KPRC 2 Weather

What reviewers actually said

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1. [R6] 1/5 · US Annoying notifications from meteorologists: The app is great for providing alerts when weather changes in your area and gives you a quick access to the forecast. But every day you’ll get these alerts from the meteorologist. There isn’t a way to turn it off without turning off all alerts. Expect to get them as early as 7:00 am.
2. [R222] 5/5 · US Always ahead of time and accurate: This app always notifies me of weather conditions with regular updates and I always have a plan in place thanks to the timely and accurate reports.
3. [R229] 5/5 · US The best weather app: I love the breakdown by hour. We consult the weather app every day before we get out our way. Thank you so much for this comprehensive coverage, you guys are awesome.
4. [R246] 5/5 · US Hourly: Love the hourly forecast.
5. [R219] 5/5 · US Excellent App!: I LOVE this app. KPRC’s meteorologists put together regular daily updates; this adds a nice personalized touch because I watch KPRC News daily and can hear the meteorologists' voices as I read each update. More importantly, these updates contain **useful** information. The execution of this app is impressive and I’m proud of the KPRC team; this team is the cream of the crop when it
6. [R244] 5/5 · US Your Ap: It was nice to receive a written notes about the weather. It made me feel like someone knew where i was in case of dangerous conditions. But God knows -and that’s my ultimate comfort. Thank you for this information. God bless.
7. [R249] 5/5 · US Great weather app: The KPRC 2 weather app is far superior to the app included with the iPhone. The ability to easily see the weather radar, and zoom in and out on it lets me accurately predict rain for my exact location for the next hour or two. And the ability to turn on/off layers such as lightning strikes is also a great feature. I also have a few other locations across the country as favorit
8. [R12] 4/5 · US Latest Update Fixed Radar Issue: *****Update*** 7/22/25 Latest update has fixed radar issue! Thank you KPRC 2 & developers for listening to your users! ******Update 6/22/25 update released 2 weeks ago ruined Radar feature of app. It lingers thru past & stops at NOW! So you now have no way to see where storm may be heading. This makes the app useless to me as I used it multiple times a day during s
9. [R18] 1/5 · US Radar: Don’t know what they did with their update but the Weather Radar used to be great but it is useless now. It only shows about an hour or so before the current time and then stops at the current time and no longer shows storms conditions moving forward, as it used to show. Get the Doppler Radar or Houston Weather 26 apps and the Radar will show storms conditions about 1-2 hours forward, so m
10. [R23] 1/5 · US Was a great app BUT…: Why would you take the future cast track off of radar while in the National satellite? No reason for that when you still have a cast bar of past and present only. Just dumb!
11. [R24] 1/5 · US Useless after update: No future radar? It was perfect before when you could see an hour or so ahead.
12. [R4] 1/5 · US Horrible Now: Deleted! Re-uploaded after last deletion and staying away. Now way way too many ads and they take up the entire screen plus my virus protection often blocks and/or warns on these ad websites also some cause my camera to engage. Too bad - deleted forever now
13. [R13] 1/5 · US Don't waste your time!: Update: tried once more tonight during severe weather. Could not get past the repeated ads to look at the radar. Deleted it from my phone. Do not waste your time. It's a money grabber - not a lifesaver! This was a strong app when Frank Billingsley was still there. Now it's awful and full of ads to get to anything important, like the radar. Not worth the wasted time when th
14. [R33] 1/5 · US Tooo Many Ads: Delete this app now
15. [R35] 1/5 · US Waste of precious time: Way too many adds. When I open this I want weather NOW. NOT 5 ADDS LATER. Even when I’m not in a hurry you watch a bunch of adds then barely Any content before it breaks for ANOTHER ADD. Disgusted.
16. [R8] 1/5 · US Latest Update: Do not care for update….cannot type in location! Have to go to stupid map and find city on map by enlarging map….Useless and time consuming Very confusing to use and will probably delete Why did y’all ruin a good thing!!!!!!
17. [R14] 1/5 · US Complicated: I liked it before it was updated. It was easy to use. This latest version is a big mess. Can’t see the path of the hurricane because of the subtitles etc.
18. [R15] 1/5 · US What a shame.: Bring back the old app. Worked good and was easy to use and understand. I see it is now retired so I downloaded the new one and will now delete it and find something else. This is hot garbage
19. [R161] 5/5 · US Go Back: Please return to your former format. This one is too cluttered.
20. [R1] 1/5 · US Beansiesdaddy: This version of the app crashes constantly
21. [R5] 1/5 · US Won’t even open on iPhone 16 with IOS 26: The app won’t even open. I have always had problems with it crashing, but after upgrade to IOS 26, the KPRC weather app won’t even open. It gets to the welcome screen and then disappears.
22. [R34] 1/5 · US New app: App doesn’t open
23. [R40] 1/5 · US Want update on this latest app: Used to love the old app, but this new one is not user friendly and often is locking up. Forced to use Space City Weather and other apps to get local updates. If there is a chance to update or replace, maybe get some feedback on users’ opinions and frustration to help make it something useful.
24. [R2] 2/5 · US The worst forecasting: How this app has so many five stars is beyond me. Must be paid reviews because the KPRC weather guy, Anthony Yáñez, rarely gets the forecast right. As I sit here typing this, the app says 20% chance of rain all day yet it’s storming at my house. Last night, Yanez said the rain would be gone by 4 am yet here we are at 9:15 am with thunder and pouring rain. If I did my job as
25. [R10] 1/5 · US Worst: This app used to be accurate but now is not even close. When you switch between cities it often shows weather for the wrong one. I know it’s not just me because it is the same problem on my spouse’s phone. Just stick with the app that came on your phone or WeatherBug.
26. [R43] 1/5 · US Used to be great: The app used to be very accurate and give real time weather. Now it tells me when lightning is 20 mil a from me. Very disappointed. I have tried to update settings, but still not getting relevant information.
27. [R47] 1/5 · US Ever since the update…: This app has become virtually useless. The interface is awkward and clunky. In the old version everything you needed was available when it loaded. Now you have to go to the menu to find anything and there is no back button. But worst of all the forecast never matches the broadcast forecast and is not remotely close to the weather in my neighborhood. This used to be my
28. [R11] 3/5 · US Screen Orientation: App doesn’t detect my iPad’s landscape (widescreen) orientation and rotates to portrait (vertical) as soon as it opens. Displays everything sideways! Been a problem since the new version was released. Fix it!
29. [R44] 1/5 · US Doesn’t work for me since new version came out: I use my iPad in landscape mode since I have a keyboard attached to it. This app no longer works in landscape mode (it used to in old version) so I downloaded another local Houston news channel weather app that works in landscape mode.
30. [R45] 4/5 · US Please add landscape mode for iPad: When the app opens, it shows briefly in landscape mode and immediately converts to portrait mode. iPad is set up to change mode as I turn iPad different directions and works on all other apps, but not this one
31. [R65] 1/5 · US New app.: What have you done? I get that Frank has retired (good for him) but why did you have to mangle the old app. I only update on my iPad and have to rotate it depending on which page I’m browsing. I’d give the new version zero stars - it is horrible. Please revert to the older version which was perfect, claiming 50k mostly positive ratings for this aberration is misleading at best.
32. [R17] 1/5 · US Why?: You took a great app and destroyed it. Used to be my go to hurricane tracker, now it is unusable. Filled with ads and watered down by combining countless other weather nonsense. If you’re looking for a good hurricane tracker, like this used to be, go somewhere else. This is no longer it. Very disappointed. You lost a longtime user and advocate. Don’t trust the 4.8 rating, that was the old ve
33. [R46] 1/5 · US Updated app 2024: KPRC updated their storm tracker app mid-2024. The old app was my family’s go-to for weather. Our alternate app for weather in SE Texas was Fox 26 Weather. Our main app was KPRC 2 Storm Tracker. Since the KPRC update, we have not used the app because of the insane popup ads, the confusing navigation, and the apparent absence of some tried and true features, such as future forecas
34. [R52] 2/5 · US Horrible since the update: The new version is much less useful and now requires another app to track hurricanes. I know it can be hard to get used to changes, and I’ve given the new version several weeks to get accustomed to, but it’s simply not as useful as the previous version. Now it seems focused on advertisers instead of the public.
35. [R58] 1/5 · US Awful upgrade: I’ve used this app (over TWC and others) for years, but this “upgrade” removed the satellite view which was the best part. You could literally pinpoint your house for when you are having work done. I’ve waited for months to see if they’d put it back, but they have not. The only reason for 1 star is to see the temperature, but we’re in Texas- we know it’s hot. And my watch tells me t
36. [R3] 3/5 · US Widget stopped working: I added a widget to my iPad Home Screen for this app some time ago so I can see the hourly weather at all times. I quit working yesterday and the widget now only says I must agree to the Terms and Conditions before I can use the widget. I couldn’t figure how to actually agree so I deleted the app and reinstalled it. I immediately saw the terms and conditions and clicked on
37. [R30] 1/5 · US Latest Update to App: This new update is terrible. The future track aspect of the radar is gone. It’s only past to present. Also, the update said it would more accurately pick up the location of where I am. I’ve opened the app several times and it never got my location correct. My other apps have no problem with my location so I know it’s this app specifically.
38. [R39] 2/5 · US Not good: Your new weather tracker is not as good as the old one… finding information about any other place is cumbersome
39. [R67] 1/5 · US This used to be a great app . . . But: Besides not being able rotate to landscape mode, did you know that you can’t look up the weather for Paris, France! (Try it!) All the good reviews are for the old version. The new version should be labeled 2.0b as it is not useful any longer. I have had to switch to Apple Weather. Sorry to see this happen.
40. [R19] 5/5 · US Bad Radar: Latest update has horrible radar.
41. [R31] 1/5 · US Hate This: I Hate This App Every year we change which app we need for hurricane season and this by far is the worst version. Hideous layout, inconvenient, and not at all thoughtfully planned.
42. [R25] 1/5 · US Was good until the radar change.: Best thing about this app WAS the future cast loop. Well they have done and took that little feature away. Bad on you news 2 Houston. So Why change/ touch something that is not broken? Please give us the future radar back. Disappointed viewer….
43. [R9] 1/5 · US Hurricanes: Terrible place to get real time info. Old app was much better and user friendly. Looking for a new app for hurricanes so I can stay better informed
44. [R21] 1/5 · US Won’t help when you need it most: Terribly complicated and confusing. Not easy to use during critical times like when a hurricane is on its way to Houston. On a clear bright sunny day you’ll have time to figure out how to use the app. But when it’s seriously scary weather, just don’t bother with this app. Find an app that can give you the quickest and most accurate weather info in an easy to use a
45. [R50] 1/5 · US Horrible: This use to be my favorite weather app before it changed. Now it is horrible. So is the hurricane tracking app Channel2 has. I use to recommend this to everyone now I’m using another app. Please go back the way it was!! I would give zero stars if possible.