: For about a month I had no video just commercials, now I have to load video twice just to watch.
31. [R3] 1/5 · US Sound: I love the app but I hate that is automatically silences anything playing on my phone when it’s opened. If I am not trying to watch something why does it take over my audio.
32. [R63] 5/5 · US Don’t get it: What’s the point of giving someone the option to “disable” auto play on the video when it doesn’t work. Mine is disabled yet every time I click a story, BAM! People start talking and the video is playing. Fix it! Even after all these updates my app still plays the video! If this isn’t going to get fixed I will be uninstalling the app. Sorry not sorry 😐
33. [R28] 3/5 · US Looking: Half the time I can’t find what I’m looking for since you changed it a while ago
34. [R30] 2/5 · US Hard to find things on your app: Hard to find articles after receiving a notice & going back to re-read it. Also why can’t we view a story after its featured on TV on the news?
35. [R64] 1/5 · US Frustrated: I just get tired of tapping on a story not to have the app take you right to the story. Sometimes I even have trouble finding it
36. [R71] 3/5 · US Get posts: Swipe? Gotta watch to get the story. The other guys at least let me read more.
37. [R1] 1/5 · US Terrible channel and app: Spineless corporate garbage
38. [R21] 1/5 · US Just like the rest: Ur not covering our President, the fraud and evidence of election fraud, the Epstein stuff, Ukraine and the rest. And then the fear factor of this COVID. Just following ur orders
39. [R34] 2/5 · US Sensationalism: Why, when people are already scared to death with concerns over the COVID- 19, would you run a story like the “bubonic plague diagnosed in China” if it wasn’t just to boost your ratings. National Enquirer was known for that....The media today is nothing more than for entertainment good and bad. The days of unbiased news reporting are gone. The media as a whole should be ashamed of
40. [R49] 1/5 · US Too liberal: Very often uses bias overtones to portray news Does not offer information neutrality Tends to omit certain parts of story to affect narrative which isn’t lying but is manipulation by omission
41. [R4] 1/5 · US Update broke it: Since updating, the app flickers when opened then I get a black screen.
42. [R42] 1/5 · US Radar issues: Radar constantly says error. Page can’t load
43. [R81] 4/5 · US Radar: Radar on the weather is really terrible
44. [R9] 2/5 · US You required an update?: The internet was down for 5 days because of the worst blizzard in Buffalo history. Cell service was all we had as a source of news. THAT’S when you decided to require an update before I could openthe app? Made it useless until internet came back.
45. [R60] 1/5 · US Update? Seriously?: Every time I go on either the Ch 4 or Ch 4 weather app, I’m instructed to update, then redirected to the app in the App Store. Wake up, I’ve done this 20 or30 or maybe50 Times. NO UPDATE WAS THERE. I still don’t get full stories, , - Later in the week: Update? What update? I can’t update because I am updated. I am updated to the app itself matching what is the top update. Hell
46. [R8] 1/5 · US What happened: I’ve been a channel 4 news fan since the eighties . I’ve decided to cut you off. You don’t report news anymore. What about the tornado in Tennessee? You glorify the Bills and make them a #1 news story . I don’t find that great news . Borrrrrrrrrrrrinnnnggggg!!’ I’ll stick to the internet for my news. No world news at all not even in the states?
47. [R17] 1/5 · US Stop the pop ups: Asking to send notifications all the time is annoying. I’m going to delete if it keeps up.
48. [R22] 1/5 · US Spam Emails: This app will spam email you not matter notifications you choose in their settings. If you choose to “deliver notification silently” in the iPhone settings, WIVB will not longer send you notifications. They force you to accept the spam emails.
49. [R35] 1/5 · US annoying notifications etc...: i get an insane amount of notifications even though i only have local forecast turned on for them. The ad that i have to swipe up on every time is the reason i deleted its very annoying when theres other ad space already there. The template they used for the entire app looks as if it was made by a toddler on a leapfrog system. Good station awful app.
50. [R52] 1/5 · US Full screen: Can't make full screen picture anymore and always have to hit the sound button when opening the live tv section
51. [R37] 2/5 · US Harder to read than other news apps: I watch news from Buffalo and Rochester regularly, as well as Dallas. This app has the smallest print and is not as user friendly as the rest of the news apps
52. [R47] 2/5 · US Review: You changed your format a while back. I don’t like it.