WXYZ 7 News Detroit 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. [R3] WXYZ 7 News Detroit 3/5 · US Saved Stories: App will not permanently bookmark stories you want to save. Instantly reverts as soon as you click it to save. Please fix.
2. [R4] WXYZ 7 News Detroit 1/5 · US Notification issue!: I toggled/signed up for only sports notifications but I get all types of notifications. Please fix asap!!
3. [R68] WHIO News 5/5 · US I love this app: Even if I can't watch the news it will still let me listen I like that feature and I love all the channels you can watch on the app.
4. [R101] WHIO News 5/5 · US WHIO: I love using this app to get the local news in the Montgomery County and surrounding areas. It’s easy to use and with no glitches. I recommend this app to anybody that wants the news in Montgomery County and surrounding counties. WHIO is one a few stations that will give you the news in the surrounding areas.
5. [R1] WXYZ 7 News Detroit 2/5 · US Non-functional: I have a problem with the app shutting down every time I try to go to the weather tab. Plus, frequently the forecast on the app doesn’t match the one on tv. The daily and hourly forecasts don’t even match up sometimes. It also wouldn’t let me set up an account.
6. [R12] WXYZ 7 News Detroit 3/5 · US Ups and downs: Was good then went downhill. Then some improvements came... now the app crashes during opening after the last update
7. [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.
8. [R84] WHIO News 3/5 · US App is glitchy: App is glitchy. Freezes and stutters. Videos are spotty and often won’t play, or play double with slightly offset audio.
9. [R19] WXYZ 7 News Detroit 1/5 · US Don't use it for the weather: I have used this app for YEARS. Since Feb that weather tabs on the link hardly work. I emailed the tech dept. and they had me delete it and redownload it. It worked for a little bit and then would glitch out on me. I emailed them again and they told me to pull down so it can refresh. I have done that, even before I deleted the old app. It doesn't work and it sti
10. [R29] WXYZ 7 News Detroit 1/5 · US App updated: The app was updated today to the new version but now it won’t open up just loaded the WXYZ/abc logos and then closes. Need to get a fix for this asap. I have had the app since it came out and has been great till today 10/25/2023. I hope they are working on the fix right now.
11. [R75] WHIO News 3/5 · US App: Sometimes the screen goes blank. Trouble downloading stories. Sometimes when you scroll the story you pick won’t load. Won’t let me submit the review
12. [R112] WHIO News 1/5 · US App doesn’t work: The app used to be great but recently the app stopped working and won’t even open.
13. [R25] WXYZ 7 News Detroit 1/5 · US It would be 5 stars if it wasn’t for all the ads: You might have to sit through 8-10 ads before actually seeing a news story. They only have like 15 ads altogether that they play so you hear the same thing over and over again. I would be able to deal with 2-3 ads but this is ridiculous. Sometimes they play the ad back to back. I just ended up getting an antenna which has less ads than the streamin
14. [R55] WXYZ 7 News Detroit 1/5 · US Video ads: After years of steady and continuous improvement. You have taken the big step backwards to a one star rating because of your video apps. There is no way to select an option of playing them. I am an early riser, and the last thing I want is the video Add playing at 4 AM while I am trying to review the news without disturbing my family. Shame on you. For being so obtrusive.
15. [R91] WHIO News 1/5 · US Too Many Ads: Sad that you have to sit through minutes of ads before you can actually get a weather forecast. I never actually got through the ads to see my forecast. Seek weather info elsewhere.
16. [R117] WHIO News 4/5 · US Review of App: There are wayyy to many advertisements on this site. It’s annoying.
17. [R53] WXYZ 7 News Detroit 1/5 · US Worst News App Ever: The app was terrible before but it’s even worse now. Now you have “sign up”, which I’ve tried a dozen times and it won’t let me. It won’t tell me what the issue is either. So much for reading the news. Maybe... just maybe... you’d test your app, and work out the bugs before you launch it.
18. [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.