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ClickOnDetroit vs WDIV 4Warn Weather

ClickOnDetroit 4.7★ · Free to download 65
Winner ClickOnDetroit
WDIV 4Warn Weather 4.7★ · Free to download 40

ClickOnDetroit is the better choice for general local news, despite its ad issues, while WDIV 4Warn Weather has significantly declined in user satisfaction due to recent updates.

Full reviews: ClickOnDetroit · WDIV 4Warn Weather

ClickOnDetroit offers comprehensive local news coverage, but users are frustrated by increasing ads and autoplaying videos. WDIV 4Warn Weather, once highly regarded, has suffered from recent updates that made its radar less functional and introduced intrusive ads, leading to widespread user dissatisfaction.

Head to head

News Content & Coverage edge: ClickOnDetroitR8R14R17R21
ClickOnDetroit ClickOnDetroit is praised for providing good, reliable, and up-to-date local news, with some users appreciating its factual and unbiased approach R8R14R17. However, some users find the content to be one-sided or politically biased R21.
WDIV 4Warn Weather WDIV 4Warn Weather focuses solely on weather. While some users found its previous version to be informative and accurate for weather , recent updates have led to a lack of written forecasts and general weather information .
Ease of Use & UI tieR4R9R13R24
ClickOnDetroit ClickOnDetroit users report issues with the app's functionality, including stories not updating R4, notifications leading to general screens instead of articles R9R13, and a lack of a good search function R13R24. Some recent updates have also made the app less user-friendly and harder to read .
WDIV 4Warn Weather WDIV 4Warn Weather, particularly after recent updates, is widely criticized for a poor user interface, clunky navigation, and being overly complicated R64R79. Many users preferred the old version for its simplicity and ease of use R64R79.
Notifications & Alerts tieR1R5R9R13
ClickOnDetroit ClickOnDetroit users are annoyed by over-sensationalized and excessive notifications, especially for weather and before newscasts R1R5. Some also experience a bug where clicking a notification doesn't lead to the correct article R9R13.
WDIV 4Warn Weather WDIV 4Warn Weather users complain about excessive and inaccurate notifications, with some receiving alerts every 15 minutes or for areas far away . There are also reports of false alarms, such as lightning alerts during sunny weather .
Ads & Monetization tieR3R10R15R23
ClickOnDetroit ClickOnDetroit users are highly frustrated by an increasing number of disruptive, long, and forced ads, including pop-ups and auto-playing videos R3R10R15R23. Many would consider paying for an ad-free experience R3.
WDIV 4Warn Weather WDIV 4Warn Weather users also report a significant increase in intrusive ads, including rapid succession pop-ups, unskippable ads before videos, and ads that render the app unusable R70.
Reliability & Performance edge: WDIV 4Warn WeatherR25R27R30R33
ClickOnDetroit ClickOnDetroit users experience various bugs and performance issues, such as the app not working on multiple platforms R25, live streams freezing or not working R27, constant crashing after updates R30, and the app not opening articles from alerts R33.
WDIV 4Warn Weather WDIV 4Warn Weather has severe reliability issues, especially after recent updates. Users report the app taking forever to load, crashing frequently , and the radar not working correctly or being useless . Some users also report issues with adding or switching locations .
Specific Features (Radar, Dark Mode, Video Autoplay) edge: ClickOnDetroitR2R5R6R10
ClickOnDetroit ClickOnDetroit users request features like dark mode R2 and better notification filters R5. A major complaint is the automatic playing of videos and live streams, which disrupts other audio and cannot be disabled R6R10R23.
WDIV 4Warn Weather WDIV 4Warn Weather's radar functionality has been severely degraded by updates; it no longer shows future predictions, is slow, and hard to navigate . Users also miss the widget feature , complain about the lack of landscape mode for iPads R75, and issues with closed captioning .
Customer Support edge: ClickOnDetroitR13R25R64R102
ClickOnDetroit ClickOnDetroit users report poor or non-existent customer support, with issues repeatedly reported but no acknowledgement or response R13R25.
WDIV 4Warn Weather There are no explicit reviews mentioning customer support for WDIV 4Warn Weather, but the widespread complaints about recent updates suggest a lack of responsiveness to user feedback R64R102.
Pick ClickOnDetroit if

Pick ClickOnDetroit if you prioritize general local news coverage, appreciate factual reporting, and are willing to tolerate frequent ads and auto-playing videos R8R14.

Pick WDIV 4Warn Weather if

Pick WDIV 4Warn Weather only if you are looking for basic weather alerts and are not reliant on advanced radar features or a user-friendly interface, as its recent updates have significantly degraded its functionality .

Evidence note: Both apps are free, so negative reviews often stem from friction with ads and limited features. WDIV 4Warn Weather's recent updates have caused a significant drop in user satisfaction, making many of its negative reviews very recent and focused on specific feature regressions.

Frequently asked

What are the main complaints about ClickOnDetroit?
The main complaints about ClickOnDetroit are the increasing number of disruptive ads, including pop-ups and forced auto-playing videos, and issues with notifications not leading to the correct articles R3R10R13R23.
How has the WDIV 4Warn Weather app changed recently?
The WDIV 4Warn Weather app has undergone recent updates that users describe as a 'major setback,' leading to a clunky UI, degraded radar functionality that no longer shows future predictions, intrusive full-screen ads, and a lack of landscape mode for iPads R64R70R75R79.
Do either of these apps offer an ad-free experience?
Neither ClickOnDetroit nor WDIV 4Warn Weather explicitly offer an ad-free subscription or paid version, though some ClickOnDetroit users expressed a willingness to pay for one R3. Both apps are free to download and use, relying on ads for monetization R3R70.

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. [R8] ClickOnDetroit 5/5 · US News very goo: Very good
  2. [R14] ClickOnDetroit 5/5 · US Best news in Detroit hands down….: Must watch
  3. [R17] ClickOnDetroit 5/5 · US Best news: The best news
  4. [R21] ClickOnDetroit 3/5 · US Good local information but…: You get good local information here however, it is one-sided and very liberal. You never get both sides of the story. When I read news, I like to hear facts, not opinions, and not an agenda of information that general media is trying to push.
  5. [R4] ClickOnDetroit 1/5 · US Stories not updating: The app has been showing the same news stories for 3 days. Nothing new since the 15th.
  6. [R9] ClickOnDetroit 3/5 · US Fix the notifications bug: I enjoy the app but I have an issue with the notifications. I will get a news alert and when I click on it, the app takes me to a general window about Click on Detroit instead of the article suggestion in the news alert. This happens all the time.
  7. [R13] ClickOnDetroit 1/5 · US Support stinks, app very buggy and non functional: This app is one of the worst supported news apps around. When they push a headline to you and you click on it you end up at some advertising screen and can’t find the story you were interested in. The search function, if you can find it, does not find the story you want and repeatedly reporting the issue to tech support only yields cricket chirp
  8. [R24] ClickOnDetroit 3/5 · US Search method: There needs to be: 1) a search method so an article can be found faster and easier. 2) there should be a quick link to give feedback to everyone that works at Local 4. I would really like to send compliments but I cannot find people. Example - Brandon R. has been doing an excellent job. I look forward to his noon program weather segments
  9. [R1] ClickOnDetroit 1/5 · US Annoying notifications: “We're about to tell a local family they have 10 minutes to evacuate their house. Watch live right now to see how they handle it”. Terrible
  10. [R5] ClickOnDetroit 4/5 · US I Would like a better notification filter: Stop Over-sensationalizing Weather for Clicks. Chill.
  11. [R3] ClickOnDetroit 3/5 · US number of ads increasing: I’ve used this app for a long time and recently have noticed an increase in the number of ads. They’re disruptive and long and mostly for mobile phone games I would never play. I would actually pay a small amount of money for an adfree subscription or paid app to get rid of them.
  12. [R10] ClickOnDetroit 1/5 · US One star downgrade: The auto playing video feed and the inability to disable it has brought me to delete the app. Incredibly frustrating to have the video take over as it does at nearly any given point in the day. It seems to be that only a few hours a day no video is being fed to the app. The rest has been a persistent pain to use. Too bad from one of the top news sources in the country.
  13. [R15] ClickOnDetroit 3/5 · US Rate the App: I like Click on Detroit except - like the TV broadcast - there are too many ads!!
  14. [R23] ClickOnDetroit 4/5 · US Stop the autoplay: I open your app to check local headlines and sometimes I’m listening to a podcast or watching YouTube, etc.. your app will start automatically playing the broadcast stream if the news is playing. Not cool, man.
  15. [R25] ClickOnDetroit 1/5 · US App not working anymore (not on iPhone 16, Roku or Fire stick): App quit working on all my platforms (iPhone, Roku & Fire stick) reached out to WDIV and received zero reply or help with troubleshooting.
  16. [R27] ClickOnDetroit 3/5 · US Live stream don’t work: Live stream hardly works. Always freezes
  17. [R30] ClickOnDetroit 3/5 · US 4-10-2020 Latest version crashes constantly with updated iOS: Updated app, updated iOS on 4-10-2020. Click on Detroit app opens, and then closes. If you push thumb button you see app loading screen and can try to run it, but it just closes again. Please test before pushing out updates. It worked great b4 this
  18. [R33] ClickOnDetroit 3/5 · US Will not open: Will not open when press on a article!!!
  19. [R2] ClickOnDetroit 4/5 · US Time to update the App: Like the app. It’s time to add dark mode don’t you think. A lot of us are using that now a days. Please give us the choice.
  20. [R6] ClickOnDetroit 3/5 · US Video Play: I like the app, however I don’t like when I click on a story the video automatically plays. I would like to option to play the video as I am not always in areas where I can play the audio or where earbuds. Please fix!!!!
  21. [R64] WDIV 4Warn Weather 1/5 · US From good to terrible: Amazes me that it’s had constant 1 star reviews since the change and it’s still rated good in the App Store. Another app developer that doesn’t listen to the users… how many people have to delete before bringing the old version back? Well, this used to be a good app. The best around. Very easy to use. The new version is beyond terrible. I deleted it a few days after the up
  22. [R102] WDIV 4Warn Weather 1/5 · US Terrible Update: Still no improvement after the recent reformatting. No landscape mode for iPad users. Planning to delete and install a different weather app. Read the reviews, people!! No one likes this new format.
  23. [R70] WDIV 4Warn Weather 1/5 · US Unusable: Like everyone else says, it used to work. Today i click on it and i get a rapid succession of weird ads. Every time i swipe one away another pops up in about 1 second. And the ads weird stuff like feet pics too. Used to be am excellent tool. Now it’s rendered unusable by ads.
  24. [R75] WDIV 4Warn Weather 3/5 · US I loved this app until: I used to love this app until the latest version. The radar map was changed and I don’t like it as well. Worst of all, it’s not configured for IPad users in the horizontal view. Now I use the Apple or Clime apps. But I still miss the old WDIV 4WarnWeather app.
  25. [R79] WDIV 4Warn Weather 1/5 · US Bad change: The old version was so much easier to read and use. Radar doesn’t show the future path and have to push play every time. The daily and hourly aren’t quick to pull up or easy to read graphics. Too many things on one page, not simple.

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