Hawaii News Now vs KHON2 News

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. [R12] Hawaii News Now 3/5 · US Inconsistent function.: The app is so inconsistent with the livestream feature. Usually the livestream function never works. I appreciate the interface updates, but for folks who do not have local tv access, the livestream is needed and needs to be fixed.
2. [R76] KHON2 News 1/5 · US LIVE broadcast news is a lie!: KHON was my favorite when I had cable TV and one day I realized I’m paying $80 a month just to watch the news so got rid of cable. From the app where they claim there’s a live news stream it’s always at least an hour behind. This renders it completely useless if you’re trying to use it to check live traffic. HNN app actually is live news and loads a lot quicker.
3. [R106] KHON2 News 1/5 · US Notifications do not take you to the story: Thee most irritating thing about this app is that the notifications take you to a page showing the KHON2 TV schedule rather than the story itself. This app has great notifications and is generally 1st in notifying me about current events which makes this issue even more infuriating. Use the Hawaii News Now app until this is fixed.
4. [R46] Hawaii News Now 1/5 · US User unfriendly news site: This “upgraded” is a pain in the brain to use. It’s is so covered with ads that slows it down and make so frustrating, I hate to check on what’s going on around here and the world.
5. [R49] Hawaii News Now 2/5 · US WAY too many ads!!: Ads pop up everywhere. You have to click out of at least 2-3 ads before you even get to the home screen. And the footer of every page is filled with ads. Very annoying.
6. [R95] KHON2 News 5/5 · US Happy lady: The KHON2 AP is always up-to-date and it’s easy to navigate whether it’s the latest news, weather, traffic, sports or local events. KHON has been my favorite TV news station in Hawaii for many years. Now the KHON2 AP is the only local news AP on my phone, great job👍
7. [R9] Hawaii News Now 3/5 · US Glitchy: App does not always work. Live feed does not load. I have been going to other news stations to get local news in the morning.
8. [R54] Hawaii News Now 1/5 · US What happened?: I like to listen to HNN during my morning workouts & runs, but for the past week, the ap has been so wonky. It won’t connect to the 5:00 HNN news (live), or if it does, it breaks off within a few minutes. The ads are no problem, but when it’s done, no news, no Steve, no Grace, no Casey…I’m sad! Please fix!
9. [R61] KHON2 News 1/5 · US Buggy and stops working: When I click on watch now or livestream or watch living808 it stops playing randomly and asks to reload page. It just ends up playing the same ads over and over and you never get to see the content.
10. [R73] KHON2 News 1/5 · US Ad after ad after ad: It’s an ad clickbait!
11. [R19] Hawaii News Now 1/5 · US Not Good: Where do I get the old app back. It was easy to see and read. I probably will not watch HNN anymore if this is my only option.
12. [R118] KHON2 News 1/5 · US Notifications flaw!: When there are notifications sent from this news app and you click on them it only takes you to a live feed of the news currently playing and not to an article about the story. If you get a notification, but then 5-10 min pass before you are able to look at it....then the live stream is over or you have missed the story of interest to you on the live news feed. This is very an
13. [R62] KHON2 News 5/5 · US KHON2: Appreciate you! Up-to-date news! Thank you.