Knoxville News from WBIR vs WHIO 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. [R11] Knoxville News from WBIR 5/5 · US Lawn care 101: It’s a great app. Very reliable whenever it comes to rain and in my business it is very important to keep up with the weather. And it’s great when it comes to keeping up with the latest traffic news.
2. [R12] Knoxville News from WBIR 3/5 · US 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.
3. [R60] Knoxville News from WBIR 5/5 · US WBIR review: Timely, succinct, free, local, I enjoy checking in daily.
4. [R71] WHIO News 5/5 · US News Notion: Great coverage on a daily basis.
5. [R3] Knoxville News from WBIR 3/5 · US 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..
6. [R6] Knoxville News from WBIR 3/5 · US 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
7. [R64] WHIO News 1/5 · US Horrible UI/UX and News Coverage: As a mobile developer I can attest to many of the comments on the user experience front. You receive a notification, tap on it, you are brought to the app but not the story, instead ads are everywhere takes forever to load and the auto playing of unrelated content is absolutely horrible. Good luck finding the arrival of the deep link isn’t valid. Don’t waste your
8. [R66] WHIO News 3/5 · US Average performance app: The app often paints the screen in a stuttering manner, loading some elements, then stalling out, then loading more text and photos, if it doesn’t freeze entirely. It makes you wonder if it’s loaded with all sorts of background scripts, trackers, etc.
9. [R30] Knoxville News from WBIR 3/5 · US WBIR App has gone downhill: WBIR has always been my go to news source here in Knoxville, they are truly straight from the heart and honest. I don’t spend much time in front of the TV anymore so I relay on news apps to get my news these days. WBIRs notifications have always kept me informed and up to date. But unfortunately that’s where the apps usefulness stop. For the past year of so I’ve constan
10. [R61] WHIO News 1/5 · US Worst news app ever: I’ve never seen a worse app on any platform. It’s nothing but ads that block what you try to see, stutter, stop you reading a story, and just generally get in the way of anything you want to do. Whio used to be my go-to. Not anymore.
11. [R72] WHIO News 3/5 · US It has developed some bugs: It used to be great, but now, I can’t forward any articles on the app to anyone, and the videos don’t work half the time.
12. [R9] Knoxville News from WBIR 3/5 · US 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
13. [R21] Knoxville News from WBIR 3/5 · US 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!
14. [R115] WHIO News 4/5 · US Like the news, not the ads.: There are so many ads, I often can’t see more than a few lines of a story.
15. [R102] WHIO News 3/5 · US Commercials: To many commercials deleted the weather app may do the same WHIO news app
16. [R4] Knoxville News from WBIR 1/5 · US 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
17. [R29] Knoxville News from WBIR 4/5 · US Unbiased: Now is the time for local to news to be the ones to tow the journalism line… WBIR needs to make some bold moves to bring us UNBIASED news.
18. [R67] WHIO News 1/5 · US Do better: Not impressed with your news reporting techniques and skills these days.
19. [R76] WHIO News 1/5 · US Awful: Pretty much just a terrible app. Loaded with adds posing as news stories. Videos play automatically, even after turning off that feature. Alerts of news stories pop up as banners, but when you click the banner, half the time, there is no such news story. If you want to know about school and business closure mentioned on the app... You need to download their weather app that is also basicall
20. [R1] Knoxville News from WBIR 1/5 · US Newest update sucks: Radar crashes the app every time it’s completely unusable