WCVB NewsCenter 5 vs NewsBreak

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. [R2] WCVB NewsCenter 5 5/5 · US A great app for Massachusetts news: It’s a very engaging app with great coverage of all of Massachusetts. All of the anchors are lovely and affable on air.
2. [R12] WCVB NewsCenter 5 3/5 · US News stories aren’t updated nearly enough.: Often the top story in the morning is the same story from the night before. Please update more often.
3. [R75] NewsBreak 3/5 · US Informative BUT Slow reporting: Very informative however the news always appears to be days and/or hours behind.
4. [R87] NewsBreak 3/5 · US A far-right echo chamber: NewsBreak is largely an echo chamber for far right conspiracy theories and disinformation. The app seems to favor stories from such well documented far-right sources such as FoxNews, the New York Post, Washington Examiner, News Max etc. There is no fact checking. Comments on the stories also seem to come from AI bots as they are uniformly espousing the current regi
5. [R9] WCVB NewsCenter 5 3/5 · US New bug renders app barely usable: The app is generally good one to use, but in the last month, it very frequently refreshes itself. This means if you are reading an article, it suddenly takes you back to the Home Screen. I’ve had it happen three times just trying to finish one article!
6. [R34] WCVB NewsCenter 5 2/5 · US News stories cut out and return to home page: News stories stop in the beginning and/or middle (for both reading & video) and the app returns to the home page. This has been going on for several months, even after deleting and downloading the app again. Very frustrating as I like WCVB and prefer to get news and weather there. Seems to be a common problem. PLEASE FIX THIS APP.
7. [R73] NewsBreak 1/5 · US Hardly ever loads: The information is good, but the app hardly ever loads. Most of the time you just get a blank white screen and it never works when traveling to a different city.
8. [R66] NewsBreak 3/5 · US Bugs with update DONT LIKE THE SWIPE BACK FEATURE: The swipe back feature makes it too easy to accidentally swipe out of the comments and lose the content you may have been typing out, it also closes out the article and then an auto scroll forcing you down to the next article is really annoying. Yesterday’s update made it so the gif search shows up no results. In an attempt to solve this I delet
9. [R6] WCVB NewsCenter 5 3/5 · US Constant crashes: I am NEVER able to read a story or check the weather without it suddenly closing and going back to home page. Extremely frustrating, especially since I keep the app updated and I am not using an old device. I’m guessing it’s the hundreds of ads trying to load that make the actual story close.
10. [R49] WCVB NewsCenter 5 1/5 · US Constantly kicks me out: Whether I’m scrolling or reading a story, the app will kick me out and bring me back up to the first story. Been going on for a while now. Time to fix this bug.
11. [R110] NewsBreak 1/5 · US The Best, but NOT in a Good way: If you enjoy Spam and Scam Ads that try to sell you wonder goods and treatment, then NewsBreak is the best app for you. But if you don’t like Spam and Scam, you are forced to pay a monthly fee for the ‘Premium’ Plan, which is the only way to block its relentless Spam & Scam Ads. NewsBreak does do a good job consolidating newsworthy articles of interest. Too bad the
12. [R3] WCVB NewsCenter 5 3/5 · US Like It: But the ads before the video clips are annoying.
13. [R4] WCVB NewsCenter 5 2/5 · US Too many Ads!!: Every news article starts with an Ad. It’s so annoying. Today, I was trying to watch a live broadcast of a news conference on an active shooter at a college. There should never be Ads to access this type of news. Shame on you WCVB. Do better!
14. [R67] NewsBreak 2/5 · US Pay now: I just updated now my saved won’t return to the app. I have to pay
15. [R25] WCVB NewsCenter 5 1/5 · US Forced to do it: For some reason, my app is not working properly. Every time it comes to the first commercial break, the screen goes black and that is it. No more news. It's been slowly getting shorter and shorter time before the whole thing stops on me. I've sent several "bug fix" inquiries to WCVB with no response. I've deleted the app. Reinstalled the app a couple of times, shut down my phone,
16. [R58] WCVB NewsCenter 5 1/5 · US App crashes: App keeps on going back to Home Screen after clicking a video or article. It takes three attempts to work. App was perfect up until about a month ago. Please fix. Thanks.