What's New
Bug fix...
Bug fix...
Size:
8.0 MB
Category:
News
News
OS:
iOS
iOS
Price:
Free
Free
Compatible:
iPhone iPad
iPhone iPad
Requirements:
Compatible with iPhone
Compatible with iPhone
Version:
2.3
2.3
Description - WCVB - Boston free breaking news, weather source
HIGHLIGHTS
- I love that the app sends alerts for breaking news..
- Has push notifications for breaking news or storm warnings..
- I get all my local news alerts and weather from here..
- Live news broadcasts are a real plus..
- Great news coverage..
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Overall Satisfaction70
INHO best news app for local news for Boston on the market.
Horrible news app.
I get all my local news alerts and weather from here.
So much for urgent news alerts.
Best station in Boston.
Fun & Engaging87
This is the best news ap ever.
Awesome news app in Boston.
Watch it on tv all the time and live the iPhone app.
Usefulness81
Keeps me informed with the news alerts which I very much like.
Great way to get news updates and to stay informed.
Keeps me connected and up to date on the latest news.
An app I use every day.
The WCVB app was useful during Hurricane Sandy.
Everything I would expect.
Repeat Value53
Ease of Use81
Easy and convenient news source.
up-to-date news source.
It doesn't open and it was my only news source.
Informative and easy to use.
Easy to navigate layout to see local.
Reliability21
Ads not Intrusive29
Updates & Support10
Keeps me informed with the news alerts which I very much like. found in 7 reviews
Best local news app I've seen. found in 5 reviews
One of the better local Boston news apps. found in 13 reviews
Best layout and easiest to navigate of all the Boston news apps. found in 22 reviews
Love the notifications and having the news at my fingertips. found in 7 reviews
This is the best news ap ever. found in 85 reviews
I enjoy having the news and weather at my finger tips. found in 35 reviews
No way to silence annoying disruptive push alert tone. found in 4 reviews
Missing story text and wrong pics on stories. found in 2 reviews
Slide shows are useless on iphone. found in 8 reviews
I'm attempting to read the news. found in 3 reviews
with annoying sound. found in 1 reviews
Moving from one "department" to another is annoying. found in 6 reviews
Connection error issue lasting at least one week. found in 2 reviews
Have deleted app twice and tried restoring to iphone. found in 2 reviews
Repetitive stories - junk news. found in 2 reviews
the slideshows are annoying and time consuming. found in 2 reviews
but a lot of less-than- newsworthy items. found in 2 reviews
Has been a great ap up until today. found in 2 reviews
app still needs work. found in 1 reviews
Wish I could browse through old news. found in 1 reviews
Needs iOS 8 and iPhone 6 plus update. found in 1 reviews
Too many ads and clunky design. found in 1 reviews
Also links that don't work on IOS. found in 3 reviews
Please Eliminate Reader Comment Section. found in 1 reviews
Wifi use reminder annoying as hell. found in 2 reviews
App Good but Pushes Wifi Use on Launch. found in 2 reviews
Is broken does not work on iOS 6. found in 5 reviews
After update frequent crashing. found in 3 reviews
Update Crash Bug. found in 3 reviews
After I downloaded new version the app does not open. found in 4 reviews
Such a shame cuz i relied on this app for all my news. found in 3 reviews
Awful Update. found in 4 reviews
So annoying to go to safari so often. found in 5 reviews
I tried deleting the app and reinstalling it and that didn't help. found in 3 reviews
Problems loading and not easy to find information fast. found in 8 reviews
Won't open the news stories on iPhone 4S. found in 13 reviews
If you are iPhone and iPad owner,you now can download WCVB - Boston free breaking news, weather source for free from Apple Store. The application is designed for use in English language. It weighs in at only 8.0 MB to download. The new WCVB - Boston free breaking news, weather source app version 2.3 has been updated on 2014-11-19. The Apple Store includes a very useful feature that will check if your device and iOS version are both compatible with the app. Most iPhone and iPad are compatible. Here is the app`s compatibility information: Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad.Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
More Info: Find more info about WCVB - Boston free breaking news, weather source in Hearst Television`s Official Website : http://www.thebostonchannel.com/wirelessnews/index.html
More Info: Find more info about WCVB - Boston free breaking news, weather source in Hearst Television`s Official Website : http://www.thebostonchannel.com/wirelessnews/index.html
This updated WCVB app has been completely redesigned to be your real-time feed of breaking news and weather straight from NewsCenter 5. It`s like carrying the award-winning journalism and weather teams with you on the ...
This used to be my favorite app I have all of the same complaints as the other reviews Please please please let us have the old version back Why did you try to fix something that wasnt broken Horrible update
The app is not successful the main page is confusing the stories are not organized to see as a whole when the app is opened the ads that clutter the page interfere with the reading The stories are not easily opened to be read The weather section tells you nothing on the main page Then when you click on the weather it is so many screens and not a concise area that provides an easy to read weather forecast Poor quality
Dont do it The old app was soooo much better New app
Good bye Very Crappy Update Deleting the App
I truly dont enjoy this new format The previous one was so easy to view and navigate This one is very confusing and frankly not very user friendly Sorry WCVB but Im not a fan Not a Fan
The new update ruined the news feed Its a cluster As much as I didnt like the Fox 25 and 7 News I find myself choosing one of them as my option now Too bad Ruined
I hated having to update this app Theres too many flashing ads and hard to read the articles of interest I used to look at this app daily for news updates and now I rarely bother since it takes so long to read through Please consider this in the next update Too busy
Terrible Cant navigate easily Too many ads RN
New version has more photos less news Definitely a step backwards Old layout was much better Latest version
Hate it Miss the old layout Cannot scan the top stories without clicking thru several items BRING BACK THE OLD ONE New update
The app upgrade is a bust Please go back to the previous versionand begin again This is my primary news app and I am more than extremely disappointed by this new and improved versionback to the drawing board PLEASE Please go back
I usually would rather not write at all than write a negative response but this new app spoiled a good thing I loved the old app It was clear and concise of where you wanted to go and wanted to see This new one has things with no explanations and I just cant get around Plus I get a whole lot of stuff instead of just going to the window I want to see Horrible
I find that navigation is less intuitive with the new version and there is too much video content versus not enough textual articles Miss the old app
What brilliant web designer updated your app Its extremely cluttered and difficult to navigate I hope you didnt pay for the update If so you were ripped offzero stars Seriously
I used to use this all the time now Im checking the other local news apps for another source So cluttered You used to be able to quickly scan to see if there was anything new Now you have to scroll for miles past articles youve already read Poorly designed Dont upgrade
New app is horrible Please fix I cant even read this format DittoRuined
This app Used to be so visually Cool And now you are just as boring as 7NewsBoston That took some doing Thank you WCVB
The first thing I do in the morning is check the headlines Works well nearly every time Older version needed a refresh but latest revamp made it confusing
This update is disappointing It is not as easy to get aroundspends space on larger pictures which is a wastejust the news pleaseand a text button for the weather Prefer the old site
WCVB has taken a very good program and ruined it I am removing this terrible program off my iPhone and iPad This App Is junk
Terrible update The redesign is one of the worst Ive encountered for a news app What was wrong with the old version This is too cluttered full of ads Make it stop Bring the old version back
I wish I hadnt updated New version is harder to find headlines Have to see same stories multiple times before finding others Cant figure out weather Hate it Old version is better
Old app so much easier to navigate Bring back old app
I hate the way this is laid out You could see a list is headlines to pick from in the old appthe new app you only see the first headline with a pic and have to scroll for more articles to pick from because of the pictures If you pick the first one you scroll through all the articles I liked being able to pick what I wanted to read about And I still cant figure out where the comments went They were very entertaining With all these terrible reviews Im surprised they havent fixed it Agreedthe new app is awful
I miss the old app This is way too much like scrolling Facebook Its nauseating Bring back the old app
I do not like the update I cant get to the information I like the old way I do not like the update
What were you thinking Hate the update
Wish I still had the old version Will be looking for a different source for my local news app Update is terrible
WCVB used to be my go to app for local news Unfortunately this updated version is scattered repetitive and unpleasant to navigate Sorry but I had to delete Deleted
Poor Hyperlinks for other links do not work on iPhone 4 or iPad Needs to be fixed Do NOT do the upgrade Dont care about comments issue The rest of the upgrade is hard to use Overlays not formatting It deletes old app Have to go recover old app from iTunes Horrible decision Help Mr Fine Links
Scroll scroll scroll Was it just too easy Why the need to change what works Wish youd return to old method of operations
There are better local news apps available that dont have anywhere near as many ads Terrible update This will be my last time using the WCVB App
Hire an app developer bring it in house This is not user friendly Confusing
After using this new version for a bit I can honestly say that although it has some good things overall should have waited to release First thing I noticed and did not like right away was that the app only works in portrait mode whos bright idea was that I do like the on demand feature and also like that you can open up the menu for selecting sections Performance is better than previous version but this version is not stable and has crashed With all the bad reviews I hope that someone is getting the hints that this app still Needs Improvements Needs improvements
I am disappointed with the update I liked when I could see all the news stories and decide which one to read Now they are all over the place and jumbled up with other random articles and tons of ads and pictures If you havent already updated dont I wish I could go back Poor redesign
The new version is no good The new layout is awful The reason I liked the old one was it was simple The update added too many things to the main screen and is pushing video news on us I liked how it looked before with a list view of the 1015 top stories If youre not going to change it back to the old layout at least make it a layout option New update made it worse
This app is no longer user friendly Were now forced to scroll through superfluous content and past several ads Im deleting this app and will be getting my news from other sources This is very disappointing WCVB Awful update
No one likes the new version Change back
New release is broken Doesnt get beyond the splash screen So how about fixing it
Used to use the app daily to keep up with the news Now its a cluttered awful mess Wont use it anymore Contemplating deleting it Completely useless in the new format Update ruined it
This upgrade turned a mediocre website into an information train wreck The order information is presented in makes no sense Navigation inconsistent and same stories repeated on subsequent screens If I could unload this and get the old version I would So without that option have to find a better local news app One giant step backwards
New app is horrible Bad move channel 5
I really enjoy how you can scroll from story to story WCVB App
Hate it what else is there to say Not a fan
The old version was my favorite of the news apps I do not like the new version as much Too much scrolling required through interruptions not part of the stories Before there was a nice list of news stories that could be easily navigated Channel 5 news app update
The update completely ruined the app Very cluttered hard to navigate Awful
Flip or scroll the advertisements Too obvious placing the ads within the breaking news A tad insensitive too Inappropriate ads between news posts Learning curve may cure confusion WCVB App Update
Hate the update too many ads too cluttered freezes up was much better berore Wcvb
This new app is a complete mess I can no longer open it and quickly review news I keep scrolling through adds and there seems to be no way to quickly scan I also feel that with this app and the older version that the news needs to be updated more often New apps should show increase user friendliness not new places to put ads A Mess
Not sure how this can be considered an upgrade Absolutely horrible Just as bad as television with all the advertisements Not worth using
By Kostas Gar.
