St. Louis News from KSDK App Reviews

A focus on the weather. This time of year, with active weather and fast-changing conditions. Please bring back the KSDK weather app. The current app is no comparison to the direct to live radar with a single click on the app of the discontinued weather app. I understand that you are trying to maximize advertising clicks but current weather functionality is poor at best.

News reports. The news reports are given daily with a lot of correct information and the facts are true . Well plan with the delivery.

Five Stars for Channel 5. In the recent storm system went through, I was at a loss due to systems going down. I live outside Union and we do not get cable system. Satellite goes out etc ect. MO backwoods but that’s another story. I loaded KSDK on my Verizon phone and was able to keep abreast of weather happenings. I volunteered after Joplin suffered the EF5 tornado. The weathermen were ahead of events and warned NOAA system had lost capability. I live a half mile from I44 and foul weather follows so I keep an eye on the weather. Thank you Channel 5. H. Smith

Verify. Adding the Verify spot was brilliant. And adding investigative journalists from print journalism elevated your coverage and it was already the best. All the anchors are spot on. Mike Bush has been steadfast and so relatable. Cusumano is a sportswriters sportswriter. His unfailing honesty on each topic he covers is refreshing. Anne Allred and Scotty and all the street reporters deserve a lot of credit too. My husband thinks sports coverage should be longer. Lol

Easy to follow and read. This is my only local news app now. It is easy to follow and has a variety of stories/news. Not just focused on one issue as others appear to be. I also like how KSDK handles things on the air because of what they have done over the past year. I also like the Weather Alert app!

Review. Always listen to KSDK 6:00 news. Love the reporting! Morgan is professional and down to earth! She is dynamic, friendly and enthusiastic- nice qualities for a news person. I also enjoy Anne-another professional who seems like she cares! Everyone is great. Love the weather people also! Like seeing Scott’s dog when he worked from home. Jim is a good addition to the weather. Tracy is down to earth and of course like hearing about her horse. Mike and Kay bring everything together! Great news team! Thx ....Cathy & Jim from Eolia,Mo

App ok. Would be nice to be able to actually read the story from the notifications that show up. When you click on it, you get either a blank page or a bunch of stuff that has absolutely nothing to do with what the notification was about.

Commercials WAY TOO LOUD. I am glad I have a way to watch my local news in the morning. I use the app on my firestick. However, the commercials are obnoxiously loud and the volume of the news itself is too quiet. So I have to turn it up and then a commercial comes on and blasts my eardrums. Isn’t there some law against loud commercials. It seems very deliberate.

GOD IS IN CONTROL. I do watch channel 5 but like every news media I am sick and tired of them being so biased against our President Trump I am beginning to think you are wanting to help take .America down but what you and the Democrats forget as hard as you try God is in control and he will have the final say. I just want to know whose side do you really want to be on. I sure this will be removed from from your review page but just remember the title and like I said WHOSE SIDE DO YOU WANT TO BE ON

Wow KSDK. ♥️It’s OK but when reviews say it needs improvement then someone should follow thru!! It crashes and disappears a lot when reading or watching a video. Also on notifications about a crash, closing of a road or some breaking news. The info is provided and states more updates will follow later then you hear nothing ! I would say updates would be good to keep people happy. Also a search button would be Super Helpful along with Comment Section for Viewers💬 ♥️

5 for 5. Channel 5 is my go to whenever news is breaking or just to catch up with the days events. I trust the app to keep me posted on all weather related happenings in my area and that’s important to me. So, I give 5 a 5!!! Linda Baker

Disappointed. I need to know the present status of Covid rules for Busch Stadium. I was told to go to this app….absolutely no information there about current Covid regulations at the stadium. Guess I’ll have to miss the game. Just too risky. Big disappointment.

It’s a waste of time. You can try the app. I’m just here to tell you, I’ve tried so many times and it’s very faulty. I relied on this app to get the weather and it’s just stressful. This is the only app that has caused me to actually hurt in my heart. I lost power and was trying to keep up to date with a nocturnal tornado and this app just stuck in a loop for hours. Ad after ad and never got the updates. The tornado hit just 2 miles away from us. Luckily the tornado wasn’t severe. But still. I will never trust this app again. I hope I can save someone from the stress this app can cause.

KSDK. I like your set up and arrangement of the various news types. Too, I like your headline news pieces for new events and I like your pictures section. I personally like the month pictures of sunrise, sunset, seasonal, landscape and animal subsets. I'm glad you cover national and international news, in addition to the local happenings.

App stops working too often. Works for a while then when tapping on a notification app opens to a white screen with “spinning wheel of death”. Issue occurs on iPhone 11 and iPad mini version 5. Once app fails only thing I’ve found to fix is power off and restart device. Other than this tactical problem, it is a pretty good app, but I want something more reliable for local news.

App functionality ok, but.... The content needs a lot of help. The national news section is constantly filled with sports and entertainment in stead of what is normally considered to be national news. Given that there is a sports section, it should not be duplicating in national news, where one should normally be able to find current events (political, governmental, etc) that affect the nation. It’s getting worse with each update & more and more frustrating. I know the caliber of reporter at KSDK, and this setup is hiding the talent of the reporting team.

Going downhill. This used to be my go to app for local news. But over the last couple of months, the advertising interruptions have become so ridiculous and intrusive that I can not even finish reading a story without out pop up ads every few seconds. I’ve given up and will be deleting. My husband also deleted this app. I should be able to read more than 10 words at a time without being bombarded with advertisements. It’s sad you’ve sold out. I used to really enjoy your top stories coverage and felt you truly wanted to cover the news. No longer the case.

Thanks for always being truthful. I love that the anchors are always bright and happy in the morning Renni knots just makes my day. He’s always true and honest with his reporting no matter the issue. In todays society that’s so refreshing and all the o Ty hers are amazing as well I moved here after hurricane Katrina and have been watching KMOV ever since and can’t imagine starting my day any other way. ❤️

Sensationalism and biased. KSDK is the perfect example of today’s media- no integrity, honesty or character. Two inches of snow is a storm and every story is hyped to get your attention. A few summers ago they blocked me on Twitter because I pointed out them stirring the racial pot with Michael Brown’s death anniversary. He assaulted an officer who then had to defend himself. The officer was found innocent. The media makes the thugs to be the victims as St. Louis has become a crime pit. Don’t call KSDK on their lies as they will silence you! And they have their underlying messages to shape your thoughts. Honest and unbiased news is long gone!!!!

Weather team. I really enjoy watching the weather team on KSDK. They really keep everyone up to date when bad weather rolls into our area! Thanks weather team!

45 years of watching KSDK. I’ve been watching KSDK since I was 5 years old in 1976. My fondest memory of my dad was watching KSDK channel 5 from the young age of 5. My dad passed in 2009, but I continue to tune into News Channel 5. Every anchor, reporter, news director, etc since I can remember has been nothing short of classy, honest, caring & truly have a love for the St. Louis & the people of St. Louis. Thank you for continuing to bring us the most accurate news. And thank for being in our living room each and every night. You all are truly the best in the business.

No Longer Works. This app has not worked correctly for months. When I open it up, the whole thing freezes and does not let me read or watch anything. I have reinstalled the app and updated my phone, the app also behaves the same way on other phones/devices. I am now deleting it because I am unable to use it except for the notifications that 99% are irrelevant. Channel 4’s app is the way to go for local news apps.

Content, great! App.... The content on KSDK news is great; I’d give it five stars. However, the app has room for improvement. Most significantly, the rate that this app drains the battery on my iPhone is astounding. I could play a short video, then close the video screen, and notice that I’ve just lost 15% of my battery power in a very short period of time. On other news apps, like the AP’s, I don’t seem to have that problem when I play videos or simply use the app. Fix the battery drain issue, and I’ll likely change my rating to four or five stars.

Posted death footage I did not want to see. I deleted this app after I opened an article and a small video started playing automatically showing the gruesome death of a mother and daughter getting hit by a car in St. Louis recently, which has been in the news. I did not want to see this video and did not even have a choice, it opened as I scrolled down. I tried to scroll away and it followed. Very disturbing. This app is rated as acceptable for people, ages four and above. This is a pretty big mistake to make so I am looking for my news elsewhere. The next day in an article about the footage going viral they said that they are not posting the video as a sign of respect to the family of the victims. Nowhere did they apologize for posting it or try to own their mistake. Bye.

Doesn’t open to story in notification, and has no search function. This is my local news station and I get notifications for breaking stories or updates, but when you click to open the story, it just takes you to the app home page. Then you have to scroll through to find the story you want, as there is no search feature. I am turning off notifications now because other local stations have apps that are more functional and user-friendly.

New news. It seems like the same old news is on this app for days at a time. Those of us who don’t have access to the news often would prefer that the stories be updated more often!

Real time. I appreciate the app for real time news in the morning while getting ready for work. So helpful that it isn’t 2 hours behind

Good Information, When Updated. KSDK has a well organized website that can be very helpful in keeping its readers informed. However, sometimes days go by without any updates. The station always tells its viewers for more information on breaking news to go to the website. But when you go there all you see is old stuff. At a minimum the website should be updated every single morning. Otherwise, it’s not a reliable source for news.

KSDK Always Strong And Loving for the St Louis Community. Even as Child growing up in the in the 80’s watching Mike Bush’s Highlight Zone with Sport and MS Jerry Lewis Telethons or The Fair down town for the 4th. Or Your Christmas Commercials or Any of the Amazing Events around Town . Your Team’s Love and Compassion for Commitment for a Greater Community has had a long lasting effect on My life . And The legacy that will last for a lifetime. Love Always. Elliot Buback

Weather. I have to reload the app about once a week. Old weather stays on page too long. It gets mixed up with current weather. Confusing.

I Miss Home. I recently moved from STL in October of last year to ATL. Boy the format of the weather coverage is somewhat like KSDK but the people make the difference. I miss Anthony, Scott the whole team! As Dorthy would say there’s no place like home! I have the app on my iPhone and I don’t miss viewing the alerts of breaking news and weather conditions at home! Keep up the good work and I miss my WEATHER MAN………my undercover husband Anthony Slaughter (you didn’t know it).

KSDK app. I prefer the old app. It was well organized, categorized, it was quick to get wherever u wanted to go. New one is hodgepodge of stories together. They melt into one another. Ads can also b frustrating, but I understand that's money. Just liked the layout and design of old one better.

Bad design, little to no relevant news. The layout and user experience of this app is horrible. Half the time is does not know if it is in landscape or portrait mode. There is no way to just find local news. Much of the news is not even about St. Louis. The option to not play videos does not work. Videos, from KSDK (not a third party) continue to load and play regardless of this fake setting being disabled. Truly a piece of crap designed to keep you on the page and not see any news. More ads than info.

Watching Ksdk. We are long time Ksdk watchers. My husband and you have watched Ksdk since we’re children (I am 67and my husband is 66) and it’s a long time. It is our favorite station. From Chris Condon to Mike Bush and Ann Alfred (and those whose names I can’t remember or a list would result in a lot of pages and typing (my fingers hut). In closing I’d like to say thank for 75 years and will raise a glass to many more. Mark and Leela Bush

Literally the worst app on my phone. I update this all the time because I like to use it but you only get a few minute window to read what you want to read and click on what you want to click on and then it won’t let you read anything else it just “loads”. This happens EVERY single time I use it. I update it frequently and I have no other troubles like this with any other apps on my phone.

The Total Best on Any TV. Channel 5 is the News Channel,Weather Channel and update Weather and Sports channel and Mike Bushe’s Special Stories that Touch the Heart of all listeners! Everyone in the Weather Channel is Great .. Best Weather Forecasters of any St. Louis Station and I can’t forget Frank Cusamano… Sports… Makes every Sport more exciting than it is. Love Frankly Speaking!( Corey, too came a long way .. doing good. Best Anchor Mike Bush! Only Channel I will watch! Run by Art Holiday!! Can’t get better news!!! Thanks for being the Best!! Continue you bring in good Reporters that are Knowledgeable! Good Luck in 2025!!!!

Narrow minded. Such a narrow minded news station. There is a big world out there. On days there have been terrorists attacks across the world , particularly Africa you report useless petty irrelevant news. Have seen it multiple times. Get with the program KSDK

Gives Fact-Checked Non-Biased News Efficiently. I think it is a really great app and gives me local and national news very quickly. With the recent COVID-19 pandemic I have been paying close attention to the app and it has failed to let me down with notifications about outbreaks in St. Louis and the task forces updates. I would recommend this to any St. Louisan who wants quick and correct news.

Generally good. I do like the fact that your reporting is more non-biased than other stations. I feel like I’m getting the story without a political slant to the left or right and I appreciate that. The app however has been glitchy lately. It has a habit of closing down suddenly for no reason when your in the middle of a story so that’s kind of annoying. Otherwise I would have given more stars on my review. Also news alerts often don’t open or have anything in them when they do.

Best local news app by far!. So many improvements have made this app my most go to news app for so many reasons. They offer so many options that work for me. The latest is huge! Able to watch the last entire broadcast in case you missed it! Incredible! Thank you!!

Weather not reliable. Got a pop up on my phone about storms and clicked to access the radar and it shows storms. I then open the ‘live’ radar on app and it shows no storms when it’s clearly raining outside. Why don’t the radars match?

Casting feature. I think it’s important that if you do cast the KSDK app, make sure you have something that is eligible for it to be used like a fire stick or a computer that supports casting. I would also to see if they could start having Sports Plus episodes available on the 5+ app for viewers that can’t stay up late on Sunday nights moving forward.

Weather.... Unfortunately I do not like the new update at all. I wish they would have the option to download a full weather app and nothing else. I tried to share with my Mom the older KSDK app I have and it isn’t available. A lot of us prefer not to participate in watching the news every single second. It’s not healthy. I had always told everyone how awesome the previous weather app was because it was only that and done accurately. The new one is mixed too much with everything else like non stop news or sports. Thumbs down.

App times out/shuts down. When I am reading an article in the app, the app times out/shuts itself down. For instance, this morning, I was reading a rather long article and had to reopen it four times in order to finish it. It is very frustrating. This has been going on for quite some time. I update the app frequently, as well as my phone, so don't understand why it does this.

Morning Crew. I my opinion they are better than many of the prime time talent. I especially like the way Anthony describes why certain weather related events happen. You have excellent remote reporters.

Notifications. Overall app is fine. However I keep getting notifications for topics that I have clicked off. I have to go back into the app and click those notifications off again. Next thing I know I’m getting a notification about the same topic again. Stop changing my settings!

Grammar. Your website is user friendly, but who proof reads the articles before you post? I am an elementary school teacher and I sometimes use your articles in my lesson plans. The kids have to find as many grammatical errors as they can. 😬

Thank goodness for you!. I love using the KSDK app to get my news, weather, and traffic in the morning. It is great to watch or listen to KSDK AM in the morning in the car. Thank you all for getting me going every day!

One main complaint. We watch Channel 5 news the most, but have been checking out other St Louis stations. I have your app on my iphone, and am often disappointed there is nothing on the Question to Vote on. I have come to enjoy participating in that vote, but the same thing is often there more than one day or nothing is listed at all. With so many topics available, it should not be difficult to have something different every day. It is also hard to keep up with the seemingly continuous staff changes.

Ads. While I find the app easy to use Inreceived a weather alert but in order to watch it, I had to be forced to watch an ad! Glad it wasn’t an imminent threat to my area - but it was important information for some people!!

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Makes My Day!. Love KSDK! The news and weather is always spot on. The obvious friendship and chitchat between commentators makes my day!

Dropping connection. The app has just started dropping A connection when I am reading different articles and when I exit it will not load anything. The only fix I found was to delete it and reinstall. Time for an update to correct this issue

Outdated news and weather. Nothing like missing something on a news cast on TV and running to the app to see that it’s still old outdated information. The TV said that the high today was now going to be upper 90s, but the app still shows the forecast from last night. Really? Your app/website is easier to update than the News cast.

Not impressed. Push notifications are way too many, too often, and for insignificant stories. Also should have some sort of way to qualify what your interested in such as I want to see weather alerts but not every crime notification. Finally surveys topics are silly and app provides no way to opt out. Apps annoyance is too much.

Provides Reliable Timely News. For the most part I’m a fan! Seems to be a limited number of stories compared to other apps.

Weather. I have a hard time finding the weather and that should first and foremost.

News Channel 5. I enjoy the app provides the information I am looking for.

Transplanted St. Louisan. I was born and raised in St. Louis. Now living in Tennessee. I use the App to keep up with the goings on there. Enjoy all the news, weather and sports. Keep up the good reporting.

Videos won’t load. I use the app exclusively for weather. None of the weather videos will load anymore, even after I deleted the app and reinstalled. The video just says “can not connect with the host server”. Strange considering I can watch all their other videos.

Channel 5. We have watched channel 5 for almost 30 years. We like the coverage and news casters.

App times out/shuts down. When I am reading an article in the app, the app times out/shuts itself down. For instance, this morning, I was reading a rather long article and had to reopen it four times in order to finish it. It is very frustrating. This has been going on for quite some time. I update the app frequently, as well as my phone, so don't understand why it does this.

Top Quality Updates. I look at every update they disseminate. Why: Because they are always relevant and Breaking News.

Notification Options. There needs to be options for notifications. The ability to choose the types (weather, traffic, local news, etc.) of notifications you want to receive would be nice. I have completely turned them off because there are way too many that I don’t care about.

User friendly app.. One of my favorite apps. I get a lot of my news from this app. It’s simple and easy to use.

Five on my side!!!. I never use to watch channel 5 news but; one day my connection went out on my tv. It was like a new day dawning once you all appeared in the place of the other station aah what’s it’s name??

KSDK. Content is very good but response time to load news, weather, and live stream definitely needs to be better.

Issues. Wish you wouldn’t have done away with your weather app Getting weather off this site is a pain. Please bring back your weather app. I now use one out of Columbia mo

Great real time notifications!. I rarely have time to watch the news but with this app I’m able to stay up to date with local and world wide news based on my interests.

Useless App!!!. Why can’t you fix this app??? It freezes up every time! You need to ditch this app & get someone who knows what they’re doing & make a new app!

News reporting. Do a very good job of reporting the news daily. It helps me keep up what’s going on in Missouri.

KSDK app. I really liked their weather app. Then it disappeared from my phone and only could find news and weather combinations app. The weather section is not as good as it was. Very disappointed 😕

Does well covering local news.. Covers local events and news well. A lot of the content is "human interest" stuff.

Slow to Load and Navigate. Too much on the main page. It takes a while for it to load when launched. Then, navigating to other pages takes a long time, too. I think it’s loading too much every time a page is opened.

The ads interrupt news stories even after they have played. I have a hard time getting any new stories to play through. If I adjust the volume, the ad start over again. If I try to enlarge the picture, the ads start over again. I never get to see any of the new stories that I am alerted about. It’s frustrating.

Freezes on latest iPhone. Mostly a great app. It freezes and I have the latest iPhone on Verizon’s network. Closing out and reopening the app just goes back to the frozen app.

Love Channel 5. I grew up watching Channel 5 and I continue to watch it. If I hear a news story is breaking or if a storm is coming I always tune into Channel 5. I love the staff too!

Watch News Feature. I can’t watch Live News any longer on either of my electronic devices. I get the commercials but then all I get is a picture of the Arch.

Crashes !. After the last update, this app crashes repeatedly.

Always Keeping Me Updated. I love KSDK app because I am always kept up to date on things happening in STL or other important information. Thank you!

Love the format and the enthusiasm. It’s great that you can catch all or short segments of of them news and be totally informed of the weather, travel and up to date news!

Unprofessional sports reporting.. A sad comment on your sports hall of fame reporter. While a rivalry is good for sports Being biased and unprofessional while reporting is just wrong. It’s bad enough that KSDK won’t report any score other than St. Louis is insulting to sports fans. But the obvious bias mr cousimonto has for Chicago is wrong. It’s ok to hate one team and supporting your home team but the lack of respect for a competitive team is bush league. Gloating is just wrong. Do your job and be professional.

Pop up news. I wish the news that appears in a pop up notice would be prominently displayed in the app.

KSDK ON Direct TV. Tired of missing my shows on Channel 5. Therefore switching to watching all newscasts on 4 and switching providers. This is ridiculous. If negotiations are disrupting every day life, it’s not worth the aggravation to me

Mandatory Tracking of you.. This app wouldn’t allow me to watch news stories because I had to allow tracking first. They said tracking your phone activities allows them to bring journalism to you. For years, It used to be a good app. However, now it’s worth deleting. I’ll find my online news elsewhere.

Quick review. I recently downloaded the app, so I am still learning to navigate. What I have used it it for up to this point, has been helpful. Although I keep having difficulty finding the Illinois map of Covis-19 cases

Videos unwatchable, closes randomly. This app is completely unusable. It will shut down randomly and I lose the article I was attempting to read. Also, there are so many ads that videos are unwatchable. Even brief 30-second videos have 8-second ads, then may close before I can even watch it. Needs serious work.

Best News Coverage By A Local Channel Ever!. I have lived in a much larger metro area (San Francisco) and KSDK is the best local, international and national news and weather coverage we have ever experienced. Great job KDSK!

Happy customer varon johnson. I like the up to the minute updates and breaking news, thank you for keeping us abreast of current affairs, locally and nationally.

Clean website. I enjoy the website. And I like them notifications.

KSDK is my station. KSDK comes on early in the am and stays on through 10 news. It is a member of my family.

Miss the Weather App. I miss the weather app. I would prefer to have that separate from the news because I feel like the new app just doesn’t work as well for me.

ADS 🙁. The ads are horrible. Sometimes they repeat and seem like they're never going to end. You have to close the app and reopen to get to the video. The weather can use an upgrade. More details or summarizing would be great.

Sports. Why does KSDK graphics continually block out the Cardinals scores & other sports scores in the lower right of the screen with a stupid KSDK logo with time & temperature? I have to go to another channel or app to find out the darn score!

Watch it, check in on line too. I watch 5, I check weather on 5, I check in on line. I trust the newscasters to be fair and timely.

Jesse Marts. I depend on KSDK for accuracy in reporting morning and night. Mike Bush to the Today show to morning show from 4-7am only channel I watch for news.

Easy access. Such an easy and fast way to find the most recent news! Love it!

Channel 5. Channel 5 is my channel of choice. I watch all my news on channel 5. Kelly Jackson looks awesome. I don’t how she did it but it sure worked! She is such a pretty lady!

What news. I just spent my time watching 10 commercials and no news story ever came up. Come on guys, you can do better!

Up to date news story’s. KSDK gives timely story’s to keep me informed without sensationalism. Fact based news!

Constant commercial. I usually watch KSDK news when I’m home; I thought that the app would be a way to catch the news when I’m away. It’s mostly commercials. You have to sit through at least 3 commercials before you proceed to the newscast. In addition, when the newscast cuts to a commercial then you watch more commercials. It’s honestly a huge waste of time.