News 5 Cleveland WEWS App Reviews

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Turn my music back in on. This is my go-to traffic and news app, and I check it multiple times a day. Since the new update, my music pauses every time I open the app. It's very frustrating when this happens multiple times a day.

GREAT upgrade. Great job on this upgrade! So easy to find anything you could be looking for. Local news and weather radar are listed by county for the entire viewing area. The app has the most detailed and complete menu I can imagine. Will be using frequently through the day.

Wanted breaking news notifications only, yet I still get all the notifications. Beware

Fantastic news experience. Great news coverage and up-to-date information for northeast Ohio. Showcases pictures and video well. Easy to find stories and search news with navigation menu. Can swipe to switch between stories effortlessly. Comprehensive forecast, current conditions and live radar. Sleek design and easy to read fonts. Fantastic live streaming. Simple to send in pictures or video using the “Report News” feature. Overall, the app creates a pleasant news experience.

Good but too spammy with notifications. It’s good to know what’s going on but should be able to change notifications for breaking news only.

Great way to stay informed!. Great way to be informed all day long by my go to local station. Thank you to all the people in front of and behind the cameras.

GREAT APP TO HELP YOU STAY UP WITH THE CLE!!. I love the News 5 weekday, evening, and weekend teams!! What better way to get your info and your day started or winding down with this mobile app!!!

TV 5. Best news app

I can’t tweet out stories. I have not been able to tweet out stories and info on this App using my iPad since this latest update! Funny but yesterday it worked just fine and I was able to tweet out a bunch of good stuff on Twitter about the Cavs. Please fix this problem ASAP.

Not a television watcher. I have this app on my phone because I not only don’t watch tv, I currently don’t own a tv! So, when I want to, I can use this app to watch the live stream at 11pm... works great for me 😉

Horrible. Loved this app, but today, every time I try to read a news story I keep getting pop ups for a stupid car.. That I didn't even click on!!! As a matter of fact I kept my hands off of my phone and it still kept taking me from the story!!!!!!!!! Ridiculous!!! Literally I tried for 5 minutes to read one story and it redirected me at least 15 times. I will be deleting this app!! 3,8,19 have never given me this much trouble!!!!!!!

Rating for 5. Live away from Cleveland but family is there so News 5 (which I have followed for 40 years) keeps us up on what is going on around our family, plus updates on all our Cleveland teams. Thank you. Mario and Kathy Voskion

Screen freeze. This has been going on for several months. Only way to continue is to close the app snd start over. Very annoying! I have delete the app and reinstalled it several times. Didn’t help at all. Using an iPhone 12 Pro.

Removing the app from my phone. When reading news it freezes and pop up ads take over the screen.

Like to keep up with local news. I am currently out of town, so getting the news from home is easy on this app... The only thing I have missed is a live feed. I assume I just haven't found it yet, but please review it for that ability. Make it easy to find.

Wonderful way to keep up with Cle news. As a native clevelander living out of town, this is my preferred app to keep up with news effecting my home town.

LOVEEEE. I love news 5 sooooo much so so accurate, everything on this app is perfect and helpful

Too Many Push Notifications. I downloaded the app to get more local news updates. They send out push notifications at a rate of nearly every hour throughout the weekdays, mostly for national headlines that have nothing to do with Northeast Ohio or local reporting. Absolute garbage and caused me to delete the app after only having it for two weeks.

Update your app!!!!!!!. My top stories screen has not changed since February 6, 2020. Pretty sure that stuff is old news. If I could give this app zero stars, I would.

Informative app.. Easy to use. Informative Nationally and locally.

Use it for the articles. I use the app for the written articles. It seems Cleveland dot com is not much more than a collection of regurgitated police blotters. It’s nice to have a source for cogently written news stories.

Glitch - app won’t open. Within the last few days the channel 5 app won’t open. It flashes and closes with a blink of the eye. Any suggestions?

Great App!. Everything in one convenient, easy to get to, easy to use app. Definite must have!

Broken Santa Tracker link. The link you provide to the NORAD Santa Tracker is broken. Please fix it fast!

Great for news. This app is great for news. The layout is decent and news items are interesting and relevant.

To the point. Love this app. They get straight to the story, no excess nonsense. Beats the others hands down.

Watch their TV broadcast instead. I have been a life long fan of News Channel 5 and their broadcast. However, in my opinion this app is compromised by their method of advertising. I would estimate that 2/5 articles you try to pull up is sponsored by an advertisement that literally blocks out all the body of text of the article. You are asked to fill out a survey before you earn the ability to read the article. This is on top of the standard ads that all other news outlets use. I would recommend the WKYC app over this one for mobile use.

Best one for clevelanders that want a list to scroll. Only one with a decent layout to list stories than click on them if they interest you, however- it isn’t updated that often and all the stories don’t get listed

Revised review. Does pay live newscasts as they're being broadcast.

Top of the Line. I love this app- easy to use, lots of information. It’s all I need.

Only the Best Coverage !. We have recently stated streaming and found that we can not get Channel 5! Thank goodness that we can get the news and weather on our I-pad no matter where we go. We are now in CA and are keeping up on all the NE Ohio news.

Lynn. My go to for local news🤗

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Not Trustworthy Predatory Advertising Scams. The new advertising ribbon at the bottom of each page is made to look like your Facebook notification bar. They stooped to the level of making a red notification flashing on the inbox icon, hoping to trick unsuspecting users into thinking they have a Facebook message. When the ribbon is clicked on you are taken to the advertiser. This is terrible marketing for a large news source who is supposed to be representing the peoples news. Can you really trust their news stories? Or are they more concerned about preying on unsuspecting users to get advertising clicks? This is some low class Scam!

Best Cleveland news app. I've tried all the Cleveland news apps and this one is the best. Keeps you abreast well with what's going on locally and nationally. And actually streams LIVE video for major breaking news events. A must have for Cleveland and the surrounding areas.

Best news station in NE OH!. Best news comes from #5!! I’ve watched it all my life!! Love all the people, and rely on the truth! Great investigative reporting! Weather, sports.. I’ve been there as people come and go, and I love they feel like friends and family!! Thank you for being “Live on your side” for me!

Viral ads. I have used this app for a long time and it was great until recently. It now has those ridiculous ads that are hard to get out of. Probably going to delete it and find something else.

Can’t Register an Account with you!. I’m trying to Register an Account with you. You ask me for my email and password. I enter a password but you say it’s wrong. How can it be wrong when I’m trying to my just now Register with you. How and Why is it wrong? You need to explain yourself. Bookmarking an article shouldn’t be this difficult!

Everything is just too big!. ...and I'm viewing on an iPhone 6. The top story (forecast at the moment) takes up 50% of the screen. The red bar at the top for breaking news, etc. is always there. Sure, you can close it, but as soon as you open the app again, it reappears; it doesn't automatically disappear while scrolling the headlines either. Plus advertisement at the bottom, only 1.5 headlines are actually visible when launching the app! The app is set to use my system text size settings, and it's as low as it can go. Bigger is not always better, I can't even begin to imagine what this app looks like on an iPhone 4 or 5!

Good news and weather coverage. Helped me with the storm and tornado warnings, also good with closing information.

Only the commercials work!!!. This app is useless. I wanted the weather report re: a winter storm warning and after enduring two commercials which streamed flawlessly, the weather report on the storm wouldn’t stream. This is a repeated problem. So, out of sheer frustration I deleted the app. Channel 5 News is an online joke. When they decide to enter the 21st century for real I might come back because I do like their TV news. But their online app is pure crap and not worth it.

News?. Like every other news app, these people have no idea what “Breaking News” is. Notifications going off all day about nothing anyone cares about. The clincher for me was some duke named their child. Really? That’s breaking news? Goodbye.

Not well-updated. -Same stories from day to say -Not much content -Most stories taken from mainstream propaganda

Version 6.2 update makes the app harder to use. I am a long standing viewer & frequently interact with several people at WEWS on Facebook & Twitter, but I often used the app for easy access to local news. With the new update trying to do this went from "no problem" to "Houston, we have a problem". As another reviewer pointed out, the loss of easier navigation with categories to view to quickly find what you want to see, makes it too much of a hassle to use anymore. As much as I am hesitant to do it, I'll be uninstalling it in lieu of just using Safari to go to the website directly. Hopefully when they fix what wasn't broken they'll post online that it is a useful app again.

Where’s the News. As I compare this app to some of the other local news, it’s terrible. It covers very little news, most top stories in the country! Definitely needs polished!!

I use to like your app & your site.... The advertisements on your updated app are horrendous. They are obnoxious and are not allowing the viewing of the headlines to function properly. I really use to enjoy the older app. It was my go to for news in the area. And, I used go to your mobile site regularly. However, the ads on it recently are ridiculous, especially a particular Walmart sweepstakes offer. I understand the need for advertising to create a profit, but if no one wants to visit the pages or the app; then, it is pointless. Thank you for reading.

Needs improvement. I've used this app for three years with few problems. This most recent upgrade which was forced upon me lost necessary functionality, especially the ability to swipe left to move to the next article. I'll give it a week or two for a correcting release. If that doesn't happen I'll change to another local news source.

More Ads than news.. It’s annoying to always be accidentally clicking on ads. This news station does not need them at all.

Pretty decent. This is the best news app by far, great weather radar and well rounded local news decent national news, although I wish there was more world news

Keeps closing. About a week ago this app would shut down when I opened an article. I tried restarting my phone but it still happened. I just deleted the app and will now reinstall it. Hope this fixes the problem.

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Videos are great!. I really like the easy access to the videos! Much better than other local news apps!

Not updating. I like this app and has always worked fine but recently it stopped updating the news stories. It's stuck on the first couple days in August. Please fix! The app deserves more than 2 stars

Yuck to the new version. New version is harder to scroll through quickly and see what's new. I miss the old version which was much easier to used and quickly see what stories were new.

News 5. Love having my hometown news on an app! Living out of state lets me keep in touch!

Works well. No bugs. Keeps me informed of local news.

Better than the other two by far. I tried the Fox 8 app until they updated it and made it an absolute nightmare for iPad. I switched to WKYC's app but it has no sound! videos without sound....brilliant. The NewsChannel 5 app just works. Nice clear video, interesting news.

Liz. I like this app because I am now able to check to see if I have school and see what the weather is.

Ad timer does not work correctly. The 15 ad countdown times moves down 1 seconds every. 10 seconds. Finished playing and counter still is at 11 seconds. Not worth waiting another 2 minutes to access each video

Great app. Quick, easy to find info. Especially like weather and school closings!

John k. I get a news Notification from Newsnet5. It instructs to go to the app to read the story now. Every time it's not there until much later!

Great app, bad writing. Articles frequently lack information and leaves the reader frustrated. Also, there are often spelling errors, even in the titles. The app works well (minus the 30-second commercials if you want to watch video).

Frustrating wait for video content. The commercial ads take much too long to load and play whenever a video link is chosen

Annoying App. I like News Net 5, but I want to get the News on my time. Although this app does have settings to disable notifications, the latest versions completely ignore the "Receive Notifications" off settings. This makes the app extremely annoying as you receive notifications about 6-12 times daily, because the weather forecast for a cool and sunny day is breaking news in NEO.

What the huh??. Won't work -freezes up on iPhone every time - cannot even get my weather 😱 awful- app support doesn't work either! What a mess used to be so easy to get my local weather - not anymore- very disappointed

Hate the new format!. This new format is very hard to use. Hate not having the option to read a summary instead of view the video. Hate that you can't pick the category. Not user friendly at all. Big miss here. Looking for another site. 😒

Don't need Twitter format. The old app was so quick and simple. I loved seeing the current headlines without having to scroll through page after page. I would check it multiple times every day. This one is a no go for me. Until we have the old option, I'm out. Too bad. 😕

New UI Stinks. The prior version of this app was great. The new look has done nothing for improvement. The simple article list was much better than the larger video clip listing they have now. At least bring back the double touch back feature.

I want the old app back!. Newsnet 5 is my primary news station to ABC news! I have enjoyed using the old version this upgrade is horrible! All the different topics are gone. Sports TV Guide etc. I'm ready to delete this app and just go online.

Updated App. Much better after bug fixes. Reloaded app, now news can be viewed the way it should be. Still a lot of adds but app works like it used to. Thank you

Great App. Keeps me up to date on latest news and Cleveland events!!

Best news app. Structured well with clarity of difficult news articles expressed easy to understanding and compassion.

Best local news app!. So easy to use- check it several times a day. Great weather info and videos.

Not a fan of the new update. I have always loved your news station, but lately you are making this harder. If I go to your website, 99 percent of the time you have to take a survey to read an article. Your app was a reprieve from that. Now, in order to even access your app, I have to sign in. I don't want to be a negative person, I just don't think it's necessary. Simplicity is key.

Great. Great video and use ability!

Not that great. Your weather information is never up to date. It's 7:54pm and the information from 1:12pm is still up. Not overly helpful. I prefer channel 3's app to this weak sauce.

Terrible Update. This app HAD always been my "go to" Cleveland new app because of the simplistic design, and ease of scrolling down thru stories to find what interested me. Now the update has made that impossible. I don't need giant story heads, I'm not a child. Change it back soon NewsNet5, or it will go the way of all the others...deleted.

Not updating. App hasn't updated news information since 6:34am yesterday... Had no problems until now. Please fix

Notification controls don't work. I have turned off notifications for sports but still continue to get them. Please fix this.

Outstanding. Hands down, probably the best News App out there. Fast, efficient and simple to navigate. Good job people....

Love it!. Get all my news and updated on information, love it!!

Annoying. The only good thing about this app is the weather and traffic condition notifications in the morning. Other than that, they send at least 6 notifications throughout the day. Not everything is breaking news! Videos rarely load. Not worth it. I would rather watch the news on TV.

Crash. All this app does is crash. It asked me to log in and then it crashes out. Used to be able to use it all the time. Even reloaded it and still the same problem.

No categories?. You're making it too hard to read local news. What happened to the categories?

Fast. I love swiping between stories. Great pictures and video.

Great Upgrade. Hands down the best app for Cleveland news. It's easy to find stories and has great pictures.

Amazing. Not sure how I lived without it. This my friends is a game changer!!

I love my app. This is the only news app I use in Cleveland.

Love my newsnet5 app. I love my new newsnet5 app. Big images & easy playing videos. Kudos!

Not in top " 5 ". Like to carry news net five but I can't upgrade on my iPhone 6 Plus . ? Problems - bugs ???

Better Before. The Newsnet 5 app was better when you could select the category of news. Now you have to scroll through everything. How is this an improvement ?

Great app now with no ads!!!. Even better with No ads for .99.

Cannot forward by text message. Please upgrade in order to forward news articles by text message. Thanks

Not impressed. Liked the old version better. The old radar was better graphically. Not impressed with new updates give us back the old. At least the old radar.

Best local news App. Love the update. This app gets me through my day

Great!. The upgrade is vastly improved. I love the ease of this app and the new functionality. It is easily the best local news app in the market.

News Net 5 App Rocks. This weather app is exactly what I've been looking for. Add to this all the other news, etc., it's a perfect app. Good job web developers!

Don't Waste Your Money. Sound familiar? John Matarese needs to get on the stick about this app. Used to love this app, but nowadays I am required to delete this app at least once per week because the newsfeed freezes. Today? I simply can't access it; the app refuses to open. Thanks, but this app is too high maintenance to keep. I'll find a more reliable app somewhere else.

Great App. I really like the notifications I get. I'm always up to date on important news without even having to unlock my phone.

Channel 5 review. I love being able to see the top stories, when I have time to do it. Can't beat the convenience.

Horrific update. I am a regular user of this app, but I will be no longer. This was my go-to place for local weather, and the weather section is completely unviewable and usable. The app is now a complete waste of space.