Head-to-head
Knoxville News from WBIR vs WSB-TV News
Knoxville News from WBIR
55
Winner
WSB-TV News
WSB-TV News
60
WSB-TV News has a slight edge over Knoxville News from WBIR due to fewer critical complaints about its core news delivery, despite both apps suffering from significant technical issues and ad saturation.
Full reviews: Knoxville News from WBIR · WSB-TV News
Both Knoxville News from WBIR and WSB-TV News are free local news apps plagued by technical glitches, excessive ads, and navigation difficulties. WSB-TV News, while still problematic, appears to have slightly fewer fundamental issues with news and video delivery compared to Knoxville News from WBIR's widespread complaints about its integrated weather feature.
Head to head
Knoxville News from WBIR Users appreciate Knoxville News from WBIR for its local news coverage and timely updates, with many specifically praising its weather staff and traffic news R5. However, a significant number of users are highly critical of the app's integration of weather, stating that the old, separate weather app was superior and the current one is difficult to navigate for weather information R7R10R12. Some also complain about a bias in political coverage or too much focus on sports R4.
WSB-TV News WSB-TV News is highly valued for its excellent news coverage, constant updates, and factual information, with many users considering it their trusted, number one source for local news, weather, and sports . Some users express a desire for more specific details in accident or crime reporting and a few find the news to be consistently 'bad or depressing' . There are also complaints about political bias .
Knoxville News from WBIR Many users find the Knoxville News from WBIR app to be not very user-friendly, awkward to use, and harder to navigate, especially after recent updates R3R7R19. Specific complaints include having to jump through hoops to find weather information, and difficulty getting to desired content due to pop-ups and ads R3R7R12R38.
WSB-TV News WSB-TV News users frequently report issues with navigation, such as notifications not leading to the correct article, making it difficult to find desired stories . Some also mention that the app is not user-friendly .
Knoxville News from WBIR Knoxville News from WBIR users report frequent glitches, freezing, and crashing, particularly with the radar feature R1R3R6. The app is also described as taking a very long time to load or not loading at all, and some videos repeat or have audio issues R45.
WSB-TV News WSB-TV News suffers from significant reliability issues, with users reporting frequent freezing, crashing, and videos not loading or playing correctly . Specific problems include videos freezing on ads, showing different media than the article, and the app randomly playing multiple videos simultaneously .
Knoxville News from WBIR Knoxville News from WBIR is heavily criticized for being saturated with ads, pop-ups, and commercials that interrupt content, make articles difficult to access, and are sometimes mistaken for actual news R3R9R21R24. Users also report issues with notifications, receiving unwanted updates despite adjusting settings, and live event notifications leading to endless commercial loops .
WSB-TV News WSB-TV News users frequently complain about an excessive number of ads, including aggressive home improvement company ads . Notifications are also a major pain point, with users receiving frequent, repetitive, and sometimes irrelevant notifications, and links from notifications often leading to unrelated articles or not loading at all .
Pick Knoxville News from WBIR if
You are a loyal follower of WBIR's news team and weather staff, particularly Todd Howell, and prioritize their specific local coverage, even if it means dealing with app glitches and ads R4.
Pick WSB-TV News if
You are an Atlantan who considers WSB-TV your primary, trusted source for news, weather, and traffic, and you are willing to tolerate significant app performance issues and ads for their specific content .
Evidence note: Both apps are free to download, and the negative reviews largely stem from frustrations with functionality, ads, and content delivery, which is common for free news apps. The lifetime ratings are high for both, but recent reviews indicate a decline in user satisfaction due to technical issues and ad volume.
Frequently asked
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Do these apps have good weather features?
Knoxville News from WBIR's weather feature is a major point of contention, with many users lamenting the removal of a previous standalone weather app and finding the current integrated weather difficult to access and less user-friendly R7R12R19R25. WSB-TV News users generally praise its weather coverage as excellent and reliable .
What reviewers actually said
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- [R4] Knoxville News from WBIR Content: I am a loyal follower of WBIR. I enjoy the reporters and the news team. However, I have noticed that WBIR have given more coverage to Republicans in the upcoming elections. I don’t know if this is due to lack of participation from the Democratics or is this bias. It has really bothered me. I know this is a Republican state. I am a Republican, but not MAGA. I would like to know why the dis
- [R5] Knoxville News from WBIR News: Good
- [R7] Knoxville News from WBIR Miss the old weather app.: The old app was used friendly and useful! This new app takes forever to see the weather as you have to jump through hoops to get there. The radar itself is fine, though I feel it is no where near as good as the old one. Seems that they’re so desperate to share news of little importance as opposed to true weather. Make a separate app for weather like before please.
- [R10] Knoxville News from WBIR Bring back the weather app!: There's a reason I stopped watching TV news. It's just as bad in the app. Only got it for the weather information. I don't want their horrible sensationalist news, I just want weather.
- [R3] Knoxville News from WBIR Glitchy: Glitches and freezes a lot. Not very user friendly. I just want to get on and check the weather. Also, the pop ups at the beginning are annoying. I liked the old weather app better..
- [R12] Knoxville News from WBIR Where’s the old weather app?: I very disappointed in this app. I used the weather app all the time. This new app is problematic. The previous weather app was simple and very useful. The new one takes to long to get anywhere or get the info you want. Please give us the previous weather app that was only weather back. When I need the weather I don’t have time to go through all the other pages.
- [R19] Knoxville News from WBIR Miss weather app: Used to have a nice weather app that no longer exists. This one is not very user friendly and not nearly as good as the previous weather app. Big step backwards.
- [R1] Knoxville News from WBIR Newest update sucks: Radar crashes the app every time it’s completely unusable
- [R6] Knoxville News from WBIR Pretty OK APP: I enjoy getting local news alerts but don’t enjoy the app freezing up all the time. Not sure why this happens regularly
- [R45] Knoxville News from WBIR Getting worse: This app has become useless because it will not communicate to the server. Takes a very long time to load and often not at all. The independent weather app was fantastic! Why is it gone? Where did all the white men go?
- [R9] Knoxville News from WBIR Saturated with Ads: For a news app, it’s covered in ads. I look to my local news station for credible information and coverage. But I can’t access a news story or click on an app alert without being required to watch a series of ads first. This is especially frustrating when trying to watch a live broadcast. Additionally if you scroll through the top stories, towards the bottom you start to see ad
- [R21] Knoxville News from WBIR Tooooo many ads: I would love an option to stop all the ads. They are easily mistaken for articles and there are so many scams out here!
- [R24] Knoxville News from WBIR a.j. Sez: Great way to receive news updates. Dropped 2 stars because too many ads + hard to navigate away from.
- [R37] Knoxville News from WBIR Extremely disappointed: You want to watch ads or commercials this app is for you. If you’re looking for news, you need to find another alternative because this channel does not believe in just giving you the news you have to watch the ads and who has time for that I am no longer watching channel 10 news or the app, completely disappointed, unreliable, and misleading
- [R42] Knoxville News from WBIR Con: I don’t like all the ads .
- [R25] Knoxville News from WBIR Garbage for weather: Literally a tornado watch issued for Knoxville right now and no dedicated weather map with watch and warning boxes. Don’t depend on this app for weather if you care about your family. Where’s the old Wbir weather app? It was great. At least channel 6 and 8 still have weather apps.
- [R38] Knoxville News from WBIR Too many commercials: I’d watch this if you could get past the pops and commercials
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store