WBRC First Alert Weather vs First Alert 4 Weather

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. [R10] WBRC First Alert Weather 2/5 · US Radar: This was previously my go-to app for all things weather given the accuracy and detail of the radar. But, after the latest update, the radar map is subpar, the controls are confusing, and its accuracy is not dependable.
2. [R12] WBRC First Alert Weather 3/5 · US Accuracy: Your accuracy on radar is not very good. You show rain when sun is out and sunny or cloudy during a storm. I try to use it for planning, but I don’t rely on it.
3. [R72] First Alert 4 Weather 3/5 · US Live stream: It’s great to have a mobile app that live streams severe weather when you’re in the basement, but putting multiple ads on your live stream every 3-5 minutes is not a great idea. people need to know where and when a tornado is going to hit their town in that moment. And the ads also mess up the live stream causing it to go black, causing me to restart the app repeatedly. I know ads br
4. [R76] First Alert 4 Weather 1/5 · US Don’t show ads during tornado coverage: Interrupting Steve and the team with ads in the middle of live coverage of tornadoes rolling through St Louis? Ridiculous, craven, and embarrassing.
5. [R7] WBRC First Alert Weather 2/5 · US Update: The update to the app makes it less user friendly and not as clear or easy to understand. I wish they would bring back the previous version.
6. [R9] WBRC First Alert Weather 3/5 · US Update: Do not like this new update , does not zoom in to your location on this update.
7. [R70] First Alert 4 Weather 2/5 · US Slow: While this app provides for accurate weather & the people are great, the app itself is frustratingly slow. You click on the notification & it takes a while for the app to fire up. Then it has to show you a couple of commercials. Then it starts up the video of the weather report that may be recent or maybe 30 minutes old or older. In the mean time I could have clicked on 2 other weather apps
8. [R84] First Alert 4 Weather 3/5 · US Good app but has some unfriendly behavior: The app content is good but if you leave the app and come back it resets (shows the ad, good back to app Home Screen) do I can’t just go back to where I was. That’s really annoying.
9. [R31] WBRC First Alert Weather 1/5 · US Garbage: For someone that works outside all day everyday. That looked to this app consistently for a month. The forecast IS wrong every single time. Its not accurate. Its a different forecast every 15-20minutes. I dont even understand why it lets you see the “future” forecast of what’s supposed to come if it changes.
10. [R78] First Alert 4 Weather 3/5 · US Not reliable: Pages/Radar freezes and goes blank on my iPhone at critical times. The previous version never did this. And yes, my updates and iPhone are up to date.
11. [R100] First Alert 4 Weather 1/5 · US Glitchy at best: Used to love this app, radar feature hasn’t worked since I upgraded my iPhone. It will randomly show blue (snow) on the radar and it’s July.
12. [R13] WBRC First Alert Weather 1/5 · US Ads make the videos almost unusable: In the title
13. [R45] WBRC First Alert Weather 1/5 · US Too many ads: This weather app is not good enough to sit through a 2 minute ad every video……humble yourself cause the weather channel is better and doesn’t require me to sit through ads
14. [R106] First Alert 4 Weather 1/5 · US Too many ads!: Unable to event watch live video due to so many ads!!!
15. [R113] First Alert 4 Weather 1/5 · US ADS. ADS. ADS.: Entirely too many ads to watch just to see a news or weather alert. I understand ad-sponsors but is it necessary to watch a 30-second ad for every 60-second video? It’s too much and a huge turn off. If I have to watch more than one ad to get my information, I will find another source.
16. [R20] WBRC First Alert Weather 5/5 · US Weather Guys - always there when you need them!: 6 First Alert is our # 1 Weather station They keep us informed and safe. They are awesome!
17. [R44] WBRC First Alert Weather 5/5 · US Listener: I have no idea how this fantastic team kept going yesterday. They all looked so nice and never hardly took a break! Bless their hearts for keeping us informed and going on and on! Thank you!
18. [R111] First Alert 4 Weather 1/5 · US Ads in the middle of tornado sirens: lol so glad I have to watch a 30 second ad to see some info about an ACTIVE TORNADO SIREN. This app is not intuitive- the live feed needs to be accessible - esp when you live in the Midwest and you’re panicking during a tornado siren
19. [R93] First Alert 4 Weather 3/5 · US Commercials?: I downloaded this app to be advised of severe weather threats in my location but when I go to view the video, I have to watch an advertisement first?! Kind of defeats the purpose of having an immediate alert and viewing details when I have to see ads first.