WCVB NewsCenter 5 vs CBS 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. [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. [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!
3. [R62] CBS News 5/5 · US Cbs news live breaking news: Top stories and local news
4. [R64] CBS News 1/5 · US App breaks daily: Constant buffering and crashes. Even after upgrading my internet, this app is practically unusable. It constantly loses connection and dies, especially on my Apple TV. Highly disappointed
5. [R32] WCVB NewsCenter 5 5/5 · US “ I love this app”: I am a native of Massachusetts , and channel 5 has always been my favorite news channel and still is , it give you accurate news reporting. All though I left Massachusetts and moved to sunny Arizona 8 years ago and later relocated to North Carolina in 2021. I continue to tune into channel 5 news with this mobile app. The app is easy to navigate and useful friendly. It gives me
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. [R66] CBS News 3/5 · US Fair App: Fair at best, gets stuck a lot, no way to turn off stories with a blank black screen. Keeps ads going and can’t shut off.
8. [R70] CBS News 2/5 · US Pages not fully loading: Many of the pages are only partially loading. Typically the starting pages load but the last half doesn’t load leaving a blank screen as I scroll through the article
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. [R31] WCVB NewsCenter 5 1/5 · US iOS 17 update failure: The app constantly crashes after every article read!
11. [R72] CBS News 3/5 · US Gone downhill: I used to be able to read an article in full. With recent updates, the video player seems to cause the feed for the article to stop refreshing. Have to back out of the app multiple time just to complete one article now and my phone starts to overheat.
12. [R3] WCVB NewsCenter 5 3/5 · US Like It: But the ads before the video clips are annoying.
13. [R120] CBS News 2/5 · US Way Too Many Commercials: The number of commercials you have to watch to see any real news is just unbelievable. Truly.
14. [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,
15. [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.