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WSOC-TV News vs WHIO News

WSOC-TV News 4.7★ · Free to download 65
Winner WSOC-TV News
WHIO News 4.6★ · Free to download 60

WSOC-TV News and WHIO News both struggle with similar issues, but WSOC-TV News has a slight edge due to its higher lifetime rating and more frequent positive comments about its core news and weather coverage, despite significant app functionality problems.

Full reviews: WSOC-TV News · WHIO News

Both WSOC-TV News and WHIO News are free local news apps that receive mixed reviews, primarily due to technical glitches, excessive ads, and outdated content. While WSOC-TV News has a slightly better lifetime rating, both apps face user frustration over auto-playing videos, navigation issues, and repetitive stories.

Head to head

Features tieR1R7R8R14
WSOC-TV News WSOC-TV News users appreciate the app for reliable news and weather updates, with some specifically liking the 'snow days' feature R8R14. However, users frequently complain about the inability to adjust text size, lack of landscape mode on iPads, and difficulty finding specific stories or local news within the app R1R7R39R41.
WHIO News WHIO News users value the app for keeping them informed on local news, traffic, and weather, with some appreciating the ability to listen to news even if they can't watch . However, users report issues with the sports section not being updated, difficulty finding pollen counts, and the app not allowing articles to be forwarded .
Ease of Use tieR6R11R20R22
WSOC-TV News Many WSOC-TV News users find the app user-friendly R11. However, a significant number of users report issues with automatic video playback that won't stop, even after closing the app, and videos playing double audio R6R27R29. Navigation is also a problem, with alerts not leading to the correct story and content disappearing R20R22R49.
WHIO News WHIO News users generally find the app easy to use for getting local news . However, many users experience a poor user interface and user experience, with alerts not leading to the correct stories, difficulty navigating to other stories, and the app opening a black screen or video when trying to read articles .
Reliability tieR3R4R10R13
WSOC-TV News WSOC-TV News is praised for reliable weather information and consistent updates . However, the app is frequently described as glitchy, unstable, and prone to freezing and crashing R4R13. Users also report issues with old news remaining on the app for extended periods and notification links not working R3R10R16R22.
WHIO News WHIO News is considered reliable for informing users about local events and severe weather . Conversely, the app is often described as glitchy, freezing, stuttering, and having videos that don't play or play with offset audio . Several users also report the app not launching or crashing .
Price/Value tieR2R23R35R36
WSOC-TV News WSOC-TV News is free to download, but users are frustrated by the excessive number of commercials and ads that interrupt reading articles R2R35R36R49. Some users express a desire for the app to remain free and without ads R23.
WHIO News WHIO News is also free to download, but users widely complain about the overwhelming number of ads that block content, stutter, and make the app unusable . Users also mention long commercials before videos .
Support tieR7R106
WSOC-TV News WSOC-TV News users report submitting comments about issues like the lack of auto-rotation on iPads without seeing improvements R7.
WHIO News WHIO News reviews do not provide specific feedback on user support interactions, but the prevalence of unaddressed technical issues suggests a lack of effective resolution R7R106.
Pick WSOC-TV News if

you prioritize a slightly higher overall user rating and generally reliable weather information, despite facing significant app functionality issues and ads R14.

Pick WHIO News if

you are in the Montgomery County and Miami Valley area and value up-to-the-minute local news and traffic updates, and the ability to listen to news, even if you have to contend with numerous ads and app glitches .

Evidence note: Both apps are free, so negative reviews often stem from free-tier friction like ads and performance issues. The evidence for both apps is strong and consistent across many reviews, highlighting similar strengths in content and weaknesses in app functionality.

Frequently asked

Do these apps have many ads?
Yes, both WSOC-TV News and WHIO News are heavily criticized by users for having too many ads and commercials that frequently interrupt content, block stories, or play automatically R2R35R49R53.
Are the apps reliable for news updates?
Users of both apps report issues with outdated news and repetitive stories staying on the app for too long, making it difficult to find current information R3R10R16R57.
Do the apps have technical issues?
Yes, both WSOC-TV News and WHIO News are frequently described as glitchy, unstable, and prone to freezing and crashing, with specific complaints about videos not playing correctly, playing double audio, or auto-playing unexpectedly R6R13R27R29.
Can I use these apps on an iPad in landscape mode?
Many users of both WSOC-TV News and WHIO News report that the apps do not support landscape mode on iPads, forcing them to view content only in portrait mode, which is a significant frustration for tablet users R7R39R41R90.

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. [R1] WSOC-TV News 1/5 · US Text size: The app doesn’t do larger font. Please fix that.
  2. [R7] WSOC-TV News 1/5 · US 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.
  3. [R8] WSOC-TV News 5/5 · US Snow day: Love the snow days
  4. [R14] WSOC-TV News 5/5 · US 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.
  5. [R6] WSOC-TV News 3/5 · US 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
  6. [R11] WSOC-TV News 5/5 · US Great app: User friendly
  7. [R20] WSOC-TV News 4/5 · US Bait and switch??: I like this app, but have one issue. I’ll get an alert about a news story. I’ll click on the alert to take me to the story, but it just takes me to the apps main page. Story I clicked on nowhere to be found….
  8. [R22] WSOC-TV News 1/5 · US Terribly outdated and broken app: Notification links don’t even open
  9. [R3] WSOC-TV News 3/5 · US 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
  10. [R4] WSOC-TV News 1/5 · US 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.
  11. [R10] WSOC-TV News 1/5 · US 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
  12. [R13] WSOC-TV News 1/5 · US 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!
  13. [R2] WSOC-TV News 4/5 · US Infomercials way too long!!: Same infomercials time after time!!!
  14. [R23] WSOC-TV News 5/5 · US 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.”
  15. [R35] WSOC-TV News 2/5 · US .: To many ads. Also can only turn iPad 1 way.
  16. [R36] WSOC-TV News 5/5 · US Need to change: To many commercials and when you click on a story it doesn’t show the video that goes with the story. I scroll down to see video of other stories. You just have to watch all the news I guess that I don’t want to see and I assume eventually it gets to my story. So I usually have to back out and start over. Shouldn’t have to do this.
  17. [R106] WHIO News 1/5 · US Fix website: Why can’t WHIO fix their website so you can view the website in Landscape
  18. [R49] WSOC-TV News 1/5 · US 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.
  19. [R53] WSOC-TV News 1/5 · US Too much: Don’t want a commercial every time I want to read an article
  20. [R16] WSOC-TV News 1/5 · US 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
  21. [R57] WSOC-TV News 1/5 · US Why do you repeat the about the same news .: Same stories over and over again over a 3-4 day period. People do get tired of hearing repeated news.
  22. [R27] WSOC-TV News 2/5 · US 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
  23. [R29] WSOC-TV News 2/5 · US 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.
  24. [R39] WSOC-TV News 1/5 · US Can’t use on IPad anymore: What’s wrong? Can only view it in portrait mode.
  25. [R41] WSOC-TV News 1/5 · US Suddenly unfriendly for iPad users: This app was fine until a recent update keeps it locked in portrait mode, which is pretty unusable for iPad users. I am now deleting the app.
  26. [R90] WHIO News 3/5 · US Need landscape view on iPad: I would use this app so much more often if landscape view was an option!

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store