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Buffalo News from WGRZ vs Audacy

Buffalo News from WGRZ 4.7★ · Free to download 65
Winner Buffalo News from WGRZ
Audacy 4.5★ · Free to download 40

Buffalo News from WGRZ is the better choice for local news and weather, despite recent app issues, while Audacy struggles with consistent playback and excessive, repetitive ads.

Full reviews: Buffalo News from WGRZ · Audacy

Buffalo News from WGRZ provides strong local news and weather coverage, though recent updates have introduced bugs and increased ad frequency. Audacy, a radio streaming app, is plagued by persistent playback issues, skipping, and an overwhelming number of repetitive commercials, making it frustrating for many users.

Head to head

Features and Content edge: Buffalo News from WGRZR10R17R23R35
Buffalo News from WGRZ Buffalo News from WGRZ is praised for its local news, sports, and weather coverage, with users appreciating the ability to watch live news, replays, and receive local alerts R17R23R35. However, recent updates have removed features like a search bar and the ability to re-watch recent broadcasts, and some users find the content repetitive R10.
Audacy Audacy offers a wide selection of local radio stations and podcasts, including sports and music, with some users enjoying the audio quality and ability to listen to missed segments . However, many users report issues with accessing specific shows or segments, and some content is blocked due to league restrictions .
Ease of Use edge: Buffalo News from WGRZR1R4R5R7
Buffalo News from WGRZ Users have mixed experiences with Buffalo News from WGRZ's ease of use. While some find it easy to use and navigate R5, recent updates have made it more difficult to find content, removed menus, and caused issues with landscape mode on tablets R1R7R10R27. The weather section, a key feature, is also reported to be less functional R4R16.
Audacy Audacy generally has a user-friendly interface , but many users report significant issues with navigation and control. Features like fast-forward, rewind, and skipping chapters are often buggy, leading to the app jumping randomly or restarting content . Some also find the UI locks up, preventing interaction .
Reliability and Performance edge: Buffalo News from WGRZR4R9R13R16
Buffalo News from WGRZ Buffalo News from WGRZ suffers from frequent technical issues, including freezing, buffering, content failing to load, and the app not staying on R9R13R18. The Doppler radar often doesn't load or is obscured, and notifications can be buggy R4R16. Some users also report excessive battery drain .
Audacy Audacy has severe and widespread reliability problems. Users constantly report the app stopping randomly, skipping backward or forward, buffering, and losing connection even with good Wi-Fi R63. Many find it unusable, especially when trying to listen to past shows .
Ads and Monetization tieR21R25R33R34
Buffalo News from WGRZ Buffalo News from WGRZ users are highly frustrated by the excessive and repetitive ads, especially pre-roll video ads that interrupt live broadcasts and news clips R21R25R33R34. Some ads are predatory or obscure content .
Audacy Audacy is heavily criticized for its excessive, repetitive, and often poorly targeted commercials . Ads frequently play out of sync with station breaks or interrupt live content . The app also forces user registration, which some users dislike .
Support and Updates edge: Buffalo News from WGRZR1R4R16R27
Buffalo News from WGRZ Buffalo News from WGRZ frequently rolls out updates, but many users feel these updates worsen the user experience, introduce new bugs, and remove popular features R1R4R16R27. There's a perception that bug fixes create more problems R4.
Audacy Audacy users report that despite numerous complaints and help tickets, long-standing bugs, especially playback issues, remain unfixed . Customer support is also criticized for being unresponsive .
Pick Buffalo News from WGRZ if

You want a dedicated app for local Buffalo news, weather, and sports, and are willing to tolerate some app bugs and frequent ads R17R23.

Pick Audacy if

You primarily want to stream a wide variety of local radio stations and podcasts, and are prepared to deal with significant playback issues and a high volume of repetitive commercials .

Evidence note: Both apps are free to download, so the negative reviews regarding ads and performance are from users who are not paying for a premium experience. Buffalo News from WGRZ's recent negative reviews are heavily skewed by frustrating app updates, despite a high lifetime rating.

Frequently asked

Which app is better for local news and weather?
Buffalo News from WGRZ is generally better for local news and weather, with users praising its comprehensive coverage and timely alerts, although recent updates have introduced some functionality issues with the weather radar and overall navigation R17R35R4.
Do these apps have many ads?
Yes, both apps are heavily criticized for having an excessive number of repetitive ads that frequently interrupt content, with users finding them frustrating and detrimental to the user experience R34R37R49R55.
Are there playback or streaming issues with either app?
Audacy has significant and widespread playback and streaming issues, including constant skipping, buffering, random stopping, and loss of connection R63. Buffalo News from WGRZ also experiences buffering and video errors, but to a lesser reported extent R18R31R40.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R10] Buffalo News from WGRZ 1/5 · US Garbage: Update was needed but now has too much going on and have to keep clicking to find something. No search bar ? ..And biggest of all no way to re-watch the most recent broadcast ?? Garbage app and deleting it. 👋
  2. [R17] Buffalo News from WGRZ 5/5 · US Local news and sports: WGRZ is my channel for local news and sports. We live in Duke Center Pa and it’s the only station where we get for news for our area and surrounding communities.
  3. [R23] Buffalo News from WGRZ 5/5 · US West Coast Review: Fantastic app. I have it downloaded on all my devices as well as Apple TV. Out of all the Buffalo News Apps this one is my favor. First of all I love the Good Morning etc greetings depending on the time of day. Secondly I love that you can watch replays of the news 7 days a week. Also enjoy the extra programming and Mass on Sunday at OLOV. I’m a Californian but have a ton o
  4. [R35] Buffalo News from WGRZ 4/5 · US Great source of local sports news.: Also…I just received a weather bulletin about severe thunderstorm warning in my area of Southwest Florida…from WGRZ2. I got it before any of my local TV stations. Very impressive! Thanks, Channel 2!
  5. [R1] Buffalo News from WGRZ 1/5 · US New app terrible: NO menu. Who designed this????😡still terrible. !!!!!
  6. [R4] Buffalo News from WGRZ 1/5 · US Updates are making it worse!: Stop with the “bug fixes” that just create a worse user experience. The 24 hour Future no longer works and hides the radar features as soon as you click on that option, which is the main thing I look at. As well as I still have to keep zooming into my pre-set location to actually see anything useful. Looks like I’m going back to the Weather Channel app.
  7. [R5] Buffalo News from WGRZ 5/5 · US Great: Easy to use app
  8. [R7] Buffalo News from WGRZ 2/5 · US Not So iPad Friendly: Latest version is not so user friendly. Hardly works in the landscape mode. I mainly use this for watching live news or the weather. In the new live news there is a dark bar in the lower 1/3 of the screen that is used for the control buttons. It doesn’t disappear like in other apps after using it. This makes it very difficult to see headlines/titles Ch. 2 puts at the bottom o
  9. [R9] Buffalo News from WGRZ 3/5 · US Not sure what’s going on: Recently there were no sponsor commercials during the station breaks and that was okay. But the station would be broadcasting and the app would “Be right back”. Now there are sponsor commercials but the app continues to break during the station news and weather! I don’t have much time to get ready in the morning and I would really like to see what’s happening before I l
  10. [R13] Buffalo News from WGRZ 1/5 · US What’s wrong with your app?: It worked fine for months then last month it doesn’t work any more. I’ve removed it and redownloaded on TWO separate Roku TVs. It won’t stay on. Oh well. Ch 4 app works great
  11. [R16] Buffalo News from WGRZ 1/5 · US Ugh: They rolled out a new format last night and it sucks. It’s a dumbed down version of the previous app. The weather section is horrendous with this huge circle that covers the area and you can’t see the radar through it. Dumb.
  12. [R21] Buffalo News from WGRZ 3/5 · US Adds: The adds before a update or a live broadcast we miss some information being broadcast!!!
  13. [R25] Buffalo News from WGRZ 2/5 · US Too many Ads: Great for watching ads for the true crime network on repeat with some news sprinkled in.
  14. [R33] Buffalo News from WGRZ 3/5 · US better since the update: Changing my rating from 2 to 3 stars. The reintroduction of past radar was much appreciated. I still feel like the ad intrusion is way too much. People are inundated with ads. I understand that ads equal money, but come on. Can’t even check the weather anymore without Custom Carpet Center taking up a quarter of the screen. I don’t need carpet, I want to check the new
  15. [R34] Buffalo News from WGRZ 1/5 · US Ads ruin this app and the user xperience: Especially the fact that every video starts with a mandatory ad ruins the user experience of this app. To make matters worse, there is only one ad that you are forced to watch over and over and over again from Custom Carpet Centers, since they are the only company that advertise here. Not only doesn’t this help Custom Carpet Centers, but neither the app, n
  16. [R27] Buffalo News from WGRZ 3/5 · US Your new look: Liked it a lot better before that latest change. Difficult to read,access, go to news 4 first now, as there format on iPhone is simpler to read, and access. Go back to your original design before this latest one.
  17. [R37] Buffalo News from WGRZ 1/5 · US Doesn’t Work… Mostly Ads: The app has its own set of Ads and it also shows the stations local ads. The app ads do not coincide with the local ad breaks. It constantly interrupts the live news for ads. In the end, you hardly watch any local news and mostly ads.
  18. [R49] Buffalo News from WGRZ 1/5 · US Sooo many ads: Can’t find the full news story. Ads every 15 sec.
  19. [R55] Buffalo News from WGRZ 1/5 · US Commercials: When I click on a news alert link to a live broadcast, don’t force me to watch an ad. Today the live press conference with the president, THE PRESIDENT, was interrupted by a freakin window commercial. Everyday with the Cuomo live stream, commercial. Weather alert? Commercial. Imagine doing that on live TV!
  20. [R18] Buffalo News from WGRZ 3/5 · US Video errors: The videos do not play appropriate but the articles are good.
  21. [R31] Buffalo News from WGRZ 2/5 · US Needs work: App needs work. Frequently buffers and fails to load content. When working properly content is very helpful.
  22. [R40] Buffalo News from WGRZ 2/5 · US Streaming issues: While streaming the news the app cuts out every few minutes right in the middle of a story. I then get a Jerry Springer commercial or I get a blue screen that says you will be back after a short break. These are not the normal commercial breaks. I have no problem streaming channel 4
  23. [R63] Audacy 3/5 · US App is acting up again...: Stops randomly, repeats itself. No other app behaves like that. June 2026.

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