WLOX Local News App Reviews

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Updated App. Not user friendly. Continually freezes up trying to open. Will not open to the notification story when opened using notification link. Poor overall update

Ad aggravation. I do not like having to go thru an add to get to the news. TV is ok but on your web site an ad is aggravating . In my case, I had a bad experience with America factory and it’s a waste of time navigating thru the ad. Do you have a premium app that by-passes the add?

Good news, the app needs a little tweaking. The problem with the app is when I turn my iPhone sideways to view a picture or video I can’t go back, the app freezes. I have to completely close the app and reopen it to continue. Very frustrating. And I realize the news has to advertise, but do I have to see one EVERY TIME i view a video? I have to admit that I don’t watch as many because of the ads. Thank you for letting me air my thoughts.

Lacks local sports. Football is over; all I see are JUCO or High School football choices. What about Basketball, among other things. Coast teams have been trying to get to Jackson, but I can’t seem to find anything about them. Hard to support them if we don’t know where/when they’re playing next.

Horrible app!. The old WLOX app was not very good. This one is a hundred times worse! It’s hard to follow which stories are actual news and which are just click-bait. It’s very disjointed in the presentation and has too many adds.

Latest Version is Awful. The new update is awful. It is confusing. It's hard to separate the headlines. It repeats headlines/news on home page. Mixes old news with new news. As a result, I have now started going to the Sun Herald app to get my daily news. I pray to God that they do not screw up the wlox weather when they do an update for it.

Go Back. Go back to old format. Had a whole lot less useless links and more current news

Unwanted. Why do we have to watch unwanted commercials when we open stories? Cant close out until finished? Wasn't like this before makes we want to delete Ap!

Broken. Since previous updates, when I select a story, the download stops around halfway and that’s it. I never see the story. I have a really nice frame and title, but no content. Same on the WDAM app

App is terrible. Your new news app is more than useless. It has no logical order and if this app was paper, it would not even make a good mullet wrapper. It should be flushed. Since giving the app zero stars is not an option, you get a one.

Old one is better. I don’t like this newer version it is not categorized in a more helpful way as the other one and it keeps old news way to long

News. I always check the news and weather every day several times. Love getting it on my phone

Thank you for excellent coverage. We appreciate you for providing up to the minute news coverage!

No thanks. Will not work unless location access is given. Why does the app require location access to just read the news? And, just like last time I had this app, it’s slam full of ads. No thanks, I’ll be deleting again.

Another racist news outlet.. This “news outlet” that claims to be unbiased and equally representative is ACTUALLY openly racist. Notice the capitalization differences. “Black” is NOT a proper noun, and by capitalizing it and not “white”, you are a prime example of how media drives separation in the masses for profit. Shame on your company and I will no longer follow such racist bigotry. What a joke.

Not improved! Just MORE ads!. Too many ads! Can’t tell the news stories from “sponsored content”ads. Too many ads interruptions!!! Wish I could go back to old app. Will probably delete this whole app. Makes it Too much trouble to try to see the local news!

Update and streaming. The app version for the weather is not updated frequently enough. The watch live doesn’t always stream it cuts out a lot.

Latest Version is a disappoint. The new version uses a font that is not as reader-friendly. It’s much slower to load, and the ads are placed too frequently and are distracting. In general, I find WLOX doesn’t update the news as frequently enough. There has to be more stories that are of local interest. Instead of the same news with no updates,!there could be more inspirational local coverage. Perhaps the most ironic and frequent negative aspect is the message of “there’s no news,” which in find is more frequent at night and on weekends.

A local restaurant. Very good. I’m able to stay informed at anytime of the day with the news and weather apps.

Don’t like new update. This new update isn’t as user friendly as the previous one. The colors and the set up seem distracting. It just kind of irritates you look for what you want to see first. It also freezes up, you have to close it and reopen. Sometimes change isn’t always the best. Also couldn’t rate the app in the actual app. That link doesn’t do anything. I had to go to the App Store.

App. Still don’t like. You get maybe a few news stories mixed in with a bunch of ads made to look like news stories. “ mom in tears plays app and wins big”.

What happened to this App?. We used to be able to get more than just local news on this App. Recently it changed? Probably will delete it soon if it stays this way. Sad!

Notifications. Click on notifications and find every thing but the story

Update doesn’t work. Since the April 2021 update, my app no longer works. It gets caught on the loading screen but never goes further.

Used to be a good app. Pitiful app. News articles are heavily out weighed by ads. Updates are infrequent. I get better local news from another app.

Review. Thanks for all the wonderful updates and news that you provide us daily

Stuck on loading screen. Ever since the update the app freezes on the loading screen with a circle just going round and round. I hope this gets fixed soon cause I loved the app before the constant freezing

Location. When you report on businesses,frequently you omit the addresses Newcomers and visitors do not know where they are located Also events

Old app was WAY better!. The new version is hard to work with and every time you click to view a story you get a loud annoying ad. Deleted the app and now using Sun Herald.

Terrible upgrade. I absolutely hate the new mobile format. I don’t want to click topic headers for my news. It is harder to view alerts.

Horrible new app. The new app is a horrible set up. Toyota ads running way to often and very annoying. There are too many pop ups on the app which get frustrating.

I trust WLOX news!. I love WLOX they keep us up on all that is going on ! Please keep up the great news!

Needs a serious update. The app is always crashing. Weather forecast never works. Live news feeds doesn’t work.

Doesn’t work. I have a iPhone 13 and the WLOX app won’t work it just keeps buffering. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled and still nothing for over a year this has been going on. The weather app works great. Disappointed in this app.

New update seems like a jumbled mess.. I use this app everyday and I recently downloaded the newest update. It looks like a disorganized, jumbled mess. Often the same story featured several times and there is no clear division and eye appeal to the dividing lines between stories as they are listed on the main page. Also with the recent storm in the Atlantic there should be an update on the main page with current Speeds and forecast.

Does not work. My WLOX app asked me to up date and that is the last time it worked I have deleted and reinstalled five times and all I get is the wheel of death

Four Star. Four Star because the iPad version, you have to start the program, close the program and restart program to get horizontal NOT vertical to work!

Latest Update Horrible. The latest update is absolutely horrible. It is riddled with ads even worse than before. The new layout is horrendous.

Review. I liked the previous version of the app much better, this is a step backwards. It looks like a cheaper version. I enjoyed the trending stories section, why was it done away with?

Frustrating. Way too much ad and click bait. Search either locks up or returns no or irrelevant issues. Too much outdated junk

New update. I updated the app and can now no longer open the app. Don’t know how to solve the issue. Miss checking the news each morning

Review. WLOX is where I start my morning. The content is lackluster, and stale. Quite a bit of the current content is months old. The weather part is only somewhat helpful now since they removed the live morning report. Really enjoyed watching Wesley, he had a lot of enthusiasm. Near Zero on the saints. My time on the site has gone from 15min to 4min, then it's on to AppleNews.

Faulty new app. Was prompted tonight to download the new app when I opened it to read the news - now it won’t open - have tried over the past few hours. Deleted and will try to download and see if if that works.

Bigger print. Can you possibly add a setting to increase the font size? I can barely read articles unless I have my glasses with me! Thank you! Pam T. Pascagoula, MS

How well the reporters articulate. I am so proud of how well our local reporters articulate what is happening in our community. They do it with such professionalism and most of it is impromptu which makes so so much believable, “ no fakes in our news casters.”

Upgrade not working properly. Ever since the upgrade a couple of weeks ago The app at times will not open at all Like this morning

Up To Date News Alerts!. Appreciate the convenience of staying fully informed while on the move. The AAP gives a Headline which I can clip on for the full story, or leave till I have more time, etc Great knowing immediately the local headlines, wrecks, as well as important national news. I’m a believer👍

Poorly optimized and unavoidable ads!. I enjoyed the access to local news headlines, and I appreciate that the news stories were never behind a paywall. However, this app made my phone’s performance abysmal! The app constantly refreshed in the background, even after disabling this option in settings, and unavoidable full-screen animated ads (with embarrassing sound) popped up at random intervals. Extremely frustrating, and there’s no paid ad-free version available. Save your phone and just pin the WLOX homepage to your home screen!

Too many adds.. I don't want to see an add breaking up every sentence of every news story and prefer not to read the news at all if that'a what I'm going to get. Would even prefer to pay for news and not get the add interruptions, but, doesn't seem to be an option.

My local news app. The info gathered from this app satisfies my need to know appetite!👍🏾

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Much love. You have the best news team ever! Great job WLOX!

Awful news app. This app is extremely frustrating!👎

Update issue. Latest update is corrupted and is malfunctioning

Congratulations. Congratulations on making a good appyouv

Doesn’t work now. After this latest update I can’t get the app to open it closes out every time I try to open it... please fixit thank

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Nothing. After I just updated the app. It quit working.

Recent Update. Well thanks for creating an update that completely made the WLOX News app useless. When I try to open the App it just disappears. Ug!!!!!!

Bring back old version.. Old app was much better. I don’t like the layout of the new app. The stories are repetitive. Not as easy to navigate.

Great. Great

Doesn’t work after update. I updated the app and now it doesn’t work. When I click on the app and it begins to open, it just shuts down.

Goodbye, WLOX.. I have tolerated WLOX's gross negligence to proofread in their online edition for a while now, but the latest update won't let me read the stories, just as many others have mentioned. I'm deleting the app and getting my news elsewhere. Most of the "breaking news" doesn't fit that description anyway.

Horrible. Just downloaded on 3GS with most recent IOS version. Won't even open. Why oh why would u remove an app that was working, push out something so buggy and then market it like crazy with on air references and such. Do u want to lose viewers? Do u want to look like a cheap, over reaching news organization in this era of high tech? I am deleting immediately. U should have left it alone. I checked the previous app multiple times per day

👎👎👎👎👎. Wish I’d never done the latest update .. no news compared to prior version

Update Layout Is Horrible. Might as well just go to the WLOX website. Because that’s what this app really looks like. Not happy with the new update.

Riddled with ads. Not real news it’s a tabloid.

“too busy”. Too many ads. Like the previous format much better. Too many different things vying for my attention.

Slow and unreliable. I use several news apps and this the worst for live feeds. Not only is it full of ads that play over and over and over, when the newsfeed finally does come on it never fails to freeze. When it is working the feeds hangs up and repeats what the news anchor is saying two or three times before finally completing the sentence being spoken. I have tried this app using DSL speed Internet, Wi-Fi, high-speed cable internet and have tried it with my cellular data and the same results every time. The news app will play an ad just fine over and over but the newsfeed it self never fails to freeze frame, often times never coming back on. I have tried contacting the news company, no response back. Stick to watching by TV.

Poor coverage. Repeat same coverage Not very informative!

Deleting App due to can’t read a news story without watching a gaming advertisement. I I

App not working since new version was installed. Please correct the problem.. Please fix the App. Not Working.

Last update is horrible. The April 2021 update is horrible. Since this update I don’t use the app as much.

Thanks for the bug fixes. After a couple of weeks of not being able to scroll down and read the stories. They did an update, and the app now works great.

Lots of improvement made. There seems to be a lot of negative reviews based on the older version. I'll agree the previous versions were absolutely worthless. This last update cleaned up the interface a lot and actually made it a pretty decent news app. While it won't replace your national news app, it will supplement it well.

Not good!. We have severe weather and when I get tornado warnings on my phone I have to watch long ads to before getting any information! That shows you the priority of WLOX management! It's appalling!!!

New update is horrible and poorly done.. Please revert back to how it was before, this recent update makes the app look sloppy and is just annoying.

More local news please. I use this app for local news. Mississippi Gulf Coast news. Not to read about what ever Backstreet Boy fell off a stage or whatever the clickbait crime of the day is. I can get that anywhere. This app, your website and your broadcast is failing more and more on what should be its mission. Delivering local news. If all I want is a random collection of headlines sorta based on my location and sorta based on my search history...there are other better options

Useless. Useless for the end user

Bring old layout back!!. Too complicated to use

Gulf Coast Best News Source for on the go or away from home!!!. I have experienced news apps from other local news sources in the Gulf Coast area. I always go back to the WLOX app because I find it to be the best at keeping me informed. I love the fact if I missed the news on TV, I can go to my phone & see what I missed. Great App!!! Also, I have their weather app. You can get the weather info from the news app tho. Just another plus of having this app. Plus you can get all the scoop on local elections too. A must have.

Great app of joy. Great app it’s Est2k19

WLOX. Love WLOX ON MY PHONE!!! Good to know what’s going on around “The COAST”.

Doesn't seem to work. Went to my old WLOX on my iPhone and it had a banner that I would have to go get the new app. Downloaded new app, had to remove old app. Started this new app and it just sat there on the Top Stories tabe and spun for about 5 minutes until I gave up. Pressed the My Report section and that actually came up, went back to Top Stories and again just sat there and spun. I'm hoping this wasn't the expected result. Now I'm getting "update failed" messages. I have 3 bars and am on wifi. Every other app works fine. Very disappointing app.

App. Great app

So Slow and over advertised. You should make enough money from your overloaded advertisement on your website could take one or two off the app so It wouldn't be so SLOW. Not only that, I loved the old app the only bad thing with that one was no videos which could have been added with ease, but no you need to redesign the app to fit more advertisement cause you are so money hungry you can't do your job and just give us the news. Not to mention news that we can get so much fast with any other app twice as fast cause the others aren't loaded with advertisements. Your a news show NOT a sales site ! I am really disliking WLOX.........

Wlox news app. Worst news app!!! It is terrible. No way to access local high schools or the saints. Go back and fix it!!!!

Screen stuck. Someone else noted that their screen is stuck and they can't read the full article. Ever since I did the new update for the iPhone mine has been experiencing the same. Can't read the articles. Makes me sad. Get it fixed

not as useful as it should be. Not much info available even compared to their web site. Pop up notifications of "breaking news" stories show a "view" button but often it just takes you to the home page and the story they alerted you to is nowhere to be found. Mostly got it for local weather, it suffices but not really worth the disk space for the most part.

Full screen advertisements and fails to load. This recent update wrecked the app

WLOX. Too many adds and slow app

Doesn't update often. This app doesn't update often at all- maybe once a day? If you're looking for something to get up-to-date news with, this is NOT it. The app does send breaking news notifications and I appreciate those but they are rare. Even after refreshing the home page, I still get the same old news.

To many bogus ads. Ads that do not pertain to my location

Thank you. I love this app guys 😍😍😍

Fix new app. This new app is awful. It keeps reparations the same articles as you scroll down. Like the old version much better, less clutter, and non repeating.

K. Do not like it.

Don’t work. New version has never worked

Great but can you guys try another sound. The alert sound sounds like a bomb warning. It freaks out me and my whole family, including my cat at every hour of the day or night when sounded. And it was just a flood last time. Can you please fix it?

Love the app ❤️❤️❤️. What a wonderful change from the old app to this new one. A 360 turn around and it offers so much more than before. Will recommend to everyone in my area. 👍👍

Location requirement. I am unable to use the app without enabling my location.

Why’d Y’all Do It??. I really enjoyed the app prior to the “update.” It is harder to navigate. I can’t find the trending and seen on social media sections. Please change it back 😩