Head-to-head
WSOC-TV News vs WNEP The News Station
WSOC-TV News
60
Winner
WNEP The News Station
WNEP The News Station
65
WNEP The News Station has a slight edge over WSOC-TV News due to its more consistent content and slightly better app performance, despite both apps suffering from recent negative updates.
Full reviews: WSOC-TV News · WNEP The News Station
Both WSOC-TV News and WNEP The News Station are free news apps with similar lifetime ratings, but recent updates have introduced significant usability issues for both. WNEP's issues primarily revolve around a confusing redesign and broken weather features, while WSOC-TV struggles with persistent technical glitches, outdated content, and an overwhelming number of ads.
Head to head
WSOC-TV News WSOC-TV News is praised for its informative content and reliable weather information, especially for local Charlotte news R14. However, many users complain about outdated stories, repeated news, and a lack of fresh content R3R4R10R16. Some also note that notification alerts often don't lead to the correct story .
WNEP The News Station WNEP The News Station is highly valued for its excellent local and regional reporting, including weather . Users appreciate staying updated on local happenings and weather forecasts . However, a recent update has removed or made it difficult to find features like river levels, community events, sports info, and specific weather details like daily lows .
WSOC-TV News WSOC-TV News receives mixed reviews on ease of use. Some find it user-friendly , but many recent complaints highlight significant design flaws. These include automatic video playback that won't stop R6R27R33, inability to adjust font size R1, lack of auto-rotation for iPad users R7, and a general sense of being technologically shoddy R4.
WNEP The News Station WNEP The News Station's recent update has severely impacted its usability. Users describe the new layout as an "endless scroll of nothing" with no clear organization or navigation menus . Key features like weather radar are reported to be slow, freeze, or lack essential information . The inability to view in landscape mode is also a common complaint .
WSOC-TV News WSOC-TV News is plagued by reliability issues, with users reporting glitches, freezing videos, and app crashes R13R19R29R33. Some experience double audio playback or audio continuing even after closing the app R6R27R29R33. The app also reportedly opens on its own randomly R25, and content can disappear while reading R49.
WNEP The News Station WNEP The News Station also faces significant performance problems, particularly after its update. Users report the app freezing constantly, not opening, or crashing frequently . Live TV broadcasts are not always accessible or cut in and out . The radar is slow and freezes .
WSOC-TV News WSOC-TV News users are highly frustrated by the excessive number of ads, which are often described as too long, repetitive, and intrusive R2R21R35. Ads are reported to move around, have invisible tappable areas, and sometimes appear below every article R49. Some users also complain about constant notifications that feel like spam R24.
WNEP The News Station WNEP The News Station also receives numerous complaints about ads. Users find them too long, repetitive, and causing the app to freeze . Commercials are often significantly louder than the broadcast content . Pop-up and banner ads are described as overwhelming and making navigation difficult .
WSOC-TV News WSOC-TV News users report that previously submitted comments and suggestions, such as for iPad rotation, have gone unaddressed R7. The recent updates have introduced more bugs and issues, leading to a decline in app quality R6R29R33.
WNEP The News Station WNEP The News Station's recent app update is overwhelmingly criticized for making the app worse and less functional . Users frequently request to revert to the old app . There are also reports of the app not receiving updates for a year, leading to freezing issues .
Pick WSOC-TV News if
you prioritize a news app that is generally informative for local Charlotte news and weather, and you are willing to tolerate significant technical glitches, outdated content, and frequent, intrusive ads R14.
Pick WNEP The News Station if
you are looking for excellent local and regional news reporting, especially weather, and you are hoping that the app's recent update issues will be resolved, or you prefer its content despite current usability challenges .
Evidence note: Both apps have similar lifetime ratings, but recent reviews for both are heavily skewed negative due to problematic updates. The free nature of both apps means users are more vocal about ads and technical issues.
Frequently asked
Are WSOC-TV News and WNEP The News Station free to use?
Yes, both WSOC-TV News and WNEP The News Station are free to download and use R23.
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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.
- [R3] WSOC-TV News 30 days on website: Still have some stories that have been on your web site for more than a month Sure there are other stories that could be there
- [R4] WSOC-TV News Don't Bother: This is, by far, the worst news app of the three network TV stations in Charlotte. It's technologically shoddy and unreliable, and consistently has outdated information. As for the staff, their writing, spelling and grammatical skills are embarrassingly poor more often than not. I finally gave up and deleted it from my mobile device.
- [R10] WSOC-TV News Horrible!: Do not depend on this app for your local Charlotte news! This app is constantly full of old news and outdated information and stories. It doesn’t get updated on a regular basis, and important stories can take days to make it to the app. In addition, they repeat the same story multiple times under different headings to make it look like there is a lot of news content. There isn’t. Spor
- [R14] WSOC-TV News Great News & Weather App.: I find the WSOC-TV news app to be very informative. I grew up watching WSOC News cast. Having their app is great for days when I am not able to watch their nightly news cast.
- [R1] WSOC-TV News Text size: The app doesn’t do larger font. Please fix that.
- [R6] WSOC-TV News Video: I HATE the upgrade. All of a sudden a week or so ago news videos started playing automatically and won’t stop even when you close the app. If I wanted to watch or hear the video I should be able to control it myself. It’s really annoying to open the app to catch up on headlines and a video starts blaring, especially if I’m doing this in a quiet space like a doctors office or bed while my
- [R7] WSOC-TV News Outdated?: Your app needs to be updated to allow auto rotation from portrait to landscape when used on an iPad. I have submitted this comment previously but to no avail. Please strongly consider making this improvement.
- [R13] WSOC-TV News Too many bugs: Your app is so glitchy. The videos freeze and it crashes. I was relying on it for the news when you were no longer on YouTube tv. You’ve got a long way to go! Improve your app!
- [R19] WSOC-TV News Bad connection: Checking news from around NC. 6 tv news sources. All are received fine except WSOC. Read one article and then. Dead space for several minutes unless I close app and restart. May need a network upgrade WSOC! Never happens on any other tv news.
- [R25] WSOC-TV News Time to delete: Not sure what’s going on with this app but I’m deleting it because it keeps opening on its own, randomly. I’m not sure if it’s a tactic to get the ads displayed or what but I’m over it.
- [R2] WSOC-TV News Infomercials way too long!!: Same infomercials time after time!!!
- [R21] WSOC-TV News Review: Overall, I enjoy WSOC-TV 9. I do think Britany Johnson is melodramatic, in talking to the audience like we’re all 5 years old (irritating), and do you have to keep interrupting my news every morning with Lisa Robinson trying to sell stuff to me?? Always starting out with “Hey guys; I’ve got something I know you’re gonna love; and I think it’s the best thing ever!” Well, let her buy the stu
- [R24] WSOC-TV News Thin line between news and spam: Not to be mistaken, the app serves its purpose. But the notifications are turning into pure spam! Every time I check my phone there's a new notification of zero importance to me. I get the whole "breaking here first" thing, but some of the notifications should be sought out instead of forced.
- [R35] WSOC-TV News .: To many ads. Also can only turn iPad 1 way.
- [R29] WSOC-TV News Video hangs and then plays double audio: Since the latest update, I have resorted to shutting the app down after only about 5 minutes of use. The live video abruptly stops and when it starts again, it plays double audio or even the audio from a commercial (of which now there are WAY to many). Until this is resolved, I will no longer use the app.
- [R33] WSOC-TV News It’s playing double audio since update: Audio n video errors need to be fixed immediately; I can’t watch it even just read because automatically the app opens with audio playing. If I try to pick something else the original audio n new audio plays at same time. Then at times the video doesn’t open with error showing but audio playing someone but another audio is playing as well. Very annoying and
- [R23] WSOC-TV News Too bias: Please keep it free and without ads!! Please remain neutral on reporting, no political biased views, please!! Let our Police do there job, lots of your news makes it out that they are the “criminal.”
- [R49] WSOC-TV News Unusable/ Awful intrusive ads: Content disappears while reading it. Ads move around and have invisible tappable areas that trigger the ads when you do not intend to tap on them. Horrible app development practices.
- [R27] WSOC-TV News Videos are doubled and audio plays even after app is closed: As a Charlotte native I trust WSOC-TV for my news. However, lately the app audio will start playing even when I am not in the app. I was in a meeting a work and even though my phone was on silent, the audio from a news story started playing. So embarrassing!!! This was not the first time either one night, in the middle of the night, it s
- [R16] WSOC-TV News Review of the app: Some stories remain on the app for weeks and weeks. This is a waste of my time to keep looking at this app. I look other places for my local news
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store