KATU News Mobile App Reviews

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Takes you to App Store and won't let you use app. As soon as you open the app you get stuck in a continue loop of being routed to the App Store nonstop for various apps. As soon as you click to go back to the KATU app it routes you back to the App Store for a different app. Useless!! 😡

Hire a professional. Did you use interns or a co-worker's high school kid to develop the update to this app? You are supposed to be a news organization - do some research on usability before dumping this garbage on your audience. You are better than this, and we deserve better from you.

Bad update. After the most recent update I can’t open the weather forecast, it just crashes the app.

Horrible. This app used to somewhat workable. Now as you scroll, the articles jump all around as they try and stick ads in between every 5-6 articles. Just so frustrating, scrolling back and forth to find the article you just saw and wanted to read.

Frustrating. When I open the app there is a “commercial advertisement” that takes over whatever I am trying to link to and just keeps looping and no matter how many times I click it to make it disappear it reactivates and starts looping again. I can’t get to any stories.

Latest Update Broke the App. The most recent update last week broke the app. It no longer loads past the white logo screen.

Update app and website. This app was almost as bad as watching the news online. If my phone moved the slightest, the entire story starts again. And with all the commercials, you would think they could afford to fix these issues.

Unusable app. Adds keep opening constantly when trying to read a news article. Can't even get past first article as adds overtake app. In the years I have loved KATU, their IT team shows little to no regard to fixing this piece of garbage app. Why do I keep using it?

Alert issues. Alerts are nice but clicking on them takes you to their main page where it is difficult if not impossible in some cases to find the associated article. KGW app is better.

Terrible!. I'm giving it one star because zero stars is not a choice. After having the Katu app for years, I'm deleting it because this version is that bad. Slow to load, too many graphics, difficult to navigate. They ruined a good thing. :(

Totally useless. Quite some time ago, the Katu app worked ok and provided info in a reasonable format. Unfortunately a number of months ago the format was changed and this app has become painful to use. The way the information is presented, the options to scroll and sort through, all of it has been really frustrating to the point that I have now deleted the app and loaded a competitors app that seems much more user friendly.

WORST APP FOR PORTLAND AREA!!. What used to be a great app and my personal favorite now sadly isn't even worth the download as it's the worst app I'd say now out of all the Portland news stations. No landscape when it sort of worked. I deleted it then thought I give it another try but It just keeps telling me to touch here, touch the heart, swipe right to add content and doesn't do anything. I've tried multiple times it's just not worth it. I'm going back to other Portland news apps which are much better designed and easier to get around in. Whoever designed this did not make it user friendly at all .

It's fine. I haven't experienced any bugs, but I don't see what was wrong with the previous app. However, I still enjoy KATU and have no problems with this new one. It would be nice if it had fast switching capabilities (i.e. not reloading the app each time it's opened).

This should be an embarrassment for KATU. [Amendment to my previous review below: All of my complaints have been dealt with and the latest version is pretty good. Landscape mode on the iPad finally works. The weather report is fixed and the app is stable and well organized. I have raised my rating to four stars. It would have been five but I cannot bring myself to reward KATU with the that high rating for finally doing what should have been done in the first place.] This "update" is an unfinished Alpha version that somehow escaped into the wild. Landscape mode does not work (this is an iPad version not an iPhone version so this is unforgivable). The current temperature consistently displays a "?" In the weather section and there is not current forecast text. The app is simply not finished, so I would wait for a new version if possible. Unfortunately, I went with blind (misplaced) trust. Don't make my mistake.

Update fixed it. After update it works wonderful ty for fixing it

I don't know how to read weather in Spanish. New app format and layout is nicer than old one for sure, but verbose weather forecast is in Spanish, which makes it not very user friendly.

Great app!. But this last update removed my ability to go back from the first news story I selected, so I'm stuck. Usually easy to use and great layout.

Like. Simple, clean, user friendly, straight to the point. Dear Fisher, don't even think about updating this with the horrid update on KOMO APP!!!!

Needs more work. App does good enough for my fix of local news on the iPad, but I would love to see an actual link to the story when it tells me to see the site.

Completely worthless. Automatically redirects to App Store for games and other paid apps when you click on a news story. This app will show you the day's headlines, but you can't ready any of the stories. Try the KGW app for your Portland news.

Great news app. This is one of the best news apps I have ever used. Video links in the stories (great quality video too!), easy to navigate etc etc. This will be my primary source of news. Beats out Oregonlive app, Kptv and all the other ones

Great app after bug fix!. Great improvements on this app! Was about to give up due to issues and bugs, but with the latest fix the app is working flawlessly. Nice interface and graphics, easy to navigate.

A step backward. The new version of the app is a step backwards in both speed and ease of use. There are more graphics which translates to less information on the screen and more scrolling. It also lags a lot more than the older version and frequently freezes for a few seconds There are also more ads injected in between the stories which while expected is still annoying. The app is a necessary evil if one wishes to read the katu version of the news.

You are fake news. This app is junk. There is a lot of inconsistency in the content shown in the main feed. Articles with different publication dates are mixed up, old mixed with new. The videos don't work properly, and the layout hasn't been updated for iPhone 6 and up (that came out in 2014). The quality of content is going down the crapper too.

Sinclair Broadcasting = Trump TV. Sinclair is Trump TV. If that’s what your into, then this is the place for you. BTW... You don’t have to worry about “Fake News” on Sinclair Stations, as they pride themselves on being the only local news stations that can navigate you through the fake news waters.

Previously sucked, now doesn't.. Previously sucked, now it really works. Glad it was improved.

A disaster!. Text appears vertical instead of normally horizontal. Makes reading impossible. I guess this is a bug that needs to be fixed ASAP if you do not want to be flooded with negative feedback. Luckily I had not deleted my old Katu news app, so for now I will keep using that one until this new app is fixed. I can not believe that with a bug like that it gets through Apple's review.

Great update from KATU. Fine job, easy navigation, fast. Especially nice to have one finger map panning, and all the stories are well written with journalistic integrity. A true pleasure to use your new app!

Restaurant Report Card. Where's restaurant report card? Having this great information on hand would be extremely helpful when trying to decide on a place to eat.

Sheesh.. You would hope a large ABC affiliate would know basic spelling at least… I’ve seen too many typos on this app to care anymore. It always seems like the app is managed by an unsupervised intern who wishes they worked for Vice or Buzzfeed.

Bad version. I had dumped the previous version because it didn't work. Thought maybe they'd fixed it. Seems not as I can't get out of the tutorial screen to see actual stories. I'll try again later.

Useless app. I have the same issue as other reviewers. Starting this app almost immediately takes you to the App Store to download some game being advertised on the news app. Nothing you do gets you out of the loop and you can't even read any of the news articles. I will be going elsewhere for my news. Bad job KATU. Great way to lose your customer base

Does what it should do.... Good app in a similar format to the Katu website. Looking for something better? Download pulse news. This however does what it set out to do. Deliver Katu news to your idevice.

Difficult Newsfeed page. I’m disappointed in the updated main Newsfeed page. Rather than headlines, it shows a large photo with its headline, so I have to scroll down and down and down through all photos/headlines. While the Local selection, for example, is easy to use and I’m able to select what story I want to read, I don’t see a way to select that format for the main Newsfeed page. I’d like to see headlines for local/nation/world available on the main page rather than large photos.

News Satisfaction. Just what I need for my hourly/daily news! I have watched KATU for years. I love the chemistry of both the morning and evening groups!

Great until a few weeks ago. This app was a great app for local and world news until a few weeks ago when they simply stopped updating the content in almost all of the categories. Now I will have to get my news elsewhere.

Won’t open!. Crashes immediately when trying to open & is, therefore, useless!

Used to like app- deleting it. I really liked this app before the change. Weather halfway comes up- the weather part is harder to navigate. Too much news feed with no organization to it. Not worth space on my phone.

KATU NEWS MOBILE. This app has not worked for months on my Ipad3. Have tried to load the updates but nothing is working, with the exception of the instruction pages, which can only be swiped to read. It used to work quite well. My husband has the New IPad and his KATU APP stopped working after he loaded your update time before last.

Update disabled access to view news feed. After latest update I accidentally touched something while trying to use first time & I can no longer see any news feeds. I've use this app for several years to read the news, at least I used to. Hate latest update, might as well delete as it no longer allows me to view news feed.

Wow!!. First off, I want to say thank you for updating the app and fixing the interface. I really love the app this time Thank you

New version useless now on iPad. Where did support for landscape mode go? I just installed another update and still no landscape support. Never use it at all now. Impossible to use with constant moving of the articles around ads.

Is there a way to give ZERO stars?. This is one of the most useless TVcontent apps that I’ve ever encountered.

Like the local feed. Works well for me, not crashing. I like the fact that they have a local Camas news section along with other locales.

The last update did broke this app!. The update made this app so using it will not go past the white logo page. Unless you use wi-fi connection . At this point you might as well use your tv to watch the news or video. The whole point to have this app on your mobile devices is to have on the go and your Wi-Fi doesn’t follow you everywhere you go.

Fox News Lite. KATU has an easy to use app without a lot of ads, and is good about reporting local news that OregonLive fails to cover. Unfortunately KATU seems to be slowly and surely being biased towards the right. They are increasing their coverage of national politics with stories that are only on Fox News and other right leaning news organizations. I will continue to use the KATU news app, but with caution, because it’s pretty obvious where they stand and what their agenda is. Too bad they can’t just report the news without trying to brainwash us.

Added Bugs, AGAIN!!!. This is an update to a review posted more than a year ago... Why, oh why do companies rely on outsiders who do not test what they create, and then promote it as having “big fixes?” This app now acts like an iPhone app only displaying on my iPad Air in portrait mode, and runs noticeably slower. Repost the previous version under anew rev number so we can “update” to the previous working version. It is also to be noted that rather than showing local news items as it did several years ago, the KATU new app now is mostly generic national news. USELESS!

Bad format, last update made it worse. I don't use the app much lately. The format isn't very good on mobile and lately I try to read an article but as I scroll down only ads are there. Chunks where maybe an article would be are just black rectangles with no text in them.

Really poor update. The biggest defect is that it often shows you tutorial screens with no obvious way to get out of them and into the news articles. Please fix this ASAP. For some reason they refuse to fix this, a real pity, I really hate them. Fix your lousy app. I see that you Aholes have not fixed the app yet, do you test it on the ipad?

New version has issues. Ever since the new version app has been crashing every time I open up a story. I liked old version better. It was user friendly and easy to get to other news stories

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This App Does Not Work on IPads. When I open this app on my iPad - it defaults to the first time use instructions. When I swipe through the six pages of instructions - I do not get the "list icon" to display so I can use the app. The app also will only display in portrait mode and will not resize into landscape mode when I turn my iPad.

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Crashing. Keeps crashing everytime I try to read a story. Not worth it, too many other good news apps. I'm deleting it today!

Crashes. Update works great. :)

Bad App. Don't waste your time with this app upgrade. There are so many things wrong with it. I'm really disappointed in KATU News Mobile new app. Save face KATU, and go back to the old app that at least works.

Ok. Well it crashes a lot but it's still good.

New update is terrible. Long time user of the Katu app... After the latest update finally removed the app. It's unusable, hard to navigate, has useless features like "my feed". Please go back to the old app!

Awful App! Big time-waster! 😡. After it downloads it is completely stuck on the tutorial on the iPad. Fix it ASAP please. You desperately need an update to fix it because it is UNUSABLE!

App only runs in portrait mode. Defective.. App only runs in portrait mode. No adjustment available in settings. Totally useless for my use. Will not bother to go past first screen.

Buggy app. Doesn't work well on my iPad mini. Crashes, opens other programs that I haven't selected. All I want to do is read the news, guess I'm going with a competitor app since yours doesn't work.

Terrible App. This app randomly opens a video when you swipe to the next screen. The video doesn't even relate to the article you wanted to view. Very annoying. Don't waste your time. I've deleted the app from my iPhone.

Doesn't work at all!. After this update, app won't load! Day later, same thing! Delete & reload doesn't help on my iPhone 5. 3 reloads in 3 days & continues to crash. KGW 8 works great and gives me enough Portland news!

Buggy. Organization is not bad, but it crashes on me a lot. I've quit using it.

Crashing. Every time I read a story it crashes. Deleting it and looking for another news app.

Terrible 'Update'. Seems to be written by someone that did not own an iPad. I hope you didn't pay the programmer very much!

Ads. Every time I open the app to try to read the articles it takes me to the App Store to check out another app. Doesn't let me read anything.

App won't open!. Deleted app, rebooted phone and downloaded app again and still won't open. Tried every day since update and will not work. Bye.

Oopsy Breaky. Slow to get updated or breaking news, and now videos won't play after iOS 8 update. I'm moving on...

App. Go back to your old app. This new version is horrible. Going to another news and weather source

Boring. Info is there but the app itself doesn't hold my attention. Needs an updated UI.

Poor. Slow especially loading pictures. Not a very polished app. Would not bother downloading.

Not Good. This app is slow to change its news stories,and the ODOT live traffic cams have not been working for over a week....and this not the first time. One can only hope for better.....

Horrible. Same news stories for days. No one seems to be able to update the news stories.

Liked the old app better. Old app worked fine and was better laid out.

Question of day is a scam. Had to install for question of day but found it to be slow and buggy. Question of day doesn't work. Scam

Really bad, choose another. KATU would serve its viewers better by reverting to the previous app. This is by far the worst implementation of a news app, ever. Choose ANY other local app for a better experience, or use your browser.

Terrible. It won't go beyond the odd tutorial on how to use the app. It's not locked up, there is simply no way to do it. The screen won't rotate either. This is even worse than last time. Is someone getting paid for this?

I can’t go to Portland as to scan for animals and humans that are missing!. I don’t live near Portland!

Videos don't work. On my iphone 4s, the videos don't play. Also, stories need to be updated more frequently..

Terrible. Crashes and hasn't been able to contact the news server for two days or so. KGW is the way to go. New version 6.5.0 no longer displays just local news.

Terrible. I loved the old Katu app, but the new one is awful. Slow, buggy, deleted within hours.

APP will not Rotate - News will not load.. I have a disability and I must keep my iPad horizontally orientated in a special keyboard. The APP will not rotate so I can view articles (I do not remember if it used to rotate). Keeps crashing. iPad 3, 64 gig, cell phone / WIFI enabled.

Sad. I live in RI now and I was using the KATU app to keep up with news at home. I'm sad it's not working. I hope they come up with an update fast before I delete it.

Not worth the price...(yep, it's free...). This app (and the KOMO APP) is terrible! Crashes before a single story can be read. Time to find a new app developer, Fisher Broadcasting! Don't waste your time with this app!

Terrible functionality. This app is awful. It has always been awful. The alerts rarely correctly link to the story being alerted to. The newsfeed stories all have hidden links to random app ads. Deleted.

If it ain't broke don't fix it.. The new format is horrible. Put it back like it was. I had to select one star, because it would not let me choose no stars for my review.

Kgw it is. Been trying to get Katu to work for the last couple days, No luck. Deleted and added kgw. I recommend this change to the rest of you!

Fix your app. Your alerts don't open articles. Your article links freeze. Fix your app

Won't load. News won't load. I let it do an auto update and now it's junk. Your updates keep getting worse and worse. Time to hire someone who knows what they're doing.

No Landscape Option on IPad. Why can't I view content in landscape on my iPad? The other local new station apps can. Guess I'll get my news from them.

Worthless n Frustrating. Ap will not get out of the help and instruction area when opened....better before

News not current. News not up to date. Usually a day behind.

Worthless. Don't bother getting this app. A cable subscription is required in order to access content. Also, the app won't rotate. It's worthless.

Clunky. Don't bother with this updated app, use KGW. They have moved many of the stories to the suburban pages, could not find what I wanted to view. Poor decision, will be deleting this app.

Don't bother. The app before was way better. Better interface, graphics, options. This app is taking a major step back.

W. Love it. Works great for news and weather.

You messed up KATU!. Put it back to the old format! KGW has your old set up and that's were I'll be getting my news from now on.

Please redo your App. If you receive news notifications good luck finding the news subject as it prompts you to the app and your unable to find the story. Very frustrating.

No sound. When I go to watch the live broadcast there’s never any sound the video plays but you can’t hear anything

Terrible. Ads apparently aren't enough, as this app constantly pulls you out of the app, while in the middle of reading an article, and forces you into the app store to download one of their advertisers apps. Deleted immediately.

New format is unreadable. Went to catch up on the headlines and every story was nothing but a black box. There was zero content and the entire site is devoid of any stories. Worst update ever! Please fix this or switch back to the old format.

Poor App. Stopped reading KATU news because of this app. Won't go wide screen. Not even close to par with the other news apps.