# 13abc First Alert Weather — user reviews > 73 indexed App Store user reviews of 13abc First Alert Weather by Gray Television Group, Inc., rated 4.70/5 from 10,937 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/13abc-first-alert-weather/id1421229479/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/13abc-first-alert-weather/id1421229479.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 8,720 · 4★ 1,349 · 3★ 430 · 2★ 133 · 1★ 305 ## What do users think of 13abc First Alert Weather? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Accurate weather forecasts - 🚀 Prompt weather notifications/alerts - 👍 User-friendly and well-formatted app - 👍 Reliable weather team and coverage **Cons** - 🔍 Inaccurate or conflicting weather information - 💤 Outdated weather forecasts - 🔊 Intrusive ads with audio - 📍 Issues with location tracking and defaulting to wrong location - 🤖 Politically biased content **Commonly reported bugs** - App frequently crashes or fails to load - Weather data not updating properly **Most requested features** - Improved radar map view - Customizable notification settings - Incorporation of more detailed weather data (e.g., almanac information) ## Newest reviews (12 of 73) ### 4/5 — Commercial *2026-08-25, version 6.2.604* Way to long before you get to the weather videos, I know it pays the bill, but way too long. Thanks ### 4/5 — Love the app but…. *2026-05-03, version 6.1.705* Last update now prevents me from removing locations or update their alerts. Hoping for an update soon. I use it when I travel, list is growing! ### 4/5 — Great App, Recent Glitch *2026-04-29, version 6.1.705* I’ve had the app for a few years, always worked well for me. I believe with the most recent update that it has stopped allowing me to view the menu for saved locations longer than half a second, so I am not able to delete some locations as I intend to. A minor annoyance but bringing forward for awareness. ### 2/5 — News *2026-04-13, version 6.1.705* The new design stinks ### 2/5 — WAY too many ads *2026-03-13, version 6.1.601* I love watching 13abc on tv, but this app has a ridiculous amount of ads to sit through ### 2/5 — It was a 5 star app for me *2025-12-13, version 5.17.801* Please go back to having the radar like it used to be. I like being able to look at the past radar. I don’t want to see the future radar as it’s not accurate most times. However, by looking how systems have been moving for the past hour or so, you can pretty well tell if you’re in it’s track. ### 3/5 — Citizen *2024-11-21, version 5.16.1704* Ok , but I don’t eat Pizza so the ads are wasted on me . ### 3/5 — Too many ads. *2024-08-06, version 5.15.412* A lot of ads. Even a Marco pizza ad when I click on app. Takes a while to get to the weather - unlike the other two weather apps I use. ### 2/5 — Stop So Many Ads *2024-07-16, version 5.15.402* This is potential life saving service! Make it as easy and accessible as possible. If you’re headlining “severe storms on the way” in red, please let the user see the video without 45 seconds of garbage ads. ### 3/5 — Weather updates not accurate *2024-03-28, version 5.12.701* Sorry but your app isn’t accurate…I will watch you live for weather updates which are fine but any an all notifications from your weather app are always about Buffalo NY or more west never about Rochester NY. As an example your notifications kept saying major rain, lots of wind just recently but it was all Buffalo or more west not actually where I live it is always wrong. I can’t ever believe them. Notifications should be sent based on the app users location & nothing else. ### 3/5 — Keeps changing location *2024-01-21, version 5.12.701* I downloaded the app and all was ok for a few days then every single time I would open the app the location would default to Toledo Ohio and I live in Alabama. I would delete the Ohio location from the menu and then every time I would open the app back up it would be right back to Toledo Ohio I don’t understand it. I deleted the app🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2023-10-16, version 5.11.503* Temu Ads are so inappropriate and they won’t go away ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — The Duke 1111 *2026-04-29, version 6.1.705* Downloaded during a tornado warning and it failed miserably! Didn’t even work!!! ### 1/5 — Too many alerts *2026-04-01, version 6.1.603* This app sends so many alerts for the smallest thing that you just disregard them all - like the boy who cried wolf. Woke me up this morning to say we had lightning. Not dangerous lightning, just lightning in the area. ### 1/5 — Wrong weather alerts *2026-03-31, version 6.1.603* I’m in Virginia and the app is giving me alerts for Ohio! ### 1/5 — Unsubscribe *2026-02-16, version 6.1.302* How do I unsubscribe ### 1/5 — No sound *2025-11-09, version 5.17.801* There is sound on the ads but not on the weather video! ### 1/5 — DO NOT PUT ADS BEFORE THE STORY *2025-05-16, version 5.17.511* I have ZERO desire to watch a 30 sec ad before the weather report after clicking on your push notification. Makes me not want to support the advertisers or your station! ### 1/5 — Ads are too intrusive *2025-04-09, version 5.17.511* This station is in my home area. I really wanted to like the app but the ads make it virtually unusable. ### 1/5 — Politically one sided *2024-10-30, version 5.16.1704* It’s unfortunate that a local station chooses to unfairly try to influence local voters during an important election. It’s no wonder that trust in media, specifically in regards to medicine and government, is at an all time low. I expect it from national outlets, not from my local news source. One way you can gain your community’s confidence is to stop repurposing stories from national outlets and create fair and educated content from within that gives unbiased information to your audience. As a positive, I actually think your live news on television is much better than your online content. There seems to be a pretty big difference in talent. Maybe it’s the anchors delivery? ### 1/5 — It’s not good *2024-09-24, version 5.15.412* It takes to long to download ### 1/5 — ADS WITH VOLUME! *2024-05-01, version 5.12.701* The ads with the audio up that pop when you open the app are terrible! I open the app at work to check a breaking story alert and an ad immediately blares out at top volume. Less than subtle. I don’t mind ads. You have to pay the bills, I get it. More, if I’m clicking on a video, I’m prepared for the audio. But on app start?? Too much. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Excellent *2025-12-29, version 5.17.801* Always informative ### 5/5 — Make it a Widget! *2025-12-01, version 5.17.801* I love this app I prefer it over my standard weather app but it can’t be used as a widget. ### 5/5 — Patricia Taber *2025-07-25, version 5.17.706* Accurate weather ### 5/5 — Love *2025-04-13, version 5.17.511* We all love are weather even when it is sunny this app really keeps me updated on rain and storms I love this app ### 5/5 — I love it *2025-03-16, version 5.17.511* It gives me all the information about the weather and lets me know when I can go outside to see nature ### 5/5 — Great! *2024-09-13, version 5.15.412* This is a very good app and resource for local news! ### 5/5 — Best weather App *2024-08-31, version 5.15.412* Best weather app I have come across👍🏼❤️ ### 5/5 — A *2024-03-26, version 5.12.701* First thing i check each morning ### 5/5 — Problems *2023-03-11, version 5.7.301* I have trouble with this app. I can get voice on the commercial but nothing on the forecast. ### 5/5 — 13 weather *2022-06-16, version 5.5.702* Great --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-08.*