Houston TranStar vs ABC13 Houston News & Weather

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 93 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] Houston TranStar 5/5 · US Vital: On my way to work with a coffee and senior citizen. I can’t afford to get stick in traffic.
2. [R10] Houston TranStar 1/5 · US Road closed: 7/22/2024 Beltway 8 southbound "ROAD CLOSED"! The news reported correctly, but not TranStar! They show green with NO report of "all southbound lanes closed". Closed for months. TranStar is a joke!
3. [R11] Houston TranStar 5/5 · US Great: Definitely a must have if you travel regularly in Houston. From traffic accidents to floods and freezes, it keeps you informed of what’s going on out on the roads.
4. [R14] Houston TranStar 5/5 · US Boop the snoot: If you’re looking for traffic cameras this is your stop
5. [R4] Houston TranStar 1/5 · US The previous was much better.: This app doesn’t have the rain map, I don’t like this at all.
6. [R6] Houston TranStar 3/5 · US Embedded Weather: Embedded weather forecast hasn’t updated from mid-Jan, though I’ve used apps many times since. Update icon doesn’t bring up any more recent info.
7. [R38] ABC13 Houston News & Weather 4/5 · US Best app. for local and national news: This is my number 1 app to keep abreast of the most updated news and events locally, Statewide and Nationally. It’s easy to manage and maneuver
8. [R41] ABC13 Houston News & Weather 5/5 · US The best app ever!!!: I check my phone before i turn on my TV,when news breaks I’m the first to inform my coworkers. Thanks 👁 witness news
9. [R3] Houston TranStar 3/5 · US Bring the old version back!: I’ve deleted and re-installed the new version and it is not anywhere near as good as the older version
10. [R7] Houston TranStar 1/5 · US Latest update is unusable: Latest update has made app unusable. It immediately requests two permissions but the graphics are so jacked up I can only click on one. I have also noticed the previous version no longer had information for most of the roads I use.
11. [R9] Houston TranStar 3/5 · US Portrait to Landscape: This app is as detailed as you want to make it w/one exception. It doesn’t change from portrait to landscape when you change the angle of your phone. That is a problem. Please correct this feature
12. [R13] Houston TranStar 1/5 · US No connection: This app says it can’t establish a connection anthem tells me to check my (fully wi-do and also cell data) connection. Closing and reopening the app did not fix the problem. Truly useless.
13. [R12] Houston TranStar 3/5 · US Trans star stuck on radar, not loading info on the phone: Can sent
14. [R23] Houston TranStar 1/5 · US Doesn’t work: When you need it the most. Roads flooding and app can’t connect.
15. [R24] Houston TranStar 2/5 · US Lost connection alert: Application keeps sending continuous alert about application not being able to connect to Trastar.
16. [R18] Houston TranStar 1/5 · US Never tells you anything: The only notification you’ll get, is high water. So you’re basically screwed when an accident, stall, or roadwork happens
17. [R35] ABC13 Houston News & Weather 4/5 · US Opening app: Every time I get a notification about an updated story I click on it that seems very interesting and it does not go to that story. Very disappointing.
18. [R36] ABC13 Houston News & Weather 3/5 · US Notifications are not linked: It is so frustrating when a notification shows up on my phone, hit the link, but it only opens your app. The notification should take you to the article mentioned in the notification. Then I search and search and can never find the article. Waste of my time trying to use your app.
19. [R15] Houston TranStar 3/5 · US An absolute MUST HAVE if you drive in Houston!: This is a reliable way to get an overview of traffic delays all over Houston. They post incidents almost immediately after they happen (not always the case with other navigation apps), and they inform you which lanes are affected. App makes it easy to check the incident & construction maps before you leave for your destination so you can quickly plan
20. [R16] Houston TranStar 1/5 · US Date and time not updated: It’s not in real time because it’s still showing me information for January
21. [R26] Houston TranStar 1/5 · US No road closures posted for 290!: 290 Northwest Freeway East bound road closure due to construction Sat June 1st. Why is this not posted on the app???? I’ve been sitting in traffic for way too long. If this app served its purpose I would have jumped on 99. What’s the point of using this, very unreliable.
22. [R49] ABC13 Houston News & Weather 1/5 · US Sports section. Not very good. I wish they would have Bob Allen Tim Melton: Can you cover more sports beside Houston teams in a few minutes of sports back in old days by Tim Melton. Bob Allen. Cover a lot of sports. What went on all day in a few minutes.
23. [R42] ABC13 Houston News & Weather 3/5 · US AP doesn’t seem to keep up with notifications: I get notifications from ABC13 on a regular basis. 99% of the time, when I click on the notification and the APP opens, there is nothing there about what the notification was about…
24. [R48] ABC13 Houston News & Weather 3/5 · US Notifications - improve the target they open: It’s not a good user experience when very specific notifications to the phone screen only open the app when clicked. The expectation for notifications is that they open a target page directly related to the notification so the user doesn’t have to hunt around in the app for the information that brought them to it. Otherwise, app is great!