KSAT 12 Weather Authority vs KSAT 12 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. [R5] KSAT 12 Weather Authority 5/5 · US Best weather app yet: I’ve tried a lot of different weather apps over time and found that this one is one of the best in design and information all around. Perhaps a little biased towards KSAT after living in San Antonio for a couple of years back in the mid 60’s but a resounding yes to this app. It not only provides me with the weather in and around San Antonio but I also added my current locatio
2. [R8] KSAT 12 Weather Authority 5/5 · US New weather app: I’ve used your weather app for several years and loved it. I’ve tried working with the new one and have changed settings but it won’t keep my changes. I just want the radar once it comes up. I’m not interested in all the links you have below featuring the actual broadcast and other stuff. Needless to say there’s another station that has one similar to your old one you had that I’l
3. [R11] KSAT 12 Weather Authority 4/5 · US The update is horrible: This was my favorite weather app but the update you just did makes it difficult to use and the radar is so bizarre looking now. Please change it back!
4. [R61] KSAT 12 News 2/5 · US News: News is too stale! Same articles run 2-3 days in a row and no updates on weekends
5. [R1] KSAT 12 Weather Authority 1/5 · US Icons and view is incredibly large. You can’t see it.: The app changed about a week ago and suddenly when you open it, it is massive huge you can’t even see two other days at a time!!! This app is absolutely worthless!!!
6. [R3] KSAT 12 Weather Authority 3/5 · US Unusable for me: The inability to use landscape mode, or enlarge the window for iPad use makes it difficult to use. I liked the layout, but now it’s just too cumbersome and hard to use.
7. [R64] KSAT 12 News 1/5 · US Advertisement: Get rid of the advertising that pops up when the app is opened!
8. [R7] KSAT 12 Weather Authority 1/5 · US Poor quality app: The apps features usually never work and when you write a review, the developers simply are offended that their app doesn’t function properly when that is their responsibility. Currently, the app doesn’t open and has been this way since the new year begun.
9. [R28] KSAT 12 Weather Authority 1/5 · US Terrible: Unfortunately after the update this app has never worked properly. I like using the radar and it is TERRIBLE now. The app is also not user friendly and hard to navigate. I will be having to download a different one for reliability and usability.
10. [R60] KSAT 12 Weather Authority 1/5 · US Terrible app: The KSAT weather app used to be a great local weather app. It completely changed after the latest update and is now terrible. It seems like it has nothing to do with KSAT anymore. You can’t even read the local forecast. Most of the time the forecast will be completely different from what is on the KSAT website. I deleted it.
11. [R87] KSAT 12 News 3/5 · US Site problems: App freezes up, sometimes shuts down and closes on its own. Great content, but frustrating trying to read it.
12. [R9] KSAT 12 Weather Authority 3/5 · US Intrusive Ads: Tried to look at the app today and ads kept popping up hijacking the entire screen. After about 5, I closed the app and am looking for a new weather app.
13. [R10] KSAT 12 Weather Authority 1/5 · US Toooooo many ads: I’ve had the app for several months and while it does offer “some” helpful information, the ads are so bothersome. You can’t touch any portion of your screen without hitting them. Very frustrating. I can look up weather info myself w/o soliciting advertisements.
14. [R12] KSAT 12 Weather Authority 3/5 · US Meh: Overall a descent app. The problem is that every time I would like to watch a video over the daily forecast, it makes me painfully watch a 2 minute long advertisement. It’s extra annoying having a ‘Skip ad’ feature that DOESN’T EVEN WORK. At this point I will figure out the weather myself.
15. [R22] KSAT 12 Weather Authority 2/5 · US In serious need of improvements: This app has been my go-to for local weather for quite some time. However, the revamping of the app several months ago (editing this review as June 4, 2025, though the xperience still remains the same) hasn't made the experience very pleasant. Almost everything about the older format version was much more user-friendly including the various radar maps. For one, the
16. [R46] KSAT 12 Weather Authority 1/5 · US Downgrading quality: The app does not have storm tracker anymore. A user can't determine if hail cells, wind, tornados are visibly in our area. It's almost like they are programming the apps not to inform us! Programmers have dummed down the app. Even after emailing the programmers, no reply. It's a waist of time!
17. [R73] KSAT 12 News 1/5 · US malicious software: Nothing but adds and the damn app auto plays videos when it asked me if it could and it does it anyway after saying now. It even auto plays when my phone screen on. This is malicious software
18. [R100] KSAT 12 News 1/5 · US Deleted after loyal usage: I have had the Ksat app for years and have only watched Ksat news since I was a child. However, the app has become more of a headache due to the ads. It takes longer to watch the ad than to view the news updates. The new version of the weather app was already garbage, but I let it slide due to my love for Ksat. I am now done and have moved on to another news station that